Recent posts by DrYoshiyahu on Kongregate

Topic: Game Programming / GiTD [#31] Game Reviewing and Critiquing

Originally posted by I_love_you_lots:

Say the player is some kinda non corporeal being, set in the time right after the big-bang. He would thus theoretically perceive the elements as being different wavelengths of light and sound (rather than atoms, molecules, and particle energy.)

Perhaps this being is aware that the universe is becoming colder, and the point of the game is to prolong the continuity of the big-bang by creating and conserving energy.

That was the pitch of the world’s most complex game ever.

Topic: Game Programming / GiTD [#31] Game Reviewing and Critiquing

Originally posted by Ace_Blue:

I’d say you’re missing some. 37 distinct elements combined in pairs yield 666 possibilities, assuming an element cannot combine with itself. But it sounds interesting, reminds me of Doodle God and its ilk. I look forward to seeing it in action! ^^

Not quite like that. Think of it like a public transport system. You and your friend could start at the same place, arrive at the same destination, and take very different paths. :)

Topic: Game Programming / GiTD [#31] Game Reviewing and Critiquing

Originally posted by Ace_Blue:

Could you expand on that and make a more complex system?

How about a web of thirty-seven elements that branch off each other to create two hundred and eighty-eight possible combinations?

(I’ve been working on this “Element Tree” as I call it for years.) :P

Topic: Game Programming / GiTD [#31] Game Reviewing and Critiquing

After creating an entire fictional world based solely on the four classical elements, I have about a million and one ideas right now. :P

Topic: Game Programming / Best way to know what your doing?

Not everyone learns by doing, if you know how you learn best, apply it. If you learn by listening, do a workshop or course in programming, or watch a video. If you learn by reading, forums like this, as well as books, are ideal. If you do learn by doing, just go for it.

Topic: Game Programming / Struggling with top-down animation

Originally posted by GameBuilder15:

Maybe the whole swing shouldn’t be in the blink of an eye, eh?

Other classes and weapons will be slower, but for this class, the attacks need to be very fast.

Topic: Game Programming / Struggling with top-down animation

Thanks for that, It’ll definitely have a white blur for the skill animation. There were another 8 frames before that where the character went from standing to having the sword drawn back to swing. I’m not really concerned about the details though because it’s at 45FPS so the whole swing is in the blink of an eye.

Topic: Game Programming / Struggling with top-down animation

School’s finally finished for the term so I had a chance to look at the responses and try to keep working on it. Here’s where I am so far…

I’d already got the standing and walking part down by the time I made this thread, what I’m struggling with is the actual swinging, shooting, and stabbing of weapons.

Topic: Game Programming / Struggling with top-down animation

I’ve just started working on my RPG, and it’s going to be top-down. But I’m really struggling with the animations for the weapon attacks. The walking and standing was really simple, but once I had to do hands, I failed miserably. Can anyone offer a suggestion on how to draw the character swinging a sword in one hand and holding a shield in the other?

Topic: Game Programming / Exposing your games...

Facebook, Twitter, Google+, a blog, chatrooms, and forums are the way to go.

Topic: General Gaming / Slimes in RPGs

‘Slimes’ are undoubtedly the biggest clichés in RPG history, making appearances in everything from Maplestory to Minecraft and back again. And I’m looking at the history of slimes. I find it a really interesting concept and phenomenon, that one enemy could make appearances in so many games. So here’s the fun question for you all:

How many games can you name with Slimes as an enemy? I’ll be making a list of them, as well as the game’s release dates, just to see who was first. Though I’m inclined to believe that it was the Dragon Quest series that really made slimes what they are today.

Games with slime enemies:
The Tower of Druaga – 1984 – Namco
Dragon Quest series – 1986 – Square Enix
NetHack – 1987 – The NetHack DevTeam
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island – 1995 – Nintendo
Wizardry 8 – 2001 – Sir-Tech
Maplestory – 2003 – Wizet
Minecraft – 2011 – Mojang

Topic: Kongregate / Anniversary Giveaway

I joined Kong just over a year and a half ago, exactly a week before my seventeenth birthday. :) It was Kongregate that inspired me to learn Actionscript. :)

Topic: Kongregate / New backend update - please post issues here!

I have a red plug right now, on any game I try and run. The chat tab says “Chat connection failed!”
Windows XP SP3
Firefox 19.0

Topic: Collaborations / Project Cardgame

We can definitely work something out as far as an in-game reward goes.

And I don’t want the cards to be like every RPG where the female characters are straight out of a hentai. Most of them would be in some form of armour, and they should be covered up to protect them. The elementalist classes and stealth classes might have a little leeway, but these characters are meant to be feared, not ogled.

Topic: Collaborations / Project Cardgame

It’s definitely a real concern, but I’m not sure I’m in a position to be picky. I can always trace the bitmap to a vector format to get rid of discrepancies like pencil strokes for example.

Topic: Collaborations / Project Cardgame

I’m about to start work on a TCG, and obviously I can’t do all the artwork for all the cards on my own. This document will describe all the cards I don’t have artwork for, and any artist is free to draw the art, send it to me, and get full recognition in the game.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgLiXv-vRvW-dHZHNVEwaWJhUHpCT2F5ZmtwR1RwVUE#gid=0

Even if you just do one sword for example, it would be greatly appreciated.

Topic: Game Programming / GiTD [#29] Entries and Discussion (started!)

I wasn’t going to do this. School started yesterday and I’m doing lights and sound at a local theatre, opening night was last night. But when I read “night and day” I had this incredible inspiration for a great game that’s so simple it’s hilarious. It doesn’t require any artwork, and it wont take long to finish, so I think I’ll go for it!

Topic: Game Programming / Problem with HTML5 in iFrame and arrow keys

Try a different control scheme? (WASD)

Topic: Kongregate / [Contest] Aliens vs. Colonial Marines Quest (Colonial Marines Win!)

Including such a high-end unity game really eliminates a lot of people from the human side. So I’m pretty sure the Aliens will surely win just because of that. Bad idea to include that game in a contest.

Topic: Game Programming / Probability of unusual poker hands

It’s very easy to find a list of possible poker hands, but with no explanation as to how they got those numbers. Unfortunately, I need more than just the normal poker hands, for example, the possibility of being delt three consecutive cards in the same suit. And more importantly, I need to know how to do those calculations myself. Can someone help me out?
-Yoshi

Topic: Game Programming / One game a month

I reckon we should post screenshots and progress on here.

I’m working on a randomly generated survival shooter called Infinity. I’ve been working on it for over a year, so I think it’s about time I finished it.

Topic: Game Programming / GiTD #29 interest

Obviously I wouldn’t try to make a game in all of them, but it’s a pretty good idea for any 1GAMers. Especially with the huge number of participants last time, doing them more often might spread out the competition more.

Topic: Game Programming / GiTD [#28] Voting - Winners Announced!

It’s a shame I couldn’t finish, but it looks like there was no shortage of entries. Good luck to everyone!

Topic: Game Programming / GiTD [#28] Entries and Discussion

I’m afraid I ran out of time. I’m away on a holiday and there’s no way for me to finish this game while I’m here. It was a longshot anyway, I knew the holiday would get in the way. If I get a chance when I get back I might post what I had so far. Until then; good luck to everyone else.

Topic: Game Programming / GiTD [#28] Entries and Discussion

…I’m finding it really hard to persevere right now because this isn’t a game I’m particularly passionate about…