Check it out. The contest end is approaching quickly. I don’t have much time for bells and whistles, but I needed to add some things that make a flash game a flash game, like menus and things.
2 more nights of coding left! (~8 hours).
If anyone that visits this, plays the demo and sees something obviously missing or horrible, please comment. I’m going to wrap this one up with a few more encounters and ship it Monday night.
Enjoy!
Encounter: Endurance Trials Beta
Tags: Encounter
Neat! Programmers get more done with there’s a deadline looming =)
I have two exceptions for you. I played the first level with one bat then advanced to the 2nd level. Killed the first bat and I had both Archer and Fighter attacking the 2nd bat (Priest was healing). When the 2nd bat died, this exception occurred –
TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter sourceBitmapData must be non-null.
at flash.display::BitmapData/copyPixels()
at com.adventuresInActionscript.graphics::Animation/updateFrame()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\AIA Components\com\adventuresInActionscript\graphics\Animation.as:263]
at com.adventuresInActionscript.graphics::Animation/set frame()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\AIA Components\com\adventuresInActionscript\graphics\Animation.as:319]
at com.adventuresInActionscript.graphics::Animation/set state()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\AIA Components\com\adventuresInActionscript\graphics\Animation.as:327]
at com.adventuresInActionscript.graphics::Animation/trySetStateByName()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\AIA Components\com\adventuresInActionscript\graphics\Animation.as:353]
at GameObject/SetAnimationState()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\GameObject.as:34]
at UnitLib.Skeleton::Skeleton()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\UnitLib\Skeleton\Skeleton.as:33]
at GameLib.Endurance.EncounterLib::encSingleSkeleton/Initialize()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\GameLib\Endurance\EncounterLib\encSingleSkeleton.as:24]
at DungeonGame/SetCurrentEncounter()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\DungeonGame.as:60]
at GameLib.Endurance::EnduranceGame/SetCurrentEncounter()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\GameLib\Endurance\EnduranceGame.as:52]
at DungeonGame/Update()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\DungeonGame.as:86]
at Main/PlayGameStateLogic()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\Main.as:187]
at Main/enterFrameListener()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\Main.as:155]
I hit continue (instead of dismiss all), and the exception was replaced with this one (which occurred on every game update cycle) –
ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild()
at DungeonGame/SetCurrentEncounter()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\DungeonGame.as:55]
at GameLib.Endurance::EnduranceGame/SetCurrentEncounter()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\GameLib\Endurance\EnduranceGame.as:52]
at DungeonGame/Update()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\DungeonGame.as:86]
at Main/PlayGameStateLogic()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\Main.as:187]
at Main/enterFrameListener()[C:\RedCloverGames\Dev\Encounter\EncounterSource\Main.as:155]
I don’t have anything big for you, but after you lose, nothing happens when you mouse over the “retry” and “main menu” buttons. At first I thought the buttons didn’t do anything or that the game was frozen but they worked when I clicked on them. Also, it would be nice if you could move by simply selecting a unit and clicking where you want it to move. I like the click-and-drag, but it gets difficult to use in close quarters.
@Joe
Thanks Joe!
You’re right. I do need a mouse_over effect for actual buttons or a border to indicate that they are pressable. I only did that for the Play button on the main menu in the interest of time.
The problem with the select+click style of movement is that I also need a way to de-select units. By default the way to de-select is click anywhere on the play field (similar to windows explorer). It’s not in the instruction manual, but you can push ‘V’ to tell a unit to move to a given location, which is my preferred method of moving. I need to make an instructions screen.
Thanks for the feedback!