My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike

#1

Post by ondras » Fri, Nov 30, 2012, 2:15 PM UTC

My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike
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Re: My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike

#2

Post by wangfowen » Fri, Nov 30, 2012, 2:35 PM UTC

Cool idea, but it's not really clear to me when I'm able to reflect lasers. Is it completely random? I think the game would be a lot more challenging with less reflecting. I kill way too many guys without meaning to.

Re: My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike

#3

Post by unwind » Fri, Nov 30, 2012, 2:41 PM UTC

Scary from an intellectual properties perspective, but I love how you switched to the "Star Wars" context as way to motivate using the (required) concepts of "push", "pull" and "clone".

The "fork" I'm not so convinced about, but being innovative is of course cool and I do love my 3-way from ancient arcade games which it made me think of.

Re: My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike

#4

Post by oms1005 » Fri, Nov 30, 2012, 2:42 PM UTC

unwind wrote: post #3

Scary from an intellectual properties perspective, but I love how you switched to the "Star Wars" context as way to motivate using the (required) concepts of "push", "pull" and "clone". The "fork" I'm not so convinced about, but being innovative is of course cool and I do love my 3-way from ancient arcade games which it made me think of.

I agree; very clever use of the context.

Re: My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike

#5

Post by JoshTriplett » Fri, Nov 30, 2012, 2:42 PM UTC

Very nice!

Two minor control issues: waiting in place with . does not regenerate health and force like movement does, and non-numpad number keys don't work for movement (useful on a laptop).

Re: My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike

#6

Post by ondras » Fri, Nov 30, 2012, 2:46 PM UTC

JoshTriplett wrote: post #5

Very nice! Two minor control issues: waiting in place with . does not regenerate health and force like movement does, and non-numpad number keys don't work for movement (useful on a laptop).

In place wait is probably a bug and should be fixed soon. Not sure about non-numpad numbers though; their topology is far from being useful...

Re: My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike

#7

Post by ondras » Fri, Nov 30, 2012, 2:46 PM UTC

wangfowen wrote: post #2

Cool idea, but it's not really clear to me when I'm able to reflect lasers. Is it completely random? I think the game would be a lot more challenging with less reflecting. I kill way too many guys without meaning to.

Reflecting happens with 50% chance. Which is far less than what we see in traditional franchise :-)

Re: My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike

#8

Post by xmpir » Fri, Nov 30, 2012, 2:50 PM UTC

nice idea. the gameplay is not too thrilling, but still it's quite funny to play for let's say 2 minutes...

Re: My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike

#9

Post by ondras » Fri, Nov 30, 2012, 2:56 PM UTC

ondras wrote: post #6

JoshTriplett wrote: post #5

Very nice! Two minor control issues: waiting in place with . does not regenerate health and force like movement does, and non-numpad number keys don't work for movement (useful on a laptop).

In place wait is probably a bug and should be fixed soon. Not sure about non-numpad numbers though; their topology is far from being useful...

...aaand fixed!

Re: My GitHub Game Off 2012 Roguelike

#10

Post by wink » Fri, Nov 30, 2012, 3:02 PM UTC

A bit too realtime for my liking, but awesome idea and execution :)