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digitalmars.D.announce - Vibrant 2.0, major update

reply Guillaume Piolat <first.last gmail.com> writes:
It's the 10th update for this abstract shooter made in D.

And this one update is pretty major: levels, asteroids, 
storyline, game modes... everything changed, everything went 
under scrutiny.

Now using LDC 1.1.0 and supporting Windows, Mac and Linux x86_64 
(tested: Debian and Ubuntu).

Available as a demo on itch.io: https://ponce.itch.io/vibrant
Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCv21KqC40

Yeah, it isn't free anymore, but the first 15 levels are.
Feb 13 2017
next sibling parent reply Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:
On 2017-02-13 15:22, Guillaume Piolat wrote:

 It's the 10th update for this abstract shooter made in D.

 And this one update is pretty major: levels, asteroids, storyline, game
 modes... everything changed, everything went under scrutiny.

 Now using LDC 1.1.0 and supporting Windows, Mac and Linux x86_64
 (tested: Debian and Ubuntu).

 Available as a demo on itch.io: https://ponce.itch.io/vibrant
 Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCv21KqC40

 Yeah, it isn't free anymore, but the first 15 levels are.


I gave it a try, really cool. Love that it works on macOS, great work. 
What kind of tools/techniques/libraries are used?

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg
Feb 13 2017
parent Guillaume Piolat <first.last gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 19:46:42 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:

 On 2017-02-13 15:22, Guillaume Piolat wrote:

 It's the 10th update for this abstract shooter made in D.

 And this one update is pretty major: levels, asteroids, 
 storyline, game
 modes... everything changed, everything went under scrutiny.

 Now using LDC 1.1.0 and supporting Windows, Mac and Linux 
 x86_64
 (tested: Debian and Ubuntu).

 Available as a demo on itch.io: https://ponce.itch.io/vibrant
 Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCv21KqC40

 Yeah, it isn't free anymore, but the first 15 levels are.


 I gave it a try, really cool. Love that it works on macOS, 
 great work. What kind of tools/techniques/libraries are used?


Very simple, SDL2 + SDL2_mixer and legacy OpenGL for graphics.

OpenGL compatibility work was mostly done years ago so it became 
better supported as a byproduct of drivers getting more stable. 
If it was to be done today SDL2 renderers would be used for their 
guarantees.

Big mistake were: having a variable timestep, and having custom 
adhoc physics.
Feb 13 2017
prev sibling next sibling parent reply =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:
On 02/13/2017 06:22 AM, Guillaume Piolat wrote:

 It's the 10th update for this abstract shooter made in D.

 And this one update is pretty major: levels, asteroids, storyline, game
 modes... everything changed, everything went under scrutiny.

 Now using LDC 1.1.0 and supporting Windows, Mac and Linux x86_64
 (tested: Debian and Ubuntu).

 Available as a demo on itch.io: https://ponce.itch.io/vibrant
 Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCv21KqC40

 Yeah, it isn't free anymore, but the first 15 levels are.


Typo: "I didn't expected"

Have you already written a blog about developing this game? ;)

Ali
Feb 13 2017
parent reply Guillaume Piolat <first.last gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 21:42:12 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 Typo: "I didn't expected"


This was fixed after the video was uploaded and tagged so I kept 
it :|


 Have you already written a blog about developing this game? ;)

 Ali


Thanks for the interest!

v2.0: 
https://www.auburnsounds.com/blog/2017-02-13_Vibrant-2.0-released-free-demo.html

There is nothing terribly interesting to say technically. The 
game originally started as a Turbo pascal experiment in ~2003 on 
a 486 to understand matrices. At first it was using 3x2 matrices 
because it's sufficient for 2D. Only recently the code recovered 
enough to consider new features, it's a mess of legacy code that 
has somehow survived (Pascal+assembly to D1 to D2).
Feb 13 2017
parent reply =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:
On 02/13/2017 02:18 PM, Guillaume Piolat wrote:


 


https://www.auburnsounds.com/blog/2017-02-13_Vibrant-2.0-released-free-demo.html

 There is nothing terribly interesting to say technically.


