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Hey, Diego! I'm doing ok, thanks for asking. Just taking things a bit slower, as I pulled something inside a few weeks ago by lifting a bit too much. I've been away from TRS the past month or so (except to post someone's New TRS Game not long ago, once I found it), but plan to return soon. I'll definitely checkout all your new additions, as always!

I love Space Games! The GFX blended too well though (like in Zombie Day), so it was hard to see where to go and such. Nice plot. Great job, man!

If you checkout my itch.io space, you'll see that I keep track of how many TRS Games have been made. Feel free to join any discussions there, as it just got even more updates recently! And thank you for using the Engine!

Thanks again, Diego. :)  I'm healing-up fairly well. Still have pain every day, but it's much less than before, so it's manageable. Thanks for asking!

Hi, Diego! Thanks so much for playing, and for the compliments. I love making games that have a good (often hard) survival mechanic, and nice level design to make the player have to backtrack and give a bigger feel to the world (TRS is perfect as-is for those two things!).

I make my TRS Games uneditable mostly so that players have to beat them by keeping at them, replaying and finding just the right combination in order to get the ending! I feel most satisfied when players do that, because it gives them a greater sense of accomplishment.

I made this game purposely difficult so that players can't just breeze through it, forcing them to play multiple times until they win.

I still die playing BTG myself when I don't follow my own rules! As you know, I hate giving-out spoilers, so I'll just say: there are a very few ways to beat BTG, so if you do certain things in a specific order, you'll have an easier time beating it (eg. no need to use the potion right away; explore and see who and what unlocks the different doors! Also, it never hurts to not try to kill every single foe in order to beat the game! [I don't like skipping foes, so my completionist side tells me to kill them all, then go to the ending]).

I'm happy that you're having fun exploring the many different ways to reach a conclusion. :)

PS: It wouldn't be much of a TRIBUTE to you and Andre if I didn't make you have to spend some real time trying to beat it! ;)

Just released My Newest Game: Beyond The Gate! (Link way above in My Big List)

That's Now 53 TRS Games so far! :D

LATEST BUG: When Saving lately, I often get this (after it manifests for a while, it leaves for a bit, then comes back again!):

Something went wrong.The game hit an unexpected error. Reload the page to continue — your last saved project is kept.

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'initializeApp')

Please Fix this, thanks!

Thank you so much, Diego. I'm mending, and I'm very appreciative that people like yourself are wishing me so well. :)

I've only tried a few times during my healing, but from what I can tell, your new cut file sizes Fix seems to work seamlessly, Diego. Thank you!

You're very welcome, Diego! And thank you for your get-well-soon.

BAD NEWS hit just 4 days after surgery though, and I wound-up back in the Hospital for 3 more nights (night #1 into #2 were HORRIBLE, as the Hospital staff got overwhelmed with new patients that people were sleeping in the halls and waiting rooms and I got sidelined for so many hours! Such a different place then, especially given my declining health [bleeding, infection...], until longer into Day 2, when I finally got a bed and a shared room on Floor #5. Still SEVERELY Sleep-Deprived [got only 3 hours sleep from the surgery, and only 6 hours total on the last day in Hospital! I plan to visit the Walk-In Clinic to try to get put on a Stronger Sleeping Pill, as I get NO SLEEP at all since the past few weeks. I'll either go crazy or die from lack of it!]).

Only been home a few hours and struggling to manage the pain again, but at least no complications yet (fingers crossed).

I appreciate that you're keeping my Bug-thingies in mind during your travels, that means a lot (I too want to try releasing that game I'd said about, as I just have a very few things left that I want to tweak, so I'm trying to keep myself looking forward to your even more fixes and my game, along with a secret Collab project to be revealed later on, though my sudden health issue limited me to mostly graphics).

Thank you for being so active in the development, as it kept me wanting to get more involved when I first came across TRS. Caring Devs is such an important thing in the role of the engine, and I know it'll help attract new users to it.

Fair enough. Thanks for your explanation, as it makes it clearer to see the goal you had! (I wasn't knocking the game by any means, just hoped for an actual ending after all that hard work, but I still enjoyed the ride thanks to your puzzles!) And that's a GREAT way to intro-in new users to TRS!

