game WIP Platform shooter game - the Phony Brony

[PhonyBrony 275]

I know what youre thinking, "he makes games?!"

 

Well this was made in Game maker. I know there are tons of GM haters, but I'm still learning Java so bear with me.

 

Here's a playable demo. I wont be able to compile to Unix (max / linux) because Game maker doesnt support them.

 

Im going to make this a zombie shooter game (think Bridle Gossip). I probably will only have Unicorns because i'm not sure how I would have them holding the guns otherwise. It would have been top down but Tinna Brown on these forums inspired me to make it a platformer. Hers (his?) is, with my current understanding, will be very different.

 

Also don't expect good graphics because I have no animations; every movement is done by rotating tons of limbs.

 

Try it!

 

EDIT: I forgot to mention that this demo has no enemies

Edit 2: Update: Added space bar jumping. Empty Shells. Pony grahpics changed. Blood. There's an enemy but thats just a dummy right now.

Edit 3: Update: Added zombies. Added gun 2, you cant go back to gun 1 yet. Enemy death (not yet for player). Body parts.

Edit 4: Update: Added lighting. Background. Simple environment props. Smooth gun movement. Random gun accuracy. Simple HUD. Player Death.

Edit 5: Update: Added gun selection screen. (It costs nothing to change guns as of now, even though that gives you full ammo.) Kill counter at bottom left. Gun 3. Oh and the pistol's damage was increased a bit.

Edit 6: Update: Added blood splatter on the ground. Gun collision detection (You can't shoot through walls anymore)

Edit 7: Update: Changed lighting script (the effect is the same). Added lamps (scenery). Explosion. Colored smoke. Rocket launcher (gun4). Gun string names. Changed some gun constants

Edit 8: Update: Added gun5 (a shotgun). Shell delay after shot for all guns. Splash damage. Blowing off limbs. Bullet velocity(different from damage, used for body parts) Changed a few constants. Ambient noise.

 

 

The game is in exe format, so I encourage you to virus scan. I have nothing to hide.

 

http://sandbox.yoyog...latform-shooter

 

-the Phony Brony

Edited March 26, 2012 by PhonyBrony

[Luurilka 325]

Twilight looks rather cruddy in this.

Maybe you could use The pony creator for animations. I emphasize maybe since idk.

 

Pony creator:

 

http://generalzoi.deviantart.com/art/Pony-Creator-Full-Version-254295904

[LowfatEnvelope 335]

Haha not what i was expecting. I like it though. I think the movement actually looks rather nice. Also i love the sound effect for the gun and the kick on it. Having space bar as an alternative jump method may be helpful though. Couldn't figure it out at first.

[Chigens and Kay 3,832]

Played it, scared the shit crap outta' me when I shot because the sound effect is pretty loud.

 

Twilight looks rather cruddy in this.

 

Also, this.

[PhonyBrony 275]

Twilight looks rather cruddy in this.

Maybe you could use The pony creator for animations. I emphasize maybe since idk.

 

Pony creator:

 

http://generalzoi.de...rsion-254295904

 

Okay I'm using that now. The graphics might still be bad because I had to manually cut out each piece of the picture, but it should be less horrid.

 

Haha not what i was expecting. I like it though. I think the movement actually looks rather nice. Also i love the sound effect for the gun and the kick on it. Having space bar as an alternative jump method may be helpful though. Couldn't figure it out at first.

 

Space bar added!

 

Played it, scared the shit crap outta' me when I shot because the sound effect is pretty loud.

 

 

 

Also, this.

 

Oh yeah, haha. Sorry I should have mentioned the sound. Thanks

 

Check the first post for the update.

-the Phony Brony

[Ignore Me 14]

This is such an odd concept, haha! It's interesting though, what would the storyline for it be? Also, I love Twilight's face in this, she seems so indifferent that she's shooting a gun

[Chigens and Kay 3,832]

Not sure if you want me to point anything out but,

 

 

this is Twilight just standing in midair, not jumping or anything.

 

Anyway, her sprite does look a lot better, keep it up!

[Luurilka 325]

Okay I'm using that now. The graphics might still be bad because I had to manually cut out each piece of the picture, but it should be less horrid.

 

Don't forget that u can actually pose ponies in the pony creator.

[PhonyBrony 275]

Not sure if you want me to point anything out but,

 

 

this is Twilight just standing in midair, not jumping or anything.

 

Anyway, her sprite does look a lot better, keep it up!

 

Changed the bounding box. It may still be strange, but hopefully it's better

 

Don't forget that u can actually pose ponies in the pony creator.

 

I could, but that would mean making a picture for each frame. That would be better but the animations would be less smooth. Well right now there aren't any animated sprites. Thanks though, i'll consider it.

 

If you want to you could, but I may not implement it. Here's the pony code: 2O3L050100BF80CEE2A6DE002019A31EAJL1B37004000000P13B19C1FE59C20N114A13D3D348C8

[Luurilka 325]

not bad.

 

Although I do not like that the dead zombie bodies disappear after you kill them.

Edited March 11, 2012 by 3p1cd3m0n

[Chigens and Kay 3,832]

 

Still floating bro. Also, the time between the gun reloading sound effect ending and the bullets actually being reloaded is bothering me.

