Devlog 8 - Fixed All Issues!

So like I described in my last devlog, I had a major issue that was continuing to pop up, and no matter what I did it was still there. Pretty much the issue was that the whole game froze when touching the flag, and it was caused because I forgot to define one of my variables correctly.

The problem was that once I finally fixed this, I had to fix the issues I cause in the process of fixing this, such as the timer no longer working.

Besides this I spent some time starting to make an achievements page, to show progress throughout the game.

Bad News :( Devlog 7……. So I have spent the last day none stop working on a bug that I accidently made I think when adding in the timer, but honestly nothing I’ve tried has worked yet. I tried so many different ideas and asked anyone who knows coding but nothing has worked. pretty much the issue is that the astronaut freezes when touching the flag and nothing in the game works. I tried adding in a try …… catch function around the code where it shows what happens when you touch the flag and exactly what error happened, but for this nothing showed up, and in any debugger I try it sees nothing wrong with the code. I’ll add in a screenshot of what it looks like when it freezes, (ignore some parts at the top, I know they overlap) If anyone has an idea of what’s wrong I could really use it. Thanks y’all!

Paint Gravity Game Devlog! progress I made was I fixed the trajectory lines to show where the paint will end up going, along with this I worked on the tracking for the stars that you collect each level. Now there is a counter along with the total amount of possible stars, to show the progress made in the game. next i’m gonna make the grpahics on the menu and start menu much better.

Another Devlog! I already have shipped this project once, and probably will again soon, but for now heres an update on what I worked on. Not much time was physically spent in the project, but in learning more about coding in java (which is what this project was for me), which for today took me more like an hour than what was logged. Specifically I learned more about the way to make the gun follow the mouse, and working on some of the graphics, such as the background behind the cave walls move. I also tried to think of more ideas, maybe a trajectory dots to show where the paint will go, I would like some advice or commets of what to add.

First Devlog! To start off I just barely started this new game, and its already going pretty well. This projects idea is to be a fast typing game that has to do with coding (more to come on that) so we’ll see how it continues to go. so far I’ve made the general design for it along with the typing mechanics, and I added in a keyboard on the project to make it more easily playable on a phone or tablet. I would love some fun ideas to incorporate into the project, otherwise I shall continue to work on it!

This is now officially the last devlog I shall post for this project. First off I made most of the additions I said I would, specifically added in the waterfalls to remove paint, and worked on graphics, especially the background. Now I shall ship the project for rating, as well I added in a demo url to the info so people can now officially try it! I will start working on a new project soon, hopefully a longer and harder one.

One of the last devlogs (hopefully) for this project. this will be a fairly short log, just describing the updates I’ve made to my game. Firstly, the changes I made was I added in a main menu with a title page and a way to go to level selection, to access levels as you unlock them. I also fixed some graphics such as the paint gun and the tutorial on the first and second levels to play the game. I made the paint even better as now it drips onto the ceiling, instead of the paint being the same anywhere it is. In this project I have been using HTML and JavaScript in VS code, so here’s an overview of what the code is composed of and what I used to program the game. Major types of functions that will be needed for coding this type of game is a draw function, which as it describes, draws the map, the game loop function and the load level function. Each of these or general loading for the game, along with functions that derive from variables. Making sure variables were defined correctly was also a main part of it. Only other thing I would like is some smaller details to add into the game. Some I was thinking of is maybe instead of just spikes have mini spikes fly across the amp in a timely order, maybe add a waterfall to some levels that when paint is shot through it it washes away, maybe a star rating system or stars to collect in the level, along with possibly making the background more fun and engaging. I would love some other ideas too!

This is another devlog I’ve posted for this project and I’m almost finished. I definitely fixed the graphics for the game, turning the white box into an astronaut, turning green half circles to plants, and made the theme of a alien cave (or tried to). Here’s the list of what I worked on recently: Obviously I mainly worked on graphics including the change to a pixel art theme, creating the flag and aura around it, made the paint drip to make it look more like paint gravity, and added a tutorial to learn the game along with controls at the top. Another main thing was the death mechanisms. I made spikes into the the levels that increase in difficulty as the levels continue, along with adding a reset button. At first the levels were also slightly simple as there was no limit to the ammo, which I now added to keep the levels hard, and make the game into a puzzle. There is a couple more things I need to add before posting this project for rating which is just to make the astronaut hold a paint gun (which I somehow forgot) and to add a menu for the levels of the game.

First Devlog! So I just recently started working on this new platformer game in VS Code, and here’s what I’ve coded so far. Main thing I began were the basics. I set up the controls for the player, and added an ending goal to bring the player to the next level. I also added in platforms to jump on, and the animation for a paint gun that the player will shoot to win levels. Next I will be adding, gravity mechanics to the paint to change the gravity, making the spikes kill the player and force them to restart the level, and lastly work on the scene and art of the game.