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by veesahni 2y ago
thank you for the kind words!
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by veesahni 2y ago
thank you for the kind words!
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by veesahni 2y ago
if you're interested to get an email update when the next version comes out, he has a follow-my-journey link on the site.
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by veesahni 2y ago
For the next version, the monsters have introductory story lines. And he has a giant list of more monsters he wants to add -- we'll have to have a discussion about what's reasonable. Appreciate your comment.
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by veesahni 2y ago
Good point! It is already in a repository, with every single tiny commit, including many mis-spelled commit messages :)
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by veesahni 2y ago
Charging status will be fixed for the next version. He's also removing usage of prompt()/alert(). Appreciate the feedback
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by veesahni 2y ago
Great tip. Thank you! :)
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by veesahni 2y ago
thank you for your feedback!
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by veesahni 2y ago
thank you!
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by veesahni 2y ago
Yes, he was playing Prodigy in the months before he started making this game. I suspect future versions will bring in mechanics from Minecraft and/or Factorio - things he's playing more these days.
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by veesahni 2y ago
Good idea - I'll have him add this to his plan.
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by veesahni 2y ago
omg the comic is so awesome! :) if you'd like an email when he releases his next version, his website has a follow journey link.
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by veesahni 2y ago
Thank you for the kind words!
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by veesahni 2y ago
Appreciate your feedback!
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by veesahni 2y ago
I pushed him for responsiveness, because I told him that when I share his game with his friends (ie their parents), they will inevitably open it on their phone! It’s awesome to hear the game stood out, especially with how many you’ve played
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by veesahni 2y ago
haha. He says he learned a LOT of CSS through this process. The animations are just gifs. I'd say that part is mostly creative/art efforts, though very critical for the final feel of the game.
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by veesahni 2y ago
Oh wow, great feedback here on game mechanics! I will go through this with my son, to see what inspires him :) Thank you!
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by veesahni 2y ago
Appreciate your comments. At this point, he definitely doesn't understand the depth of the attention his game is getting, but it will be good fuel for keeping him moving towards the next version!
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by veesahni 2y ago
Kids dad here. I was not expecting animations for v1 either! But one day he asked me what the extra buttons were in Piskel and I explained frames + layers. His eyes lit up and the flying snake was born an hour later. Originally with 4 fr
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by veesahni 2y ago
He talks about how he uses the AI in his blog post. Regarding the code - just view source. It's all on one page, no compilation step. There's even a variable called Utah (lol, because we visited Utah months before he was working
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by veesahni 2y ago
Great question!! Months before starting this game, he wanted to create AI images for a story he was writing. At the time, ChatGPT didn't provide free access for image generation but Gemini did. So he got comfortable prompting Gemini.
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by veesahni 2y ago
You've been heard!
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by veesahni 2y ago
great feedback. So far the hardness of the problem increases with stronger attacks -- today the implementation switches from addition to multiplication, but that could be improved to be more nuanced. thanks for checking out the game!
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by veesahni 2y ago
But would you do some more math to bring up your shield? :)
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by veesahni 2y ago
Thank you for the kind words!
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by veesahni 2y ago
aaaah, so much scanning effort. the kids at school had entire games they played around this backis world he made up.
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by veesahni 2y ago
Fixing colors is on the plan! Thanks for checking out the game and for your feedback!
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by veesahni 2y ago
And its in those few minutes that he codes a little. Its like 1-2 hours a week right now haha
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by veesahni 2y ago
Appreciate the feedback! Fixing clarity around charging is on his plan for the next version. But pacing isn't something we've talked about much. I'll raise this with him. Appreciate the feedback!
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by veesahni 2y ago
As a programmer myself, even I'm uncertain if we'll still be fighting CSS in 10 years. Or what computer science will look like when its time for him to go to university

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