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As always, thank you for your feedback. I don't really work on this game only for you, but I like your suggestions and how you point out many issues. So most of what you said ended up in the game :)

It doesn't take me much time to work on this project and I will work on another one sooner or later. I just want to have something enjoyable even if it's designed to be a minimalist game. Next will probably be a rogue like game, but we will see...

About the issues you told me in your comment :
- I've fixed playtime (bad math, it's always been based on time not clicks or anything)
- hidden the best clicks ( you can still show / hide it with the s key )
- Blocked clicks on GUI counting as gain click, so you start new game with 0 click

I've changed several design related thing, slowed down a bit the breathing and greatly improve the visibility of something that's ready to be leveled up.

I'll think about a way to celebrate a level up and we will see in a future update with the achievements.

Hope you will like the changes !

Grelko5 years ago (1 edit)

I like the small star you added to click on for gold.

It seems like the star gives gold (Level+power bonus x 100)? At level 20 the star gives 4,000 gold. This is good.

The star shows up very frequently. This is good because, at higher levels (level 20+) you need a lot of gold to get to the next level.

When you click the Reset button, it shows (YES/NO). This is good.

You may want to add a (yes/no) button for Quit. I was clicking while watching TV and all of a sudden the game shut down because I accidentally clicked Quit.

The farther the star is from the middle of the screen, the harder it is to see.

You might want to add an (Options) button, so that people know which buttons to press for certain things. H to hide/show the GUI, S to hide/show player stats etc.

Everything else looks good so far. Nice work on this update :)

GregoryGentilhomme5 years ago

Hi slavik_00,

I've updated the game with few things you should like. You won't be quitting game next time you'll be watching TV at same time ;)
I'm not sure about the option menu, maybe I will add a button to show stats and a label to tell how to show / hide GUI.

I'm working on another project at the same time, some sort of Rogue / Idle game that should be on itch.io in few days, but I will still update this game.

I hope you will like this update like previous ones, thanks for your support !

Grelko5 years ago (2 edits)

I like the mouse particles going to the middle.

power fluctuation every 5 levels is good.

The stars are easier to see, thank you.

If I click "Quit" the game still shuts down without a yes/no prompt. There is no warning.

After 20,000 clicks, everything else looks good. https://imgur.com/coCg7K3

Also, I hope you have the best of luck on your new game :)

GregoryGentilhomme5 years ago

Hi, I'm glad you liked those changes and played that much !
Are you using an auto-clicker ? :)

I've added a confirmation before quitting the game, as you asked, and I must say it was needed.

And thank you for my next game, I'm working on it.

Grelko5 years ago

No, I am not using an auto-clicker. I can use 1 hand and click 10/second, but if I use both hands, I can go faster 13+/second.

I like how you added the robots to the middle.

There could be a small problem once you get a large amount of robots. After 26 robots, there is over 15,000 particles on the screen. You may want to reduce the number of particles because, slower computers might lag later in the game . Currently, each robot raises the number of particles by 500.

The buttons "level up, build, upgrade", when the cost is over 1,000,000 gold, the left side of the box covers the number. You may want to increase the size of these boxes by a little, so that if someone plays until the cost is over 1 billion, the number will not get blocked.

You can also switch the numbers to letters after the cost get high enough, like 1,000 = 1k, or 1,000,000 = 1m and beyond. This is easier than having very large numbers going across the screen (if someone plays THAT far into the game)

After you get many robots, the stars that show up near the middle of the screen are harder to see, because of the particles that the robots make.

Thank you for adding the yes/no confirmation to the "quit" button.

Everything else looks good :)

GregoryGentilhomme5 years ago

Hi,

I'm aware that the robots may end up creating lag at high level, I'm thinking making a maximum number of them on the screen to prevent lag or modify my game engine to make it more low spec friendly... I'm going to see that in few days.

The buttons should have been larger the last update, I've already seen the problem when you showed me your game after 20k clicks, but, I forget to move the new files in the new game's archive... My bad, I'll do a hotfix today, or a new update, depending on my planning.

Letters for number is an idea I'll think about, as you said there is not much chance someone will get that far in game but I'll think about it because it's true, it's makes things clearer.

I'll make stars either bigger nor brighter to make it easier to catch, maybe extend time it shows up on screen too.

Thank you again for your feedback, it's really much appreciated !

Grelko5 years ago (1 edit)

Something changed between v0.76 and v0.77

v0.77 will not start.

After I tried to open it, I got an "Engine log" in the folder.

Working in C:\Users\Home\Desktop\Atomiclick\
SDL_Init done
gWindow done
GlobalRenderer done
TTF_Init done
SDL_GameControllerOpen(0) : There are 0 joysticks available
Loading Fonts
Setting font hint
Setting font's colors

GregoryGentilhomme5 years ago (1 edit)

I'll take a look at it in few hours, I just don't have the time yet.

Sorry for this crap, but this should be an easy fix :)

Edit : I've just tried and seems all good on my computer, maybe try a 'fresh' install or change screen resolution in settings.ini as I forget to reset it as default :

name
Atomiclick
window_w
1366
window_h
768
Fullscreen
false
Show intro
true
Visual quality ( 1 = high settings, 2 = low settings)
1
Maximum robots on screen ( between 0 and whatever your computer can handle )
20

Grelko5 years ago

It was the resolution. After I switched the numbers in the file to 1366/768, it works again. Easy fix.

This is what the "settings" were at.

name

Atomiclick
window_w
1680
window_h
1050
Fullscreen
true
Show intro
true
Visual quality ( 1 = high settings, 2 = low settings)
1
Maximum robots on screen ( between 0 and whatever your computer can handle )
20

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