Halo fangame special feature :)
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I hate to be this honest, but that screen is horribly ugly. The textures don't tile in the slightest (so there's a general lack of continuity), the actual textures to them look quite excessive with the shading, the color scheme doesn't go together too well, and Sonic and the grunts up there are neither of sprite designs that go well with the level. Let alone the weird red and blue blobs attacking Sonic.
In short, needs more work.
In short, needs more work.
brianv
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Lol, red and blue blobs....those are failed attempts at blood.Shadow Hog said:
Oh yea, I do have a very early and ok beta engine game, which includes the first level, but I think thats all. The smg doesn't work right.
This is the link to the download: http://www.rctd.ft6.com/uploads/engine 2.zip
I do have a more recent engine, but its like 10 mb, and my hosting place only allows 2 mb at most. I can use Rapidshare, I guess, but I don't know if I still have that old zip file...
If you do download that engine(with a messed up smg(by the way, I fixed it already(but not in this download))), the controls are Arrow Keys(to move), Shift(jump) and control(fire). Have fun?
Actually you probably can't with this engine...And yes, Shadow Hog, I'll see what I can do with that screenshot(it is kinda ugly..).
Edit: This was made on The Games Factory(cause I am cheap and don't feel like learning c++ or whatever its called), so it won't work on macs, only windows.
Here is what the new Master Chief looks like(not like the one in that engine):
Shouldn't matter. You can make good games with most any tool. Why, just look at that Rockman Neo fangame (or whatever they're calling it now); they used Game Maker, and, unlike what people have stereotyped it as, it DIDN'T suck. I mean, sure, it was just an engine test, but it was an impressive one.
Lostgame
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Hey, I love Game Maker-I don't have any complaints about it.
It's the only hope for a future of the Sonic Fangame community-unless *gasp* people would take the time to learn something like C++!
Notice all the best and successful fangames were not made in TGF or MMF, they were made in C++ or another ACTUAL programming language.
I think that Game Maker is a good thing for the Community because of it's DLL stuff-the DLL's I wrote for The Chaos Effect really helped-and I got to use my C++ knowledge too!
This is exactly why I asked.
MMF-if something's made in it, and at least looks really really good, and people say "Holy crap, you have to download this" then I will. But even then-MMF? So limiting, unless you want to spend hours learning something completely useless...
As long as you know other programming languages, c++, Java, even VB, for crying out loud, the Game Maker language is easy to learn and uncomplicated-not only that-but you can use your C++ knowledge for your game by writing DLLs! Wow!
So, the moral to the story is-TGF sucks. Deal.
It's the only hope for a future of the Sonic Fangame community-unless *gasp* people would take the time to learn something like C++!
Notice all the best and successful fangames were not made in TGF or MMF, they were made in C++ or another ACTUAL programming language.
I think that Game Maker is a good thing for the Community because of it's DLL stuff-the DLL's I wrote for The Chaos Effect really helped-and I got to use my C++ knowledge too!
This is exactly why I asked.
MMF-if something's made in it, and at least looks really really good, and people say "Holy crap, you have to download this" then I will. But even then-MMF? So limiting, unless you want to spend hours learning something completely useless...
As long as you know other programming languages, c++, Java, even VB, for crying out loud, the Game Maker language is easy to learn and uncomplicated-not only that-but you can use your C++ knowledge for your game by writing DLLs! Wow!
So, the moral to the story is-TGF sucks. Deal.
TGF only sucks unless you know how to use it properly.
Besides, I know how to use TGF and C++. Touché.
Besides, I know how to use TGF and C++. Touché.
There is an object for MMF, and possibly for TGF/CNC too, that allows Win32 API calls. However, GDI calls could be difficult: firstly, getting a handle to the window's device context could prove to be problematic; and secondly, MMF would probably just repaint the window itself anyway, and there's no way of intercepting WM_PAINT messages to stop it.
On further thought, it seems that these problems aren't insurmountable: the first can be remedied fairly straightforwardly by writing an extension (in C) that returns the HDC, and the second by subclassing. But frankly, that would just be silly.
On further thought, it seems that these problems aren't insurmountable: the first can be remedied fairly straightforwardly by writing an extension (in C) that returns the HDC, and the second by subclassing. But frankly, that would just be silly.
lostgamemaker said:
Sonic : Time Attacked
Thirdscape 2
Sonic : ZoneRacer
Amy : One Girl Army
Plus the many promising games at Sage, like The Emerald Awakening and Crossing Fates, that I'm too lazy to link. It's not the tools, it's how you use them.
Edit : Oh, and what about the greatest Sonic Fan Game known to man?
Heh...I'm not saying C++ wouldn't be better. However, projects take a longer time (Look at Retro Sonic, Sonic Mettrix, and SRB2). While with TGF or Game Maker, you can get started immediately. If you're more of a design person than a programmer, it allows you to make a good game easily.
Unless, of course, you're working on 360° engines, in which case, you'll be ready to put your head against the keyboard with TGF. I STILL don't understand why mine won't work but the tutorials do, and every time I try to start again, I just get confused as all heck. It's that Advanced Math object, making everything so confusing...
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