Since the tutorial stages are extremly short I decided the first 5 stages will carry the same background the reminaing stages may be long enough to display one background stage per level.
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Twisted-Liquid- Posts : 176
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I am nearly finished with the backgrounds for the tutorial stages, and I have completed concept art for the main character and more stage objects presented in the tutorials, I will be working on the floor tilesets this weekend.
Since the tutorial stages are extremly short I decided the first 5 stages will carry the same background the reminaing stages may be long enough to display one background stage per level.
Since the tutorial stages are extremly short I decided the first 5 stages will carry the same background the reminaing stages may be long enough to display one background stage per level.
Michael pw- Posts : 202
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ok, great!
to be honest i don't think having a separate background on each level is wise unless they are going to be below 200kb each... we have about 7.5Mb worth of space...
But this is great!
will all the tutorial resources be done this weekend?
to be honest i don't think having a separate background on each level is wise unless they are going to be below 200kb each... we have about 7.5Mb worth of space...
But this is great!
will all the tutorial resources be done this weekend?
Michael pw- Posts : 202
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Those stage graphics are beast! just one thing, you left the statue of liberty as Jpg so it doesn't have an alpha channel...
i have removed the white for now but the outline is all white so it looks dodgy...
please fix this, those graphics are looking great!
i have removed the white for now but the outline is all white so it looks dodgy...
please fix this, those graphics are looking great!
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oops i gave you the wrong one uploading now.
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please make sure to read the readme files for the sprites that explain a bit about the images.
Michael pw- Posts : 202
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yeh i did, i followed those rules except i made the background scroll because imo it looks better, it makes no difference to size or performance.
Btw where did you get 360kb from???
im getting 1.210Mb i cut the background down so its aroun 890kb but is there any else that can be done to cut down filesize??? i know we have enough space atm, but we might as well be effiecient from the start.
Btw where did you get 360kb from???
im getting 1.210Mb i cut the background down so its aroun 890kb but is there any else that can be done to cut down filesize??? i know we have enough space atm, but we might as well be effiecient from the start.
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Well you cant count the sample photo.
sky city and mon were 360 but the mon was jpg
now its up to 424kb
i just changed the BG to a smaller file the total changes back to 380kb
sky city and mon were 360 but the mon was jpg
now its up to 424kb
i just changed the BG to a smaller file the total changes back to 380kb
Michael pw- Posts : 202
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kk lol, just watching the folder, jpg stays and BMP and PNG just get wharped out lol. i will update the game in a sec. Im just writing some documentation on the programming incase anyone after we submit it needs to change anything or if i take a week off for whatever reason, i won't forget where what is.
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Good deal, i messed around with the images a bit i dropped it the ones that best worked in filesize and quality i hope this helps.
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I was working on tileable terrain last night the tileset for the first stage will be complete wednesday night, Im afraid I cant get started digitizing the menu until thursday night and may not have results until friday night on that menu. I have also been doing some concept design to try and use as many tilesets as often as possible in several stages to minimize the file size. I will be updating the images created for the first stage with an attempt to make them a bit more universal for various stages.
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I have to appologize I couldnt finish he stage "painting" last night as my street block had a power utage and i had no way of communication. Im gonna wrap it up this morning.
Michael pw- Posts : 202
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No problem, lol that's kind of good timing for the message, i just got home a minute ago lol.
Have u tried the ipad scale up test, i want to know what you think of it. ty.
Have u tried the ipad scale up test, i want to know what you think of it. ty.
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I am unable to finish the stage painting today but i have prime examples of the vision I had please mimic these layouts for the rest of the stages.
also new background layout please review it.
im checking out the ipad ver. now. thanks MPW
also new background layout please review it.
im checking out the ipad ver. now. thanks MPW
Michael pw- Posts : 202
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that stage looks epic! im just changing depth on some objects as they are behind the front tiles, will update the file so make sure you edit the new one. everytime you edit, make sure you take the file from the file share. (im sure u do but im just making sure).
those effects are epic. btw what do you want doing with the background, just the enw sprite?
those effects are epic. btw what do you want doing with the background, just the enw sprite?
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the character need to stay behind the lighter brights but infront of the darker bricks
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just the text effects.
also did you want me to paint the rest of those stages using your style?
also did you want me to paint the rest of those stages using your style?
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yea please add that style to all of the existing stages at the moment both the tutorial and the lvl1 lvl2 basically all the Demo levels. the hold for the next batch of levels.
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Im sure you already figured it out, dropped in the glass sprite. center the point of origin and stack them accordingly. we may need to go back and replace the glass for the 4 or 5 stages we use it on shouldnt be too much work just a few here and there. its designed to tile both vertical and horizontal and end up with jagged edges when broken.
Michael pw- Posts : 202
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yeh i saw it, i will pop it in the gmk.
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