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Carnage in Space: Crucible
5 years ago

New Years update


Happy New Year!

Well, I said I wouldn't be doing much development work over the holiday, and I'll be darned if my computer didn't try its best to hold me to that statement.

Over the last week, I struggled immensely with Construct 3, which is a gigantic pain in the *ss, as I tried to make some simple code changes and try, repeatedly, to just get my game running to test my changes.

When Construct 3 was merciful enough to allow me to play my game, I discovered that it was a lot more difficult than I ever expected to simply keep the music playing without starting over when you die/continue.

Anyway, that's what I finally pulled off despite my laptop's and Construct 3's best efforts. For my next trick, I just need to do the same thing when you enter the Settings menu and return.

That sounds like it should be no sweat, but I've learned not to trust a simple problem to be easy to solve.

Anyway, I'm _really_ hoping, as I bet a lot of you are, that 2021 will be better than the last one. Not expecting it, mind you, but hoping.

See you then.

~John / MoscowModder

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