Freedom Bridge (open source)

[JordanMagnuson]

Basically, a very small creation about Freedom Bridge, in Korea (ported from Game Maker). Takes about two minutes to play through. Not a game, so if you find things that aren't games pretentious, be forewarned .

Game's home page: here.

Play here.

Get source here.

My first effort in FP, and I rushed it, so I'm afraid the code aint too pretty .

The game plays fine from the swf on my computer, but I've found it seems to be a bit choppy online... can anyone confirm or deny?

[Samysam]

well, that was sad... 

[JordanMagnuson]

Thanks for the reply Samysam. Can you tell me whether the game seemed to run smoothly enough for you?

[Mr. Trampoline]

Ran fine for me.

[spilocke]

  sad game...
it ran fine... but err... no one ever made it through the bridge I guess

[JordanMagnuson]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Can anyone comment on why the sound volume seems to rise in discreet steps at certain points, rather than rising in a smooth gradient?

Here's the relevant code:

Code:

distToPlayer = Math.abs(x - MyWorld.player.x) / 500 + 1;
riverVol = 1 / distToPlayer;
if (riverVol > 1)
riverVol = 1;
sndRiver.volume = riverVol;

[Ultima2876]

I'd try dividing by 500.0 instead of 500, also make sure distToPlayer is a Number type. This might be my C++ background speaking though...

[JoshC]

AS3 will do all the converting for you, as long as riverVol is a Number, which it must be as it does work well for me in your application I think. (Very nice by the way)

[Ultima2876]

Yeah, my main concern was that it might be doing an int division instead of a float division, since Math.abs can return an int and 500 can msot definitely be represented as an int. If it's doing an int division it'd certainly explain the problem.

[JordanMagnuson]

Thanks thanks for the help. I dove into the problem a bit more, and here's what I found:


This code (original) causes the value of riverVol to "jump" in steps at certain points as the player moves forward:

Code:

distToPlayer = Math.abs(x - MyWorld.player.x) / 500 + 1;
riverVol = 1 / distToPlayer;

This code (same as above but on one line) achieves what I want (a smooth gradient):

Code:

riverVol = 1 / (Math.abs(x - MyWorld.player.x) / 500 + 1)

 

Does anyone know what's going on there?

[JoshC]

How did you type distToPlayer? Like Ultima said it needs to be a number to store that decimal data, else it is rounding it, causing the jumps.

Code:

var distToPlayer:Number//Instead of int

, I suppose that is the issue if changing to that other option works. 

[JordanMagnuson]

Son of a... damn, I thought I had checked that! Was indeed the problem. 

[ChevyRay]

Cool man, will give it a play + feedback when I get back home later.

[Rats808]

I played this earlier and...well...
Point made.

[mitsche]

I just registered on this forum to tell you that this was one of the most intense interactive experiences I've ever had. I went on and watched some short documentaries about Korea afterwards in order to process the tension it had left me with.

Thank you.