Felipe Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Nigo's Cave [WIP] This is the game I am working on for the js13kgames competition.I still have no story for this one, and I am still working out the mechanic. I only know that Nigo is a girl trapped/searching something/walking around a cave.Right now I am trying to kill some collision bugs.It's all done in javascript and it's not very optimized but it works on my machine.Right now I am not very focused on keeping it small, but when I get a solid game that could be compressed I'll start optimizing. First make it work and then make it work better. The controls are arrows to move and jump. Space to make an explosion which will destroy tiles in a radius around the character. Here you can play the game Version with music: http://gamejolt.com/games/platformer/nigo-s-cave/17025/ Tested on Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Thanks!Felipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
botman Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 There are definitely some collision issues. For example, it's near impossible to jump through a 1 tile gap, but... I love the graphics, and the explode feature is simple but brilliant, and seems like it has huge potential. It makes you feel really powerful, which is cool, but also could create all sorts of interesting situations as you change the map while you explore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k0rs4r Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Visual style is great! I immediately remembered Spelunky, maybe you can grab some gameplay ideas from it?For example, google about cave generation.And please fix collisions bugs, they annoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eamon Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Graphics are nice in a minimalist sort of way the exploding power is unique and it'll be interesting to see hows its used in the game!I assume the maps are endless downwards? Anyway good luck with the competition mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFault Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I enjoy the minimalist gameplay and like the little touch of camera shake on the explosion. WOuld be cool if you can get some debris in there on explosions.I see an occasional sprite glitch if you jump and come close to a tile above you.Controls could be a touch tighter. Doesn't seem to like multiple keys being hit. Also seems to ignore if you are holding a key down when you click another key.A really nice star though. The explosion mechanic is fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Thanks a lot for the feedback! I've been working hard to solve the collision problems. I believe I've solved the most serious ones. I've also solved the glitch with the sprite jump. I think I've got a more stable version now so I can focus more on the mechanics. I was definitely inspired on Spelunky, mostly the cave generation it used.What I do for the cave is have 8 different 7x7 2D arrays designed by hand. This arrays consist of just 1 and 0 (1 = tile , 0 = none). This arrays are inside an object called "levels" and each array has an ID based on a character from "abcdefgh".Before the game loop starts I randomize a string based on "abcdefgh" ( ex: "aecefgeaahdhbbdhcgbgcdhcecfgbdafhfghfggbgcdhcg...." ) and generate a new string which will be use for the generation of the tile map. After that I just create an array that contains the tiles which are based of the new random string. Here you can try the new version Thanks!Felipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul-Andre Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Nice graphics. It would be nice to be able to jump just one tile higher, since I had an easy time going down, but a much harder time going up.Oh, and at first I thought "Explorer Mode" was for IE compatibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Thanks! I've made the jump higher. It's true getting up was hard or just impossible. About the "explorer mode" it's just for testing so I don't have to go through all the level making explosions.A new small update. I've added particles when the tiles are destroyed to make look more pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 New update on this game. Now you use the mouse to aim and shoot little bombs.The controls now are: WASD to move and mouse + left button for shooting. Right mouse button to cancel shoot. http://nigo.shin.cl/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remvst Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 New update on this game. Now you use the mouse to aim and shoot little bombs.The controls now are: WASD to move and mouse + left button for shooting. Right mouse button to cancel shoot. http://shin.cl/13k/v2/Please re-enable the arrow keys, it's just annoying when you have an AZERTY keyboard Anyway I tried the first version yesterday and I had no collision issue. I love the minimalist style as well, and I would love to see what the final gameplay will be like. Maybe you could get inspiration from Bomberman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Please re-enable the arrow keys, it's just annoying when you have an AZERTY keyboard Anyway I tried the first version yesterday and I had no collision issue. I love the minimalist style as well, and I would love to see what the final gameplay will be like. Maybe you could get inspiration from Bomberman Thanks for the feedback! I've added the arrow + wasd for control . I hope I could detect which keyboard is connected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remvst Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thanks for the feedback! I've added the arrow + wasd for control . I hope I could detect which keyboard is connected. Well, you can add A for left movement, and Z for jumping. You don't need to detect the type of keyboard. But it's fine enough with arrow keys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Hello everyone I wanted to update with the final version of the game.The final idea is this: AboutYou are nigo. You have the bad luck of being trapped on a cave which doesn't have enough air for you to survive. You must run and jump as fast as you can to get to the bottom, where you will find a door. Use your bombs and drill to get to your goal. You can also use this tools as weapons against the floating red squares, they will attack on sight and when provoked they explode into dangerous particles! Controls:Wasd or arrows to move and jump.Mouse to aim.Left mouse button to shoot bomb.Right mouse button to dirll. You can play the game here:http://nigo.shin.cl/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matheusbn Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Hello everyone I wanted to update with the final version of the game.The final idea is this: You can play the game here:http://nigo.shin.cl/ I definitely liked your game. Haven't had any issues with collision, which I think you already had fixed. Runs very well on Chrome. It would be nice as challenge if you could put a timer to hurry things a bit. Overall is great game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachsen Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Nice game! It really is kinda addicting. The blocky pixel style really is nicely executed with the explosion effects and so on.The sounds really match the style as well. One suggestion I have: It's currently a bit hard to notice if the player was hit by an enemy (or enemy debris). You basically have to look at the energy bar to confirm that you actually lost energy.Some kind of hit effects on the player would help a lot here. E.g. make the entity flash white. You may also want to manipulate the velocity of the player on impact, though this has some implications on how the game plays.In anyway, impacts in game should always have some kind of graphical feedback. It one core component to make games more "juicy". (there is also a nice video about this: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/178938/Video_Is_your_game_juicy_enough.php) Anyway, nice work in general! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 Thanks a lot for the feedback! I've decided to make a post-competition version which includes music and a couple of fixes. I've also added what you mentioned. When you get hurt by an enemy or time the character "blinks". Here is the linkhttp://gamejolt.com/games/platformer/nigo-s-cave/17025/ Thanks,Felipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 http://indiegames.com/2013/09/browser_pick_bomb_drill_and_ju.html My game was featured on IndieGames.com This is a big thing for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 Hello guys,After getting the 4th place on the js13k compo. I decided to port my game to a not so common handheld. The PS Vita, at first I tried to find a way to just use JS source to run it on web, but performance was horrible. Even simple examples like this: http://dev.shin.cl/monster/ run really slow. My only solution was to code it from 0 and use a language that would help run my game natively. I chose Monkey which translates to c# and uses the framework needed by PSM to run games on the device. The result it's great! You can view a video of the game running on the psvita here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfMjbUzG4QE Greetings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techwiz Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Loved the minamilst design of the game and found it really enjoyable. Great quick gameplay especially for casual gamers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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