ANARYU'S PROFILE

I've got the PC version, do we have enough people for either side to start an RMN activity of playing this game? :)

author=brandonabley link=topic=3024.msg60651#msg60651 date=1233854567
That looks great, Anaryu. How well does 3D run in Game Maker?

Well so far, I haven't gone too far yet, most of my models are pretty simple. All the complex robo-thingies I've been making seem to work well with a half-dozen on screen, so not too bad.

You need good culling methods (not drawing and processing things outside of your view), but I only got GameMaker to lag up once when I first made about 1500 small cubes on the map (no culling at that point either).

I guess you'll see when it's ready though. :)

Let's see, SkyE and Gravity are there, so other releases I had were:

World Outside http://rpgmaker.net/games/766/

Cast Aside (http://www.rpgmaker.net/forums/index.php?topic=80.0) - episode 1 was redone and episode 2 was released in 2008.


Everything else I've played seems to be on that list.

Can it be done? Yes.
Is there a script already for it? No.
Will there be one? Probably not.
Will there be one that lets me do it without RGSS? No.
Can you do it? Right now no, but if you learned how XP or VX works and learn to program well yes.

It would be hellish to do this with just events, but with RGSS I could do it pretty easily if I wanted to. (More easily than some other things I've seen done/done.) Actually a maker named ccoa was working on a combat system like this for one of her projects and had it completed and usable.

However it would take a lot of custom sprite-work (unless you're using rips...) and you might want to consider ways to make something as fun and interesting without having so much overhead.

Having to find efficient ways to do something cool and interesting is part of being a hobbyist game-maker since we don't have huge budgets and teams. :)

Also, I like CT too Thiamor, just ignore people who needlessly insult it, no need to feed the fire. :)

http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/


Those who recognize that might think I'm thinking this as an example of difficulty taken to th extreme, but in reality it's a perfect example of how to do difficult challenges RIGHT.

I played this game for about an hour straight last night, I didn't get very far (haven't survived against the Wiley in the Bowser-Flying-Clown-Head yet, but I ENJOYED what I played.

Each new challenge let me try as much as I wanted, and I was driven to beat JUST this one section.

"Darnit this is tough! But I am not losing to this area, I'll stop after I beat this..." and that continued for a while. :)

Challenge can be tough, unforgiving, and even cruel, but what I think you need to watch out for is the retry-value, or basically "How hard is it to try again?"

I WILL get frustrated with the old Megaman games while I won't with that game, why?

Because if I die too often trying in Megaman I'm SEVERELY punished by having a game over. Now I have to wait wait for the game over screen, titlescreen, load the level, and work my way back to the challenge area. UGH!

If I'm stuck on a challenge I want to attempt it repeatedly, I'm sure we've all felt that with a tough fight that is preceeded by lengthy dialog, all we want each time is that "stupid story to just go away! I've seen you three times already! I just wanna smack down that stupid boss!"

What I got from that game was a new challenge all the time and accomplishing each one left me with a sense of achievement, even though dying wasn't a real punishment since you do it every 3-10 seconds. :)

I don't think there are any rule-sets for what works and what does, I think it's more about balancing your own game based on how it plays, always giving the player a challenge that they will feel good after they accomplish, but most importantly don't cause them severe frustration when they fail to something you specifically made challenging!

ps. Tedium is bad game design. Why are you making someone playing something for fun experience tedium? And no, making them repeat something isn't necessarily tedium, but something that players feel is boring IS tedium. That's why opinions outside your "god almight I'm the designer" and the "I'm psycho-analyzing your design with my experience and giving you high-level feedback" isn't nearly as important as "I'm an average player who is playing your game" feedback.

I get more quality feedback from normal players than I probably ever will from the overly detailed analysis and reviews of my stuff.