What are you working on?

[Chaneque]

Picked up an old, ditched project and I've started polishing it and changing things. I spent a lot of time on it, so I'm glad I've decided not just to let it drop forever.

 

[cabfe]

Adding more life with little animations here and there, like birds or clocks.

It feels so nice.

 

[Bonkers]

Working with blending some of the auto tiles to make it more apparent the corruption is taking over a natural dungeon.

 

[PixelLuchi]

I do love making my battlebacks match the actual area the player is in.

 

[Sharm]

As a player I love it when they match too, so I applaud your efforts!

 

[GammaVector]

I'm finishing off my demo; making sure everything works right, balancing the fights a little better, making sure nothing weird got left in, closing off areas that aren't ready yet...Etc.

 

[Bonkers]

Statue of a divine figure with mace for a church tile set.  I sectioned off the top of a pillar for the base. Should the details of the legs or cloth be changed in some way to match the RTP?

 

[Kyuukon]

Statue of a divine figure with mace for a church tile set.  I sectioned off the top of a pillar for the base. Should the details of the legs or cloth be changed in some way to match the RTP?

love your custom tiles dude!

Working on mapping... it feels like I'll never end =(

 

[GammaVector]

Aa;lksflsjdfksjlsdfj;la;;;;;


PUZZLE DESIGN


I hate trying to make puzzles. I'm terrible at it. They either end up so easy a stoned five-year-old can finish them in thirty seconds flat, or COMPLETELY MOTHERHUGGING UNSOLVABLE WHY IS THERE NO MIDDLE GROUND FOR MEEEEEEEEE??????????

 

[Caustic]

Maybe try studying some of the "better" ones from games?

Or change an aspect of ones that already exist.

Blocks are boring, but change them to... spheres (i would say 'balls' but then I'd... hehe, "balls" *coughsnicker*) and you've got something new...ish!

Really, puzzles in RPGs are often mild roadblocks than mind-numbing, insanity-inducing Mensa brain-busters. Mostly because you need the player to get them out of the way quickly, because the puzzle will take up their attention at the moment. In games like Silent Hill you can afford to waste the player's time, because there are other things to keep them interested beyond the mind**** puzzles (like not dying via roaming monsters). Just as long as the puzzles won't actually kill the player if they screw up...

OT: Trying to force myself back to work on my project.

My brain has been on vacation, and I want it to come back. Nevermind that my schedule has been screwed-up for the past 3~4 months because of the holidays and continued late flights (working as a "package handler" for a shipping company; the times I get off work vary daily).

It's very frustrating.

 

[GammaVector]

Maybe try studying some of the "better" ones from games?


Or change an aspect of ones that already exist.


Blocks are boring, but change them to... spheres (i would say 'balls' but then I'd... hehe, "balls" *coughsnicker*) and you've got something new...ish!

I know that part. It's just the actual mindscrew of implementing it that I'm having problems with. For instance, in the screenshot I posted above, I've got a puzzle where you have to use four switches to make six spheres turn the same color. Simple, right? Not when it comes to figuring out how to set up the switches so that the puzzle is actually solvable...


But yeah, studying good puzzles helps a lot.

 

[PixelLuchi]

Finishing up Episode I of Tristian. Checking for passability issues on maps, writing up a few more scenes, introducing new characters etc.

Spoiler

Editor mapping 4lyf.

 

[Dalph]

@Deranged_Laine:

Lovely. I'm so happy that you returned to your roots using editor mapping (best thing ever), please don't change your mind anymore. XD

 

[Bonkers]

If I can get this texture to work properly when paired so many times in the little window I can start looking for a custom font.

Additional slander and prophetic cursing.  

 

[cabfe]

Finally managed to display text from an external text file into a message window for a custom popup system.
Having to manage multilingual versions makes a simple task, like displaying text, a challenge (for me at least). I need every word not to be hard coded.

After several hours of testing various ways, I got it. And when I look at the final piece of code, it was so simple I feel ashamed yet proud of being able to do it.

I can't count how many things I've learned in so many domains since I started creating my game.

A wonderful experience. Just for that, it's worth the time and effort.

 

[UsainSloth]

Finally got to working on my first project! Finished the main mechanic. It's a non-combat based rpg that revolves around a character that can interact with the environment only 3 times until the next day passes. Days are limited. I know it sounds cheesy already! I haven't done the story or have chosen a character at all. Just wanted a main mechanic and work from there. I am planning to not use any scripts or other resources(except GIMP) for my first project since I am solely doing this to train myself and get used to the program and actually get a game done.

It will probably be a rather small game based around cutscenes most of the time. Wish me luck! If you guys do have ideas for the game I am making, go ahead and shoot me some ideas I won't mind.

 

[Ultimacj]

My game is completed as in solid from Point A to Point B with nothing game breaking.  Three of my 10 beta testers have completed the game in it's entirety, waiting on a few more to play the game before making final map adjustments and bug fixes.  Sooner they wrap up the sooner I can apply bug fixes.

Speaking of bugs...back to Batman Arkham Origins!

 

[Lars Ulrika]

Polishing some dialogs and working on the background to an idea on a couple of villains I want to add into the plot. Two kind of pioneer cyber-spys named Soh-Pa and Pip-Pa who spy over people's private lives for someone. Any link with some law project existing or having existed would be of course pure coincidence. 

 

[hian]

Attempting to see if it's worth investing the time creating custom busts for a project despite having extremely limited abilities in drawing humans, and have to do it all using a mouse.

 

[West Mains]

currently townbuilding. My least favourite bit. You know how there's a dungeon generator? RPGM needs a Town Generator. That would be useful.

Soon I can start filling it to the brim with little sidequests and hidden goodies, though. That's the best bit.