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[mcc]

"Pyglet unfortunately is incompatible with Snow Leopard's system python.
Snow Leopard ships with a 64-bit build of python, and because pyglet depends
on the Carbon API, it cannot run in 64-bit environment.

You can download and install a 32-bit version of python from python.org,
which should allow pyglet to run."[/size]

Hey, bit of a late response, and I haven't looked closely into what your game requires, but...

Snow Leopard's python can run in either 32 bit or 64 bit mode.

It goes to 64 bit by default. But there's an environment variable or a "defaults" key or something that can tell it to run in 32 bit mode.

Checking google I find this advice:

The Python that comes with 10.6 apparently honors an environment variable called VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT. If that's set to 'yes', invoking Python from /usr/bin/python brings Python up in 32-bit mode. By default, it comes up in 64-bit mode.

[JMickle]

Wrote an article. hope derek wont mind that i made the music

[droqen]

:D Article! Thanks, JMickle!

mcc: I'll take a look into that, for sure.

Pesto_Nightmare: Found it on Reddit? o: // There's a lot more to come, past the first mini-boss :D

edit Vanguard: Hah, I'll tell you only that I certainly considered something of the sort.

[ChaoSpectre]

I'm going to have to report that the dots appear in 1.0 as well.

Their appearance coincides with a (perhaps?) 10% slowdown in frame rate.

And none of that is related to the fact that I've yet to break 1k or level 5.

[ortoslon]

i don't move when i press right from that position because spiky blocks are slightly smaller than solid blocks. please make them the same size because stumbling becomes annoying when you have spike armor

[Curseman]

That actually is pretty inconvenient, but I never remember to mention it.

[droqen]

If (when? hopefully) I end up fixing that, it'll just let the player do a little step-up sort of thing.

The size difference is there, though, so that when the player lands halfway between a spike block and a regular block, I don't get collision detection issues D; (i.e. player lands mostly on regular block but partially on spike block and technically hits the spike block "first" and so takes damage).

[mokesmoe]

Yeah, I think a step-up is the best idea.

[Parthon]

Not trivial to code though. Good luck.

[Curseman]

That is a good idea.  I figured the difference was there for hitbox reasons.

[droqen]

Note: It's also there to make maneuvering around a spike block a bit more manageable.
As it is, with sufficient skill you can usually make your way around spike blocks that seem tough to avoid.

And I like that.

(Note I am still bumbling through step-up coding.
A friend of mine pointed out something interesting: that this little bump is just a little tiny bit of an extra obstacle to be applied even to those with spike armour; I will still fix it though, as it could pop up and feel like an annoying bug (I'm stuck!) more than a gameplay element.)

[ChaoSpectre]

Should I be picking Smash a lot more than I am?

I keep running into inescapables. Full screen wipes of spike and solid.

Happens a lot more than I would expect. Should this be happening? Am I suffering at the hands of malice?

[ortoslon]

collected suggestions that i told droqen on irc:

• subtle gradients for background color (dark blue <-> dark purple, might be linked to depth, damage or danger)
• no fall damage when you stomp enemies
• boring condensed HUD: pickup queue, star count, good old life meter; move score and depth to the pause/perk screen
• droqen's suggestion that i agree with: headbutts should deal 2 damage

[droqen]

Chao I'm sorry that I have failed to fix the dots bug ;__;

Smash is good but it shouldn't be necessary... are you absolutely certain it's totally blocked off, and not just a twisted air path? If you think to do so, get me some screenshots.

You might just be suffering at the hands of malice, though.


edit ::

Stomp is going to become more of a useful Knees+ replacement than a really offensive tool. It will do 1 damage, always. But it gains the ability to cushion any landing. If you want to save on points or use your body as a weapon, the new Stomp will let you replace, at least under some conditions, the Knees+ and Double Jump combo. However, you need to position yourself right or it's useless. Obviously, K+DJ is still more universally versatile. If you liked the way Stomp was before, voice complaints now.

Headbutt deals 2 damage, making it a more viable 5th-tier offensive option as well as remaining a useful mobility utility.

Boring HUD is on its way. Life counter is still just as messed up (:D) but everything is condensed, at the top of the screen, and depth is more reliable (unfortunately).

[mokesmoe]

I prefer the new stomp. Although suicide stomps may be fun, the extra damage is not worth the health.
Also with the getting stuck on spikes problem, the not being able to move easily is not the problem. Often there is a enemy directly above me, and if I jump to get off the spikes, I hit the enemy.

[ChaoSpectre]

Does the depth have to be more reliable? Are you reverting to one mode of measurement for boring HUD?

Also, can't you take a middle ground on the stomp thing? I don't remember if the damage taken and given scaled with fall distance, but you could loosen the scale a bit if it did. If it did scale and you only loosened the damage taken while leaving the damage given as ridiculous, you create an interesting risk-reward dynamic with stomp.

Of course, I don't think I actually know the mechanics behind stomp, so feel free to ignore me. Also, if that really messes with balance somehow, ignore me.

[droqen]

Chao, the way original Stomp worked:

You would take fall damage as though you had hit a block. Fall too far, you get hurt.
If you fall past "regular" fall damage height (even if you have Knees+ it uses regular fall damage) it deals 2 damage instead of 1. If you fall even further than Knees+ can save you from, it deals 3 damage instead of 2.

I never really found huge huge stomps to be useful until I removed fall damage from it. And then I realized that made it a bit too useful.

But the cushioning is something I like a lot so I decided to see how well Stomp worked if it returned to its 1-damage roots :)


mokesmoe: Cool! I'm glad. -- I'd like to mention that getting stuck on spikes sounds kind of nice. I almost don't want to fix it. Just because you have armour doesn't mean spikes should be totally nullified :D // I probably still will for the above mentioned (if it's on the last page does it still count as "above"?) previously mentioned reasons.

[ChaoSpectre]

Huh. Interesting.

So fall damage is always 1? I understand how damage dealt would change under old stomp, but I'm still unclear on damage taken from falling.

I still find the tradeoff between huge stomp vs. falling off the screen interesting. But pillow stomping sounds fun too.

And I'm still working on getting a screen of inescapable setups.

[droqen]

Oh! Yeah. In such a way to keep things nice and hidden, I'll only say yes -- fall damage is always 1.

Ortoslon gave me an escapable but not-supposed-to-show-up screenshot, but keep trying to screencap if you see one :]

Stomp

[pen]

High score so far is 35658, on potential-mode.

I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL UPGRADE IS! (the one below blockpunch2)