Yep! I messed with them for that tutorial for building my door that opens. And when I was playing with them during that part, that's when I felt like "Wow. This is pretty cool stuff."
Damn that looks good. What is your game about ?Someone told me I needed to show more combat footage, but individual character animations don't show up well, so...
"Wild Growth", I guess. I'm really bad at spell effects, but I at least understand the motion of vines as opposed to something like an explosion. No idea what to do with the motion blur with those thorns in there though. Might end up throwing 4-5 of these in at once and praying that no one sees the forest through the trees. Or the trees through the forest, which I guess is a better description of what I'm banking on.
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Getting there, but probably too cartoony. Something to work on tomorrow
Alright, though it is technically SUNDAY now, here is a gif.
nice! kind of reminds me of flashback and another world, rolling off ledges and dieing
Alright, though it is technically SUNDAY now, here is a gif.
Alright, though it is technically SUNDAY now, here is a gif.
It's definitely daunting if you think of it all at once. One of the reasons I'm learning with a friend is that we think we can keep each other motivated. Makes it seem less daunting. But you (and myself) also have GAF here to keep us going. For the art and music side of things---music seems like the easiest thing to shop out to someone else. Art I'm not so certain of...I think right now I'm going to try and get some real skill in Unreal Engine...some kind of start....then I'll branch out to work on some other skills like sprite modeling, perhaps? One thing I know for certain though---you need to focus on one thing at a time.
Gotta ask, how have you found working on Wii U so far, you're in Construct 2, right?
Trying to get stuff working here, just after a mini-boss fight against another Magi regular enemy. You win, and can collect the first PsySphere in the level.
Ok I played a couple of levels....
The Underwater Fortress
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I really liked your level. Simple and fun I would say. I like the duality between being in some underwater level cut with auto-scroll fortress parts. Good idea and you got a good sense of rythm there in your level design. Nothing felt it was placed "at the wrong place". If you're not a level designer of some kind, you seems to have the notch for it at least. Personal favorite moment, the underwater twomp opening the path for me with homing bullet bill on my ass!
Good level anyways. Would have wished to find secrets though. I like secrets.
Capt. Bobomb's Fire 'n Ice Fleet
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Ok this level was tuff. Almost hard to the point I wouldn't have the attention to finish it. Thank God for those checkpoints by the way. I think you made a good use of carts although I died a couple of times because a bo-bomb died from other mobs (like those spiny spikes) without actually blowing my way up. I love "captain bo-bomb" and it felt sort a boss-like section. For him to fall on a cart at the end was awesome too. All in all, you level is having alot of personality. Maybe too hard though.
Downside - Those clouds you can cross and it brings you back BEFORE the checkpoint. There was no point, only frustration in my point of view. The only thing you do is kill yourself since you can pop back at the checkpoint faster this way (but not fun)
This is an understandable feeling, but with respect I do think it is a little backwards. The problem is that what you CAN do, theoretically, is almost limitless. Depending on how much time and effort you want to spend, there are all sorts of games of various genres and scopes you could make.
This is an understandable feeling, but with respect I do think it is a little backwards. The problem is that what you CAN do, theoretically, is almost limitless. Depending on how much time and effort you want to spend, there are all sorts of games of various genres and scopes you could make.
I personally feel that picking something with very small scope to begin with is a good idea. For people learning 2D, breakout or tetris may be common suggestions. For 3D, who knows? Maybe a simple shooter level, or a 3rd-person platformer, or a puzzle game.
Picking a very small idea gives a few advantages: One, you will have a chance of finishing something in the near future. No one says you have to stop at one game, so you can immediately move on to something bigger. Two, you will learn HOW MUCH can be involved with even a small scope, and that's an important thing to remember as you move onto bigger ideas.
In the end, it's your path to choose, but these are my suggestions.
Been a while since I've come in with one of these, hope you'll bear with the wall o'text incoming!
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First, about the line issue: I feel this could be because of two reasons, but you'll have to tell me more about your drawing process and tools to pinpoint exactly what causes it.
First theory would be a scanning issue: you're drawing on paper and scanning that drawing, then coloring it digitally. The issue then is probably a combination of the scanning resolution, and the scanning mode itself. Watch you don't use black and white or grayscale modes during scanning, as that would "flatten" the pixels.
