ruins, level

new level: ruins, let me know about combat and platforming difficulty balance

vanish elements now shrink horizontally
  now colored dark blue to not look like mobs

js/level.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const level = {
     defaultZoom: 1400,
     onLevel: -1,
     levelsCleared: 0,
-    playableLevels: ["labs", "rooftops", "skyscrapers", "warehouse", "highrise", "office", "aerie", "satellite", "sewers", "testChamber"], //intro, gauntlet, final  are added in at the start and end of level order
+    playableLevels: ["labs", "rooftops", "skyscrapers", "warehouse", "highrise", "office", "aerie", "satellite", "sewers", "testChamber", "ruins"], //intro, gauntlet, final  are added in at the start and end of level order
     communityLevels: ["stronghold", "basement", "crossfire", "vats", "run", "n-gon", "house", "perplex", "coliseum", "tunnel"],
     trainingLevels: [
         "walk", "crouch", "jump", "hold", "throw", "throwAt", "deflect",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const level = {
             // simulation.enableConstructMode() //used to build maps in testing mode
             // m.immuneCycle = Infinity //you can't take damage
             // localSettings.levelsClearedLastGame = 10
-            // level.difficultyIncrease(30) //30 is near max on hard  //60 is near max on why
+            // level.difficultyIncrease(1) //30 is near max on hard  //60 is near max on why
             // simulation.isHorizontalFlipped = true
             // m.setField("plasma torch")
             // b.giveGuns("harpoon") 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const level = {
             // for (let i = 0; i < 1; i++) tech.giveTech("reticulum")
             // for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) tech.giveTech("laser-bot")
             // tech.tech[297].frequency = 100
-            // level.harpoon();
+            // level.ruins();
 
             if (simulation.isTraining) { level.walk(); } else { level.intro(); }
             // level.testing(); //not in rotation, used for testing
@@ -753,10 +753,12 @@ const level = {
             }
         }
     },
-    vanish(x, y, width, height, hide = { x: 0, y: 100 }) {
+    vanish(x, y, width, height, hide = { x: 0, y: 150 }) {
         x = x + width / 2
         y = y + height / 2
-        const block = body[body.length] = Bodies.rectangle(x, y, width, height, {
+        const vertices = [{ x: x, y: y, index: 0, isInternal: false }, { x: x + width, y: y, index: 1, isInternal: false }, { x: x + width, y: y + height, index: 4, isInternal: false }, { x: x, y: y + height, index: 3, isInternal: false }]
+        const block = body[body.length] = Bodies.fromVertices(x, y, vertices, {
+            // const block = body[body.length] = Bodies.rectangle(x, y, width, height, {
             collisionFilter: {
                 category: cat.map,
                 mask: cat.player | cat.body | cat.bullet | cat.powerUp | cat.mob | cat.mobBullet
@@ -766,21 +768,29 @@ const level = {
             isNotHoldable: true,
             isNonStick: true, //this keep sporangium from sticking
             isTouched: false,
-            fadeTime: 30,
+            fadeTime: 60,
-            fadeCount: 30,
+            fadeCount: 60,
             isThere: true,
-            returnTime: 180,
+            returnTime: 120,
             returnCount: 0,
             query() {
                 if (this.isThere) {
                     if (this.isTouched) {
-                        if (!m.isBodiesAsleep) this.fadeCount--
+                        if (!m.isBodiesAsleep) {
+                            this.fadeCount--
+                            const size = Math.max(this.fadeCount / this.fadeTime, 0.03)
+                            const vertices = [{ x: x * size, y: y, index: 0, isInternal: false }, { x: (x + width) * size, y: y, index: 1, isInternal: false }, { x: (x + width) * size, y: y + height, index: 4, isInternal: false }, { x: x * size, y: y + height, index: 3, isInternal: false }]
+                            Matter.Body.setVertices(this, vertices) //take on harpoon shape
+                        }
                         if (this.fadeCount < 1) {
                             Matter.Body.setPosition(this, hide)
                             this.isThere = false
                             this.isTouched = false
                             this.collisionFilter.mask = 0 //cat.player | cat.body | cat.bullet | cat.powerUp | cat.mob | cat.mobBullet
                             this.returnCount = this.returnTime
+                            const size = 1
+                            const vertices = [{ x: x * size, y: y, index: 0, isInternal: false }, { x: (x + width) * size, y: y, index: 1, isInternal: false }, { x: (x + width) * size, y: y + height, index: 4, isInternal: false }, { x: x * size, y: y + height, index: 3, isInternal: false }]
+                            Matter.Body.setVertices(this, vertices) //take on harpoon shape
                         }
                     } else if (Matter.Query.collides(this, [player]).length) { // || (Matter.Query.collides(this, body).length)) {
                         this.isTouched = true
@@ -808,15 +818,17 @@ const level = {
                 for (let i = 1; i < v.length; ++i) ctx.lineTo(v[i].x, v[i].y);
                 ctx.lineTo(v[0].x, v[0].y);
                 const color = 220 * (1 - this.fadeCount / this.fadeTime)
-                ctx.fillStyle = `rgb(${color},220, 200)`
+                // ctx.fillStyle = `rgb(${color},220, 200)`
                 // ctx.fillStyle = `rgba(0,220,200,${this.fadeCount/this.fadeTime+0.05})` 
+                ctx.fillStyle = "#586370"
                 ctx.fill();
                 // ctx.strokeStyle = `#bff`
                 // ctx.stroke();
             },
         });
         Matter.Body.setStatic(block, true); //make static
-        Composite.add(engine.world, block); //add to world
+        // Composite.add(engine.world, block); //add to world
+        if (simulation.isHorizontalFlipped) x *= -1
         return block
     },
     door(x, y, width, height, distance, speed = 1) {
@@ -2494,7 +2506,7 @@ const level = {
         spawn.mapRect(level.enter.x, level.enter.y + 20, 100, 20);
         level.defaultZoom = 1800
         simulation.zoomTransition(level.defaultZoom)
-        document.body.style.backgroundColor = "#dcdcde";
+        document.body.style.backgroundColor = "#d8dadf";
         // powerUps.spawnStartingPowerUps(1475, -1175);
         // spawn.debris(750, -2200, 3700, 16); //16 debris per level
 
