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I've also been dabbling in some HTML and JS. And also C. ;)

I decided to port to WPF after getting multiple reports that it just didn’t run well (or at all) and after hearing that WPF was sorta easier.

@DMGregory Yep. Another tool in the belt. Or something like that. I forget the phrase.

@Summer Thank you! I’ve looked and apparently it’s still being used. Now I’m just porting it to WPF, because WinForms is a pain.

I made my first app that I got paid for. Although it was crypto, it's still something at least.

@Summer Basically me this month

@Summer 🙂

I feel you. I've hardly had any time to do anything this week.

How have you been?

Hello!

Bit quieter than I remember as well.

Wow, it's been quite a while since I've been here.

@Vaillancourt Thank you! I have a second game that’s about done was well. I’ve been working on it separately as a fun thing to see how quick I can make a game.

I’ll try to get a web version soon.

dreamingweaver.itch.io/hydros

Thanks! Here’s the game if you would like to see it:

I finished my first game. It’s not very much and has some issues, but I’m proud of it.

Hello!

@DMGregory I kinda feel that because I’m making a game that looks like it could be from an 1980’s arcade machine. In 2021, where ray tracing and high end graphics are popular, I don’t feel like it fits in.

But you’ve created some pretty amazing games in short amounts of time. Games I would play for hours.

Really?

I hope it goes away though once I’m done with this game and get some feedback.

Well, that makes dealing with it a little easier.

So it’s not just me?

Unfortunately, sometimes I’ll still feel like an imposter. Not sure why though.

@Vaillancourt I didn’t do that on my first project and had no idea what to do. Thankfully, now I have a pretty good understanding of C# and Unity, and plan stuff out.

@doppelgreener Thank you! I can’t wait. I’ll have to give free copies to all you folks, for all the help you’ve given.

That's the thing. I call the LoadLevel() method at Start(), which runs every time I scene is loaded. When I put the scene loading code into LoadLevel(), it creates an infinite loop of scene reloading.

// Loads the player's level variable from a file to the game
    void LoadLevel()
    {
	    if (File.Exists(Application.persistentDataPath + "/player_level.dat"))
	    {
		    BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
		    FileStream file = File.Open(Application.persistentDataPath + "/player_level.dat", FileMode.Open);
		    PlayerLevel data = (PlayerLevel)bf.Deserialize(file);
		    file.Close();
		    level = data.savedlevel;
            }
    }

Here's the load code:

Dang, I had it all written down and then only partly copied.

If I load the game at 7 and kill everything, I get into a boss scene. But, if I try to load into the game at level 8 from the serialized save, it doesn't change to the boss scene.

    public float speed;
    public float enemies_left;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {

        // Calls the load method on start
        LoadLevel();

        // Finds the proper proportion of allowed enemies
        enemies_left = level * 2f;
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        // Detects whether enemies have been depleted
        if (enemies_left <= 0)
        {
            NextLevel();
        }
    }

    // Moves the player onto the next level

Here's the relevant code:

I fixed the crashing issue, but can't get this part to work properly yet.

I've been attempting to implement a boss scene that the game will transition to whenever the player reaches the level 8, 16, 32, 64, or 128. For some reason, the game will change scenes perfectly fine when I level up to reach the required level, but won't change the scene to a boss when I load into the game from a save file.

I put it in the NextLevel() method instead.

I fixed the error.

Dang, I had that issue a long time ago, I just can't remember how I fixed it.

Also, it appears that just trying to load the scene "Game" crashes. It must be some sort of issue with the Awake() function, as it doesn't happen with the Start() code in the menu.

Do you have a tilemap component attached?

Try to click on the GameObject with the tile palette.

Yep. Just tested it again now.

Nothing in the logs.

No compilation errors either.

Nope. The entire editor just stops functioning whatsoever. Both on PC and macOS.

    // Awake is called on Start
    void Awake()
    {
        // Checks if the next level should be in the boss scene or not
        if (level == 8 || level == 16 || level == 32 || level == 64 || level == 128)
        {
            SceneManager.LoadScene("Boss");
        }

        else
        {
            SceneManager.LoadScene("Game");
        }
    }

Does anyone know why this piece of code seems to crash my Unity Editor? I'm attempting to make a system that goes to the boss scene if the level is 8,16,32,64 or 128, but it just seems to not even run. Am I missing something simple or is the code just too inefficient?

@Dragonrage I have a dead meme page so I’m all set!

To add an example onto the comment from @DavidW, the Matrix is a science fiction, even though most of the premises (human batteries, etc.) are illogical and don’t hold up.