What are you working on? (Game Making Thread)

[BizarreMonkey]

I guess the reason I'm compelled to explore Sven's character is because it feels incomplete and underused.

And ofcourse, the challenge only exists because I'm trying to be authentic and aim for a bull's-eye through flaming loops of specifications.

You are definitely right about one thing, Sven has not been given much attention, but what you've summed up about him is very correct.

But don't give up hope- Rolly is pretty passive as well, he only fights when his friends depend on him. He enjoys brawling to quite a degree though-

This comic I'll put in a link may help see how Sven handles himself when he gets in trouble.
Pigs and Perpetuity

It also may help to know that Zib Zawowski is a lot of Sven's inspiration.

Sven is only much kinder and a lot less cynical.

 

[coyotecraft]

I think I've got a pretty strong theory on characterization. It's the nitty gritty stuff of realizing all the pieces as a continuous narrative, with room for gameplay, that gets me.
But you know, looking at other games, I don't see them doing the things that I want to accomplish. With the main character I mean. Usually the main character is a proxy to direct the player's gaze towards other characters and the world. But I guess I want to do the opposite and use the world and other characters to look at the main character.

I've never phrased it like that before. I have no idea how to do that either :p

 

[coyotecraft]

I started to put together a disclaimer and other flash cards. I barely typed a sentence when I started getting interrupted.

Edit: I've had this new laptop for over 6 months now and just realizing I don't have any of my fonts. Just basic stuff.

 

[LaDestitute]

Since I can't stop working on stuff, been working on a Don't Starve mod for Minecraft now that my other mod's first public release is out:

Config

Rockyland Biome

Gold Vein Boulders

Overriding Vanilla Recipes

Changing how logs/saplings

 

[Fayte]

love seeing everyone's hard work come to fruition!

 

[BizarreMonkey]

EPIC. Okay so outside of implementing the files from pjcr which he'll send soon and incorporating two sprites from xiie that will arrive friday, all the work is done, all MY WORK is done. As it stood all that really remained was the naxon and blood council optional scenes a boss fights, those are now all done.

All I have left is some cosmetic and dialogue fixes. I also implemented some new achievements and got rid of some older ones.

Usually I'd show you all a video but you've only got 7 days to wait or so, not a whole lot of point and i just wanna sleep now~ x3

 

[BizarreMonkey]

So i learnt a valuable lesson. Don't specify a launch date if you don't have all the assets for your game ready. I may not be able to make the release date I announced. The good news is me, my artist xiie and the composer jake, are more than done with their work.

I've decided to add some more medals and optional events so as to be able to acquire previously unattainable Pamphlets, like Sven, Sped and Splode.

Those are done, so all I've got left now is to finish the iconset.

Here's one of the more entertaining optional events, including @coyotecraft some decent Sven characterization.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hRuA4r7EAM
I had more fun with this than I care to let on.

I also did another which gives Splode some exposition and you his pamphlet.

 

[coyotecraft]

That just made my day.
If you need something made, ask me. I have today and maybe the rest of the weekend free. Although as soon as I say that something will probably come up.

 

[BizarreMonkey]

That just made my day.
If you need something made, ask me. I have today and maybe the rest of the weekend free. Although as soon as I say that something will probably come up.

Hmm, I've been meaning to mention that the zip with the hecka compressed movies i got from you seems to be corrupted and so I can't open the zip not extra the files... usually all this comes down to is a bizarre naming mechanic, but if you just calls it webms and it added the .rar it shouldn't having issues.

I guess my advice is make a zip and upload that if you can. I have 7zip so its not like rar formats are any issue.

Oh, here's the iconset. My work is now done.

In spoilers, some examples of it all in use.

Spoiler

Just some of the Medals available.

Pamphlets.

Looking at said Pamphlet

Whew!

A God charm amongst Grand Charms and Regular Charms.

Oh, I also implemented poison mechanic (pink projectiles) but only on the Blood Council Optional Event battle so far.

No, you haven't seen this battle before, ahuehuehue~ I'd rather keep SOME surprises for the actual release.

 

[coyotecraft]

Ok, I tried compressing it as a zip this time. Sent you a PM.

 

[BizarreMonkey]

Ok, I tried compressing it as a zip this time. Sent you a PM.

Sweet, those worked.

Had to not use a couple, most of which were really short.

My movies folder jumped down from 1.13 GB to 311 MB. The 8 minute monster cinematic FS11 after being compressed is a fifth of that. Before, it was 313 MB on its own now at a mere 61 MB or so.

Many thanks Coyote.

