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Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Now, I don't want to oversell this game, but I literally promise you, the players, the Moon. Like the actual Moon in the sky. I swear this to you.

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Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
*Female sprite has awesome jiggly boobs*

*White knights complain as if it were literal onscreen rape porn*

*Final release version has jiggle removed*

*world gets a little bit less fun*

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Our game is a platformer with a twist: there is no jumping.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
*sees an innovative, quirky game become an overnight sensation*

*copies it poorly*

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
*makes protagonist gay, gets applauded in every game magazine and also by SJWs*

*sexual orientation has literally zero impact on gameplay*

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
It's a puzzle RPG where instead of controlling the characters directly, each dungeon is a Rubik's cube and you advance your party by aligning similarly colored squares.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
This thread made me look up what a "Twine Game" actually is and I have to say it is stupider than what I thought it was (I kept thinking of Kirby's Epic Yarn only with ugly brown twine because that's something hipsters like).

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
It's a platform game where you play as a butt that has to bounce from place to place and poop on enemies to defeat them. The double jump is a fart.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Ha ha but seriously folks, I want to take a moment and plug some Indie Games that look like they will be good and that I'm really looking forward to:
The Way
Hyper Light Drifter
Witchmarsh

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
It's a Centipede-inspired roguelike in a procedurally generated world with crafting elements.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Thursday Next posted:

*spends 80% of the dev time on boob physics*

*neglects gameplay, graphics, controls, story, and bugfixes*

*bestseller game because nerds*

*goto 10*

"Why aren't games getting any better?!"

Thursday when is your next book coming out??

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

happyhippy posted:

*secretly longs to do a game with Sonic and computer version of self fighting Dr Robotnik together*

What backer tier lets me be in it, too?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
When is Mischief Makers coming to Steam?
I would play the poo poo out of that game.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
What about a game with a clown protagonist?
Don't see a lot of those. Might be something to explore.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

BKPR posted:

i would pay up to ten dollars for a clean rip of the soundtrack

Shakeshakeshake

shakeshake

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Cracked_Gear posted:

Good graphics
Good gameplay
Good story

You may choose only two

What about Shovel Knight?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

QUEEN CAUCUS posted:

*asks friends and family to be voice actors*

*doesn't invest in good audio equipment*

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Cracked_Gear posted:

Nes like games are easy to make. I'm a pretty lovely artist and even I can do pixel art. theyre easy to make and not resource demanding which is why theyve spread like cockroaches

Now show me a game that mimics the PS1 including polygon warping and no Z buffer :q:

pixel art *seems* easy to do but very few games did it well even during their heyday.


The Whole Internet posted:

Graphics

The only complaint i have about the game is that it's yet another NES style retro game. I'd like to see more 16 and 32 bit era stuff, and y'know not just Nintendo ecosystem stuff.

(The game itself is awesome though).


What about Super Time Force Ultra, then? I know it is another pixel graphics game but I think they are really top tire and a lot prettier to look at than many bigger budget games where graphics were a focus.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

goatface posted:

I just don't understand why the bank won't give us a loan. I showed them all the concept art and even examples of other people who we're shamelessly ripping off made money doing exactly the same thing!

It was the huge ashtray-sized gauges in your ears.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

mysterious frankie posted:

We took some classes on Swift at onemonth.com; I think we're ready to make our first game!
*looks at tasks on white board*
So... uh, who wants to take "Create vast, persistent world?"

Maybe if we break it down into sub-tasks?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Police Automaton posted:

The joke is most retro graphics didn't look like the "pixel-art" people put into these games, at all.



Screenshot from a game from 1986.

Defender of the Crown?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Hogge Wild posted:

yeah

dem tits

I played this game before I could read so I always thought she was Maid Marian.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Realtalk: I'm a sucker for games with this art style



I can't get enough of them and never want them to stop coming out.
E: Also Risk of Rain and Gods Will Be Watching have this style but I couldn't grab any screenshots I liked.

Applewhite fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Feb 11, 2015

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

memy posted:

Too bad gods will be watching is a n objectively bad game

Oh thank God I thought I was the only one.
It looks beautiful though.

Also: Dungeon of the Endless and Deep Dungeons of Doom have some great art and animation and DDoD is very fun. DoE I'm still working on but don't have the time to get very good at.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

JebanyPedal posted:

Ah yes, blobby pixelart with too many small details and dark colors so everything is some hideous cacophony of blocks.

Pixelart really never looked so loving hideous in actual old games.
Unless it was like Atari 2600.

I dunno I thought that these games all managed to convey a lot of personality and elegance with very simple shapes.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

JebanyPedal posted:

Yo put that poo poo In a Victoria's secret commercial because I DONT CARE

You don't care about Victoria's Secret commercials?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Cuz I can sympathize. Personally I think VC models are too skinny but most people think they're hot.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

BKPR posted:

i am weary of skinny pixel men because sword ans sworcery swucked and was gwarbage

Awctually the main cwaracter was a wwman.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
I've been working on this game for ten years and it's finally finished. It's a masterpiece!

*It's actually Cortex Command*

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Its a point and click adventure game with rhythm elements.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
'We call our game BROFORCE #YOLO #SWAG"

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

QUEEN CAUCUS posted:

*puts Princess Peach in overalls, replaces Mario's sprite with hers*
*gets like 25 articles praising new subversive feminist game*

"When it's a red blob of pixels rescuing a pink blob of pixels, I feel oppressed, as if the developers are trying to say 'look at this, colors associated with femininity imply helplessness' it was a nice change when it was the pink blob of pixels doing the rescuing of the red blob. It is very empowering."

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
I was inspired to make this game when I asked myself "how come no one ever makes a game from the villain's point of view?" Huh?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

happyhippy posted:

Also:

*entire team is made up of 20 year experienced members of previously dissolved studio*

And Planetary Annihilation STILL sucked!

Dear Total Annihilation guy: Please just remake TA with better graphics and balance and stop adding quirky gimmicks.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Did you ever wish "Antichamber" had fewer puzzles and more anime? Well...

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
"I made Sword of the Stars II because I'm a monster who hates fun."

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

hemophilia posted:

I'm dreading the day Myst-like games become ironically cool to make again.

Gonna make a Mystlike on the Powerpoint engine.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Our game has a steep learning curve but that's what makes it great.

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Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Flappy Turd

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