Made a game for Ludum Dare 29

Sort of a j-rpg vibe. Completely unfinished of course. Tell me what you think

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=13139

Ashley yes of course I can, but that completely defeats the point of having a jump-through platform.

I don't want a platform with solid edges that you can't jump up through or can't fall down through. I want a platform that knows whether I'm trying to enter it from below or the sides. And that's functionality that I miss, in the built-in Jumpthru behavior. It should be able to tell the difference and give me control.

This is what I mean: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/280 ... index.html

It could also have been solved by having the platform have both a solid and jumpthru behavior, only one of which is enabled at any given time. But then, I'd be changing the platform's behavior for all players, which is not ideal in a 2-player game.

You're welcome.

It also solves this problem that was filed as a bug report:

namely, preventing jumpthru from the side of a platform

Forgive me for necro-ing this post, but I found a workaround for this using a collision detector.

Here's the CAPX:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/280 ... ility.capx

and here it is in action:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/280 ... index.html

This is definitely not a bug, it's by design. I wonder if it might be rectified if the JumpThru behavior could be told to check which side of the platform the player is entering from.

Cheers

I made it! It now works perfectly, and is also framerate-independent.

In the end I did go with an Array.

Play it online:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28087823/bubble%20bobble%20water/index.html

Download the CAPX (fully commented, for study):

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28087823/bubble%20bobble%20water/bub_water_4_working_perfectly.capx

And not only that, but I managed to solve a tricky problem that others have been having with jump-throughs: platform permeability from the sides.

until Ashley makes an awesome Jumpthru behaviour that can distinguish which side you're entering the platform from (please do <3 ), my solution is simple:

make a "JumpThroughProtector" sprite, one sprite wide, and as high as the platform you want to protect from a jumpthrough from the side. Set a few conditions, and now you have a platform that you can jump through, but will also act like a wall if you're pushing against it when not on the floor.

You can check it on the two small platforms to the right: try jumping against the white vertical stripes. You can't.

Now walk under one of these platforms and jump up. Works like a charm.

This is preferable, in some cases, to switching the Platform from solid to Jumpthru, because sometimes you may not want the other players to exploit a platform that should only be jumpthru-able for you, since you're the one who's jumping the right way.

Yes!

As usual, just posting on the forum made me find a way!

Here's how simple it was:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28087823/bubble%20bobble%20water/bub_water2.capx

1. while space pressed

-> if there's less than 15 tiles of water,

• > pick topmost watertile and add a watertile

--> below it (if there's no obstacle there)

--> to the right of it (if there's an obstacle there)

2. if there's 15 or more tiles of water

-> add a new tile of water like before, but also:

-> select all tiles of water

• > now select the bottom-most tile of water and delete it

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Of course this only works for one stream of water. A second stream would interfere with the topmost/bottommost Z order.

Hmm

Trying to make water like Bubble Bobble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tNe9UJyrDEM&list=PL5VS1wmJcr19OiTPh59uN9PkAE8eUq_e-#t=129

My attempt to replicate it using a Rope behavior didn't go well (CAPX)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28087823/bubble%20bobble%20water/bubble_bobble_water.capx

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Is it an array?

Sorry people! The threshold effect is essentially the same as the alpha threshold effect, I just like its look a lot more.

I have no idea where I found it, if anyone does, please let me know.

Here's my copy of it: threshold effect

Tx people. I hope someone finds this useful

Hey everyone!

I made a lava engine using metaballs. I think it's pretty effective.

<img src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28087823/lava%20flow/lava%20example.png" border="0">

I also needed a filter that would stretch the top of the screen, to reinforce the sense of the lava stretching and flowing. So I messed around in the Stretch effect, eliminated the X axis stretching and gave the Y axis stretching a parameter so you can control its Y position.

Here's the online demo for the lava engine. Just left click and hold, to pour lava anywhere. Right mouse button erases ground tiles.

Here is the effect

Here is the CAPX (requires effect above)

And here is a livedemo and the CAPX of just the effect itself. All it does is create a fixed size linear displacement.

You guys, I just used:

For "" from 10 to 1

-> Text: append Loopindex

and it totally works.

the problem persists if I completely fill an array with -1 and try to retrieve the -1 value by using set tile x,y

to tile array.At(array.CurX,array.CurY)

The array of course is working properly. The SetTile isn't. It returns that weird big number. It's worth a look