 

[BizarreMonkey]

Seems we will have to delay a little.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHo5U-jNqXE


Update
Wi Hellrider's entire bust set is done, with all four poses implemented. You can see two of these here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVjYDmfTyMY

 

[LaDestitute]

I've been away, mostly cause I've been working myself to the bone with 0.0.2 for Beware the Dark (my Don't Starve mod for Minecraft) and I really wanted to make 0.0.2 a lot more polished and content-full compared to the shitty first experimental release the mod had.

Working Campfire/Fire Pits, with working tile entities/fuel mechanics, etc. I've got a bit more than this already, including a bunch of new Don't Starve food sources to replace vanilla stuff, etc and working Log Suit/Spears (the former like in game, provides 80% damage reduction)

 

[BizarreMonkey]

So basically I decided to give every item icon including weapons and equipment a HD counterpart, and so began the HD sweep of updated icons. Basically I bought three packs of hi-res icons from the unity asset store and got to work.

And here's a video of the ribbon and charm icons in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjuRHfT3xy4
Only medal (aka achievement) icons remain.

We also had a birthday in the CCC lately and for all her effort she threw into Fantasia avant-garde style, I saw no reason to deny her a thank you gift and birthday present as one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P1uNuupBE8

 

[coyotecraft]

In a few days everything should have settled down. And I can get back to developing - literally anything. I haven't plugged my tablet in for what feels like months.

I did some more video compression for bizmonkey, but that was just selecting some options and walking away.

 

[coyotecraft]

I'm going over my design notes again. I don't even know what all I have anymore, especially art wise. Since I tried working on stuff away from home at random intervals, everything is incomplete or just saved as layer files that haven't been put into the project yet.
My project file is a mess too because I ended up using it to test other things.

 

[BizarreMonkey]

Slowly but surely getting portraits for Fantasia.

and Sven with a cigarette.

puff puff

I've also been implementing a taunt system, not sure if it will make it for demo 2, but we'll see.

On notes of disk 2 (and demo 3) i've almost gotten a good draft completed. Here's some samples.

 

[coyotecraft]

I'm eventually going to make portraits. But I keep going back to writing. And by writing I mean asking myself questions that I don't know the answer to. Holding everything in a state of uncertain potential until a spark ignites it and and the ashes assemble into the only sensible conclusion through divine grace or cosmic order.
What do you mean that's not how writing works?

Probably the biggest thing I've learned this year about character arcs is creating a lie and a ghost. There's a lie a character believes, and there's a "ghost", a tramatic event or whatever, that is the reason they believe the lie. This lie then rationalizes the character's wants. So then when they see through the lie, they understand what they need.
I have no idea where/when this paradigm showed up. I certainly was never aware of it in college. But it's pretty useful for serial writing because there's not a limit to the number of lies a character can believe or act on. And the character doesn't necessarily have to learn or grow from it.

 

[coyotecraft]

God damn windows update! Took all night for some reason. Then when I got on again:
Desktop wallpaper was missing.
Bluetooth was turned on.
Folder view was all changed.
Of course my touchpad settings were all deactivated. AGAIN. So I couldn't scroll normally and I kept dragging icons and highlighting everything without meaning to.
I found out Synaptic Touchpad settings are now in it's own "App" that has to be installed separately. It's still broken though. The menu flickers like it's refreshing every second.

I was in a good flow state too last night. I can't explain it, but late night is the magic hour. Got to be something to do melotonin, lowered inhibitions, sleep deprivation, my 3rd can of Coka-Cola. Maybe theta brain wave patterns? Wish I had an EEG.
All I know is that it's impossible to get back into it in the morning. When I wake up in bed first thing I'm sometimes still in the zone. But it's gone as soon as I get up and do my routine.
I've experimented with different kinds of dietary supplements, even frankincense. But of course what I'm calling "flow" might not be the same "flow" everyone else is experiencing. There's some neurological studies about inhibiting analytical region of the brain. I've never experienced "runners high" before, it's suggested it has something to do with diminished blood flow to the frontal cortex. "transient hypofrontality". Supposedly in a flow state you're removed from worries and anxiety. But maybe that's only a little true. I worry - I know - that the magic ends as soon as the sun comes up. And the obvious question while I'm experiencing it is - why the hell couldn't I do this hours earlier. Make the most of my free time. Why does is have to be the most inconvenient time? What's different now vs then? So I'm able to ask those questions, but I've yet to find an answer in any state of mind.

 

[coyotecraft]

I've been investigating the JRPG dungeon crawling Wizardry series. I have too much to say about it. So I won't say anything at all.