@@ -2895,6 +2907,155 @@ const level = {
         spawn.bodyRect(2400, -100, 100, 60);
         spawn.bodyRect(2500, -150, 100, 150); //exit step
     },
+    ruins() {
+        const vanish = []
+        level.exit.x = -390;
+        level.exit.y = -1835;
+        spawn.mapRect(level.exit.x, level.exit.y + 25, 100, 25);
+        level.setPosToSpawn(-25, -50); //normal spawn
+        spawn.mapRect(level.enter.x, level.enter.y + 20, 100, 20);
+        level.defaultZoom = 1800
+        simulation.zoomTransition(level.defaultZoom)
+        document.body.style.backgroundColor = "#dcdcde";
+        spawn.debris(-150, -775, 1425, 3); //16 debris per level
+        spawn.debris(1525, -25, 950, 3); //16 debris per level
+        spawn.debris(-650, -2100, 575, 2); //16 debris per level
+
+        //bottom floor
+        powerUps.spawnStartingPowerUps(1175, -50);
+        spawn.mapRect(2475, -1800, 275, 2300);
+        spawn.mapRect(-200, -750, 1500, 450);
+        spawn.mapRect(150, -425, 1150, 325);
+        vanish.push(level.vanish(1300, -225, 200, 225))
+        vanish.push(level.vanish(1300, -450, 200, 223))
+        spawn.mapRect(-700, 0, 3400, 500);
+        vanish.push(level.vanish(-300, -500, 100, 25))
+        vanish.push(level.vanish(-450, -200, 100, 25))
+        spawn.bodyRect(-450, -175, 100, 175, 0.7);
+        spawn.bodyRect(-250, -550, 50, 50, 0.7);
+
+        //middle floor
+        spawn.bodyRect(215, -1175, 100, 100, 0.3);
+        spawn.mapRect(-700, -2075, 250, 2575);
+        if (Math.random() < 0.5) {
+            spawn.mapRect(550, -1350, 425, 425);
+            spawn.mapRect(25, -1075, 300, 222);
+        } else {
+            spawn.mapRect(25, -1075, 300, 150);
+            spawn.mapRect(550, -1350, 425, 497);
+        }
+        spawn.bodyRect(225, -850, 50, 100, 0.4);
+        spawn.mapRect(600, -1800, 325, 225);
+        spawn.mapRect(1900, -1500, 325, 25);
+        vanish.push(level.vanish(1100, -1800, 225, 25))
+        vanish.push(level.vanish(1500, -1800, 225, 25))
+        if (simulation.difficulty > 20) vanish.push(level.vanish(975, -2275, 150, 25))
+        if (Math.random() < 0.5) {
+            vanish.push(level.vanish(750, -1575, 25, 225))
+        } else {
+            vanish.push(level.vanish(848, -1575, 75, 225))
+        }
+        spawn.bodyRect(1000, -1825, 250, 20, 0.2);
+        if (Math.random() < 0.5) {
+            vanish.push(level.vanish(1400, -1000, 200, 25))
+            vanish.push(level.vanish(1625, -1250, 200, 25))
+        } else {
+            vanish.push(level.vanish(1400, -1075, 175, 175))
+            vanish.push(level.vanish(1575, -1250, 175, 175))
+        }
+        if (Math.random() < 0.5) {
+            vanish.push(level.vanish(750, -2075, 200, 25))
+            vanish.push(level.vanish(450, -2425, 200, 25))
+        } else {
+            vanish.push(level.vanish(400, -2150, 150, 25))
+        }
+        spawn.bodyRect(2100, -1625, 75, 125, 0.3);
+        vanish.push(level.vanish(100, -2250, 225, 25))
+        if (simulation.difficulty > 20) {
+            vanish.push(level.vanish(-225, -1800, 200, 25))
+            spawn.mapRect(-475, -1800, 250, 25);
+        } else {
+            spawn.mapRect(-475, -1800, 450, 25);
+        }
+
+        spawn.bodyRect(-150, -1825, 200, 20, 0.2);
+        spawn.bodyRect(175, -2325, 75, 75, 0.3);
+        spawn.mapRect(-475, -2075, 250, 25);
+        spawn.mapRect(-250, -2075, 25, 75);
+
