My kids have a couple of old G4 PowerPC 'quicksilver' PowerMac towers that they use to play on the web, run games, etc. Since they are quite young, and these computers do what they want, I haven't bothered upgrading them to newer (x86) computers.
Anyway, I thought I'd try with Löve 0.7.2. Sadly the sound files caused LibModPlug to stop on PowerPC.
After some investigation (things like paths, etc.) the actual changes I made were:
I actually think that longer term I'd be better limiting the max. time delta to, say, 1/5th of a second (0.2s).
Anyway, you can find it here (with the other versions).
Ludum Dare 33: Links: Ludum Dare: Download. Download Now Name your own price. Pro Gardener - Monster Edition (Mac OS X Download).zip 12 MB. This game is a submission for Ludum Dare 48. You can use torch to scare away monsters, but it has limited lifespan. Intotheforestmacos.app.zip 33 MB.
It always gives me the problem when I create something they want to play... I've kept the version of Xcode around that generates PowerPC for C and C++ ... but the Löve framework v0.8.0 is Intel only. I'm sure this makes sense to the Löve people; supporting platforms is quite a bit of work. Many other things are going the same way.Anyway, I thought I'd try with Löve 0.7.2. Sadly the sound files caused LibModPlug to stop on PowerPC.
After some investigation (things like paths, etc.) the actual changes I made were:
- Change the .wav sound effect files (generated with cfxr Third Cog Software/Joachim Bengtsson's Mac port of DrPetter's sfxr.) to ogg files. They are also smaller in size. There is a strange sound 'artifact' at the start of one the sounds - but not enough to make me not release it. (I'd actually seen a forum post with something about this.)
- Apparently when the Platform / Löve starts up the framerate is very low. It very soon (under a second) gets to 60fps (vsync locked I think). The low framerate gives a huge time delta into the movement/update routine leading ultimately to a huge speed and huge fall displacement. Big enough to skip the floor underneath. So I limit the max. jump and max. fall offset to half a tile size (32 pixels / 2).
A Monster's House - Ludum Dare 33 Mac Os Iso
This second 'bug' I'm pretty sure I've seen when running on an x86 mac as well - not at the beginning but at some random time. Probably requires more investigation.Ludum Dare Quill18
I actually think that longer term I'd be better limiting the max. time delta to, say, 1/5th of a second (0.2s).
Anyway, you can find it here (with the other versions).
