Kyatric

Thanks, will do.

Tom

Where is the best place to forward Steam License owner proof to for the badge?

OddConfection

Have you posted/do you mind if I post your list over on reddit?

Dude, Cosmochoria looks amazing. Everyone should check it out.

I usually have a variable that I add or subtract Delta Time from.

You might find this helpful:

https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/450/timers

https://www.scirra.com/manual/133/common-expressions

https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/67/del ... dependence

katzin - Thanks!

Beaverlicious - I've been at it about a year now. Actual development began 8 or 9 months ago. I had to teach myself a few tings before I could begin. The forums and tutorials here have been extremely helpful.

russpuppy - I have been so focused on development that I haven't even looked at the publishing side yet. I get a little discouraged when I post something here, or on reddit and nobody looks at it. Then, I remind myself that it's my first game, I'm not really promoting it that much, and I honestly don't know how to promote properly anyway.

In my heart, I want to believe that if I make a truly great game it will generate its own audience. I know from other people's stories that isn't necessarily the case. I can't let my worries about success or failure hurt what I'm making. So for now, I'm just going to keep making.

I just posted a huge update on what I'm working on over in this thread:

B.LAST - A Space Bounty Hunter Adventure Game

Current Version: B.LAST.v.a.3130

NEWEST VIDEO:

http://youtu.be/8X5l-VIG-t4

http://youtu.be/CkWihjt0yOA

LATEST NEWS:

The big update is here!

If you send me a private message and I take a few days to respond, please forgive me. I read every single message I get and give it a moment of consideration. If I don't message back I am either:

1. At my full time sign shop job.

2. Working feverishly developing this game, putting in 60 hours on top of the 40 I spend paying the bills, likely on a creative streak and not wanting to break it.

3. Drunk, passed out and actually getting some rest.

4. Spending time with my dogs or my girlfriend who understands my passion to finish this game and is hugely supportive.

5. Pretty forgetful when I am so focused on development.

If you haven't heard from me, send another message. I will get back with you eventually, and I truly consider your comments and input helpful.

CURRENTLY WORKING ON --- Finalizing game mechanics

---Sun Sep 14, 2014 - Just released a ton of new game info. Hoot Hoot!

---Sunday, Aug 24, 2014 --- HUGE week in bug fixes and code rewriting. Current version boasts improved frame rate, full keyboard and mouse support, full 2 player support. Working on content and part of the story for the demo release. Release date TBD, shooting for a month from now.

New video posted, and yes I know it's cropped funny.

---Sunday, Aug 7, 2014 --- I'm creating a mega thread for the game. You know that because you're in it.

---Community Request: As the Open Alpha testing nears, I'll need to set aside a small portion of my time for keeping the community updated and spreading the word. Can anyone recommend other communities to branch out to? It's almost time to broadcast.

---20 NEW SCREENSHOTS POSTED

---Open Alpha Testing: Not Yet Started

---Limited Secret Ninja Alpha Testing: Currently 3 spots, all taken.

Most Recent Screenshots:

View Album

Older Albums:

http://imgur.com/a/hMLQQ

http://imgur.com/a/CsOyn

Just finished this:

High Res

This is the new Level 1.1. it's called Valley of Seeds

Known Bugs:

---RIDING THE RED ROCKET -- Rare --Sometime when you pick up items, the Bounty Hunter flies wildly toward the edge of the level.

---HANDS OF MANY GRABS -- Consistent -- You can pluck more than one plant at a time.

---FRAME RATE SQUAT THRUSTS -- Often -- The frame rate drops and jumps back up. - see below

---THE HAUNTED DIALOGUE BOX -- Occasional -- the dialogue box will "haunt" you.

---DALI OR ESCHER? -- Occasional -- You may occasionally spot items that do not overlap properly, creating a surrealist image that is implausible. There is a small risk that your brain, failing to properly interpret the impossible image illusion, will completely shut down.

---THIS THING DRIVES LIKE A JEEP -- Occasional to Consistent -- General control and handling issues. Particularly around the ladder.

Reported Bugs:

---This section will be updated during Open Alpha

Photo Bombed:

The communicator went off at a bad time.

Video:

8 minues and 55 seconds of B.LAST goodness:

Older Videos:

Animated GIFs:

Stage of Development: Development is still very early. I've got most of the game's function worked in. I believe I'm pushing the HTML5 engine to its limits though, so for the next couple of weeks, I'll be working on optimization. After that, updating 2 player and adding the versus battle mode.

Version Naming System: The alpha version of the game is being named after the number of hours I've spent in C2 developing it. The actual number of hours in development are likely much higher due to time spent designing assets. The next version I talk about will be a.3150 or so. Version a.3700 is the target for Open Alpha.

Current hours Spent:

Screen Breakdown:

Controls:

Currently, the game only supports gamepad controls. I'll post a Controls Chart sometime before Open Alpha.

Over on reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/IndieGaming/com ... ened_with/

Frame Rate Issue & Spriter Enemies:

I love what Spriter can do, and I think it's an amazing tool. It is dropping my Frame Rate along with my coding and a few things that are on my fix list. It's not the only culprit. I've said before, I'm also pushing the boundaries of the HTML 5 engine. Whether I'll use the Spriter enemy animations for the final version is up in the air, depending on how much I can improve the frame rate from other areas.

8/19/14 Update: Most of my frame rate loss appears to be coming from the number of sprites I have on screen. Most of those are being used to create the environment, and there's about 300 of them. I now have to either alter the level look, or split area 1.1. Spriter's fps impact appears minimal at this point, which is encouraging for future enemy animations.

