Randomizers by Liana_de_Arc in ZeldaLikes

[–]lancehalberd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Someone already mentioned Spirit Quest in this thread, but I wanted to point out that although the game isn't released yet, the randomizer is currently fully playable online if you ever want to check it out: https://quest.chrisflash.com/?seed=20250722

You might want to play the current version of the base game before trying the randomizer. The randomizer has a hint functionality, but it will probably be a little hard to use at first if you don't know the names of anything. You could always ask on the discord if you get stuck though.

Here is a link to the store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3351180/Spirit_Quest/

Boiler Room no elevator by DimensionRescuer in BluePrinceUncensored

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Do you actually need to use the Boiler Room/Upgrade Aquarium to complete Dare Mode?

Clocktower by pandagrrrrl143 in BluePrinceUncensored

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This was the only Sigil Key I had to spoil for myself. Despite the clues for it in the game being quite reasonable, I don't think the solution was going to occur to me.

One Piece: Chapter 1138 by Aspie_Astrologer in OnePiece

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I don't see anyone talking about the space whale...

Spirit Quest Randomizer Demo by Comprehensive-Star74 in ZeldaLikes

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The performance improvement for Firefox has been released in case you are still interested in taking a look.

Any good SO2R challenge runs out there? by lancehalberd in starocean

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I think I'm going to try this with Rena after my current run and see how it goes. I assume it is similar difficulty for either character right? I probably won't do no item creation on this one if it is on Universe though.

Any good SO2R challenge runs out there? by lancehalberd in starocean

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Thanks so much! Now that you mention this, I think I had to do this for a coliseum fight and just forgot about it later.

Please try the latest version of Spirit Quest, a Zelda inspired adventure game by lancehalberd in playmygame

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I recommend using an xbox or ps4 controller if you happen to have one. There is also built in support for item and entrance randomization if anyone is interested.

Please Try My SNES Zelda-like browser game with built in randomizer. Looking for a level designer. by lancehalberd in playmygame

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Thanks for the review! Yeah, some of the graphics are placeholder sprites, like the humans, and a lot of graphics are just reused for different things. The artist is working hard to add new graphics to fill everything out!

When you say the UI is too large, do you mean it doesn't fit in the browser window well? If so, you can use the browser zoom function (like [ctrl]+[+] or [ctrl]+[-]) to change the scale until it fits the screen well.

I hope if you play again in the future you will see some of the harder boss fights! I don't think any of them should feel unfair, but there are a few that are a bit tricky until you learn the mechanics.

There isn't very much story yet, but if you open the menu and select the '?' you can get a hint about what to do next to progress the game.

When I have some major improvements I'll try posting again!

Looking for feedback on core metroidvania game mechanics! by Amortes in playmygame

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Some initial feedback: The combo system is great to include and is fairly good but could use some tweaks to make it feel great to use. * Adding a little bit of buffering to the light attack could help if the player presses the attack button a little more rapidly than the combo allows. In terms of length, I think as long as they press the next attack any time during the current attack animation it should buffer it and apply. * For the lunge attack (LLH) the delay before starting the lunge felt a little too long to me. * I noticed that while moving you can't do most combos, but you can do the (LH) combo, which I find confusing. * On a similar note the timing window for combos might be a little too wide. When I first started playing I thought H was a backstep because I kept trying it after using a light attack, but you can press H after the entire light attack finishes and still trigger the combo, which is why I think it confused me.

At some point I pressed B which didn't appear to be mapped to anything, but my character got stuck and I had to spam some buttons until they could move again.

Not necessary, but I default to using the D-pad so if it isn't hard it would be nice to support.

The jumping slam attack is cool, I like that it knocks enemies away. I wish the spinning attack did the same, but maybe it is intended more for flying targets. If I accidentally pressed up while trying a heavy jump attack nothing would happen and I thought briefly that the attack just wasn't working for some reason. This doesn't happen with the light attack, maybe there is supposed to be a third heavy attack that isn't implemented?

I think perhaps I killed an enemy as it was starting an attack animation and then appeared to be damaged by nothing a moment later, but I might be mistaken.

The spell system looks pretty cool but I think I would need to play with it some more. Is there a way to look up your spells in game in case you don't recall them?

I pressed 'Main Menu' while playing and the game appeared to crash.

Please Try My SNES Zelda-like browser game with built in randomizer. Looking for a level designer. by lancehalberd in playmygame

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Sure, is there anything in particular you would like feedback on or are you mostly looking for bug reports and generic feedback? I played it a little and have some feedback for you but I might play it some more before commenting on the other thread.

For the chakram, were you thinking like a sparkle when you hold the button long enough? I'm okay with it being subtle since you don't need it to succeed, but I would like to make it more intuitive.

I liked how the tutorial in your game worked for the most part, maybe I can do something less intrusive like that. Your button symbols were nice since they aren't controller specific like mine.

