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[Farmergnome]

2 player footage:





It also has a pile of new weapons...

[SpaceFish]

Fan art of the main character and german boss in a versus screen. ding ding.

[Farmergnome]

Fuck thats sweet.  So we just broke 20 user maps for challenge mode, so heres a new editor to make it all a bit easier (Still based on Zephni's excellent z16 editor)!  Been spending a lot of time making it easier to knock a challenge level out, also have server updating maps every time the mode is played, so when someone uploads a new map it gets thrown in the mix.

[Quinn]

I'm loving the look of this game so far. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one!

[Udderdude]

2 player footage:





It also has a pile of new weapons...

Please tell me there's an option to disable the screen shaking ..

[Farmergnome]

2 player footage:





It also has a pile of new weapons...

Please tell me there's an option to disable the screen shaking ..

I did a bit of camera work after the video to stop the camera leading so much when players jump, there isnt actually that much camera shake ingame anymore but I could easily add something to disable it.  Im adding a pussy computer mode in pretty soon too for people who have ghetto video cards etc also so I might just throw them all on the same screen - I will call this screen options.

I'm loving the look of this game so far. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one!

Awesome, plenty more progress to come.

[team_q]

How do I give you money for this?

[Farmergnome]

How do I give you money for this?

You wont be able to, since you helped me out with bug finding in  My First Skydiving Academy back in the day, you will have to accept this game for free   . Email me with your dropbox details [email protected] and I will add you to the alpha list.

[team_q]

high-5!

[Farmergnome]

Just added full block modification and enemy modification down to the pixel and behaviors for user levels - was a pile of work but I think the quality of usermaps should definitely increase - Broetchaen knocked out a Mario 1 level for lulz and testing, seemed to work pretty good - I might give a Minecraft level a shot tonight with destroyable - fucking everything - hope notch doesn't mind...

[Farmergnome]

More modification updates, some of the alpha tester guys thought to start playing with the player mods (Oh there's moddable hats in there now too...) as well as some new full mods - Commander Keen mod is one of my favorites so far by Hardscore.

Second one is my lame attempt at a Minecraft level, though I got working creepers in using just the editor now and a fully destruct able level so thats a bit of a win.  So aside from the cleanup, I think that's enough Mod tools for alpha, might come back and do another pass whenever I get around to putting it on Desura.

[Farmergnome]

Zombie Map total mod/conversion- did it earlier just to test the modding tools are working, seems to be all good - I think this is the first "reskin everything mod/map" as far as I know, though I think it is probably not the last.  Sort of gave the tools a bit of a slam, got some scripted rats, rabid dogs, zombies, and functional trains (spot the zompocalypse sprites), going to stop modding shit now honest.... Back to the actual game.

... Though I might make a few more levels with this mod haha...

[Farmergnome]

New character editor:



More editor advancements - now supports lua objects and groups/sets of custom objects. Tons of character override options also have been added, with the option to enforce custom characters for specific maps - so basically now every single bit of the game minus the ui and some of the specific projectiles is editable - the end.

[SolarLune]

Not sure why nobody's commenting - you're doing an exceptional job with modding. No idea how you're doing it so quickly, but it's impressive. Keep it up!

[JMickle]

The modding looks amazing. Have you got a summary of how it works anywhere? A video or post or something that I've missed?

[Farmergnome]

I could do one if that helps?  Basically in the editor down the side (see pic below) there's a ton of(well - all the preset objects from story mode - tanks, guards, terrorists, dogs etc) and it is as simple as clicking and dragging them around with some tiles from a existing tileset or custom one you loaded.  Though, all this stuff is bog standard and isn't really modding so much as just building levels for the original game, the real meat is in the MODbox, MODcha and MODscript objects, which is where you can load in custom frames, setup your own game rules, load lua scripts into objects, it is getting to the point where it is surpassing the core games functionality.  Theres also MODgroups that you can use to pick up custom tiles from levels (anything that is not a preset tile) and store them in groups and share them with other modders, in this pic you should be able to see the zombie group I used to build the outbreak level.



Theres a few other overrides I haven't mentioned, but its mostly stuff like changing the lighting tints, swapping out the games music for your own and specific mods to the objects.

Next step is to get a "upload and zip" button for both the character editor and the level editor, which compiles all your used files into a zip, and opens a webpage upload form - that way it makes it really easy to share it/upload it for the next build.

[Angelbait]

Cant wait for my brother and I to crush this game UP!  Dibs on first player...

[Franklin's Ghost]

The modding tools are great and always get excited to see that my dropbox is updating Rambros files. Impressed out how thorough and easy you've made it to use.

[Farmergnome]

Thanks guys - I am really considering releasing a alpha build without story mode up here soonish for people if they want to mod it - thoughts?  I was planning to ask for 5 bucks for the game but I figure getting people modding it may be more important than a few sales...

[Manuel Magalhães]

I think it's a great idea. You could even include the best mods in the final version.