[Map]Tough Collisions

[Aino]

Finally, after 2 hours of work: My "Mod" Game!

It is called "Tough Collisions" and does not have anything to do with Eufloria at all, except for the Eufloria Engine...

Main goal is to grow and grow in size, I still have to make some stuff and things to fix, but it is playable!

Just Download the lua and play via Eufloria

Any suggestion or bug reports would be nice...

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Content added:

- Separate bigger and samller dots with colours(big=red, small=blue(classic Osmos )
- Making it slightly difficultier
- Tried to make the game prevent any dots from spawning on you...
- Added particles... took some time, but figured it out

Content added:

- Fixed the dots spawning on you I think...
- Made a new particle spawning rule, it will spawn when you travel too fast.
- Added a speedtracking thing.
- You now need to hold down the mousebutton to move, this also includes a little arrow... I'll update the arrow in later time so it gets somewhat a purpose.
- Removed Scale tracking, like: Atom, Bacteria, Mountain and Sun scales...

Content Added:

- Fixed the camera zoom at high size(now called mass!). it amy also lag more when you come up to those levels, nothing serious though
- Added gravity

Fix 1:
- Fixed gravity.

Content Added:

- AI

Fix 1:
- Fixed odd bug

Content Added:

- Saving and Loading system

How to use: Open console, write Save("savename") (REMEMBER THE QUOTES!) and it should be saved, now you can write Load("savename") (Remember the quotes here too!). All of this is reccomended to do while the game is paused

Miniupdate:

Added: Quickload with right click when nothing is loaded(including when you have died(load resets!)) and quicksave with right click when you have something loaded

Content Added:

- Losing mass when going too fast!
- Dying when mass is 0(obviously!)
- Eye sight! - The further away another dot is, the more is fades out!

Mini Update:

Content Added:

- Rainbow coloured particles when traveling way too fast!
- Also added the posability to write "ShowCoords = true" in console to see your current position

Content fixed:

- Fixed a bug making it imposible to even play the map!

[Sniped50]

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Sorry, I fazed out there for a minute...
It looks brilliant. Seriously. I especially like the red writing at the top.

Few suggestions/tweaks:
1) Once you get to Jupiter-Sized, the camera stops zooming out, so either make it end at that point or ask Alex if you can alter how much you are allowed to zoom out.
2) The different levels are too short. I got from an atom to 1*1*1m within 30 seconds. MOAR LEVELS!
3) Colour scheme is meh. I prefer multi-coloured mountains, please.
4) The control scheme wasn't what I expected, so maybe add a quick tutorial at the beginning?
5) While I get why you kept the atoms/bacteria/cells/whatever they are from spawning outside of a certain distance from the centre (it's to save time and processing power, isn't it?), I like it when I get to go wherever I please and not have to worry about running out of bounds.

[Aino]

If you think the game is too short, write this in the console "SizeRatio = 0.1"... Thats the percent of size from the "eaten" dot that acctually will affect the size of the dot that is eating...

And when you think of new levels, you just respawn at atom size when you die...

Aaand the bound is to keep the action close too you, and it's like the eye view of the dot...

For the other stuff; I'll fix that

[Sniped50]

Aaand the bound is to keep the action close too you, and it's like the eye view of the dot...

So does that mean the bound moves with the dot?

I'm sorry, but I didn't notice when playing...

[Aino]

Ye, the boundaries move with the dot

[annikk.exe]

This is really awesome work Aino.

It's very similar to a game called "Osmos".  I remember a while back Rudolf wondering out loud if somebody would make an Osmos clone someday.. :>

Here's a few suggestions I thought of:

1) Stars?  You could totally put stars in this...  I can give you a hand with the implementation if you want :>
2) Gravity?  It's a prime candidate for a gravity implementation..
3) How about colouring the asteroids that are smaller than you as blue, and the asteroids that are larger than you as red?
4) When you "die" by running into a larger asteroid, the camera should zoom in again to the correct scale.
5) How about flashing a message up in the middle of the screen when the game starts, to briefly tell the player what to do?  In the Osmos tradition, the message would be "Become the biggest."

[Aino]

Heh, sure I can make all that stuff, after my other game...

