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Unfinished / Incomplete / Re: I Wanna Be The Anarchistificationator Update 2-22-2015 "Build 3"
« on: February 22, 2015, 06:59:06 PM »
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Off Topic / Re: Look at this
« on: February 20, 2015, 06:57:38 PM »
yes. i'm actually both the 1 and the .625, this whole entire forum was a plot to talk to myself in the most in-depth way possible
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Unfinished / Incomplete / Re: I Wanna Be The Anarchistificationator (Early Prototype)
« on: February 17, 2015, 09:39:50 PM »
Will give it a try! I'll update the post regarding my thoughts on it.
FIRST THINGS I NOTICE: Pushing aside the Lite Logo (ech), the game is promising! I like the tutorial, assets, and music choices! Gimmicks like the potions sound nice, as well. I'll check in later for my thoughts on the platforming.
GOOD THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT: Save blockers! I'm glad you put some thought into blocking the saves. I like the tiles and backgrounds, too.
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS: The screen is resizable, and that kinda bugs me. There's a check box in the Global Game Settings area which you can uncheck to prevent this.
PLATFORMING: Whoa jesus christ! First three floors and it transitions from block platforming to some more difficult spike jumps. Really big spike in difficulty there. This isn't all that light hearted towards beginners, I'll say that much. The potions are fine as a gimmick, but the platforming related to them is kind of hard to execute.
BAD THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT: First off, you die from "walking" into a spike even if a block is in the way.Another thing, the water is opaque as fuk. Reduce some of its alpha.
I don't feel like updating the post right now, but try to reflect on some of the stuff I talked about earlier.
FIRST THINGS I NOTICE: Pushing aside the Lite Logo (ech), the game is promising! I like the tutorial, assets, and music choices! Gimmicks like the potions sound nice, as well. I'll check in later for my thoughts on the platforming.
GOOD THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT: Save blockers! I'm glad you put some thought into blocking the saves. I like the tiles and backgrounds, too.
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS: The screen is resizable, and that kinda bugs me. There's a check box in the Global Game Settings area which you can uncheck to prevent this.
PLATFORMING: Whoa jesus christ! First three floors and it transitions from block platforming to some more difficult spike jumps. Really big spike in difficulty there. This isn't all that light hearted towards beginners, I'll say that much. The potions are fine as a gimmick, but the platforming related to them is kind of hard to execute.
BAD THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT: First off, you die from "walking" into a spike even if a block is in the way.
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I don't feel like updating the post right now, but try to reflect on some of the stuff I talked about earlier.
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Gameplay & Discussion / Re: Help with my savefile in GENKI.
« on: February 12, 2015, 03:09:38 PM »321
Unfinished / Incomplete / Re: Work In Progress (and Discontinued) Screenshot Thread
« on: February 11, 2015, 02:48:19 PM »
I Wanna Go To Extreme Depths 2!
I had two art styles prepared, and I ended up going from this
to this!
I had two art styles prepared, and I ended up going from this
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Engines / Re: I wanna be the engine Nikaple Edition
« on: February 09, 2015, 02:36:46 PM »
I haven't downloaded it yet, but hoo damn this looks fine.
goodbye, we'll miss you
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General Games / Re: My hill
« on: February 05, 2015, 05:26:27 PM »
i summon lods of emone to buy rights to the hill.
my hill
my hill
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Gameplay & Discussion / Re: A good explanation about the deal with aligns
« on: February 03, 2015, 11:27:42 PM »
I based this post more on the logic behind aligns, not the aligns for jumps. I'm sure someone will make a post on that, though.
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Gameplay & Discussion / A good explanation about the logic behind aligns
« on: February 03, 2015, 11:18:37 PM »
Let's go over the basics. The player moves 3px per "step" when a directional button is pressed. Let's say the player is on align 0. This means they can go to X = 3,6,9,12,15, and so on. But if they wanted to change their align so they could go to X= 1, 2, 4, or 5, they would have to change their align to 1 or 2. How do you do this? By hitting a wall with that align. Let's see an image regarding the aligns.
Now let's ask our first question: Why do the aligns shift like this? This occurs because since there are 3 possible aligns and the grid is indivisible by 3 (32/3 ≠ integer).
What does this mean? Let's take a more in depth look.
With this, you should understand how you get each align. Now for an explanation regarding offset blocks. Note: this is pretty much an extended example of the first part, which explains how aligns work in the first place.
Chances, although low, are that one of the blocks is offset, with its position maybe 40 or 48. This isn't too complex, because all you're doing by grabbing the align is offsetting it.
Let's take a look at a regular block and an offset block's aligns.
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There's an explanation for why these two aligns are the same. if the left align's X is 0, that means the far align's X is 24. 24 and 0, when divided by 3 (move speed), result in the decimal point .00, so this means that they are both on align 0.
Now let's look at an offset block which doesn't result in the same align.
The left align's position is 0, and the far align's position is 16. 0/3 is .00 and 16/3 is 5.33 or 1/3. 1/3 * 3 is 1, so it makes sense that the far align is shifted by one pixel.
You can use this guide to basically figure out anything align-related.
That basically covers the align explanation, so I hope you understand now what aligns are and how they work!
