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Nyandanoid

An Arkanoid/Block Breaker clone for PlayDate · By NeoTechni

Crank Movement Settings

A topic by ArrisonChan created May 23, 2022 Views: 202 Replies: 5
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First off, this is a really cool experience to have on the Playdate, but secondly I was wondering if it would be possible to have an option to stop the paddle if you hit a wall instead of further cranking then reversing your motion?

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you.

There is an option for that, press the menu button, switch the crank mode from "abs" (absolute, where it matches the angle of the crank to the position in the level) to either "slow" or "fast"

If that's not what you wanted I can change "abs" to only use either the front or back half of the range

Hi there, thanks for getting back to me! I like the wall contact behavior of fast and slow, but the problem is that even fast isn't fast enough. On my Playdate, cranking quickly, it still takes about 4 rotations of the crank to get from one side to the other.  "abs" allows speed to feel much better, but keeps going. If I could have the movement speed of abs and it stop at the walls, that would effectively make it perfect to me. Maybe a sensitivity bar for non abs would be a good idea rather than fast/slow? 

Developer (1 edit)

I've added a new crank setting, "Front", which will stop at the edges, and added paddle speed to the main menu

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Awesome, it works wonderfully! Thank you for taking the time to add that. Also just wanted to mention that the "use motion sensor" option for screen orientation flips the screen when you turn the device, but flips the screen upside down. I think it's detecting the opposite turn direction.

Developer

Thank you. I was hoping someone would tell me if it worked properly. I don't have one to test it on, yet.

It's no problem, I love the support I've been getting from PlayDaters. I used to have an app with over 20,000 users till CBS had me take it down, so I love that I'm getting this kind of feedback again.