I’ve gotten used to the prototype and now I’m dominating the leaderboard xD The only downside is the background music which is very loud, is there any way to reduce or eliminate it?
Right now, it’s possible to start the game without selecting a difficulty, which means enemies aren’t triggered. This way, I gathered all the resources, removed all the mining stations, and built the cannons before any attacks. It saved me CPU time, and I was able to reach the top of the leaderboard without too much trouble.
Speaking of the leaderboard… I imagine this structure is limited to the prototype, but I have to mention it: if a leaderboard is part of the final version, I think it is wise to consider a fixed amount of resources for the map or difficulty level. At the moment, it’s variable, and that can affect individual results. Anyone lucky enough to get fat asteroids will definitely have an advantage.
Oh man, i'll have to delete those entries from the leaderboard, sorry mate. Thanks for finding that bug though i'll update the game on friday.
There won't be a leaderboard in the final game (it's singleplayer, and players can easily cheat on their machine). The final game will have a fog of war and an almost endless space to explore, with planets, asteriods and the likes.
A bit late to say that only scores above 60k used cheating? It’s pretty easy to reach ~45k on “hard” difficulty; the real challenge is not having your computer freeze.
Now, if the goal is to prevent the entire leaderboard from being filled with the same name, I think it would be interesting to restrict repetition.
I loved the game! Unfortunately, my CPU (M1) couldn't handle it, and it often reaches 100% usage and stops responding... I just restart and try again, hahaha. I think it's worth doing! Please do it!
What could be causing the 100% CPU usage? Is there anything I can check on my end to try to diagnose this? I'm using a MacBook Air (M1, 2020) running macOS 14.6.1, by the way.
Hmmm, I have no idea, but the prototype isn't built for performance what-so-ever. I I'm building the full game on top of a fast tech stack, so you should be able to play with mac and have thousands of enemies on the map.
Sorry for the inconvenience :) and thanks for your interest!
I was able to run it after including execution permission. Do "chmod +x /Applications/prod_mac.app/Contents/MacOS/*" in Terminal, without quotes of course.
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I’ve gotten used to the prototype and now I’m dominating the leaderboard xD The only downside is the background music which is very loud, is there any way to reduce or eliminate it?
I'll add it.
And beat you in the leaderboards :D
Thanks for taking a keen interest in the prototype!
That could be a bit tricky, hehehe.
Right now, it’s possible to start the game without selecting a difficulty, which means enemies aren’t triggered. This way, I gathered all the resources, removed all the mining stations, and built the cannons before any attacks. It saved me CPU time, and I was able to reach the top of the leaderboard without too much trouble.
Speaking of the leaderboard… I imagine this structure is limited to the prototype, but I have to mention it: if a leaderboard is part of the final version, I think it is wise to consider a fixed amount of resources for the map or difficulty level. At the moment, it’s variable, and that can affect individual results. Anyone lucky enough to get fat asteroids will definitely have an advantage.
Oh man, i'll have to delete those entries from the leaderboard, sorry mate. Thanks for finding that bug though i'll update the game on friday.
There won't be a leaderboard in the final game (it's singleplayer, and players can easily cheat on their machine). The final game will have a fog of war and an almost endless space to explore, with planets, asteriods and the likes.
Ahahaha
A bit late to say that only scores above 60k used cheating? It’s pretty easy to reach ~45k on “hard” difficulty; the real challenge is not having your computer freeze.
Now, if the goal is to prevent the entire leaderboard from being filled with the same name, I think it would be interesting to restrict repetition.
Yeah, of course of all the feedback is correct but I don't wanna spend too much time on the prototype while the real game is coming along nicely!
My bad on the score, i'll update it manually.
Preventing cheating in leaderboards takes a lot of work, like code obfuscation, sum checking and what not.
I loved the game! Unfortunately, my CPU (M1) couldn't handle it, and it often reaches 100% usage and stops responding... I just restart and try again, hahaha. I think it's worth doing! Please do it!
What could be causing the 100% CPU usage? Is there anything I can check on my end to try to diagnose this? I'm using a MacBook Air (M1, 2020) running macOS 14.6.1, by the way.
Hmmm, I have no idea, but the prototype isn't built for performance what-so-ever. I I'm building the full game on top of a fast tech stack, so you should be able to play with mac and have thousands of enemies on the map.
Sorry for the inconvenience :) and thanks for your interest!
Can't wait, thanks!
Please make a Mac version of this.
Weird, should work for mac, can you specify what the problem is?
The download only has .exe and .dll files. There's nothing that looks like it will run on a Mac
I'll check it out and upload a mac build
I uploaded a mac version, lemme know if you have any problems
I was able to run it after including execution permission. Do "chmod +x /Applications/prod_mac.app/Contents/MacOS/*" in Terminal, without quotes of course.
Sorry of the vagueness, it's first time I publish to mac (anything)