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TomR
Apr 1, 2003
I both own and operate a pirate ship.
Congrats on getting the game out dude! I'll pick this up and give it a shot for sure.

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mr. nobody
Sep 25, 2004

Net contents 12 fluid oz.

Head Hit Keyboard posted:

If you've got a DS3 look up Scarlet Crush's XInput Wrapper. If you've got a DS4 look up DS4Windows. I think XBone controllers work out of the box wired with the latest XInput drivers? idk.

Can't use dpad on xbox (bone or 360) controllers either if that makes you feel any better :haw:

The xbone controller works as a 360 controller on most games, there have been a few that have had issues (Two Worlds II, Super Panda Adventure, umm can't think of the other few) but in all other cases it's the same as a 360 controller as far as windows is concerned.

Sizone
Sep 13, 2007

by LadyAmbien
So I got to the last boss, couldn't beat him, quit out. Came back another day, bulked my stats, found some treasures, got blazed, chilled. Now, when I go to the final encounter, after I bet the ninjas I get a story cut scene then get kicked back to the map, effectively making the game unwinnable. Am I missing something?

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!
The ninja stage is called "Final Battle," but it's a purposeful misnomer. The story sequence mentions that the last area is an island icon you couldn't get to before and the actual final boss is there, I think you go left from Coast of Dragons 2.

e: The red ninja is also the only boss in the game who's vulnerable to Magic Breath if you wanna cheese part of that fight, just a dumb easter egg thing :ssh:

Fur20 fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Apr 30, 2015

G-Prime
Apr 30, 2003

Baby, when it's love,
if it's not rough it isn't fun.
TWD, this game is wonderful, and I'm happy to see the results of all your hard work. It's been a long journey, and I hope it was as enlightening to you as it was fun for me to watch.

Justin_Brett
Oct 23, 2012

GAMERDOME put down LOSER
I bought it at IGS and downloaded the DRM-free version, but it's giving me a CLR20r3 error when I try to run it. Says the XNA Framework is the cause, but I've run all the installers that came with the game and it still crashes. Anyone reported an error like that yet?

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!
I might've packed a lovely XNA installer, but that shouldn't be the case because I just included the one from the link here. Just to be sure, try use the one Microsoft provides: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914

I had one report of a similar problem, the guy was on Windows XP with an ancient single-core CPU. I passed them the official Microsoft link and it somehow fixed itself?

Sizone
Sep 13, 2007

by LadyAmbien
I give. Last boss is inscrutable and no fun. K, fire damages the head and the arm that's holding the mirror. Lightning rebounded off the vent thing on the far right of the screen damages the back shaft and acid puke damages the flying hand. What damages the flashing gem and how the hell do I avoid or cancel the lightning tornado?

Justin_Brett
Oct 23, 2012

GAMERDOME put down LOSER

The White Dragon posted:

I might've packed a lovely XNA installer, but that shouldn't be the case because I just included the one from the link here. Just to be sure, try use the one Microsoft provides: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20914

I had one report of a similar problem, the guy was on Windows XP with an ancient single-core CPU. I passed them the official Microsoft link and it somehow fixed itself?

I tried that and no dice. Also tried installing on Steam and it gives me the same error.

Probably is my computer, it's fairly old itself, I just thought I'd give it a try since the minimum was an Integrated Graphics Card. It's not much of a loss at only five dollars, but anything else you can think of I could try?

A Bystander
Oct 10, 2012

Sizone posted:

I give. Last boss is inscrutable and no fun. K, fire damages the head and the arm that's holding the mirror. Lightning rebounded off the vent thing on the far right of the screen damages the back shaft and acid puke damages the flying hand. What damages the flashing gem and how the hell do I avoid or cancel the lightning tornado?

The lightning attack can be dodged if you stand near the left of the screen and walk slowly away from it so that it dissipates before it hits you.

