May Goals & Progress Thread

[bgillisp]

@Dream3r: Ok, that's what I figured, but wanted to check.

5.31 Update: Spent today going over and editing the Fire, Air, Water and Earth spells with the new balance notes. Added a couple new spells while I was at it. Not sure my buff spells are balanced yet, still playing with the balance between making it worth casting a buff and doing more damage. Figure those may move around more as I battle test them.

One thing I'm disputing. Right now I have all my buffs add a fixed amount (usually 10 then 25...took a script to do this too). But, I've been disputing going to 20% then 30% of the stat, the first one would be more powerful and the second one less this way (based on the average values of the player when they earn them). Any thoughts? Maybe I should post a thread under design on buffs and status aliments to talk about this more.

 

[Kes]

In a huge rush, so no time to respond to other posts.  Glad to see progress has continued right up to the end of the month.  (Is there a June thread?  I haven't noticed it.  I'd better go and look.)

My update.

Tiles, and more tiles, and making my eyes bleed trying to do the interior of a round tower.  And why did I ever think of having a round tower?  Wouldn't a square one have been just as nice?  Or maybe an octagonal one?

 

[Jeneeus Guruman]

Okay, so I'll compare my posted goals and if there are any progress so far... If crossed out, it means it's already completed.

It's been a while since I'm posting something in the forums, so...

Forum Related Goals:

• Being a little bit active from now on.
• Trying not to be shy anymore.

RM Game Making Related Goals:

• I'll stop doing battle tests over and over again.
• Will put NPCs and some simple sidequests. (only on the 1st 2 towns, mostly shops, main and sidequests, and tutorials)
• Putting designs for the dungeons and the remaining fields. (only the first 4 fields and 1 dungeon)
• Putting enemies (evented) in the maps. (only 1st 2 fields and 1 dungeon)

I'll post my goal this June whenever I feel better from my not-so-good condition, but of course I'll post it in June Goals and Progress Thread.

 

[Marquise*]

I just first type that I read you all with the Dragon comments also I kinda just have to confirm something to Chiara.


@Chiara due to the large 45 degree almost position of the dragon it kinda moves a lot like an iguana. But to get it on its full length would hat flattened it down like breaking RPGMaker type of perspective and flattened it or just be a bit like using Godzilla sized rolling pin and flattening it upon 3 squares up and still 2D flatten it up. So yeah.. in 3 frames it is as fluid I can make the tail, but I thought at Dread's less wide angle march proposal and it certainly had been that normal cat/skunk tactic... Anyway, if that model of giant being was on earth, we wouldn't like to be on any side of it when it is miffed-up! But yeah... I like the third tip tail whipping. Remember the anim cycle is just 3 images for a 4 frames cycle. 750 words. I can't give more than what its worth.


So sorry everyone, I kinda failed you all I was supposed to do 1/3 of my 15 to do list but running after $ Friday, getting to my IRL visits today got me late. But then when I was doing what seems harder -the sides- but is truly just a VERY tedious long pixels remapping by mouse square by square (1 square being 1 pixel), some atrocious GWX.exe just (*^&*(&(*&(*&*(&*(^&*%^&$%^# my screen blasting my display, my steam, my photoshop and my audio visual carrot and my report to you.


So last report to you for may folks is that I lamentably failed. I just accomplished or 4 things and 3/4 or 4 and a half or just 4 if we take that I picked the followings;


Do Map Story Contest


Finish Secret Sprite Project II (and added addendum sheet)


Get new files on drives


now on the not totally accomplished;


Log twice where I know (just done once)


Don't take more project before June (half done since I guineapiggyed Waste Walker and had 2 other requests in my to do list and helped a few more fellow makers! Yeah.. gimme a digital carrot and look at me doing a few steps! )


DO THE DRAGON!!!! (frontal and back done only but managed to get it dancing on Billie Jean and One More Time so I guess it is just half made.)


And side realization without really putting my mind to it;


Getting a good banner made upon animated .gif of the previously mentioned dragon... Even if it wasn't what I had in mind... Still it is since a while I was searching HOW exactly to make a link upon a graphical banner that leads somewhere on my signature. :3 so it predated my To Do but was still and is still on my To Do since I just was curious and fumbling/dabbling with it.


So sorry folks.


I'm typing a wall now because I had to put my computer mouse away because the family cat is sleeping where the mouse was and the way daughter cat hugs mother cat, I cannot resolve myself to woosh and shoo them away or get p*ss*d at them. Hey, they are kinda the equivalent of between 64 and 105 years old ladies, lets go for some respect (and it ain't like the bedbug situation leave them space to breathe since all drawers and wardrobe and partly shelves stuff are on the furniture that is their stomping ground. ^^)


So anyway... you'll get me my score... I'm not proud of not finishing the Dragon and have some halves thingy done.

 

[Denna]

Goal for this month:

- Finally start designing my main charactere. -.- I just postpone it all the time.

- And of course and said my times: Make Listen bug free... -.- So much grammar errors... \°A°/

Listen is released! \o/ (And it's in the completed games section now.)

And of course I didn't draw a character concept for my main character... There was to much to do. -.-

And that was it for may and welcome to june.

 

[King Sangos]

Well I didn't quite manage to finish off my goal for completing the fourth level in my game, BLANK, but I did manage to get the next demo all finished and ready for public testing. But first I have a question I wanted to ask here, granted it's not in any violation of this sub-forum's rules (and if it is, just let me know where it'd be appropriate to ask this question). I want to make a new thread in the "Project Development" Forum, but BLANK's already got a thread in the "Early Project Feedback" one. Would it be better for me to simply move the thread from the "Early Project Feedback" Forum to the "Project Development" one, or is it better if I just created a new thread specifically for the latter?

 

[imascribble]

[SIZE=10.5pt]My goals for May:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]TRIBULATION:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- Do up interior maps for town - This did get done but the data got deleted out of my stupidity, so I'll have to redo everything[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- Finish up castle map - Same as above. 'Twas one of those days -_-[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- Get some character development done - Done![/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- fill out skills in database and get them all working fine - Did get it done, but again with the erasing[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]GUARDIAN SPIRIT:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- Get emotions done up for all characters - Done except for one which I'm debating expressions for[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- Write down a basic calendar outline (basic dates in the school cycle, important family-based events, etc.) - Done![/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- Fiddle around with Luna Engine until I get my menu looking the way I'm trying to make it look - This turned out to be a lot more time consuming than I expected. I did figure out what I need to do and began compiling images for it, but I lost them all with the delete, so it's gonna take a lot more time to get this done.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]GENERAL:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- Make up a work schedule so I can continue working on both projects - Done, and it seems to be working pretty good for me so far [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- Update my website with character information - Ya, didn't get this one done.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- Spend less time cooped up in my room and actually do things while the weather's nice - Not sure if mowing the lawn counts, but at least I'm outside [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]IN CONCLUSION:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- I got the vast majority of my goals done! (even though my computer's stupid)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]- Switching between the two games helped me not get burned out from one or the other and got me motivated for both[/SIZE]

 

[Marquise*]

@imascribble


Your Godzillaesque work somehow soothe my dragon sprite-making ache! ^^ Nothing to be ashamed about. I'd buy you a USB stick to make your back-ups on if you lived next door so you never erase your own work by mistake again!