Chris McCormick @chris@mccormick.cx

@RoguleTips @dupdob @robertpi You can tell if people have the old code as the collectibles are split over multiple lines whereas the new code puts them all on one line.

@RoguleTips @dupdob @robertpi It's not just you, I see a couple of other people also getting the old RNG code.

This can probably be fixed with a hard refresh. Usually it's Ctrl+Shift+R or Cmd+Shift+R. On mobile I guess just hit reload a bunch of times? 😅

I'm adding an issue now to remind myself to fix this so it doesn't happen again. Thanks for posting about it so I realized!

@RoguleTips I realised some people were getting a cached version of the code which led to the RNG bifurcation. I still don't understand why the two builds had different RNG outputs though. This seems to be largely resolved now as people's browsers load the new code. Thanks for flagging it and do let me know if you see any other bugs!

Thank you to Andry Bethpalko for helping with some new features. 🙏

The game was always built with web tech but I only released it on Android and Windows at first. Now I’m trying out a web release with a new experiment in taking payment for the game. Basically I am making the first two levels totally free to play on the web and once you reach level three you can make a one-time payment to unlock the rest of the game. I’m excited to see whether this works out as a viable option for my web games.

Updates based on player feedback:

💾 Game progress auto-saved.
🛠️ Fixed unwinnable level gen.
🍫 Added hunger indicator.
💯 Added high scores (tombstones).
🔊 Volume control for music & SFX.
📱 Mobile: fixed pixel UI issues.
📱 Mobile: fixed layout on tiny screens.
📱 Mobile: improved touch controls & UI scaling.
🔙 Support cross platform back button behaviour.
🔃 Ability to exit to the menu and resume.
❎ Dismiss messages by tapping.
⚒️ Many many bug fixes.

✨ 🧑‍🚀 Hello! I'm super excited to announce the launch of my sci-fi roguelike game Asterogue for the web!

🎮 You can play it in your browser right now at https://asterogue.com

🤓 You can read the technical details about this new web release here: https://chr15m.itch.io/asterogue/devlog/824962/asterogue-web-release-

Enjoy!

@RoguleTips Oh no. 🤦‍♂️ Will investigate, thanks!

@Inextinguishable_Ravings @Neblib @Slyence @kemotep Wait, somehow it seems the level was re-rolled after my update even though I didn't change that code. My apologies!

@RoguleTips Oh whoops, I had no idea that would change the seed midway through the day. Sorry about that!

@Inextinguishable_Ravings @Neblib @Slyence @kemotep Just so you know, there was no change to Rogule's algorithms or RNG. The update was purely cosmetic. 😀 Feedback is always welcome!

Worklog: continued working on the Asterogue web release. Final build is shipped! Announcing soon.

@simon I'm maintaining a list of issues I've run into with Claude artifacts:

- Needs code editing. Frustrating to edit code via prompting.
- Doesn't know which cdnjs libraries/versions it has access to.
- Only has access to cdnjs.
- Have to manually copy-paste errors back in.
- Little context for errors.
- Can't upload .sqlite databases and use them in artifacts.

Do you have any others? I've been thinking about the feature set for an open alternative to artifacts.

Worklog: on the road. Hacked on Asterogue.

Worklog: continued hacking on the new Asterogue release.