Bob the Hamster Dirt Dig Playtesting Thread

Would it be considered safe to use the level editor at this point or is the format still volatile?

Yes, by all means, please test the editor. I do consider the file format to be stable. I borrowed some ideas from lessons learned with OHR file formats, so I feel like the format is safe and stable and will remain backwards compatible if I change anything.

Also, last night I re-uploaded with a few bugfixes, including disabling the right-click multi-touch simulation. I decided that it is easy enough for me to test on my android device, so i don't need to keep that feature enabled anymore.

I made it so that right-drag pans the map, and scroll-wheel zooms in and out, as an alternative to the two-finger pan and zoom in multitouch mode.

I'm still waiting for a Linux build or source code!

Playtested on xoom, since I saw a playtrhought video, I just gone blazing the tutorial and strangely the textboxes seems to be buged.

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I wasn't planning on releasing source publicly just yet, but I'll talk to you on IRC about it :)



bugged how? Did they display wrong? Crash? Something else?

Just didn't displayed on when needed.

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I tried to play the windows version, but it just closes upon opening.
(windows 8, I am using)

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Meowskivich: was there any error message? or did it just close quietly?

I have made some changes and fixes, so if you have a chance could you please re-download and test again? If it still crashes, and there is an error message, can you take a screenshot of it?

It closed quietly, I'll try out the new one later.

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Gameplay video, for those of you who are unable to download for some reason :)

I am still very curious about testing results of the Windows version. Yesterday Pepsi Ranger tested and ran into a Windows Data Execution Prevention error (which he sent me a screenshot of)

If anybody has any problems running the game, please let me know, and send me screenshots of any error messages

I tried running the Windows build in a Win XP VM. I got an error:



So I removed the bobdirt.exe.manifest file (that's the side-by-side configuration), which is a configuration file specifying stuff, especially which versions of dlls to load (AFAIK the windows dll import mechanism doesn't specify required dll versions, so .manifest files were later invented. The manifest files are usually embedded in the .exe.). That file asks for versions of the C runtime which this XP install doesn't have... which is funny, since you actually included redistributable versions of the msvcrt dlls with the game, although mismatced versions. I remember that the last time I used py2exe I also had problems with msvcrt versions; it was painful.

Anyway, after removing that, it runs, starts to load, and then crashes. According to Dependency Walker the following .dlls are missing*:
mikmod.dll
libvorbisfile.dll
bobdirt.exe crashes immediately after failing to load libvorbisfile.dll, while the missing mikmod.dll may not be fatal if it's not actually used.

*It also shows 3 other .dlls having to do with IE8, but these are delay loaded so it's OK that they're missing

Ah, thank you! I wonder how PyInstaller missed libvorbisfile?

The manifest thing is interesting. Windows rules for dll loading is mysterous to me.

I'll try fixing it up next time I have access to the windows box.

I also tested this game and I liked it a lot. I made it through all the levels, and some were quite challenging, but all in all everything was beatable. The graphics are extraordinary.
I didn't like that the monsters regenerate after you killed them.
I found one bug in the tutorial level with the webs. I explain the situation: I got stuck in a web, then the plip went to me and attacked me while I was in the web. So I was dead, but then there came the message: Well done, the plip stuck again in the web, now go to the carrott. Maybe it's just a little timing issue with textboxes...
I have one idea for the game. You could add a language selection and I can help you to translate the game to German then!

By the way I used a weak Windows 7 netbook and it worked fine. In one week, I will test it with Windows 98. I still believe in miracles...

I am glad you enjoyed the game! Thank you for testing it.

You can prevent monsters from regenerating by leaving a cabbage on top of them.



Thanks for finding that bug! I will fix it.



I would love to translate the game into other languages. I will need to do some restructuring of how text is stored, and I need to change the few buttons that have text in the image instead of displayed with a font.



Interesting. I still haven't fixed the problems that TMC found in the windows installer. Perhaps they only affect Windows XP.

I tried removing the bobdirt.exe.manifest file (and adding the missing vorbis dlls), but then the program fails on my Windows 7 box, saying:



But the error is not fatal, and when I click okay, the game starts right up.

I have uploaded the results, so I would appreciate it if anyone who has previously tried the Windows version would re-download and try again, and let me know what happens for you