[Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

Puzzle game called Puzzletube by theZiz is now on fremantle extras-devel. Download size is more than 10M. Optified.

Controls:
Menus: arrows + Enter
Gameplay: arrows to move + 'A' to swap + enter to menu + backspace to pause
Browsing highscores: 'q' + 'e'

(Controls are mimicking gamepad controller with 'start'/'select', shoulder buttons etc.)

Game:
Swap places of 'stones' to get four same colour in a block, then every connected same colour stones are removed and scored.

Make it faster:
Game runs ~15...22 fps with default settings.
Settings -> Stone quality: Flat (almost double fps)
Settings -> Stars : Off

It is possible to reach constant 59 fps (excluding exploding when it drops to 35 fps at worst case).

Check video (N900): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOCe7gafd2M
And there are many more video with better quality and better gameplay.

Upstream and source code: https://github.com/theZiz/puzzletube
*Saving directory changed to /home/user/.puzzletube
*Not using system's libSDL-mixer

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

i dont quite get the game i was watching some videos but still....

do we need to make 4 in a row or something like that ?

which are the keys for the game ?

any tips to pro ourself ?

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

Goal: Not row, but block of four (and then every connected same colour tile are removed)
Control: arrows to move and 'A' to swap places.

Start with only couple of colours and try to figure how to make combos. Really speaking I do not know how to make good score =)

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

it closes right when it opened...
maybe if I run via xterm?
how can I do that?
thanks, for the video seens to be a great game

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

its the exact same thing for me

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It works, but at 15~22 FPS.

And it crash sooner or later once game start. usually 3~6 breaks then all gone, beside, this game seems consume much Power than normal full-load games.

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

It might miss some dependency, but I can't figure what it is. Start xterm and write:

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

This is normal. If you want more, tune graphic settings. E.g 'Stone quality=Flat' will double the speed.

I haven't seen crashing, and yes, it is critical. Game is using 3D-graphics and plays ogg files, they use much power.

There are rumours of new version, let see...

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

It gives only one message:

Segmentation fault

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

Woaaaaa, just updated my repositories and there is a new version, this working like a charm! :D

Thanks

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

Sorry, it worked.

But still, even I got flated brick with no particle, hard***.

It still have unstable FPS around 20-45.

Beside, I was wrong, it didn't crash. It just stuck because game over. And please make short help in game, at least tell which key to use :D


Thank you for bringing this fun game to us.

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

Thank you Aapo for porting this game! The game seems to use library sparrow3d. Library's description:
So the game is using software rendering instead of hardware rendering (OpenGL ES). So that migth explain why the game is slower and consume more power than some other games.

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Seems overclocking fix performance issue a bit.

Enough to me, however, I bet you will provide a mode completely disable audio, right?

That save CPU load will make game run smoother.

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

Hi guys,

By accident (or more exact: because of boredom in my lecture) I searched "puzzletube" on google and found this. And then I remembered, that I had some correspondence with Aapo some months ago. But at one point, we decided to break up the exchange of mails, because I am working on a newer, better, and a bit more documented core - my new engine sparrow3D. Furthermore I changed the kind of drawing the 3D stuff. It is still a software renderer, but with another technique (with z-buffer, real z-tests and textures).
Here is the newest video of my game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ev7EMaFeQA

You see, I changed the font, too. It's a new, fast AVR-Tree based system. Whatever, it is still a lot to do, but as I said and read here, it seems, that there is interest to bring my games to maemo.

My engine works on many different handhelds. I do not know, whether I will support touchscreen (doesn't matter, whether multitouch or not) later, but I would really like to support the maemo Hardware Input devices in the engine.

So, if you would like to be part of my multi platform utopia, feel free to react to my post. If I see interest, I will add maemo to the supported architectures in Sparrow3D. Furthermore I would be interested in some fps values from you, Aapo, of the new release and engine. Just keep in mind, that you now have to compile TWO project: sparrow3d and puzzletube.

greetings, Ziz

Edit: Oh I forgot: the new system has (nearly) constant fps. That means: No really slowdown if something explodes. ;-) Oh and before you ask: There will be an "Arcade mode" with some Tutorial levels and an easier control later. :)

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

Hi, I checked current code from sparraw3d and puzzletube.

Ifdefs on code are same than with Pandora, but there are no pnd_*.

Makefile
ifeq ($(TARGET),maemo)
+CPP = gcc -DARMCPU -DMAEMO $(GENERAL_TWEAKS)
+SDL = `sdl-config --cflags`
endif

But I'm not sure about SDL_SetVideoMode.

puzzletube.c:80 screen = spCreateWindow();
Returns null.

Add error checking for that. I needed debugger to invent that screen->w is reason for seg faulting (because screen==NULL).

I got 320x240 window running. Without optimizations (debug build) and without audio (with errors according missing audio) FPS=17.

And on N900, fullscreen will be faster than windowed.
--
I think game should be work on read-only directory also:
settings.c:155
*file=SDL_RWFromFile("./highscore.dat","wb");
-> not good
--
We have discussed about this earlier, but it is still kind of funny:
game.c: 1057 "Slart"
(Means Start)
--
Is 3dengine.c used at all any more?

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

pnd_*? Do you mean the libs? I comment these parts in sparrow3D out - it nevers worked on the pandora. XD

I'll add this.

That is not really fast... Are we talking about the textured mode? Oh and COMPLETELY without optimization? I never tried it without at least -Os... :D

Did you check the resolution of you N900? And the right parameters for creating the screen surface?

Hm, where is the exact problem?

Oops... I changed it. ^^ Just have to commit.

No, every .c or .h file with no sparrow (doesn't matter, where exactl) in it, is old and obsolete. I will delete their later.

greetings, Ziz

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

Yes, -lpnd and include pnd_io_evdev.h.

And maybe it should be MAEMO5, not MAEMO, because MAEMO6 has different resolution.
Maemo5=N900=800x480 px
Maemo6=N950+N9 = 854x480 px

I tried couple of parameter-sets but not yet succeed to find working except that 320x240 (I know there are better resolution which works).


settings.c:155
-*file=SDL_RWFromFile("./highscore.dat","wb");
+//Not valid syntax and check existence of directories.
+*file=SDL_RWFromFile("/home/$USER/.puzzletube/highscore.dat","wb");

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I will remove it.

I will change it.

That is VERY strange, because, you said, it worked with the older puzzletube version. Do you have the old code still there? Please check the difference between spCreateWindow/spResizeWindow and resizeWindow (after an update! I forgot to add some MAEMO-specific code in my sparrowCore.c ...)

Shouldn't be this file in /home/$USER/.config/puzzletube/highscore.dat if I use the freedesktop standard?

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

New version on extras-devel, check video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zLTerG2Nho

There are only 15 fps but it still feels fast. If you have overclocked device or you focused better settings, please comment.

This version has three different way of control the game.
*'Snake' is what earlier version had (read it about first post).
*Default is wasd for swapping stones and arrows to move cursor.
*And then there are 'experimental'.

Re: [Announce] Puzzletube on extras-devel
 

Whats up now?? And....no no no i must buy a gamepad:p