Rikifive

It literally has pew pew sounds! Hehe...

Yes, shared to everyone, but you need to update the links themselves, as they have a new format with keys, otherwise no one will be able to view it. I just checked it by clicking one of the old links and yes, it basically says I don't have an access, but I can ask for it by pressing a button.

But that's for the very default links leading to the file with preview. It seems to not apply to modified links with direct download, which is good. These still work as they did, buuuuuut~

~Whichever link that would be, it's shared to anyone by default, yes, but apparently it's every Google user now, not literally anyone, unless you disable the security update for the file. This appears to successfully revert any of these inconveniences. All old links work and no one has to be logged in, now that I checked all the scenarios myself.

So uh, maybe it's not as bad as I thought it is. The only complaint I have is that Google enabled it by default and now I have to configure every single file to disable it and revert it back to normal, one by one... At least I can do all of this within my Google Drive, so that works.

Have you considered sharing the games through Itch.io?  You can upload directly to the site and let people just download it that way, and people going to that site are expecting to see indie games.

Yeah, I was thinking about that, been considering putting on gamejolt too maybe, but I don't know, never felt the need to put my stuff there. My games are too silly for that.  

I actually don't know/recall what VRC6 is...
I also did not know that FamiTracker was able to create usable, hardware-compatible NSF files. That does defeat the purpose of what I offered, based on what (little) I knew.

@PhoenixSoul VRC6 is an expansion chip developed by Konami, it adds three more channels. It was present in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, to give an example.

No worries, at least now you know why it makes a difference.

The japanese version of Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse only though.

Awww, hope you feel better! The game looks pretty neato so far, so don't give up!

Still running on painkillers, but I manage, thanks. I'll do what I can, thanks. 

Well it turned out pretty anyway! :3

Yeah, thanks.

Oh I thought I might be missing something obvious and overcomplicating things, but now that you mention it this way, I suppose it is what it is. I know some old games had a simpler approach to slopes - by basically limiting them to only the ground, keeping all ceilings square - and also keeping enough of space in tight passages to avoid going up into the ceiling. That was like the limitation of level design. It was in Metroid or something...

That indeed saves all the hassle, as the problem arises when the character starts touching ground and ceiling at the same time. Some sorcery has to be put to prevent from getting stuck. Given how much extra code I need to cover the scenarios shown above, I'm wondering if it really will be needed. Perhaps I too, should just keep the minimum space between ground and ceiling, so that any of this wouldn't be needed. ..But well, since for now it all works, I'll leave it be and try to take advantage from it in level design. Should the game happen to be a bit too demanding for older hardware, I'll consider simplifying the logic.

These are tiles, that have a limited amount of slope shapes. Using only full block, 1:1 slopes, 2:1 slopes and 4-pixel-tall-step stairs. To make it work though, precise pixel based collision has to be put to work.

Well precise pixel based collision makes it much easier, at leas in some ways. I don't even know how to start if you do tile based stuff. I think the way I did it was to check each pixel from foot to head in the direction the player was moving and simply have a max number of pixels that could be moved up and if there was enough space to move up. Or something. Point was if you had a situation where the player was touching ground and ceiling at the same time it would basically treat it as a solid wall. Did have code to keep you ducking if you didn't have room to unduck but I don't remember if it ever ducked automatically otherwise.

Also, honestly, maybe it's just me but don't you think most of the time when code exists to unstick the player from inside a wall it's exploited in the wrong way?

Basically I have something like this. The stepping up while moving forward is what requires a bit more attention. I might continue toying with this to wrap it all better or something.

Yeah, speedrunners will always find fancy ways.  But I suppose it's better than just getting stuck and having to quit. Guess I prefer having someone abuse it and me patching it eventually, than someone complaining they keep getting stuck once in a while, losing progress and everything. There's no perfect solution for that, other than writing collision properly, so that there's no way to find yourself inside a wall in the first place. Until I get to this point, it's better to have something ready to handle this, to at least try to prevent from potential frustration.

So many bouncy stars!

Lots of bouncy things, and 'pew-pew-pew!' lolz

What no individually bound directions? What if someone wants to use some odd thing like okl; for directions? Yes okl; is a thing. I played a game that only had wasd and okl; as options the other day. Weird!

Listen, I ran out of budget, okay? Lmao I had to pick the movement bundle because it was cheaper. 

I actually recall a game with similar, if not the same movement keys you've mentioned. Hmm no idea what it was, but I think these were the keys for the second player? 

Well anyway, I hope this will suffice. Initially I planned to have like two presets for all actions and that's it, but while I was there, I just made it more customizable instead, as it required a similar amount of work. Though I kind of ran out of space in that window, so had to wrap movement into one setting containing presets. I don't really expect anyone to have different preferences than these two, but I can always add more movements layouts, should other keys be demanded.

