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Could this be an April Fools gag? I wish I had screencapped it, but at one point I found myself in the middle of the screen, watching four swarm-like quadrants

by joshes 14y ago

Could this be an April Fools gag? I wish I had screencapped it, but at one point I found myself in the middle of the screen, watching four swarm-like quadrants of fellow ships (top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right) all moving in relative unison. Anytime a swarm started to get close to me, I would inch away for a few seconds before the swarm turned back. I was able to stay in this middle, peaceful area for an extremely long time before random stray fire eventually finished me off.

jbverschoor 14y ago
same here
- wildbunny 14y ago
  Fiddler shows a connection to node.seb.ly on keep alive - not sure if any data is getting sent/received though....
Kiro 14y ago
All the ships on the screen just stopped flying around and started shooting at me in sync. Ok, it happend again now... Something strange is definitely going on.
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hobin 14y ago
Yes. Another way to see this is that few (perhaps even none at all) other ships are constantly firing at maximum rate. If this were multiplayer, that'd be what most people would be doing.
- Kiro 14y ago
  Yeah, the ships are not moving "natural" at all. If this is just a joke I must say I'm disappointed.
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zedr 14y ago
Try unplugging the network cable.
- wildbunny 14y ago
  For those who can't be bothered - the game just keeps playing, with all the players following/attacking etc. I.e - it's fake. Such a shame!
- Kiro 14y ago
  I just did and it's either so next level you no longer need a network connection to play against 2000 other players or a hoax.
DoublePlusWill 14y ago
Here's a good screenshot I got after playing for 10 minutes. This tended to happen to me about every 1-2 minutes. Either those are some incredibly synchronized humans or it's just an April fool's joke. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/screenshot20120401at214.png/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/screenshot20120401a...
- i_cannot_hack 14y ago
  You are right, this is not multiplayer. How I know? I turned off my internet connection, and the game continued to work .
- abend 14y ago
  Same thing happened to me.
matthewgifford 14y ago
It's easy to get this to happen. Just stay motionless until you have the attention of 3 or 4 ships. Then book it in a straight line. Suddenly, it zooms out and the ships start behaving like schools of fish.
unimpressive 14y ago
A quick removal of your network cable proves it a hoax. I almost want to learn JS and Node to build a real one. Just to spite the OP.
- stcredzero 14y ago
  I do want to build a real one. However, I was going to build in command lag as part of the game. Weapons would be player "aimed," but they would be beam weapons that would activate if there were a weapons "lock" and if the ship were pointed in the right direction. There would also be missiles and area effect weapons. The point is to design a game based on dodging and positional tactics.
  - astrofinch 14y ago
    You should make ships distinguishable so informal alliances can form.
  - unimpressive 14y ago
    >The point is to design a game based on dodging and positional tactics. Sounds familiar... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar! PS: If you could do the awesome phosphor glow of the oscilloscope that the PDP used for a display; It'd make your game even more awesome.
    - stcredzero 14y ago
      Sounds familiar...(Spacewar) I'm old enough to have played the Arcade Cabinet version of this game as a kid. Not exactly what I'm talking about, but perhaps an inspiration. PS: If you could do the awesome phosphor glow of the oscilloscope that the PDP used for a display; It'd make your game even more awesome. I'll keep that in mind.
      - unimpressive 14y ago
        >I'm old enough to have played the Arcade Cabinet version of this game as a kid. Not exactly what I'm talking about, but perhaps an inspiration. I knew it wasn't exactly what you were talking about, but the general concept is similar. I like to think of it as an improved iteration. >I'll keep that in mind. If you're not sure what it looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bzWnaH-0sg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bzWnaH-0sg Though for the sake of modern players eyes, pretend that the flickering never happened. (; (More footage showing a full round: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvGzAvNLcew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvGzAvNLcew) EDIT: Considering what you've said in other comments. Maybe the best way to implement this would be a skin that players can buy as an upgrade?
raquo 14y ago
Pro tip: if you're getting such non-random behavior, just clear your seb.ly cookie and you can play normally again. I'm guessing the more you play, the higher chance of non-random behavior there is, so that players gradually realize it's a hoax.

by joshes 14y ago

jbverschoor 14y ago

same here

wildbunny 14y ago
Fiddler shows a connection to node.seb.ly on keep alive - not sure if any data is getting sent/received though....

