Mata
Nov 14 2005, 02:39 AM
Here's a preview of a game I've been making:
http://www.matazone.co.uk/animpages/cf/circlefish.phpI think it's ready, but I just wanted to check that it's all working okay before putting it out to the general public. Let me know if it's all functioning okay for you.
candice
Nov 14 2005, 02:57 AM
Seems to work fine for me!
That 7 was stalking me though, I tell you

Those poor cuddly bears..
Kitty
Nov 14 2005, 03:11 AM
Works good for me too!
Also kills the arrow buttons on my keyboard because I think if I press down on them harder my little dot will move faster

I'll be addicted....
voices_in_my_head
Nov 14 2005, 03:26 AM
Kitty, I do the same thing! I'm Convinced that it
will make the dot move faster eventully.

It worked fine for me too!
Mata
Nov 14 2005, 01:12 PM
Thank you! I've put that out to the 'public' now.
pgrmdave
Nov 14 2005, 05:55 PM
teehee...I love your games, Mata - they manage to be simple, deceivingly difficult, and incredibly addictive
Mata
Nov 14 2005, 05:59 PM
I'm having issues with the speed that it runs at. It's really annoying, it's super-slick on my home machine but as soon as I put it online it turns into a snail impersonator. Gr.
oscarhilton
Nov 14 2005, 06:31 PM
Tricky!
I think i've got a fairly fast computer...

... so i think it works quite fast for me.
Oh yay for my score of 135.89!
JimiJimi
Nov 14 2005, 06:34 PM
That game is as close as you can get to evil in a 760 x 415 window, I tells ya!
I suck even on easy! I can get 5 on easy and 3 on hard, before some annoying number 9 comes up from behind and travels over my little dot, reverting all my minion dots to full size. Then number nine goes off looking all innocent whistling a merry tune. Grr!
EDIT: That's one of few games that makes me grit my teeth and move my head as if thinking that it will affect the location of the dot, and it's the only game that makes me hyperventilate when the dot just happens to travel through 7, 8 and 9 consecutively in the space of a second. But on another note, I did it! 84.852!
Mata
Nov 14 2005, 07:08 PM
Go Jimi!
I think I've finally got it running about as well as is possible on a browser. I'm rather miffed at the difference between home rendering and browser based rendering speed. I've spent most of the last five hours trying to get the code to be more efficient. It was pretty good to begin with!
CommieBastard
Nov 14 2005, 07:26 PM
First place on the Easy tables
Hobbes
Nov 14 2005, 07:30 PM
QUOTE (CommieBastard @ Nov 14 2005, 08:26 PM)
First place on the Easy tables

Not any more!

Excellent, and wonderfully simple game there, Mata. Nice stuff. Never have I hated the number 11 so much. And the little ball bounces off the wall! *joy*
One bug I noticed though, is that if you use the back button in the game to return to the menu, and then play again, the little "waaa" sound that normally plays when you collect a number doesn't play. Some setting not being reset upon pressing the 'back' button?
Great fun though!
CommieBastard
Nov 14 2005, 07:39 PM
QUOTE (Hobbes @ Nov 14 2005, 07:30 PM)
QUOTE (CommieBastard @ Nov 14 2005, 08:26 PM)
First place on the Easy tables

Not any more!


Blast your eyes!
First place on the Tricky tables
CommieBastard
Nov 14 2005, 07:54 PM
I suppose you can have the Easy one, since I've got the Tricky and Hard ones now
Hobbes
Nov 14 2005, 08:25 PM
QUOTE (CommieBastard @ Nov 14 2005, 08:54 PM)
I suppose you can have the Easy one, since I've got the Hard one now

*cough*
oobunnie
Nov 14 2005, 08:32 PM
This game is so much fun
Damn the infernal 8 and 9 always trying to foil me.
CommieBastard
Nov 14 2005, 08:56 PM
I think you'll find, sir, that I kept the Hard one, and have now retaken Tricky

