Planning to release the DRM-Free standalone versions as soon as the console ports are done and the final update to the game is finished. There have been some setbacks recently but hoping to wrap stuff up soon! Apologies for the delay!
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Good to hear that helped!
The repeated auto-minimizing is a new one. I haven't come across it before or had any bug reports regarding that, so it might be something unique to your system. Are you running the exe directly or using the itch client?
I did a bit of googling and this looks like a good checklist of possible causes if this is actually a general issue with your setup and multiple games. I'll also let you know if I hear of anyone else having this issue or come up with a solution.
In situations where the game is running too fast, disabling vsync often works but still may result in slight speed issues on some setups. This is my recommended fix for high refresh monitors (should also be useful for other games with this problem):
If you have an Nvidia card: Open the Nvidia control panel, go to Manage 3D settings and click the "program settings" tab.
Under "select program to customize" select "they bleed pixels pc.exe" , you may need to click the "Add" button to locate it but if you've run it recently it's probably in the list.
Once it's selected, find Max Frame Rate in the "Specify the settings for this program" list and set it to 60fps. Click apply and you should be good to go.
They Bleed Pixels should now play at the correct frame rate and speed regardless of your monitor settings with v-sync on, and it won't impact other games.
If you have an AMD card you should be able to do something similar using the application profiles and "Radeon Chill". Just make sure you apply the settings only to They Bleed Pixels and set the min and max values to 60.
Unfortunately I don't have access to a machine with an AMD card so haven't been able to confirm this works, but it should be the same.
Hope that helps!
So first apologies that it has not been released yet. It's IS still in the works and planned for release after the console ports are done. Current progress...
- One of the three announced ports (PS Vita) has been released.
- Stand alone leaderboard is now in a shippable state and localized, this was needed for PS Vita but will also be used for the DRM free builds.
- Code has been ported from GMS1.4 to GMS2 (required for Mac) but still needs more testing.
Once the Xbox One and PS4 builds have shipped I'll get to work on exporting and testing the DRM free builds. Given the difficulties I've had estimating these releases I can't say for sure when this will happen, though I'm hoping to have everything out this year.
Thanks! Trying to make the combat not just about button mashing was a big design goal for us.
We actually have a second game out now you might want to check out, Russian Subway Dogs. It has some They Bleed Pixels cameos in it and is also playable in Linux!
https://spookysquid.itch.io/russian-subway-dogs
Yeah, it's a known issue with some setups. Try turning of v-sync and if that doesn't work try switching your monitor refresh rate to 60 hz. If you're using a monitor with some form a smart sync tech you may need to turn that off. Shoot me an email at support at spookysquid dot com if that doesn't work!
Sorry to hear you're having trouble with this, definitely the first time I've heard of this particular error happening, I know how frustrating it can be to lose your progress in a game. Lets see if we can get it fixed for you!
Are you playing using the itch.io app or just running the game where you unzipped it?
What operating system are you running? What version of it?
If you are in windows and not running as administrator, try right clicking on the game and picking run as administrator. See if that fixes things. It's possible this is a permissions issue stopping the game from writing the save files.
If that doesn't work could you follow these steps and then email me the resulting file at support at spookysquid dot com?
1. Find the directory with the game files.
2. Open config.txt in notepad.
3. add the following line to the bottom and safe the file: DEBUG_FLAG = 1
4. Run the game.
5. send me the file "errorLog.txt"
Hopefully we can get this sorted out for you so you can continue your game!
They Bleed Pixels dev here! This is a mystery to us as well. I'm able to replicate the issue, but it doesn't seem to happen if you run They Bleed Pixels from explorer or run the Steam version. I just asked the programmer if he has an ideas of how this could be happening, but it appears to be on the itch side and not something on ours from what I can tell.
Thanks for the feedback! The game was released in 2012, so it's eight years old now and while there are definitely things I'd change if I were making it now. I'm actually mostly happy with how it controls (at least on a gamepad, not so much on keyboards). To me there is a certain rhythm you get from the two button controls that would be lost if they were split up.
I gave a short talk about my thoughts on the controls back in 2013 if your curious about them (sorry about the audio quality!).
This isn't to say you're wrong to dislike them, more that they were thoughtfully created to a specific, admittedly idiosyncratic taste, and that taste may not be for everyone.
Glad you're enjoying the game for the most part despite disliking the controls!
Sorry to hear you're having trouble!
Could you follow these steps and then email me the resulting file at support at spookysquid dot com?
1. Find the directory with the game files.
2. Open config.txt in notepad.
3. add the following line to the bottom and safe the file:
DEBUG_FLAG = 1
4. Run the game.
5. send me the file "errorLog.txt"
Also let me know what version of Windows you are running and what your graphics card is.
I'd also recommend updating your graphics card drivers just in case that's causing a problem. Another thing worth trying is installing the game using the Itch.io app if you haven't already.
Thanks!
https://spookysquid.itch.io/they-bleed-pixels
Added our game They Bleed Pixels to itch so we could include it in the bundle. Thanks so much for organizing this!