Rocks'n'Diamonds

Not sure if this is what you're talking about, but try ctrl-3 or alt-3 for slow mode. ctrl- or alt- any digit should select one of a bunch of speeds, up to ctrl-9 which is 'as fast as the hardware will manage'...

(a little bit confusing that you have Characters 1 & B; Players 1, A & B...)

Good QA report! :)

> a db9-to-usb convertor This should not be a simple matter of plug-shape conversion, but an actual protocol conversion from DB9-wired-joystick to some sort of USB HID joystick protocol. I am 99.8% certain that a USB HID joystick protocol would have support for multiple buttons. The converter should...

Well, I think the entire levelset is an ancient 'conversion' from who-knows-where, *to* the actual EMC engine on the Amiga, and then possibly re-converted into RnD-format levels. Or, anyway, some such history. I'm sure it was at one point a playable level. It's been corrupted. I thought I looked at ...

'EMC Emerald Dash 1' has several such levels; level 23 ('/usr/share/games/rocksndiamonds/levels/Emerald Mine Club/emc_emerald_dash_01/23s' on my system) is a fine example. It has amoeba in an enclosed area. Level editor shows that it 'contains' diamond. But when it grows to fill all available space,...

Hmmm, that might be fun for a LAN party or something. I would caution that probably a large fraction of levels will not be completable with multiple players. e.g. there's likely to be only one of each color door key, unless intentionally setup for 2 players. Timings, sequences in which you have to g...

This seems like something you should solve at the system or even hardware level. System: tell your system-wide audio mixer to meld together both channels and deliver to the right ear. Hardware: set up external device to do the same, between machine & headphones. (I assume headphones because if s...

Way back in the day of Apple ][ games... ctrl-R was 'restart [game or level or whatever]' in almost all games. Also ctrl-S was 'toggle sound'. ctrl-R is congruent to modern browsers' 'reload page', so should be familiar to most users... Since I am playing to Solve Puzzles, not to demonstrate my none...

Setup setting (off by default) to expose those?

Main menu, I click on or hit <enter> on 'Level creator'. The 'door' appears with the warning 'This level is read only!' [Dismiss]. No matter what I hit, it proceeds on into the editor. I often do this by mistake, and I reflexively hit ESC to get back to the main menu, and it ignores me and continues...

Ah, thanks! I commented out those 4 instances of and all is well again.

Yes, I use quick menu doors. I think it's a mistake to discard input during those 'doors' in any case. You have a short or long delay, then the game starts without any opportunity for the player to make their first move -- unless they use typeahead, which you are now discarding. You've stolen initia...

Another instance, probably the same cause: I am accustomed to quitting a game in progress by hitting <ESC><Enter> in quick succession. Now the <Enter> is eaten; I keep ending up doing <ESC><Enter>(pause, realize nothing happening)<Enter>.

There seems to be a similar issue during play, but I haven't fully characterized it yet. It feels like it's probably caused by the same change (whatever that is).

As a reminder, my play style involves a lot of switching between live, pause, and single-step modes, 100% keyboard driven.