Well, I'm finally starting the first boss fight. Yeah! The camera movements are all ok! Now it's just the boss' attacks. ...
Well, here's a demo to show off the wonderful camera moving thingie and Mr Ball's first lame special attack:
So far so good. Hmm... after the first boss, I should get started with the maze system.
Well, it's getting late. Nights!
Monday, 30 March 2009
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Ooh! Bee Lee's gonna argue!
I'm been chosen to go for an interclass debate for English Week, along with Jon and Sivesh. Lol! Well, I know debating is fun, but it's only fun when it's not the serious serious type. The topic is "School Prefects should be chosen by their peers". Apparently, I've been told that our class will be the "government" or the ones proposing that topic. But just to be on the safe side, I will looking for points for both "government" and "opposition". Because right, usually, the contestants are told whether they are penyokong or pembangkang during the competition. Let's just hope I won't get stage fright and forget everything. Somemore, I suck at talking professionally. Hahaha.
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
OMG!
I'm taking a rest from Mr Ball 2 currently. I can finally start making the real bosses. Sadly, Mr Ball's first super power, or what I would like to call it, his "Hi-Ougi", is freakishly lame.
But I still kinda love it. There's an hour of effort in that thing. Drawing it wasn't that easy though, but it was still quite tolerable. I'm glad I have Paint.NET to help me. If I use the old-fashioned Microsoft Paint, I won't be able to make it look smooth and translucent.
But I still kinda love it. There's an hour of effort in that thing. Drawing it wasn't that easy though, but it was still quite tolerable. I'm glad I have Paint.NET to help me. If I use the old-fashioned Microsoft Paint, I won't be able to make it look smooth and translucent.
Sunday, 22 March 2009
Mr Ball 2 Update again!
Right, as of today, the battle system is around 90% finished. Just one last thing to do, and that is, Healing! Yeah, Mr Ball cannot heal yet.
I'm still using those dummy bosses to test out everything. Once I am finished with the battle system, I can finally start making the battles. Then I'll go on to making the maze system, which is a complete separate system from the battle system. This is just to keep things simple and organized.
The maze will just be a First Person Shooter, but without the "Shooter". Yeah, Mr Ball will just be running around the maze without his gun for some reason. But I'll try not to make the maze too boring.
I'm still using those dummy bosses to test out everything. Once I am finished with the battle system, I can finally start making the battles. Then I'll go on to making the maze system, which is a complete separate system from the battle system. This is just to keep things simple and organized.
The maze will just be a First Person Shooter, but without the "Shooter". Yeah, Mr Ball will just be running around the maze without his gun for some reason. But I'll try not to make the maze too boring.
Came back from Bentong
Today, my family (excluding my dad) and I went back to Bentong, my mum's hometown. One thing I wanna point out is that kampung people are more friendlier compared to bandar people. I only noticed it today. I mean, you can see a lot of smiles everywhere. While in the city, a lot of people are like gloomy and stressed out and blah. Really, a lot of difference.
Well, the reason we went back to Bentong is to visit my grandma's grave. How I miss her, man. Her love, her cooking, her nagging and all. I mean, my house is freakishly quiet without her voice. Sure she may nag a lot, but hey, which elder doesn't nag? Sigh... I can still remember the time when I was pushing her wheelchair.
Well, after climbing up the hill and back down, we just strolled around the town. And also, we went to visit my uncle's soon-to-be house. It's quite large. A lot of space to play hide and seek. Lol!
All in all, it was a very tiring day. I mean, I woke up at 5.30 this morning so that we can reach there before 8.00am. Whoa, tomorrow school liao. I hope I have finished all my homework. I don't wanna get killed man. I wanna keep my "good boy" reputation. Hahaha.
Well, the reason we went back to Bentong is to visit my grandma's grave. How I miss her, man. Her love, her cooking, her nagging and all. I mean, my house is freakishly quiet without her voice. Sure she may nag a lot, but hey, which elder doesn't nag? Sigh... I can still remember the time when I was pushing her wheelchair.
Well, after climbing up the hill and back down, we just strolled around the town. And also, we went to visit my uncle's soon-to-be house. It's quite large. A lot of space to play hide and seek. Lol!
All in all, it was a very tiring day. I mean, I woke up at 5.30 this morning so that we can reach there before 8.00am. Whoa, tomorrow school liao. I hope I have finished all my homework. I don't wanna get killed man. I wanna keep my "good boy" reputation. Hahaha.
