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Re: Show HN: Colors – Experimenting with Construct 2

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Post by kornakiewicz » Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 2:24 PM UTC

sleepysort wrote: post #8

kornakiewicz wrote: post #5

Looks neat, but I would play with nicer palette. Also the hardness is increasing hyperbolically so after those small red dots appears it's almost impossible to survive.

The color palette was pretty random haha; if you have a better color scheme to recommend, I'd love to see it! And I'm currently trying to find a good balance for size and speed such that the game is very challenging, but not impossible.

Checkout this: http://clrs.cc/

and try not to use similar colors after each other.

Re: Show HN: Colors – Experimenting with Construct 2

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Post by AshleysBrain » Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 2:32 PM UTC

egeozcan wrote: post #17

AshleysBrain wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Check your browser addons and try disabling them - some clunky addons clobber Javascript that the Construct 2 engine uses and breaks it.

Tried in incognito mode where everything is disabled. Still, it freezes with the same error. (Windows 8.0, Chrome Version 36.0.1985.143 m)

Actually I did some sleuthing from the minified code and found where it corresponds to in our engine. It's just calling a tick function on one of the behaviors, and I guess from the error report it's calling a function on an array with an empty element in it. No idea how that could fail or why it would only happen on one system and not another, this is probably only Javascript logic. Maybe the author is using an old version of C2, or a broken third party plugin... or you have a buggy extension that runs in incognito mode?! I still want to get to the bottom of it, maybe if you head over to our forum at www.scirra.com/forum and post there we can dive deeper.

Re: Show HN: Colors – Experimenting with Construct 2

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Post by kaoD » Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 2:33 PM UTC

sleepysort wrote: post #15

I'm thinking about also adding co-operative multiplayer functionality; what are your guys' thoughts?

Sounds fun and I would definitely play with my friends :)

Add touch controls for mobile devices if possible (check PewPew for a similar movement mechanic) and you got yourself a pretty fun mobile game. I'm not sure if mobile browsers would be up to the task though, just throwing random ideas.

Does Construct2 include networking and lag compensation? It's hard to achieve smooth gameplay over the internet, especially for fast-paced games like this one. Check [1] for a great resource on networking.

I have some experience on game networking. Feel free to contact me at (el + my HN username) at gmail if you need some help.

[1] http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/

Re: Show HN: Colors – Experimenting with Construct 2

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Post by sleepysort » Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 2:37 PM UTC

egeozcan wrote: post #17

AshleysBrain wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Check your browser addons and try disabling them - some clunky addons clobber Javascript that the Construct 2 engine uses and breaks it.

Tried in incognito mode where everything is disabled. Still, it freezes with the same error. (Windows 8.0, Chrome Version 36.0.1985.143 m)

If you want to try to resolve this, feel free to contact me via email (shawnsmlee at gmail); the code/capx project file is also on my github, so if you would like to try making sense of it yourself, you're more than welcome!

Re: Show HN: Colors – Experimenting with Construct 2

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Post by sleepysort » Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 2:39 PM UTC

kaoD wrote: post #23

sleepysort wrote: post #15

I'm thinking about also adding co-operative multiplayer functionality; what are your guys' thoughts?

Sounds fun and I would definitely play with my friends :) Add touch controls for mobile devices if possible (check PewPew for a similar movement mechanic) and you got yourself a pretty fun mobile game. I'm not sure if mobile browsers would be up to the task though, just throwing random ideas. Does Construct2 include networking and lag compensation? It's hard to achieve smooth gameplay over the internet, especially fo…

I'm not sure about lag compensation, but the good folks over at scirra added multiplayer functionality via WebRTC, which allows for peer-hosted games. I'll look into adding touch controls and maybe get it out to Android soon!

Thank you for the offer! I'll be sure to consult you if I have any questions!

Re: Show HN: Colors – Experimenting with Construct 2

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Post by sleepysort » Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 2:45 PM UTC

AshleysBrain wrote: post #22

egeozcan wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tried in incognito mode where everything is disabled. Still, it freezes with the same error. (Windows 8.0, Chrome Version 36.0.1985.143 m)

Actually I did some sleuthing from the minified code and found where it corresponds to in our engine. It's just calling a tick function on one of the behaviors, and I guess from the error report it's calling a function on an array with an empty element in it. No idea how that could fail or why it would only happen on one system and not another, this is probably only Javascript logic. Maybe the author is using an old…

To clarify, I'm using C2r178, and no third party plugins.

Re: Show HN: Colors – Experimenting with Construct 2

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Post by _lce0 » Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 2:54 PM UTC

I cannot shot using a regular tap on the trackpad. I need to hit really hard the surface to shot, but I can get considerably fire speed using the physical button..

Re: Show HN: Colors – Experimenting with Construct 2

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Post by ionforce » Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 2:58 PM UTC

Does it seem that staying in the corner is a good strategy?

Maybe if the canvas wrapped it would make moving around more rewarding, strategically.

Re: Show HN: Colors – Experimenting with Construct 2

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Post by AshleysBrain » Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 3:13 PM UTC

kaoD wrote: post #23

sleepysort wrote: post #15

I'm thinking about also adding co-operative multiplayer functionality; what are your guys' thoughts?

Sounds fun and I would definitely play with my friends :) Add touch controls for mobile devices if possible (check PewPew for a similar movement mechanic) and you got yourself a pretty fun mobile game. I'm not sure if mobile browsers would be up to the task though, just throwing random ideas. Does Construct2 include networking and lag compensation? It's hard to achieve smooth gameplay over the internet, especially fo…

Yes, Construct 2 supports multiplayer over WebRTC DataChannels with built-in interpolation, lag compensation, input prediction and more: https://www.scirra.com/manual/174/multiplayer

Re: Show HN: Colors – Experimenting with Construct 2

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Post by sleepysort » Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 3:13 PM UTC

ionforce wrote: post #28

Does it seem that staying in the corner is a good strategy? Maybe if the canvas wrapped it would make moving around more rewarding, strategically.

I introduced the score multipliers (hitting the same color twice) to discourage staying in one spot the whole game, but I guess it is still a prevailing strategy. That's a great idea! Would both the player and the balls wrap around, or just one of them? Also, what are your thoughts on having the entire playing field in your vision, or having a locked camera on a much larger field?