mugdev

devblag for video games

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Did I die?

That's not the problem here, I'm alive, in a way. Took a break to refocus some of the mechanics and aesthetic again, and removed a good chunk of what I wanted to do in RPGM to a Unity project, which I'll hopefully be able to flesh out at a much later date; it'll be my next project after Nameless. So now that I've got that sorted out, we can turn back and start working on Nameless again.

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On the discovery that

tumblr's video whatnotshoozles aren't that great shit, so I decided to upload the webm over here: http://bit.ly/U5K3ZL Title screen so far. Events only kek

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scripting is hard

I think it's the third day I've spent writing this script and trying to make it work haha oh man If worst comes to worst, I'll disable the additional feature and just keep the base (which actually works really well so far) and move on. I'll give it until Tuesday. So like, another 3 days.

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just kidding

I'm not dead. and holy shit, a bear isn't continuing. At least, not within the foreseeable future. The problem that sprang up is that I didn't really know how to iterate the puzzles further. Sure, push puzzles are push puzzles, but getting them beyond that. I had a few ideas on how to do them, but the implementation would not be worth the time spent on it.I'll keep the ideas I have in the back of my head (as well as on paper), should I ever find a need to revisit Miles. That said, I've returned to working on Nameless, and have been for the past two weeks or so. Been cranking out a lot of details and I've been fiddling with a few scripts, writing parts of my own for the game. Look forward to it! No screenshots as it's all in progress still.

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holy shit, a bear: continuation

I'm gonna finish up to the end of the first part (of three). Just felt that I shouldn't leave things as it is. Had an optometrist appointment today, made Carrion's portrait while my pupils were still semi-dilated (they still are). This means we'll get to meet Ellie and Jack and explore a little with them before I'll put this on the backburner. Still figuring out the actual battle mechanics, since they are actually important to progression, as I'll later reveal. Next release should be slated for soon (read: late June, probably), and hopefully that'll be v0.3. I might cut the story and remove some complexity to speed it up.

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[RELEASE] holy shit, a bear! v0.01-2 (NaGaMaMo)

holy shit, a bear! is a short game made under the 30-day "NaGaMaMo" challenge. It follows Miles, an underground transporter, who searches for Stigma, a serial killer on the loose. With the death of his best friend, Miles tries to follow Stigma's trail. Armed with his special ability, KeyMaker, and the mysterious fairy named Carrion, any locked door Stigma tries to hide behind will inevitably open...

All my regrets in April. More information included in the README, but that's it for now. Sorry for creating something so incoherent (´･ω･`) The writing really fell off as the deadline approached. I didn't even have time to make a nice battle. Agh. EDIT: v0.01-2 Should be final NaGaMaMo release, unless further bugs become prevalent.

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NaGaMaMo's over.

Currently packing up. It's a shame I didn't get to finish as much as I wanted... But failure is all part of learning. And what I learned is that it's hard to maximize time for a secondary, or even tertiary hobby. Packing up the files. I barely had enough time to bugtest, so I hope nothing breaks.

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NaGaMaMo ends tomorrow

Made some progress. It's a puzzle though, so I don't want to "spoil" it. Wish I had more time to work on this thing on a whole (~1.2 weeks, when I was supposed to have a month). I'll try to wrap up the first chapter post-NaGaMaMo and just hiatus it just like your favorite comics (rip).

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Status report:

IRL things getting in the way, heavily. Won't be finishing on time, but I guess that's the price to pay for including original graphics on top of having exams during the month. I'll keep on going until I get the first "chapter"/arc finished, but I won't be revisiting it for a while after that.

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Getting cracking

Yep. post-exam laziness, dork souls 2, and rpgmaker.

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Perfect time...

to hit a slump. I've opened up a /ask, if you feel curious enough to bother me.

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Yeah, no posts in a while.

- End of Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - Busy week, terrible scheduling, though I did get a lot of the things I intended to do done: Major thing that is not complete is that the third room is not done, being worked on. The boss battle is also not complete, but I have a few hours to work on it (though I know it won't be complete). Busy Easter for once, such is life.

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Have you ever

tried to draw a bear only using two colors? It's pretty hard. Technically three since I'm using white for the eye reflection but damn.

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- End of Tuesday - Unfortunately IRL things are happening. Also, remember that final I said I wasn't going to study for? Turns out I am gonna have to. ffffffff I hope Ellie looks cute because if she doesn't that was a waste of 30 minutes trying to get the perfect cheek contour, agh. Lesson learned: Mugshots take a hell of a lot of time. Even if they only use four colors and are tiny. also tfw she doesn't even show up on this map ;_; p.s. I got more than just this done, just it's editor crap I don't feel like showing.

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- End of Monday - Slightly behind schedule, but it's just a few tiling and positioning fixes. I think I made Miles look too much like some K-Pop celebrity. Oh well.

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This week's goal:

- Finish the first three maps, and all events on them. - Likewise, this means all the graphics for three maps. - Finish the basic battle system (mechanics). I'll try to do daily posts of stuff I'm working on, but we'll see. Current progress is about 80% done the work on the first room. Just a bit more furniture and then scripting the opening cutscene, as well as rewriting our protagonist, Miles' dialogue, since it seems a bit... out of character at the moment. That's all for now I guess. Further breakdown: Monday, (today) Finish first room Graphics, making the intro cutscene. Tuesday, Finish most NPC sprites, battle mechanics Wednesday, Finish second and third rooms Thursday, Finish First Map environment, start on second. Friday, implement the "boss fight" Saturday, Touch up graphics, finish second map Sunday, Finish third map

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Meet Joshua, your new best friend. He was alive probably around an hour ago. Oops.