2017 IGMC Goals and Progress Thread

[readydotexe]

Today's Progress:
Made ethic's paper (Damn team that didn't do anything) also started with the maps concept, I'll keep it simple only 3 maps, after all is more dialog that everything else, started with Kyla design and decided to just make her a girl inside a monitor
Tomorrow quests:
Complete this time Kyla's design and also start with one of the secondaries, also I'll ask for help to all my friends that study art design and I trust since theory of color and shadows is not my quirk

I just gotta keep telling myself it's not as bad as it seems and I'll be fine.

@TriceratopsX That's exactly what has keep me going this far

Man, I have the worst luck with goals like this. I did something awful to my back somehow and now I'm unable to get out of bed. ... I'm surprised by how often people will use the default sounds, even when everything else is original.

@Sharm Don't worry I was like that a week ago that's why I started so late, not the same thing as you have but I'm still recovering still
No one will stop us not even ourselves (But do take care)
also thank you, @just1witness and @Dreadshadow for SFX Tool I am that idiot that uses the default sound effects but not anymore I hope

 

[Mister Kent]

@TriceratopsX Your passive state idea sounds intriguing - My game is very state-oriented too, if I can pull it off.

I'm working on some character busts - I've played with those before, but tempted to animate them, at least get them to blink!

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[Bonkers]

I'm nearly done naming all the monster types. I'll be controlling monster stats with a a variable, and hopefully get it working tomorrow.
https://goo.gl/XavdpW Once that's done, it's on to mutant's stats, and then if there is time robots.

 

[Paladin-Cleric of Awesome]

Ok... So apparently there's a hurricane heading for Ireland tomorrow. The wind here has really picked up, my dog won't even go outside! lol.

I'm gonna use this as an excuse not to go out today no matter who asks or why, and make some real progress on my game!

Databasing is my most hated thing, so I'm gonna wade through as much of it as I can today, and maybe some more mapping.

 

[DragonVine]

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Starting to come together a little bit. Events are showing as I just saved the map image from MV directly. Cropped it too, but I think it's starting to look pretty good.

 

[Plueschkatze]

Something I posted on twitter yesterday! Just throw together some of the tiles I've done (some still unfinished!)
There's so much left to be done!

Also there's our lovely protagonist in there~ done by @hiddenone !

 

[DjowG]

Got the reference? (the map screenshot script bug some events)

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I have a question: English is not my first language, would anyone have a tip for non-English speakers to make a game in English?

 

[mlogan]

@DjowG The best advice I know is to get some native-English speakers to test your project with the specific goal of helping clean up the grammar and speech.

 

[Plueschkatze]

@DjowG find someone to proofread your game. And stay away from google translator. There are also semi-professionals, that offer proofreading and editing for a few $, so they'll also help you with making better dialogues etc. OR find a skilled native speaking writer. But be aware that native speakers do mistakes too. (As you might in your first language, too!)

 

[Tea's Jams]

Day 10

It seems like I didn't get too much done for day ten, but I worked on it so much! Some needed debugging and tweaking of a main game mechanic, Quest two is almost done.

I hope to get some real progress done on quests today. I have to stop being distracted by little details and save them for last!

 

[BigAntlers]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this but here it goes.
I am a bit worried about rule number 9.
No 18+ Content: This includes strong sexual themes and content, graphic nudity, or extreme portrayals of violence.

Now don't get me wrong here, i DO NOT plan to put any gore or sexually explicit imagery(or sound for that matter) in my game.
What i do plan on doing is making a suggestion that something is happening without actually showing anything explicitly.
Examples: Solider gets shot but the screen goes black and noise plays. Guy attempts to force himself on a woman but is only suggested in the dialogue("Please don't do this", "Stop it please", "Don't make me please", "I said NO" etc) while playing the animation of her fighting him or being chased by him.
Since there will be suggestive themes like this and a bit of crude language("YOU JERK", can be censored), i guess it would put it under "Teen" rating under DMCA rules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board#Ratings .
My concern is that the game would be disqualified because of this and that's why i need your guys' opinion.
Thanks in advance.