I'm the first to comment? Well, I couldn't sleep, so I played your nice little game, Diego! It took me a while. The later puzzles really made me think, although the last room was kind of (you know). Overall, great game!

This has now been FIXED by Diguifi Studios! :D

Hi, Diego! I've not played your New TRS Game yet, but plan to. I'm currently recovering from gallbladder surgery that I had Tuesday night (it was NECROTIC, so it had to come out!), so I'm still in A LOT of PAIN. I'll spare the ugly details of what-all I've been through. So I don't know exactly when I'll get to uploading My TRS Game that I had planned.

Could you respond to my last 3 issues a while back when you get time? I've been keeping-up on all the TRS Updates (just checked a minute ago: TRS is at v38 now, nice!) and looking forward to toying with them once I'm much better (I can't stay in one position too long, so I'll need to wait some time before that).

I'll also offer my take on Languages: if you or Andre input more than just English (and Polish) into TRS, it's going to get BLOATED before long (and as my last Query #3 says, File Size has already Increased by quite a bit!), eventually turning "Tiny" RPG Studio into a bigger engine than you two intended, also causing lag and other issues (along with new Bugs). I'm happy with just using the Website Version of Google Translate if I need to translate anything important.

That's about it for my suggestions and posts for a while (I'll maybe update my two main spots here on the Board to include your TFW Game, then I'm back off to try to get some more rest, which only comes in waves, so I'm going to be awhile healing).

I'm still up, ugh! (My Stamina's a CURSE!) Fixed a couple things in My SOM (Salty Old Mage): his flame (since you said it looked like a referee with a yellow card, even though it's orange), and took-out the Elf Common Man's event/trigger, as it was actually a placeholder ("mistake") for another NPC to use.

So, while I'm here, I've 3 "Bugs" for you (note the quotes), to help make v36 even better!

1. The orange "!" doesn't seem to work for Custom Sprites (I checked just a couple of Mine in SOM: Ghost, Blue King), and it's NOT because I have them too high up or right on-screen, because those 2 aren't (unlike My Room 2-1 Mage or My Skeletal Dwarf Blacksmith).

2. The Sprite Outline (Visuals) messes-up existing Outlines (parts of it missing), especially for Custom Sprites (I've been meaning to tell you about this, since it's a new addition).

3. File Size: My SOM newest/updated build in v34 was 852 KB. My saved v36 build (which I just did, but never uploaded yet) is 963 KB. Why such a drastic difference? I only re-drew messed-up outlines that the Sprite Outline update did, and made the 2 changes I mentioned at the top.

Thanks in advance! :D

Ah, well that was easy enough for you then. I'm glad!

Coding can be a pain, that's for sure, but you just never know how hard it'll be until you jump into it.

I'm really happy that I could help you resolve the issue!

I'll keep Playing/Bug-Testing and posting Bugs as often as I can, since you guys are so quick to squash 'em!

Time for some much-needed sleep. Thanks again! :D

Hi, Diego! I've been up all night making a TRS Game, so I've noticed your changes (throughout the process, longer load times. I even Cleared My Browser Cache, thinking it would go right back into the game I'm working on, but NOT THIS TIME! Good thing I'd Exported not long ago), and been Bug-Testing it, so I realized your recent changes (the smoother movement + Top of Room HUD BUG fixed!) some time later, and so far so good, man! IDK what you did, but as much as I've played all night and into today, I think you've Fixed it (I noticed it still not too long ago, but in my most recent plays, it never appeared once!). Great job, whatever you did, Diego! :D

I'm thinking of releasing my new game in the next few days, so I'll call the launch Tribute #2 for all your hard work (you and Andre).

THANKS SO MUCH! You really make creating games in TRS even more fun with all the recent updates!

Yes, it's definitely a real issue. If you need help with it, I can still paste snippets from my Gemini search thread the other night, as I found it very insightful (and G never hallucinated once that I'd noticed), since I'm not used to the code you and Andre use for TRS.

Thanks so much for noticing it months ago and wanting to fix it now, Diego, I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd appreciate a fix!