I disagree because you've already given interesting details like the 
following and you said elsewhere in this thread "Big mistake were: 
having a variable timestep, and having custom adhoc physics." :)


 The game
 originally started as a Turbo pascal experiment in ~2003 on a 486 to
 understand matrices. At first it was using 3x2 matrices because it's
 sufficient for 2D. Only recently the code recovered enough to consider
 new features, it's a mess of legacy code that has somehow survived
 (Pascal+assembly to D1 to D2).


All interesting stuff! Look how much interest the self-important idiom 
received, which the original author had thought to be a trivial matter:

 
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/5tt33y/a_new_import_idiom_for_d/

A blog post may improve the sales of your game. :)

Ali
Feb 13 2017
next sibling parent Guillaume Piolat <first.last gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 22:57:18 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 All interesting stuff! Look how much interest the 
 self-important idiom received, which the original author had 
 thought to be a trivial matter:


I hear you but for digital consumer products the driver of sales 
is from what I've seen (qualified) traffic. I'm focusing on that 
point. If the game happen to be liked then maybe it will be worth 
it to tell more.
Feb 13 2017
prev sibling next sibling parent Guillaume Piolat <first.last gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 22:57:18 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 All interesting stuff! Look how much interest the 
 self-important idiom received, which the original author had 
 thought to be a trivial matter:


 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/5tt33y/a_new_import_idiom_for_d/

 A blog post may improve the sales of your game. :)

 Ali


Just to say that I've written this blog post (thanks for the 
advice!).

And also Vibrant has been Greenlit so you will be able to find a 
newer version soon enough.
Oct 14 2017
prev sibling parent reply Guillaume Piolat <first.last gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 22:57:18 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 All interesting stuff! Look how much interest the 
 self-important idiom received, which the original author had 
 thought to be a trivial matter:


 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/5tt33y/a_new_import_idiom_for_d/

 A blog post may improve the sales of your game. :)

 Ali


Just to say that I've written this blog post (thanks for the 
advice!).
https://www.auburnsounds.com/blog/2017-10-14_The-History-Of-Vibrant.html

And also Vibrant has been Greenlit so you will be able to find a 
newer version soon enough.
Oct 14 2017
parent reply Andrea Fontana <nospam example.com> writes:
On Saturday, 14 October 2017 at 18:21:43 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:

 On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 22:57:18 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 All interesting stuff! Look how much interest the 
 self-important idiom received, which the original author had 
 thought to be a trivial matter:


 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/5tt33y/a_new_import_idiom_for_d/

 A blog post may improve the sales of your game. :)

 Ali


 Just to say that I've written this blog post (thanks for the 
 advice!).
 https://www.auburnsounds.com/blog/2017-10-14_The-History-Of-Vibrant.html

 And also Vibrant has been Greenlit so you will be able to find 
 a newer version soon enough.


Why there's no linux version?
Andrea
Oct 16 2017
parent Guillaume Piolat <contact spam.com> writes:
On Monday, 16 October 2017 at 07:18:00 UTC, Andrea Fontana wrote:

 Why there's no linux version?
 Andrea


Because 2% of users, a wide variety of drivers and OSes.
And I really don't want to argue about this anymore.
Oct 16 2017
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Steve Biedermann <steve.biedermann.privat gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 14:22:25 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:

 Yeah, it isn't free anymore, but the first 15 levels are.


I played it some time ago and, AFAIR, it was great. So I consider 
to buying it.
But before I buy it, I have a question. Are updates included in 
the purchase or do I have to rebuy it when a new release comes 
out?

I don't really want to rebuy a game every now and then.
Feb 15 2017
parent reply Guillaume Piolat <first.last gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 at 15:55:12 UTC, Steve Biedermann 
wrote:

 On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 14:22:25 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
 wrote:

 Yeah, it isn't free anymore, but the first 15 levels are.


