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- Nathan Karr
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In a mild slump right now, but I am still slowly adding NPCs and flavor text to the castle.
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- Normally I'd be more inclined to do two crossed logs forming an X but the one big log kinda looked better to me this time?
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- Willy Elektrix
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Progress on Xeno Safari is going well. I've drawn pretty much all the graphics. Now I'm writing text boxes. I will begin assembling all the pieces into an actual game quite soon. I'm on track to be done by the end of December. I'm not quite sure I know what to do for the music. Does anyone know any chip tune musicians that they can put me in touch with?
How is everyone else doing? Does anyone have any progress to show?
How is everyone else doing? Does anyone have any progress to show?
This game is looking cool. Let me know when you are ready for some feedback. I'll be happy to play through it.Nathan Karr wrote:In a mild slump right now, but I am still slowly adding NPCs and flavor text to the castle.
After I'm totally done with school on Monday, I'll look into trying to make some music in addition to some new sound effects. What kind of music scheme were you wanting to go for? Something simple and rhythmic, slight fluctuations in style for different area of the island maybe?Willy Elektrix wrote: I'm not quite sure I know what to do for the music. Does anyone know any chip tune musicians that they can put me in touch with?
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I just finished finals week, so I haven't made any progress to show in a week or two. However, I've been fiddling around and keeping the project live. So far I only have movement working, and a few graphics (I like to save graphics until last, because I always end up wanting to change everything.). The NPC-hero and NPC-enemy relationships are pretty much sorted out, so making a fighting system shouldn't be too difficult, other than animations and such. The only animation I have is health bars falling from one value to another.
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Just about done with finals at school, however I got another nuke of responsibility dropped on me at work today: I'm being promoted to a senior level supervisory position, I'll be making considerably more money but also will be taking on new job responsibilities that I've never had before.
I'm going to try my best to get the Zelda game into a decently playable state before March, but my free time may end up severely shortened starting just next week. We'll see how it goes.
On a related note, I'm probably going to need some direct feedback and assistance with getting a less glitchy damage/knockback system going for combat pretty soon, hopefully via IRC if possible.
I'm going to try my best to get the Zelda game into a decently playable state before March, but my free time may end up severely shortened starting just next week. We'll see how it goes.
On a related note, I'm probably going to need some direct feedback and assistance with getting a less glitchy damage/knockback system going for combat pretty soon, hopefully via IRC if possible.
- Willy Elektrix
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Since you said that you are now more busy at work, you might not have time to make music for me, which I understand. If you do, do you have any samples of things you've made in the past that I can check out?Foxley wrote:After I'm totally done with school on Monday, I'll look into trying to make some music in addition to some new sound effects. What kind of music scheme were you wanting to go for? Something simple and rhythmic, slight fluctuations in style for different area of the island maybe?
It's nice to see a screen shot. Your project is pretty ambitious! Don't forget to leave time to make the actual game (i.e. levels, encounters, etc.)kylekrack wrote:I just finished finals week, so I haven't made any progress to show in a week or two. However, I've been fiddling around and keeping the project live. So far I only have movement working, and a few graphics (I like to save graphics until last, because I always end up wanting to change everything.). The NPC-hero and NPC-enemy relationships are pretty much sorted out, so making a fighting system shouldn't be too difficult, other than animations and such. The only animation I have is health bars falling from one value to another.
You could get away with some simple animations and no one would probably complain.
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The first two I decided on using were What To Do With A Drunken Sailor and Blow the Man Down. The versions I have are adequate, though FamiTracker compositions of these and similar tracks wouldn't be unwelcome. Heck I don't even remember the names of all the tunes I'm using right now.Willy Elektrix wrote:If I strike out on finding a musician, I might go this route.Nathan Karr wrote:For my game I've just been running free web MIDIs of public domain music through a MIDI-to-MP3 program and then importing the results. I had a friend adjust the tempo and volume on some of them.
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I think I've done enough to show off a playtest. Feedback is welcome:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/unl ... tion37.zip
Knockback damage is horribly buggy and I'm going to need serious help fixing it. If something terrible happens, like you get knocked into a solid wall or get knocked out of the screen, press Tab to reset the game. I also included the .HSS, if you're curious or would like to give any input on stuff that isn't working right.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/unl ... tion37.zip
Knockback damage is horribly buggy and I'm going to need serious help fixing it. If something terrible happens, like you get knocked into a solid wall or get knocked out of the screen, press Tab to reset the game. I also included the .HSS, if you're curious or would like to give any input on stuff that isn't working right.
