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[ChevyRay]

The game is so pointless. What does stacking boxes have to do with whores?

It was novel when it first appeared, but come on, now its just stupid and boring.

Come on, there has to be more interesting applications to simulating physics than STACKING BOXES!

Comments like that drive me NUTS.

What are you supposed to say? SORRY!? The physics problems are probably because physics are HARD TO PROGRAM, and "pointless"? Give me a break. Every game you make will be better than the next. This is the first time Hideous and Sereneworx have teamed up, and I don't think Hideous has made that many games.

Take everything with a grain of salt, people.

I think the game was a great effort, and if you don't be an asshole, you can enjoy the challenge of it. While the physics are annoying at times, you can always restart, and it's definitely better than I could program it.

The music and atmosphere are awesome, and I don't think it's one of the better games I've seen yet that's made with Construct. I think it was pretty ambitious to be developed in such a short time and you guys did a good job.

A great stepping stone, anyways. It always feels good to finish something.

Just ignore the complainers, and pay attention to the pleasant critics. THE REST OF YOU CAN SHUT UP, the game is free for cripes sake

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Peace out. :D

[Zaphos]

Right, I actually _thought_ about placing a crate limit at first, but I really wanted to leave it up to the player - If he think it's fun to spam through, then he should be allowed to do so.

One alternative would be a 'par for course' number of boxes on or after each level, so the player has something to shoot for.  That could motivate puzzle play for the interested player right away, but be non-intrusive enough that they could ignore it if they wanted to.

[GregWS]

Great seeing this released!  I'd like to play it through all at once, so I've downloaded now but it'll have to wait until Wednesday; I'll post some feedback then.

Again, it looks great guys! 

[Iamthejuggler]

What are you supposed to say? SORRY!? The physics problems are probably because physics are HARD TO PROGRAM, and "pointless"? Give me a break.

I think part of the problem with that is people are now so used to games using things like the box2D and APE engines that they expect physics of this kind to be more responsive/accurate. It DID get frustrating when you got stuck because the block you were on was at slightly too steep an angle and you had to restart, but like I said, I still enjoyed it. People are always more critical in blog comments it seems, and often without any actual constructive parts to their comments. Props to hideous for reacting so patiently.

[Eclipse]

they needs to keep in mind that is an entry to a contest too, a noir themed contest, and imo the game nails the point pretty good.
we need to do a noir contest too D:

[ChevyRay]

Props to hideous for reacting so patiently.

Haha true. I can't even take it and I didn't even make the game

[GregWS]

Props to hideous for reacting so patiently.

Haha true. I can't even take it and I didn't even make the game

Yeah, I don't usually read the comments on the IndieGames Blog (or TIGS frontpage, for that matter), but man, what vitrol! 

[Hideous]

What are you supposed to say? SORRY!? The physics problems are probably because physics are HARD TO PROGRAM, and "pointless"? Give me a break.

I think part of the problem with that is people are now so used to games using things like the box2D and APE engines that they expect physics of this kind to be more responsive/accurate. It DID get frustrating when you got stuck because the block you were on was at slightly too steep an angle and you had to restart, but like I said, I still enjoyed it. People are always more critical in blog comments it seems, and often without any actual constructive parts to their comments. Props to hideous for reacting so patiently.

But, uh. This is Box2D.

[Iamthejuggler]

Oh .... well how come it's so finicky about landing on slanted surfaces. Is box2D controlling your character movement as well? If so what is the character's particle type, a rectangle particle that you replaced the draw functionality and stopped rotating? I thought that the boxes were using some engine like box2d (and they react great) but i assumed the character was separate and just using information from the box2d engine.

[mirosurabu]

Have you tried mixing platform behavior with physics behavior for protagonist? Not everyone likes intertia.

[Hideous]

Had I done that, he would have gone through the boxes and stuff and things wouldn't have worked as expected.

And yeah, Box2D is controlling the character, and I turned off his rotations and stuff. Really, I was using Construct, so I don't know what half of what you said meant - but the character is essentially a box that i'm drawing a sprite on top of.

[Iamthejuggler]

So how are you deciding whether or not he is allowed to jump? Checking his speed or whether there is ground/boxes beneath either of his feet? That was the main issue for me, and it worked most of the time, just occasionally got a bit stuck.

I guess i'm getting a little off topic here though. 

[Hideous]

I have a tiny little sprite that covers most of the bottom of the collision box - if that is colliding with something I decide is ground, you can jump and walk.

[Iamthejuggler]

gotcha. i guess if it's slightly smaller than the collision box then you can collide with a steep edge, so not move, but also not register to be walkable/jumpable. Still, it's not game breaking thanks to the rest button

[AuthenticKaizen]

featured on Bytejacker.
http://www.bytejacker.com/episodes/026

[Hideous]

Holy fucking shit, my months-long dream has finally come true 

[Jared C]

They didn't mention, you, though. 

[mirosurabu]

He's way too hideous to mention him.

[Hideous]

But, uh, yes they did. I'm Andreas Jörgensen.

[Jared C]

Oh... 

I know I knew Sereneworx's name... Sean something, right?