quill18/ludum-dare-24

Quill18's Game for Ludum Dare #24

ludum-dare-24's Issues

these were from the list I was making

The ball is getting stuck halfway up the ramp, on the left side - http://imgur.com/frdYG

Also, the paddles seem to rotate in strange ways because they seem to be colliding with the walls near them °-° what if the paddles only collided with the ball?

Highscore system?

It could be a cool little system that would allow you too set your score and 3 letters to identify you.

Tilt button changes view

Two bugs

1. When the tilt button is pressed right as the ball goes into the geographic isolation section the view does not zoom in
2. When the tilt button is pressed when the ball is in the geographic isolation area the view zooms to look at the death zone.

Trying to repeat so I can get pics.

Pic for issue 2. http://i.imgur.com/SGRoS.png

Using "A" for breeding re-builds wall that blocks breeder

just let u know

highscore menu glitched!

You can only enter 1 letter per name unless you copy/paste!!!

Ball stuck under flipper (Edited)

lol another on I found. The ball can get stuck under the left flipper in the top left. Also the right flipper at the top left is in a strange position and it is hard to hit the ball. Edit: No matter what I do I can't get the ball out and the left flipper will not move.

pic: http://i47.tinypic.com/nmckew.png

Infinite Lives

http://imgur.com/3k6eh

Every time I hit any scoring element it's giving me a new life.

The outside of the pinball area (walls) look ugly

title

ball still goes through main 2 flippers (updated for build10)

still happens!

DNA appears without full GATC

I have seen the DNA power up appear without all of the prerequisite drop targets activated. http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu314/bobbyboy00/?action=view&current=Untitled2.png

Ball stuck under plunger

Pic: http://i.imgur.com/UG3Yg.png?1

left side gutter problems

http://tinypic.com/m/ftde8z/4

reset button please

Quill, in the current state you really SHOULD add the reset button. It's completely essential right now, because there are many bugs/issues that get the ball stuck, and because you can't reset, having to re-load the entire webpage may be a turn-off for a judge that could be very easily avoidable. One of the main stuck issues is when the ball gets stuck under the ball launcher.

Ball stuck on a thing by the bottom

http://gyazo.com/ef5d5b15cbeda12d3d1816edffa9a9fe

somehow the ball just landed there and just stopped and wouldn't move

Floating Targets

Drop Targets sometimes float in midair, as showcased here: http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu314/bobbyboy00/?action=view&current=Untitled1.png

This has since been fixed.

The mutation color suggestion

The mutation color is tied to the original red ball, not to the current green one. Is there a way this could be changed? Also if a way to mutate based off of the "winner" of "natural selection" (Instead of constantly mutating from the same starter color all the time - which it has in my experience)

Ball went threw Flipper

Ball came back down ramp after an unsuccessful hit and when i clicked to move the lever the ball swept right threw it!

Text covers flippers when you re-enter the main area.

Makes it hard to keep yourself alive.

Green things above left suicidelane

Green things above left suicide-lane give points when they are down and you roll over them

Volume Button

It would be nice to have a volume button or mute button

Ball continually bounces

In the top left section the ball can get stuck bouncing in between two bumpers.

Pic: http://i46.tinypic.com/34ih16a.png

Multiplier Exponential

Should be linear no?

GATC and DNA

GATC on the instructions should now read DNA because you swapped DNA for the GATC.

Smoother Antilising

Quill in order to make the juges impressed you could try adding antilising or makeing it alot more smoother looking :D

Suggestion: Debug mode

Have a debug mode where you can control your ball with your mouse, so you can test if certain areas get the ball stuck/test new or changed gameplay mechanics.

Bonus question

I know your bonus is "cashed out" when you lose a ball, but is your multiplier supposed to revert to 1 too?

angle that the main flippers can go up are just a little to low

you can't really "stop" the ball unless it lost all of its speed from hitting the wall right next to the main flippers.

Stuck Ball

http://postimage.org/image/6gzm3yd57/

Tilting tons of times in a second instantly sends you to highscore

title - build 11

Green blockers move up the page

The green blockers blocking the path for the ball to loose a life!

Ball jumping over to "start" from auxiliary flipper

Ball often jumps over border over to the start/launch area when hit by third flipper. Seen in image.

http://imgur.com/w2OCN

Multiplayer Highscore + Website Idea

are you planning on adding a server to host highscores of many people in the future(after ludum dare)? You could put this game on the same site as fish-tank commander as a mini-game or something, and create a website of many games created by you for ludum dare!

Green walls that protect left suicide lane issue

When the ball hits these walls at a fast enough speed, the bounce that the green walls produce isn't enough to change the balls speed (the red bumpers change the direction even when the ball is going incredibly fast)

Multi-Ball's new colors are shades of red/yellow, regardless of the parent's color

During multi-ball, new balls are supposed to take the parent's(the previous ball's) color, and have slight changes to it, thus, over time, evolving it's color...
However, during Survival Of The Fittest, the new balls color's are always shades of red or yellow, even when the parent ball is bright green, like the first one...

No "Game Over" Screen

When you lose there is no "game over screen", which it should probably have

It could be like:
Option 1: Submit high-score with 3 letter nickname
Option 2: Restart

Suggestion: Sound effect for flipper

The flipper should have a sound effect, it feels weird when other things do but they don't.

Missing wall

The wall behind the rectangular teal bumper is missing and the ball can fall off of the table.

http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/iamadumbdumb/LudumDare.jpg

Color to the white frog at the bottom?

The frog at the bottom could use some color

Music track idea

We could have some songs to play when the score reaches certain milestones, and after each milestone is reached the song changes to a slightly more "hard core" song.

Tilt

No penalty for tilting repeatedly.

Infinite tilt

I can tilt continualy this is not really a bug but it makes the game far to easy to exploit

Instructions for wheel of mutation

The instructions menu needs to be updated for these new features!

Camera goes to special area incorrectly

When I shoot the ball and it goes up the ramp, but not with enough force to make it all the way, the camera goes to the mini-game area in the top left while the ball goes down the main hole and I lose.

Breeding Pit - Needs capture feedback and respawn delay

DNA strand didn't appear when all D N A buttons hit

I think it either is a) glitched so it won't appear or b) appeared behind something, where you cannot see it

ball stuck under ramp

yep, its back!

Bouncing suggestion

In pinball games I've played, the ball bounces a tiny bit on surfaces that aren't supposed to be "bouncy" when the ball has picked up enough speed. The ball doesn't immediately drop down and roll from a fast drop

Flippers have no momentum/bounce.

If you hit a ball that is falling with your flipper instead of bouncing off the ball stops dead.

Bonus area layout is a bit wonky

I think the bumpers in the bonus are aren't placed pretty well or there should be a bouncer on the right + left wall of the bonus area, because I've NEVER seen the ball go in the middle of the area

Bonus removed on ball death

so if you got a ton of bonus with 1 ball its removed with when it dies... I haven't tested if you lose bonus earned from your last ball or if it is applied

for clarification, this isn't the bonus multiplier, but the bonus # which is being multiplied to get your total bonus