First I need to play original Portal before I start playing fangames.

And it play great. For fangame it's neat. And it's not that hard to get, only download of 100 MB. And it have multi too, but I only played single (I beat Charlote with Mami this time :D)

No, it's a GBA game I wrote. Here you go.

Brought the Rarity micro-series at a comic expo today.

Tell me all about it! Is it good? Bad?

You wrote a game?! That's amazing!

edited 28th Apr '13 11:50:03 AM by Posey

Haven't had a chance to read it yet unfortunately. I've flicked through it and the artwork looks great, though.

@ Purple

You are in for a treat.

I am currently developing a much more simple but stylized design for my drawings◊. Although easier to do and looking better imo, it's a bit 'flat' atm.

But thoughts?

@Apple: His head looks a bit elongated, but other than that it looks pretty good.

@ applelight

It's looking much better! You've really improved. I wouldn't say that the colors are flat, but I think that you should try experimenting with more shading and highlights.

My heads always look elongated.

But I'll keep trying.

Yep. I wrote it back in the summer of 2011 when the fandom was new(er) and I had a lot more freetime. I originally submitted it to the Equestria Gaming 16bit game contest (though that wasn't the only reason I wrote it) but unfortuantely, the contest got cancled and my game was never publicly announced.

The game is complete I presume? (I just hope it won't be a case of being a short game.)

Well it's pretty short (only 4 levels), but that doesn't mean it's a bad game. I originally planned to make it longer, but I ran out of motivation.

it's been a while since i've been on here. what's up everypony?

Just checking out a game myself. -squeaky smile as he goes to comb Storyyeller-

I heard the words 16 bit and game, does it have an ost? I'm a bit of a connoisseur for music in the Fourth Gen. From BBC, to the good old Megadrive, to the Snes, and pretty much everything in between.

Oh, and hi guys. Doing good I hope?

Sorry, no sound. Not only would it be really complicated to write a sound driver, but the physics was already taking up nearly all the processing power of the GBA, at least on my emulator. It actually took a lot of optimization before I could get it to run in real time. In fact, it still lags if you manage to set up certain physics interactions, but AFAIK, that's only possible at one point in the game.

And even if I could add sound, it'd just be sound effects ripped from Portal. I'm not exactly much of a composer.

I think that's amazing, being able to make your own game.

It's really awesome. Are you studying game design, storyyeler?

Nope. In fact, I haven't worked on any games since March 2012. I always seem to get busy with other stuff.

It's not perfect, but anyone check out the OC Support Group yet? It's not as funny as the author probably would hoped, but the idea of original characters ending up how they do is an interesting concept. And it's kind of sad if you think about the implications.

I took a video game programming class my Freshman year of high school. Quite difficult, at least for me. There was one guy in my class that always got done with his assignments really quick. I was good remembering everything the teacher told us on paper, not so much in practice XD

And that pic looks really good, Apple. I like it better than your old style ^^

edited 28th Apr '13 2:47:00 PM by theLibrarian

I think you're better off teaching yourself if you can. I was largely self taught, though my mother introduced me to the basics as a kid.

I'm not certain I'd agree with that. Then again, I'm not wholly certain I'd disagree, either. My course had several scripting classes, and the school I took it at had a Video Game Programming Degree as well. I can definitely say I felt what I learned was useful - having someone who can show you where you're going wrong is definitely a great help. That said, at the same time you'll be doing the vast majority of your work on your own, and you'll pretty much have to make things up from scratch anyways(Or at least get good at recognizing what snippets to stitch into where - I recall one of my professors admitting that he had a tendency to hold onto sections of code that would do specific things and just appropriate them for whatever he was working on, and as they say: Good programmers borrow, great programmers steal). Teachers just make learning the language and a few tricks easier, and they encourage the mindset of brainstorming. You can trust me when I say that in ANY video game discipline, teamwork and communication are both the most vital, and the least utilized asset. My job, my actual literal job is to find out what's wrong with video games. My title has 'consultant' right in it. I have been asked for my opinions on the game all of once.

Can you at least mention the company? Or would that be too much?

In any case, in some alternate universe where my greatest dreams came true, you'd be finishing the final touches on a Ristar sequel and Phantasy Star 5.

Online, yes. I'm an outsourced employee, working for the company at the behest of my actual employer, a media consultant company. Part of the Non-Disclosure Agreement I entered into upon working for the company is that I'm not actually allowed to say that I work for this company. I'm less stringent about it in person, where it's easier to make it known that I'm not actually an employee, but online it's a bit more suspect. Besides, even if I could the company I'm at is relatively new, so telling you them would make it easy to figure out which game I'm on, and that's definitely against my contract.

One of the problems with working in the entertainment industry, particularly the video games industry where information is so tightly coveted is that I'm simply not allowed to talk about my job. Even once the game has been announced what we're allowed to say is regulated by marketing departments. Especially in my case, a breach of contract could end with me losing my job, and possibly getting blackballed in the future.

edited 28th Apr '13 3:57:33 PM by kegisak