Ep 8: Sprites and Weapons, Yo [top-down shooter]

[Capature]

Have you got the source to make the camera follow the player?

[Braannndonn]

It reminds me of a top down Ratchet And Clank. :P

[veryfuck]

HEY! i dont know if you guys know the game, but you should really look into the game Super Contra and implement aspects of it in your game.

Its a really nice game and it reminds me to that game each time im watching your videos

[Ecalyptus90]

new weapons.. hm OMG THE FACEMAkER OO 1:37 FACEMAKER

[dodobirdies]

the feet would work if the guy is an android that rotates from the torso lol

[WiggyRap]

wow sweet the game's awesome!

[cjnicholls]

Dude, where can I get that Machinae Supremacy track? I've searched EVERYWHERE and can't find it :(

[JForceGames]

Just search google for chuck rock machinae supremacy.

[cjnicholls]

I have done, cant only find the .ogg version in torrents, no MP3s :(

[JForceGames]

Hmm, the first result I see in Google is tunesdaily, and the mp3 is right there.

[cjnicholls]

Omfg.... I must have refreshed that page 20 times and the link and video never showed up... *bows*

[juanxino92]

D: noob T.T

[MasterJake777]

Cool ice gun!

[programmerguy89]

I do like the music, congrats to whoever did that though.. did that good!

[lintfordpickle]

is the music not from chuck rock?

[programmerguy89]

Where's the revolutuonary programming power, the explosions look like you just enlarged a polygon and the texture coordinates it is tex mapped to? No shaders, this looks like it was shitted out of a cows ass!

[Yuyuyami]

It's a WIP, you dumb fuck.

[programmerguy89]

Still, Gay/Jay Fail has gone nowhere in the last fuckign 6 months.... They suck as bad as you supporting this crap..

[Yuyuyami]

This "crap" is most likely more than you could do and it is in NO way harming your or taking time and money from you.

Go stick your dick in a blender.

I usually abhor the idea of Eugenics, but with idiots like you, I have no other option but to support it.

[JForceGames]

Watch our trailer.

[HEDNOKKA35]

i know a bob...he's square and yellow....but wuts with the stik guy wit no nek.......its not funny putting dead ppl on here

[0xXEliXx0]

wow, that looks great! i love the ice weapon, keep doing things like that (so that its more unique than straight point and shoot indies). keep up the great work!

[amcadam26]

So what games have you done before? I'm assuming since you're hyping yourselves up so much that you've all developed quite a few games before, can I get a link to download some please?

[t2darlantan2]

lol??? a whole vid for this??????

[croakacola]

I'd be more impressed if it wasn't done in xna. But still, some weapons look pretty cool and you're focusing on the game itself, so that's good.

[FrankieSmileShow]

Oh snapp at first I wasn't sure, but some of these weapons look pretty fun! Id see them in a sidescrolling shooter instead though (except for the one that creates walls naturally)

[ZOMS15]

You guys are doing an awesome job!

[jbanol]

i just want to make some suggestions.

first you might want to make the big guns and ice gun with limited ammo. because someone might just go to a corner and use the ice wall and no zombie will ever get to him. and seccond you MUST put a chainsaw in the game, that would kick some major ass (also with limited gas or whatever it uses to work)

and yeah the game is starting look better everytime i see a new video

[JForceGames]

There will definitely be chainsaws, don't worry.

And the scoring will be dependent on how quickly you beat a level, so that would prevent players from just sitting in a corner with the ice gun. Plus they wouldn't be able to even beat the level until all the enemies are killed.

[iArePat]

That whole "wallmaking gun," was a kickass idea actually.

[Aiursrage2k]

Starting to look solid, needs more blood splatter

[JForceGames]

There will be. I want this game to be as gory as possible.

[GameBoyRB]

Nice work.

For the legs, you could have them lag (rotationally) from the upper body and "catch up" anytime the angle between the upper and lower differs by some fixed amount. Then you could lerp the rotation of the legs towards the upper body rotation. For extra polish, you could do a few frames of animation of the legs moving so as to sell the fact that he's picking his feet up to rotate them.

However, plenty of games (even 3D) don't worry about the feet rotating, even when Idle.

Rich

[JForceGames]

Hey that's a good idea. I don't think we've thought of that (at least I haven't). I shall see what Jonny thinks.

[GameBoyRB]

Yeah, we've used that on a few of the 3D games I've worked on. Of course, you only use that technique if the player is Idle. Once they move, the legs need to have the same rotation as the upper body (the strafing/back animations would be rotated in the image).

In the end, you'll have to make the creative call of determining if it actually makes the player look better of if you should just let the feet slide.

[JForceGames]

Oh yeah, so what games have you worked on?

[GameBoyRB]

Rex Blade (PC)

T'ai Fu (PS1)

Clive Barker's Undying (PC)

Medal of Honor Frontline (PS2, Xbox, GC)

Medal of Honor Rising Sun (PS2, Xbox, GC)

Medal of Honor European Assault (PS2, Xbox, GC)

Tiberium (PC, 360, PS3) (in progress)

[JForceGames]

Sweet. That is a lot of experience.

[RyanPridgeon]

The thing that keeps bugging me is how they don't hold the gun correctly... other than that, I take back what I said in your earlier videos! This is starting to look promising.

[JForceGames]

Thanks. But what do you mean about the gun? You mean the bullets not coming out straight? Cuz that will be fixed. Or do you mean the left arm? Cuz I don't think it looks right either. But we need to convince Jordan that it's worth changing.

[RyanPridgeon]

Yeah, I meant that his right arm should be bent more (and so look shorter from above, and have his body turned sort of slightly clockwise to allow his left arm to reach up towards the other end of the gun. :)

[TheAmazingArce]

Oh no zombies!

xD

[LeetStreetBoys]

Cool game. Could use some wildabeests though.

[JForceGames]

lol

[trufun202]

Awesome, kinda reminds me of Resident Evil meets Gauntlet. Looks like the bullets are coming out just right of the gun, but thats minor. :P

Nice work!

[JForceGames]

Yeah, that's on the to-do list.

[Misemono56]

The music's a bit loud at the end (scenes from ep 9); couldnt hear what you guys were saying. Mebe turn it down a notch :P

But aside from that, nice work guys. Im really eager to see what the game starts looking like after youve got the basic spriting done.

Keep it up :)

[StevenBlender]

looks great nice job on the graphics

[cronjob00]

game is looking good so far, cant wait to see more.

[relliksd]

Looks really good and i would say rotate them with the body makes it look more pro

[snasebrase]

good work guys!