Decided to release a Breakout in between some other projects I am working on...
Its the 40th Anniverary of the original so I thought it was a good time...
https://goo.gl/kumlUh (https://goo.gl/kumlUh)
Good stuff! :good:
Jeje remind me when I satrt with GLbasic and did Fantasy Bricks...
Simple and nice GFX.
Guys,
Can you try install it - I am getting feedback that some users get 963 error when installing...
It's installed fine on my phone,It plays nicely.
back for another go...
Hi Plow, just tried and it works fine on galaxy note II.
GFX is a little blurred (upscaling?) but all fine on this type of game.
It moves nicely.
I can´t control the ball too well with the pad (ye, choose direction by hitting it with the corner of the bat for example), is that on purpose?
Nice quickie there!
Will look into the bat directions...I did notice the bat on the arcade original was bad too, so its a question of staying more like the original or improving the bat hitting...
Overlay coming soon...
I saw on the android store that you recommended people having the error to install through PC.
It is what I had done before reading that, maybe I should re install it normally to test?
About the bat, yeah, I´d either tune its ball control or cheat its randomness a bit if there are very few tiles left.
I´d say that because it can get tiring trying to hit that last few bricks.
Thanks erico -
Also now have the new version with Overlay - looks cool and improved the aliasing issue...
I re-installed the app, this time from the playstore directly on the phone, no problems and everything ran as expected.
I agree it must be a phone or an OS problem on the user side.
The overlay is really cool, it feels like one, with all color bleed going on. Back to pause is also a nice add on.
Working fine here after downloading on phones
Samsung galaxy s4, Android v4.3
Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen, Android v 6.0
Sweet! Thanks guys!
:)
i wish u could test it, still need an android phone, any chance of testing this on a desktop pc?
I like it. Two questions:
How did you do the "more games" opening a list of games in the PlayStore?
I see there is premium, what is the difference? Does anyone get premium?
got myself a new phone today only to test this ( lol, i had to buy a new one anyway).
Well its the classical Pong and has no annoying adds.
Its kinda hard to controll the paddle though, but I think this results from the transition of mouse movement to the blocky retro paddle movement,
but I think I could get used to that, I´ll keep this on my phone.
Edit: Okay I spotted an add thats a minus for me, but its no big deal, at least they dont appear while actually playing.
I wondered why the paddle moves blocky, but the ball moves smoothly, maybe make the ball move blocky as well.
Quote from: nabz32 on 2016-Mar-30
i wish u could test it, still need an android phone, any chance of testing this on a desktop pc?
Can run on PC but the sound is coded to work on android only. :) only really interested in testing with phones anyway...
Quote from: monkeybot1968 on 2016-Mar-21
It's installed fine on my phone,It plays nicely.
back for another go...
Thanks monkeybot!
Quote from: r0ber7 on 2016-Mar-30
I like it. Two questions:
How did you do the "more games" opening a list of games in the PlayStore?
I see there is premium, what is the difference? Does anyone get premium?
1. simple link using :
NETWEBEND "market://search?q=pub:Gazzapper+Games"
make sure you also have
ALLOWESCAPE FALSE
Dont do a general search as other publishers will appear for similar game categories linked to your apps.
2. Few sales so far - it's just a no advert version - but adding a ZX Spectrum Colour Clash feature to the premium version :)
So Theresa is a Premier Version without adds?
Need to get that. An Chance of adding blocky ball movement also?
Wouldn´t the block movement for the ball break the trail fx?
I noticed that too, but I´d prefer to have the bat moving smoothly instead.
:)
The premium version link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gazzappergames.breakerbricksprem (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gazzappergames.breakerbricksprem)
Quote from: erico on 2016-Apr-01
Wouldn´t the block movement for the ball break the trail fx?
I noticed that too, but I´d prefer to have the bat moving smoothly instead.
erico is the bat moving badly for you?
Not badly, it moves like by 4 or 8 pixels at a time, very different than the ball, which is silky smooth.
Thanks! Will look into that :)
I dont mind that myself - its looks more retro (jerky) but others might prefer smoother control too
:)
You could look into easing calculations.
http://www.gizma.com/easing/
I suspect this would make the movement a lot more fluid.
I made easing on my avocado game, which has a resemblance to pong in a certain way.
It does make controlling the ´bat´ a bit more frustrating if you expect sharp turns and precision, that is why I added a dash move, to counter that.
In a pong game, I´m not sure easy would help, but either have it all jerky or smooth for consistency reasons.
Though to tell you the truth, the game is fine as it is for me. It doesn´t detract the experience.
Thanks erico - So far reviews are good - so I don't want to mess with with controls right now, I think I will leave alone for now :)
You entering the Low Res Jam?
Thinking of, but I should be aware of the amount on plate. :-[
Quote from: erico on 2016-Apr-03
I made easing on my avocado game, which has a resemblance to pong in a certain way.
It does make controlling the ´bat´ a bit more frustrating if you expect sharp turns and precision, that is why I added a dash move, to counter that.
In a pong game, I´m not sure easy would help, but either have it all jerky or smooth for consistency reasons.
Though to tell you the truth, the game is fine as it is for me. It doesn´t detract the experience.
hi erico - would u try to see if the movement is now better for u - i did have others comment on it.
Plus added a new mode called 'progressive'
Ok, just tried, all movements are smooth now, including the bat.
I thought it would not make much of a difference, but it really does.
It is a looooot better now!
One thing though, I found that the pre-start font, where you say (rate us on bla bla), the spacing of the fonts is somehow incorrect, letters are a bit over themselves here and there. I will add a picture... look at the ON and Y where it is easier to see it on my low res crappy image.
Probably a font kerning issue.
Shall i share my vector font code? It works smoothly on android and has a pretty solid kerning
Generation
Yeah go on,i would like a look.
Could be useful to lots of people, maybe a snippet?
I'm also did code snippet the font system I'm used for spot race, which also supports kerning:
http://www.glbasic.com/forum/index.php?topic=9981.0
It's was based on a mac app, but a bmfont app for pc should nicely exists, but I'm did just liked that one on Mac.
But if it's only that line, then it'd could just been graphics and it's quite minor.
Thanks Guys
My updated version now Included Progressive Mode and smooth paddle...
Rober thanks for the easing - I will look and read that. I dont know if used the same method I did to fix my movement issue...I think My method is a clever simple approach...I will share after looking at easing article...If its different...
Erico, thanks for the font info, I noticed it and left it in on purpose, thinking it adds a little charm, but I may change if people spot it as an issue or cant read the text correctly. I did a custom print routine to swish letters so that phrase would fit on a screen width... I thought it was a good idea at the time! :)
Paid version is without ads - Devs gotta Eat :)
Re: Easing Library
I found this post where I added most of my tween / easing library:
http://www.glbasic.com/forum/index.php?topic=5643.msg44318#msg44318 (http://www.glbasic.com/forum/index.php?topic=5643.msg44318#msg44318)
It at least has all the easing functions ready to use at a low level.
Just add your own wrapper if you want, or use it directly.
To using it directly:
Tween_Get(TWEEN_TRANSITION_BOUNCE, startValue, endValue, elapsedTime / duration)
Thanks, will check that out too.