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Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:05 pm**

New here and I must say I LÖVE löve

So much in fact that i decided to code a clone of my favourite puzzle game.
ELEMENTS is based on Tetris Attack. A puzzle game from the SNES era that have been revived by Nintendo several times. The goal of the game is to switch around blocks so they form 3 or more blocks in a row either horizontally or vertically. The more blocks that disappear together the more points each of them are worth. New blocks will continue to be added from the bottom and the game is over if any blocks touch the celling for 5 seconds.

Observe that this is BETA. Many features are on the to do list:

"Game Over > Menu" transition.
Rare blocks
Manual Speed increase
Different difficulties
Caster Mode
Options menu
More backgrounds
High score listing

Use Z to select options in the menu and switch blocks around.
Use X to make the blocks rise faster.
Game can be reset by pressing Escape. This will be removed in the final version!

Please provide constructive criticism as I would like to improve

All credits to MaestroRage for the background song: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/228382

Changelog:

0.7.5:

Fixed speedbug. Will hopefully work good on all comps now.
Added a "turbo" button. X will now increase the speed at which the blocks rise while you hold it down.

Newest Version: BETA 0.7.5 - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wjlty1nzj1y
Older versions:
0.7.0 - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?udgmyzt4kzy

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:57 pm**

Please upload it to a different server. I had to enter a CAPTCHA, wait 45 seconds, and then had some issues downloading it. (Of course, you don't have to, but if you want people to take a look at it...)

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:12 pm**

File link changed

Should be much easier to download now.

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:29 pm**

HINT: Use z!

Some comments:

The game goes WAY to fast (did you use dt?)
Z?! What's wrong with return?
I got an 'attempt to index nil value' at line 309 if I remember correctly.

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:08 pm**

nice!

I don't like the sound effect though, not gentle enough.

I also think the blocks are too glow-brighty.

I helped once with gfx in a game like this

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:14 pm**

bartbes wrote:HINT: Use z!

Some comments:

The game goes WAY to fast (did you use dt?)

Z?! What's wrong with return?

I got an 'attempt to index nil value' at line 309 if I remember correctly.

Seems like a bit of fail today ;P

about the movement what OS are you using? It doesn't move that fast on my comp :/ Will look into it.
And yes Z. Forgot to write down the controls

(The reason for Z was for using X and shift for coming features. Though Z does feel kinda "small"

qubodup wrote:nice!

I don't like the sound effect though, not gentle enough.

I also think the blocks are too glow-brighty.

I helped once with gfx in a game like this

Was hard to find sound effects. Got no skills in audio editing. If you got any good site for sound effects I would be happy

Block graphics are not final. I personally hate the fire and wind blocks.

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:19 pm**

It's really WAY too fast, if I don't move I lose in a few secs. OS = Ubuntu Linux, and shouldn't matter.
This is a common mistake, you can use dt to correct for speed, apparently my pc runs the code a lot faster. (using dt you can limit movement to.. for example 1 block/second)
Example:

Code: Select all

movementPerSecond = 300

function update(dt)
    x = x + movementPerSecond * dt
end

Another thing that should help is enabling vsync (don't know if my driver respects it though, so it might already be on)

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:25 pm**

@ Bartbes:

Thanks for the tip Will try with dt.

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:58 pm**

Rhion wrote:Was hard to find sound effects. Got no skills in audio editing. If you got any good site for sound effects I would be happy

Check out http://love2d.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:28 pm**

New Version: 0.7.5

Hopefully I fixed the speed bug ;O It would be nice if you could test it for me.

Check first post for changelog.

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