AR-PUH-GUH! gamma version

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:38 pm

It's pretty much just substitution, I'm guessing. Tedious, but not all that difficult. Kinda like those crypto-quote things that showed up in papers. Now, if you had done some really cunning cryptography stuff that didn't just substitute letters, that would be most impressive, hehe.

Meowskivich · Post by **Meowskivich** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:42 pm

BMR wrote:It's pretty much just substitution, I'm guessing. Tedious, but not all that difficult. Kinda like those crypto-quote things that showed up in papers. Now, if you had done some really cunning cryptography stuff that didn't just substitute letters, that would be most impressive, hehe.

It wasn't supposed to be impressive, really. More of, just a way for me to write things on tiny 20x20 sprites. Try deciphering stuff all over the place, there's even a few messages in that game you and I worked on for the collab contest.

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:49 pm

Oh, wasn't putting you down or anything, just commenting. It is pretty cool as an Easter egg in games, just not so much as actual cryptography =p But yeah, neat to have scattered about in games.

I didn't notice it in our game, I'll have to go back and look at it then.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:12 pm

I was googling for Dot-English and couldn't find anything. Is this an alphabet that you invented yourself Meowskivitch?

Code alphabets in games is rather a fun idea. I seem to remember there was an old space-themed adventure game series (Space Quest?) that did a bunch of that.

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:06 pm

I know for sure Ultima did it (kinda) with its runic alphabet. Heh, back in the day I could read it no problem without having to change the letters =p

I think Space Quest might have done it, it sounds like the sort of thing those games would do. I can't be sure though, it's been a while since I've played any of them.

Post by **Mogri** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:33 pm

BMR wrote:It's pretty much just substitution, I'm guessing. Tedious, but not all that difficult. Kinda like those crypto-quote things that showed up in papers.

It would have been tedious, except that the first word was "XYY," and there are very few words that follow that pattern, and the phrase was easily guessable from the one word.

Meowskivich · Post by **Meowskivich** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:38 pm

Bob the Hamster wrote:I was googling for Dot-English and couldn't find anything. Is this an alphabet that you invented yourself Meowskivitch?

Yessir. Yessir it is. Purely made up for the easter eggs, really.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:17 pm

I know a game with an important fake language code, the point there is to take the code's message to heart and become a better person.

Meowskivich · Post by **Meowskivich** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:17 pm

The Wobbler wrote:I know a game with an important fake language code, the point there is to take the code's message to heart and become a better person.

I don't know how to assess that statement.
However, today's sprite:

Meowskivich · Post by **Meowskivich** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:19 pm

I'm thinking of making weapons only one-frame animations. I've already did that for the most part for robot weapons and most mutant weapons, and I think it would be easier for me. I dunno, time will tell. Whatchoo think?

Meowskivich · Post by **Meowskivich** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 3:42 am

I almost forgot to show this off. I forget when I did it, but I did it. It's smecksy.
edit: I'm speaking of the box borders.

Meowskivich · Post by **Meowskivich** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:23 am

So, I've been working on a few npcs. This is a wip "rosebud" mutant npc. took me a long time to get it to look as good as it did, the lil booger.

Meowskivich · Post by **Meowskivich** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:29 am

Base walkabout for the twin robot classes!
In case anyone was ever concerned about why they were almost essentially pallet swaps to begin with, the reason being is that they were manufactured by the same people in the world of AR-PUH-GUH!. That's also why the Neutralite is different.
To make the War Machine and BioMech a little more different other than pallet swap and 3 legs vs 4, I will be making the "paint job" of the two different.

Meowskivich · Post by **Meowskivich** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:10 pm

In case I don't make it this weekend, pretend I did this on Friday.

The new Neutralite design! And by new, I mean just redrawn. It actually walks instead of jumping everywhere.

Meatballsub · Post by **Meatballsub** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:30 pm

Looking good!