Pekka Kana 2: Community Edition

[Nico]

Big thanks for working on this.
Personally I would like to see the score made useful, something along the lines of tiles/sprite blocks that would require a specific amount of score to get rid of.

[deta]

Yeah, one idea was to unlock the secret level(s), if the player reaches a certain amount of points.

[xyard]

I've been away for a while because of my issues and busyness so I'm not really sure if level names can be named longer in custom level editors than in vanilla one, or does the original code has the limitation for names. Either way I would add it to the suggestion list.

[deta]

Nice to see you're back!

Adding longer level names and updating the infobox is planned. The image of that infobox only works on RI1's MAP.BMP.

The length of the level name is limited to 40 characters.

[deta]

Yeah, the name of the tileset is limit to 12 characters. This includes the ".bmp". This is a limitation of the original game, that I plan to remove in a future version.

[deta]

If the tileset has more than 12 characters it's not going to load, yes. It should work when the file name is 12 characters.

Could you list a few levels that don't work correctly?

[deta]

Okay, I understand now.

I will fix this in the next version, thank you for reporting it!

[deta]

The game first looks in the episodes/-episode/gfx/tiles folder for the tileset, then in gfx/tiles. No other folders.

I haven't worked on the CE for a while, so I'm not sure about the state of this "official" version. I have worked on it since it's release, but I can't remember what I added, at the moment, but I know this works correctly in the current development version.

Thank you for reporting bugs!

[deta]

May 27, 2019 13:01:00 GMT -5 Azoman said:

I would be great if those two were the final ones, huh. It seems after those two being repaired, the original game is then actually perfectly ported, isn't it?

I wish, lol. No, there are still a few more bugs, but that's okay, I can fix all these bugs, it just takes a bit of time and effort.
Getting good feedback really helps me get motivated to fix those bugs, because I can see people are interested in and using this project.

Glad to hear that PekaED works now! That fix was only one line of code, funnily enough.


I can give you the current development build, but there is still some unfinished stuff in there, that might look like it's broken. I'll get to work fixing these things and release a new version soon, anyway, though.

So, keep looking for bugs and reporting and playing and stuff, it really helps!

Edit: The missing tileset bug is apparently fixed in the current development version. I tested it with the dev and the 0.1.2, it only happened in 0.1.2.

[deta]

Updates!


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Changelog

v.0.1.4
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NOTE: This update invalidates older save files. The save file format has changed, so you need to start a new one.
If you have any saves you'd like to convert to this new format, to continue using them, post them in this thread.

- Improved save list
- Added secret levels
- Collectables can now unlock secret levels
- Collectables can now be shown on the map screen
- Fixed music loop
- Fixed scoring bug, regarding gifts
- Custom hiscore music (Place in -episode-/music/hiscore.xm/ogg/mp3)

And here is the PekaED version, for this version of the CE.
I've put a folder in the "episodes" folder, with a few levels that show you how to use the secret level stuff, but I'll update the PekaED manual to explain everything in detail later.

If you want to use these new features, you'll have to set the "Rules" to "C.E.", in PekaED.

[deta]

Even more updates! Also, a ton of bug fixes.

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Changelog:

v.0.1.5
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NOTE: Don't use older saves.dat with this version, because it'll probably crash the game.

- Fixed collectables showing up, when starting a new game
- Fixed "Doodle" overriding "Collectables" on the HUD
- Fixed "Collectables" showing up on the HUD, when it shouldn't
- Fixed checkpoint not working, after dying
- Fixed player keeping momentum, when restoring from checkpoint
- Fixed Camera position, when restoring from checkpoint
- Fixed switches not animating/disappearing, when using custom times
- Fixed a bug that made the collectables add up, if you kept playing the same level
- Fixed spelling mistakes in english.txt
- Fixed spelling mistakes in Portugues_Brasil.txt

- Added option to return to map, instead of restarting at checkpoint. This will reset the checkpoints and start you at the start of the level.
- Added "Continue" option to main menu, on startup, so the player can continue where they left off

- Changed some "slow" fades to "normal" speed

- Checkp.spr(Checkpoint) and Coin.spr(Collectable) are now "official" sprites

[deta]

I want to get the newest CE version into your guys hands, so I've decided to split this big 0.1.6 update into two separate ones, so here it is:


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Changelog:

v.0.1.6
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- Fixed a bug that may have caused levels/sprites not loading
- Fixed another bug that caused sprites not loading correctly
- Fixed FPS not showing up, when showing the counter in dev mode
- Fixed "Egg:" position on HUD
- Changed map file name suffix from .map to .cemap
- Changed sprite file name suffix from .spr to .cespr
- Removed filename limits from map format (Graphics, music and sprites)
- Removed sprite limit from map files and in game
- Fixed "Collectables:" always showing
- Fixed hitting space "instantly" starting a level, when returning to map, from checkpoint
- Fixed tile teleport crashing the game
- Fixed adding negative time screwing up the timer
- Fixed HUD text, when not in wide mode

Things to come in 0.1.7:

- Sprites can now display text, when shot or player collides with it
- Sprite transformation value can now be customized
- Implement attack priority
- Fix performance problems, when adding A LOT of sprites
- Improve map info box
- Fix memory leak/the game eating up memory, when going from scoring to map screen
- Particles change color in the middle of animation? Also not transparent
- Add option to use fast or original fade speeds
- Improve dev info (Label x,y pos, fps, etc)
- Fix mouse pointer speed, when in fullscreen mode
- Make optimization, like not loading the same image twice
- Fix saves.dat being able to crash the game
- Increased amount of saves to 30
- Rename checkp.spr to checkpoint.cespr

[deta]

NOTE: To anyone that currently uses 0.1.6 and creates levels for it with the latest PekaED version, please don't save your map in CE mode, but in Legacy or Enhanced. I'm currently working on a new map file format and that was unfortunately left unfinished in this current release. This will of course be fixed with the next release of the CE and PekaED.

I apologize for this circumstance. I messed up.

[deta]

This whole thread can be deleted because the Community Edition has been abandoned.

[Digi_056]

"deleted?" Come on deta. Don't make me data hoard this lol.