staaaaaaaaaalling....

i cant seem to motivate myself to work on any artwork, i start and then i realize im really not a strong artist and i quit. But i have started on music a little bit, so im not dropping things completley.

if anyone has any tips throw them out. i need to start the art. its kind of important

motivation

So I've been gone for a while. Video games, reading, brainstorming, and just plain lack of motivation has kept me from doing anything really constructive, but I've started back up. Hopefully it'll last a little while. I managed to finish up my one page design document for the most part.

I'm going to start concept art soon, so hopefully ill be able to post something more than just text, get some pretty graphics up to break things up.

Lack of nerdy friends is starting to effect things. I dont know a whole lot of gamers, and the ones i do are either casual or dont really have much interest in design. Its hard to stay motivated when there isnt anyone too bounce ideas off of that has the time or interest to really want to do something.

anyways, i might be pre-ordering Bulletstorm(epic game is epic), which could hinder my progress some, but im going to try to keep working. look out for updates.

oh and anyone that actually consistently reads this stuff when i do post should leave a comment on here or facebook or something, I'de like to know if its more than just my one follower that im talking to.

Still learning...

So its kind of been a while since ive posted. I've been cursed by getting back into playing minecraft and xbox live, so forgive me.

I do have news though. I'm changing my game, I'm still going with the same basic theme, but I am starting over. The art I have shown is going to be scratched, all the code I've done is going to be rewritten, and I'm going to really really plan everything.

I was given a book about game development by someone awesome, and I've learned alot about the development process and the right and wrong ways to go about it. This stuff is my life, and I want to be able to stick with it, so I need to do it right, or I'll burn myself out.

Ill post again when I have some more info about what im doing.

It may be a while.

things are going well

So I've nearly completed the player controls, and I'm still working on animation sprites. Takes WAY to long, but its worth it once I'm done with these things.

Almost completley done with the RIGHT running animation. Next up is either the other direction or doing some of the static sprites. Standing. Sliding. Jumping. Just so in game can look a little nicer.

I'm stuck with level development though. I've never tried to be this organized before and now I just dont know where to start with the concept work.

Whatcha think?

Oh and i thought of possibly splitting up the special abilities like so

Fixing Arm Hydrolics - gives you wall slide/wall jump

Fixing Leg Hydrolics - gives you Sprint

??? - ???

I dont have anymore yet. working on it

more progress

No fancy pictures this time, but I did finaly manage to figure out the engine work some. The player now has nearly completley movement, the only thing I havn't done yet is wall jumping, and the combat controls(still figuring how I want to do that part first).

Ill probably work more on the animation sprites now, and take a break from code.

progress

Things are coming alone nicely. Haven't done any engine work, but lots of art stuff.

Couple hours to kick out these rough frames. Outline always look bad so gimme some slack. Once I finish up the running animation ill color it up and post a gif. Then its on to the running animation for the other direction(since this guy isn't symmetrical), which should be easy, as I can just reuse the legs and change up the arms.

small update

So I haven't touched code yet today but I made a ton of progress on the player character concept art. Not sure if its final yet, I still need to work with colors a little and soften the outline in some parts but it's pretty close me thinks, and if its not final I at least have a finished outline to work with. I'd just need to change the clothes and such.

This time I zoomed it!

Whatcha think? I could use some feedback, I don't get much help in figuring the creative parts out.