New day and new updates. I have redesigned the characters a bit and made them less square shaped. I've also added pre set skin colors in the character creator so users don't create hard to look at colors

Work done today:

• Redesigned characters
• Added pre set skin colors
• Added new character parts

Next thing to do is to tweak the online movement syncing so it is as smooth as possible and then start adding to the gameplay

TEST THE GAME

PLAY THE LATEST VERSION IN BROWSER (Updated 8th Dec 2016)

Yes, by using photon you could easily make something like Kahoot. So when a players creates a room a randomized code is generated and when people join the room on their phones with this code they'll end up in the same game. Online multiplayer is always a bit complicated compared to making regular offline games but if you play around with the photon plugin and the examples you'll get the hang of it pretty fast

Today I've added a simple character creation screen before entering an online match. It isn't pretty and there are just a few parts atm.

The idea is that there will be tons of parts for each object. The mouth and shoe sliders are still missing but will be added soon

And if you have any ideas for fun weapons and gear that would fit in a "comical 2D H1Z1" then please let me know

Added blood and some particles today. I have decided to make fully modular characters instead of pre built ones. So you'll be able to select skin color, hair/hat, eyes, mouth, beard, shirt, pants and shoes. And there will be many different objects for each part to chose from so you feel that your character is unique

I've also added some placeholder sounds so it isn't so silent

Aaaand finally added a new roll animation

Hi. I've been playing around with spriter for my next project and and must say that it is really great. Character maps are so handy for me who likes to create tons of playable characters that shares the same animation. So thank you for this amazing tool

One question. I have an animated character and would like to add a hat to this character. Do I have to animate the hat to match the heads animation or can I just place the hat on keyframe 1 and then lock the hat sprite to the head and it just moves with the head which is already animated?

I know that if I had used the bone tool I could just add it to the head bone but I didn't use bones for this character.

EDIT: I've decided to start over and just build the character with bones instead which makes it so much easier.

Looks like you will make a cool game, I like the animations Unfortunately I was alone when I tried it haha. Are you invulnerable during a roll?

Glad you like it Yes, you are invulnerable during the roll. However it is an ability that needs to be recharged so you should only use it when you really have to and not waste it. Thank you for testing!

Anonnymitet

I have been working with the multiplayer plugin as well. I know it can be confusing and painful to learn. So congrats so far, your game looks quite solid. Animations are amazing. Good example how important a few shadows can be. Is adding a lot.

I recommend:

- Add sounds

- Add a player, name and room selection before a round starts

Keep working on it

Thank you. It shows how powerful it is to use spriter for animations. I made those animation for testing and it took 3 minutes at most so I really recommend it Yeah, I like to add shadows to this type of camera angle as it makes it easier to get a sense of depth.

Sounds are coming and of course a full fletched menu and lobby as well where you can customize the look of your hero and choose abilities and upgrade skills

I added another character to the game and played around with the animations a bit. I have also added events for player disconnects so they don't remain in the game.

I also decided to remove the black arm from the characters so the weapon wealding hand is not just a floating one. That is why the characters only have one hand animated as the other one is pinned on them later

Anyway, things are moving along pretty fast and I'm surprosed I could have a functional multiplayer made in just three days. So tomorrow I'll continue to add weapons and stuff for the level editor

Hi.

I've been playing around with online multiplayer back and forth during my years without getting a grip of it. But this time I've decided to actually learn how to make an online multiplayer game. So I've started a new project which has no name yet

THE GAME

This will be a competetive game which controls something like don't starve where you run around a big map collecting weapons and gear with the goal of being the last player alive. You'll earn points each match and will be able to upgrade skills and unlock abilities. So you could call it a fusion between H1Z1 and a MOBA with tons of fun different characters.

DEVLOG

I'll be updating this thread with my progress and latest builds so everyone can follow the development. I'm mostly doing this devlog to keep myself motivated and focused on actually finish this game in a pretty short period of time. But I would really appreciate if you could try it out once in a while and comment how it runs. This would help me a lot to understand how it runs across the glode

TEST THE GAME

PLAY THE LATEST VERSION IN BROWSER (Updated 7th Dec 2016)

COMMENT BELOW

• Did the game run smooth?
• Any problems during your play?
• What do you think about the art style?
• Any suggestions for the game?

This is a very early prototype atm and I'm only on day 3 of the development while writing this so a lot will change

When I export the game using the "basic version" plugin and export, my game is in black screen.

I am using the Steam4C2-Basic_3884 and NW 0.18.5 plug-in version.

How can I solve this problem.

Have you added the correct steam.api file to the package file?

Have you read the plugin documentation? It explains everything step by step.

[quote:1z0twz1o]This orc is broken.. Bring me new one!

Vey nice. Love the graphics and light effects Is the arrow that shows up on the enemies health bar during battle some kind of skill check to determine how much damage you do?

mikelantzelo Ok, glad it worked. You can look at this capx to get an idea of how to make the code a bit smaller <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile"> Good luck with the project.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0vVdV ... sp=sharing

But your ball bounces so it only overlaps the ground on 1 frame and then goes back up again. So sprite 2 is only visible 1 frame and then gone again Do you want the green arrow to show when the ball is going up and red arrow when going down instead?