Here it is
How to play:
Clear the board by isolating the balls from the rest of the board.
To advance to the next level, you have to clear at least 75 percent.
Keys:
Circle - Divide left/right
Cross - Divide up/down
Jezzball clone
Moderators: Shine, Insert_witty_name
Jezzball clone
This is my version of the old game Jezzball.
Here it is
How to play:
Clear the board by isolating the balls from the rest of the board.
To advance to the next level, you have to clear at least 75 percent.
Keys:
Circle - Divide left/right
Cross - Divide up/down
Here it is
How to play:
Clear the board by isolating the balls from the rest of the board.
To advance to the next level, you have to clear at least 75 percent.
Keys:
Circle - Divide left/right
Cross - Divide up/down
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nice release. the speed is impressive.. even with many balls on the screen, it still goes fast!
i'm sure you know this, but the bouncing is a little buggy, sometimes they seem to bounce before they hit the wall. and once when i locked a ball in a 1-block tall area at the top of the screen, it was bouncing over the border, which looked pretty weird.
three things i think would improve playability a lot: make the "lines" easier to see while they are drawing. i altered your code a bit to make them 3 pixels thick, and it helped a lot. now you can see your lines much better. try it and see what i mean :)
the same thing could be done in one line with drawRect, which is probably faster.. but i'll leave that as an exercise for you.
second: the player needs more feedback when they lose a life! some kind of buzzer sound would be good. or at least some visual feedback, like a flashing red background for a few frames when your line gets hit..
finally: the cursor is a little too jumpy. add a short delay after the first move before allowing the cursor to start moving again.. in my game, for example, i wait for 8 frames of the same direction being held before i increment the coordinate a second time.
anyway, very nice game, looking forward to the next version ;)
i'm sure you know this, but the bouncing is a little buggy, sometimes they seem to bounce before they hit the wall. and once when i locked a ball in a 1-block tall area at the top of the screen, it was bouncing over the border, which looked pretty weird.
three things i think would improve playability a lot: make the "lines" easier to see while they are drawing. i altered your code a bit to make them 3 pixels thick, and it helped a lot. now you can see your lines much better. try it and see what i mean :)
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if shooting == true then
shootLines()
offscreen:drawLine(line_x1*15-offx, line_y1*15-offy, line_x1_end*15-offx, line_y1_end*15-offy, color)
offscreen:drawLine(line_x1*15-offx-1, line_y1*15-offy, line_x1_end*15-offx-1, line_y1_end*15-offy, color)
offscreen:drawLine(line_x1*15-offx+1, line_y1*15-offy, line_x1_end*15-offx+1, line_y1_end*15-offy, color)
end
if shootingH == true then
shootLinesH()
offscreen:drawLine(line_x1*15-offx, line_y1*15-offy, line_x1_end*15-offx, line_y1_end*15-offy, color)
offscreen:drawLine(line_x1*15-offx, line_y1*15-offy+1, line_x1_end*15-offx, line_y1_end*15-offy+1, color)
offscreen:drawLine(line_x1*15-offx, line_y1*15-offy-1, line_x1_end*15-offx, line_y1_end*15-offy-1, color)
end
second: the player needs more feedback when they lose a life! some kind of buzzer sound would be good. or at least some visual feedback, like a flashing red background for a few frames when your line gets hit..
finally: the cursor is a little too jumpy. add a short delay after the first move before allowing the cursor to start moving again.. in my game, for example, i wait for 8 frames of the same direction being held before i increment the coordinate a second time.
anyway, very nice game, looking forward to the next version ;)
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