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[Banov]

Hey!

I'm making a game this summer for a flash class and I thought it'd be fun to maintain a super transparent dev log as I progress on it.

The idea is to make a side-on beat-em-up style game. The twist is that the game is composed only of boss battles; one-on-one duels with other characters. My goal is to have 3 bosses by the end of the summer!

Character concept art HERE!

I'm more or less settled in on a design for the main character, so I started thinking about the actual in-game art. Pixel art/bitmap animations seems like the obvious choice for me, though it'll require some more rigamarole to work into Flash. I thought I might experiment with a technique I've heard tell of, where artists create and rig 3D models, animate in 3D, and then export still 2D frames for gameplay. I kinda like that idea, especially since it'll lend to smooth, modular animation work, so I'm giving it a shot.

Current in-progress art HERE!

Here's a link to the first devlog blog post (off-tigsource): http://banov.blogspot.com/2012/07/starting-up-flash-game.html
Blog updates will be forthcoming at http://banov.blogspot.com
The current playable is housed here: http://dumbandfat.com/summerflash/

[Kevin]

I don't know what the final design you've settled on will look like, but damn do I love the look of the short-haired-katana-girl-in-floral-miniskirt (near the top, centre page). If she's not being usedhere, hang on to that art and stick her in... something. Anything.

[melos]

hey dude I'm a fan of dubloon! good luck with your project.

[Banov]

I don't know what the final design you've settled on will look like, but damn do I love the look of the short-haired-katana-girl-in-floral-miniskirt (near the top, centre page). If she's not being usedhere, hang on to that art and stick her in... something. Anything.

Funny you should mention her. She's one I've actually been keeping around for misc. use for a little while now. I thought to maybe make her the lead in this, but changed my mind because her dress would make her tricky to animate (no underwear shots!)

Maybe she'll make her way in as a boss or something.

hey dude I'm a fan of dubloon! good luck with your project.

Thanks!!!!

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Anyway I spent this morning rigging my main character model and then animating. Here's how it looks so far: http://dumbandfat.com/summerflash (I'm using game maker just to test the animations and stuff--still a bit intimidated by all the importing bs I'll have to go thru in Flash).