Comments on: S’troidz!: Week 1 Update

By: blend101

blend101 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:07:44 +0000

hey good job man, looks like it’s coming together nicely, i’m keeping an eye on it

By: June Community Highlight - PushButton Engine

June Community Highlight - PushButton Engine — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:45:17 +0000

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By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:51:13 +0000

Hey Mike! Thanks for stopping by. Here’s one of the items in my bitbucket issue tracker you might like:

#28 Create a custom keybinding component
Reported by pperon, created 22 days ago, last edited 22 days ago.
This would allow players to use whatever keys they’d like to play the game.

Everyone likes choices and this is something I feel _all_ games should have.

Stay tuned!

By: Mike Pirnat

Mike Pirnat — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:08:39 +0000

S-D-F also seems like a good scheme for flight control too, which leaves A free for the eventual obligatory hyperspace or smart bomb.

By: Mike Pirnat

Mike Pirnat — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:07:11 +0000

My fingers seem to really hate your choice of controls…. I continue to struggle to connect “K” to “shoot” even though it’s right under my finger. I crave the space bar to fire–it’s huge and easy to reach, and it’s often used in other similar games for firing. I also have a hard time with both the thrust and clockwise rotation–E feels more comfortable for thrust (more natural for the middle finger, which is stronger than the ring finger, to reach) and F feels better for the rotation. Or if you’re interested in trying two-handed controls, using the arrows on the right hand to fly and spacebar on the left hand to fire would also feel like an improvement.

Keep up the good work!

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:51:17 +0000

@Deozaan The safe period is brief (2 seconds) but I’ll run some tests and confirm it’s working correctly. The second issue you mention regarding the wave not showing has been logged and is in my queue to get fixed when I have time. As far as bullets not wrapping, this was a design decision. It would be trivial to have them wrap and time-out but need to think about it for a while.

Great feedback! It’s very much appreciated.

By: Deozaan

Deozaan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:12:08 +0000

You say you’ve added a “safe period” after the ship spawns, but I was killed instantly upon spawning.

Also, I went around and killed all the asteroids and aliens, and no second wave has spawned. My ship is just floating around in empty space.

And bullets don’t world-wrap, which is kind of strange, considering ships and asteroids do.

By: webmasterdubai

webmasterdubai — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:40:12 +0000

great work any body tell me how to make flash games. using push button.

By: zapakitul

zapakitul — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:59:11 +0000

Kinda nice, I actually like it! As Jeremy said, it’s kinda odd that you have to click the stage again after clicking ’start’. Also, allot of asteroids suddenly spawned next to my ship, and I couldn’t actually avoid them. But it looks great!

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:57:13 +0000

@Ben Garney Thanks!

@Jeremy Yeah, I’ve applied virtually no polish at this point. My primary focus has been on getting the large pieces in place first. As far as the components are concerned, some are s’troidz-centric but others will certainly be sharable/reusable. All components are PBE-friendly. Thanks for stopping by, man!