Kiro 14y ago

All the ships on the screen just stopped flying around and started shooting at me in sync. Ok, it happend again now... Something strange is definitely going on.

deleted 14y ago
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hobin 14y ago

Yes. Another way to see this is that few (perhaps even none at all) other ships are constantly firing at maximum rate. If this were multiplayer, that'd be what most people would be doing.

Kiro 14y ago
Yeah, the ships are not moving "natural" at all. If this is just a joke I must say I'm disappointed.
deleted 14y ago
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zedr 14y ago

Try unplugging the network cable.

wildbunny 14y ago
For those who can't be bothered - the game just keeps playing, with all the players following/attacking etc. I.e - it's fake. Such a shame!
Kiro 14y ago
I just did and it's either so next level you no longer need a network connection to play against 2000 other players or a hoax.

DoublePlusWill 14y ago

Here's a good screenshot I got after playing for 10 minutes. This tended to happen to me about every 1-2 minutes. Either those are some incredibly synchronized humans or it's just an April fool's joke. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/screenshot20120401at214.png/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/screenshot20120401a...

i_cannot_hack 14y ago
You are right, this is not multiplayer. How I know? I turned off my internet connection, and the game continued to work .
abend 14y ago
Same thing happened to me.

matthewgifford 14y ago

It's easy to get this to happen. Just stay motionless until you have the attention of 3 or 4 ships. Then book it in a straight line. Suddenly, it zooms out and the ships start behaving like schools of fish.

unimpressive 14y ago

A quick removal of your network cable proves it a hoax. I almost want to learn JS and Node to build a real one. Just to spite the OP.

stcredzero 14y ago
I do want to build a real one. However, I was going to build in command lag as part of the game. Weapons would be player "aimed," but they would be beam weapons that would activate if there were a weapons "lock" and if the ship were pointed in the right direction. There would also be missiles and area effect weapons. The point is to design a game based on dodging and positional tactics.
- astrofinch 14y ago
  You should make ships distinguishable so informal alliances can form.
- unimpressive 14y ago
  >The point is to design a game based on dodging and positional tactics. Sounds familiar... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar! PS: If you could do the awesome phosphor glow of the oscilloscope that the PDP used for a display; It'd make your game even more awesome.
  - stcredzero 14y ago
    Sounds familiar...(Spacewar) I'm old enough to have played the Arcade Cabinet version of this game as a kid. Not exactly what I'm talking about, but perhaps an inspiration. PS: If you could do the awesome phosphor glow of the oscilloscope that the PDP used for a display; It'd make your game even more awesome. I'll keep that in mind.
    - unimpressive 14y ago
      >I'm old enough to have played the Arcade Cabinet version of this game as a kid. Not exactly what I'm talking about, but perhaps an inspiration. I knew it wasn't exactly what you were talking about, but the general concept is similar. I like to think of it as an improved iteration. >I'll keep that in mind. If you're not sure what it looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bzWnaH-0sg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bzWnaH-0sg Though for the sake of modern players eyes, pretend that the flickering never happened. (; (More footage showing a full round: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvGzAvNLcew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvGzAvNLcew) EDIT: Considering what you've said in other comments. Maybe the best way to implement this would be a skin that players can buy as an upgrade?

raquo 14y ago

Pro tip: if you're getting such non-random behavior, just clear your seb.ly cookie and you can play normally again. I'm guessing the more you play, the higher chance of non-random behavior there is, so that players gradually realize it's a hoax.