I think the spikes behave a bit differently than original, but I haven't compared. You can't run through them because they will activate and kill you, but you can slow walk safely. But in this implementation I slowed walked right on top of them (they activated but didn't kill me - that's correct) and then I started to run and I was killed instantly.
Prince of Persia in JavaScript
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Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript
#112Awesome! Takes me back :) My 8 yo son is playing it now, he knows all the modern consoles, but this is challenging him. He is frustrated things are hard from the beginning, jumps don't work right away and he stopped after a few minutes. I remember my perseverance as a kid. I was thinking about that lately, I see my kids don't have this strong motivation as I had, not for anything. Everything works for them and is lay…
If you want to counteract this tendency, consider getting them into (competitive) sports. Nothing will work right away, they will have to „grind“ (train/practice) a lot, failures are all but certain; but hard work and perseverance get rewarded, and the successes are all the sweeter. As a young guy who has had a modern and easy childhood not unlike the one you describe, many of my most cherished memories come from competing in a sport.
Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript
#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
Was that version ever released? We're you at Broderbund at the time? :-)
Yes of course it was released ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIscoVqTwpY And yes, I was working with Broderbund (from Paris) at that time, it was a great time! Translating 6502 Apple II code to Atari 1040ST 68000 code was funny...
Is still Paris a great place to develop games? I heard that the studio responsible for Netflix's 'Arcane' AKA 'League of Legends' TV series are in Paris [1]
[1] Fortiche Productions, a small Paris-based studio who specializes in creating animated projects with a unique blend of 2D and 3D art. src https://www.techradar.com/news/inside-arcane-netflixs-animat...
Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript
#114Awesome! Takes me back :) My 8 yo son is playing it now, he knows all the modern consoles, but this is challenging him. He is frustrated things are hard from the beginning, jumps don't work right away and he stopped after a few minutes. I remember my perseverance as a kid. I was thinking about that lately, I see my kids don't have this strong motivation as I had, not for anything. Everything works for them and is lay…
For older kids, I think bricolage and manual labor can bring some of this attitudes you talk about.
The digital world is mostly done. Everything, from social networks, to videogames is studied to avoid frustration, be addictive, and generate a dopamine rush. When not, like competitive gaming and so... the skill gap is too big and the entrance barrier too high
Manual labor cannot be so easily simplified and automatized. Yes, you need to perform a task and, if it's common enough, you'll have a Youtube tutorial at one click reach. But that's not so easy in the real world, because you'll eventually find obstacles and unforeseen problems. Usually, the uploader is a skilled guy for whom, some situations, are not even worth mentioning, but will be a problem for a newbie.
Furthermore many basic manual task are not to be found in Youtube, because they're too specific. Yes, you can find a tutorial on how to hang something to a wall, but you need to hang an object of an specific shape, between two walls corner, where some other object is an obstacle.
In those cases, you're mostly on your own, but the task is achievable
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#115What the hell are the controls? I can't figure out how to swing the sword.
Controls are same as original (linked) where on desktop the arrows are joystick and shift is your joystick button. On mobile it's covered elsewhere in the comments (it's screen controls) http://www.abandonia.com/files/extras/26916_Extra%20document...
>Controls are same as original (linked)
Is it? Num7/9 don't work regardless if num lock is on or not.
Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes of course it was released ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIscoVqTwpY And yes, I was working with Broderbund (from Paris) at that time, it was a great time! Translating 6502 Apple II code to Atari 1040ST 68000 code was funny...
Is still Paris a great place to develop games? I heard that the studio responsible for Netflix's 'Arcane' AKA 'League of Legends' TV series are in Paris [1] [1] Fortiche Productions, a small Paris-based studio who specializes in creating animated projects with a unique blend of 2D and 3D art. src https://www.techradar.com/news/inside-arcane-netflixs-animat...
Yes Paris is still a great place to develop video games (even if I'm not anymore in this field).
Here is a link to interesting and creative French game people and projects (it is in French, so here is a Google translated version: https://gamingcampus-fr.translate.goog/tomorrow-lab/gaming-i...)
Outside of Paris are also great teams like the Asobo teams in south west of France who developed Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020...
Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript
#117Good memories
Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript
#118It must be at least 20+ years since I played this game and yet can remember the controls correctly (up + side arrows to jump) even though I haven't used this combination in any other game since.
Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript
#119Awesome! Takes me back :) My 8 yo son is playing it now, he knows all the modern consoles, but this is challenging him. He is frustrated things are hard from the beginning, jumps don't work right away and he stopped after a few minutes. I remember my perseverance as a kid. I was thinking about that lately, I see my kids don't have this strong motivation as I had, not for anything. Everything works for them and is lay…
> My 8 yo son is playing it now, he knows all the modern consoles, but this is challenging him. He is frustrated things are hard from the beginning, jumps don't work right away and he stopped after a few minutes. I remember my perseverance as a kid.
That’s why it’s your parental responsibility to start playing games with your kid early, starting with the oldest consoles up to modern times: https://medium.com/message/playing-with-my-son-e5226ff0a7c3
Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript
#120Is this playable without a num pad?