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Sizone posted:

I give. Last boss is inscrutable and no fun. K, fire damages the head and the arm that's holding the mirror. Lightning rebounded off the vent thing on the far right of the screen damages the back shaft and acid puke damages the flying hand. What damages the flashing gem and how the hell do I avoid or cancel the lightning tornado?
The lightning pillar works backwards from how the player would normally react. It moves slower the closer you are to it, so if you move all the way to the left side of the screen when it does the cloud telegraph and just barely edge your way ahead of it, it'll make it maybe 25% of the way across the screen before it runs out. It does slow down slightly when it gets close to you to kinda hint you toward it, but not enough to run out if you run to the far side of the screen every time. To damage the other parts, using thunder breath while the clouds are up charges an attack that damages the sword, ice breath damages the brooch, acid breath damages the fist, and magic breath damages the vent. Every part you break stops being able to attack and also does tick damage to the head, which is the only part you actually have to break.


Justin_Brett posted:

I tried that and no dice. Also tried installing on Steam and it gives me the same error.

Probably is my computer, it's fairly old itself, I just thought I'd give it a try since the minimum was an Integrated Graphics Card. It's not much of a loss at only five dollars, but anything else you can think of I could try?
Actually, .NET is apparently the root of the CLR20r3 problem except Windows throws an XNA error because ???. Try reinstalling .NET Framework 4.0 from here, and if that doesn't work, 4.5.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa496123

I hope you can get it to work properly and I'll do my best to find a fix, it's unacceptable on my part if we can't get this to run.

Fur20 fucked around with this message at 18:37 on May 1, 2015

Justin_Brett
Oct 23, 2012

GAMERDOME put down LOSER
I tried 4.0 and 4.5, but it's still giving me the same error. Don't worry too much about it though, I'm sure it's probably just my computer rather than your game.

wafflemoose
Apr 10, 2009

Congrats on actually getting the game out BTW! It's a fun little game, if a little bit too short. I'm no game designer but if you do make a sequel, consider making it a Metroidvaina style game, it almost has all the elements to be one. I also really dig the SNES RPG style music, not too many indie games utilize that style of chiptune, so props to the musician. There should also be a mode where you play as that fuzzy blue dragon, he seems like a totally chill guy.

The final boss is a jerk, your top priority should be destroying the lightning generator since the lightning attack is the most difficult to avoid.

wafflemoose fucked around with this message at 05:18 on May 3, 2015

SupSuper
Apr 8, 2009

At the Heart of the city is an Alien horror, so vile and so powerful that not even death can claim it.
Well I'm stuck at the final final boss, it's just impossible to both keep dealing damage and avoiding attacks (the head and lightning specially). Still, it was a fun ride while it lasted. Have you considered adding VO?

Btw if you set the resolution to 1280x720 the bottom power text gets cut off.

Sizone
Sep 13, 2007

by LadyAmbien
Yeah, I had to go back twice to LEVEL UP before I could beat the last boss (and ask how to kinda of avoid the lightning). If you max the defense stat I think you take, like, 1/2 damage which makes it tolerable.
Still seems really out of place difficulty curve-wise on a game that banks predominantly on being chill as all hell.

I need a guide, I can't figure out how to get to level 3a and I'm still missing a bunch of treasure. The aloha shirt beneath the wine bar most infuriatingly.

Also, what's the deal with unlocking the pidgin option? I still can't find it in the options and I'm kind of dying to see someone get called a lolohead in a game about a cartoon dragon.

e:

Oh yeah, polish request. Please make the lighting effects on dragon when he breathes fire also light up things in the surrounding area. It's disconcerting when it only effects Dragon.

The non violent castle approach path is one of my favorite video game things ever.

Sizone fucked around with this message at 10:33 on May 3, 2015

Drashin
Feb 26, 2013

Sizone posted:

Yeah, I had to go back twice to LEVEL UP before I could beat the last boss (and ask how to kinda of avoid the lightning). If you max the defense stat I think you take, like, 1/2 damage which makes it tolerable.
Still seems really out of place difficulty curve-wise on a game that banks predominantly on being chill as all hell.

