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Recording summary · October 2015

Fixing bugs in my game on xcode 7 macbook air

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Overview

Daniel fixes game development bugs involving monster hit detection, orange block corpse indicators, and unintended enemy deaths caused by bullet positioning.

Daniel resolves duplicate corpse block spawning by using a boolean flag for hit states, configures orange blocks to represent dead monsters rather than respawning them at the top, and applies this logic to both monster3 and monster14.

Daniel determines that monsters were dying unexpectedly due to the resting position of the hidden bullet, which is resolved by repositioning the bullet starting coordinate off-screen by 1,000 units and correcting code syntax.

Themes

Monster hit detection and corpse indicator logic using orange blocks.

Resolving unintended enemy deaths through bullet coordinate adjustments.

Developments

Daniel configures orange blocks to mark dead monsters rather than respawning monsters at the top of the screen.

Daniel implements a boolean flag to prevent monsters from repeatedly spawning orange blocks upon subsequent shots.

Daniel extends corpse block logic and tests behavior for monster 14 alongside monster3.

Daniel repositions the starting bullet coordinate off-screen by 1,000 units relative to ship.center.y and adds a missing semicolon to prevent premature collisions.

Uncertainties & gaps

Daniel experienced confusion about how setting monsterHit to no was working when associated monsterHit code was not visible.

Daniel was initially uncertain why monsters were dying automatically on the track without any player shots being fired at the start.

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