Eh, not really. Nothing recent anyway. Except for the quick track I did in about 15 minutes this morning and put in my playtest. I'd love to get more experience composing in Famitracker though.Willy Elektrix wrote: Since you said that you are now more busy at work, you might not have time to make music for me, which I understand. If you do, do you have any samples of things you've made in the past that I can check out?
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I don't know anything about plot scripting, but a few things seem weird to me. For one, the game does not use pixel-based movement. It does not necessarily have to, but it would make it feel much more natural.Foxley wrote:Knockback damage is horribly buggy and I'm going to need serious help fixing it. If something terrible happens, like you get knocked into a solid wall or get knocked out of the screen, press Tab to reset the game. I also included the .HSS, if you're curious or would like to give any input on stuff that isn't working right.
Also, once you start swinging, you cannot change the your direction until you release the attack button. You should be able to turn and face a different direction while swinging. Does this make sense?
Cool. Thanks for offering. I might take you up on that. Stand by.Foxley wrote:Eh, not really. Nothing recent anyway. Except for the quick track I did in about 15 minutes this morning and put in my playtest. I'd love to get more experience composing in Famitracker though.Willy Elektrix wrote:Since you said that you are now more busy at work, you might not have time to make music for me, which I understand. If you do, do you have any samples of things you've made in the past that I can check out?
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I haven't had a lot of time this past week, so I don't have enough to show yet. But I am working on it.
It's not always clear where you can move you character. Like some areas under trees aren't accessible or the sand being unwalkable. As for the knockback, what if instead of just using zones 1-4 to change the view, you have areas that are using zones 1-4 surrounded by areas using zones 5-8. The idea being that in the 1-4 zone room the movement between areas would be normal but if you got knocked into the 5-8 room, it would automatically scroll over, with a variable or switch to automatically change which zone does which. It's not exactly the best fix, but I think it could work.Foxley wrote:I think I've done enough to show off a playtest. Feedback is welcome:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/unl ... tion37.zip
Knockback damage is horribly buggy and I'm going to need serious help fixing it. If something terrible happens, like you get knocked into a solid wall or get knocked out of the screen, press Tab to reset the game. I also included the .HSS, if you're curious or would like to give any input on stuff that isn't working right.
@Foxley: Honestly, I wasn't expecting much, but this game seems to be coming along fantastically well. At first I wasn't fond of the grid based movement, but with the higher framerate, it's actually not that bad at all. It truly feels more like a feature than a limitation and it no longer bothers me. I like the attacking animation, the song, the responsiveness when hitting enemies. Despite some graphical and engine bugs, the polish actually feels really good for where the game is in development. I found myself wondering where to go next and what to do when I realized this is not a finished product.
I agree that sometimes it is hard to distinguish wall from floor. I think putting some kind of one-pixel border on wall edges in a darker shade could help that. I also encountered an issue when I was hit from the side, moved down, and the knockback offset the hero sprite a few pixels to the right, which didn't return to normal. Then of course, there are some issues with player knockback, but I think you already mentioned that. Other than those things, I didn't find any issues with the game. I'm really in awe at it. I think it's going to be a really fun game.
I agree that sometimes it is hard to distinguish wall from floor. I think putting some kind of one-pixel border on wall edges in a darker shade could help that. I also encountered an issue when I was hit from the side, moved down, and the knockback offset the hero sprite a few pixels to the right, which didn't return to normal. Then of course, there are some issues with player knockback, but I think you already mentioned that. Other than those things, I didn't find any issues with the game. I'm really in awe at it. I think it's going to be a really fun game.
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I'll consider trying it if I finish the game with time to spare before March 1st. Which isn't likely to happen, and I'd kind of rather polish up a very short, simple sidescroller I was working on over the summer and release that as well instead, if I have time to spare. In other words it's pretty low on my priorities list. Leaning on as much existing engine functionality as I can takes off a huge coding/debugging burden.Willy Elektrix wrote: I don't know anything about plot scripting, but a few things seem weird to me. For one, the game does not use pixel-based movement. It does not necessarily have to, but it would make it feel much more natural.
I prefer leaving it as is, I even slightly lengthened the attack frames on purpose so that attacking in the wrong direction could be punishable. Being able to change direction while attacking would basically give you a faster charged B attack from Zelda 3 every 12 ticks with no charge time, just by spamming the directional keys. Dealing damage only takes a single frame, so theoretically you could attack in all 4 directions three times per attack animation (12 ticks) and be invincible due to enemies being knocked back. It'd be an incredibly cheap game mechanic, and in all likelihood, also look visually awful.Also, once you start swinging, you cannot change the your direction until you release the attack button. You should be able to turn and face a different direction while swinging. Does this make sense?