+        // level.difficultyIncrease(30) //30 is near max on hard  //60 is near max on why
+        // m.immuneCycle = Infinity //you can't take damage
+        spawn.randomMob(725, -850, -0.3);
+        spawn.randomMob(275, -1125, 0.2);
+        spawn.randomMob(700, -1875, 0);
+        spawn.randomMob(-150, -1975, 0.5);
+        spawn.randomMob(2025, -1600, 0.3);
+        spawn.randomMob(1650, -100, 0.2);
+        spawn.randomMob(1425, -525, 0.1);
+        spawn.randomMob(1625, -1875, 0.3);
+        spawn.randomMob(1125, -850, 0.3)
+        spawn.randomLevelBoss(2050, -2025)
+        spawn.randomGroup(1750, -650, 0.4)
+        if (simulation.difficulty > 15) {
+            spawn.randomMob(2600, -1850, 0.2);
+            spawn.randomMob(850, -1400, 0.2);
+            spawn.randomMob(2000, -800, -0.1);
+            spawn.randomMob(175, -1125, -0.2);
+            spawn.randomGroup(1225, -1475, 0.3);
+            spawn.randomGroup(-375, -2400, 0.3);
+        }
+        spawn.secondaryBossChance(100, -1500)
+        powerUps.addResearchToLevel() //needs to run after mobs are spawned
+        if (simulation.isHorizontalFlipped) { //flip the map horizontally
+            level.flipHorizontal(); //only flips map,body,mob,powerUp,cons,consBB, exit
+            level.custom = () => {
+                level.playerExitCheck();
+                ctx.fillStyle = "#d0d3d9"
+                ctx.fillRect(-2500, -1800, 2975, 1825);
+                ctx.fillStyle = "#c0c3c9"
+                ctx.fillRect(-2075, -1475, 25, 1500);
+                ctx.fillStyle = "#cff" //exit
+                ctx.fillRect(225, -2050, 225, 250)
+                level.exit.draw();
+                level.enter.draw();
+            };
+            level.customTopLayer = () => {
+                //shadow
+                ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(0,10,30,0.1)"
+                ctx.fillRect(-1300, -125, 1150, 150)
+                ctx.fillRect(-1300, -325, 1500, 350)
+                ctx.fillRect(-325, -950, 300, 225)
+                ctx.fillRect(-975, -950, 425, 225);
+                ctx.fillRect(-925, -1600, 325, 275);
+                for (let i = 0, len = vanish.length; i < len; i++) vanish[i].query()
+            };
+
+        } else {
+            level.custom = () => {
+                level.playerExitCheck();
+                ctx.fillStyle = "#d0d3d9"
+                ctx.fillRect(-475, -1800, 2975, 1825);
+                ctx.fillStyle = "#c0c3c9"
+                ctx.fillRect(2050, -1475, 25, 1500);
+                ctx.fillStyle = "#cff" //exit
+                ctx.fillRect(-450, -2050, 225, 250)
+
+                level.exit.draw();
+                level.enter.draw();
+            };
+            level.customTopLayer = () => {
+                //shadow
+                // ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(0,10,30,0.2)"
+                ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(0,10,30,0.1)"
+                ctx.fillRect(150, -125, 1150, 150)
+                ctx.fillRect(550, -950, 425, 225);
+                ctx.fillRect(600, -1600, 325, 275);
+                ctx.fillRect(-200, -325, 1500, 350)
+                ctx.fillRect(25, -950, 300, 225)
+                for (let i = 0, len = vanish.length; i < len; i++) vanish[i].query()
+            };
+        }
+    },
     testChamber() {
         level.setPosToSpawn(0, -50); //lower start
         level.exit.y = level.enter.y - 550;
@@ -8105,7 +8266,7 @@ const level = {
         };
 
