Ants Thread

mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
edited November -1 in Announce Your Game!
Just thought I'd blast up a thread about a game I'm working on, starting today called 'Ants'. Just doing the artwork right now and thought I'd post some pictures in progress:

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I'll post more as I go along

Ace
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  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    looks cool
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  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Cheers Beefy, gonna spend a long time on this one I reckon.
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    Excellent, i look forward to your updates :)
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  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Here's an animation I'm still working on for the ant...

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    Going to smooth it out a bit more though

    Ace
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    cool, maybe have the ant blinking or some kind of facial expression as he runs
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  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Yeah, gonna add some blinking to it :)

    Here's another picture

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    Ace
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Spent a full day on it now and the artwork is coming together nicely. Improved the run cycle and started on background scenes.

    Hopefully by Monday I can start coding it. Before I did the artwork I coded a test level with White squares instead of artwork and seemed to play really well.

    Ace
  • ScootsScoots Member Posts: 507
    Nice art, good luck with your project.
  • DreamLabDreamLab Member Posts: 2,127
    Love the art. I was going to do a game using ants but I'm tied between a couple other ideas.
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Haha I warn you against doing an ant game, I've just spent the last 2 hours drawing 3 leaf clovers, everything's massive when you work with something so small haha.
    I'll post the background images when I'm done

    Ace
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Just working on a website to build up the character to promote and here's the test picture for the site:

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    Ace
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    This is sort of becoming a game blog haha so I've copied the posts across to a blog which is at http://instantmashgames.blogspot.com

    The website is now live but not fully functional, the links just lead to blank pages at the moment but I've been working on this game for 17 hours today, so I'm gonna get some sleep before I carry on with it tomorrow.

    The website is http://www.savetheants.com

    Night night, bedbugs and all that...
    Ace
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Reworked the website because I wasn't really vibing it...

    http://www.helptheants.com/

    Links are still dead but working on the rest of the site now.

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  • PortgasPortgas Member Posts: 71
    this ant looks like a narc
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    What's a Narc? I typed it in to Google images and it just came up with an angry looking black guy?

    Ace
  • PortgasPortgas Member Posts: 71
    narc- i mean drug addict)
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Haha yeah I thought that too and so did a lot of people after questioning a lot of people, so the cigar has gone now :)

    Now he's just a crazy Army Ant lol.

    Ace
  • expired_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
    I don't think you should post all of your artwork here. Anyone is able to drag the animation on their desktop and get the .gif file. It's your choice, but im sure there are some random people who come on these forums just to steal some artwork.

    Looking great by the way :)
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    I copyright everything that I do but thanks for the heads up... I hate people lol.

    I'll stick stuff in YouTube videos from now on.

    Ace
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Actually, I'm just going to watermark them... No point in not showing my progress just because of some greedy plebs.

    Ace
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Right, I've watermarked them... Thanks again for the heads up Arton.

    Ace
  • frariofrario Member Posts: 164
    I like that!

    If I can advance a suggestion: try removing the emboss effect, using a smoother gradient or removing it completely... just to show me how they would look :)
    However they look fun!
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    image

    Here you go buddy,

    Ace
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Forgot to do the gun lol but you get the gist

    Ace
  • frariofrario Member Posts: 164
    Better!
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Big thank you to @frario... I had a day off yesterday from work but back at it today and although it's taking ages to change all of my artwork and the run cycle and stuff, it looks miles better for not having the Bevel/Emboss.

    Ace
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Here's Antony after he falls from a certain height:

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    Ace
  • DreamLabDreamLab Member Posts: 2,127
    I really like how much you put into your art. Most people either hire someone or don't really care about their art. To me, the art of the game gets me to buy it. the gameplay gets me to play it. So thats what I do. I focus a lot on the art.(which attracts buyers) and as long as you have a decent and fun gameplay, its a great game.
    Just wanted to say good job and looking forward to the game. Do you have a certain date you are going to release it?
  • mynameisacemynameisace Hull, UKMember Posts: 2,484
    Thanks a lot DreamLab, I've spent a good 35-40 hours on the artwork so far.

    I reckon it'll be a 1st March release date, giving us until the end of January to finish it and then a month promoting/marketing it.

    It will have 150 levels, 50 for each character.

    Pretty excited about this one :)

    Ace
  • DreamLabDreamLab Member Posts: 2,127
    Any new pictures/video you can show us?
    DL

    Ps: love the way you are making this game.
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