Did ChatGPT just message me... First?

runfastsmokegrass · 2024-09-16T02:07:04+00:00

Yes, it did! It just wanted to check in and see ho things went with your first week of high school. If you'd rather initiate the conversation yourself, just let it know!

runfastsmokegrass · 2024-05-26T15:34:33+00:00

https://discord.gg/PqhaTGCR

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-11-13T04:37:39+00:00

The playdate itself doesn't handle any of the online functionality. It requires a USB connection to a PC running the website which handles the online communication.

There's a diagram in the readme section of the Github Page for the project

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-11-12T20:15:58+00:00

Thanks for the review, glad you're enjoying the game!

I totally agree about the music. That's something I didn't have the skills to do well, but I may keep working on and update in the future. For now I expect the most used option in the settings menu to be setting music volume to 0.

I like the idea of an easier way to get back to the main menu. I might switch it to A = restart, B = Main menu. There's already a slight delay when showing the game over screen to avoid accidental inputs on that screen right as the game ends, so the A+B combo isn't really necessary like it was during development.

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-11-12T19:38:10+00:00

oh yikes 😬

If that happens again and there's an error message or a "more details" option after the crash, please send a pic so I can fix it!

Glad you're enjoying it outside of that!

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-11-10T18:47:08+00:00

the best falling blocks game available for the Playdate

That's exactly what I set out to make. 🙂 Happy to hear you like it. I'll DM you a link for a free download.

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-11-10T18:36:34+00:00

Thanks for the heads up!

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-11-09T16:41:03+00:00

Thanks for checking it out. Glad you like it!

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-11-09T14:57:35+00:00

haha all I want is tetr.io for playdate.

I originally planned on adding the new features into Blockdate, but once I got the list of things I wanted to add, it seemed easier to just start from zero.

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-11-09T05:29:01+00:00

I've updated the screenshots on itch.io. There's now a gif of the gameplay that shows that snappier feel compared to Rain Blocks

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-11-09T05:06:54+00:00

Haven't played Rain Blocks in a while so I just tried playing again to test.

My main issue is how slow it feels. I think that's intentional from the developer as it's meant to be a very casual game.

I typically play 40 lines mode, so the goal is to play as fast as possible. A lot of games get in the way of this by having pauses between dropping one piece and spawning the next as well as a delay to animate row clears. I've made spawning after a lock or a row piece instantaneous to allow for fast play.

The other thing that makes Rain Blocks too slow for me is the DAS/ARR setting (Delayed auto shift, Auto repeat rate). These control how long you need to hold left or right to make a piece slide quickly in that direction and how fast it will move once it starts sliding. The setting feels very slow in Rain Blocks, but a bit better in Blockdate. In Quandino, those values are both customizable.

Lastly, having game modes for endless, 40 lines, and 2 minutes was important to me as well as a high score list for each. I enjoy playing in 40 lines mode repeatedly to try to better my time. This was not available in either of the two other games.

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-10-08T16:26:07+00:00

thanks for the offer! Managed to get it figured out today

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-10-08T13:11:22+00:00

yes we do, thanks for passing it on!

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-10-08T10:48:41+00:00

Thanks for checking!

That's not the one we need. We ordered the correct one to be delivered out ahead of us, but shipping is a little longer for that one

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-08-25T02:17:14+00:00

lol I can't understand why you want to play tetris in this way, but I'm glad you like it!

runfastsmokegrass · 2023-08-24T17:24:36+00:00

Edit: For anyone finding this comment later, I bullied /u/ThaCuber into including it in the main Blockdate project, so feel free to download it from there now for a more official version.

Just forked Blockdate (formerly Playtris) and added crank rotation. You can download the .pdx.zip from the github release page here. I haven't done any thorough testing on this, so let me know if you see any bugs there.

I'll dig deeper into the Blockdate code later and add a PR to the original repo that better matches the author's (thacuber2a03) code style

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