Nyan Cat - Lightspeed

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SP4CEBAR 2021-04-28 19:52 (Edited)

Approach the speed of light

Avoid obstacles to keep accelerating

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Controls

Tap the gear icon to change the user input mode


Credit

Thanks to @Dan for making the trail


version 2 has guns


CubicleHead 2021-04-28 23:37

Very fun! I like the background


was8bit 2021-04-29 04:09

Very very cool :)

But 2 things...

1) a cheat.. I let the cat disappear off the left edge, and nothing hits the cat..
2) the top # stops at 299777 and the game continues indefinitely without the top number moving past 299777...


Nicky 2021-04-29 05:28

I like the music


SP4CEBAR 2021-04-29 10:37 (Edited)

Thanks
@was8bit, for bug 1 I forgot to make boundaries for the player, and bug 2 is caused by floating point precision: the light speed is actually speed=10, this speed variable is used to set the bg scrolling speed and the speed of the projectiles


was8bit 2021-04-29 13:03

#1, easy fix :)
The second point wasnt a bug really... its just that, i was kinda excited to see what would happen once i reached the speed of light..l but couldnt reach it... i guess perhaps i was thinking my cat would enter a warp speed mode or something ;)


was8bit 2021-04-29 15:57

Yea, #1 is fixed :)

#2, gets stuck at 2999782, 10pnts shy of 288792...


was8bit 2021-05-24 20:09

Touchscreen, nice :)


SP4CEBAR 2021-05-24 21:50 (Edited)

Touchscreen made the game a bit easier


Dan 2021-05-27 20:00 (Edited)

Here is a quick mod of the latest version.

I hope you like it.

P.S. the attached version v5.1 is the same as v6.
The 5.1 was a mistake, the version number was in the notifications, but for the other game - orbit simulator.


SP4CEBAR 2021-05-27 21:05 (Edited)

@dan that's awesome! thank you!


was8bit 2021-05-28 17:02

Nice :)


SP4CEBAR 2021-05-31 12:16 (Edited)

@was8bit I fixed the lightspeed, I used this workaround: INT(299.802*SPEED)
So: [slightly more than the lightspeed] * 999.9999 = [the lightspeed]
A float is made up of bits, not of digits so it can't be exactly 1000.0000


was8bit 2021-05-31 13:08 (Edited)

Very cool :)

I was inspired to add a warp mode... the warp background was just thrown together... if u like u can use :)


SP4CEBAR 2021-05-31 13:22

@was8bit I'm planning to add a shield/warp powerup which puts some kind of a force field in front of the cat to make it invincible for a limited amount of time


was8bit 2021-05-31 13:32

Oh, well your idea is better :D


SP4CEBAR 2021-05-31 13:39 (Edited)

Most people will probably never reach the lightspeed, so it probably isn't worth it to add any special effect upon reaching it


was8bit 2021-05-31 14:32

I made adjustments to mine making it "possible" ;)


Beardedfists 2021-06-03 07:12

The little satellites always get me right at the last second! Very fun though. 😁


SP4CEBAR 2021-06-03 10:47 (Edited)

Thanks, I considered removing the small satellite, but I didn't


Beardedfists 2021-06-03 16:05

I think the satellites fit well with the theme and add just the right amount of difficulty. This inspired me to install a nyan cat progress bar in my IDE at work lol.


SP4CEBAR 2021-06-04 19:16

@beardedfists wow :D


SP4CEBAR 2021-09-12 06:32 (Edited)

I just added Forcefield graphics for when you go faster than 250 000 KM/S


SP4CEBAR 2021-09-12 06:34 (Edited)

I think I'm not going to add a forcefield powerup which you can pick-up, just to keep the game simple and relaxing
I really like the infinite gameplay, I think it fits really well with the nyan cat theme


was8bit 2021-09-12 11:00

That is the greatest appeal for me about lowres, along with its power and simplicity, the ease of creativity to craft a game the way YOU like it ;)

Of course anyone can edit their copy to tweak it for themselves... i often do...

... this game IS very fun.... of course my modifications on my copy do cheat abit ;)


SP4CEBAR 2021-09-12 11:38

Yes, I agree
I really like the fact that it works satisfyingly well on portable devices while also being powerful enough to make anything you like


SP4CEBAR 2021-09-12 11:56 (Edited)

maybe I could make a second NyanCat game which is less relaxing and has more action


SP4CEBAR 2021-09-12 16:26 (Edited)

I'm working on that now, also, I managed to free up character spaces by storing the nyan cat animation in a separate file and writing the current part of the animation to a space I reserved inside the character RAM
And now I put a blaster on top of nyan cat


was8bit 2021-09-13 02:46

Yea, i like the idea of a seperate version... perhaps call it Nyan Cat - (something else)...

.... i myself have about 20 some games i have started and not finished... they arent worth posting as is.... its hard to find time to work on them and also my mind keeps getting new ideas :/


SP4CEBAR 2021-09-13 06:21

Once the ideas start flowing it's hard to stop them


was8bit 2021-09-13 08:29

Actually i get over a dozen every day... i forget most all of the ideas by the time i get chance to get time to try to put them into code...


SP4CEBAR 2021-09-13 08:33 (Edited)

Oof, That's unfortunate,
When I get ideas, I usually write down as fast as possible to google keep on my iPad


was8bit 2021-09-13 10:55

Well, i cant finish what ive started as is, so i guess its ok... many times an idea seems better than it really is... most of the unfinished ones i havent posted stalled because the idea didnt gell into a workable game, or sometimes i realized it would require more work than i wanted...

Currently i am trying to finish a game i think will be good, but my tired brains are struggling to find a few irritating bugs ;) ive decided to not post any more partials, thats why i havent posted much lately.... this helps me keep focused on finishing a game...


SP4CEBAR 2021-09-13 12:53

Good luck with those bugs


was8bit 2021-09-13 13:04

Thanks... i fixed one of them by rewritting a portion of code... not sure what was wrong with the old code, but that part is now working ;)


SP4CEBAR 2021-09-14 06:27

Nice


was8bit 2021-09-14 12:09

Hey, was inspired, had the time, and whipped up and posted a brand new game :) (still working on my other game, it will be called "charmed, i'm sure" ... :) )


SP4CEBAR 2021-09-14 17:36

Nice, good luck with your other game


was8bit 2021-09-15 21:12

Thanks :) i will try to finish it soon :)


was8bit 2021-09-21 05:01

Got it finished :) it came out abit differently than i initially thought, but it works :)


SP4CEBAR 2022-07-31 20:09 (Edited)

update

I added WASD support so that you can play it with a keyboard (use joystick mode)


was8bit 2022-08-01 03:06

Cool :)


Sylveon 2025-01-15 13:50

Can I use the song :3


SP4CEBAR 2025-01-15 20:07

sure


Sylveon 2025-01-15 21:32

Thx :3


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