Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Hi. This is Sortbots. It's for desktop. There are three game modes. You can cheat and unlock them all by pressing 'u' 4 times on the menu screen. I've lost all perspective on difficulty so no idea how high the score should be to unlock these modes. Feedback would be appreciated. Please let me know if it doesn't load at all. http://www.dreamofsleeping.co.uk/games/sortbots/ Here is a link to dropbox if the other link doesn't work. But it does take a while to load on dropbox. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74401653/sortbots/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 110 views and no comments? Common guys, if it's crap just tell me it's crap. Silence is the worst. I'm trying to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Knight Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 The screenie looks good but the website didn't quite load for me, waited for about 40 seconds and nothing (I boot my OS in less). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Thanks for letting me know. What browser are you using? If anyone else has the same problem please let me know. Also if anyone has any ideas what could cause this. I have no idea because it works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguinee Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I seem to be having a problem loading the game . Both the dropbox and the site took ages to load. Unfortunately, the version on dropbox seem to have become unresponsive after it finished loading (I tapped space, did nothing). Meanwhile the game on the site took far too long to load (over 3 min I'd say) . I'm using Chrome on Windows 8.1. (Speedtest.net download speed at around 5mb/s). On the bright side however, it did end up loading .The tutorial was easy to read and was very user friendly. At first, I thought you could grab the stars from the top row . So make sure it's more obvious that the gameplay happens on the bottom row. Perhaps fade the top row or make the stars move through an enclosed conveyor belt. Apart than that, I found the game really enjoyable. Really love the aesthetics and the gameplay! Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Thanks for your patience. I wonder why it's taking so long to load. It's 6.44 mb. Most of that is sound. I doubt phaser loads both the mp3 and the ogg files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 I wonder if it's too do with the google webfont loader. I make my game wait until the font is loaded. Anyone else do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguinee Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I also use google fonts for my game. And no, I don't wait for the fonts to load. I'm pretty sure it's not the fonts that are at fault. Fonts load instantly on chrome for me and with a slight delay on IE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 When it was taking ages, could you see the loading bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguinee Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 ya... but wasn't moving at all for the most part... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnA Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 It takes too long to load on my place too. I don't know if it's the matter with your hosting or not, but as a rule of thumb (if you want to make your games played/distributed on browser), try to make the game size around 3 mb.For audio file, you can try to change the rate to 16000 Hz (lower than that and your sound might sound really bad) with program like Audacity, and end up with significantly smaller file size.The games is quite unique, but need a time to get used too and a bit hard even on the first level. Maybe you can try spacing the star more in the beginning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenista Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 for me it initally showed a alert (popup) ... saying font is not loaded text wont look... and i am using firefox 28 on ubuntu 14.04. Regarding load time i check in firefox it was I think mp3 files thats taking time and also you can combile and minify js file into a single one for quick loading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Thanks. I might just ditch the game over music. I thought it was pretty cool but it's probably just a waste of mb. I try to load the font before the game plays but I might just alert the game to redraw the text once it is loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 It takes too long to load on my place too. I don't know if it's the matter with your hosting or not, but as a rule of thumb (if you want to make your games played/distributed on browser), try to make the game size around 3 mb.For audio file, you can try to change the rate to 16000 Hz (lower than that and your sound might sound really bad) with program like Audacity, and end up with significantly smaller file size.The games is quite unique, but need a time to get used too and a bit hard even on the first level. Maybe you can try spacing the star more in the beginning? I lost all perspective on difficulty. I thought people would be bored out of their minds waiting for it to speed up. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Thanks everyone who has tried. For those for which it was slow you can you try again with this link please? http://www.dreamofsleeping.co.uk/games/sortbots/ I no longer wait for the font to load before going into the game. Also I think this was an error in my code. I don't think the game size could really be the problem since it takes only seconds for most of us to download an mp3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP91 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 hey good game but a bit long tutorial and difficult to change the "stars" of place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Thanks the tutorial is totally skippable. Just press q and you would have got a brief summary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP91 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 jajaja yes but then as I learn the mechanics would be better a tutorial with less text and more illustrations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 I could the make the neckbot demonstrate how to do it. That might be fun to program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguinee Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Yes please . Played it some time today and found that the load speed was significantly faster but should still be worked on.I reckon you should add in powerups that can make the game easier to play and yet more intense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 I have the speed bonus. Where if you hold down s and fill the speed meter you can a load of points. That's to keeps up the intensitiy pretty good for me. And chaining swapsy bonuses. I think there is enough going on with all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Of Sleeping Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Do you think if the eye robot told you to press D to see the demo people would actually see it? It's hard to explain how to really play properly so a demo is pobably the best thing.I like having dialog as an option though because I think it's nice to have characters and a story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguinee Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Nah.. If someone is struggling a lot they'd probably end up on the game over/menu screen quite frequently where the demo button is.My previous comment was kinda misleading. What I was meant to say was that adding power ups may perhaps increase the replayability and will keep the players more excited. Suggestions might be expanding the hitbox of the bot or allow the bot to hold more than one star at a time. Etc. but it's ultimately up to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP91 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I keep playing and if maybe did shorter the neckbot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huww Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 The game worked fine for me, I found it pretty hard actually! I have no idea how anyone would ever get over 500 points though?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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