theres alot incredible stuff here, mane looks nuts and should definitely be finished.
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Thanks man, means a lot. I'd certainly like to revisit it, maybe after a short break from Stencyl.
btw, what are you thoughts on stencyl? is hows the learning curve? and have you tried gamesalad? and what are your thoughts on that?
I didn't find it hard to learn at all, as an artist anyway, it's very visual. I haven't tried gamesalad, I'll go look it up right away!
Stencyl seems like good software for a person who isn't lazy and willing to really dig in and build what they need, and not try to rely on blocks of code from others. There is a lot of 'free' code blocks available I think most users will latch onto. It's biggest limitation is how it handles text, that is what stopped me on Mane. It needs to be a text heavy game, and I could not get dialogue and stuff to work at all, it was a mess. Something that would be trivial in basic flash and actionscript. I've learned more though since I worked on Mane, so maybe when I revisit it.
Agree about Mane - what wall did you hit in terms of the coding challenges?
With Mane specifically it was how Stencyl handles text. Like, in order to display text you 'draw' i onto the screen, which I understand, but then making that works with buttons and key readouts and such, it was just a real mess. Part of it was me not knowing how to make Stencyl do what I want, and I'm not good enough with actionscript 3 to building my own block to insert.
I learned a lot making the goblin game though, I hope to revisit Mane and apply what I've learned.
Another problem I have is that I have a really high end machine, so when I'm building something poorly (I do this a lot, lol) I don't realize it's running badly until I show it someone else, which is usually too late. I'm trying to educate myself better in such a way that will cause me to do this less frequently.
Thanks man!
Damn, mane was brilliantly textured. im getting chills like i did first time i saw bladerunner .
Whoa, thanks so much! That was the vibe I was going for!
Was playing a few of these earlier, I was just thinking how I might have a go with Stencyl, since you've managed to pull off some cracking examples.
Two other things:
- Are these projects totally unsalvageable? Since Mane and the Space RTS one look like that could work if they had a programmer's innovation behind them.
- Corrupted files: I know this is hindsight stuff, but I tend to save different versions of my work for just that reason, or for backtracking when I overcomplicate stuff. (say filename_v1_1, etc.)
Yeah, I save in four stages on my backups, on an external drive, this was a very special case so when I tried to access my backups, it kind of automatically corrupted them. Which it shouldn't have, it applied a corrupt listing to them without prompting me. The Stencyl team have been working really hard to try to recover it, I'll give them that. I really appreciate their help. As of now it's just, I could REBUILD it, the only real loss is the code, I still have all the audio and art. I just lost my steam once that happened, I was maybe two or three days from having the entire game done.
I appreciate the kind words, sir! Means a lot to me that you read my posts! :D Stay cool.
Mane looks freaking amazing.
Thanks!
Yea really love the mood of mane.
Thank you!
the goblin game and mane were very interesting. i hope you finish them someday.
Thanks!
Show off. One day your power is going to go out and the child laborers you have making this stuff are going to escape.
I have it rigged so they'll never escape alive.
The hyper-productive beast strikes again!
haha thanks :P
You did a decent attempt at lip sync on the animation test, and if there are more attempts at animating from you: consider looking up Preston Blair's book on animating.
Goblinz: reminded me of the Wonder Boy games for the Master System and Genesis/Mega Drive.
SpellSword: I love how you didn't mirror the player sprite in this and wouldn't mind seeing a Zelda-clone like this completed. (If you need help, try teaming up with those programmers that I suggested to ya some time ago.)
By the way, I see where you and Evil Dog are coming from on releasing unfinished projects since I have plenty of shit on the backburner due to lack of skill, patience, interest, etc.
Thanks for the kind words and advice!
you could ask around in the forums for help
Yeah, I should probably give that a try more often.
Wicked cool!
Thanks man! I so love your music!
Keep up the awesome stuff man, this all looks great. You are by far my favorite game designer on newgrounds, and I can't wait for more saggitarian (error 753 might mean Alice is dead 4?)
P.S. If coding is your problem, you could probably get another fanboy like me who knows how to code to help you out a bit
Gonzossm
I really like the atmosphere and the art direction for Mane. Out of all the games that one stood out to me the most. Really great art on all of them.
Hyptosis
Thanks a bunch!