I need a guide, I can't figure out how to get to level 3a and I'm still missing a bunch of treasure. The aloha shirt beneath the wine bar most infuriatingly.

Also, what's the deal with unlocking the pidgin option? I still can't find it in the options and I'm kind of dying to see someone get called a lolohead in a game about a cartoon dragon.

e:

Oh yeah, polish request. Please make the lighting effects on dragon when he breathes fire also light up things in the surrounding area. It's disconcerting when it only effects Dragon.

The non violent castle approach path is one of my favorite video game things ever.

For the aloha shirt: If you kill the janitor he drops a key that will allow you to open the door. .

Also does anyone know where the second item is for the castle approach stage? I got the one that you need to freeze the soldier blocking it but I can't find the second one.

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Sizone posted:

Also, what's the deal with unlocking the pidgin option? I still can't find it in the options and I'm kind of dying to see someone get called a lolohead in a game about a cartoon dragon.

Oh yeah, polish request. Please make the lighting effects on dragon when he breathes fire also light up things in the surrounding area. It's disconcerting when it only effects Dragon.
1) The pidgin option unlocks after you beat the last boss, I think I hosed up the main menu code though so it won't show up in the options until after you restart. Options and Language get starred so you'll know if it's there. No lolohead though, that wasn't in either of my regional dialects :v:

2) Unfortunately, I can't implement lighting effects since I don't actually use shaders (or particles for that matter). The only reason Dragon lights up is because his base sprite was drawn to do so.

3) You reach the different routes in King's Forest 3 by approaching it from either the stage above or below it on the map. So either come down from King's Forest 1 or up from King's Forest 2 to get the alternate path you haven't been through yet.

Drashin posted:

Also does anyone know where the second item is for the castle approach stage? I got the one that you need to freeze the soldier blocking it but I can't find the second one.
There are three :ssh:
1) There's one hidden behind the background on the bottom path of the stage, it's really high up so you have to jump on the car and ride on top of it to reach it.
2) I feel kinda bad about making this one in retrospect because it's kinda mean, but you have to knock back one of the spymaster's daggers back at her to take her mask off. Once it's gone, you can hit her with Magic Breath and she'll bring out the diamond.


SupSuper posted:

Well I'm stuck at the final final boss, it's just impossible to both keep dealing damage and avoiding attacks (the head and lightning specially). Still, it was a fun ride while it lasted. Have you considered adding VO?

Btw if you set the resolution to 1280x720 the bottom power text gets cut off.
I'll try fix the bottom power text today, I'm always forgetting something with the adjusted text positions.

As for the final boss's attacks, the lightning moves slower the closer you are to it and will run out fairly quickly if you do this. The head is all about adjusting your vertical positioning--remember that you can start flying at any point in your jump; and for the one where he drags the laser down slowly, you can slowly tap the flight button and inch your way downwards with it. The laser points are from the tip of the horn on the helmet, and from the middle of the grate over the mouth, so aim for right between them. I might make their hitboxes smaller though.

Bonus tip: If you break the intake valve under his cape with Magic Breath, it'll do tick damage to all the parts.

Alas, no voiceovers; the only VA is ever gonna be in that one commercial. C'mon dogg, you of all people gotta finish it--you're in the credits under Additional Program (save & load) :v:

Fur20 fucked around with this message at 18:45 on May 3, 2015

wafflemoose
Apr 10, 2009

Beat it and found everything, a nice little palette cleanser after hours of GTAV. The Hawaiian Creole language option is hilarious, I used to live on the Oahu island back in the early 90s and was wondering why native people spoke what I thought was jive turkey whenever we were not on the Hickam Air Force base.

Also, the band members are my favorite enemies in the game. The fact that the king would weaponize a marching band to stop a nerdy dragon wearing bifocals just adds to the silly tone of the game.