You're very welcome for the post about it.

EDIT: IDK where my original G thread went that was on my Cellphone, so I re-searched here on my Chromebook, keeping G honest (I had to explain TRS limitations to it to keep it from hallucinating), so I'll paste just a bit of its info about the BUG below, just to help you avoid wasting time in some areas and such. So, here's some of the text (after a few posts to G to nail it down):

Gemini:

Thank you for keeping me honest and cutting through the noise—no warp tiles, no custom sizes, and zoom level isn't the culprit. [1]

Since this happens across both the internal Explore tool and standalone itch.io gameplay frames regardless of scaling, the issue stems from an unpatched HTML5 canvas rendering and scroll-snapping bug native to the Tiny RPG Studio engine wrapper itself. [1, 2]

When crossing a 4-way room border, the engine attempts to dynamically calculate the camera shift. Because it's running inside a nested web frame, the browser forces a momentary vertical layout reflow during the transition frame. It essentially triggers a tiny "scroll-to-view" stutter before snapping the game canvas back to the top of its layout container. [1, 2, 3, 4]

The Workarounds (Until an Engine Patch)

Because you cannot fix the engine's internal coordinate loop, you can bypass the browser reflow with these methods:

• Use an Alt-Engine Browser Alternative: If you are using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, test the game in Mozilla Firefox or Safari. Chromium-based browsers handle nested canvas parent offsets differently, and Firefox often completely ignores the fractional micro-scrolling that causes this specific screen drop. [1]
• Toggle the Itch.io Layout Mode: Instead of playing standard embed or full-screen windowed, look at your browser URL bar. If you are playing a published game page, append ?secret=true or use itch's "Pop Out" feature if available to separate the HTML canvas completely from the main itch website CSS wrapper, eliminating layout shifting. [1]
• Frame-Rate Alignment: If your monitor is set to a high refresh rate (like 144Hz or 240Hz), drop your display settings to 60Hz temporarily. The underlying JavaScript framework in TRS updates at a locked 60 FPS interval; running a higher display refresh rate causes the browser to drop rendering frames during transition animations, which causes the exact 1-to-2 second drop artifact you see. [1]

If changing browsers stabilizes it, let me know! Otherwise, are you experiencing this glitch on a high-refresh-rate monitor or a standard 60Hz screen?

I was able to make a short video of the BUG, Diego. It's here:

https://gamer735.itch.io/trs-room-bug

NOTE: I had to make it downloadable, since I've no idea how to upload my file to a website for you to view.

This is awesome! Thanks, Diego! :D

I can't show the BUG/Glitch (the Top of a Room moves down for a few seconds) on-screen, as it happens Temporarily every so often.

All I can provide is what I've given before (I play TRS Online, on a Chromebook, and it happens in all four directions).

I did a Gemini search the other night about it though, and I can give what it had to say (surprisingly good feedback, considering it's AI!) about this TRS BUG. I'd have to check that Thread on my Cellphone to re-read it though. Let me know if you'd like that information, as it'll Definitely be quite helpful in getting a solution, since it's very detailed!

EDIT: If I get time, I'll try to see what I need to install something to record my screen, then I'll be able to record as I play a TRS Game. I'll then upload it, because I GUARANTEE THE BUG WILL HAPPEN BEFORE LONG! (Owltears has also confirmed it in one of his posts to me not long ago.)

Yup, I know all the Updates you and Andre have done, Diego, thanks for them! :D

Thanks, man! And TRS would be nowhere without your great pixel art in the first place!

(FF: I see that the game places a strong emphasis on combat. The excellent character sprites look better than the originals.)

My Reply: Thank you, FF, but let's remember that Diego deserves all the credit for his amazing default Artwork.

I Updated My List and My TRS Games Collection to include My Newest TRS Game (more of a Tutorial) = Hunchback Sage:

https://gamer735.itch.io/hunchback-sage

Enjoy!

That's 51 TRS Games now!

To Diego: I added a TEMPORARY Link at the end of My Big List up there that links your TRJ #3 YouTube Video (I'll remove it if you like, once you've added it to your TRJ #3 Page).