it's cool :)

there are some bugs left, though. sometimes it removes all pieces from the board when moving a piece, and on other occasions i'm unable to put a new piece on the board. that's quite frustrating, but i'm sure you'll pick those out.

nnnice :)

i don't know who you're looking for either, but maybe this related thread is of any help ...

cool release!

also, the example videos are presenting the new features very tight & insightful! maybe david has a hidden talent for that... i've also never heard a native speaker actually say 'huzzah!', and it totally made my day :D

Beach Climbers

try to keep the climbers climbing as long as possible

Arrow keys & Shift control the climbers

R to restart / Escape to quit

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another useful fact might be that sprites which are offscreen are not rendered and don't impact performance in this regard; that means that you won't need to set them to invisible when not on screen or something similar to save resources - directx/the graphics hardware does that automatically.

as far as i remember, sprites stop drawing as soon as their center is further than 1 (or 2) times their width away from the screen's edge... i stumbled upon that when messing with distort maps :P

but you're right, the fact that Functions can be made to "forget" the current SOL is another workaround for this kind of problem. (i forgot about that one, too...)

when using a 'Object A is overlapping/colliding with Object B' condition, Construct automatically puts the two objects in question into the SOL (selected objects list), meaning that any following Actions will always deal with the colliding/overlapping instances of A and B. since the loop that moves your collision-checker is a subevent of an event using that kind of condition, it can always only refer to the same instance.

a solution to this could be to restructure your code, so that the collision detection takes place in a subevent and does not influence picking adversely. or you could use families as a workaround: since it is possible for an object to belong to two different families, you can use that to pick object's outside of the current SOL (e.g. check collision for Family A (which reduces the SOL of Family A to a single instance), then afterwards loop through Family B (whose SOL still contains all instances), with Object A belonging to both).

i concur re: awesome! it looks like it plays really smooth, and the controls appear suited for both close combat and awesome-o city travel.

just wondering: what is the game about? gameplay-wise, i mean ... is it just maxin' and relaxin', or do you gather ep to unlock more superpowers?

thx, good idea.

people still seem to get insanely confused

'd say its not your wording that confuses them, but rather the event of an error window popping up when expecting a game to start. after all, users are slipping their minds into 'game time'-mode when clicking that icon; getting the brain out and back to 'windows mode' cold turkey is always harsh.

my guesses for a better solution, none of them tested:

• use of big shiny animated images
• making the error message fullscreen & game-like (e.g. white futuristic font on black background)
• if windowed, include punch-the-monkey banner

that last one was supposed to be a joke, but on consideration, i seriously think it could improve the usual panic!quit!whatwasthat! user response in some way.