[Aino]

Updated it

See the OT for info

[Aino]

Working on another update, hoping for:

Includes:

• More particles, with slower fade
• A Speed'o'meter
• A cool minimization effect when you are traveling too fast... (Later, if I think it's worth all the coding...)
• Holding mouse down to travel
• And maybe something more as I get into it...

Removed:

• Scale(atom, mountain and sun)

[Aino]

Considering adding gravty to this, cause I just figured the whole thing out

And there will be gravity at allt ime, but at start it is barely noticeable cause your so small, and I'm going to fix so your camera zooms out further, but it will be auto now(or atleast to the level when you can't zoom longer out) :/

And also an AI, this is not for sure(just warning you!!)... Seems I got the tools to do it xD

[Aino]

Added gravity, and G is at 0.01, but it's to seeding high

Gonna decrease it and then see, it's like a battlefield now... atleast no lag

[threephi]

Outstanding.  I own Osmos too, how cool is it to play two of your favorite games at the same time?

[Aino]

Heh

By the way, theres something... uhmm... "wrong" with the gravity, the acceleration won't reset, so you get pushed by the old gravitational pull + the new one and it just collects and collects D:

Though I have fixed this already, just letting you know...(it's released now though

[Aino]

Gonna add AI

It won't be that hard actually

[Aino]

AI progress: Started 10 mins ago, just doing some polishing

The AI consist of two things protecting it, which is that it's decide to flee or attack determing the size of the entity.

Expect an update soon, I mean REALLY soon(sry, going to a cinema :/ But it's "Pirates of the Caribbean: On stranger tides" though

[Aino]

Update:

Added AI, they are very simple... don't expect much from them!

[Pilchard123]

Captain, I wish to report a mutiny. I can name fingers and point names.

[Aino]

What? Easier explanation, or am I just missing something Pilchard?

[Aino]

Ooooops, a bug :/

Updated it

[Pilchard123]

^^^ Jack Sparrow, being his usual drunken self.

Does this face look like it has been to the fountain of youth?

[Aino]

Oh, yeah, saw that movie yesterday, great movie

[Pilchard123]

That's why I posted it see if you recognised it. Of course, it would probably have been better if I'd copied it right...

[Aino]

New update! With save/load funtion... Not muc use for this map, but you get a taste of what I can do later now

[Jazz Ad]

It's fun to play. 

[Aino]

Thanks

[Aino]

Any idea of how to make the map non-repetive?

[Aino]

Uuuuuuuuupdate! Added some cool visual and game affecting stuff

[Lost Seedling]

Several errors in line 147 and other problems with new file. Doesn't work as you intended, I think.

[Aino]

Going to check, I hate that the game stores variables x.x

[annikk.exe]

Just initialise ALL variables, and all array slots, during level setup.  That avoids the problem.  :>

[Aino]

Ohh wow, it was that last little thing I didn't test... Why?!

Grr, but I ended up making sparkling rainbow particles appear when traveling too fast
Putting it up soon!

[Aino]

It's out! I hope there are no problems this time

And annikk, vars weren't the problem after all, I just thought so o.o

[Lost Seedling]

Seems to work very nice now.

Did you intend for the readouts to show quantities to that extreme fraction? It's kind've distracting.

It would be nice to have some sort of "goal" or "win" condition to aim for as a reward for achievement. As it is now, after a while, I feel like I am performing an exercise in futility.
With a goal as a reward, it would have a much greater degree of replay value.

Very cool, nonetheless!

[annikk.exe]

math.floor it :>

Or, better yet, make it equal to your size relative to all other objects; it could be a percentage.  IE, you represent 10% of the total mass in play.  The advantage of a percentage is that it never gets larger than 100%, so it doesn't take up a lot of screen space with numbers.  :>

The most elegant method possible would be to make the game neverending; transparently changed, for example, size 1,000,000 objects to be size 1, in order to start over and avoid running out of digits.  :>  That would mean you could make the game never-ending..

[Aino]

Hmm, the idea about goals are good, but it gets repetive that too!

If there is new stuff you encounter as you get higher up in mass, that'll be great to hear about!