{"author_link":"\/author\/jishenaz\/","author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","comments":[{"author_name":"acp_ld","author_uid":"30564","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1387222860,"text":"Got an error: This program can't start because MSVCP110.dll is missing from your computer"},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 7:51pm","epoch":1387223160,"text":"Thank you for reporting this error.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Apparently, you need to download Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studios 2012 here: \r<br\/>http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-au\/download\/confirmation.aspx?id=30679\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Tell me if that fixes the problem."},{"author_name":"MrBlade","author_uid":"23232","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1387228860,"text":"Also missing MSVCP110.dll."},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Dec 16, 2013 @ 9:49pm","epoch":1387230240,"text":"@MrBlade: Have you installed Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studios 2012?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-au\/download\/confirmation.aspx?id=30679"},{"author_name":"Piat","author_uid":"25677","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 10:51pm","epoch":1387320360,"text":"Game starts with game over and the blocks fly past in the blink of an eye. Still a little buggy I think."},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 5:31am","epoch":1387344360,"text":"@Piat I encountered the bugs you mentioned on a separate computer. I'll have to find a way to fix it. It might take a while. I never seen this problem in my computer, even with a release build."},{"author_name":"Sytech","author_uid":"9784","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1387399740,"text":"Seems to run too fast. I get a game over screen as soon as I start."},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 9:39pm","epoch":1387402440,"text":"Thanks for the bug reports. I have a delta time calculations now, so hopefully blocks move at &quot;normal&quot; speeds. Tell me if it doesn't."},{"author_name":"mortl8324","author_uid":"9841","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 7:41am","epoch":1387438560,"text":"Couldn't run the game. The installer crashed my explorer..."},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 5:30pm","epoch":1387473900,"text":"@mortl8324 The installer (vcredist_x86.exe) is only for getting the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studios 2012 installed. Have you tried running BlockDodger.exe without installing the redistributable? \r<br\/>\r<br\/>If that doesn't work, you should try installing the redistributable again. Hopefully it won't crash Explorer again. Unfortunately, I have no control over that because the installer is made by Microsoft, no by me."},{"author_name":"tobbez","author_uid":"19361","time":"Dec 20, 2013 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1387559580,"text":"Like the graphics, the gameplay was a bit lacking."},{"author_name":"bowlercaptain","author_uid":"14337","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 8:28am","epoch":1387614180,"text":"Definitely very simple, as you said. I think it could have done with some kind of scorekeeping or difficulty curve. Way to go finishing something, though. Good to hear you came up with a basic engine, although generally I would work on engines outside of LD and then during LD either use something I'd already made or someone else's engine (Unity, Game Maker, Flixel, Flashpunk, etc.)"},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 7:17pm","epoch":1387653120,"text":"@tobbez: Appreciate the feedback.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@bowlercaptain: I actually wanted to do a scorekeeping system of some sort, but ran out of time.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Yeah, I definitely should have worked on this engine before LD, but there's never enough time. Usually I would use something like Unity, but I need to demonstrate that I could make something in C++.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for the feedback!"},{"author_name":"Daveloper","author_uid":"29237","time":"Dec 21, 2013 @ 7:42pm","epoch":1387654620,"text":"Good attempt at the theme, though the difficulty didn't scale leaving the experience a bit lackluster."},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 7:19pm","epoch":1387739640,"text":"@Daveloper: Thanks for the feedback. I would have loved to implement difficulty scaling but that would probably take too long to test."},{"author_name":"jarnik","author_uid":"1163","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 9:16pm","epoch":1387746660,"text":"Looks like a nice little OpenGL exercise!\r<br\/>The only issue I had was with controls - upon pressing and holding the arrow key, the player moved a bit and then stopped  before moving again. It might be because of the framework limitations, but it'd feel much smoother if the player could move without the initial stutter."},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Dec 25, 2013 @ 5:08pm","epoch":1387990980,"text":"@jarnik: Thank you for the feedback. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Yeah, I was aware if the strange movement. I have to find a way for SDL to handle multiple keys. That will probably solve the movement problem. I would like to make a tiny post-LD version of this game fixing all the issues, but I wouldn't expect it soon."