New Game - Blog - Still needs name tho!
Hey,
so just started with Gamesalad, and to be frank, I'm horrible! Yet my ambitions are high and I have fun playing around with it. I just started my first game, which I've already planned out in my head and on various notes+ideas on the desk, now its just about making that happen. Since it's my first time creating games with Gamesalad, or overall since Warcraft3 (God did I make many custom maps in that game!), I will most likely encounter a ton of problems, therefore I've decided to create this blog" -if you will- of my progress, ideas, and most importantly problems that I can get feedback from the other users here, and always come back to fix my problems, or hopefully others will encounter the same problems and use this to help them further their game.
Concept: So the game is pretty straightforward to learn: the goal is to get these retarded birds/Kiwi's (No wings) back into their house. All birds have the ability to either attract or repel the other birds - As you proceed through levels more birds with different abilities will appear in the maps. The birds are round, fat, and bouncy so it isn't always as simple as it seems, often you will find some of your birds have flown too far, died, or gotten stuck - forcing you to reset the level.
I just started up the project, and have already run into some problems which I will try to resolve on my own so far - as they are probably very simple to experienced people, like you, but difficult for me - until I find a solution at which point stuff always becomes straightforward and simple right?
Okay so heres som concept art:
This here is Stinky. His utter foulness and terrible stench drives the other birds/kiwi's as far away as possible when clicked
Note: The stench-lines will be particles from him in the game, and a bit more subtle.
This here is Lula. She's the most beautiful (and only) girl amongst the birds. When clicked the other birds become attracted and wants their shot at love - they therefore charge towards Lula.
Note: When clicked in game she will emit a few hearts, showcasing the other birds affection.
A cloud:
Some extremely simple grass spots:
When they gameplay doesn't look horrible, I will upload a picture from the game in its entirety so you can get a better idea of the gameplay. Also don't think these are the only 2 birds there will be in the game, so far I have ideas for around different birds - all with their different strategical use and attributes - allowing the levels to become much more complicated.
That's about it for now, there is much more, but its 01.10 atm, and I have to get up for work in a little over six hours, so I gotta hit the bed. I will post more updates tomorrow.
---- Notes to self ----
Tomorrow:
- Maybe add a neutral bird?? - too easy when everyone has attributes?
- Add a "birds left to complete level" image. - I know how this should look, so wont take long.
- Fix the god-awful cloud movement!
- Fix Tracking area to follow camera --- But how?
- Add spin-out animation for when birds reach goal.
- REPLAY VALUE?!!??! Bronze, Silver, Gold ???
so just started with Gamesalad, and to be frank, I'm horrible! Yet my ambitions are high and I have fun playing around with it. I just started my first game, which I've already planned out in my head and on various notes+ideas on the desk, now its just about making that happen. Since it's my first time creating games with Gamesalad, or overall since Warcraft3 (God did I make many custom maps in that game!), I will most likely encounter a ton of problems, therefore I've decided to create this blog" -if you will- of my progress, ideas, and most importantly problems that I can get feedback from the other users here, and always come back to fix my problems, or hopefully others will encounter the same problems and use this to help them further their game.
Concept: So the game is pretty straightforward to learn: the goal is to get these retarded birds/Kiwi's (No wings) back into their house. All birds have the ability to either attract or repel the other birds - As you proceed through levels more birds with different abilities will appear in the maps. The birds are round, fat, and bouncy so it isn't always as simple as it seems, often you will find some of your birds have flown too far, died, or gotten stuck - forcing you to reset the level.
I just started up the project, and have already run into some problems which I will try to resolve on my own so far - as they are probably very simple to experienced people, like you, but difficult for me - until I find a solution at which point stuff always becomes straightforward and simple right?
Okay so heres som concept art:
This here is Stinky. His utter foulness and terrible stench drives the other birds/kiwi's as far away as possible when clicked
Note: The stench-lines will be particles from him in the game, and a bit more subtle.
This here is Lula. She's the most beautiful (and only) girl amongst the birds. When clicked the other birds become attracted and wants their shot at love - they therefore charge towards Lula.
Note: When clicked in game she will emit a few hearts, showcasing the other birds affection.
A cloud:
Some extremely simple grass spots:
When they gameplay doesn't look horrible, I will upload a picture from the game in its entirety so you can get a better idea of the gameplay. Also don't think these are the only 2 birds there will be in the game, so far I have ideas for around different birds - all with their different strategical use and attributes - allowing the levels to become much more complicated.
That's about it for now, there is much more, but its 01.10 atm, and I have to get up for work in a little over six hours, so I gotta hit the bed. I will post more updates tomorrow.
---- Notes to self ----
Tomorrow:
- Maybe add a neutral bird?? - too easy when everyone has attributes?
- Add a "birds left to complete level" image. - I know how this should look, so wont take long.
- Fix the god-awful cloud movement!
- Fix Tracking area to follow camera --- But how?
- Add spin-out animation for when birds reach goal.
- REPLAY VALUE?!!??! Bronze, Silver, Gold ???
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This also means that Lula will be getting a hairband, so they dont have exactly the same figure.
I also added a function that shows the amount of birds left to reach goal before the level is complete. It will be this image follow by a number.
And a house, which I cant upload a picture of at the given time...
Unfortunately I only had very little time to work on this today, so hopefully tomorrow i'll have some more time.