#game_maker_studio

[yawningsfox]

I recently hit 300 Followers. While I do plan on drawing a picture for this occasion, here have a sneak peak of what I’ve been working on! It’s, hopefully, a demo! I definitely will need some feedback to make this work as well as I can.

[yawningsfox]

The party system will work a little like this. Certain moves will change depending on who you have as a partner. Currently I have Merlin’s Teacher, Efiny, as a partner. You will be able to charge faster, but the shots are weaker. Not only that, but you can shoot it downwards for an extra boost up.

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Game Over (Screen)

So you die, it’s over. Merlin has been defeated. What is it that makes a game over screen memorable? The music? Maybe the Sound Effects? Something like a punch in the guy or maybe someone telling you “It’s not over!” While,  the design I have isn’t the most interesting, I wanted the game over screen to at least be a little fun. I took a page out of a few game’s book but greatly expanded upon it.

First off, if you die, you are presented with this screen. There will be a little animation of Merlin turning into that crystal ball you see there, but not much else. It’s pretty empty huh? I guess death is like that. However...

Say you have some party members with you? Well, depending on your friendship level, there is a chance a new option will appear. “Revive” Your party member will appear, give you some words of encouragement then allow you to revive where you died at. I’ll have to figure out how to code that though. There are still a ton of secrets I absolutely can’t talk about, but well, I hope it’s all exciting in the end.

[yawningsfox]

So after consulting with some friends, I decided that hey, maybe it would be nice to redesign the healthbar a little. Though, I am not sure if it works or not. What do you guys think? Also, I once talked about having party members before (...Did I?) I will go in depth about it when I get it in the game. It will be in the demo! I just need to think about how I want to go about it. Also Tumblr, stop being mean to artists.

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A showcase of an area in the demo without any monsters and such in the way. You can also see some effects have been updated to look way waaayy better like the dust effect on the ground and boost effect when you roll after a dash. I have yet to populate the area with enemies, because I still need to animate them, but here you go! You can see how important timing your rolls and bounces could be to be fast.

[yawningsfox]

Today I’ve learned. Hey.. Sound effects? They are really difficult to make! I plan on testing and re-testing and testing again all of these sound effects until I get them the way that sounds good and isn’t ear grating. This is my first time making sound effects, I am not expecting them to be perfect.