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This is just incredibly cool. Have you written up how you implemented it anywhere?

also the PETSCII BJ Blascowicz is amazing.

Not sure if a bug -- I ended up convincing (spoiler) to use the upload command on his (spoiler) but at that point it just sat at "is typing..." until time ran out.

But that aside, this is a really cool experience. Felt like I was really arguing with this character and trying to convince him. Have you considered writing a post about how it works behind the scenes?

For the past six weeks or so I've been working on a little Pac-Man tribute game. It's finally done and, ya know, I'm rather pleased by how it came out! It's got 21 mazes from all manner of Pac-Man games, game logic closely designed to follow the arcade's, four game modes, a bunch of difficulty settings, and a kill screen. I think you'll like it.

https://mayflystudio.itch.io/cruise-elroy

You added it, thank you!

Lovely game, and I really like how you came up with something that uses the fractal tech perfectly!

Is there any chance that you could add a "Continue" option to the main menu, though? I completed two-thirds of the stages and needed to stop, and when I came back as far as I can tell I have to start over from the beginning.

You may be missing OpenAL, which was another problem with the old version -- try installing it manually. Download the Windows installer from here:

https://www.openal.org/downloads/

It's likely that this version of the game will only work with Windows 10. But if you only have Windows 7, you can still play the older version available here:

https://project-apollo.net/mayflystudio/neongalaxy.html

It's very similar to the current version -- the only real changes are some bugfixes and balance tweaks.

Troubleshooting notes:

1. If your gamepad isn’t working properly while running in windowed mode, make sure the game window has focus.

2. If you are one of the people who helped me test this game years and years ago and you’re still using the same computer, you may see your gamepad misbehaving due to loading the old config file. You should delete the old config save file located in Users\[YOU]\AppData\Roaming\Mayfly Studio\Neon Galaxy\Save.bin, and then the correct defaults will be set.

If you're one of the three people on Earth who played the old version of this game, here's the change notes.

Stability

• Fixed Windows 10 framerate issues.
• Fixed spurious OpenAL-related startup failures.
• Fixed OpenAL assert when adjusting sound volume after playing the game.

Graphics

• Fullscreen mode now uses a maximized borderless window instead of changing screen resolutions (but requires restarting the game.)
• The game window will no longer be cut off when running in fullscreen mode on monitors with unexpected aspect ratios.
• Bloom effects are less overwhelming in fullscreen mode.
• Fixed graphical artifacts on triangle seams when antialiasing is on.

Gameplay

• Added warning message when the player takes too long to complete a level and Hunter-Killers start to spawn.
• In addition to stunning enemies, smart bombs now grant 5 seconds of invincibility.
• Ordinary powerup storage containers now have a very, very small chance of dropping rare items, and there is a slightly higher chance of encountering rare powerup containers in World 1.
• Slight improvement to loot on the secret level.

Misc

• Fixed bad joypad defaults for Xbox 360 controllers.
• Tweaked default volume settings.