Today: Exploder!
Poll: Should Exploder have an automated "Elo" ranking system?
| Yes I think it should |  87% (7) |
| No I don't think it should |  12% (1) |
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Today Exploder gets the revamp and a day of hosting. The last time I updated Exploder was believe it or not over 2 years ago. Since then, BYOND 4.0 had came out, so the first job I had was modifying it to suit the new system.
Other than that the game has had some optimisation and I managed to just about get it a few hundred bytes less than the last version (in reality a few kilobytes in code, but offset by the interface file). You can play it now by going here:
http://www.byond.com/games/Acebloke/Exploder?tab=live
Today's poll also asks, should the Elo ranking, which I did start once upon a time which requires me to do it manually, be automated and recorded on a scoreboard?
The update list is as follows:
1) Interface added since this is the first update since BYOND 4.0
2) Other minor modifications to deal with BYOND 4.0 changes
3) Non-Host Players can now load their maps into the game from any destination (Hosts too)
4) Less code through optimisation, less size
Zetris 2 also got a quick update in order to fix a sound issue.
I do have a list of things I might still do for Exploder for another time, these include Medals (which I didn't do today), copying over features available in regular 2 Player mode over to 3-4 Player modes and perhaps reorganising the hud so its not so freaky.
Other than that the game has had some optimisation and I managed to just about get it a few hundred bytes less than the last version (in reality a few kilobytes in code, but offset by the interface file). You can play it now by going here:
http://www.byond.com/games/Acebloke/Exploder?tab=live
Today's poll also asks, should the Elo ranking, which I did start once upon a time which requires me to do it manually, be automated and recorded on a scoreboard?
The update list is as follows:
1) Interface added since this is the first update since BYOND 4.0
2) Other minor modifications to deal with BYOND 4.0 changes
3) Non-Host Players can now load their maps into the game from any destination (Hosts too)
4) Less code through optimisation, less size
Zetris 2 also got a quick update in order to fix a sound issue.
I do have a list of things I might still do for Exploder for another time, these include Medals (which I didn't do today), copying over features available in regular 2 Player mode over to 3-4 Player modes and perhaps reorganising the hud so its not so freaky.
Posted by Acebloke on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:03AM
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#3 Acebloke:
Seems like my internet is being silly :/
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 01:44PM
#2 Acebloke:
Its a form of ranking, made famous in Chess ranking but has been converted over to other games as well although probably not so much on a professional level.
I made my own system which took into account the game types (some are harder/longer to play have more effect), when you lose you lose points, when you win you win points; but how much is defined by the difference between your existing score and the person your playing. Its designed so a Champion can't beat up a bunch of noobs to get/keep a high score.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 01:42PM
#1 Foomer:
What's the whole Elo thing? I'm not sure what you're talking about here.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 01:18PM