LD entry, Codenamed P1R@T3S

[TylertheDesigner]

I MADE A GAME WITH PIRATES IN IT!!1!
Seriously though, this is my entry for the Ludum Dare, round 17
I will try to put it on here every 12 hours or so, for those interested.

http://www.box.net/shared/7y9dcpyj8m

[nevon]

I wasn't able to run it. Or well, I could start it, but it crashed when I tried to start a new game (I also had to click below the text in order to activate it).

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nevon@loltop:~/workspace/Epic-Volley$ love ~/Desktop/LudumDare.love 
boot	[string "main.lua"]:136: attempt to call global 'newGame' (a nil value)	stack traceback:
	[string "boot.lua"]:833: in function 'error_printer'
	[string "boot.lua"]:768: in function 'newGame'
	[string "main.lua"]:136: in function 'mousepressed'
	[string "boot.lua"]:162: in function '?'
	[string "boot.lua"]:322: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:295>
	[C]: in function 'xpcall'
	[string "boot.lua"]:840: in main chunk

[TylertheDesigner]

Ah, Nevon. Thank you for being the first volunteer! I could only test it on my own system, so you just gave me valuable feedback. I appreciate it, and I'll have it fixed as soon as I wake up.

[kikito]

I've tried it and I think it worked.

I could not guess how to move the ship. It is supposed to move around on "travel mode"?

[TylertheDesigner]

Ship movement is with WASD, and the Start button is off on the collision. To start you have to click a little to the bottom right. I have fixed it, and will upload an update at 7pm

[TylertheDesigner]

Version 2
http://www.box.net/shared/sukiusmn5x
Still some bugs, but I'm tryin to feautre creep for anohter few hours before I start polishing

Buy/Sell in the market
Guy to the Town menu to hire new crew and buy crew morale boosters
Ship shows you your ships stats.

[nevon]

Still getting this when trying to run it.

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nevon@loltop:~/workspace/Epic-Volley$ love ~/Desktop/LudumDare
boot	[string "main.lua"]:202: attempt to call global 'newGame' (a nil value)	stack traceback:
	[string "boot.lua"]:833: in function 'error_printer'
	[string "boot.lua"]:768: in function 'newGame'
	[string "main.lua"]:202: in function 'mousepressed'
	[string "boot.lua"]:162: in function '?'
	[string "boot.lua"]:322: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:295>
	[C]: in function 'xpcall'
	[string "boot.lua"]:840: in main chunk

What version of Löve are you developing for, and what method do you use to run the game?

EDIT: Got it working by changing require("game") to require("game.lua").

I gotta say, moving around feels really weird. Perhaps you should change movement so that the ship always moves, and that you can only rotate it (and perhaps speed up/slow down).

[TylertheDesigner]

Thanks for the suggestions Nevon. As my name implies, I am but a simple designer with aspirations to learn programming. I was first introduced to Lua in January, so I have alot to learn (physics and movement is a large part of that). This is one of the main reasons I have stuck to mostly GUI based games.

I have changed the require lines and I hope that corrects the issue for yourself and others. Thanks again