Author Topic: NANY 2010 Release: Twigatelle (Read 277,196 times)

mouser · « **Reply #175 on:** February 15, 2010, 04:30 PM »

let it keep it's personality.. these are not bugs.

timns · « **Reply #176 on:** February 15, 2010, 11:27 PM »

Twigatelle 1.0 is in place!

- New level (mouser, this one's specially for you)
- and the assassin ball has been tweaked by some small diplomatic amount so as to keep both mouser and the kwakster happy

kwacky1 · « **Reply #177 on:** February 16, 2010, 11:30 AM »

Thanks timnster

Level 10

timns · « **Reply #178 on:** February 19, 2010, 04:03 PM »

I hate to spoil the surprise (thank you kwaky for your tact in the previous post).

But I'm so happy with DC at the moment, I gotta share level 10: who wouldn't want to bounce off DC.com?

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timns · « **Reply #179 on:** March 14, 2010, 05:33 PM »

Folks, sorry all has been quiet for the last couple of weeks. I have been away and am in frantic catch-up mode right now. As soon as the dust settles I shall be releasing more levels (and hopefully other new features) for this game.

Deozaan · « **Reply #180 on:** March 15, 2010, 05:01 AM »

Level 10 looks both incredibly awesome and impossible to finish!

Of course, that's assuming I ever get there in the first place... It's been a while since I tried Twigatelle. I'll have to check out the latest updates. (c:

Deozaan · « **Reply #181 on:** March 15, 2010, 05:21 AM »

I just came across something interesting: I hit the final red bar and then the ball ricocheted and hit a green bar. The green bar did nothing at all.

Deozaan · « **Reply #182 on:** March 15, 2010, 05:35 AM »

Just got to level 6 for the first time. What a fun level!

On level 7, I cleared away all the red pegs, but I had one ball left and it let me shoot again, then it gave me a game over.

Deozaan · « **Reply #183 on:** March 15, 2010, 05:48 AM »

I'm curious about why this happens this way:

Ball Duo: Shoots out 1 extra ball so there are 2 total.
Ball Trio: Shoots out 3 extra balls so there are 4 total.

Deozaan · « **Reply #184 on:** March 15, 2010, 06:10 AM »

I finally beat level 8 and the next level was... level 8?

Carp! I've been playing version 0.7 this whole time!

timns · « **Reply #185 on:** March 15, 2010, 06:28 PM »

Oh no, nooooo. The only consolation (for me) is that explains the odd behaviour relating to the last bug reports of yours.

JavaJones · « **Reply #186 on:** March 15, 2010, 08:01 PM »

Hooray for renewed activity in this thread, and new upcoming levels!

- Oshyan

timns · « **Reply #187 on:** March 23, 2010, 02:45 AM »

Yes folks, I finally uploaded Twigatelle 1.1!

New level (11), small tweaks to the bounce, but just a general update to show that I'm back in action

Deozaan · « **Reply #188 on:** March 23, 2010, 06:54 AM »

Quote from: timns on March 23, 2010, 02:45 AM

Yes folks, I finally uploaded Twigatelle 1.1!

New level (11), small tweaks to the bounce, but just a general update to show that I'm back in action

Okay so I just ran it and I finally managed to get it to update itself, but for some reason it only updated to version 1.0.

So if you've fixed this in version 1.1 please ignore:

If I lose and click retry (or if I win and go to the next level) while the pegs are still popping and points are flying toward the score, all those special effects disappear while the pegs fly into place, but then they reappear and the points fly toward the score (but do not add to it) and the popping peg effects burst (but pegs stay put).

How the heck did this miss?

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This is what I'm talking about when I say the aiming still feels off. When I launch the ball, I expect the center of the ball to end up exactly where my mouse is pointing. This is not happening, and it makes aiming at any distance to be wonky. It's not that I mind missing a peg if my aim is bad, it's just that for some reason it invokes the emotion of being cheated or slighted. It makes me feel like the game is unfair. As such, I have a really hard time completing any of the levels. Almost every single round I play, the ball often does not ricochet the way I was expecting because it's not in the place I told it to go.

kwacky1 · « **Reply #189 on:** March 23, 2010, 10:32 AM »

Deozaan,

The ball has weight, and flies as you would expect a rock to when thrown. The canon pops the ball out with enough force to get the ball to the edge if the screen, not more. Look at the line of the shot, you'll see it gently falls away, those shots you need to aim just above the peg, especially on the edges.

At least this is my interpretation and it works for me.

kwacky1 · « **Reply #190 on:** March 23, 2010, 10:33 AM »

Quote from: timns on March 23, 2010, 02:45 AM

Yes folks, I finally uploaded Twigatelle 1.1!

New level (11), small tweaks to the bounce, but just a general update to show that I'm back in action

Hi Timns, bad news, my twigatelle's not updating either.

app103 · « **Reply #191 on:** March 23, 2010, 01:27 PM »

Made it up to level 5 6 10 and now I have to quit, else this game is going to end up taking over my life.

Much too addictive!

_{EDIT: Can't help it, had to change highest level completed...again. Damn, this game won't let me get back to my life. Help!}

timns · « **Reply #192 on:** March 23, 2010, 02:44 PM »

Dagnabbit, what happened to 1.1?

Ok, it's definitely there: I just got it to download and install a moment ago. No idea why Java Web Start does not update you sometimes - I'll do some googling.

Thank you all, for all comments

Dezoaan, I'll still look into your aiming, since you seem to have experienced more issues than everyone else combined

app103 · « **Reply #193 on:** March 26, 2010, 01:39 AM »

Level 10 was a hard one!

Finally got through it and level 11 too. Now I'll get back to my life while I patiently wait for level 12.

timns · « **Reply #194 on:** March 26, 2010, 02:20 AM »

Quote from: app103 on March 26, 2010, 01:39 AM

Level 10 was a hard one!

Finally got through it and level 11 too. Now I'll get back to my life while I patiently wait for level 12.

12 should roll out over the weekend! Congratulations for being the first to complete level 11 (that I know of)

kwacky1 · « **Reply #195 on:** March 26, 2010, 11:31 AM »

Quote from: timns on March 26, 2010, 02:20 AM

Quote from: app103 on March 26, 2010, 01:39 AM
Level 10 was a hard one!

Finally got through it and level 11 too. Now I'll get back to my life while I patiently wait for level 12.

12 should roll out over the weekend! Congratulations for being the first to complete level 11 (that I know of)

Well done April.

Downloading the update now... hmm sleep or twigatelle? $:-\$

Cyeb · « **Reply #196 on:** March 28, 2010, 07:12 PM »

Ahh, I haven't commented in a while. I switched out my age-old Windows XP for Ubuntu, lost all of my bookmarks, and just about forgot about Twigatelle for a few weeks. Gonna download that right now and check out the new levels!

timns · « **Reply #197 on:** April 13, 2010, 03:16 AM »

Sorry all - it's been way too quiet in here lately.

Anyway, I just uploaded Twiggles 1.2 to the usual place. Please give 'er a whirl.

No deep changes, just 2 new levels to keep things ticking over while I make some more interesting mods.

This time around, it downloaded for me right away, but please check the version number on the main screen to be sure you're bouncing around with 1.2!

kwacky1 · « **Reply #198 on:** April 13, 2010, 02:07 PM »

downloading!

kwacky1 · « **Reply #199 on:** April 13, 2010, 02:18 PM »

Quote from: kwacky1 on April 13, 2010, 02:07 PM

downloading!

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