Fetchworld
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7 Jul
1:36pm, 7 Jul 2025
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fetcheveryone
(Compare that against the number of items I have uncovered. 491 squares uncovered yields ~90 items. So the fog is by far the biggest phone killer it seems.)
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7 Jul
1:37pm, 7 Jul 2025
32,113 posts
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fetcheveryone
Henceforth known as fogclog, I'll see what I can do to improve it.
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7 Jul
1:43pm, 7 Jul 2025
20,952 posts
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JamieKai *chameleon*
Interesting. On my phone it behaves more like it's only loading in what's on view - and then if I scroll for example eastwards, the "new" squares take a moment to load, with everything that was on show scrolling smoothly. Whilst walking, I was thinking about the scores and methods of "rubber band"ing. Potentially you could have a sliding scale of hazards and beneficial items, such that someone at the top of the scoreboard would see 100% of the hazards, say 30% of the beneficial items, and all the neutrals (castles, etc), someone new to the game or at the bottom of the scoreboard would see 100% of the beneficial items but only say 30% of the hazards, and someone midtable would get a midrange of each. People wouldn't be actively aware of the absent items and this would naturally seek to balance the field. I also think that new players should have items introduced gradually, so for example for a week they play a relatively "vanilla" tutorial type world, gradually adding in the more complex systems (duck/bread, zombie/pills, volcano/vest, extinguisher, volcano insurance) as they progress. Might aid with overwhelm, too, and have fewer people "bounce off". Right, submit before I get myself run over 
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7 Jul
1:49pm, 7 Jul 2025
32,114 posts
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fetcheveryone
In terms of engagement with the game, 67 of the 75 players have viewed within the last 48 hours; and 72 within the last 72 - so it seems like people are checking in pretty regularly. I reckon the notification of a logged adventure helps with that.
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7 Jul
2:08pm, 7 Jul 2025
126 posts
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CBN
fetcheveryone wrote: CBN wrote:I have just joined and collected my first bricks... I like the concept, although I am finding the map hard to use when zoomed out to more than about 2 miles across - it is very laggy and the items overlap eachother. Maybe as the player zooms out the items could cluster to prevent this overlap. What are you viewing on? I am using a 5yo iPhone 11, have cleared 491 fog squares (so the number of items to be displayed is roughly proportional), and it's coping ok. It might be a device memory thing. I am using a relatively old android, but I also tried it on my laptop on both chrome and edge browsers and it was better but still a bit laggy when first zooming out. What I was really trying to see was how far away the edge of the map is 😎 |
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7 Jul
2:10pm, 7 Jul 2025
32,116 posts
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fetcheveryone
It's 100 square miles - so you can travel 5 miles north, south, east or west, or sqrt(50) into the corners.
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7 Jul
4:01pm, 7 Jul 2025
32,117 posts
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fetcheveryone
I've made some amendments to the fog to make it render faster on brickier mobiles. Rather than generating potentially 201^2 = 40,401 polygons to represent each square of fog, I've utilised an algorithm that reduces it to a simpler number of rectangles. So for example, I've not been more than 25 squares north yet. So everything from y=+26 up to y=+100 can be represented by one big rectangle of fog. In my case, it reduces the number of fog polygons from 39,910 down to just 65. There are a few slight oddities - if you zoom out, you'll notice some pale horizontal lines between the polygons. These are where they don't *quite* match up, but I'm pleased that they are close Can you all please just take a look at your map, and check whether the fog looks roughly right? |
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7 Jul
4:03pm, 7 Jul 2025
32,119 posts
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fetcheveryone
(I've also reduced the populations of bricks and cashbags by about 20% - but this won't take effect until we hit tomorrow.)
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7 Jul
4:05pm, 7 Jul 2025
6,775 posts
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Cheeky’s Dad
Fog looks ok to me on iPhone. A minor bit of streaking but hardly visible so no issue
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7 Jul
4:10pm, 7 Jul 2025
32,120 posts
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fetcheveryone
There are pale lines, where there is a tiny gap, and darker lines where two horizontal rectangles overlap.
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