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Lonnehart wrote:
Well… I finally did it. I have a game up on the Google Play store (and hopefully the Amazon store).
bravo1102 wrote:
Ironscarf wrote:
I never touch coffee, unless it's in a cake.
Part of America's love affair with coffee is because of your country's monopolization of the import of tea and tendency to tax it. So you have no one to blame but your wretched ancestors. If only George III had had better acumen in choosing ministers.
Prototype wrote:Lonnehart wrote:
Well… I finally did it. I have a game up on the Google Play store (and hopefully the Amazon store).
I tried it out. It's a good start but really frustration to play. The controls are rather slow and I died a lot.
Also, the ads are VERY aggressive with non skippable ads EVERY time you die. And since the game was so hard I spent more time looking at ads than playing.
Ironscarf wrote:
And I still can't get quotes to work right.
It's not really an extra "quote". It's the closing of the section (hence why it's spelled "/quote").
A future game in my mind right now has this storyline… The protagonist fighting an overwhelming battle against an unknown enemy which seeks to assimilate the entire universe starting with the protagonists world. I plan on slowly revealing that the very enemy the protagonist is fighting is… Humanity itself. Or rather a horribly mutated version of it with all of its worst qualities personified. As for the protagonist, they would be human-like, but won't be as they'd be native to the universe they're fighting to save…
What do you think of stories where Humanity is portrayed as a horrible destructive force of nature rather than an evil person or organization? And what sort of "clues" do you suggest I add into the game to reveal things as subtly as possible?
Lonnehart wrote:
It's not really an extra "quote". It's the closing of the section (hence why it's spelled "/quote").
What do you think of stories where Humanity is portrayed as a horrible destructive force of nature rather than an evil person or organization? And what sort of "clues" do you suggest I add into the game to reveal things as subtly as possible?
Lonnehart wrote:
It's not really an extra "quote". It's the closing of the section (hence why it's spelled "/quote").
I'm pretty sure I'm already suffering from post-graduation depression and I haven't even finished the semester yet. I'm concerned that my anxiety is increasing, but it's not so much panic-anxiety like I used to get as it is just a constant level of vague unease with my life. It's especially bad today, for whatever reason - I can't eat or focus on my schoolwork at all.
bravo1102 wrote:
It's a really overused trope lurching into hammer on the head cliché moralizing. Look how Avatar was actually a cowboy and Indians movie. Other than the Twilight Zone I can't think of another one worthwhile. But that's me.
HippieVan wrote:
I'm pretty sure I'm already suffering from post-graduation depression and I haven't even finished the semester yet. I'm concerned that my anxiety is increasing, but it's not so much panic-anxiety like I used to get as it is just a constant level of vague unease with my life. It's especially bad today, for whatever reason - I can't eat or focus on my schoolwork at all.
HippieVan wrote:
I'm pretty sure I'm already suffering from post-graduation depression and I haven't even finished the semester yet. I'm concerned that my anxiety is increasing, but it's not so much panic-anxiety like I used to get as it is just a constant level of vague unease with my life. It's especially bad today, for whatever reason - I can't eat or focus on my schoolwork at all.
I played your game Lonne. It's somewhat addictive but too hard.
I'd advise going with a font like Ariel, brighting the colours a bit, and adding some shading. Also get rid of that thing with the two rectangles in the start with that line down the middle of the screen- Instead have a transparent circle on either side of the screen and text in the middle (in Ariel) that says simply "tap to move".
Things like that will make it look a bit more slick.
Man, so many times I wish I could just drop Facebook altogether, but I need to be on there for the Drunk Duck stuff and contacting people I can't contact any other way. The trouble is that it's just too tempting a timewaster
Thanks, Ozone. I'll be working that into the next update, though I'll be using transparent panes instead of outlined rectangles or circles. I've found (from the people who have tested the game for me) that instead of reading the instructions they will focus on tapping only on the circles or text instead of the entire side of the screen. My niece also advised that I add powerups to make the game a bit easier. And the Ariel font looks nice. Still working on my spriting though so that will take a while. T_T
Just a question about art…
What style is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8bKKTJK8KM
Today I braved a first grade classroom for the first time. I have worked with first graders before and they were always my favorite class, you know, kindergartener-sized humans with the ability to read and I have even considered teaching first grade at one point in my life. Oh boy, how little did those experiences prepare me for today. I was constantly having little ones coming up to me to complain about a person bothering them; two of the kids had to go to the nurse (one for an ice pack, the other for a bandaid); one kept complaining about her "tummy" hurting, which then became her head hurting, then asthma; some children were perfect; some did not know how to spell; some had entire notebooks with the text written backwards. I felt like Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop.
Today my pupil told me that she wants to keep having homework because if she did not have homework, she would have never been able to meet and work with me. Such a sweet kid, and it was definitely a comment that brightened my night.
Tomorrow will be my tenth day subbing in the nonverbal autistic classroom. I love that room so much that I wrote the staff a Thank You card that I later found out made them all cry after they read it out loud. One of my favorite things to do at the end of the day is to draw with a mini white board alongside one of the students. Last time, I drew a tic-tac-toe board expecting him to play a quick game with me, but he took the board and used what I had started to make a grid and then drew an entire 2-point perspective architectural drawing of a room's interior. I know I am not supposed to pick favorites, but this kid takes the cake. I believe he exhibits signs of a natural genius and will grow up to do great things for the world one day.
I think as humans, one of the most effective things to say to someone is, "I understand you." A lot of us are simply searching for a person who listens. Sometimes when working with a nonverbal student, I look them in the eyes and say, "I understand what you are trying to say." And that bridges the communication gap.
Sounds very emotionally fulfilling Kawaii. Completely unlike anything I do.
Lonnehart wrote:That look is all vector graphics. It uses the same sort of processing as 3D art because it's all about the position of points, angles and curves and calculating gradient fills based on area. And that's all there is to it. I don't know how easy that is to program but it's very easy to create that kind of artwork as an Illustrator- VERY easy. As soon as you master the tools and how to get the effects (simple and very straight forward), you can do as much of that as you like.
Just a question about art…
What style is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8bKKTJK8KM
ozoneocean wrote:
Sounds very emotionally fulfilling Kawaii. Completely unlike anything I do.Lonnehart wrote:That look is all vector graphics. It uses the same sort of processing as 3D art because it's all about the position of points, angles and curves and calculating gradient fills based on area. And that's all there is to it. I don't know how easy that is to program but it's very easy to create that kind of artwork as an Illustrator- VERY easy. As soon as you master the tools and how to get the effects (simple and very straight forward), you can do as much of that as you like.
Just a question about art…
What style is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8bKKTJK8KM
Adobe Illustrator is the tool to use.
Wow, taking a break from Facebook has been marvellous! It can become a terrible procrastination tool and crutch. I'm strictly limiting myself to one visit a day for about an hour at most (hopefully much less)- I have to get all necessary business, contacts, and catchups completed in that time and then quit it for another 24 hours.
Let's see how long I can keep this up!
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