Edit: all three retaken! For righteousness!
MrTeapot
Nov 14 2005, 09:23 PM
Shouldn't you be doing your essay Commie?
*finds it too tricky to complete

*
CommieBastard
Nov 14 2005, 09:38 PM
Quiet, you!
Mata
Nov 15 2005, 01:11 AM
QUOTE (Hobbes @ Nov 14 2005, 07:30 PM)
One bug I noticed though, is that if you use the back button in the game to return to the menu, and then play again, the little "waaa" sound that normally plays when you collect a number doesn't play. Some setting not being reset upon pressing the 'back' button?
I had noticed that, but I currently have no idea why it happens. Thanks for reminding me though, I may have a go at fixing it at some point. It's not a high priority thought after all the time I've spent streamlining the code already.
EDIT: Sometimes I rock so hard that I'm amazed that I don't instantly disintegrate into my component molecules. I've fixed it. You'll probably need a full refresh to get the full 'woop'y effect.
Kitty
Nov 15 2005, 02:10 AM
QUOTE (Mata @ Nov 14 2005, 09:11 PM)
EDIT: Sometimes I rock so hard that I'm amazed that I don't instantly disintegrate into my component molecules.
Maybe you're already in component molecule form and you're just totally unaware of it
I like the game, but have yet to finish a level. I'm just not good with games!! *pout*
Mata
Nov 15 2005, 04:42 PM
I think I really need to learn the abilities of the average gamer. I seem to always make my games way too hard!
CheeseMoose
Nov 15 2005, 04:45 PM
I just got nearly the same score on both easy and tricky. What's with that?
51.234 on Easy (Ranked 44)
52.947 on Tricky (Ranked 10)
Are these levels both the same difficultness?
oobunnie
Nov 15 2005, 05:05 PM
I find the tricky on to infact be tricky. Somehow I get a better score on hard.
Sir Psycho Sexy
Nov 15 2005, 08:33 PM
QUOTE (oobunnie @ Nov 15 2005, 05:05 PM)
I find the tricky on to infact be tricky. Somehow I get a better score on hard.
Girl's like it....hard? >_<
oobunnie
Nov 15 2005, 11:43 PM
Yes, well with skilled hands like mine; I have more fun when it's hard.
Mata
Nov 16 2005, 12:26 AM
The squares move faster on tricky as well as accelerating more when you pick up one. On hard this is to a larger extent again and there are the extra red squares as obstacles. It's quite hard to fine-tune difficulty levels!
gerbilfromhell
Nov 18 2005, 01:48 AM
That game is far too addictive and awesome, Mata.
Y'know, I really started high school with the intention of being studious and whatnot. Then I made Matazone my homepage....
I have played 'The Night of the Zombie Kitties' game far past the point of addiction or health.
This game may be more addictive. I don't know. But, either way, it is quite awesome
gerbilfromhell
Nov 18 2005, 01:50 AM
QUOTE (CommieBastard @ Nov 14 2005, 08:56 PM)
I think you'll find, sir, that I kept the Hard one, and have now retaken Tricky

Edit: all three retaken! For righteousness!
I think not.
Top *two* scores in Hard. What now.
And, on that note, I'm off to dissapear from whence I came.
Mata
Nov 18 2005, 01:56 AM
Hey Gerb! Great to see you popping back in here. With the revival of the 'Who's the best' poll I was just thinking about you. Spooky! *hugs*
Greeneyes
Nov 20 2005, 12:51 PM
I notice two people (who shall remain nameless) have managed to complete the game on hard in 0.000 seconds.
Mata
Nov 20 2005, 06:59 PM
Bloody immature skiddies. I even put a polite request in my source code for people to not hack my tables and they still go ahead and do it. What sad lives they must have. I've deleted those scores.
greymullet
Dec 10 2005, 08:05 PM
QUOTE (Greeneyes @ Nov 20 2005, 12:51 PM)
I notice two people (who shall remain nameless) have managed to complete the game on hard in 0.000 seconds.
They really need to learn to be a little more subtle...
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