},{"author_name":"patrickgh3","author_uid":"14266","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 5:28am","epoch":1388726580,"text":"Nice job using OpenGL. It'll take me a long time before I have the courage to learn it, haha."},{"author_name":"stefan","author_uid":"21963","time":"Jan 3, 2014 @ 11:59pm","epoch":1388793240,"text":"This is a very minimalistic entry, but it runs perfectly. It would be great if it could get harder over time."},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 12:33am","epoch":1388795280,"text":"@patrickgh3: Thanks man!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>When I was introduced to OpenGL in college, I couldn't get my head around it. It's programming style is a little weird and takes getting used to. The more graphics concepts you are exposed to, the more easier it is to understand. Good modern tutorials for OpenGL include &lt;http:\/\/open.gl\/&gt; and &lt;http:\/\/www.opengl-tutorial.org\/&gt;."},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 12:35am","epoch":1388795400,"text":"@stefan: Thanks for the feedback. I'll try to make a post LD version this month for #1GAM that will include increasing difficulty."},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 3:05pm","epoch":1388847600,"text":"Nice, simle game! I included it in part 20 of my Ludum Dare 28 compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) youtu.be\/O9M3TIYW4UU"},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Jan 4, 2014 @ 6:50pm","epoch":1388861100,"text":"@Jupiter_Hadley: I'm humbled that my ridiculously simple game would get a video review. Thank you :)"},{"author_name":"Jishenaz","author_uid":"26581","time":"Jan 13, 2014 @ 7:05pm","epoch":1389639600,"text":"I made a post Ludum Dare version with difficulty scaling and better controls. Download link at top of page."}],"images":["ld28\/26581-29f7645505af06e1e2c7cf6536ead152.jpg","ld28\/26581-0a18109ca34940b851ad0af082cc0c49.jpg","ld28\/26581-a390d5c44cf1b01fc8f38413d25933ad.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/app.box.com\/s\/l6pyqnrbty6u1uadtr3y","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/JISyed\/JIS-LudumDare28","text":"Source (Github)"},{"url":"https:\/\/app.box.com\/s\/1wukh9itvz5fg3rr7g67","text":"Post Compo (Win)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IqhvK-bgRVU","text":"Video (YouTube)"},{"url":"http:\/\/jibransyed.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/16\/blockdodger-my-second-ludum-dare-post-mortem\/","text":"Postmortem"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20959","g_author":"26581","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20988","g_title":"BlockDodger","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"1002","g_commentcount":"24","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/26581-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/26581-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/26581-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"===============================================\r\nIMPORTANT: Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studios 2012 is required or you'll get a missing MSVCP110.dll error. Download on the URL provided below. Be sure to download the 32-bit version (x86)!\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=30679\r\n\r\nALSO IMPORTANT: Make sure your computer has a decent graphics card (Nvidia or AMD). Computers without dedicated graphics can overheat to the point of shutdown!\r\n\r\nIf providing feedback, please provide some details. Don't leave vague feedback like \"The game doesn't run\". Tell me what you did, what messages you see, etc.\r\n\r\n===============================================\r\n\r\nThis is a really simple game made in C++. You are the green cube and you must avoid all the red cubes. You can shoot blue bullets to destroy red cubes, but you can only have 1 bullet on the screen at a time.\r\n\r\nThe codebase for this game is a graphics wrapper for OpenGL that I made that's based off the tutorials at http:\/\/open.gl\/\r\nYou can download the wrapper at the \"GraphicsWrapper\" here: https:\/\/app.box.com\/s\/p533pm7vea8ho9rihnuq\r\n\r\nThe point of this project was to make a robust GameObject system that would facilitate the making of little games. The GameObject system uses the GraphicsWrapper to render cubes on the screen.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\n\r\n- Left and Right Arrow Keys: Move\r\n- Space: Shoot bullet\r\n- Enter: Restart game (only if Game Over)\r\n- Esc: Quit game\r\n\r\nNotice: This is a really simple game. There's probably more impressive stuff people made here. Don't expect anything innovative. The whole point is to demonstrate the GameObject system and GraphicsWrapper made in C++.\r\n\r\nLibraries used include GLEW, GLM, FreeImage, and SDL. I didn't know how to do fast input with SDL, so the player movement will be odd. It will act like a text cursor being moved with arrow keys. May require a Windows computer that supports OpenGL 3 or greater.\r\n\r\nI encourage anyone to look at the source code on Github (link provided above).\r\nYou can look at the list of commits here: https:\/\/github.com\/JISyed\/JIS-LudumDare28\/commits?author=JISyed\r\n\r\n==========================================\r\nUpdate 01-12-14: A little late, but I made a post compo version of the game with more interesting block spawning behavior. It has difficulty scaling.","title":"BlockDodger"}