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pheonix30

hi all im a complete noob here on the site and was wondering if there are ppl out there will to help me greate the artwork for my games

jamie_c

Check out this site, it's wonderful for tutorials on creating art for games:

http://2dgameartforprogrammers.blogspot.com/

UtopianGames

The art tutorials from Chris are simply amazing and don't worry about being a noob because we were all noobs at some point

Darren.

pheonix30

thanks so much guys i love your stuff deepblueapps and thanks for the link jamie ill have a look at it

pheonix30

hi guys just another issue im having i have created a piece of artwork and put it into the setup window and tiled it like tshirtbooth did in his recipe vids and i have pulled it along to make it tile 3 blocks long but when i go to preview it its 3 and a half blocks how can i fix this thanks in advance

jamie_c

Instead of dragging the size, put in a numeric value for it's size that is 3 times it's normal width. So if your block were 10 pixels wide, manually type in 30 pixels instead and see if that works correctly for you.

pheonix30

thanks ill try that

pheonix30

hi i have another problem my actor is standing mid air but off the platform how do i fix this here is a screen shot https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7x2xDEKtm7LTzlITXVKdVpJM1k/edit?usp=sharing

jamie_c

Well you only have two choices for collision boxes in GS, right now you must have Rectangle picked. You could try choosing Circle and see if that gives you the effect you want. In the specific case you show in the image with Circle picked your character would probably fall off the edge and not hang like that. But picking circle will effect other things like collisions with enemies as well so you'd just have to test it out and see what works best for you and what you can and can't live with.

Cute character by the way...

pheonix30

thanks unfortunately the character is not mine i got it from one of tshirtbooths tuts im a real noob here but where do i find the rectangle or circle thing you talking about

pheonix30

duh im a real noob i didnt realize that you are jamie cross "> im busy watching ur tuts on you tube aswell hahahahaha im learning so much from you thanks do u think i could rack your brains when i have a ques

jamie_c

It's under Physics in your actors, look for Collision Shape.

I think you have your tutorials confused, that character is from some that I have done, and from a small art pack I give away on my website. That's why I had to comment.

pheonix30

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pheonix30

im just using it to mess around with at the moment i hope you dont mind i dont plan on publishing it i just suck at 2D graphics so a frind of mine is busy greating me a whole lot

pheonix30

sorry about the confusion i just went back and saw it was from your recipie tuts

jamie_c

No worries at all. It's free for you to use as you see fit, even if you want to use it in a published game.

Like I said it's part of this free art pack on my website:
http://www.jamie-cross.net/?page_id=59

pheonix30

can i ask u a few more question

jamie_c

Sure ask away, if I can't answer hopefully someone else can.

pheonix30

im sure u can answer all my ques ur amazing with your development could i possibly send you my file once ive worked on it and get you to test it and tell me where i went wrong and how to fix it

pheonix30

im sure u can answer all my ques ur amazing with your development could i possibly send you my file once ive worked on it and get you to test it and tell me where i went wrong and how to fix it

jamie_c

I appreciate the kind words but I certainly don't know it all, LOL!

I'm don't think I'll be able to trouble shoot your actual files for you, fortunately (unfortunately??) I have a full time job that keeps me pretty busy. But if you can come up with specific questions I'll be happy to help with answers when I know them.

pheonix30

great thanks ill post them here then, right now im still going through all the tuts and just messing around to see what i can do

pheonix30

hi jamie tell me how would i make it look like i have bubbles floating in my underwater scene i have the png and have it set as an actor where do i go from there

jamie_c

Hi @pheonix30, I used particles to create a bubble kind of effect here:



It's green bubbles rising up out of the green toxic waste. So I'd use your bubble image as the image of a particle effect and adjust the settings to match how you want your bubbles to move.

pheonix30

thanks ill try it out

pheonix30

just watched the vid thats exactly what i want to do but how do i do it

jamie_c

@pheonix30, the particles from the video above are attached to this post. Feel free to use them as is or adjust to your specific needs. Particles can take a lot of tweaking to get just right so don't be afraid to play with all the settings and see what other effects you can get.

pheonix30

thanks

pheonix30

thanks it took a bit of tweeking but im getting there

jamie_c

Cool, particles can be tricky to get just right.

pheonix30

ive put a left and right arrow actor on my screen to move my actor but when my actor moves with the camera they dissaper do u have any tuts on this