RaNGE 15 Contest - Trick or Shoot!

[WishMakers]

Wishmakers, I'm not entirely sure why, but your game runs at an incredibly slow speed for me.  I haven't heard other people have this same complaint yet, but I highly doubt it was that way for me due to system limitations.  For the record, I have Windows 7, if that helps.  If you have any inkling on what the problem might be, I'd appreciate it if you could look into it.

EDIT: I figured out the problem.  It seems playing as Needle-type Reimu causes slowdown that intensifies throughout the script until the game's practically running at a snail's pace during the final spell...  at least for me.  With Homing-type, I experienced no issues whatsoever.  I dunno if anyone else is having this problem, but perhaps it's something worth looking into?  In the meantime, if this is your final draft, I'll just judge based on my Homing-type playthrough.

This is what I got during the cutscene (which, by the way, you should provide instructions for. Do you press a button to move forwards? Does it move forwards on its own? I was confused. It's not in the README):

minFPS, maxFPS, avgFPS
-72, 3816, 386

First of all, thank you both for the fast feedback!
First of all, I tried on a friend's Windows 10 laptop and the needle type issue seems to be exclusive to Windows 7.
Not sure why, but I will look into it.   :3

And, I apologize to Sparen for not stating controls for cutscenes.
They move forward automatically, at about 7 seconds for longer textboxes and 4 seconds for shorter ones.
You can press Control to skip a cutscene if you wish. :V

Of course, all of these issues will be addressed in a patch later today.
I am in school at the moment, but I will provide a newer version today with these issues being addressed, if not fixed.
This will include a new version of the readme with any other information I may have missed.

Like I said before, thank you for fast feedback so I still have a little time to finish these

[DLS]

I just gave a huuuge update on my script and added Wriggle Nightbug.

[Sparen]

This is a reminder that the deadline is tomorrow.

There will be a post tomorrow or the day after clearly stating that no other entries will be judged past that point. If you have yet to submit, please consider submitting as soon as possible.

If you have submitted and would like to update your script, please do so. If you have not gotten testers to play your script, please do so now. If your script crashes mid-stream, that is on you. (And yes, I do plan to stream the entries)

[WishMakers]

Well, I tried.
I tried to address the issue in my game with needle type, but nothing appears to be working.
However, this issue only occurs on Windows 7 for some odd reason.  8, 8.1, and 10 were all tested by myself today with none of the same results.
(However I tested this on my Windows 7 laptop, and the issue did occur.  Must be something with the OS.)

I'm not entirely sure what it is, but I may just work in the future on a new way to create players.
Only one player in my games ever seems to work, I don't understand

In any case, I also included an updated version of the readme.
This includes the info I said about how cutscenes work (again, my apologies for not explaining that up until now)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ovimkslxuwkgh5n/RaNGE15%20-%20Kogasa-1.1.0.3b.zip?dl=0
There is the new link.  It's not a huge change, but it is a necessary one.

Also, that last spell is intended to be ludicrous on all levels, including difficulty.
This, in addition to engine problems like the aforementioned slowdown, is why I gave the player infinite lives.
Alright.  Now I have Halloween festivities to attend to.  It will be interesting seeing all of the contest entries on livestream, that's for sure.

[kirbio]

--SURPRISE!!!!--
*Wild Unexpected Contestant Appeared!
(Actually I've informed Sparen and DLS long before so yeah)

And here's my entry,have fun!
http://www.bulletforge.org/u/kirbio/p/range15-entrykoishitale

do note that I kinda rushed this a bit because I will be away tomorrow,bugs maybe still not completely get rid yet. But there shouldn't be any fatal bugs.
If anyone encountered a bug,please inform me in PM immediately.

If I can,I might be update this again tomorrow before the deadline with some bug fix if there's any.
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Also...
you guys(especially judges) will have a bad time for sure!
*evil laugh*

[TTBD]

you guys(especially judges) will have a bad time for sure!
*evil laugh*

I'm definitely not going to win, i'll say that. I certainly will have a bad time.  :V

EDIT: Just played it. My mind is dead.

[AJS]

Kirbio, that was beautiful.  Absolutely freaking beautiful.  I'm going to play it a couple more times come the end of the contest to judge it from an objective viewpoint to see where it stands score-wise, but personally I loved it. 

Spoiler:

I can't freakin' believe you made it recognize my name.

[Sparen]

Note

The official submission deadline will be 11:59 PM GMT (7:59PM EST) on Oct 31, 2015.