 

[mlogan]

@BigAntlers It sounds like you would be fine to me.

 

[slimmmeiske2]

Done some more sprites today and yesterday.

Only one left (I think).

 

[JosephSeraph]

As far as I know the rule prohibits 18+ content, anything 17+ and below should be fair game. Just... Don't make the judges suffer ; but that looks tasteful enough that they wont

also slimmmeiske2 those sprties are the qtest <3

 

[Plueschkatze]

@slimmmeiske2 Your sprites are sooo supercute! I love them

@DragonVine your map looks beautiful!

 

[xcom]

Pretty much how the last few days have gone for me on making progress.....

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[Derk]

I got more maps done, but also got it where when an enemy chases you, getting touched reduces your health (Yanfly's the real MVP). That sounds simple, but I haven't done it before, and I have a bad habit of breaking things when making games. I also made sure have to both a visual and audio prompt when the player's spotted by an enemy.

I definitely need to force my friend to play so she can tell me if it's too hard or not, but I don't think it is, as when I was testing it out, it was pretty easy to get away from (barring me shoving myself in its face to make sure it depleted health).

Spoiler: This is just a testing map

MP and TP are totally pointless here, so maybe there's a way to get rid of them without horrifically breaking things?? I'll have to look (or just have them set permanently at 0.

 

[sorabokki]

Apologies for not updating yesterday. I felt like I didn't make enough progress to warrant a post, but now I have a bit more to share today!

Here we have the Main Menu Screen. Our programmer is hoping to get some animations going (a "nice-to-have" feature). And the Save/Load screen along with the Gallery!

With this, I'd say I've tackled about 50% of the GUi for Arc 1! Just have to make the screen for settings, Mini-Game, the MC's portrait screen, and "The Love Net" (book filled with each character's bio). If we have time, we'd like to include a "Map" of different locations you can go to, but it may not happen! XD

P.S. Please ignore some of my super old sketches/drawings for a long time ago. > ~ < yikes;; embarrassing.
P.P.S. Thank you again discord fam, for your wonderful feedback on everything so far!

Finally, we had the idea that if you finish the game once (in this case, the demo), your main menu screen will look glitched like this:

I'm wondering......... am I revealing too much? LOL I should leave some surprise shouldn't I... *hmmmmmm*



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@Derk - Oooh! A survival game?! I love those types of games. I'm looking forward to seeing more progress. ^ ^
@xcom - LOL! Totally... those distractions be killing progress. > ~ <
@slimmmeiske2 - HOLLLYYY THOSE SPRITES ARE MEGA ADORABLEEE!! Like, I'm crying because it's JUST SO CUTE AND I WANT TO EAT THEM UP. I really want to play your game! <3
@BigAntlers - I also have something similar in our game (sexual assault) and a moderator said as long as we don't explicitly show imagery depicting adult-rated scenes, we should be good.
@just1witness - Sounds like great progress to me! Good luck ^ ^
@Plueschkatze - Ahhh, everything is coming together nicelyyy! T w T I can't get over the wonderful aesthetic if your character sprites! And the map looks big!! Lots of places to explore?!
@DragonVine - WOW! What a beautiful snow map. It looks gorgeous! Great work!
@Mister Kent - ALKGSHDF YOUR ARTWORK IS AMAZING! WoWowow! I love your styleeee! That cat suit doe. Digging it!
@Bonkers - homg........ the LIST IS ENORMOUS!! Good luck with getting all that naming done. So far it looks impressive!

 

[Plueschkatze]

@woobv wow! Your UI looks beautiful! Love the glitched version! You are really skilled! I'm really looking forward for that demo!

 

[Mister Kent]

@slimmmeiske2 > Very cute sprites!
@Plueschkatze > The green buildings in your tiles give me a cool "Emerald City" vibe
@DjowG > I really like your map ~
@woobv > Thanks so much Your menu UI looks so slick!