2 months ago

Unsandboxed jank that I could fix anytime but I can't be arsed #1: This block is broken*


*technically.

This block works entirely fine and as intended both compiled and interpreted; that is, provided if you swap the "in" and the "with" in the way the block reads.

Due to a shitty oversight I made when adding the block alongside all of the other string blocks and the multitude of headaches that came with, I swapped those 2 words around.

The problem is, the repository this mistake is in is the Blockly repository, which notoriously is a pain to make edits on, especially minor ones. It requires re-compiling which takes just long enough to be a bit annoying, but short enough to be pathetic as an excuse to not want to fix it (5 minutes).

The obvious solution would be to bundle a fix with other bug fixes or other features being added, right? Well I did! Twice!! (It might be 3 times but I only remember firmly that there were 2).

I was confident that I was going to finish something in my back catalogue of features for Unsandboxed that I bundled the tiny language fix in to updates twice. They never got pushed because I never finished them, and don't think I'll be able to any time soon.

This block is literally doomed to always read wrong. This is the kind of petty bug I hoped would never happen in this entire project, but once you see it, you can't unsee it.



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3 more extensions have been shared for testing.

So, Scratch 4.0.

I am gonna swing

After some serious consideration, we caved and decided to make a Discord server. However, access will be extremely limited and invites extremely limited.

The invite below is limited to 10 people from our GameJolt community.

https://discord.gg/MnrPwNuNDt

If nothing comes up, I will be releasing this alongside a small handful of other extensions privately for testing.

This hinges on something I am not good at: actually delivering on things I say. Don't get your hopes up.

camera zoom is kinda working

The two JSON extensions are available for testing in the Unsandboxed Discord Server.

I'll be releasing more, such as Clones Plus 2, when I can. Hopefully these'll make Unsandboxed a lot more... viable.

https://discord.gg/fS9Scxdx65