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[seregrail7]

The progress you've made in such a short amount of time is great! I've been working overtime, so it will be the weekend before I get a long stretch to get the coding done for my entry.

[threesided]

Little update:


I'm having more troubles on something that i thought would be easy...

On my start screen, I have a cursor, which instead of moving down, copies itself in the spot, so it ends up in all 3 positions without disappearing from the 2 spots where it isn't located... I can't figure out what to use to fix that. Might have to change my tactic for the sake of having a screen. But there it is regardless.

This week has been really school-heavy so less got done than desired.

[TGOC]

You should make the gun's legs a little thicker. It doesn't look right from the screenshot. Nice menu. Hope you work out that problem.

[threesided]

'nother update: This is still being worked on quite a lot!

I've gotten scrolling to work, and started on my game intro, going to rework the sprites so it's a little more full looking. I'm almost ready to start making the actual levels! Almost...

[threesided]

OH NO. It's video time.

Here you can see the workings of my game thus far, on my test map. I plan on revamping the look of the tiles and everything now, but this is so you can get an idea of how it's going to go down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIv47iChDqo

A couple unpolished bits code-wise, mainly with collision, but otherwise I'm really proud of myself for getting this far! Heck, I could definitely have some substance in time if I leave it unpolished like this. And even though the sounds are off, you can still enjoy them separately if you close your eyes.

Tell me what you think people!

[deadeye]

Lookin pretty sweet!  The only thing I have issue with is the per-pixel collision on the gun.  Hanging by the barrel on the edges of platforms looks a little funny.  It's not a deal-breaker though, I'm still looking forward to the game.

[Farmergnome]

actually i LOLed when i saw that, in a good way, it would be sweet if you turned it into a feature, like had a animation of him pulling himself up with his arms after hanging by the gun barrel.

[threesided]

actually i LOLed when i saw that, in a good way, it would be sweet if you turned it into a feature, like had a animation of him pulling himself up with his arms after hanging by the gun barrel.

That's actually what I'm trying to implement still. I want him to flip up on to the platform when he hangs like that. I just haven't figured out how to do that so it's not in there yet.

So yes, it was left in on purpose cuz I thought it would make for an interesting feature, since right now there's nothing else challenging about moving around platforms.

[michael]

i thought it was lolly as well. looking good! if he shoots in the air he should do a backflip

[threesided]

i thought it was lolly as well. looking good! if he shoots in the air he should do a backflip

that is a SWEET f'ng idea.

If I have time I'll implement it, otherwise I'll implement after the competition is finished.

[threesided]

I'm sad this dropped all the way to the third page .

In any case, I've begun making my levels, some animations and general polish is still left out right now, but I'm hoping to get it as smooth as I can for the deadline.


Just so everyone knows, this won't be a full game, simply because I don't have the time to design a bunch of bosses and levels considering my horribly inexperienced abilities with Game Maker.

But you will be able to play up to AT LEAST a first boss. For the sake of this competition I think that would be a good point to get to. So consider what I release on the 24th a demo, since I plan to keep working on this past the deadline.

[threesided]

Not to be a pestery pesty pants, but here's a little screenshot with the revamped graphics in progress, as well as a new enemy, and generally what the game will look like by release time.


I know the background looks plain since it's all one colour, I don't know if I'll have enough time to fully remedy that. Pretty much everything is in and working to the best of my ability.

How am I doing here? This is the most I've ever managed to do on a game, I feel proud.

[dustin]

I don't mind the background being all one color really.  I love your pixel work especially for the boilers.  I would add some light coming down from the lamp on the top of the screen.  It wouldn't be hard (I assume game maker can do per pixel transparency right) and I think it would really add to the atmosphere I think. Along those lines I think the boilers could be glowing or something I don't know.  If you don't know what I mean I can try editing the screen shot to show you.  I like the hud also especially the bullets display with the cool virtual 7 segment display.  The new enemy is the guy in the bottom right?  I like his sprite to.  Looks like your doing a good job and I'll be glad to play it

[TGOC]

Looking real good. Keep it up. 

[Soulliard]

You should add more contrast between the background and walls. I like the dark style, but it's hard to tell where the platforms are, especially on an older monitor, and that could really hurt the gameplay.