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Re: The Blueprints Machine

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:04 am
by micha
I like the whole project. Looks very promising.

Will it be a sandbox/toy or are you planning to add some sorts of puzzles?

And in case you like feedback: I suggest making the inside of the boxes a slightly different color than the background (a little lighter or a little darker would probably be enough).

Edit: And one more question: How do you handle cyclic blueprints? Wouldn't it be easy to crash the game by making an infinite loop?

Re: The Blueprints Machine

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 12:25 pm
by nuno
micha wrote:I like the whole project. Looks very promising.

Will it be a sandbox/toy or are you planning to add some sorts of puzzles?

And in case you like feedback: I suggest making the inside of the boxes a slightly different color than the background (a little lighter or a little darker would probably be enough).

Edit: And one more question: How do you handle cyclic blueprints? Wouldn't it be easy to crash the game by making an infinite loop?
Hi micha!

yes, the game is about puzzles, but the way to interact and solve the puzzles is via the blueprints, thus requiring other kind of skills ;)
thanks for the feedback on the colors!

I had lots of problems with cyclic blueprints, but I think I managed to get it working fine, for now. it supports infinite loops without crashing ;)

Re: The Blueprints Machine

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:20 am
by bdjnk
This is awesome! Reminds me of Quartz Composer. Looking forward to the finished product.

Re: The Blueprints Machine

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:21 pm
by nuno
First draft of the levels map

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Re: The Blueprints Machine

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 5:47 pm
by Jasoco
bdjnk wrote:This is awesome! Reminds me of Quartz Composer. Looking forward to the finished product.
Exactly the impression I got when I first saw it.

Re: The Blueprints Machine

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:37 pm
by nuno
Back after a week-long break. Working on a level now :)

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Re: The Blueprints Machine

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 7:32 pm
by pel
It's like you are redoing Max/MSP & Jitter.

https://cycling74.com

Re: The Blueprints Machine

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:07 am
by nuno
Finally implemented a full (yet, simple) level. I hope now it makes it clearer how the game itself will work using the blueprints :)


Re: The Blueprints Machine

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:26 am
by nuno
How many of you played Gorillas in DOS? :D

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Re: The Blueprints Machine

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:33 am
by zorg
nuno wrote:How many of you played Gorillas in DOS? :D
I did, qbasic, would nostalgia again :3