{"author_name":"f7f5","cat":"LD #29","comments":[],"epoch":1399407660,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"29924","p_author":"f7f5","p_authorkey":"21437","p_urlkey":"65390","p_title":"Underground feedback","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1399407660","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"21437","us_name":"f7f5","us_username":"f7f5","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"

So, for a refreshing change: this time most of the complaints are about audio \":)\"<\/p>\n

Most requested feature by commenters was music during the game! <\/strong><\/p>\n

I agree with this, it would have been better \":)\"<\/p>\n

So why didn’t I include it? Well, honestly, I don’t think my tunes are that great. I used music generated with jcgMusic<\/a> and, don’t get me wrong, I think the result is fabulous<\/em> considering the effort and time I needed to put into it. But I don’t think they are good enough to for backgound music during play; I feared they would get annoying quickly, so I only used them while waiting for game start, and on the congratulations screen after beating the game.<\/p>\n

Vanishing audio!<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is really, really annoying! Some player said that audio stopped working after “Game Over”, or, at least, after some time. I also noticed some quircks while testing but, most of the time it worked just fine on Linux Firefox and Chrome.<\/p>\n

This is a major problem. I need my games to have working sound effects. I used ImpactJS<\/a> as a framework, and I was actually warned before the weekend by someone who also had audio troubles with the same framework. In the past I also had some issues with CraftyJS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Is it possible to have decent HTML5 audio on games? Is the framework the guilty part, or am I using it wrong? If it is, what’s the least problematic solution JS\/HTML5 games?<\/p>\n

The good news<\/strong><\/p>\n

Judging by the comments, people seem to have fun playing Underground. I especially enjoyed knowing that someone hacked the JS code to get more lives and finish the game! \":)\"<\/p>\n

Anyway, here’s a video playthrough just to show it’s not that difficult (well, I do get killed two or three times \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n