GSPforChrist's Forum Posts

  • I attached my current file.

    I am trying to get my bad ships to shoot using the method in this file:

    They seem to fire but only on the left side of the screen. I increased the size of the enemy fire to see it easier. It is supposed to fire from Enemy001

    Would anyone mind taking a gander and telling me where I am wrong?

    Thank you.

    https://www.transferbigfiles.com/ee7648 ... 9Enw%3d%3d

    (link expires Monday, June 20, 2011, 1:23 PM CST)

  • Because of the rush I am in (if you read my previous posts), while I am still searching around, what is an easy way to make chat bubbles/boxes in a scroller shooter? I want to see about making, using time increments am sure, conversations from people within the ship, their command, even some comments from enemy (eventually bosses too) ships.

    I am still looking and trying things out, but because of time restraints, posting questions, after a few hours of searching, before I continue to search. I just got to make it through these two weeks and be done once and for all with DeVry. Then, I can take time and do things on my own. Just more history there for ya.

    Hope I explained it well.

    Thank you.

  • I have been doing some searches and tried pulling apart and reading the events, on some files like:

    I am trying to just get stars from top to bottom of screen scrolling, for a space shooter. I made three stars of different colors but I can not get them moving.

    Can someone point me to a star field tutorial or something that shows how to get started with some stars moving? Maybe tell me in steps how to make a simple one so I can try expanding from that?

    Once that is done, I should be able to throw in other spacial objects like a derelict ship, planet, asteroid to show up less frequently and in random locations as well.

    Thank you.

  • The bit is, deadeye, is that DeVry has actually not left me with much time to learn anything useful. I was using Gamemaker on my own for a couple of days (before these current classes started) but never made it past the tutorials. Just not much time. I have been trying to toy around with Scirra but barely had time still. Now with even more work thrown at me, I got two weeks to get something made that is worthy to get me to pass these classes. Does not have to be anything grand. Just some ships, weapons, text for story, quests. If any of that is possible, that is what I am trying to aim for. I am going to be posting some quick questions to throw out there (after some quick searches) before I start spending some hours looking around, and then having to post them later. Hopefully they be all simple to answer.

  • Oy, that state. Despise driving in it.

    I have done the Ghost Shooter. It took a bit to find places where some things were changed since the version the author used. When running it in debug mode, I get an error on the character when health hits 0, but regular run mode is fine. I skipped the sounds because I did not have them as they were not in the download or embedded in the example CAP file (assuming I could exports sounds, do not know). The video was quite understandable on getting the sounds to work.

    Also, meant shooter scroller, as I need to have space ship battles. Also has to have some conversations, a quest, levels (either next map or hard baddies), and such.

  • Scroller, okay, I will look more into that then and try those links today. Thank you. Will keep you posted (no pun) on my progress.

    deadeye, stands for "game and simulation programmer."

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  • Greetings. I am new to this program and I have four weeks to make a game for school, one of my two final classes for my bachelors in game and simulation programming. I have looked over some tutorials but they are either out of date to where things are in the program, or not completed, or both. I think I need to do something in the category of side/vertical scroller for spaceship battles, based on how my pitch document is. Was thinking of making a space combat RPG, but to to pick one or the other to spend the next four weeks to make a game. Does not have to be the greatest thing on Earth. Just something to get an A in to pass this class once and for all. I have been trying to search around for up to date lessons on scrollers and RPGs, but can not find any. Been checking YouTube and this site here. I figured I post this question to ask if anyone has direct links to some fresh ones. I was going to try Gamemaker 8 Lite, but, well, it is light and the full program is going to cost me something I do not have... money. I wanted to try something free, open sourced, and fully featured. If all works out in the end, I hope to use this program for actual games once school is done with from this five year ordeal with them.

    I am using r1.2 but will gladly use beta 2 if needed.

    Thank you.