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So I've been messing around a bit, looking at a few platformer game tutorials, and such... I whipped up a basic platformer test in a half hour or so, and I'm wondering what you guys think. It needs a lot of work (obviously), but I'm getting there. This is honestly my real first go at action script. I have no other choice though because it seems as if no one wants to help me with coding a game I really want to create.

PLAY HERE.
(Move around with arrow keys)

It's still in the beta stages, and no that ugly enemy won't be there in the actual game. This is beta, I repeat BETA.

There are a few things I'm wondering about. One of them is why does he seem to walk below the top of actual lining of the ground, but when you jump it gets him back into the right place? And also, I have to figure out how to make him pop up in his original spot if he falls off or whatever. I also have to create barriers so he can't run to infinity on the left side of the screen either. >_<

Well, this is about a few minutes worth of work. Cheers.

The features I really want to include in the game is the following:
+Health
+Borders/Barriers (so the characters don't run off the sides of the screen)
+Camera that follows the character as they run across the screen.
+Coin system that'll count up when you collect them
+Heart system that you'll collect to get your health back up when hurt.
+Lives - A system where you'll have three lives, but also be able to achieve more.
++Lives V2. - After you die, you'll be sent to a GAME OVER SCREEN.
+Scene activation - After you beat a level, a flash animation scene plays, than after it goes back into the gameplay.
+When you fall off a cliff or something of that sort, you pop back where you first started.
+Random movement for enemies
+Health system for enemies
+Boss battles randomization movements
+Pause button
+High Score button (goes with coins) For example, you collected 30/40 coins, and percentage
+Weapon pick up for character
+Key to use weapon

This is just only a few things I can pick up at the top of my head, but I really want to create a game. I have a silly storyline in mind for it, so hopefully it'll work. I totally don't mind doing the scripting, I just would like to know what kind of AS scripts I'm going to need to even complete the tasks above.

At 2/12/09 11:32 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote:

At 2/12/09 03:44 AM, Rudy wrote: By the way, yay for cloud sigs :3

I made mineeee

I don't see any cloud sig on you boy

It's thereeee. hit f5

NOOB D:

The function that'll make everyone who made fun of Jamrock's post about creating a flash with actionscript look stupid.

setMovietitle (Tanks on Rampage);
TotalFrames (540);

setscript "Green Tank rolling over a school bus, a bus driver named Otto jumps out of it and begins climbing the tank, he jumps inside and knocks the guy out and begins driving the tank into the sunset";

startAnimation;

gotoAndPlay(1);

lolz

By the way, yay for cloud sigs :3

I made mineeee

Toying around with actionscript to make a platformer...

So I've been messing around a bit, looking at a few platformer game tutorials, and such... I whipped up a basic platformer test in a half hour or so, and I'm wondering what you guys think. It needs a lot of work (obviously), but I'm getting there. This is honestly my real first go at action script. I have no other choice though because it seems as if no one wants to help me with coding a game I really want to create.

PLAY HERE.
(Move around with arrow keys)

It's still in the beta stages, and no that ugly enemy won't be there in the actual game. This is beta, I repeat BETA.

There are a few things I'm wondering about. One of them is why does he seem to walk below the top of actual lining of the ground, but when you jump it gets him back into the right place? And also, I have to figure out how to make him pop up in his original spot if he falls off or whatever. I also have to create barriers so he can't run to infinity on the left side of the screen either. >_<

Well, this is about a few minutes worth of work. Cheers. I'm off for the night.

At 2/10/09 07:12 PM, Zyphonee wrote: Flu, Hernia, you really have bad luck Rudy...

I really don't have the best of luck, honestly. I have surgery next week, so guess what -- more fun staying at home in pain. Woo hoo.

No, don't, the collab is looking awesome, sure, there's some trouble, but it's looking awesome...

I won't give up on this collab, only on my other projects. I'll try to pay full of my attention on this collab from now on. I guess it goes to show that I shouldn't take on so many projects at once, ya know?

Well, my body's aching, I'm going to lay down.

At 2/10/09 04:41 PM, Duchednier wrote: your hairs too light tho

Haha, I dyed my hair when I was like 16 a few times, now I'm just waiting for the dirty blonde to grow back in.

At 2/10/09 12:20 AM, Luis wrote: Young flash person

Yup. I was a stallion. This is a photo on a CHILD SAFETY CARD my school used to get done every year; It was taken when I was in Kindergarden, so I was about 4 years old or so. Man, I was a stud!

