Hi all,
Sorry I haven't posted much about progress on the game!
My wife and I recently moved to Texas, so we've been busy for a few months with the move. But I've been working on the game again, and continue making good progress!
I'd like to share some updates here to show what I've been up to.
When a developer commits changes to a codebase, he often will type a brief commit message -- a super short summary of what he changed. Here are some of my summaries from 2025.
Feb 2025
New features:
feat: started porting save-game code. Add Start Game button that loads mansion from local zip without file dilaog
feat: added save pedestal and circle-of-light animation
feat: add save pedestal and early save file JSON download
feat: added pedestals and statues
feat: added candle sprite and glow effect
feat: make Jack's pile-of-bones and pile-of-stone sink into lava too
BUG FIXES:
fix: fix sound stereoPos NaN console warning
fix: convert more sound.play to soundManager calls
fix: fix overloaded sounds for lever actions
fix: fix bug where moving left to another room could instantly put Jack back in the previous room
chore: require pressing 'k' to get a key that can open any door
fix: fix trap doors so left half opens too
fix: fixed bug where skull spiders wouldn't walk right across brick switches
fix: fixed bug where Jack can't climb ladder in Castle Doom, 2 rows below starting room
fix: fixed bug where holding Return would keep pulling a lever indefinitely
fix: fixed bug with key repeats (hold down, hold jump, then release down resulted in double jump)
fix: fixed Jack's ducking insetRect so he can duck under low-flying ravens
ported Jack's dead skeleton movement
March 2025
Got music fade/resume working
Got Jack's statues working
Got pausing of other SpriteLayers during save/restore animation working
May 2025
Show stats (items, lives, score)
Convert to true HD
Add pause/resume with basic dialog
Add beginnings of Title Screen
Add new loading screen
some fixes
[Busy moving June through August]
Aug 2025
Fixes:
Command-arrow keys on Mac
Alpha masks always computed AFTER sprites are finished loading (async)
Stats area not black on 1st game start
Scenes folder structure improvements
Sep 2025
Features:
Improve layout of game within web browser
Add loading screen
Add early Game Over screen
Add walking skeleton
Add proper button sprites to Title Screen
Upscale stats sprites, skeleton fish, walking skeleton, and more using AI
added missing code add extra lives every 1000 points and increment numFrames
ported globals.timeSpentInMansion and updateTimeSpentInMansion() for saved games
Fixes:
Fix sprite and tile depths to be correct
fix paused dialog to not be under layer 6 bricks
require mouse click to start game
fix frame cycling bug in fell-too-far death
fix Jack dying when ducking under blue bird in HD
fix skeleton fish size
Fix missing large red candle
fix items and dead Jack to move with horizontal moving platforms
fix skeleton sinking into lava glitch
fix bug where pausing then resuming while Jack is doing death skeleton...
replace 1024 res images with 1280 res
make torch animate with flame
Sorry I haven't posted much about progress on the game!
My wife and I recently moved to Texas, so we've been busy for a few months with the move. But I've been working on the game again, and continue making good progress!
I'd like to share some updates here to show what I've been up to.
When a developer commits changes to a codebase, he often will type a brief commit message -- a super short summary of what he changed. Here are some of my summaries from 2025.
Feb 2025
New features:
feat: started porting save-game code. Add Start Game button that loads mansion from local zip without file dilaog
feat: added save pedestal and circle-of-light animation
feat: add save pedestal and early save file JSON download
feat: added pedestals and statues
feat: added candle sprite and glow effect
feat: make Jack's pile-of-bones and pile-of-stone sink into lava too
BUG FIXES:
fix: fix sound stereoPos NaN console warning
fix: convert more sound.play to soundManager calls
fix: fix overloaded sounds for lever actions
fix: fix bug where moving left to another room could instantly put Jack back in the previous room
chore: require pressing 'k' to get a key that can open any door
fix: fix trap doors so left half opens too
fix: fixed bug where skull spiders wouldn't walk right across brick switches
fix: fixed bug where Jack can't climb ladder in Castle Doom, 2 rows below starting room
fix: fixed bug where holding Return would keep pulling a lever indefinitely
fix: fixed bug with key repeats (hold down, hold jump, then release down resulted in double jump)
fix: fixed Jack's ducking insetRect so he can duck under low-flying ravens
ported Jack's dead skeleton movement
March 2025
Got music fade/resume working
Got Jack's statues working
Got pausing of other SpriteLayers during save/restore animation working
May 2025
Show stats (items, lives, score)
Convert to true HD
Add pause/resume with basic dialog
Add beginnings of Title Screen
Add new loading screen
some fixes
[Busy moving June through August]
Aug 2025
Fixes:
Command-arrow keys on Mac
Alpha masks always computed AFTER sprites are finished loading (async)
Stats area not black on 1st game start
Scenes folder structure improvements
Sep 2025
Features:
Improve layout of game within web browser
Add loading screen
Add early Game Over screen
Add walking skeleton
Add proper button sprites to Title Screen
Upscale stats sprites, skeleton fish, walking skeleton, and more using AI
added missing code add extra lives every 1000 points and increment numFrames
ported globals.timeSpentInMansion and updateTimeSpentInMansion() for saved games
Fixes:
Fix sprite and tile depths to be correct
fix paused dialog to not be under layer 6 bricks
require mouse click to start game
fix frame cycling bug in fell-too-far death
fix Jack dying when ducking under blue bird in HD
fix skeleton fish size
Fix missing large red candle
fix items and dead Jack to move with horizontal moving platforms
fix skeleton sinking into lava glitch
fix bug where pausing then resuming while Jack is doing death skeleton...
replace 1024 res images with 1280 res
make torch animate with flame