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Hey, sorry about that! The first error you posted is expected for the itch build and not indicative of any real error state.

The second error is definitely something internal to Godot that I as a solo dev don't have the resources to debug. The internet suggests that some Linux systems may have an issue with Godot's default Vulkan driver, so the first thing I would try is running the program with the following command line argument:

--rendering-method gl_compatibility

This may fix the crash issue. If it does not, I can issue you a refund.

Again, sorry for the inconvenience.

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For me personally seeing the flow is more important early and as the game gets faster I have to start caring more and more about what's immediately around me. I can aim for biggest gaps and not care about the particulars at the beginning but at a certain points it's a enough chaos I have to transition into pure survival.

definitely a good score!

i really like the colors too and it was simpler to get nice results than i thought it would be. basically they're based on an existing palette but then rotated around the color wheel + an smaller additional random hue rotation per color.

oh yeah osmos is a good comparison point in terms of feel/setting. good pull!

i am definitely pretty proud of the base idea here -- the looping space allows it to have no static obstacles but still confine the player in a room with a carefully tuned obstacle density. glad the elements come together so well for you :)

Hey just fyi there's an accessibility option to use custom checkpoints, and if you set it to "custom + progress" you can make your own checkpoints when returning power cells. If that's the only thing keeping you from playing more that might be worth trying.

thanks for letting me know! sorry about that -- i'm only changing the delta time but if challenges require certain input timings that fall between frames it won't be possible. to do implement it correctly i would need to have the same number of game ticks in less time, which might be hard or impossible in pico8 depending on how CPU limited this game is (i can't remember, but it might be too heavy in the water sections for instance).

very nice!! you are in an elite club of red-havers.

going up from there is not a required path -- you can keep going left past where you got the shoes if the switch is in the right state.

idk if you're being serious or not but  if you are that's just a general hint about how water works. you can't necessarily use it immediately from where you learn it.

If you open a command line and run the program with the following arguments, does it run correctly?

--rendering-method gl_compatibility

If so, maybe I can look into packaging a shell script or something in the folder to run with that option.

Additionally, do you see a godot.log file in ~/.local/share/godot/app_userdata/LuminousTreeGames/Derelict/logs? If the command line argument doesn't fix it, that may have some data in it that might help me debug your issue.

yeah it works really well on handhelds and the steam deck i think!

oh no i hardlocked myself messing around with (rot13 spoiler) ubyqvat beo juvyr fperra genafvgvbavat. v guvax v fperra jenccrq jvgu vg, gura fnirq ba gur fperra jenccrq fprar naq abj zl tnzr whfg ybnqf gb n oynpx fperra naq v unir gb erfrg zl cebterff v guvax. vf guvf na vagragvbany zrpunavp be n oht be fbzrjurer va-orgjrra?

this game is crazy cool. did you get sharing 1 tile with neighboring screens from pre-release stuff i said about derelict star or did we independently discover that?

if you check %APPDATA%\LuminousTreeGames\Derelict\logs did it leave a godot.log file? if you could copy the contents of that in to pastebin and link it here or join my discord (linked on this page) and DM it to me i could try to root cause the problem.

if your hardware is pretty old, it may be that you don't meet the minimum requirements for Godot 4 and in that case i won't be able to do much. but i won't know for sure until i see your log file.

thanks for the high praise! really glad you enjoyed it!

i replay this once every couple years. it's so precise and crisp! honestly a huge inspiration for my PICO-8 inspired platformers.

i don't know how to respond to that in a way that won't offend further. i intended no malice. thanks for playing the game.

tricky order of operations puzzle -- need to figure out how to do each section efficiently + what order to do them in

i either learned a lot about women or just lottie i'm not sure yet i'll let you know once i have tested this is the field

glad you enjoyed it! thanks for playing!

i love a charge jump!

hey thanks for the detailed bug reports -- i'm currently wrapping up another game so i haven't had time to figure out what's going on but these will be useful in the future!

nice :)

this post makes me extremely happy :) glad you stuck through it!!

for the ending -- iirc you can't remotely "thing" in that level but it's been long enough since i made the game that i don't remember how well i explored the state space to confirm that.