Wished the magic breath worked on every enemy though. Sometimes I didn't want to kill everyone and make friends instead. :3:
Those dudes with shotguns are jerks though, nothing I do affects them, those guys need to be vulnerable to magic breath because they obviously need to chill the gently caress out.

wafflemoose fucked around with this message at 04:53 on May 4, 2015

Pastry of the Year
Apr 12, 2013

I started this last night and I'm really liking it, and really looking forward to being able to go back and clean out all the levels.

The White Dragon posted:

Its Front Mission Gun Hazard paternity comes in the form a player-blind mechanic that passively increases your strength based on your playstyle. The more you fly to avoid hazards, the longer you'll be able to maintain flight; the more you use your claws, the more damage they'll do; and the more you get hit, the more health you'll get! I mean, other things, too, like the general format, but its passive hidden power-ups were pretty much #1 on my to-do list.

This was such a good idea.

Justin_Brett
Oct 23, 2012

GAMERDOME put down LOSER
Any other ideas to get it working, or am I just out of luck?

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!
I just tried taking out a reference to an unnecessary framework thing that would in theory require Visual Studio to be installed, so see if that helps. If not, CLR20r3 is apparently the general "I shat myself" error for XNA and honestly could be a graphics card thing. It should work on most integrated GPUs, but the integrated graphics quote kinda assumes more modern hardware so if you have a ten-year-old miracle laptop that's still working, I'm sorry to say it might not be compatible.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
http://steamcommunity.com//app/351150/discussions/0/620712364022035373/

nice

Soral
May 30, 2009


lol

Cicadas!
Oct 27, 2010


Cast a wide net, catch a lot of hosed-up fish with too much disposable income.

Shima Honnou
Dec 1, 2010

The Once And Future King Of Dicetroit

College Slice
Hey White Dragon, (ex?) goon (or whatever he is idk) raocow is doing an LP of your game.

Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy
Thanks for bumping this thread Chinese general guy, I hadn't seen it b4 and the game looks cool.

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

Shima Honnou posted:

Hey White Dragon, (ex?) goon (or whatever he is idk) raocow is doing an LP of your game.

Yeah, I saw! It was really nice of him to agree to do one once he finished Super Meat Boy.

Soral
May 30, 2009

but what do the furry pornographers on the holy grail furry porn site think about raocow's lps?? inquiring minds need to know

wafflemoose
Apr 10, 2009

Soral posted:

but what do the furry pornographers on the holy grail furry porn site think about raocow's lps?? inquiring minds need to know

10/10 would fap again, most likely.

wafflemoose fucked around with this message at 14:43 on May 13, 2015

SupSuper
Apr 8, 2009

At the Heart of the city is an Alien horror, so vile and so powerful that not even death can claim it.
:toot:



Rated "wow i actually beat a game and get to be in the credits??? 5/5".

mr. nobody
Sep 25, 2004

Net contents 12 fluid oz.

Your post gave me a warm fuzzy feeling :)

DNA Cowboys
Feb 22, 2012

BOYS I KNOW
I missed the acid breath until the final boss. That one was annoying, but I did enjoy beyond a laid-back crayon dragon!

TodPunk
Feb 9, 2013

What do you mean, "TRON isn't a documentary?"
I'm at badge level 3 now. If anyone wants to help push that to level 5, I will accept more cards. SupSuper and I have been pooling. I have an extra "A Cute Couple" background if anyone wants it. Just hit me up (TodPunk on Steam too).

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Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

TodPunk posted:

I'm at badge level 3 now. If anyone wants to help push that to level 5, I will accept more cards. SupSuper and I have been pooling. I have an extra "A Cute Couple" background if anyone wants it. Just hit me up (TodPunk on Steam too).

Fun fact, Valve's rep was a little cross with me because I wanted to name the foil badge, "I like dragons so much, I bought all these foil cards!"

It's because I forgot you don't necessarily have to buy cards to get them :v:

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