Author Topic: NANY 2010 Final Release: Leap of Faith (Read 73678 times)

f0dder · « **Reply #25 on:** January 05, 2010, 09:04 AM »

Can anyone who is running Vista confirm that the directory I listed is correct? That's where the directory is created in Windows 7 but I'm not sure if Vista differs.
-Deozaan (January 05, 2010, 01:14 AM)

<Win+R>, "%appdata%\Craven Entertainment", <Enter>

Cyeb · « **Reply #26 on:** January 07, 2010, 02:32 PM »

I've noticed that pushing "w" jumps without changing the blocks.

mouser · « **Reply #27 on:** January 07, 2010, 02:44 PM »

ha!!!
you found a cheat!
and it let me "beat" the game finally.. but damn what a lame ending-- nothing happens !!

Deozaan · « **Reply #28 on:** January 07, 2010, 05:18 PM »

I've noticed that pushing "w" jumps without changing the blocks.
-Cyeb (January 07, 2010, 02:32 PM)

ha!!!
you found a cheat!
and it let me "beat" the game finally.. but damn what a lame ending-- nothing happens !!
-mouser (January 07, 2010, 02:44 PM)

Nothing happens? Something should be happening...

Oh, and Note to self: Never let Cyeb or Mouser handle legal paperwork for me. They obviously don't read the fine print!

f0dder · « **Reply #29 on:** January 07, 2010, 06:00 PM »

Well, something happens when you reach the end, but it wasn't quite what I expected... kinda fit well with the game, though

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #30 on:** January 07, 2010, 06:17 PM »

I found the ending rather confusing myself ... I wasn't really sure if I'd won, lost, or broke something.

Deozaan · « **Reply #31 on:** January 07, 2010, 06:21 PM »

Well, something happens when you reach the end, but it wasn't quite what I expected... kinda fit well with the game, though
-f0dder (January 07, 2010, 06:00 PM)

I found the ending rather confusing myself ... I wasn't really sure if I'd won, lost, or broke something.
-Stoic Joker (January 07, 2010, 06:17 PM)

I figured there was no point in making a "level 2" since it's all randomized anyway. If you want to keep playing you just need to get back to the bottom and have the goal in a different spot. So that's what happens.

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #32 on:** January 07, 2010, 06:43 PM »

I found the ending rather confusing myself ... I wasn't really sure if I'd won, lost, or broke something.
-Stoic Joker (January 07, 2010, 06:17 PM)

I figured there was no point in making a "level 2" since it's all randomized anyway. If you want to keep playing you just need to get back to the bottom and have the goal in a different spot. So that's what happens.
-Deozaan (January 07, 2010, 06:21 PM)

Hm... true, but it couldn't hurt. maybe lower the number of available blocks on each level so that increased "faith" is needed.

When I got to (or rather near) the top, I tried jumping onto the last block to no avail (kept falling through). Then I goofed and jumped into it from underneath, the blocks all disappeared, and I fell to the ground. Is that a win, a lose, or a tie?

Deozaan · « **Reply #33 on:** January 07, 2010, 06:48 PM »

...the blocks all disappeared, and I fell to the ground. Is that a win, a lose, or a tie?
-Stoic Joker (January 07, 2010, 06:43 PM)

That's how the "next level" starts when you reach the goal.

It should be noted that the goal is not a block you can stand on. You're supposed to be able to go through it, but it should trigger the "new" level. I may need to improve the methods used to detect "collision" with the goal. I've also noticed problems when trying to enter the goal from above.

Cyeb · « **Reply #34 on:** January 07, 2010, 07:57 PM »

Oh, the fine print! I thought it was merely your signature..

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #35 on:** January 07, 2010, 09:22 PM »

...the blocks all disappeared, and I fell to the ground. Is that a win, a lose, or a tie?
-Stoic Joker (January 07, 2010, 06:43 PM)

That's how the "next level" starts when you reach the goal.

It should be noted that the goal is not a block you can stand on. You're supposed to be able to go through it, but it should trigger the "new" level. I may need to improve the methods used to detect "collision" with the goal. I've also noticed problems when trying to enter the goal from above.
-Deozaan (January 07, 2010, 06:48 PM)

Ah! Okay (I did "win" (hehe)).

Now, granted you could write everything I know about video games on the head of a pin with a sharpie marker and still have room left, but... Would it be possible to have the (next level) floor appear on the same plain as the goal to enhance the effect of progression? Falling back down to start the next level just has kind of a sinking/failure feel to it (a textual cue might us thicker folk too

).

ewemoa · « **Reply #36 on:** January 08, 2010, 04:53 AM »

Falling back down to start the next level just has kind of a sinking/failure feel to it
-Stoic Joker (January 07, 2010, 09:22 PM)

Sisyphus?

