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Comment on Annoyed Tomatoes Back Online by Photics

Photics — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:38:48 +0000

I’m glad that you liked the game.

I changed the hit counting logic to fix the accuracy bug. I think it’s better now.

Comment on Annoyed Tomatoes Back Online by Scorpion

Scorpion — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:20:59 +0000

Great game Photics. One bug thought, it said I had 132% accuracy. I for sure wasn’t that good.

Comment on Annoyed Tomatoes by Photics

Photics — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:50:41 +0000

This game has been moved to the online arcade.

Comment on GameSalad Textbook by Photics

Photics — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:40:33 +0000

Version 1.0 was discontinued and is not supported with upgrades anymore. The price of the book (version 2.0) was just lowered from $19.98 to $10.

Comment on GameSalad Textbook by Maurizio

Maurizio — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:12:53 +0000

Sorry for my poor English, but I don’t speak it very well…
I bought the old pdf version of the book, is it possible to have the update version, or I’ll have to pay the full price again?

Comment on Bringing Back Bot by Photics

Photics — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:03:32 +0000

I’m taking a break from this project. It’s much larger than I thought it would be. Technical issues with the Physics is really annoying me. (Right now, the enemies die faster than they should as collisions are often counted multiple times.) I’m also wondering about what to do with Night Vision and the clouds, so I’m getting frustrated. And even though I’m not planning to republish this game to the iTunes App store, there are some issues with iOS.

So instead, I returned to the port of Annoyed Tomatoes. I’m feeling pretty good about this one. I made some great progress today – like adding the Mission Brief video!

I’m thinking that the port of BOT is on-hold until I finish up with the port of Annoyed Tomatoes. I’ve been using Stencyl for almost two years. I’m thinking I should actually finish a project. And right now, Annoyed Tomatoes is much closer to completion.

Comment on Bringing Back Bot by Photics

Photics — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:26:24 +0000

The entrance bug is a known issue. But since you reported it, I decided to post a fix right away. It’s online now.

There are two developer modes, but how to active it is a secret. The profile mode is activated by right-clicking the game and selecting “Show Profiler”. That shows memory usage and Frames Per Second.

There are some episodes of Robot Combat league on syfy.com that I haven’t watched yet. But since I’ve been so busy with BOT, and I started watching “How the States Got Their Shape”, I haven’t had much of a chance to watch. Maybe I should take a break tonight and catch up.

Comment on Bringing Back Bot by Scorpion

Scorpion — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:29:16 +0000

There is a bug when I try to go to the new section of the map. Tank walks all the way to the far left and can’t be moved from there, he just keeps trying to walk farther. Also, what is the traditional Photics cheat? I can make a debugging window come up but that’s it. Keep up the good work! Btw I watched all the episodes of Robot Combat League so far. I really wanted Commander to win, as he kinda looks like a green Tank but he lost the first round

Comment on Bringing Back Bot by Photics

Photics — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:49:36 +0000

It’s been rough. Many times I thought about quitting this project. I kept with it though. Now the Jetpack (TANK’s quick transport home), Map and another level are online. The pause menu took a lot more time than I thought it would. I’m still battling with some issues with the controls, but overall the project is still moving forward.

Comment on Bringing Back Bot by Photics

Photics — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:32:50 +0000

Wow, this pause menu is really tedious. I managed to get a nice fade-in effect though. I had to redesign the pause screen to work with Stencyl. Instead of a flying through space effect, the background is faded. While I like the space effect, I can save it for the shops. This new method of pausing is much quicker, so it can speed up the game.

Weapon selecting is almost working. The main part missing is the addition of more guns. There only one working gun right now. I added the traditional Photics cheat code to make testing easier though.