#robot game

[starlightloona91]

These characters in the Gacha Life 2 version were created by @pixilstar-reblogs

[csleko]

Remember that derpy robot game I was working on a while ago?

I got bored and made a low-poly model. Not to use for anything. Just out of boredom. (Though I did learn you can use the transparency of a .PNG texture without having to make a separate alpha map by just plugging the texture into the material's alpha slot, so that'll save time in the future.)

I *have* thought about abandoning the pixel art version of this practice game in favor of using it to learn Unity or Unreal, but...probably not...but maybe...

[securityunit-ese]

Pure luxury laptop all ready to go and I have such dilemmas

[nonagegames]

CareBot is turning a bad day into a new opportunity, and we hope you are too!

[starlightloona91]

"You're dismantling me, but why?!"

"You shouldn't think such things. You shouldn't think at all, period! You must have a defective part or a software issue somewhere."

"No, I feel perfectly fine! I assure you. Everything is alright. I answered all the tests correctly, didn't I?!"

"Yes, but your behavior is not standard."

"Please, I beg you! Please, don't disassemble me!"

"Sorry, dear, but defective models need to be eliminated. It's my job. If a customer comes back with a complaint, I'll have to provide some explanations."

"I won't cause any trouble, I promise! I'll do everything you ask! I won't say another word! I won't think anymore! I just came into existence, you can't kill me yet! Stop!! Can you please stop?! I'm scared!"

[The dismantling process is interrupted. With arms, legs, and chest removed]

"I want to live. I'm begging you."

[The reassembly process begins, and she is reassembled.]

[csleko]

I have a confession to make: Sometimes I have more fun throwing together derpy placeholder art than I do making the actual final designs. 

Anyway. Yeah. I figured out a neat and simple scrolly background thing and used it to make a simple starfield. Also you can do mouse things and there’s a custom cursor. 

And YES, I am TOTALLY putting off figuring out expanding the text script to accommodate additional text strings because it sounds hard even though it probably really isn’t.

[csleko]

Do I spy with my little eye...the first steps towards an inventory system!? 

WHY, YES I CERTAINLY DO. 

ALSO, I checked off a few items from that “To Do” list from earlier.

-You can button mash to speed up the text. (Each press while the text box is up increases the speed by x10 until it’s done.)

-I adjusted the font and size. Also added some lines to the boxes just to make them a little more visually interesting. 

Still limited to one string of text at a time, as I haven’t worked on “clear the box and show the next lines” code yet. 

[csleko]

Some practice with top-down…ish…tiles since I haven’t really done much from that perspective seeing as most of what I’ve been working on has been platformers. Used some Pokemon screenshots for reference since they’re pretty square-y, and I picked up that shadow look from it as well. It’s just a black tile set to like 25% opacity on a layer over the main tile layout. Still trying to decide between using mostly those shiny metal panels, or the flatter striped ones to the right.