         if (!initialSpawn) {
-            level.defaultZoom = 1000 //was 800 I changed this
+            level.defaultZoom = 1300 //was 800 I changed this
             simulation.zoomTransition(level.defaultZoom)
             document.body.style.backgroundColor = "#dcdcde";
             //Level
@@ -9598,7 +9759,6 @@ const level = {
         b.removeAllGuns();
         b.giveGuns("harpoon")
 
-
         let instruction = 0
         level.trainingText(`climb up to the exit`)
         level.custom = () => {

js/simulation.js

@@ -1243,9 +1243,9 @@ const simulation = {
 
                 if (e.which === 2) {
                     if (level.isProcedural) {
-                        simulation.outputMapString(`spawn.randomMob(x+${x}, y+${y},0.5);`);
+                        simulation.outputMapString(`spawn.randomMob(x+${x}, y+${y}, 0);`);
                     } else {
-                        simulation.outputMapString(`spawn.randomMob(${x}, ${y},0.5);`);
+                        simulation.outputMapString(`spawn.randomMob(${x}, ${y}, 0);`);
                     }
 
                 } else if (simulation.mouseInGame.x > simulation.constructMouseDownPosition.x && simulation.mouseInGame.y > simulation.constructMouseDownPosition.y) { //make sure that the width and height are positive

js/spawn.js

@@ -5161,7 +5161,7 @@ const spawn = {
         spawn = "striker",
         nodes = Math.min(2 + Math.ceil(Math.random() * (simulation.difficulty + 2)), 8),
         //Math.ceil(Math.random() * 3) + Math.min(4,Math.ceil(simulation.difficulty/2)),
-        radius = Math.ceil(Math.random() * 10) + 17, // radius of each node mob
+        radius = Math.ceil(Math.random() * 10) + 18, // radius of each node mob
         sideLength = Math.ceil(Math.random() * 100) + 70, // distance between each node mob
         stiffness = Math.random() * 0.03 + 0.005
     ) {

todo.txt

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 ******************************************************** NEXT PATCH **************************************************
 
-new training levels "stack", "mine", "grenades", "harpoon"
+new level: ruins, let me know about combat and platforming difficulty balance
 
-new map element vanish goes away after you touch it, returns in 3 seconds
+vanish elements now shrink horizontally
-bug fixes
+  now colored dark blue to not look like mobs
 
 ******************************************************** TODO ********************************************************
 
-shrink crumble width as it fades out
+vanish element
-  player moves through a grid of stacked crumble blocks
+  grow as it returns?
+
+pull bullets back to player with crouch/field
+  bullets type?:  drones, spores, missiles, 
+  works for all bullets, write custom code based on bullet type
+    bad for: laser, harpoon?, missile and grenade?
 
 boss that gives nearby mobs invulnerability
   boss is only mildly aggressive
@@ -32,8 +37,6 @@ training
     spores - use 1 ammo to take out several mobs at once,  you have to block with your shield until the mobs die
     drones - use mouse to bring drones around a couple corners
     foam - slow boss mob, and run away
-    harpoon - kill one close mob, pick up ammo that is out of reach, first at several far away mobs with crouch
-      or just some hard melee combat
     laser - reflect off walls to hit mobs
   field rooms:
     standing wave - bullets come from every direction
@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ training
     worm hole - teleport past lasers
   puzzle/platforming rooms:
     use the double constrained platforms
+    stealth room
+      probably should make 2+
   combat rooms:
     boss gauntlet, spawn with nothing but a few power ups and fight 10 bosses
     use no gun, just bots to kil stuff
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ balance time dilation with bose einstein  (you can freeze everything and take no
 overflowing energy does harm?
   or just reduces harm reduction?
 