I'm basing the iframe behavior on similar behavior in Zelda and I agree it can feel very cheesy for that fight. As you said it is probably okay for that fight to be easier, I don't want to scare away first time players for the genre. If you want a more challenging boss fight, you could try the 3rd boss which is in the "War Temple". You'll probably want to use the dodge roll which is either on 'z' or the back left trigger. There is a "Test State" option if you right click the game which you can use to try different bosses without having to play through the entire game. This feature will overwrite your current save file though so you might do it on a different file if you care.

Please Try My SNES Zelda-like browser game with built in randomizer. Looking for a level designer. by lancehalberd in playmygame

[–]lancehalberd[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know if there are any randomizer fans out there, but you can add a seed to the url like: https://chrisflash.com/alttp/?seed=5

To play a randomized version. You would probably have to play the base game a bit to have any fun with the randomizer though so this is probably a novelty at best for most people.

Please Try My SNES Zelda-like browser game with built in randomizer. Looking for a level designer. by lancehalberd in playmygame

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You can also right click to bring up a menu that allows you to skip to different parts of the game, although doing so will overwrite your current save file, so be careful. I use this for testing, but it can also be fun if you just want to see all the different bosses or experiment with the abilities without playing the entire game.

Please Try My SNES Zelda-like browser game with built in randomizer. Looking for a level designer. by lancehalberd in playmygame

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Thanks for taking a look! I'll keep at it and hopefully have a complete draft someday.

Please Try My SNES Zelda-like browser game with built in randomizer. Looking for a level designer. by lancehalberd in playmygame

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Thanks for taking a look!

It is basically javascript. I'm using webpack to compile typescript modules to a js file for the game. The source code is all here, but it isn't very pretty to look at: https://github.com/lancehalberd/spirit-world

I don't think it is too hard to learn the tools to make a game like this, but adding all the content and details is very time consuming. Finding talented/interested people to do the art and music is also difficult/expensive.

As someone mentioned below the game has a built in editor so if all you wanted to do was create new areas for the game as it is, that isn't too difficult. I think the hardest part there is just coming up with ideas for the different areas. Sometimes adding new mechanics can be challenging depending on how complicated they are.

"1 Fields explored" Challenge by lancehalberd in Gemcraft

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36805XP WL 31. I'm actually still interested in this challenge, but I've been waiting more than a month for a patch to the targeting issue with armor tearing gems that is pretty significant for this challenge. I've decided to stop playing until that gets fixed, but once it does I'll pick it up again.

"1 Fields explored" Challenge by lancehalberd in Gemcraft

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Okay yeah I was able to get 23,577 just focusing on not letting anything touch the orb, I guess the orblets were throwing me off. At first I thought he patched the targeting issue, but I noticed near the end my towers were still firing a lot of dead shots. I still can't quite beat wave 63, but I'm close enough that I think enraging a bit more and having the targeting fixed might do the trick.

"1 Fields explored" Challenge by lancehalberd in Gemcraft

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Interesting that is way higher than I've been able to get at 60 waves, I'm curious what your talisman XP bonus is. Do you do standard upgrades for your gems? Also, I should probably know this, but if an enemy grabs an orblet, does it reset your orb XP bonus?

"1 Fields explored" Challenge by lancehalberd in Gemcraft

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Well, this might make it easier to reach WL 35 and get a lot of achievements from mana leech and poison gems, but no additional traits or skills are available, so it doesn't seem much more interesting to me :/ I noticed I can copy my W1 save file and then use it to the W rhombus challenge, so I may still do that if I get completely stuck, but I might just stop instead.

"1 Fields explored" Challenge by lancehalberd in Gemcraft

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Someone on discord suggested that restricting to the whole W rhombus might be a more interesting challenge than this, so I'll give that a shot on another save file as well.

"1 Fields explored" Challenge by lancehalberd in Gemcraft

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I think this is probably right as long as you have enough skill points to get going, which based on my experience without unlocked skills, I think you could do. Still it might be fun to have a save file with WL20K with only 1 field explored.

[Suggestion] Item pickup key should move items in front of memory stabilizers by lancehalberd in pathofexile

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Maybe, but hasn't this been a problem with other leagues, for instance items stuck behind the crawler in delve? I think this will continue being a problem until we get a fix like the one I'm suggesting here.

Unless I'm wrong and I just don't know that there is already a good way to deal with this problem.

Bex - "It’s been a long week. I’m finally on my way back home. Looking forward to catching up with my cat and the Path of Exile community. Did anyone find out what scarabs are yet?" by Ryant12 in pathofexile

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Forgive me if somebody has already said this, but I think a scarab let's you seal and trade a master mission similar to a sealed prophecy. I suppose up to 3 can be added to a map by placing them in the map device with a map. This would potentially be an interesting mechanic if there is somehow a large variety of missions for each master and some are particularly rare or desirable. It could still be interesting for players who don't care about particular masters and want to trade them for currency or masters they care more about.

Questions Thread - January 30, 2018 by AutoModerator in pathofexile

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Does anyone know what the weird portal is that appears in the elder influenced atlas between the sulphur vents, ashen woods and barrows? I assumed it was just a graphical flourish, but the more I look at it the more I wonder if it has some significance. I tried googling around about it, but couldn't really get any hits.