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Re: It's A(door)able

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Post by koromak » Wed, May 03, 2023, 3:13 PM UTC

codeflo wrote: post #22

phoe-krk wrote: post #3

Adding the time limit and actually making the clock go faster when a player is (purposefully) going off the rails is a sinister trick to ensure that players get the expected ending message. Clever that the programmer throught of these cases.

Hmmm. I tried about a dozen times before giving up. I thought the game was broken before reading your comment. Nothing in the game visually indicates that going back is worse than going forwards. As the level is symmetrical, the distance is literally the same. A one-way door, or crumbling floor, would have been easy solutions I think.

Theres momentum, turning around is much slower than moving forward like most games

Re: It's A(door)able

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Post by troymc » Wed, May 03, 2023, 3:17 PM UTC

phoe-krk wrote: post #11

djvu97 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried to go wrong way and i was not able to do. Thanks for telling us

"A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street." -- Doug Linder

In tourist-filled parts of the world where they drive on the left side of the road (e.g. UK, Australia, Japan), you sometimes see signs reminding the tourists to look right before crossing the road.

Re: It's A(door)able

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Post by DiscourseFan » Wed, May 03, 2023, 3:24 PM UTC

JeanMeche wrote: post #31

The author has an interesting game about "trust": https://ncase.me/trust/

I think game theory is really cool and all, but I'm not sure it actually has much relevance for analyzing human behavior. It is always taught in that way, to simplify it for undergrads, but the mathematical concepts, I think, are significantly more important than the "ethical" questions.

Re: It's A(door)able

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Post by Lewton » Wed, May 03, 2023, 3:33 PM UTC

Alacart wrote: post #64

Am I going crazy or were many of these exact comments posted the last time this was linked?

Sometimes posts are merged, but dang usually posts when he does it, maybe he forgot?

Re: It's A(door)able

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Post by KineticLensman » Wed, May 03, 2023, 3:42 PM UTC

troymc wrote: post #72

phoe-krk wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street." -- Doug Linder

In tourist-filled parts of the world where they drive on the left side of the road (e.g. UK, Australia, Japan), you sometimes see signs reminding the tourists to look right before crossing the road.

London in particular has the signs ("Look left", "Look right") written in words on the road surface itself at obvious crossing points, especially near stations etc. So pedestrians look down at them as they go to cross the road.

Re: It's A(door)able

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Post by makach » Wed, May 03, 2023, 3:48 PM UTC

clever! I was genuinely surprised!

Re: It's A(door)able

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Post by nyc_pizzadev » Wed, May 03, 2023, 3:55 PM UTC

nyc_pizzadev wrote: post #23

I guess there is no way to play on mobile?

Was finally able to play it on a desktop. Maybe having a finger moveable joystick widget would give you an equal experience on mobile.

Re: It's A(door)able

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Post by oaktowner » Wed, May 03, 2023, 4:00 PM UTC

I did it wrong! In the middle one, I didn't make a heart -- I went to and fro both on the left side, so it ended up looking more like a backwards question mark than a heart!

Re: It's A(door)able

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Post by ackfoobar » Wed, May 03, 2023, 4:01 PM UTC

koromak wrote: post #71

codeflo wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmmm. I tried about a dozen times before giving up. I thought the game was broken before reading your comment. Nothing in the game visually indicates that going back is worse than going forwards. As the level is symmetrical, the distance is literally the same. A one-way door, or crumbling floor, would have been easy solutions I think.

Theres momentum, turning around is much slower than moving forward like most games

But that's not what this game is doing though. I fumbled and reversed direction picking up the key and still got to the door in time.

Re: It's A(door)able

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Post by Wowfunhappy » Wed, May 03, 2023, 4:02 PM UTC

koromak wrote: post #71

codeflo wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmmm. I tried about a dozen times before giving up. I thought the game was broken before reading your comment. Nothing in the game visually indicates that going back is worse than going forwards. As the level is symmetrical, the distance is literally the same. A one-way door, or crumbling floor, would have been easy solutions I think.

Theres momentum, turning around is much slower than moving forward like most games

IMO, the game design mistake here was having too little momentum. There should be an excessive amount of momentum, so the player immediately understands that the levels will be impossible if they turn around.