Rock Run: A Game in Development

[Buster's Uncle]

Now that's branding, I think.

I could also size this slightly differently (and put the background back or not) and create a BBR or Indie Dev usergroup so a certain someone could have it as an icon right under his handle...

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[Dale]

Thanks BU.

Current screenshot.  Looking much better with that border.  BTW, the point of the border is to dictate game area.  Not every level will be the same size.  The border dictates how big an area you get.

EDIT: notice a double line on the brick horizontal tiling.

[Buster's Uncle]

That's looking pretty sharp so far.  Did you ask for something in place of the diamonds?

Hmm.  Something I don't understand going on with the brick edges on the sides...  Need to have another look.

[Dale]

That's looking pretty sharp so far.  Did you ask for something in place of the diamonds?

Hmm.  Something I don't understand going on with the brick edges on the sides...  Need to have another look.

Diamonds are fine.

[Buster's Uncle]

I better draw something you can own, though, to be safe - should be no problem.  Before I check your list on the first page, am I missing anything but the animation exploding wall frames?  Anything new?

Okay, the numbers don't work out for bricks quite even at 32x, so I had to cheat a brick in each row one pixel wider, but this will look better on the horizontal walls.  I checked..

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[Buster's Uncle]

Bedrock.  How to draw bedrock that looks like bedrock and different than dirt and boulders?

[Dale]

Ignore bedrock you've been calling it girder.

Explosion is generic not for wall. Ie bug dieing player dieing.

[Buster's Uncle]

Ah.  That will actually be easier.  The brick segments fill up the frame and would be tough to make look good.  Chill Penguin, I have a little room, especially to the sides.  I blew up Wiglaf's head recently recently for a 'poly smilie, so I know exactly what to do.  I'll make it as a .gif animation and then post individual frames.

If I can do this  , that will be easy.



What's this about bugs?  I missed those...

[Rusty Edge]

What's this about bugs?  I missed those...

Me, too. Probably a level thing. It sorta reminds me of an ant farm. I'd expect to find ants and termites underground... But an unorthodox opinion might be called for.

[Buster's Uncle]

Okay - I can knock out a generic spidery silhouette.

Hmm.  Looking at what's in the screenie, I wasted a lot of time trying to fill up the square and just messed up the proportions.  Let's back up a few steps and skip that for the next draft...

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[Buster's Uncle]

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[Buster's Uncle]

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[Dale]

I'm out for the day now and can't trial any.

The bugs are the baddies. One just blows up and the other turns into diamonds.

[Buster's Uncle]

Now to save each frame as a .png...

Ants could be tough, as I can do an ant head facing forward, or a profile that faces one way - and which explodes and which turns to diamonds? Ant or spider?

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[Buster's Uncle]

The way I timed it for the .gif was 30ms for each of these four frames, which may have been too fast.  100ms is too slow.  Around 50ms, or 1/20th of a second may be about right, depending on how it works in the programming and how fast the game runs.  I can fiddle around with the .gif timing more if you want more info on that.

Now to knock out a spider before bed - feedback on the ant and the other two transformations would be great.

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