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wiimote does not work 1.0
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−Does not work with WiiMotion plus remotes. Dev needs to update his drivers [[User:Owen|Owen]] ([[User talk:Owen|talk]]) 15:58, 9 September 2018 (CEST)
+:Does not work with WiiMotion plus remotes. Dev needs to update his drivers [[User:Owen|Owen]] ([[User talk:Owen|talk]]) 15:58, 9 September 2018 (CEST)
−:; ^ will try to fix this
+:: Thanks for testing and replying - did you get it to work with an original remote, or were you unable to play at all?I have the motion+ accessories for my wiimotes, never ended up getting a motion+ enabled wiimote. The majority of the game was developed in early 2010 before they were released. I was actually a little surprised it actually still built when I did a final compile after dusting it off last week. I don't know how well this system will take to trying to update anything, but if/when I release 1.1 I will try and correct this. [[User:Applicant 255|Applicant 255]] ([[User talk:Applicant 255|talk]]) 15:22, 10 September 2018 (CEST)
+;Comments by Mr. Reaper:
Wow, pretty cool game. Very impressive. Where did you come from? heh.
Wow, pretty cool game. Very impressive. Where did you come from? heh.
Here are some notes:
Here are some notes:
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It might be better to just have the player select his two weapons before starting the game. --[[User:Mr. Reaper|Mr. Reaper]] ([[User talk:Mr. Reaper|talk]]) 08:39, 10 September 2018 (CEST)
It might be better to just have the player select his two weapons before starting the game. --[[User:Mr. Reaper|Mr. Reaper]] ([[User talk:Mr. Reaper|talk]]) 08:39, 10 September 2018 (CEST)
+:; Super formal reply to the above
+:: Thanks for testing and the notes. I'll try to take it point by point here:
+::;Instructions/help in game
+::: This was on my feature list, but beneath a bunch of other planned items. Part of the reason this hasn't been high on the priority list has been that in the past 8+ years I've been the only one to ever play the game, so 100% of the player base has seen every line of code that built the game, so even with bouts of memory loss, drunkenness and even taking into account the general stupidity and simplicity of the interface, all of the players so far have a conveniently complete understanding of the interface. Obviously since other people have started to play it suddenly at least 66% of the playerbase now has a markedly less intuitive grasp of wtf is going on. I can see three main options:
+:::* your suggestion, adding a help screen with basically the help page from the website. This is probably the most correct way to address the situation, however it would take a fair bit of time to get right, and I haven't been developing this actively, just releasing it because it's been sitting around.
+:::* point people to the website - this might be easiest, the internet is probably a better presentation and info delivery method. I don't think the game is so complicated that the basics can't be grasped from a cursory glance there.
+:::* just throw my phone number up as a help line - this option amuses me; I never called the Nintendo help line back when it existed, but it's probably a niche enough audience that I wouldn't exactly be overwhelmed with phone calls on a day-to-day basis, and would very likely be less work than putting in a few help pages.
+::; + / - clickable buttons for navigation
+::: yeah, this is on the list of things that never got in, though this should be simpler than an infodump like a help screen. This is more likely to make it into a hypothetical next release.
+::; it's not super obvious, and often confusing/contradictory where to click buttons
+::: The hotspots for where to click are pretty easy to edit, I'll widen out the ones you mentioned to include the dot area and text area. The interface was very much secondary to the ingame stuff, and really only built out of necessity, just enough so it would work. Swapping weapons, acquiring weapons in the first place, upgrades, all of it was very subject to change, possibly from a shop to a powerup system or one of several other wacky designs.
+::; Radar cost doesn't show
+::: Should be an easy fix, it's that way mostly because I wasn't sure of how much or even if it should cost money to purchase, or just be an option to turn on/off. For now, know that it is 1000 Zambezion hypercredits - keep that under your hat.
+::; Reactor Storage Max is free
+::: This is again the result of my playtesting method not actually coming to any conclusion. I really liked the idea of these being powerups you occasionally won, either just at random or with a third ''grabby hand'' thingy you had to use instead of shooting to reach out and grab powerups. I might fold this into the cost of the other reactor upgrade, so that it charges faster and has a higher max, or might charge a small separate fee in the next version. Grabby hand powerups are probably not gonna be forthcoming, if I'm honest with how the development cycle is going right now.
+::; Credits don't show on the shop screen
+::: Yeah, this should have been done properly, and is easy to do, this will probably be put in a potential 1.1 release.
+::; Onscreen crosshair
+::: This was something I went back and forth on. The laser itself was I think initially a laser sight, not a laser blower-upper. Crosshairs for homing missile targets, a big oval or lots of little scattering crosshairs for the vaporizer, on screen parabolas showing where a shot would descend into the landscape. Part of the problem with it is where do you display the crosshairs, as you don't point the wiimote at the enemy and click, firing directly from screen to enemy, but instead launch the shot from a central bottom portion of the screen out into 3d where it might intersect with the enemy or ground along the way. Putting up a crosshair is easy enough ( the cursor on the shop screen is actually displayed as a sprite in the same 3d space as the enemies ) but choosing where to display the crosshair is a bit ambiguous. Target selection for missiles was automatic for this reason, so I didn't have to think about how to designate targets.
+::; Nunchuck sensitivity training
+::: Should be doable in the next version, just a copy/paste twice of the sound/music volume widgets and move them down a bit, add in X/Y sensitivity.
+::; Ingame laser spectrum changes
+::: Yeah, this bit of interface was a bit of a bodge, I wasn't sure yet if I'd go all the way and charge for changes, or leave them free, or make the choice permanent at the beginning or make this a powerup you could choose to grab, or make them additive, creating a multispectral weapon that pulsed a spit out various different beams of light.
+::; change weapon on button release, not button held
+::: This is a reasonable request, next version
+::; Weapon selection at the beginning of the game
+::: Yeah, initially weapons were going to be gained with each level, then I thought purchase weapons individually, make the directional pad choose individual weapons. This choice could be made on the title screen.
+::Again, thanks for all the comments and suggestions, input is appreciated. Do keep in mind that when I say next release that so far I've only managed one release for each ~decade of development, and I alternate between fits of productivity sandwiched inbetween long stretches of being spectacularly lazy.[[User:Applicant 255|Applicant 255]] ([[User talk:Applicant 255|talk]]) 15:22, 10 September 2018 (CEST)