Another new wip Ninja Run

Dave

@waldron Well you certainly do capture some of that magic here without a doubt.

In terms of the old button states - is there anything I can help with? Any particular troubles?

waldron

@Dave i think my main issue was getting the dagger throw numbers working iv ended up doing (daggernum -= 0.3) instead of (daggernum -=1) because when you press the button to trigger it the number shoots down. hence my dodgy workaround.

Dave

@waldron I think this will help. I use this in every single one of my programs, whether or not I even plan to use it right away, because it always ends up being useful.

I see examples of people using their own structures to store the old button states - this is unnecessary, you simply need to store the whole controls struct.

Start with these two as global variables:

c = controls(0)
oldc = c

Then in your main loop:

loop
    clear()
    c = controls(0) // read the new state of the controls and store it into the c variable before you do any control checking

    // game stuff    

    oldc = c   // right before you end your loop, store the state of the controls for that frame into the oldc variable
    update()
repeat

With this set up, you can just do this:

if c.a and !oldc.a then
    // throw dagger
    daggernum -= 1
endif

The if statement reads: If the A button is pressed, AND it was NOT being pressed on the previous frame, then...

This means your daggernum variable will only ever decrease by 1 per A button press.

waldron

@Dave iv tried that i may have some code in the wrong place or something upsetting it maybe or possibly dodgy controller il retest later and see what happens i even tried a false true switch so could be a dodgy button fortunately i do have some new ones ordered

Dave

@waldron The important part is to make sure that you abide by that structure:

loop
     c = controls(0)
     
     // any and all controller checking MUST be between these two lines.

     oldc = c
repeat

Feel free to share the program with me privately if you have trouble figuring out the problem.

waldron

@Dave yeah i think i haven't put the code in the correct place after rereading through the message :) i should be able to solve it, iv been using a different method for my last couple of projects which has probably tripped me up thanks man

Dave

@waldron No worries dude. Always here for help if you need!

waldron

A few more bits added plus a health bar which iv set up with a hitcount variable so i can have better control of health damage amounts and speed. e.g. Giant boulder = instant 1 life, big knock back effect. Spikes = slow drain of life, minor knock back effects.

Jonboy

This is looking (ha, and sounding!) really good.

waldron

@Jonboy ha yeah if link can get away with it rolling across hyrule field why not :)

waldron

Been a while since i'v updated on the forum for this game
Started adding enemies only adding one type as i'm wanting to flesh out the levels with traps and obstacles.
so far the enemy only has an idle state and can be killed with sword or dagger but will be adding to it with invisible boxes one to detect the player which will trigger an attack counter and another to detect its map surroundings hopefully ;) one thing i'v learnt during my coding journey ... your constantly learning

Jonboy

Your skillz know no bounds!

romain337

Hello,
This look good :)

I wanted to share this bit of code with one of my game but I have no time to do it and need to work more on it before release.
It's a function to print bitmap font. You may already have one that do it but if it can save some times or give some ideas to you or other people it will be worth it:
I will modify it in my code so it will use sprites and drawSprite instead but this one may work for you as it

// Load BM font texture
var BM_FONT_IMG = loadImage("The Oliver Twins/DizzyFont6")

// print definition
function printText(fontHandle, x, y, text)
  var xOffset = 0
  for i = 0 to len(text) loop
    var chrValue = chrVal(text[i]) - 32
    drawSheet(fontHandle, chrValue, xOffset, y, 1.0)
    xOffset += tileSize(fontHandle, chrValue).x
  repeat
return void

// usage
loop
  clear()
  printText(BM_FONT_IMG, 32, 32, "Hello World!")
  update()
repeat

If it help at least 1 user I will be super happy.

waldron

@romain337 thanks, i was using a similar function for custom font but since swapped it for another due to random string errors.
i'l try this out thankyou :) i would suggest putting this function into a program and share it as it would help many users!

JMM161437

@romain337 Well prepare to smile because this helped me with a future project. Thanks for sharing!

waldron

Just shared Ninja and the 4 stones.
Code YNK73MND5U
playable level 1 and level 1 boss
loads into level 2 for now.
This is a rewrite.

Skullo

The game is awesome and I encourage everyone to play it!

Below is my first experience:

I get stucked in level 1 boss (maybe I need some more practice).
I found the wall jump system a bit tricky.
Sometimes after falling, the ninja revives in the same place falling again and therefore losing all my hearths.
I love the enemy animations!!

waldron

@skullo thanks for playing,
I made a respawn point which triggers when the player jumps so if you fall down your respawn at that point. I could assign respawn points for each pit ??
The wall jumps only work from left right jumps vise versa.
The boss is hard ☺️ it's speed ramps up when it's life is below 6, keep moving use daggers and sword hits and try to learn the pattern also magic wind makes you immune to damage.
Started work on the second level and boss more to come :).

waldron

Only other way I could deal with pit respawns is have a temporary block beneath the player I may test it.

vinicity

Awesome game. So many great little touches! Love the intro too!

I agree that the wall jump doesn’t feel quite “right”. Luckily you can use the wind magic to scale stuff instead!

I also had the issues with the respawn points, and I often instinctively shot a grapple hook as I was tumbling down into the abyss which caused some additional glitches.

A personal preference would be if there was an option to rebind the joy con keys? I’m not used to having the jump button as it is here…