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #37 on:** January 08, 2010, 05:31 AM »

Falling back down to start the next level just has kind of a sinking/failure feel to it
-Stoic Joker (January 07, 2010, 09:22 PM)
Sisyphus?
-ewemoa (January 08, 2010, 04:53 AM)

Thanks for linking the wise-crack as I did have to look that one up...

*Shrug*

It's actually a damn good example, especially this first Part:

In Greek mythology, Sisyphus (pronounced /ˈsɪsəfəs/; Greek: Σίσυφος sísypʰos [ˈsisifos] (help·info)) was a king punished in Tartarus by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this throughout eternity.

The word sisyphean means, according to the American Heritage Dictionary, "endless and unavailing, as labor or a task."

...It indeed "felt" like a punishment.

f0dder · « **Reply #38 on:** January 08, 2010, 05:34 AM »

Deozaan · « **Reply #39 on:** March 21, 2010, 02:14 AM »

Falling back down to start the next level just has kind of a sinking/failure feel to it
-Stoic Joker (January 07, 2010, 09:22 PM)
Sisyphus?
-ewemoa (January 08, 2010, 04:53 AM)
Thanks for linking the wise-crack as I did have to look that one up... *Shrug*

It's actually a damn good example, especially this first Part:
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus (pronounced /ˈsɪsəfəs/; Greek: Σίσυφος sísypʰos [ˈsisifos] (help·info)) was a king punished in Tartarus by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this throughout eternity.

The word sisyphean means, according to the American Heritage Dictionary, "endless and unavailing, as labor or a task."

...It indeed "felt" like a punishment.
-Stoic Joker (January 08, 2010, 05:31 AM)

(see attachment in previous post)
-f0dder (January 08, 2010, 05:34 AM)

After reading this discussion it seemed only fitting to update the "short" description to something more suitable.

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #40 on:** March 22, 2010, 06:38 AM »

Touché

40hz · « **Reply #41 on:** March 22, 2010, 02:29 PM »

Nice game. Frustrating. But a nice game.

One unexpected surprise.

While watching the preview video of the game, I must have bumped something at the bottom of the YouTube window and got this:

NANY 2010 Final Release: Leap of Faith

So all in all - not too bad. (Not too bad at all...)

Deozaan · « **Reply #42 on:** April 13, 2010, 08:48 PM »

So all in all - not too bad. (Not too bad at all...)
-40hz (March 22, 2010, 02:29 PM)

The question is: are you staring harder at the woman or the electronics behind her?

kwacky1 · « **Reply #43 on:** April 23, 2010, 08:17 AM »

So all in all - not too bad. (Not too bad at all...)
-40hz (March 22, 2010, 02:29 PM)

The question is: are you staring harder at the woman or the electronics behind her?
-Deozaan (April 13, 2010, 08:48 PM)

It's the reel on the right that got my attention...

Crush · « **Reply #44 on:** April 23, 2010, 10:42 AM »

Why are there two cams in the background looking at her?

Deozaan · « **Reply #45 on:** September 12, 2010, 08:39 PM »

When I got to (or rather near) the top, I tried jumping onto the last block to no avail (kept falling through).
-Stoic Joker (January 07, 2010, 06:43 PM)

I actually fixed this a few weeks ago but am now getting around to posting about it. Original post has been updated with latest version.

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #46 on:** September 13, 2010, 06:40 AM »

Cool, thanks, I'll have to grab the new one.

Deozaan · « **Reply #47 on:** July 04, 2022, 03:27 AM »

Necro-Thread Arise!!

I just participated in a Godot-specific game jam on Gotm.io and my entry was a re-creation / re-imagination of Leap of Faith. The new game is called Teleleaper, and it's a little less sisyphean than Leap of Faith is. Anyone who would like to give it a try is free to play it in the browser here:

https://gotm.io/deoz...tm-jam-18-teleleaper

You can also check out the other four jam entries here:

https://gotm.io/jam/...otm-jam/18?p=entries

mouser · « **Reply #48 on:** July 05, 2022, 12:05 PM »

Great to see you participating in these game jams

I made it to the top of the first level at least

wraith808 · « **Reply #49 on:** July 05, 2022, 01:16 PM »

I might actually try a Godot one. I've been wanting to stop waiting for Godot, and just get on with learning and making. (Sorry... bad pun, but I wanted to make it, so there)