Nameless Voice on 2/10/2019 at 12:59
Oh no, That level With The Tiny Gap!
That was a real difficulty spike for sure, I had the place littered with hats before I managed to get past that.
henke on 3/10/2019 at 13:12
Lots of good feedback so far! Just uploaded an update which addresses some of it.
Quote:
Update 2019.10.03Stilt-forces decreases the more you’re leaning forward/backwards = easier to fall over
Windzones updated
-particles speed and visibility now relative to windforce
-windforce adjusted
-wind sound when in windzone
Added pause menu
Mouse cursor hidden when gamepad is active
Continue button does nothing before the game has been started
Minor adjustments on late-game levels
Nameless Voice on 3/10/2019 at 14:43
Feedback: game is hard
Fix: Made it easier to fall over.
:D
More seriously, being able to hover just off the ground by jamming the lean forwards button was rather ridiculous, so it's a good fix.
henke on 3/10/2019 at 19:25
:)
Has anyone managed to make it past Level 13: Construction Site yet? I showed the game to a large group of gamers and gamedevs tonight. The best (or at least most persistent) player in the room managed to make it to level 13, but not past it. Thinking about splitting it into 2 levels.
Yakoob on 3/10/2019 at 21:47
Viral marketing campaign idea: make a series of videos titled "Will it Stilt?" where you put random things on stilts and see if they maintain balance :p
Nameless Voice on 4/10/2019 at 00:30
I'll admit that I gave up on the game after I not only couldn't get past Construction Site, but couldn't even grasp how I was supposed to get past it.
I could see no way to get past that mis-aligned plank. I suspect I have to do some crazy splits to make it over it in only two steps, but I could never manage it. I even tried giving up on it altogether and walking under the construction site, but sadly there didn't seem to be an exit down there!
I was thinking of giving it another go at some point, but maybe I should just complain to the developers to make it easier! ;)
henke on 4/10/2019 at 04:21
Ah! Hmm, I see. A hint for that part:
real pros don't need 2 stilts to stilt walk :cool:
Yakoob, to that I say "haha" and "no", and also you suggested it already.
ZylonBane on 4/10/2019 at 05:19
Are there literally only two sound effects in this entire game?
henke on 4/10/2019 at 07:06
The sound effects are a weak point at the moment. I've been putting off improving them for a long time, but it's on the to-do list.
and FYI, there's like... at least 30. :|
demagogue on 4/10/2019 at 16:35
A few points for tonight:
- Continue isn't working at all. Maybe related to doing an update? Level select still works properly.
- If I plug the controller in during the startup, everything freezes & there's a bugged blaring noise
- There's a weird green glow to the player character, odd since I have the red shirt and black pants.
- At the bridge level, I got a failure for the body touching the upright bridge to push it over (not a stilt). It feels like that shouldn't be a failure since you're still upright. But maybe that's hard to code for?
- At the crates level, I got catapulted a few times, a few times during the launch the mouse arrow icon would pop up, the sand-step sound was replaced by wood-step sound. And one launch was completely over the fence for an easy win!
- I figured out the lopsided plank along the lines of henke's spoiler. Took a bit of time & imagination to get there though. I called it a partial success and saved the rest for another time.
- I always imagined ZB himself only has enough sound effects for an 8-bit chiptune.