In Churning Seas (my modest humble tiny little first app)

General
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@Rodolphe, in addition to what luatee suggested, try running through your for loops backwards.

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@JakAttak I think we just demonstrated the ‘smash it until it works’ debugging approach…

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Thanks @JakAttak and @Luatee, I’ll try this tonight…

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@Rodolphe, now that I have my TestFlight issues sorted out, i’d love to test it if you still have spots open :slight_smile:

I’d also be interested in seeing your page easing code, as Zoyt said it looks awfully close to the native one

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My easing function is a huge, nasty, mess :slight_smile: but here it is:

        -- Springboard
        if menuP == 0 and CurrentTouch.state == 2 and hScrolling >= -WIDTH/4 and hScrolling <= 0 then
            trans = trans+1
            springB = outCubic(trans,0,-hScrolling,30)
            menuPp = 0
        end
        if menuP == 0 and CurrentTouch.state == 2 and hScrolling >= 0 then
            trans = trans+1
            springB = outCubic(trans,0,-hScrolling,30)
            menuPp = 0
        end
        if menuP == 0 and CurrentTouch.state == 2 and hScrolling < -WIDTH/4 then
            trans = trans+1
            springB = outCubic(trans,0,(-hScrolling-WIDTH),30)
            menuPp = 1
        end
        if menuP == 1 and CurrentTouch.state == 2 and hScrolling <= -WIDTH+WIDTH/4 then
            trans = trans+1
            springB = outCubic(trans,0,-hScrolling-WIDTH,30)
            menuPp = 1
        end
        if menuP == 1 and CurrentTouch.state == 2 and hScrolling > -WIDTH+WIDTH/4 then
            trans = trans+1
            springB = outCubic(trans,0,-hScrolling,30)
            menuPp = 0
        end

hScrolling is incremented with touch.deltaX

outCubic is this:

function outCubic(t,b,c,d) -- t: current time, b: beginning value, c: change in value, d: duration
t = t / d - 1
return -c * (math.pow(t, 3) - 1) + b
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@Rodolphe, interesting. A couple questions:

  • Is springB the variable you translate by?

  • What is menuPp?

  • Do trans and hScrolling ever get reset?

  • Does menuP ever change?

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Oh sorry,

SpringB is what I move the menu texts by, for instance:

sprite(titre2,0+hScrolling+springB,0+math.sin(sai/40)*10,WIDTH*.95,(WIDTH*.95)/7.1234567)

MenuPp is a temp variable for when changing menus. When the menu has arrived in place, MenuPp gives its velue to MenuP (0 for the first page, and 1 for the second one):

        if menuPp == 0 then
            if math.abs(hScrolling+springB) <= .1 then
                springB = 0
                trans = 0
                hScrolling = 0
                menuP = 0
            end
        end
        if menuPp == 1 then
            if math.abs((WIDTH+hScrolling)+springB) <= .1 then
                springB = 0
                trans = 0
                hScrolling = -WIDTH
                menuP = 1
            end
        end

Hard to believe, by my code is so messy that I have a hard time understanding it myself :frowning:

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@Rodolphe, thanks for sharing! Using your code as a guide, I have created a class that mimics the behavior as closely as I could, but which allows for as many pages as you want.

https://gist.github.com/JakAttak/5f5f4939ffef4eb13380

I will also likely extend it to allow for touches in these pages

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Oh great… great… Thanks so much !

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@Rodolphe, I’ve now also added touch and class support so it is more capable. Thanks again for sharing your version!

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High score 44931 :smiley:

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ooooooook, I need to adjust difficulty :smiley:

(did you cheat? :D)

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Hi everybody! I was busy working on my bloody thesis, but I finally have a new build ready to test. I added the previous beta testers on the new apple owned test flight, please let me know if you don’t want to be bothered with it, I’ll remove it. Don’t feel like you should test it either, although I’d really appreciate it! (you’ll receive an email from apple as soon as they allow the build to be distributed)

In short, I don’t have enough time to build In Churning Seas up to my previous ambitions, so I’m making it really straight forward, and will add features as time allows…

Cheers!

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@Rodolphe Are there any more beta testing slots available? :smiley:

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Sure! Please send me your email address through a private message…

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In Churning Seas is currently number 6 in Touch Arcade’s “Hot new apps” (based on forum activity I think), has a 4.5/5 average rating from TA users! Well done @Rodolphe !

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Thanks! this is indeed amazing. It has been oscillating between 6th and 4th rank since was released on iPhone (2 or three days ago). It’s not showing in sales (…), but it’s thrilling nonetheless!!!

Codea and its amazing community made me do it :slight_smile: Cheers guys.

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whizzo, as if a bit profound