Beyond the Chiron Gate

Text-based space exploration game · By John Ayliff

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A topic by John Ayliff created May 08, 2022 Views: 370 Replies: 14

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John AyliffDeveloper1 year ago (1 edit) (+2)

If you find a bug, you can either post it on this thread, post it on the Discord, or email bugs@johnayliff.com. Please include a screenshot showing the full game window--most of the time that will give me everything I need to track down the bug. Also, before reporting a bug please check that you're running the latest version of the game, so you're not reporting a bug that's already fixed. (You can see the version number in the bottom right of the title screen.)

Spelling and grammar errors are bugs, although note that I'm writing in UK English so e.g. the "u" in "colour" isn't a mistake.

Secession Cycles1 year ago

Every time I restart and use a custom name for the ship, I always seem to have the same set of potential crew. Every time I restart and use a preset name, it does not seem to be the case.

John AyliffDeveloper1 year ago

I can't reproduce this. Can you tell me which version you're playing (windows, mac, browser, android, ios), and if the browser version, which browser you're running it in?

Secession Cycles1 year ago

Browser, v1.0.4. Also, if I start with a custom name for my ship, not only is my starting crew predetermined, but also the stars that I travel to and the results of my actions, as far as I know. It all started when I decided to press the "new game" button and restart while the screen is still loading as far as I know.

John AyliffDeveloper1 year ago

Which browser are you using? It sounds like something is funny is happening with the random number generator and it's outputting the same numbers every time. If you close the browser down and re-open it does it keep happening?

Secession Cycles1 year ago

Microsoft Edge. And yes, even if I close and re-open the browser it is still there.

John AyliffDeveloper1 year ago

It sounds like there's something weird to do with the way your browser is initialising the seeded random number generator, but I don't know what could be happening or what I could do about it. Playing it in a different browser or clearing your browser's cookies might fix the issue, although you'd also lose your saved game and any high scores. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Secession Cycles1 year ago(+1)

I understand.

Don't worry, I have updated my game to v1.0.5 and it seems to do the trick just fine.

Thanks for the help by the way. Really appreciated it.

John AyliffDeveloper1 year ago

No problem, glad it's working now!

Pseudavid342 days ago

Hi John! I'm enjoying the game on Android, I think it's pretty good! I'll try to post here if I see any typos, here's one.

John AyliffDeveloper337 days ago

Thanks, I'll get that fixed in the next update!

manifestpr322 days ago

Found this error today. By the way I love this game, can't stop playing.

John AyliffDeveloper322 days ago

Thanks, I'll take a look at that for the next update!

IrineuGamer0158 days ago

(I translate everything by google translator, I don't know English)

As much as I like this game, it has a big problem, every time you lose, you go back to zero, with nothing, this is very discouraging, you could add a mechanic that every time the player loses the game, you could spend the match data, for the next one, the player can go further, it doesn't need to be a very strong upgrade, doing this will give the player motivation to continue in the game.

John AyliffDeveloper158 days ago

That's intentional, that's how this kind of roguelike game normally works. Even though you're starting from the same place each time, you're getting better at the game, so you should eventually be able to beat it.