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FWIW, I looked a bit more into it and it seems this "blank screen with audio" is a known Nvidia-related issue, which is usually solved by selecting "Let the 3D application decide" and/or turning off "Antialiasing - mode" in the Nvidia control panel. It apparently clashes with the Godot "viewport" or something. That said, this still didn't do anything for me, no matter how I fiddled with it.

I should also mention there is a Godot game which does work for me, "Megaman Rock'n Roll". It is built on Godot 2.1, whereas this is 3.5.3 (?), which might shed light on the problem. I've also seen mention of switching from GLES3 to GLES2 solving the problem.

edit: "The Legend of Lumina" also works, despite using also 3.5.3 (?)

FLEB159 days ago

Huh. I'm in the middle of doing updates, but I wouldn't mind making a GLES2 build, to see if that solves the issue.

I'll post an experimental build with GLES2 here next week.

pettankon158 days ago

Thanks! I'll be sure to try it.

FLEB155 days ago

Okay, I've uploaded a GLES2 version. Please let me know how it works!

pettankon153 days ago

It worked! Thank you very much, the game was great :D I'll definitely spread the word about this trick, in case some other devs are willing to try it.

Some curious things I noticed (no problem to speak off): the 20SM.exe I initially downloaded is 153 650 kb whereas both of the current downloads are only 71 354 kb. Did you change it at some point or did I download something weird? I'll note that this new (?) version doesn't work either, but it does manage to enter fullscreen, whereas the former only became a borderless window stuck to the upper left corner.

I also found a minor bug: if I return to the menu after starting (not resuming) a new game, the slot selection maze's dot will not move until I relaunch the game.

FLEB153 days ago

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

As for the size of the game, I did some optimization on the game's files a while back (mostly switching audio from .wav to .ogg, also deleting some redundant files) and managed to halve the size of the game. That's why it went from 153MB to 71MB!

And thanks for letting me know about that bug. I will add it to my list!

pettankon153 days ago

OK I just found a trick that would've worked even before, and indeed has allowed me most of those previously-bugged Godot games (only the ones that don't need GLES3-specific stuff, I guess): I type "cmd" in the game's address bar, then in the console I type (in this case) "20SM.exe --video-driver GLES2" That's it LMAO *facepalm*

I also forgot to compliment your usage of blackbird song as background noise.

FLEB152 days ago

Huh, that's interesting and I didn't know about that.

Still, I think it's worth having as a separate build. Most players won't go to the lengths of custom launch commands.

pettankon152 days ago

Oh definitely, but I wish I'd known about such a simple trick before. I just kind of stumbled upon it: I'd read that people who had the blank screen problem with the Godot software-/editor-itself solved it this way, and I suddenly thought of trying it on those games, but then I didn't even know how to run them (or anything) from the console! I wasn't even sure whether that was possible (lol), I just googled stuff until I saw the trick of writing "cmd" in the explorer's address bar. Anyways, I'll just spread that trick around when relevant.

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