Draw Your Cataclysms

StopSignal · 2015-02-24T21:22:56.000Z

You would not believe how easy it is.
I usually bounce of tutorials and help things but this dude, who made an awesome game called Gunpoint, is making a tutorial. It’s not in the direction you want (trading) but it’s like, the best way to learn its core, its things, its language and its awesomeness. To tell you a thing, by the end of the 4rth video I was already branching off and making my own game!

Make A Game With No Experience, part 1: http://youtu.be/DN6dZWXUEzA

I hope the length does not put you off. The videos are really fun and I found it’s a charm to listen to him.

After that I am pretty sure you will be able to do most stuff. There are like 15 videos and counting but after the third one you will know most stuff! Also woah, I have never seen such a community. Just search how to do X in game maker and the answer is always there.

So like, I think you pass that (and reproduce it and stuff) and then we can basically go wild! Being a trading game it will have a lot of numbers but that will be easy. Trust me!

No, really, it’s easy and fun.

FoobyDude · 2015-02-24T21:48:45.000Z

[quote=“StopSignal, post:3358, topic:441”]How many character drawings for the collab have been done? If everyone could post a link with theirs, that’d be really helpful! Forgot to save them, and they are hard to search for.

Hnnnngggg i want that game to be done! I am already helping a friend with GM, i insist i can help you if you want!
Of course it would be different than the game i am doing but that means we would both learn![/quote]

Arighty m8, one Mason comin’ right up!

Litppunk:

cool stuff. Not criticizing, or anything, not really. but, clips come with an overhang (Most of the time) or double overhang on sids or something on some double stack clips so the spring in the bottom doesn’t make them all pop out of clip before its in gun. If I had tried to draw this I probably would’ve tried for a while then erased them…then erased everything else cuz I can’t draw in the first place. Just thought Id throw that out there, its a rather tricky piece to draw. And you can still tell what it is without so prob for best anyways. Nice work again and kickass storytelling.

Didn’t exactly have a Tec-9 Magazine reference up when doing it, only put up the picture of CS:GO’s Tec-9 and didn’t really think of adding detail to the Magazine 'cause people would get the gist.
Thanks, and I’ll have a little more detail next time I draw a Mag.

[quote=“Chaz, post:3355, topic:441”]Aw yeah, that looks good!

Also here’s a little snippet. Just practicing drawing human faces so I can draw 'em better.

-nice face brah-

-Seb is a cool dude that rekt Coulter by sending him elsewhere and is respected by a bunch of people but Chaz thinks he’s a bit scary-[/quote]

Very nice face, 10/10.
Also Seb sounds like a cool guy, will he be making an appearance in more of your story segments?

StopSignal · 2015-02-24T21:53:57.000Z

FoobyDude:

Arighty m8, one Mason comin’ right up!

Give me all the characters yasssss

Chaz · 2015-02-24T22:07:03.000Z

Alright, so far with the basic GameMaker interface (No code involved, I just used the drag and drop stuff) I was able to make a spaceship and make it move around in sort of a tile-based manner (I want the interface to be primarily tile-based much like our beloved Cata).

Also yes, Seb will likely show up at some point in a doodle!

StopSignal · 2015-02-24T22:09:37.000Z

[quote=“Chaz, post:3364, topic:441”]Alright, so far with the basic GameMaker interface (No code involved, I just used the drag and drop stuff) I was able to make a spaceship and make it move around in sort of a tile-based manner (I want the interface to be primarily tile-based much like our beloved Cata).

Also yes, Seb will likely show up at some point in a doodle![/quote]

Though I’d tell you to stay away from drag & drop, that’s pretty cool! Also, what do you mean in tale based manner? Explain, I seriously like to chat about this.

Chaz · 2015-02-24T22:23:32.000Z

Well, much like Cataclysm and other roguelikes, I want to make a top-down trading game where your character (I’m still not sure whether to go for a space game or a cyberpunk not-space game) moves along, constrained to squares in a grid. So for instance when I press up on the keyboard, the ship will jump forward to the next tile in space, rather than moving forward smoothly.

I figure this would work best since I want to make my game turn-based, so that a player has time to think about where they want to go for their next trading run!

Perigrin · 2015-02-24T22:33:27.000Z

[quote=“Chaz, post:3366, topic:441”]Well, much like Cataclysm and other roguelikes, I want to make a top-down trading game where your character (I’m still not sure whether to go for a space game or a cyberpunk not-space game) moves along, constrained to squares in a grid. So for instance when I press up on the keyboard, the ship will jump forward to the next tile in space, rather than moving forward smoothly.

I figure this would work best since I want to make my game turn-based, so that a player has time to think about where they want to go for their next trading run![/quote]

nice. the fact that you are actually doing this fills me with all of the hype, as you have yet to disappoint on any of your created worlds, and that is really rare.