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Mr Ball 2 Update
So far so good. Mr Ball can finally shoot, with the left mouse button. And he can also die by falling off the stage. Fortunately, that will not happen very often. Well, you may not know how evil I can be. Lol!
Awh, isn't he cute? Posing for the camera with a gun at his nose. Lol! Here's a secret, remember I talked about billboarding before? The water jet you see here is a billboard. It's actually 2D, not 3D. It just faces the camera all the time, hiding the illusion.
The foundation's almost finished. I just need to create the base for the enemies, model some diamonds, and add the ability to hurt Mr Ball and the enemies. Yeah, that's right, Mr Ball is actually invincible right now. Hahaha.
Right, I shall continue....
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2 hours later
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Yeah man!
You can see here the blue rings appearing. The black holes are the dummy bosses to test the targeting system. It'll find the closes target, and highlights it with a blue ring.
Here, the ring is in a "locked on" mode. No other rings will appear, and the camera is supposed to stay locked on to the target. But I haven't implement it yet. Still, it works. Hahaha.
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And then, another 1 hour
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Finally, the camera is finished. Well, almost. Maybe I might have missed out some details, but the camera can track a target already. Yeah, the targeting system is 100% finished. Yay! I'm so in schedule man!
I feel so proud, I wanna cry! Ok, ok, pull yourself together Bee Lee! It's not a game yet!
Awh, isn't he cute? Posing for the camera with a gun at his nose. Lol! Here's a secret, remember I talked about billboarding before? The water jet you see here is a billboard. It's actually 2D, not 3D. It just faces the camera all the time, hiding the illusion.
The foundation's almost finished. I just need to create the base for the enemies, model some diamonds, and add the ability to hurt Mr Ball and the enemies. Yeah, that's right, Mr Ball is actually invincible right now. Hahaha.
Right, I shall continue....
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2 hours later
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Yeah man!
You can see here the blue rings appearing. The black holes are the dummy bosses to test the targeting system. It'll find the closes target, and highlights it with a blue ring.
Here, the ring is in a "locked on" mode. No other rings will appear, and the camera is supposed to stay locked on to the target. But I haven't implement it yet. Still, it works. Hahaha.
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And then, another 1 hour
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Finally, the camera is finished. Well, almost. Maybe I might have missed out some details, but the camera can track a target already. Yeah, the targeting system is 100% finished. Yay! I'm so in schedule man!
I feel so proud, I wanna cry! Ok, ok, pull yourself together Bee Lee! It's not a game yet!
Friday, 20 March 2009
Billy The Cube
Ignore that name, for now. Anyway, Mr Ball 2 is coming along great so far. I'm planning to model every piece of stuff that will be used in the game (excluding billboards) using Blender3D, my best buddy, for now. Yeah, so I won't be using the built-in primitives in Game Maker. This is because, if I model it from Blender, I have full control over the UV coordinates to position my textures. Yeah, anyway, I've just finished modeling very simple shapes.
Ok, don't ask me why I place a dead Mr Ball there. Hmm... the platform needs a little touching up, no? You can slightly see the blue lines at the right side of the platform. Right, now, I go on to coding the most basic physics engine, which consists of Gravity! Without it, Mr Ball can't jump and fall.
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1 hour later
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Ahh, finally, the gravity thing works like a charm!
Ooh? A flying ball? Lol! Well, Mr Ball can finally jump and move. The mouse look thing has also been implemented. But the camera code is still quite empty. There's no function that enables it to lock on to enemies. What enemies? I haven't even created a dummy enemy. Strangely, I find Mr Ball quite young over here, compared to the other Mr Balls I have made.
Oh, for now, Mr Ball can't die. Haha.
Ok, don't ask me why I place a dead Mr Ball there. Hmm... the platform needs a little touching up, no? You can slightly see the blue lines at the right side of the platform. Right, now, I go on to coding the most basic physics engine, which consists of Gravity! Without it, Mr Ball can't jump and fall.
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1 hour later
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Ahh, finally, the gravity thing works like a charm!
Ooh? A flying ball? Lol! Well, Mr Ball can finally jump and move. The mouse look thing has also been implemented. But the camera code is still quite empty. There's no function that enables it to lock on to enemies. What enemies? I haven't even created a dummy enemy. Strangely, I find Mr Ball quite young over here, compared to the other Mr Balls I have made.
Oh, for now, Mr Ball can't die. Haha.
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