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Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#51

Post by errantspark » Fri, Jan 06, 2017, 9:53 PM UTC

torsday wrote: post #50

kelvin0 wrote: post #49

Now instead of doing this, if they could add more content for Netflix Canada (and other Non-US countries) ... :-)

I wish we Netflix Canada here in the US. You have more than we do :/

^ This, not to mention there are several good proxies to get US Netflix working in other countries, but getting Canadian Netflix in the US is a much more arduous process.

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#52

Post by scott_s » Fri, Jan 06, 2017, 9:53 PM UTC

I wish I could have heard the internal discussions about whether or not to include Queen Elizabeth II.

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#53

Post by tptacek » Fri, Jan 06, 2017, 10:08 PM UTC

What's super weird about this to me is how unlike the actual shows these are; OITNB doesn't take place in a cell block prison, and Matthew Modine isn't bald in Stranger Things.

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#54

Post by jayajay » Fri, Jan 06, 2017, 10:15 PM UTC

If the music was algorithmically generated, what methods were used?

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#55

Post by nishs » Fri, Jan 06, 2017, 10:15 PM UTC

dawnerd wrote: post #3

Not sure if it's the browser or the game but sometimes clicks and taps don't register. Love the themes though! One other issue is since you can't seem to jump during a power up if an obstacle comes right as the powerup ends you'll lose with no way to avoid.

Are you using the VimFx or Vimium extension? Disabling it and using spacebar made it work for me.

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#56

Post by bobbylox » Fri, Jan 06, 2017, 10:32 PM UTC

Netflix IPs would make some great worlds for larger games, actually. I can imagine a Telltale-style narrative adventure set in the Womens Prison of 'Orange is the New Black' or an action horror game where you play as Eleven, trapped in the Upside Down. Even their animated properties - Knights of Sidonia, Ajin, and Voltron - would be awesome worlds for players to experience. Netflix, if you're reading, hit up the game studio I design for -- contact@phosphorgames.com

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

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Post by headcanon » Fri, Jan 06, 2017, 10:34 PM UTC

Fun. I wonder why they went with a modern-day chinatown backdrop for Marco Polo. I haven't seen season 2 yet; did this somehow become a time travel show? :P

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

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Post by stupidcar » Fri, Jan 06, 2017, 10:40 PM UTC

This is a fun idea, but feels weirdly amateur. Like, the way the sprites disappear the moment they touch the side of the screen, or the way the powerups keep scrolling past even when you're dead.

It's like someone at Netflix did an "intro to games programming" tutorial and decided to put the result live.

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#59

Post by ziikutv » Fri, Jan 06, 2017, 10:42 PM UTC

themckman wrote: post #48

ziikutv wrote: post #46

Hit boxes are shit

rip

Yeah, I was on phone so I did not explain. The characters are made to be leaning forward, so the hitboxes are very wide. When they jump, they remain as is. Hence, when you can clearly make the jump, you still "hit".

Re: Netflix Infinite Runner

#60

Post by scottydelta » Fri, Jan 06, 2017, 10:51 PM UTC

it would be nice UX if the game can be restarted using the spacebar.