 I played it some time ago and, AFAIR, it was great. So I 
 consider to buying it.
 But before I buy it, I have a question. Are updates included in 
 the purchase or do I have to rebuy it when a new release comes 
 out?

 I don't really want to rebuy a game every now and then.


Hi, thanks for the trust.

Updates are included, I would hate to charge multiple times for 
the same thing.

_But_ except for bugs I haven't planned to do any update at all, 
so don't except much more.

As it stands I think of it as "done".
Feb 15 2017
parent reply Steve Biedermann <steve.biedermann.privat gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 at 16:56:20 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:

 On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 at 15:55:12 UTC, Steve 
 Biedermann wrote:

 On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 14:22:25 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
 wrote:

 Yeah, it isn't free anymore, but the first 15 levels are.


 I played it some time ago and, AFAIR, it was great. So I 
 consider to buying it.
 But before I buy it, I have a question. Are updates included 
 in the purchase or do I have to rebuy it when a new release 
 comes out?

 I don't really want to rebuy a game every now and then.


 Hi, thanks for the trust.

 Updates are included, I would hate to charge multiple times for 
 the same thing.

 _But_ except for bugs I haven't planned to do any update at 
 all, so don't except much more.

 As it stands I think of it as "done".


Thanks for the info. Just bought it. :)
Feb 16 2017
parent Guillaume Piolat <first.last gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 16 February 2017 at 08:15:27 UTC, Steve Biedermann 
wrote:

 Thanks for the info. Just bought it. :)


Thanks! Don't play it before bed-time, gets me everytime.
Feb 16 2017
prev sibling parent reply Relja Ljubobratovic <ljubobratovic.relja gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 14:22:25 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:

 It's the 10th update for this abstract shooter made in D.


This is the first time I've heard of this game. Downloaded the 
demo, and first impressions were mind blowing!

Gameplay seems very fluid and well calibrated. But, I've got to 
say - most awesome element of the gameplay is definitely the 
music! This might be the most impressive sound I've heard coming 
from my macbook since I've bought it! Truly drives the mood in 
the game. :)

I've gladly payed for the full version, and will spread the word 
of this game whenever I can.

Congrats, and thank you!
Feb 17 2017
parent Guillaume Piolat <first.last gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 17 February 2017 at 20:45:53 UTC, Relja Ljubobratovic 
wrote:

 On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 14:22:25 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
 wrote:

 It's the 10th update for this abstract shooter made in D.


 This is the first time I've heard of this game. Downloaded the 
 demo, and first impressions were mind blowing!

 Gameplay seems very fluid and well calibrated. But, I've got to 
 say - most awesome element of the gameplay is definitely the 
 music! This might be the most impressive sound I've heard 
 coming from my macbook since I've bought it! Truly drives the 
 mood in the game. :)

 I've gladly payed for the full version, and will spread the 
 word of this game whenever I can.

 Congrats, and thank you!


(On Friday, 17 February 2017 at 20:45:53 UTC, Relja Ljubobratovic 
wrote:

 On Monday, 13 February 2017 at 14:22:25 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
 wrote:

 It's the 10th update for this abstract shooter made in D.


 This is the first time I've heard of this game. Downloaded the 
 demo, and first impressions were mind blowing!

 Gameplay seems very fluid and well calibrated. But, I've got to 
 say - most awesome element of the gameplay is definitely the 
 music! This might be the most impressive sound I've heard 
 coming from my macbook since I've bought it! Truly drives the 
 mood in the game. :)

 I've gladly payed for the full version, and will spread the 
 word of this game whenever I can.

 Congrats, and thank you!


It's a blessing to have some happy players :)

Music is obviously an integral part of the game, and apparently 
when Nelson did it (perhaps 10 years ago?) it was a live 
performance. I'll forward him your kind message.

(regular readers: sorry for the noise and promotion)
Feb 18 2017