you did very well to get that far! there's a definitely a lot of "exploration" involved in the solutions -- i don't think many players can visualize all the steps upon first seeing a puzzle; takes some trial and error to formulate a plan.

i do know of multiple players who wrote down notes to solve the final level; could help if you're having trouble keeping track of the state space (but first you have to make sure you understand the mechanics fully).

gorgeous! :) one of the most beautiful puzzlescripts i've played. great use of color! what a vibe.

no worries! thanks for the clarification.

i have noticed some of the terminology feels inconsistent between games and some is kind of ambiguous (e.g. i've gotten confused whether  "below" means lower on the screen, or stacked underneath another card).

regardless i'm really enjoying the pack even though many of the variants feel  slightly out of reach for me in terms of difficulty. i keep poking away at it even when i'm getting trounced. i think the aesthetic coherence and excellent music are a big part of it!

and maybe not intentional, but these rule quibbles do play into the "mystery" theme somewhat. it's been enjoyable to read between the lines in some of the games and discover that, oh, i can use monster attack slots as free cells, etc. i think most board game manuals would call these implied rules out explicitly, but i do think there is a case to be made for not spelling out too much. it gives it a unique feel, and it's sort of up to you whether you want to intentionally lean into that or not.

Not sure I understand the rules for fork solitaire -- I am on the updated patch w/ the new rules explanation, but I often cannot create forks. I understand that I cannot create a fork ABOVE another fork, but there are many cases where I cannot create a fork below another fork too? Is there some branch limit or other unstated rule?

Here's a hastily put-together example of what I mean:

hey, glad you enjoyed it so thoroughly! it really takes quite a bit of work to beat all the levels; glad you came back to it.

sometimes it takes me two or three tries with a game before it digs its way into my brain, too. i kind of love that feeling -- where i go "i would like to like this" to finally "i get it and i love this". i like exercising that intentionality about media, or really just anything in my life. if i just went w/ my initial reaction the world would be so much bleaker. digging past the surface is often very rewarding.

i have adhd and the eclectic nature of my games is not lost on me -- i lean into it because i've realized channeling that part of myself gives people a little window into my experience and sharing that feels very valuable to me.

hey thanks :)

game launched w/o a tutorial but i saw it was needed pretty quickly and cranked it out in about a day, so i'm glad it comes off polished lol. i didn't really have space for it on the cart, so i took the gameplay cart, ripped out a bunch of code i didn't need, and then hacked in the tutorial. the game is actually 3 carts in all: menu/intro, game, and tutorial.

a bit over-scoped from my original vision, but hey, multi-carts in pico8 aren't too bad a player experience; just like a second of load between them.

appreciate it :) thanks for playing!!

it's can be tricky but it should be easier than some of the levels in the 40s. certainly easier than level 50.

what a sweet review -- thanks omega! that's very flattering.

not sure if you were able to figure out the end. i can give you a few hints. they'll get more explicit each bullet point down.
(BIG SPOILERS FOR END OF GAME)

• gurer'f n pbeare-pnfr zrpunavp va gur tnzr gung unfa'g orra "hfrq" hagvy guvf cbvag (nygubhtu v'q or fbeg bs fhecevfrq vs lbh unira'g frra vg). lbh arrq vg va guvf yriry.
• gur zrpunavp vaibyirf gjb gryrcbegref.
• gur tubfg jnagf gb rfpncr guvf jbeyq.

if you're still stuck, here is the explicit instruction on the goal of the level (but not the steps to solve it):
(BIG SPOILERS, SOLUTION FOR END OF GAME)

• lbh zhfg chfu gjb pbaarpgrq gryrcbegref gbtrgure arne gur tenir. guvf jvyy pnhfr gurz gb rkcybqr naq qrfgebl gur tenir.

there's a sneaky trick to this one, haha. you're close!

let's say your third bullet is wrong and see if that's enough of a hint. if not, lmk

I love this! Really elegant and simple mechanics, but I'm still finding nuances and ways to get better!

cute!

Thanks for playing!

cute! fun!

no, thank you!!

very slick! cool game :)