Budget... Riiiiight.

I'm sure it will be fine. :3

Neat.

Yay for options!

interesting platformer

Platforms make buzzy fly go Boing! lolz
@Kayzee

I know the feeling...

One thing I like that I have seen in some games is that running out of air basically forces the player into surfacing. Like they are free to dive down and fall into the water but as soon as they run out of air they start floating back up and can no longer move downward at all. Only problem is that there are situations where it's possible to get stuck if you aren't careful with the level design that way.

GTA Meme: "AH SHIT HERE WE GO AGAIN" lmfao

@Kayzee Oof that would often lead to getting stuck here indeed, kek. Well, any 'roof' would end up making it look funny, because you could stay underwater forever if you'd like to, which makes it even worse.

It's a rather simple, oldschool metroidvania, so simple approaches are fine I guess. I'm only wondering if running out of breath should instantly end the game or if I should keep the traditional way, that also goes though life (like in tomb raiders lmao). An option I consider is to end the game instantly and turn the sprite blue, like in the wasted image above. Yeah, it doesn't really make sense, but again, it's a retro game that also takes place in a cartoony universe, so a somewhat comedic touch would be welcomed, rather than making anything visibly suffer. :P

Welp, this is something I can change at any point, so I'll see how it goes and make changes in the future if I'll feel the need for that.

@PhoenixSoul Look behind you!

*spray noises*

Oh nevermind, it was just a bird. 

No worries @Kayzee , I just posted a totally random meme I found online, don't mind that.  This was just a prank! 

Hehehe... :3

It's definitely a funny one, lolz

@PhoenixSoul It's Yamaha ERG 121c. 

Of course it's not accurate, but when I think about songs I didn't like, then it definitely would be a majority of the entire music.  I don't like hip hop, because most of the time it's just ranting with some background repetitive melody. For the same reason I dislike (most of) dubstep, r'n'b and stuff like this. For parties, games - okay, but for casual listening, meh. When it comes to music, I really like it when these are catchy, when there's actual progress and melody in the song, rather than cheap wub wub everyone can easily come up with in some music making soft.

Well you know what they say: 80% of statistics are made up. :P

I don't think the point was ever an actual accurate measure though, just a number that feels about right to make a general statement about quality vs quantity. That said, I do think it tends to end up being a good estimate when taken as a whole. Yeah, you may like some genres way more then others, but when looking at music or even all media as a whole I think most people can agree that 90% being crap is at least somewhat on the mark. Also, there is a sizable chunk of media that most people will agree is actually objectively poorly made. I mean, even if you are into r'n'b stuff, You probobly will agree that IceJJFish isn't the best singer. Though if that makes his songs 'bad' or 'fucking hilarious' (or both) is up to you. :3

I still have a fondness for groups like the Beastie Boys (RIP Adam Yauch/MCA), and Rage Against The Machine.

@Rikifive I thought for a second that you were gonna show me a picture of a Fender Stratocaster, lolz

Anyway, this song here, is an example of a good song I really like that is genre-fluid...
 

lolz
I remember the old 'rotten tomatoes' joke xD

Just keep the apple gems away from Jappleack, she would probobly try to eat them and ruin her teeth. XD

Yeah... 

I ran across some kind of odd error earlier, but a refresh and it was gone, like some kind of blip, some loading error possibly on my end. That's about all I noticed.

There were errors when trying to view topics and it was like this for quite a while. It was fixed yesterday, so it should be good now.

Hehe, I admit I have done stuff like that too. I used to have this wacky system back when I did romhacking and ASM... Er... but that's a long long story. I started typing it actually but after paragraph after paragraph of just explaining the context of everything... Well... Maybe I will finish it later and make it a blog post or something, but every so often I have a rare moment of clarity and actually realize I am blabbing too much. :P

I can imagine how it would not fit in this thread.
But you got me interested, so I hope you will write that blogpost.
Sorry Riki for hijacking your status update.

Game Maker uses its own language called GML (Game Maker Language). It is quite similar to JS.

To be honest I have no idea, as I haven't really tried pushing it that hard. I kinda doubt that is doable though and even if, it would require more hassle than necessary I think. It could be useful, but not as handy as I'd like.

No worries, that's absolutely fine.

Should be all set!

The one topic I had encountered an issue with, is working fine now.

Hehe, Thank you very much! <3

Looks like another birthday is coming up too. <3

Hehe, on the 20th. :3

It was just another day, honestly.

But the sentiment is appreciated, merci beaucoup.