-make a line of constained mobs move like a snake 
+make a line of constrained mobs move like a snake 
   apply forces with directions determined by time and position on the snake
 
 tech: basic research - heal power ups spawn as research power ups instead, and using research heals you (needs to be pretty low, like 3% health)
@@ -96,22 +101,11 @@ intro map: diegeticly draw a mouse with field highlighted
   also indicate space?
   dynamically adjust drawing after picking up a gun 
 
-
 increase mass and movement speed at the same time
   increase jump differently because it scales extra with mass
     m.defaultMass = 4.5
     m.definePlayerMass()
 
-tech selection menu choices randomize every 1 second
-  cycles for 10 cycles before it stops cycling
-
-new late game level that is easier if you can: platform well, jump high, immune to slime, wormhole through walls, fly fast
-  climb vertically to avoid rising slime
-  populate with multiple boss mobs that can't drop tech
-    bosses spawn in pairs
-
-antimatter (assuming something else isn't already named this); requires negative mass, causes damage to self and enemies within range while active
-
 give history boss legs?
 
 field tech - disable blocking, but does high damage to mobs inside field
@@ -366,8 +360,6 @@ player can become crouched while not touching the ground if they exit the ground
 
 a couple times people have reported the final boss dropping extra bodies on death
 
-Why does micro-extruder lag so much
-
 blue triangle boss can move backwards and aim away from you if set up properly
   issues with dot product probably, but might not be worth fixing
 
@@ -384,10 +376,15 @@ is there a way to check if the player is stuck inside the map or block
 
 ******************************************************** LEVELS ********************************************************
 
-level element that goes away after touching player (also bullets?)
+new late game level that is easier if you can: platform well, jump high, immune to slime, wormhole through walls, fly fast
-  returns after a set time,  or doesn't
+  climb vertically to avoid rising slime
-  applications:
+  populate with multiple boss mobs that can't drop tech
-    doors, quick jumping platforming, secrets, 
+    bosses spawn in pairs
+
+map: observatory
+  button controls rotation of telescope
+  laser beam shoots out of telescope
+  button opens the dome
 
 level with mobs that follow a genetic algorithm
   mobs have genes
@@ -427,39 +424,6 @@ level with mobs that follow a genetic algorithm
 
 rename intro level to something lore related
 
-labs - procedural generation
-  bugs
-    mob spawns shouldn't be based on probability?
-  style
-    graphics look too bright?
-    add shadows and lighting and graphic details?
-      what about performance?
-        with the mobs staggered spawning it should be fine
-  feel
-      disrupt the flat ground
-      less platforming / easier platforming
-        the spinners on exit are still too hard...
-      make combat more interesting
-      is it laggy?
-      in loot room, spawn mobs after power up is grabbed
-      more background graphics, better colors
-  loot room:
-    make it more interesting to get the power up
-      slow player and reduce damage in region
-      increase the size of the region
-        don't have space for much
-      make graphics more unique
-      push player away, so that normal pick up methods don't work, but add a button to disable region
-  room ideas - 
-    portal room 
-    endlessly falling blocks down a slide, that the player has to climb up
-    portal + rotor + falling blocks = perpetual motion
-    slime room
-    sound room, with buttons to control sound
-    color room with r,g,b buttons to control color
-    mob buff zone: Map element: "Orbital Pickup Zone": Mobs that enter a specific area of the map gain +1 orbital per second, or a shield
-      could put in the loot room
-
 buttons can now on/off boosts
 
 repeat map in vertical when you fall teleport to above the mab, as if the map repeats
@@ -470,11 +434,6 @@ map element - player rotates a rotor that makes a platform go up or down
 level element:  a zone with wind, anti-gravity, extra gravity
   control with button
 
-map: observatory
-  button controls rotation of telescope
-  laser beam shoots out of telescope
-  button opens the dome
-
 ******************************************************** MOBS ********************************************************
 
 mob that charges up and then fires many bullets at once in a connect