skelooth's Forum Posts

  • Tylermon > I don't care about SEO, my games are wrapped in Webview for Android and iOS. But thanks.

    Noncentz705 > ???

    Hyphens are the standard for naming files on the web. You can access javascript items using array syntax myobject['my-field']

  • I indeed would like to see a way to organise 3rd party plugins, like they will not be just WIP and completed addons, but somethign more precise

    Like which exporter is targeted (html5, phonegap, node webkit, every exporter, etc...), what kind of feature it is (movement behavior, organisation behavior, non global plugin (like an object you place in the layout), global plugin (sort of like an API plugin for exemple).

    Just my 2 cents

    I'm putting this on my TODO list for when game dev starts to feel like a grind again. The plugins forum is sort of a mess.

  • Neat game!

    I got through lvl1 easy once I figured out how it worked. Died on lvl2 though.

    As others said, it just needs some polish. Its a little "busy" looking/feeling, and the graphics could use a gloss over, but other than that, not bad!

  • So here we are, Sunday evening, and pushed up. A lot of my time gets sucked into graphics. Even though I bought a whole set it still requires a lot of customization. I think it's coming out okay. It started to feel like a grind, so I switched objectives to some smaller tasks that I knew I could accomplish quickly.

    I bought the audio resources from the Scirra asset store. I'm being careful to make sure I retain all of the commercial rights I need to actually sell this game. So far between construct2, audio, and the indie graphics bundle I've invested $440 and am not using any open source or questionable source files.

    Here's the changes in the update

    • Really shoddy splash screen
    • Music and Sfx toggle buttons
    • Music and Sfx
    • Thrust sound is dynamic to player speed
    • Moon commlink dialog changed to make sense
    • Incremental weapons system update,
    • - Each bay will be blue (active), green (locked on), or red (no power)
    • - Turrets now attatch reticule to their target

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    New Android APK

    http://surolace.com/play/surolace.apk [30MB]

    New Web Build

    http://surolace.com/play

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    feedback always welcome. The next update / push will probably be web related as I start fleshing out a home for surolace on the web, including some sort of wiki that can double as a design document.

    On my corei5 gtx265, in chrome, I get 120fps in fullscreen (120hz monitor) and 40-60 in windowed.

    On my samsung s4 phone using the apk I get 60fps, in chrome I get 30-40fps, in the system browser I get 10-20 jumpy fps

  • That's what plugins are for. A better solution might be a plugin request subforum for those of us who code. I'd much rather Ashley spend time on the core elements of the engine instead of third party integration.

    Ashley are you opposed to me throwing together a drupal site to help with searching/ranking user plugins?

  • To play devil's advocate, app stores provide default analytics, and most webpages already have analytics. I agree though, some analytics plugins could be useful since you could set them and forget them in the GUI

  • > Thanks for the feedback! When you say "Even if it does lack a bunch of features that the others take for granted", I'm curious which features are you talking about exactly?

    >

    Personally I would say Official analytic support other than Intel AGI. There are 3rd party analytic around, but it would feel much better if I have more option, like having Flurry officially supported by default.

    I'd say analytic is the one being taken for granted.

    Is there any reason why google analytics can't be wrapped in a plugin? If not, it's easy to do and I'd be glad to do it for you real quick. Unless you're talking about a different provider?

    I'd have to look into it, but if C2 runs in an iframe(?) multiple instances of Ganaltyics shouldn't be an issue.

    Edit:

    I should probably point out, the lowest resistance solution is to just crack open any exported "index.html" and shove your third party analytics code in there before deploying or compiling. That is, at least from my perspective.

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  • Great game!

    browser version:

    There's a small bug where the UFO gets "trapped" in the side of the screen if you shoot your beam while at the edge. Probably related to the direction change mechanism

    Otherwise, awesome graphics! Love the art style! Everything else seems completely solid!

  • 100 event limit? What?

    Does that include subevents? That's not good, I didn't know about that. I better google...

    Nope, this is not true

    Thank goodness. I got worried. That would be ridiculous. I'm probably at or near 100 events now.

    C2 ide does start to slow down and get a bit buggy as the size of the project grows, but considering everything it's doing I can't fault it.

    OP I too have messed with tons of game development apps and libraries. C2 is great. I'm not sure what you meant by "limiting", because there are literally no limits to what C2 can do, well, within the confines of html5.

    Great software at a pretty good price.

  • Sorry I should have explained better.

    Lets say you have a firework sprite, it looks like a rocket. It has an animation called explode as well. Your event sheet might look something "sort of like"

    System->Every Tick

    -> rockets animation = default -> rocket.y - speed * dt

    -> rockets animation = explosion -> rocket.y + speed * dt

    -> rocket height = top of sky -> rocket.set animation to explostion

    https://www.scirra.com/manual/115/sprite

  • You may need to change the visibility of the old one, or physically change it's position to off the layout.

  • Sweet thanks!

  • Use case:

    I would like to pin a targeting reticule over the targeted sprite, so that the player knows which object the turret is shooting at.

    I would also like to know if I can access how much time is left on the turrent timer

    Can this be done without a plugin?

  • It turns out C2 is vulnerable to the same kind of 1st world programmer problems as conventional engines, I was snagged on a simple bug for days with program flow. I learned that instances are local to the scope they're in only, but are globally available upon the next tick. So I just tossed in a wait .01 seconds and it cleared it all up.

    So after so many days of grinding, I've finally pushed up again.

    New in this:

    Better analog joystick movement/control over speed

    Afterburn dependent on your ship speed

    Larger more detailed demo ship that will most likely make it into the end game as playable.

    Turrets now shoot harmless lasers (beginnings of weapons systems)

    To demo branching dialog, hover over the moon and choose plunder.

    Feedback would be great. I know there is a small graphics smudge in the dialog windows that i'll fix, and the player ship looks a little fuzzy. I'm not a designer/graphics guy by any means.

    I really feel play control is key to a good game. How does ship movement feel?

    Do all graphics come across as themed and consistent?

    Thanks!

  • Modern software typically does not have a close or quit function. Android/IOS/Win8 are designed to hold recently used apps suspended in memory instead of closing out entirely.

    For example, if you want to stop playing a mobile game, you most likely need to hit your home key or back key a bunch of times, but if you go back to it, it will most likely be where you left off.

    Expect the quit feature to become more and more scarce in the future, as it will be a job delegated to the OS.