System Requirements: TBD

State of the Character:

Still using the initial design. New look update is on hold.

Before and After:

Joey's Quick Bio:

- I am 36.9 years old, I grew up really poor and I have a masters degree in something really boring. Right now, I work as a Sign Designer. I also put in about 60 hours a week on B.LAST. Seriously, I sometimes don't eat or shower so I can keep working.

• First Full Game: B.LAST
• Previous Game Design Experience: High school BASIC course. I made an MMO map in Minecraft. I also did this weird card game Http://www.fishdeck.net
• Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, Design, Construct2, Spriter, Level Layout, Pixel Assets, Tiled

Joey's RamblingThrough trials come triumph.

Several days ago, one of my beloved dogs suddenly passed. I have a few rescues and a couple of them are getting old. I know what's coming, but it is hard to be prepared for. They are my friends, and I do not want to lose them. I've had a rough couple of weeks.

I've tried to be productive on my game this week, but it has been difficult. It is important for you to understand that I am the kind of person who, when knocked down by someone or thing, jumps back up swinging. I came about that the hard way, which I won't go into. But I have been getting knocked down my whole life, and coming back up swinging is something you quickly learn to do. That's why, at less than a month from 37 years of age, I'm designing my first full 2d game. This is something I have always wanted to do.

I wanted to design games so bad that, while holding a full time job working in a factory, I designed a board game. It failed. It was actually a really good multiplayer strategy game, but if failed. The feedback I got from people that played it was either, "It's cool and addictive," or "It confuses people that can't spend a lot of time learning to play it."

I came up swinging and I made FiSH DeCK. It was an interesting card game based on the classic game Tonk(Trunk). I spent hours and hours illustrating weird fish cards that were pretty awesome: http://www.fishdeck.net

It failed.

I am not a promoter.

I am a game designer. And I'm good at it.

So I came up swinging again. This time, the practice rounds were over. Time to reach for the dream. I taught myself to do pixel art. Swing. I taught myself, with ton of help from the scirra tutorials & forums, Construct 2. Swing, swing. Then Spriter, swing, Audacity, swing, animation, swing. Then I started making my game, swing swing, swing swing.

I miss my sweet little friend, I mourned and I let my eyes rain.

Now it's time to swing even harder. To make punches land. Little Stanley, this is for me, and this is for you. Swing swing. I just finished a 12 hour shift. My body is tired, but my mind is on fire. I feel a very productive weekend coming on.

6 months ago:

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/jjevil

I'd love to hear your feedback.

P.S. Wearing the BLUE SUIT, having some fun with ladders:

http://imgur.com/a/J76Z5

Http://www.reddit.com/r/PixelPioneers

If you build it, they will come.

Mepis - I'm down. I could use the networking practice, and it would be nice to know a few of my indie design peers and see their projects.

I'm 36 myself and been programming on and off for most of my life - I think my first programme was written in BASIC and copied from a MAD magazine onto a Commodore 64 when I was like 6 or 7.

I stumbled into an indie game job about 5 years ago after doing some hobbyist game stuff in my spare time, but it has only really paid off in the past year or so.

I'm getting paid much less than now I was before I got into game development, but it's enough to get by on and a much more enjoyable job even if it is mostly making someone else's game idea become reality.

I am actually 37 myself. You must have grown up in a nicer place than I did. Our elementary school had like 1 computer for everybody to share. I didn't get to mess with BASIC until 1993. High school computer class. I wrote a few cheesy games with it. A text game, a wrestling game where you entered your wrestler and opponent stats, move names, and finisher. It would mathematically mad lib a match for you and determine the winner with the stats and some random variables. I then wanted to do something graphical, so I created an adventure game where you played as a blob, because circles and squares were easy to draw on screen. The character was a circle with two square eyes.

It wasn't long after that, I quit programming altogether. I always wanted to design video games. I had since I was a little kid. I went to college, and the computer course lineup seemed like it had been designed to keep certain people out. Most of the computer classes were taught by a truly, freakishly brilliant professor. But computers weren't as ubiquitous as they are today. I had to take FORTRAN and COBOL before I could take C. I got As in both classes but by the time I had finished 16 weeks of that, I was pretty much done with programming. I had given up going to art school, and I had given up going to DigiPen Game Design College. I was far too poor. I was not going to give up on at least getting a college degree that I could afford. But college killed my desire to program.

However, nothing killed my desire to be a game designer. I have been a graphic designer for almost 20 years now. That's like playing your whole life in the minors. But I'm not worn out, I'm just warmed up, ready for the big leagues. I am going to make this game and people are going to have the opportunity to play it. It will be fun, clever, humorous and artful. And those thing will make it engaging.

I'm with you. If I had to do this for a job and make someone else's game, I probably wouldn't enjoy it. Making my own game means I can have fun doing it, I can do it the way I want to, and I can experiment and use mechanics that don't follow a formula. I don't care if I get rich doing this. I just want to do this.

I'm 31 old now, and simple accomplished all my tasks in career, so, decided learn Construct 2 (since the first public release) and now I'm doing games as my hobby, also, learning manga, Comics and other types of 9th Arts.

I can say with property, if you make games as you eat when you're alone in a isolated island for two weeks and find a banquet, you're safe, otherwise, don't try to live from games, specially these days, where games with good content are selling less than crap games.. But it's a talk for another time.

I know. I decided to make the game I wanted rather than a game I know can sell. I'm putting my heart and soul into it. It's my first actual game.