 

Other then that, I love killing zombie Twilight. You're making great progress.

[Ezynell 2,037]

Make an advertising YouTube video! With enough progress, It's something that might be as anticipated for as PonyKart or Fighting is Magic!

[PhonyBrony 275]

not bad.

 

Although I do not like that the dead zombie bodies disappear after you kill them.

 

Hm I tried making the body parts land on the ground, but it became really annoying. I guess I wont have that for now

 

 

Still floating bro. Also, the time between the gun reloading sound effect ending and the bullets actually being reloaded is bothering me.

 

Other then that, I love killing zombie Twilight. You're making great progress.

 

Okay, I changed the bounding box to as small as im comfortable with.

 

Make an advertising YouTube video! With enough progress, It's something that might be as anticipated for as PonyKart or Fighting is Magic!

 

Haha thanks, I would, but there are a ton of GM haters out there. And I can kind of see why they're like that

 

Anyways check the first post for an update.

[Chigens and Kay 3,832]

WAY better, very nice. Love it.

[PhonyBrony 275]

I made a small update where you can select guns. See the top post.

 

On and I added a third gun. It's slightly over powered but whatever.

The way I set up the guns makes it incredibly easy to set up new guns. I'll have to make special cases for special guns (rocket launcher, shotgun w/ splash damage, etc)

 

- the Phony Brony

[Tiina Brown 67]

Hm, yeah, that bounding box is annoying ....

 

Without having played yet, i also guess that the gun is a part of the Twilight sprite.

This makes the use of a bounding box an even worse choise .....

 

I tend to prefer "precise collision checking".

Ok, it may result in the odd situation of twi "standing on air", supported by either her tail or chin ....

But that might be preferable?

 

I found a way around that though, but i'm not sure how that way should look like for bigger sprites ...

 

I suggest you test it, at least.

 

Also, on Game Maker Community (there are links from Yoyo-games to it), i recently made a topic about it (my name there is "Catelf" ) in the Novice and intermediary part of their forum.

GMC requires a seperate registration from yoyo-games, it seems like, though ...

 

I downloaded your game-in-progress, and will probably try it out ... if i remember to

[PhonyBrony 275]

Hm, yeah, that bounding box is annoying ....

 

Without having played yet, i also guess that the gun is a part of the Twilight sprite.

This makes the use of a bounding box an even worse choise .....

 

I tend to prefer "precise collision checking".

Ok, it may result in the odd situation of twi "standing on air", supported by either her tail or chin ....

But that might be preferable?

 

I found a way around that though, but i'm not sure how that way should look like for bigger sprites ...

 

I suggest you test it, at least.

 

Also, on Game Maker Community (there are links from Yoyo-games to it), i recently made a topic about it (my name there is "Catelf" ) in the Novice and intermediary part of their forum.

GMC requires a seperate registration from yoyo-games, it seems like, though ...

 

I downloaded your game-in-progress, and will probably try it out ... if i remember to

 

Argh bounding boxes... I hate them almost as much as grids.

 

Though the way I made the game forces me to use a static rectangle as a bounding box because there are no animations in the game; its all done by rotating limbs. (Edit: that means that the player is made up of multiple sprites that cannot work as one whole)The gun is not attached to the player sprite in any way. It doesnt effect wall collisions either... I should fix that.

But i looked at your GMC post and I see you solved it... probably the same way I would. I could change the bounding box shape, but I'll have to do some testing to implement it to my current movement system.

 

Thanks anyways

 

-the Phony Brony

 

--------------------------------3/17/12---------------------------------

 

I made another small update. I'm going through the process of making the game as gory as possible and need suggestions...

 

I just added blood splatter and did a little with gun aiming. Check the first post for the update.

 

-the Phony Brony

 

--------------------------------3/18/12-------------------------------

Another slightly larger update.

I know you'll be happy with the new rocket launcher! Everypony's favorite! Except be careful because you might blow yourself up.

Still thinking of how to make the game more gory. Any suggestions? No? Okay.

Edited March 18, 2012 by PhonyBrony

[Tiina Brown 67]

Gory?

How gory? some gross, even?

Blasting of pieces of decayed flesh?

Blasting off the head, but the rest of the body continues?

[PhonyBrony 275]

Gory?

How gory? some gross, even?

Blasting of pieces of decayed flesh?

Blasting off the head, but the rest of the body continues?

 

YES EXACTLY. Wow I can't believe I didn't think of that! (a cupcake eating cutie mark, it's so obvious)

 

I'm gonna make it so it's a random chance of a limb falling off, or head, (or maybe tail too? that isnt someting that gets blown off though) Which shouldn't be too hard as I'm drawing each one onto the screen separately anyway.

I'll get back to you guys later, I got stuff to do.

 

------3/25-----

Okay I added another update.

 

Theres a shotgun now! Also a few more lower level updates with no immediate effects currently. (they just make it easier for me to customize guns later, such as more splash damage or delayed shell clip guns). After all there is one script that I use that houses all the constants for ever gun; all I need to do to add a gun is to edit the script and create more sprites/sounds.

 

But I'll probably stop working on this till I get more recent feedback. So check the top post.

 

the Phony Brony