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Do you have real friends?

This is getting off track...

At any rate, I consider myself the kind of guy who has very few friends and a heck of a lot of people I'll shoot the shit, drink and play video games with.

How Long Should Scrap Brain Be?

It is the introductory area, it introduces the player to the traps and hazards on the map and a couple of other mechanics, I was thinking, maybe three maps and then a boss.

Sonic

@WolfCoder: I'll take that to mean you like the look of things then? =)

Thanks for the messages of support guys! Working on this quite a lot, Scrap Brain (first dungeon) is nearly complete!

PS3 vs 360

I was always a Sega fanboy, had the Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn and Dreamcast, but I also got a PlayStation 1 and after the Dreamcast died, a PlayStation 2. I now own an XBox 360.

There were several major factors that contributed to this decision

- 99.9% of my friends had XBox 360s. If I wanted to play against them online, it would have to be on a 360.

- The exclusive games. At the time, the 360 had a much more attractive library than the PS3.

- PlayStation lost a LOT of exclusives! Xbox versions of Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy, Tekken etc meant I wouldn't be missing out on my favourites.

- Fuck wireless, I ONLY trust ethernet cables (I just do not trust wireless), meaning not having a built in wireless function was never an issue.

- My XBox pads double as PC pads.

- Loud? Really? You must play your games on silent to hear it over the game audio!

- No required installs! When I was in uni we had a 360 and a PS3, and the amount of time mandatory installs on PS3 would make us wait several minutes and take up alot of hard drive space when the exact same game would play immediately on 360 was incredibly frustrating.

I admit the XBox 360 has it's issues (Live costs £23 a year, and that's after haggling with them over the phone - in stores it's typically £34.99 a year, but then PSN Plus exists now so...), and the older models had the famous red ring which is now all but a distant memory...

Neither console is perfect, but I won't get a PS3 for quite some time, and when I do it'll be purely for Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank, and Kingdom Hearts if it stays PlayStation exclusive (unlikely, seeing as there are DS KH games). I tried Resistance, and really, it held no water with me, but then I don't really like Gears that much either.

Also, this petty argument did die several years back, don't try and say the consoles didn't exist a few years ago! The 360 launched in 2006, five years ago XD

What's your job ?

Most recently, I was an underwriter for high net worth home insurance (basically saying "Yes, they can add that £210,000 ring to their policy, but only if they upgrade the safe, adhere to a personal custody and jewellery overhaul clause and we load the pricing for that item by 100%), then the missus got very homesick, we moved out to Oxfordshire last week and we're living with my father-in-law. She's gone back to her old job and I'm browsing the wanted ads.

The Screenshot Topic Returns

Video says it best, even if the colours came out a little screwy on the recording. This is an incomplete Scrap Brain Zone. I've just gotten the old fire traps working. Basically, walking through it while it's on causes you to lose HP.

Zach Furr Sonic Sprites

Well, at least I know I shouldn't take it personally Max =)

(And thanks WolfCoder)

Zach Furr Sonic Sprites

author=Solitayre
I guess Sam decided that if there was ever going to be a good Sonic game again he'd have to make it.

Did you make all that yourself? The Emerald Hill map is pretty awesome.


The map tiles are custom made. I heavily referenced the actual Sonic maps and stole their palettes for accuracy.

author=Max McGee
exactly what rmn needs more fucking sonic games


Oh c'mon, it doesn't automatically mean it can't be good! =P

Zach Furr Sonic Sprites

author=Max McGee
author=Little Wing Guy
Sam, I know the temptation to make “mario and s0nic rpg 2” any kind of sonic fan game is very hard to resist, but you must!


Y'mean, like this?


Zach Furr Sonic Sprites

author=Little Wing Guy
Sam, I know the temptation to make “mario and s0nic rpg 2” is very hard to resist, but you must!


That's not quite the plan, don't worry