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by Pepsi Ranger
Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:11 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Powerstick Man XE Central
Replies: 49
Views: 17898

Re: Powerstick Man XE Central

Yeah, the game is still set for 320x200, but scaling it to 640x400 with native resolution (not scaled as the current behavior handles it, I think), or even somewhere in between (480x300) would be preferable, as computer screens keep getting bigger, and pixels become more pixelated. I'd also, quite f...
by Pepsi Ranger
Mon Dec 18, 2023 12:52 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Powerstick Man XE Central
Replies: 49
Views: 17898

Re: Powerstick Man XE Central

Honestly, I haven't checked in on the latest updates since the last stable version, so I'm not sure if the graphics updates are what I'm looking for yet. Last I checked, battle backgrounds were still limited to 320x200. Has that changed? I also wanted to go full color instead of 256 color palettes. ...
by Pepsi Ranger
Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:27 am
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Powerstick Man XE Central
Replies: 49
Views: 17898

Re: Powerstick Man XE Central

As most of you know, I've taken a slight break from working on my games. But I haven't stopped thinking about how cool they could become with a little more editing, a little more focus, and better optimized scripts. At some point, I'd like to return to them and finish the three I've started. The ori...
by Pepsi Ranger
Fri Dec 23, 2022 6:20 am
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Entrepreneur Central
Replies: 142
Views: 65872

Re: Entrepreneur Central

Congratulations on the progress of your story. When it is complete, do you plan on making it available in and non-kindle-vella formats? (I'm still a sucker for dead tree) As for the AI pictures, I see they have gotten way better at drawing hands! They are improving so quickly, I wonder what they'll...
by Pepsi Ranger
Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:17 am
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Entrepreneur Central
Replies: 142
Views: 65872

Re: Entrepreneur Central

Although I haven't been working on the OHR much the last couple of years thanks to a focus redirect toward my novels, I have nevertheless kept up with story and lore for Entrepreneur: The Beginning via the Kindle Vella adaptation, The Hybrid City Entrepreneur , and as of this weekend, the story will...
by Pepsi Ranger
Fri Mar 25, 2022 3:44 am
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Thread of useful utilities
Replies: 29
Views: 28945

Re: Thread of useful utilities

I just picked up this neat little music toy about half an hour ago, and I've already composed a toe-tapper without having much musical experience or knowledge. It's supposed to be one of the easiest music tools to get into while still sounding good.

It's called 1BitDragon, and it's a good one.
by Pepsi Ranger
Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:59 am
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)
Replies: 21
Views: 3789

Re: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)

Enlarging or otherwise highlighting clickable items when you hover over them is actually useful and is an established UI design element. (A UI buff would talk of it indicating affordances). However, even non-clickable banners enlarge when you mouse-over them, which is strange. On the main page (of ...
by Pepsi Ranger
Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:41 am
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)
Replies: 21
Views: 3789

Re: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)

Mobile Update: So, I figured out what was causing all of the images to shrink and get shoved off to the side (I think). Prior to launching the archives, I'd run some image compression on all of my site images, just in case there was a responsive failure along the way. As of now, I use an image compr...
by Pepsi Ranger
Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:14 am
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)
Replies: 21
Views: 3789

Re: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)

Note: I was in the process of writing a detailed response to some of the criticisms that were leveled at these contest archives on a different forum (Discord) for the benefit of future viewers and justifying choices that I think were misunderstood, but in the process of me trying to copy and paste t...
by Pepsi Ranger
Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:49 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)
Replies: 21
Views: 3789

Re: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)

The listing for Grapnes 2: Kepnalcide, in the 2016 results, lists the achievement "The Real Fruity Quest" twice. Thanks. You actually discovered a mobile bug. It's correct on desktop. Again, the trouble with viewing on mobile is that I use a responsive tool to ensure mobile displays prope...
by Pepsi Ranger
Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:17 am
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)
Replies: 21
Views: 3789

Re: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)

POST-LAUNCH UPDATE: (Because it's not an OHR event if it doesn't launch broken!) Even though the contest archives were designed to be viewed on desktop , and are best viewed when on desktop, I notice most everyone is viewing these pages on mobile (fine and functional, but not as recommended ). I als...
by Pepsi Ranger
Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:01 am
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)
Replies: 21
Views: 3789

Re: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)

When I first checked this out, the page seemed slightly busted in a weird way. At the top is a collage of screenshots, and then below that is a dark blue background with a lot of empty-seeming spaces (like there should be an image there.) Further down there's spots where a caption suggests an image...
by Pepsi Ranger
Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)
Replies: 21
Views: 3789

Heart of the OHR Contest Archives (Now Live)

After three months of construction and nearly a year of waiting, the Heart of the OHR Contest Archives are now ready for viewing. What are the Heart of the OHR Contest Archives? They're the official home of all the Heart of the OHR contest results, statistics, historical markers, and retrospective a...
by Pepsi Ranger
Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:33 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: The Official OHR No Contest Contest
Replies: 13
Views: 2263

Re: The Official OHR No Contest Contest

Currently Unscheduled Hot:Ohr 2 Pepsi's Revenge, hosted by Pepsi Ranger It's still unofficial as I'm still deciding whether I want to do this one more time, but I do know that if I bring it back this year, it'll be in July. You can put it on the calendar as "possibly" for that month. Note...
by Pepsi Ranger
Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:17 pm
Forum: Game Discussion
Topic: The Official OHR No Contest Contest
Replies: 13
Views: 2263

Re: The Official OHR No Contest Contest

Oh, I'm not too sure I'm going to do many non-contest games, just because I wouldn't really know where to begin. That's kind of the great thing about contests. A bunch of games come out all at once, so you can spend a bunch of times playing games that are not only still being worked on, but are top...