Post by ginobean in Support

Invaders from Amber Sol (shmup, shooter) » Community

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I just tried running your game on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine and it failed to run. As a check, to verify that my machine could run app images, I was able to successfully run, and use, balenaEtcher-1.5.33-x64.AppImage, from the command line.

py[3.7.2] gino@gino-dell:~/Downloads
 $ ls -ltr
total 11820
-rwxr-xr-x 1 gino gino 12094664 Feb  4 07:36 amber-x86_64.AppImage*
 py[3.7.2] gino@gino-dell:~/Downloads
 $ ./amber-x86_64.AppImage 
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
/tmp/.mount_amber-yxXDEM/AppRun: 11: exec: : Permission denied
 py[3.7.2] gino@gino-dell:~/Downloads
 $ cksum amber-x86_64.AppImage 
4915968 12094664 amber-x86_64.AppImage
 py[3.7.2] gino@gino-dell:~/Downloads
 $

AddiekinStudio4 years ago

Thank you so much for attempting to play the games and for letting me know there's an error.

I will figure out what the issue is and get it fixed as soon as I can. Good to know that the solitaire game also has a problem probably related issues.

The permissions denied might mean there's a missing executable permission on the main program or script in the AppImage.

AddiekinStudio4 years ago

I believe that I have fixed the issue with the AppImage. Please try version 0.7.1 if you are still interested in trying the game out. I appreciate any feedback.

Thank you!

ginobean4 years ago (1 edit)

I didn't see your post until just now. I just tried it again, but no success.

$ ls -lt
total 11824
-rwxr-xr-x 1 gino gino 12098760 Mar 20 23:41 amber-0.7.1-x86_64.AppImage*
 py[3.7.2] gino@gino-carbon:~/Downloads
 $ cksum amber-0.7.1-x86_64.AppImage 
1839668745 12098760 amber-0.7.1-x86_64.AppImage
 py[3.7.2] gino@gino-carbon:~/Downloads
 $ ./amber-0.7.1-x86_64.AppImage 
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
/tmp/.mount_amber-1hbGwe/AppRun: 11: exec: : Permission denied
 py[3.7.2] gino@gino-carbon:~/Downloads
 $ uname -a
Linux gino-carbon 4.15.0-91-generic #92-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 28 11:09:48 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

AddiekinStudio4 years ago

I just pushed a patch version that hopefully solves the issues.

I have revamped how I am building the AppImage's. Things are stripped down to the essentials and tested on a ubuntu 16.04 vm. I will test this out with a couple more distros to be sure that it works out of the box. Both Amber Sol and Simply Solitaire have been updated with the latest changes to the AppImage's

Again let me know if you have problems and I sincerely appreciate you giving it multiple attempts,

I look forward to your feedback if and when you are able to play these games.

ginobean4 years ago (1 edit)

It runs now.

A few notes:

'How to play' menu option brings up a blank screen.
Player ship seems to move too slowly up and down, from the mouse input. This gives it a very frustrating feel, like it's too hard to control.
Also, I'd suggest spiffing up the graphics. Everything is very blocky. I understand this is intentional, but I'm not sure it really works here..

Best,

Gino.

AddiekinStudio4 years ago

This is great thank you so much for the feedback. Sounds like I have some work to do. I hope that I can fix these issues in future updates.

Sorry about having no content on the 'How to play' screen been struggling with the UI system it's still a work in progress. I will make sure to get instructions there asap.

The beginning speed is something I am trying to balance. You can increase it by adding additional thrusters once you unlock them. Parts currently can be unlocked after you HyperJump to another planet. This and other parts of the game are a bit too hidden at the moment open to suggestions on how to make those objectives clearer. Obviously a how to play would help a lot in this regard.

The graphics unfortunately are blocky on purpose. I hope that I can upgrade them and make them much more asthetically pleasing. I have not played too much with color balance yet or graphic effects.

Check out future updates and be sure to post any more feedback.

ginobean4 years ago

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