A downloadable game

Mostly created as a testing ground from some playdate development. Try to unlock the lock.

Play either on the Playdate simulator or side load it on your playdate using the instructions here https://help.play.date/games/sideloading/

More information
StatusReleased
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Authorcxsquared
TagsComedy, goblin-bunker-jam, micro, Playdate

Download

Download
locksmith.pdx.zip 1.6 MB

Install instructions

https://help.play.date/games/sideloading/

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Adams Immersive2 years ago(+1)

Neat idea, thanks for sharing this! What if only the numbers/ticks rotated, and the shiny middle areas stayed the same (static sprite overlaid on top of the rotated image) like a real object receiving reflections would?

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jordanthompson2 years ago(+1)

Starts at 7:27. I really enjoyed this and that end was wild. Really love these concept games! Thanks for making this!
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Callmesteam2 years ago

I don't really understand what I'm doing wrong, but I like the sound effects!

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gingerbeardman2 years ago

Rotation wait until it clicks, rotate the opposite way until it clicks, repeat until unlocked. If you go too far past a click then it will reset the lock with a bang and you have to start again.

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Callmesteam2 years ago

oh i was listening for that satisfying bang! thanks

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gingerbeardman2 years ago (4 edits) (+1)

You could improve performance on device by not rotating the image every time. Currently it’s very sluggish. Some options:

  • calculate all 360 rotations at startup (with loading delay you could perhaps disguise with instructional text)
  • caching the rotations in memory after you generate them during play (but this would mean the lock would get progressively smoother to rotate)
  • pre-render all rotations in a sprite sheet (using your game code to spit out the rotated images, or an external tool) and include them with your game. this one is the best method and would be my choice.
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cxsquared2 years ago

Precaching using rotatedImage is a really good idea that I hadn't thought about. I thought about the pre-render solution but couldn't find a quick enough solution for the game jam setting. Thanks for the feedback.

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gingerbeardman2 years ago (1 edit)

Pre-rendered is easy - you just save the rotated image to disk after you’ve generated it in the game. You could wrap that code in a loop to spit them all out at once.

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cxsquared2 years ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback. That does make things run a lot smoother and prerender loads so much faster than precache.

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gingerbeardman2 years ago(+1)

Cool! One more thing, frames ~25 and ~76 see badly aligned.

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nightmare4lol2 years ago

could use a bit of polish, and  a tutorial. I like the concept though

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