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Just sharing a little bit of art

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Little update. Wow the compression rate is horrible.

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GunnerBot

Been working on this guy for a couple of days now, still needs a lot more polish and animations, but he is a good example of what we might see in GLITCH.IO

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Gamemaker Studio 2 Workspace Background

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Bat Weapon [work in progress]

Working on some weapon design, some #WIP attack animation, still have lots to do and polish, but we are moving in the right direction I think 

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Push block mechanics

Sup everyone, had a little time to code a push block mechanic and gave it a little art, yay to new things!

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Glowing Canister

Been revisiting and focusing on improving the art for the little platformer im building.  This is still missing a lot of environmental art, but at least I like the way the glow effect is coming along.

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Derek gets avatar

reworked the dialog system to give Derek more personality via avatar with moving mouth

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Main Menu System

Basic main menu system, still needs art work and title

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Reiterate

I have gone back to rewrite a lot of my code, this isnt always a good idea.  If it isnt broken, then dont fix it right?  Yet it can be difficult not to go back and rework some of your code.  As you grow as a developer and learn new techniques and can see several steps ahead and realize that some of your old code is not as efficient or you know that it wont scale well.  It is hard to turn and look the other way.  As a result I have gone back to the basic platformer and decided that I would enhance, improve, rewrite and build a better foundation that will contribute and enable me to focus more on content and art when the time comes.  It looks almost the same as before, but the code running this world is much smoother and reliable.

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Advice Podcast for the creative soul. Now on #itunes #podcast and #googleplay

Was recently interviewed by Mark Diaz of Weekly Deliverables, fantastic podcast about pursuing, accomplishing and finding the motivation to complete projects.  Go check it out and give a listen.

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Developer Spotlight: Josh Rivera - Coding Creativity | Betacade | The Great Indie Game Discovery

"Thinking like a programmer while remaining creative enough to design art and not understanding the limitations of each."

Was recently interviewed by the fine folks over at betacade.  Click the link and check it out

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TopDown Time

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Networking Guy

We are no longer alone in this world lol.  Meet Derek.

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Sparks & Debris

Worked on some different enemy states, one in particular is the damaged state which switches animation and vulnerable state so you can really nail that robot

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Thinking of composing music for my pixel game.  First time ever thinking about this process, still have a lot to learn, but big things have been known to begin with small steps.  Someone smart once said, the world is built by people no better than you, just make the first step.

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particles!!

Here are some slight particles that randomly generated upon collision with the weapon.  Also, a slight image angle tilt based on the dmg inflicted, which is kinda nice as it will scale based on the damage a weapon can deliver.  Also, yea damage states have been improved.