Columns! 0.0.1

[EmmanuelOga]

Here is Columns! 0.0.1.

Since it uses framebuffers, I'm figuring some of you won't be able to test it. I tried to make a video with fraps on a windows PC but it did not render some of the stuff that is drawn from a framebuffer (weird). Anyway, I'm attaching some screen shots for now.

There are only 15 levels for now. I was thinking of adding more but I got lazy. The current levels are not particularly well thought/balanced either.

I plan to host its source somewhere next week.

All feedback will be welcomed!

columns-0.0.1.love

Columns! 0.0.1

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Title

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In Game

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[Jasoco]

High score of 8,052. Very well made! I like it!

[TechnoCat]

This game is sweet, and my favorite background mode was fast by the way.
My best combo was only 4x though. I love how the background goes into warp speed when you're doing something awesome. Each level got progressively harder and introduced new elements. The last one I played had colored cubes with arrows surrounded by black blocks. I didn't understand what that was.

[EmmanuelOga]

Thanks guys, glad you like it!

The last one I played had colored cubes with arrows surrounded by black blocks. I didn't understand what that was.

Yeah that level is a bit too difficult for its own good. The arrows indicate that when you destroy a gem it will destroy all gems in the direction the arrow is pointing. So for finishing that level you'll need to remove that yellow gem at the bottom right.

[BlackBulletIV]

Did you use Po2 framebuffers? On my MacBook it crashes.

[EmmanuelOga]

Did you use Po2 framebuffers? On my MacBook it crashes.

Interesting. I did use po2 everywhere I handle images or framebuffers. Does it spit a backtrace or does it just segfault?

[BlackBulletIV]

It's probably because the shared graphics doesn't support it. I guess a "segfault" (segmentation fault, right?), it didn't spit back a trace message, it only froze after the "made with LOVE" screen, and then crashed.

[EmmanuelOga]

It's probably because the shared graphics doesn't support it. I guess a "segfault" (segmentation fault, right?), it didn't spit back a trace message, it only froze after the "made with LOVE" screen, and then crashed.

At least you got to see the title screen...

I wonder if some kind of framebuffer support checking could be done. It looks pretty bad when a program just hangs like that.

[BlackBulletIV]

The best I know of is using pcall:

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result = pcall(love.graphics.newFramebuffer, argsGoHere)

[sharpobject]

It's probably because the shared graphics doesn't support it. I guess a "segfault" (segmentation fault, right?), it didn't spit back a trace message, it only froze after the "made with LOVE" screen, and then crashed.

This happened to me under LOVE 0.7.0 but not under 0.7.1