On the comments for Give a Cow a Pickaxe, Michael Fernie pointed out that it's possible to trap yourself in the down-belows, when the random level generator places blocks too high that you can't reach them.
The only issue I have is that it's pretty easy to get trapped where you can't jump to other blocks and I can't continue the game and have to quit.
D'oh!!!!
Now, here's the thing about that.
I *did* notice it!!
It was fairly early on, (Which in AGameAWeek terms is only a couple of days before release) when I was flipping the game from top-down to platformer.
I distinctly remember having that problem and thinking to myself... "Maybe the cow could fart to power a double-jump..."
This was around the time that I also added and removed a Drill powerup, which lets you drill straight down a few blocks. I opted to take out the drill powerup because it was "Up" that was the problem with the gameplay, not down.
So, I stripped out the majority of the drill code (shove a "drill=1" somewhere in the main loop, then hold Down and B to drill downwards) and instead, I set about reducing the gaps between platforms, with a little numerical jiggery pokery.
After that, I guess it just slipped my mind, because I never felt that it was an issue again.
Perhaps from that point I was playing the game top-to-bottom, instead of working upwards. .. Maybe that's why it never popped into my head again.
But.
Yeah, let's chalk that one up to a brain-fart, shall we?
Sorry.
Maybe I should add a methane powerup to the game!?
[verse]
The power of a good fart will let the cow leap.
High up into the sky. It'd be such a feat.
Look at him fly with his farts in the sky.
He can glide up the maze. It would surely amaze.
[chorus]
It's a fart (yeah) Wooo! (fart)
Watch as the cow's flying upward. (fart) (wooo!)
Gliding along on a methane cloud. (fart)
He farts aloud as he goes. (woohoo!) (fart)
[beat] Look at him fly! (fart)
It's a fart (yeah) Wooo! (fart) (yeah)
Travelling up to the blocks above. (fart) (wooo!)
Never in danger, he will fart aloft (fart)
To the highest point he can go. (fart) (yeaaah)
[beat] Look at him farting again. (fart)
Wooo! Fart!
Yeah! (Fart)
[break]
[verse]
With a toot and a blast heβs clearing the way.
Blowing off near the walls. Farting up and away.
With pickaxe in hoof he will fart for the truth,
Smashing all of the blocks that are high at the top.
[break]
[chorus]
It's a fart (yeah) Wooo! (fart)
Watch as the cow's flying upward. (fart) (wooo!)
Gliding along on a methane cloud. (fart)
He farts aloud as he goes. (woohoo!) (fart)
[beat] Look at him fly! (fart)
It's a fart (yeah) Wooo! (fart) (yeah)
Travelling up to the blocks above. (fart) (wooo!)
Never in danger, he will fart aloft (fart)
To the highest point he can go. (fart) (yeaaah)
[beat] Look at him farting again. (fart)
[bridge]
Silent but deadly, he sneaks through the gaps, (fart)
A well-placed puff and he's clearing the traps! (fart)
Timing his toots with precision and skill, (fart)
Blasting up higher, with farts at his will! (woo!)
[chorus]
It's a fart (yeah) Wooo! (fart)
Watch as the cow's flying upward. (fart) (wooo!)
Gliding along on a methane cloud. (fart)
He farts aloud as he goes. (woohoo!) (fart)
[beat] Look at him fly! (fart)
It's a fart (yeah) Wooo! (fart) (yeah)
Travelling up to the blocks above. (fart) (wooo!)
Never in danger, he will fart aloft (fart)
To the highest point he can go. (fart) (yeaaah)
[beat] Look at him farting again. (fart)
[Dave and Green sit on the grass, watching bubbles float out of every window and vent in Dave's house. Dave is clutching his last remaining can of cola]
Dave: Who could have imagined it would get to this point?
Green: ... Everyone, Dave. Everyone saw this coming.
Dave: But the Effervescent Engine was working perfectly!
Green: Was it though? Was it really?
Dave: The fractals were beautiful.
Green: Hmm, yes, I suppose that's true.
Dave: Why are there so many unused bubbles? Maybe I wasn't rendering enough fractals.
[A particularly large bubble floats past, carrying what appears to be one of Dave's vintage cola cans]
Dave: My collection! It's escaping!
Green: Looks like your cans have decided to organise themselves.
Dave: Look on the bright side - my house has never been more sparkling!
Green: [air-quotes] Never? You've barely had the house for a couple of months.
[Dave takes a sip from his can, watching his possessions float by in bubbles]
Dave: You know what this reminds me of?
Green: When you got thrown out of RCHomes and built a bunker and then destroyed it with your general insanity?
Dave: That time with Andy and the exploding can!
Green: Oh, that. Yeah, this is way worse.
[A bubble pops overhead, showering them with fizzy droplets]
Dave: Maybe we should call someone to sort this out?
Green: Who exactly do you call for a carbonated house invasion?
Dave: Um.. .. Would Matt help?
[Green sighs deeply]
Green: Right now I'm just grateful you used plain carbonated water, or the whole street would be full of sticky goo again.
Dave: Ooh! Now there's an idea-
Green: NO!
[End Credits as Dave's cola bike floats by]
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