Feature Request: Tangent Has No Idea What He's Doing!

As an exercise in programming, I've decided to make a game. What kind of game? I don't know. That's part of the exercise!

The rules:

• I'm doing this in HTML5/Javascript, for easier sharing.
• I start with a canvas, drawing a generic background thing.
• After every revision I post, I take requests for what I do next. I will use my own discretion for selecting which one to do, but plan to give priority to:
  • ones posted soon after the revision is linked
  • ones that can be done reasonably quickly
  • ones that are especially interesting
• After implementing whichever one I select, I will post the next version and continue.
• If it becomes an unworkable mess, or I get too busy, game over. I will try to avoid these happening, though.

In the immortal words of Strong Bad, let's get this train wreck a'rollin'!

Revision Zero - A blue box.

After this game got done enough, I started a new one.

The most recent revision of each:

1. "Survival" - A single-screen game, where you drag around boxes and attempt to starve out the enemy Echinoderm
2. untitled RPG

edited 2nd Jul '11 6:56:03 AM by Tangent128

Well, first we should be able to move the box.

A title screen with insert credit/press start

yes, moving box is good. Maybe also put a third, smaller box inside.

I say we should be able to move the box by dragging it with the mouse.

edited 5th Feb '11 8:31:17 AM by Ralphrius

might want to make that box a little smaller

Well what kind of game do you want to make?

I don't know yet!

Okay, moving the box is both the first request and suggested thrice. So first order of business, make it draggable. And smaller. These suggestions go well in a batch.

To work!

Hm, Pacific did something like this once.

How about, if the left mouse button drags the box around, the right mouse button resizes it?

Oh, right. Was it ever posted anywhere? (A bit too late to put in that idea, but you can resubmit.)

Revision One - Draggable box.

Lessons learned: Mouse / element positions in web browsers are stupidly designed. If you can call them designed at all.

Seeking next step.

edited 5th Feb '11 1:49:40 PM by Tangent128

Apparently right-click just brings up the context menu, so nevermind.

He posted it here looks like.

Eyes that follow the cursor. Perhaps even when the cursor's on the box so it goes cross-eyed.

Bullet Hell? Naw, that's too inside the box...

Oh! Oh! I know! put it in between two walls and let the box smack them to rubble!

I agree with the Eye idea.

The eyes have it, then.

edited 5th Feb '11 2:34:57 PM by Tangent128

Maybe you could make a drag and drop game?

Add more boxes that can be dragged, in different colors.

I agree with Freezair. More than one box would be fun.

Gwah, wait for a revision before sending more requests, please!

But I'll go ahead and sneaky-implement colors while waiting for the next request.

Revision Two - Googly Eyes

Now my mouse cursor feels like somebody's watching it.

Squee!

Now add little dots the box can eat to grow bigger.

Of course give it a mouth so it can CONSUME ITS ENEMIES! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! eat.

Are we making a Pac-Man ripoff?

Revision Two And A Half - Multiple colors.

Eating dots next?

EDIT: will wait for tomorrow.

edited 5th Feb '11 9:39:24 PM by Tangent128

Hmm, I think we should name the blocks Chameleons.

Because they're many different colours and their eyes can face different directions.

This has no bearing on gameplay so I'm bringing it up.

make a dropbox to put boxes in