Now let's move on to a bonus explanation regarding walk-off aligns!
Walk-off aligns let you walk off a block which has a spike poking out from it. It's only possible with one of the three aligns. But why? The explanation for this is quite complex. The short answer is that it depends on the player's hitbox. If you want the long answer, you can learn about it from the next section.
Here's a failed attempt at a walk-off, where the kid got an align from the block next to them.
Now let's check out the successful attempt, where the kid got an align from the other side of the spike block.
You may or may not be wondering how the player does it with the align farther away from the spike instead of the align closer to the spike. Now we're going to get technical.
Let's see an image of that same thing, but with the align grid.
More specifically, the align which allowed the player to fall through:
The top of the spike where the player can hit is 2px wide.
Let's say that the correct align's X position is 0. That would mean the spike's position is 32. The two kill pixels are at position 32 and 33. With the align, you could go to X=27,30,33,36,39.
Now here's where it gets weird: Though the player's origin, or true position, follows the same 3 pixels as the align, the edge of the hitbox doesn't. The player's regular hitbox is 11px wide, which is not divisible by 3. It's 2px longer than the highest .00 division decimal result, 9. Simply, the edge of the hitbox is extended by two pixels.
Normally the align in the same block as the spike would be the correct one, but the two edge pixels would collide with the two kill pixels. With the 1px far align, the edge pixels would only collide with the far kill pixel. With the 2px far align, or the correct one, the two edge pixels go beyond the kill pixels, resulting in a successful walk-off! You can use the same logic as this explanation to determine walk-off aligns with different hitbox lengths. I hope this helps you understand!
EDIT: I'm bad at explaining things, so there are probably quite a few things in the post that don't make sense. Try to look past that, though
Now let's ask our first question: Why do the aligns shift like this? This occurs because since there are 3 possible aligns and the grid is indivisible by 3 (32/3 ≠ integer).
What does this mean? Let's take a more in depth look.
With this, you should understand how you get each align. Now for an explanation regarding offset blocks. Note: this is pretty much an extended example of the first part, which explains how aligns work in the first place.
Chances, although low, are that one of the blocks is offset, with its position maybe 40 or 48. This isn't too complex, because all you're doing by grabbing the align is offsetting it.
Let's take a look at a regular block and an offset block's aligns.
'There's an explanation for why these two aligns are the same. if the left align's X is 0, that means the far align's X is 24. 24 and 0, when divided by 3 (move speed), result in the decimal point .00, so this means that they are both on align 0.
Now let's look at an offset block which doesn't result in the same align.
The left align's position is 0, and the far align's position is 16. 0/3 is .00 and 16/3 is 5.33 or 1/3. 1/3 * 3 is 1, so it makes sense that the far align is shifted by one pixel.
You can use this guide to basically figure out anything align-related.
That basically covers the align explanation, so I hope you understand now what aligns are and how they work!
Now let's move on to a bonus explanation regarding walk-off aligns!
Walk-off aligns let you walk off a block which has a spike poking out from it. It's only possible with one of the three aligns. But why? The explanation for this is quite complex. The short answer is that it depends on the player's hitbox. If you want the long answer, you can learn about it from the next section.
Here's a failed attempt at a walk-off, where the kid got an align from the block next to them.
Now let's check out the successful attempt, where the kid got an align from the other side of the spike block.
You may or may not be wondering how the player does it with the align farther away from the spike instead of the align closer to the spike. Now we're going to get technical.
Let's see an image of that same thing, but with the align grid.
More specifically, the align which allowed the player to fall through:
The top of the spike where the player can hit is 2px wide.
Let's say that the correct align's X position is 0. That would mean the spike's position is 32. The two kill pixels are at position 32 and 33. With the align, you could go to X=27,30,33,36,39.
Now here's where it gets weird: Though the player's origin, or true position, follows the same 3 pixels as the align, the edge of the hitbox doesn't. The player's regular hitbox is 11px wide, which is not divisible by 3. It's 2px longer than the highest .00 division decimal result, 9. Simply, the edge of the hitbox is extended by two pixels.
Normally the align in the same block as the spike would be the correct one, but the two edge pixels would collide with the two kill pixels. With the 1px far align, the edge pixels would only collide with the far kill pixel. With the 2px far align, or the correct one, the two edge pixels go beyond the kill pixels, resulting in a successful walk-off! You can use the same logic as this explanation to determine walk-off aligns with different hitbox lengths. I hope this helps you understand!
EDIT: I'm bad at explaining things, so there are probably quite a few things in the post that don't make sense. Try to look past that, though
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Tools & Software / Re: Ultra Bullets - (GameMaker Library)
« on: February 03, 2015, 01:20:41 AM »
is it not appearing? you can type %appdata% in the start menu and the folder at the start of the .gif should come up
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Gameplay & Discussion / Re: I Wanna Call Me It - HELP!
« on: February 02, 2015, 05:14:02 AM »
this post made in less than 3 minutes
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Meet and Greet! / Re: Hello !
« on: February 01, 2015, 05:11:12 AM »
all you have to do is praise based miku and maybe get second-try hype
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Gameplay & Discussion / Re: Post the fangame you just beat!
« on: January 28, 2015, 03:23:20 AM »
Praise RNJesus