Version 3.0 - Save and Load


CHANGELOG:

  • Implemented save/load (Quit to main menu to auto-save)
  • Per-platform HUD control scheme
  • Change HUD control scheme in Controls menu
  • 2 new construction blocks to place: Plank, Whitewash (DearFox)
  • Mouse wheel scroll to change between block types
  • 2 silly music tracks of mine (Foxysen) for main menu

BLOG:

I've got to run this toy game on many platforms, including Android. My idea is to spend some time with it on job breaks. Sadly, it's still lacking a lot to hold my interest. So the next, now obvious, step is to include save/load, because it turns out that construction genres just don't work if you don't keep your build.

The saving is triggered when you quit to main menu and when you try to exit the game in most cases. The latter works great on desktop platforms, you can even end the task and it will keep it. I think I've got it to run properly on Android. Instead of listening to app quitting, I listened to it getting paused, if you are going to swipe it away. But as for HTML5 I have nothing. I have launched a forum topic about this, if you want more details and have suggestions: https://forum.godotengine.org/t/best-ways-to-save-on-quit/40825

It's not pleasent to have your screen cluttered with various touch screen widgets when playing on desktop, so I have implemented a simple platform check that changes HUD slightly. Desktop keeps the screen clean. Phones makes sure that you don't accidentally place a block by clicking on blank screen. Godot however is unable to tell your OS for HTML5, it's just "web", so it uses "both" option by default. I recommend you to go to Controls menu and change it properly.

I am learning LMMS so I will be sneaking little audio tracks of mine here and there.

Now let's try it for a bit and think about the next step based on personal feel. I am not a big sandbox man and this toy game is more of a mood whim.

Files

foxy-blocks-2023-windows-64.zip 31 MB
Version 3.0 Jan 03, 2024
foxy-blocks-2023-linux-x86-64.zip 28 MB
Version 3.0 Jan 03, 2024
foxy-blocks-2023-mac.zip 53 MB
Version 3.0 Jan 03, 2024
FoxyBlocks2023.apk 25 MB
Version 3.0 Jan 03, 2024
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