However, until I actually post stating that the deadline has passed, you may continue to submit and/or update your entries.

Immediately afterwards, I will prepare a stream, so please make sure that I get your final versions of the scripts. I will use Bulletforge to retrieve the latest versions of a given script except in cases where entries are not hosted on Bulletforge (in which case I will check the Opening Post for this thread).

[SKN SMR [Alice Matroy]]

ok! our script is finish have fun!
 :V
http://www.bulletforge.org/u/skn/p/range15-doremy-bitter
-EterNal Lantern.S

[TresserT]

Done for now. If anyone has any criticisms or suggestions, or finds any bugs, please pm me or message me on skype.

(re-used resources are re-used o_o)

[Sparen]

ok! our script is finish have fun!
 :V
http://www.bulletforge.org/u/skn/p/range15-doremy-bitter
-EterNal Lantern.S

For the sake of judging and everything, what should we call you? You seem to have three different names.

[Lollipop]

holy sh*t, kirbio's script is so cool i can't even describe it

[AJS]

ok! our script is finish have fun!
 :V
http://www.bulletforge.org/u/skn/p/range15-doremy-bitter
-EterNal Lantern.S

Your script crashes Danmakufu upon starting for me.  You might want to look into that before the deadline hits :ohdear: (Your "TEST" and bonus spell work fine, so I'm guessing you made a coding error somewhere in your stage code.  I'll try looking into it now)

EDIT: Since your script doesn't crash IMMEDIATELY, I think I've isolated the problem to "Doremy.txt"  I'd advise you look into it ASAP, but I'll try to find the problem now in the meantime.

EDIT (again): I found the problem.  Your code calls for "Copy of DoremyNon1.txt" to start the script, but there's no such file in your script folder.  In fact, there don't seem to be ANY nonspell codes in here, only spells.  It seems you forgot to put those in here.  Please fix this as soon as you can.

[Lefkada]

Please, someone can tell me how many time it last before the deadline? I'm not from america and I have absolutly no idea what time is it for the contest staff.

[TresserT]

11:59 pm GMT. Which is in about 5 hours. If you know anything about timezones, GMT is ?0.

[Sparen]

This is a reminder that your scripts must not crash on startup

If you have not yet done so, please find someone to test your script. If it crashes on startup, you will be disqualified.

Additionally, your script must be complete when we download it.

@Alice Matroy: You must upload a SINGLE version of your script with both spells and non spells. Uploading the non spells separately is not allowed. Create a version of your project with all the necessary files before you upload.

@Kirakishou7
If you happen to read this, I recommend not making more videos until the contest deadline has passed. Some of the scripts may be updated in the near future.

[Sparen]

Notes to contestants

DLS: RaNGE 15 Entry - Lily White and Wriggle Nightbug version 1.00
 -- In the future, please consider using .ogg

Lunarethic: [RaNGE #15] Pumpkin Of The AfterLife? By Lunarethic version 1
 -- In the future, please consider including the players within the script itself (and overriding #Player) rather than just providing a copy in the folder. It becomes very difficult to keep track of which version of a player we have.

Tressert: RaNGE 15 ~ Hecatia's House of Hooorroors (Tressert's Entry) version 0.1
 -- Hooorrooors = "Horrors", not "Ho-or-o-ors"

auto2112: RaNGE 15 - Border of Phantasm version *gapped*
 -- You should really consider merging your sound libraries in your next script. It will make things easier for yourself and for us.
 -- You should really consider not keeping a stash of every single STG_Frame known to man in your contest entry. I noticed that you have a 7.3 MB stash of the HUDs of every major fan game and official Touhou game inside your contest entry. You're obviously not using all of these, and some people may not appreciate the blatant resource theft.

@TyrZ: I wanted to download your script in advance, but Dropbox isn't working right now so I can't check on it

@Alice Matroy: Answer the question on what you want us to call you and make sure your script is in submittable form by the deadline.

As a reminder, please post in-thread if or when you update your script. Most of us have already downloaded your scripts and it is good to tell us when you update.

[kirbio]

As a reminder, please post in-thread if or when you update your script. Most of us have already downloaded your scripts and it is good to tell us when you update.

Oh,alright, I've updated my entry to version 1.00b a while ago.(around 3-4 hrs-ish)
This version fixed the replay desync and name bug,as well as revising some of dialogues.
Anyone who downloaded 1.00a,please update it too!

