ABOUTSo about a month back while talking to my brother the discussion of game creation came up. By the end of the conversation he had downloaded a copy of Game Maker and we'd agreed that if he taught himself to code with GM I'd make graphics and together we'd make hot sexy gaming action. So a month later he's acquired the basic platformer skills and I've FINALLY (seriously, it's taken a month to come up with a concept...that's depressing) come up with the game, so from the Johnson Brothers I give you Sky Protector!
STORYThe basic plot to SP is just that, Basic. We didn't want to over do ourselves on the first game we make and end up never finishing it and one place nether of us does too well is in story writing as well as the technical issues of presenting the story in the game (as we don't want to force the player to read walls of text nor is it possible for gobojo to program long cut-scenes yet...wait for SP2)so here's the story: Sky City is under attack from the evil robot Jack of Hearts and his army. You (Varick) as the chosen protector of the Sky System take up arms to put a stop to Jack before he finds a way to destroy the city.
The idea is to keep it simple but also allow for a lot of expansion if we come back to do SP2 (at which point we hope to have both improved our skills).
GAME-PLAYThe game will play much like a more player friendly version of Megaman (so Megaman Zero if you will) although you will be able to collect coins to spend in shops to buy new bullets for your gun as well as health and lives. We haven't thought about bosses yet but I hope we'll have a few.
As each level will be a different floating island we are looking into ways to make each island different, including some coating in clouds making vision limited, others where the wind is strong making platforming harder, maybe even some islands that will crumble as you walk on them meaning you can't stop moving (nor can you back track) for the whole level. These kind of things are still in early planning stages though.
CHARACTERS
This is our little hero, Varick. Not much to tell about him really as he'll be the history-less player very much like Mario was when he started out way back when!
The Heart Bots are your enemy in the game, they will come in many shapes and sizes, each with a different ability to challenge your skills. Don't be fooled by their paint job though, their heartless killing machines! (yes I hate myself for that line).
DOWNLOADSNo game downloads yet although I was kinda proud of the Sky Protector Font I made which you can now download
HERETO COMEWe hope within a few weeks to have a really basic level to show you guys, nothing fancy but just proof that we are getting somewhere. Till then we'd love to hear ideas and feed back, also gobojo is a newbie to Game Maker so if you can recommend any libs or tutorials send him a message!
A&QQ: Does this mean Monolith is dead?
A: Hell no! Zach and Noah are resting up after their exams but soon we'll be back on track with Monolith making it as sexy as ever!
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