annoyances.txt

Annoyances with FlashPunk:

Mask code has nonintuitive data dependencies
       -> can directly change origin/size even when mask set
       -> hitbox is not a usable mask

Too many private variables: make more stuff public
/** private */ comments: unnecessary and often out of date

Entity.world gets unset immediately when removed

Emitter class inflexible

FP.world can have unexpected behaviour

Data class doesn't work well
        Whether it is tied to file location is unclear
        Annoying API
        Can't clear it

Tilemap/Grid behaviour with negative coordinates

Sound class needs variable start point

Image scaled width behaviour?

World transitions

Text class default values should be prefixed with "default"

Entities added with addGraphic are set to inactive so tweens don't work on them

nearestToEntity can return same entity

Can't have same entity render at various z

Spritemap index/frame is wrong way round

Tilemap.usePositions and Grid.usePositions

Angles are negated (and in degrees but we'll let that one slide)

Tilemap.getIndex is confusing and not very useful

Game code should be the same in fixed framerate and variable framerate
        - switch on some other variable?

Spritemap frame timing should use time per frame not frames per second

No camera scaling

Console and screen scaling is order-dependent

collide/collidePoint/etc. require entity position



Suspected bugs:

Tilemap/Grid behaviour with saving/loading and usePositions?

PreRotated cache behaviour with different frameCounts for same source image

Data class doesn't check for exceptions -- important?

Setting type before superconstructor

Tilde doesn't work for some reason



Fixes to investigate:

5ed771f blckknght single-buffer
Rolpege group
smoothstep http://sol.gfxile.net/interpolation/
resizable
rendering interpolation