Game Design Megathread

[Skull Candy]

i can't run kikai shinzou for some reason

incidentally what does kikai shinzou mean

Machine Heart.
What OS are you using? What was the error? Was it a Game Maker error, or did it just flat-out crash?
I think I might be able to find a solution for this.

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[Bushido]

i'm on XP. says it's not a valid win32 application

[Zay]

i'm on XP

wat

[Skull Candy]

i'm on XP. says it's not a valid win32 application

It must be resolution error... fixing it now.
Before I get fullscreen working for everybody, I'm just gonna keep it windowed for now.
EDIT: Trying the windowed version didn't work out very well... Bushi, I should have a working version for you tomorrow.

[Derroith]

I don't mean to be that guy, but XP is pretty old.

I'm specifically having problems with running animations, I'm trying to get a decent animation for the guy below. I should probably try out the program you showed me above, I couldn't really find anything good to work with.

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Feedback for the above would be great from anyone, I changed a lot of it already but I liked this old model a lot. I realize he looks like a duck so let's just say he's not smoking his cigar here.

He's a cigar smoking robot assassin, wicked, I know.

[Flamecannon]

i dont even think bender can explain why robots have to smoke
keep toying around and you'll be able to get him to run
i'd suggest a bounce to it such as the head moving down a pixel covering the neck

[Plastiware]

i dont even think bender can explain why robots have to smoke
keep toying around and you'll be able to get him to run
i'd suggest a bounce to it such as the head moving down a pixel covering the neck

Bender only has to drink.  Smoking just makes him look cool.

[Flamecannon]

Bender only has to drink.  Smoking just makes him look cool.

he has to smoke to look cool
ehh, ehh?

[Bushido]

i'm on XP because i'm not only poor but also don't like piracy

i'll upgrade to 7 when i upgrade the rest of my computer, which will hopefully be soon.

[Derroith]

The smoke was going to come with some sweet particles once I got around to it so it would look fitting for sure.

The bobbing is definitely something I have to figure out, I'll try it tomorrow when I download the program Skull Candy told me about.

[Flamecannon]

The smoke was going to come with some sweet particles once I got around to it so it would look fitting for sure.

I'm not saying they don't fit I was more or less joking around. I like it when robots have some sort of smoke coming out of them, even if it's from a cigar. I think the guns in particular though should have more of a contrast to the robot. I can't think how, but maybe use a colder gray so then you can identify them. Maybe it's just me but I can't exactly tell what is the arm and what is the gun. I really like the legs and the head though.

[otto-san]

get game maker 8

why do people even bother using studio aren't they pretty much the same

OS portability is p valuable

i'd probably go the ten extra dollars and get studio standard if i do get GM

[Sitrus]

Higher res http://www.majhost.com/gallery/jamesster/Other/LOLSUBFOLDER4/flappy_bricks_wip_2.png

I artsy'd it up a little bit, taste the rainbow!

Flappy Bricks is amazing.

[Skull Candy]

New download, hopefully this should work for you Bushido and other people with Vista and lower.
I had a problem with the YYC compiler (using GM: Studio), so that's why it didn't work. I also fixed screen-tearing and the generation code. (tell me if I forgeted up, and try jumping onto a high platform from different angles.)

[Zanaran2]

y'all can't anti-alias to save your life