[Lunarethic]

Lunarethic: [RaNGE #15] Pumpkin Of The AfterLife? By Lunarethic version 1
 -- In the future, please consider including the players within the script itself (and overriding #Player) rather than just providing a copy in the folder. It becomes very difficult to keep track of which version of a player we have.

Well you see Sparen, You aren't really required to use my players for the entry in the first place unlike my other entries, and if you already do have my players just extract the script .w.

[Sparen]

Well you see Sparen, You aren't really required to use my players for the entry in the first place unlike my other entries, and if you already do have my players just extract the script .w.

Wait, so the DPS won't beg for mercy on this script? I can use a normal player? *gasps*

[Lunarethic]

Wait, so the DPS won't beg for mercy on this script? I can use a normal player? *gasps*

If you have a player that is not ILS players that can match the DPS, then yes. :V :V :V

[Lefkada]

I can do it in time!

My unvalid entry for RaNGE15 contest. Featuring Satsujin Fuan & Hitori from Nansei series.
http://www.bulletforge.org/u/lefkada/p/night-of-yanderenansei-halloween-nonrange-15
Sorry for script and danmaku poor quality. I miss time at the end and I rushed it before the deadline. I'm really not proud of this. Maybe it will desapear definitivly if people thinks it's to bad.

[Sparen]

I can do it in time!

My unvalid entry for RaNGE15 contest. Featuring Satsujin Fuan & Hitori from Nansei series.
http://www.bulletforge.org/u/lefkada/p/night-of-yanderenansei-halloween-nonrange-15
Sorry for script and danmaku poor quality. I miss time at the end and I rushed it before the deadline. I'm really not proud of this. Maybe it will desapear definitivly if people thinks it's to bad.

Unfortunately, the guidelines prohibit non-Touhou characters, so this won't be judged. I'll add it to the stream and DNHArt queue though

[Lefkada]

I know I know. This is why I say "unvalid entry".

[WishMakers]

As a reminder, please post in-thread if or when you update your script. Most of us have already downloaded your scripts and it is good to tell us when you update.

I don't know if this got lost in the sea of posts, so I'm gonna say it anyway :V
I did update my game earlier.  It wasn't a major change but there was a major miscommunication on how cutscenes work.
More data was added to my readme as well, specifically regarding the needle type issue in my "script" that AJS noted earlier.
The problem is oddly Windows 7 specific, so I recommend to consider using mainly Homing type as it seems to run MUCH smoother.
(Wink wink Sparen, though as a judge I'm sure you've noticed the problem as well...unless it doesn't appear on Mac through Wine or something.)

I'll repost the link here, since I believe DLS still has the previous link on the homepage.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ovimkslxuwkgh5n/RaNGE15%20-%20Kogasa-1.1.0.3b.zip?dl=0

Btw, Sparen, if your Dropbox is still not functioning properly, I can send a quick Google Drive link.
After tonight, I'll be going off the grid for a while.  This project took a bit of my soul and my schoolwork with it, so I can't afford to do something like this again until next summer.

[Sparen]

I have the updated version. I'll share the linked version with the other judges

[Sparen]

SUBMISSIONS ARE HEREBY CLOSED

No more new submissions or updates to existing submissions will be accepted at this time. Any updates between now and the conclusion of judging will result in immediate disqualification unless we as judges are told otherwise.

It is 8:18 PM EST.

Stream will begin at 8:30 (in 10 minutes) at http://www.twitch.tv/sparenofiria/

[Sparen]

The stream has concluded and judging has begun. I will link the stream here in the description after it has uploaded to Youtube.

STREAM PART 1 (ALL BUT KOISHITALE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il3eOTpjSRA
KOISHITALE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AJioyvQslA

[Lefkada]

Thanks for the live. It was pretty good entry.

And I'm really sorry for the lag on mine. I don't know what I fail to have so much lag. Also sorry for the Marisa's option. I never think it can be an issue. I certainly change this in a way or another.

edit:
I found the source of the main lag. It was the default TWaveCircle() I use. I'll fix it and upload a new cleaner version.

[SKN SMR [Alice Matroy]]

For the sake of judging and everything, what should we call you? You seem to have three different names.

ok but first i've to sorry everything for mega mistake.
So first question is: What you can call me?
A:SKN or Alice
Next question:Error thing?
A:I'm don't know how to fix it btw. :V but plz understand. Next time I'll make it better
Extra question you didn't ask:Pattern things?
A:*point at haru*

Thank for reply me btw