Chaz · 2015-02-24T22:37:54.000Z

Of course now I feel all of the pressure, and I have difficulty working under pressure aaaaaaa

It will be a thing eventually, but between work experience and an impending broadband upgrade through which I wanna stream stuff, my doofy game ideas are sorta being sat on the back burner for now. I at the very least know the basics of using GameMaker now, so when I have the time and the willpower I’ll definitely do it, but right now I feel like I have a bit too much on my plate as is, and I’d much rather relax and play games for the time being than worry about making or running them, ahaha.

Litppunk · 2015-02-24T22:56:01.000Z

if you want more place to get ideas from try Caravaneer and Caravaneer 2 By: Games of Honor. They are nice post apoc trading games, with great NPC interaction going on.
http://www.gamesofhonor.com
If I am not mistaken most of their other games are crap though.

Perigrin · 2015-02-24T22:58:24.000Z

[quote=“Litppunk, post:3369, topic:441”]if you want more place to get ideas from try Caravaneer and Caravaneer 2 By: Games of Honor. They are nice post apoc trading games, with great NPC interaction going on.
http://www.gamesofhonor.com
If I am not mistaken most of their other games are crap though.[/quote]
wait, 2 is out? nice

Litppunk · 2015-02-24T23:14:44.000Z

has been for a while now, its on Kongregate and the maker’s site Games of Honor. Only sites I know of anyways. 2 Is really cool flows a lot better especially with the way they revamped the map and redid the traveling so it no longer ‘remember the degree to go then do so yourself’ but gets really hard to progress after the first mission to beat off the raiders (don’t worry it takes awhile to beat it) I recommend building up your caravan with pack animals when you can. Theres no way to get enough supplies to make the further journeys fast enough without pack animals such as donkeys. Especially try and get some females as the milk production once they are pregnant makes for a great supplement your water stores. Prioritize rations appropriately.

Lorknis · 2015-02-24T23:16:34.000Z

Two… two is out? I was going to make an RP but I must now shift my life goal.

Litppunk · 2015-02-24T23:19:43.000Z

shoulda known everyone here would be a fan of Caravaneer

TinHeadDays · 2015-02-24T23:55:53.000Z

I never really got into it myself…
I did get into Wasteland 2 though, so I guess that makes up for it.

nickspaceman · 2015-02-25T01:24:25.000Z

Litppunk:

shoulda known everyone here would be a fan of Caravaneer

eh I found the 1st one great the 2nd one I just idk. haven’t had to time to do much with and by time I mean will. there are just so many really long rpgs out there

Litppunk · 2015-02-25T02:07:33.000Z

fair enough I never bothered to finish either one I just liked the idea.

FoobyDude · 2015-02-25T02:09:38.000Z

[quote=“Chaz, post:3368, topic:441”]Of course now I feel all of the pressure, and I have difficulty working under pressure aaaaaaa

It will be a thing eventually, but between work experience and an impending broadband upgrade through which I wanna stream stuff, my doofy game ideas are sorta being sat on the back burner for now. I at the very least know the basics of using GameMaker now, so when I have the time and the willpower I’ll definitely do it, but right now I feel like I have a bit too much on my plate as is, and I’d much rather relax and play games for the time being than worry about making or running them, ahaha.[/quote]

Take your time Chaz, Relax! Because one of the biggest reasons things don’t get finished or turn out plain bad is pressure and rushing the production! It sounds like a really interesting idea for a game, as I’ve never quite heard of the genre so it may be cool to check out when YOU feel it is ready for a release.

Also, don’t wanna make you feel you have to but; maybe cameos from others on the forum here? nudge-nudge

StopSignal · 2015-02-25T02:13:08.000Z

[quote=“Chaz, post:3368, topic:441”]Of course now I feel all of the pressure, and I have difficulty working under pressure aaaaaaa

It will be a thing eventually, but between work experience and an impending broadband upgrade through which I wanna stream stuff, my doofy game ideas are sorta being sat on the back burner for now. I at the very least know the basics of using GameMaker now, so when I have the time and the willpower I’ll definitely do it, but right now I feel like I have a bit too much on my plate as is, and I’d much rather relax and play games for the time being than worry about making or running them, ahaha.[/quote]

Oh, sorry man. Did not realize that!

Litppunk · 2015-02-25T02:14:24.000Z

yea everything fooby just said. The main thing is DON’T PANIC NEVER PANIC ABOUT HOW ITS GOING TO BE TERRIBLE AND EVERYONE HATES IT BUT DON"T PANIC THERES NO NEED TO PANIC!!! shakes chaz vigorously NEVER EVER PANIC EVER! BE CONFIDENT AND DON’T PANIC. there your all set to go now ^.^ glad I could help if you ever feel you are PANICING just swing back by and Ill give you a special dose of DON’T PANIC just for you ^.^ good luck

Pthalocy · 2015-02-25T06:22:25.000Z

[me=Pthalocy]hands Litppunk the Least Helpful Motivator award[/me]

Reposting my pic for the collab project. “Beep boop StopSignal” is now a searchable phrase to find this post by later.