Project Gentleturtle (A Character Mod, WIP)

[The_Turtle_Guy]

Alr, it's actually been around 6-7 months developing this mod. Beforehand I also worked on a custom level, but I thought it'll be good to try making a character mod while also learning how LUA works in SRB2. Here's a preview of the character :

A gentleman turtle (gentleturtle for this case), he has comically large tophat and a green shell on his back. Abilities that he has may going to be him using a walking stick to throw like a boomerang or y'know just spindash through like the usual. His animations aren't mostly done yet, just recently made the walking animation, but without the shadings (the one from behind, so not all sides yet...).

Any more updates about this mod/guy will be posted in this thread. Yep, that's pretty much all for now!

 

[The_Turtle_Guy]

I'll be updating this thread monthly, so the next post will be on the next month

 

[The_Turtle_Guy]

Anyway, here's the progress so far

Monthly Update (May)
- SPRING/JUMP sprites are partially finished

- STAND sprites are mostly finished

- SIGNPOST sprite is finished

Miscellaneous
- How he looks like ingame

- An ability was made for him, but isn't fully complete yet

That's all for now, it's not much but perhaps more stuff to be shown later...

 

[yfyfyfyfyfy]

always liked characters with big and fancy top hats

 

[pan tostado]

Peak, I seriously cannot describe how good this is. Keep it up!

 

[The_Turtle_Guy]

A lot of things are made but can be temporary for a while, here are some highlights

Monthly Update (June)
- FALL sprites are partially finished

- PAIN sprites are also partially finished

Miscellaneous
- Introducing, a very simple custom ability called "ShellSpin" (TEMPORARY)
Simply by pressing jump again after a single jump, he'll goes in his shell and dashes through with a slight vertical movement. Basically thok but also a double jump. Another thing is that if hits a wall while in the ShellSpin ability, he'll bounce of walls, sorta like a Koopa shell from the Mario series. If the spin button is held during ShellSpin, he'll continuously be in roll state until he hits something.

Here's an only GOOD clip of that ability :

(The use of SpeedDust is just to make it look nice, it won't be in the final product though-)

- Random screenshots of him in SRB2 (include other mods as well)

Anyway that's all

 

[The_Turtle_Guy]

Oh yea, here's the CSS art. It's also TEMPORARY, as I'm planning for a more suitable pose. (y'know why-)

 

[The_Turtle_Guy]

Eyy, more things to show off

Monthly Update (July)
- ROLL sprites, where he's in his shell

- RIDE sprites, also partially finished

Miscellaneous
- Working on a certain trait that most turtles have... yeah it's swimming

- More random screenshots

(DISCLAIMER : Not all elements will be included in the final version )

Anyway, that's all

 

[Leo_3]

I liked

 

[The_Turtle_Guy]

Back again, with some more things to show off... it's not much but could be something y'know-

Monthly Update (August)
- He now can do a move called "Stick Around" (basically a cane being used as a boomerang)

After throw, it would return back to players and clips through levels so that it doesn't get stuck. If it got thrown and hit a wall, then it would bounce and return to the player. Useful for defeating bosses or rows of enemies.

- After pressing his main ability, if pressed spin button before landing, then he'll slide on the ground (sorta like a Blue Shell from NSMB)

It deactivates when hitting a wall. Also you can't jump during this moment, might explain later-

Yeah more of a mechanic update more than the sprites or animations themselves but they'll come along soon if possible. Any feedbacks are gladly appreciated

Anyway, that's all!

 

[The_Turtle_Guy]

Well, this might be the smallest update but why not.

Monthly Update (September)
- CONTINUES icon is fully finished, would like to add some touch ups

- Added Goal Ring mod support, for style purposes

- Screenshots, that's it

(of course will try to support any mods in SRB2)

Anyway that's all...!

 

[The_Turtle_Guy]

So, let's get straight to the point

Monthly Update (October)
- FIRE sprites are almost complete, this appears when he throws the cane

- Added a groundpound-like ability, for spinning through gaps and break floors underwaters (so he could beat ATZ-)

(if there's any feedback for this mod, it is very much appreciated. It's almost a year now-)

Anyway that's all!

 

[The_Turtle_Guy]

Friends, bad news...

THERE'S NO UPDATE FOR NOVEMBER..!
No that doesn't mean the project is cancelled or something, I just simply took a break from it to work on other stuff (and probably personal things too). As of now, not all sprites have been replaced, but further plans are there to keep in track. So maybe next month/year it should be worked on again, hopefully....

Anyway here's the plot as to why the character is in SRB2 (in a nutshell) :
He's just chilling, but some guy said to him like "Pardon me sir, it seems like you can go anywhere now." And thus, he sets off to many outside worlds, with one of them just happened to include a blue hedgehog and a mad scientist bumbling about his power of the Black Rock.

Anyway that's all!

 

[The_Turtle_Guy]

Alright, a very, ᴠᴇʀʏ, ᵛᵉʳʸ, small update for this month, as beforehand I took a break from the mod. So yeah here it is :

Monthly Update (December)
- FIRE sprites are added to the mod

Very subtle, but it's there. It will also play when he's walking, running, or jumping, sorta like the firing sprites for Flare (which is the inspiration-)

Yeah, that's probably it. I do want to add other things as well, probably the sprites though. So...

Anyway, that's all!