Beyond the Chiron Gate

Text-based space exploration game · By John Ayliff

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A topic by John Ayliff created May 08, 2022 Views: 884 Replies: 22

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John AyliffDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit) (+2)

If you find a bug, you can either post it on this thread, post it on the Discord, or email bugs@johnayliff.com. Please include a screenshot showing the full game window--most of the time that will give me everything I need to track down the bug. Also, before reporting a bug please check that you're running the latest version of the game, so you're not reporting a bug that's already fixed. (You can see the version number in the bottom right of the title screen.)

Spelling and grammar errors are bugs, although note that I'm writing in UK English so e.g. the "u" in "colour" isn't a mistake.

Cavenir of Secession Cycles2 years ago

Every time I restart and use a custom name for the ship, I always seem to have the same set of potential crew. Every time I restart and use a preset name, it does not seem to be the case.

John AyliffDeveloper2 years ago

I can't reproduce this. Can you tell me which version you're playing (windows, mac, browser, android, ios), and if the browser version, which browser you're running it in?

Cavenir of Secession Cycles2 years ago

Browser, v1.0.4. Also, if I start with a custom name for my ship, not only is my starting crew predetermined, but also the stars that I travel to and the results of my actions, as far as I know. It all started when I decided to press the "new game" button and restart while the screen is still loading as far as I know.

John AyliffDeveloper2 years ago

Which browser are you using? It sounds like something is funny is happening with the random number generator and it's outputting the same numbers every time. If you close the browser down and re-open it does it keep happening?

Cavenir of Secession Cycles2 years ago

Microsoft Edge. And yes, even if I close and re-open the browser it is still there.

John AyliffDeveloper2 years ago

It sounds like there's something weird to do with the way your browser is initialising the seeded random number generator, but I don't know what could be happening or what I could do about it. Playing it in a different browser or clearing your browser's cookies might fix the issue, although you'd also lose your saved game and any high scores. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Cavenir of Secession Cycles2 years ago(+1)

I understand.

Don't worry, I have updated my game to v1.0.5 and it seems to do the trick just fine.

Thanks for the help by the way. Really appreciated it.

John AyliffDeveloper2 years ago

No problem, glad it's working now!

Pseudavid2 years ago

Hi John! I'm enjoying the game on Android, I think it's pretty good! I'll try to post here if I see any typos, here's one.

John AyliffDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks, I'll get that fixed in the next update!

manifestpr2 years ago

Found this error today. By the way I love this game, can't stop playing.

John AyliffDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks, I'll take a look at that for the next update!

IrineuGamer01 year ago

(I translate everything by google translator, I don't know English)

As much as I like this game, it has a big problem, every time you lose, you go back to zero, with nothing, this is very discouraging, you could add a mechanic that every time the player loses the game, you could spend the match data, for the next one, the player can go further, it doesn't need to be a very strong upgrade, doing this will give the player motivation to continue in the game.

John AyliffDeveloper1 year ago

That's intentional, that's how this kind of roguelike game normally works. Even though you're starting from the same place each time, you're getting better at the game, so you should eventually be able to beat it.

justincoll1 year ago

This bug was a game ender, unfortunately. Just had to start over. I downloaded from the App Store today, so I should be current

John AyliffDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for the report, I'll get this fixed soon.

ElDundro1 year ago

Hello, I bought the game from google play yesterday and I seem to be having an issue with the scanner upgrades not working (apart from the one showing number of explorable bodies). Not sure if this is just me not understanding something correctly or an actual bug, maybe there is an old version of the game on google play? (it says I downloaded 1.1.2 even though other sources say 1.1.3 is the latest version)

John AyliffDeveloper1 year ago

Can you tell me what scanner upgrades you have that should be working but aren't?

Also, what phone are you playing it on?

ElDundro1 year ago

Huawei P30 lite. On this playthrough I have atmosphere, gravity, gate life sign and hazard scanners though I had a playthrough with more scanners bought that I lost while reinstalling the game

John AyliffDeveloper1 year ago

Sorry to keep asking questions, I'm having trouble tracking this down.

Have you adjusted the zoom level in the game settings? (Or, do you have anything on your phone that increases the text size in apps?) If you go to settings and reduce the zoom, do the icons appear?

If you turn the phone sideways, does the game go into landscape mode? If so, do the icons appear then?

ElDundro1 year ago

It's alright, I find this really weird too. I tried adjusting the zoom all the way down to 40% and up to 200% both normally and sideways, no effect. The screenshots I sent should be the landscape mode, I sent the scanners I have just in case I misunderstood something but I checked screenshots of the game available on the internet and it looked same as mine just without the missing scanners. I don't think there's anything changing text size in my phone.

John AyliffDeveloper1 year ago

Yeah, this is weird. You should see at least a gravity icon for each planet.

Can you email bugs@johnayliff.com? I want to send you a private message but I don't think I can through itch.io.