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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #135 on: July 20, 2015, 06:45:43 PM »
Awesome! I think this will be even more user-friendly than I had expected.

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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #136 on: July 26, 2015, 01:52:34 PM »
I worked on the online features today: :)
- the "Replay Database" has been created, and it works (players will be able to upload/download replays of their games)
- and the "Level Database" now handles level packs => see screenshot below: there are 3 levels in this pack (a pack is simply a .zip file containing several levels)

*** TODO for the online service: handle the ratings (fun & difficulty) ***


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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #137 on: August 15, 2015, 09:38:48 PM »
no big news (...and let's face it: during this summer 8-), the work on the gfx won't progress much...), but I recently bought an Archos' Gamepad 2, and I installed the game on it -in order to see if everything works fine-. Good news: everything works as expected :).


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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #138 on: August 23, 2015, 12:51:54 PM »
Today, I fixed some minor bugs, and I added the correct behaviour for stacked bridges: they now act as walls.
I still have to perform more tests with this, but it seems ok (single bridges act as usual, and stacked bridges act as destructible walls)

- screenshot from smartphone's tiny 3.5" screen (320x480px), hence the cropped text (on tablets and bigger smartphones, text is fully readable):



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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #139 on: August 30, 2015, 11:06:27 AM »
Added in-game 9th skill: "Walker".

Triggering a Walker:
- reverts the walk direction of a Walker
- makes a Blocker walks again (+ reverts the original walk direction)
- stops a Builder, Basher, Miner, Digger, and makes him walk again (+ reverts the original walk direction)


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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #140 on: August 30, 2015, 12:52:47 PM »
Excellent ^
Nice to see some L2 Skills being implemented.

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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #141 on: August 31, 2015, 02:07:10 AM »
So, a walker always turns the lemming around (in addition to cancelling any action it's performing)?
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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #142 on: August 31, 2015, 06:57:03 PM »
Yes, in the current WIP version, applying the Walker skill always turns the Lemming around.
As the game is in development-phase, nothing is static, and pros and cons are welcome, if you, guys, prefer to not have the Lemmings turn around.

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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #143 on: August 31, 2015, 07:05:11 PM »
Its just another skill, not something you can do at any time as much as you want, and it has been an excellent skill for many of my puzzles i've created in Lix.
I definitely would like it to be a skill in your android game.

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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #144 on: August 31, 2015, 07:08:12 PM »
Nice to see some L2 Skills being implemented.

I'm fairly sure the walker is actually not one of the everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink 51 skills of Lemmings 2, as hard as it may be to believe. ;P It is however available in Lemmings 3 (Chronicles), and of course in Lix which is where you probably remembered it from.

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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #145 on: August 31, 2015, 07:42:52 PM »
Its just another skill, not something you can do at any time as much as you want, and it has been an excellent skill for many of my puzzles i've created in Lix.
I definitely would like it to be a skill in your android game.
Yes, it's indeed a limited skill, and I like it very much, too (for the game's puzzles, it was a pity that one couldn't assign a skill to undo blockers, nor assign a skill to make Lemmings turn around: now it's feasible :)).

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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #146 on: September 01, 2015, 12:43:38 PM »
Yes, in the current WIP version, applying the Walker skill always turns the Lemming around.
As the game is in development-phase, nothing is static, and pros and cons are welcome, if you, guys, prefer to not have the Lemmings turn around.

I don't know how L2 or L3 implement it, but in Lix and NeoLemmix, the lemming only turns around if it's already walking at the time. If it's doing something else, it merely stops that action but continues in its current direction.
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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #147 on: September 01, 2015, 06:24:04 PM »
I'm ok to add the behaviour players prefer.

So what's your preference when triggering a Walker ?
- 1) always turn around (as it is in the current WIP version)?
- or 2) act as in Lix and NeoLemmix: only turn around if already walking? (otherwise just stop the action being performed)

Your call! :)

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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #148 on: September 06, 2015, 10:50:20 AM »
a small update on the editor today: I added the "Walker" skill in jLevelBuilder (nothing fancy, but it had to be done, as the whole project consists in the game + its level-editor).


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Re: [Android] Lemmings-like game (WIP)
« Reply #149 on: September 09, 2015, 04:24:43 PM »
I'm ok to add the behaviour players prefer.

So what's your preference when triggering a Walker ?
- 1) always turn around (as it is in the current WIP version)?
- or 2) act as in Lix and NeoLemmix: only turn around if already walking? (otherwise just stop the action being performed)

Your call! :)
I'd think 2 would be better. I'm no expert, though.