1.0.1 hotfix notes


My 1.0.1 update for Fivebyfivia had two bug fixes.

First, I left some debug code in. Well, sort of. I finally got sick of rewriting certain chunks of code in each new project, so I sent them to a core/header file I called "Trivial Niceties." It says "if debug-state is true, say "(DEBUG TEXT) ... " The only problem is, I forgot to mark the "- not for release" in

volume debug-saying - not for release

to debug-say (t - text):

    say "(DEBUG) [t]"

This happened with a change close to release. Not the night before, but three days. So I had time to check. But I didn't. Part of me figured "hey, I checked debug text leaking when I sent stuff to my testers." And I did. But then I changed the core. So that was a pretty simple avoidable error.

Second, I messed up the web build and added the cover art I sent to itch.io to the game file. The web build was the more serious of the two. I had installed a later version of the Inform IDE *over* my preferred earlier version by mistake, and when I reinstalled my preferred version, a bunch of things got reset. I fixed a lot of them, but not the web templates. But I think this is a general problem I've had that I wanted to address. I always said "Oh, the web stuff is a bit beyond me." So I let web stuff slide, even though it's a big part of Itch.io. So after completing the hotfix, I assessed what could be done. I tested for other competitors who left their WIPs behind a password-wall. So that would be something to try next time, or to have someone else try.

This felt like it's happened more often than it should've, but going forward, I know better what to do. The assemblies for Vorple/Parchment/etc. have been simplified greatly since I started, with Github and so forth being increasingly useful and user-friendly. So I think it is one thing fixed in the long-term, both for new projects and for ones I want to move to itch.io and at least give a web interface to.

Files

Fivebyfivia Delenda Est.zblorb 309 kB
Jul 01, 2021
Text walkthrough 3 kB
Jun 30, 2021
fivebyfivia-1.0.1.zip (web browser files) 541 kB
Jul 01, 2021

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