Developments

Yesterday I started to put some effort into the "Pre-Game AI Player" stuff. It's going to be a lot more complicated than I'd thought, but I'll try my best to get it working. I basically need to create a computer player that runs through the level, ensuring that you can at least reach the end without dying. Along the way, he'll generate a path which I'll use to plant various objects like the Checkpoint flags, and perhaps some evil objects to get in your way. This won't, of cours...

Gameboy Spikes

Do you own a classic Gameboy? Do you have a flashcart for it? Then today's (*yesterday) your lucky day! ( width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JA34N332uTo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>> For the past week or so, (URL "https://socoder.net/?blog=rychan">Socoder member Rychan) has been working on a port of SpikeDislike for the Gameboy! You can (URL "https://socoder.net/?showcase=48655">grab it here)...

Developments

Last night, I started watching a series on Vimeo titled (URL "https://vimeo.com/channels/itvintheface">"ITV In the Face".) The show is essentially a look back at all the various UK ITV franchises, along with the history of what happened to all the different companies along the way. Thrilling stuff, I'm sure you'll agree. But it kept me awake until 5am, this morning, and is one of those "Can't stop watching" sort of TV-History documentary things that I have a nasty habit of g...

Developments

I tried doing some music, last night, but everything I attempted turned out terribly. I guess my spurt of musical talent has run out, for now! Aw well, at least I can concentrate on getting my game done, instead. ( width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d0aJDTgu71k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>> Yesterday I tackled Object vs Object collisions so that thrown weapons could interact with enemies and vice vers...

Developments

More complicated work playing with the level generator, yesterday. I still have LOADS to do, and progress has been somewhat slow, but I'm taking my time and trying to account for lots of different things at the same time. There are some elements that need to be missed out, this time around. Ladders and "drop down" things simply won't work on a touchscreen, unless I start making the onscreen dpad do up and down, which honestly, I'd rather not do. One single axis is plenty for mo...

Developments

Jumped back and forth through a couple of things, yesterday, but mostly spent more time working on the level builder. Things are starting to look a little more varied, and thankfully the addition of vertical scrolling has added a little bit more. I'm currently worried about making sure the levels are completable, as I haven't yet added an AI player run-through of the level, to ensure it's at least playable. I'll have to do that next, I suppose. In the meantime, I've been ensurin...

Developments

Another uneventful day, yesterday. I say "uneventful", but what I actually mean is that someone on Twitter ((URL "https://twitter.com/ashervo">@AsherVo)) suggested I try out a new game on iOS, and damn... Addictive!? You bet!! I spent hours playing the bloody thing, yesterday. Between (URL "https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1002340615">PacMan 256), (URL "https://itunes.apple.com/app/id924373886">Crossy Road's Pacman update) and (URL "https://itunes.apple.com/app/id10046...

Nada!

A rest day.. I spent most of yesterday watching YouTube videos and generally lazying about. I watched (URL "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbt1bz0byUQ">RHLSTP), A couple of (URL "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ddSq5mQhTw">Music) (URL "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBtIpN-a5nI">Videos), as well as spending a good half hour watching (URL "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zinQKOhf4vs">a man walking.) As someone who's stuck indoors most of the time, being able to watch a nic...

Developments

Last night I added some blocks to the Level Generator, which of course then required me to faff about adding extra rules to the player, and the baddies, and the other objects, to ensure they collide "roughly" correctly with the tilemap. It didn't take too long to get the basics in, but having to essentially rewrite the rules for half-a-dozen different object types meant for a long and complex bit of work. ( width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DHRCs3Md1To"...

Developments

Nothing much worth reporting again, today. I've still been fiddling about with characters some more, and playing around with their various physics. I really oughta be working on the level structure a little, so I might stop faffing about with characters and instead focus on the look of the levels a little more. All the pieces are currently coming together to create something a little less special than the original, so hopefully I can find something magical along the way that brig...

Developments

Another lazy day, yesterday. Well, I say that. I've started to reorganise the enemy sprites into a new set of groups, so that they work slightly better on Android devices. Mostly, I don't want to have that annoying "loading" stutter at the start of every level, and similarly I can't trust loading EVERYTHING into the game at once. (SpikeDislike3 had issues with memory on some devices) Instead, I'm grouping the enemies together, and starting to organise particular types of enemies...

Musical

Seem to be in a musical mood, lately, so I attempted a second "Korg Remix Challenge" thing again, yesterday. ( width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/220437954&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true">> I don't expect to win, as there are MUCH better remixes out...

Musical

Each week or so, Korg send out a newsletter, and for the past couple of weeks I've been trying to ignore their little competition, but last night after receiving yet another email about it, I figured it was about time I gave it a shot. So, I put down NeonPlat for the night, and turned to my iPad to do some mixing. ( width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/220309050&auto_play=false&...