Also, if you're scanning/coloring, I would recommend re-lining the drawing digitally, using your scan as a base to redraw over.
Something you might want to consider since you mention blowing up images is to draw/scan in higher resolution than you aim for (for instance, if you're going for a 1000x1000 72dpi drawing, consider using at least a 2000x2000 canvas or something) and reduce the finished image when it's done. Some might disagree with the practice as it smudges some outlines and effects a bit, I rather like it myself, so your mileage may vary. FYI, I use 3000x3000 300dpi canvas reduced to a 600x600 72dpi canvas for Honey's character sprites.
Second is that you're drawing using the pencil tool on photoshop. Simple solution for that: don't. Use the brush tools. I've laid out a quick render comparison on the top with pencil to the left, basic round brush in the middle and a custom brushset made by Frenden which I've recommended before in the thread on the right. There are far too many issues with the pencil too to bother listing them, so just try using any other photoshop tool first and see if it gives you different results in regards to the outline.
The other thing, then, is the proportion and pose issues. Again, I've laid out a few ideas on the bottom, though bear in mind proportions is linked to stylistic representation, so my own ideas on the subject might not necessarily align with yours/others.
With that said, I still believe there are some issues that would benefit the pose and dynamism were you to alter them, namely the character's right shoulder's size (too wide) and the belly size (too short - the crotch is currently at almost the level I'd place the navel). The hands are also very small: a natural human proportion would have an open palm covering the entire face. The left leg has a very different width from the right (I actually don't have a problem with the right leg, I'd fix the left one instead).
As for the pose itself, consider what it's meant to convey about the character: is she timid, resolute, alluring, etc? Right now the shoulders are kinda level and the bust is straight, so the pose reflects a sort of self-assuredness, but it's also fairly rigid, with the grip on the staff looking uncomfortable. I did a quick different take on the character on the right, just to showcase what a few changes could convey (different shoulder height, hips back, etc).
That's about it for now, I'd need more info about your drawing process to give out a more detailed answer about the pixel issue! Hope any of this can help!
Alright, though it is technically SUNDAY now, here is a gif.
Alright, though it is technically SUNDAY now, here is a gif.
Goddamn, dude! Every time I see screens/gifs - so good!
Ha thanks! Updated:
Looks pretty good. It's only missing one, subtle, little tweak:
Animation should never stop suddenly. Even if it's only for a single hold, the motion should continue somewhat. The tweak on this is on frame 17. The vine is slightly squashed for one hold before the shape goes back to normal. It's only a very subtle change, but it feels better.
That´s very fluid, it send chills down my spine as I remember the many times I stupidly died like that in Flashback (awesome game!). Looks greatAlright, though it is technically SUNDAY now, here is a gif.
Just quoting so I remember to try this when I´m home.
I wrapped up that one-level vertical slice milestone of Gunmetal Arcadia Zero I was working on a week or two ago right before leaving for PAX South, and I'd love to get some feedback on it if any of y'all have a few minutes to spare!
Download links for Windows, Mac, and Linux are here, along with more detailed notes on specific features of this build.
A gamepad is recommended but not required. Default controls for the Xbox 360 are:
- Left stick / d-pad: Walk, aim up/down
- A: Jump
- B: Throw bomb
- X: Primary melee weapon
- Y: Secondary thrown weapon
This build contains a single level with a number of enemies, an end boss, shopkeepers, etc. There are a few known bugs and plenty of rough edges, but I'm looking for any and all feedback. Thanks!
Nice, dude!First month of new blog in the bag, and Jack B. Nimble development is going great
http://noonan.design/update/end-of-month-update-january/
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I made the box colliders on the walls 5% thicker outside the geometry which kinda fixes the issue but that is one ugly hack xDAnyone good with unity collision detection? I have some moving basic cubes as players and their rigidbody speeds aren't that high but still, I'm very easily moving through walls and even the floor if I jump. Let's say I have two walls of the same standard cube in an L shape. If I take my character and push against the intersection of the two walls, I slide right through as if I didn't have any box colliders at all. I read that with discreet collision detection, fast moving objects might not get detected but I'm pushing my character with around 0.2 force
_velocity = movementDirection * speed;
// Preserve the rigidbodys y velocity for gravity
_velocity.y = _rigidbody.velocity.y;
_rigidbody.velocity = _velocity;transform.position += velocity * Time.deltaTime