At 2/9/09 04:13 AM, Gate-keeper-girl wrote: Sorry to be mean, but I hate to see people take advantage of your kindness in extending the deadline.
Irritates me to no end...

Eh, I do have a soft-spot when it comes to organizing this collab. I wanted to have this finished within four days (Valentines Day) but I don't see that happening anytime soon. I'll step up my game in a little bit.. Now it's time for some explaining;

The reason why I haven't been really active all of the week was because I have the flu, and some stomach virus -- so it's kind of bad. 48-72 hour stomach virus + the flu, is NOT a combination you want to get yourself in. I've been throwing up every 20-30 minutes, waking up in the middle of the night, just so much agony going on.

Therefore, I have to cancel my 52-Week Project since I couldn't get ANY work complete, AND i have to push back this collab a bit. I really apologize, but I'm going to be releasing a newspost explaining more sometime soon. Eh. I think I owe someone 10 bucks or something, who bet me I won't be able to do the 52-Week Project.

Meh. I give up.

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At 2/3/09 08:02 AM, Andy-Parker wrote: lemme know if u wanna use it in the collab and ill pm it to you

Meh, I'll use it. By the way, your other part you created .. It's a bit messed up at one part. One of the branches is missing and than appears out of nowhere at the end.

At 2/2/09 02:35 AM, Andy-Parker wrote: does anyone wanna go halves in that part with me?

Hah, seems like no one is interested =P

Preston And Steve Morning Show

Philadelphia area only =)

Anyone in the Philadelphia listen to their morning show on WMMR? Oh my god, they are so hilarious. I crack up like every morning on my way to school listening to them. =)

Part 6 is 12 seconds long:

DOWNLOAD HERE!

Yeah, GKG you could always whip up something quick if you want. It's up to you. I still have a lot of work to do on the collab, and I have to finish up my part. Ah, I'm so stressed out -- It's not even funny.

Meh. This is a response to maybe the ones that were affected by my harsh words. I really didn't quite to make anyone feel as if I thought specific people were being lazy or not working on their parts. I understand Mogly, that you said I may be interested -- and I'm glad you're pulling through in the end with your part and taking your time on it. Atleast you are actually doing your work. That means a lot. And yeah, since you're sister has returned -- take some time off the animation with her. It's been 9-months, Family is more important that a collab. I totally understand. Just make sure you pick back up on your part whenever you can.

And Tystarr, I know you responded to my PMs, and such. I appreciate that as well. It's just these people dropping out, and not showing good effort is really putting off my mood, and making me have a bad attitude because when you join a collab, you entitle yourself with commitment that you'll pull through and take part in this. I'm just extremely frustrated that Nightmare decided to drop out a day after the duedate. Like are you serious? If you KNEW you were dropping out, drop out way before so I have time to replace you. That's just ignorant and disrespectful. It just makes me know not to allow him to have a privelage to take part in my collabs anymore. I don't mean to seem like a dick, but I can't have people that aren't dependable, ya know?

Everyone thank you for your participation in this collab. I'm sad to announce that the collab probably won't be completed by Valentines Day, since I have to find a replacement animator for Nightmare. This should be fun, and I hope TrippingMetal is working on his part. I'll drop him a PM and see what's up.

At 1/31/09 01:37 AM, Duchednier wrote: Rudy you live right near newgrounds base headquarters don't you? WHY DON'T YOU AND TOM GO ON A DOUBLE DATE?!?!

Tom never returns my calls :(

At 1/31/09 02:30 AM, Senti wrote: Dafuuck, I go to uArts. Which class are you taking? How come all of these people now go to my school that I didn't realize (afro, and now rudy). Shits crazy,

wanna like meet up or somethingg?

I'm taking a Drawing l and Drawing ll class, I've been attending there since Fall of 2008. I'm going to be taking Graphic Designing classes there next year as well, so I'll be there pretty often for the most of the year focusing on Saturdays since that's when the classes take place.

I'm going to be attending college there too in 2010, so hopefully I may see you frequently =) I'm promised a scholarship already from my school, so we'll see what happens. And yeah, if I'm in the area the same time as you are, sure I'll meet up.

I live about 20 minutes away from Philly anyway. :)

So I recieved PMs back from everyone, and Night-Mare Dropped out. So yet again, we have ANOTHER part open for anyone who wants it.

Just make sure you're good. I really hate when people drop out ON the deadline date. What the fuck.

At 1/30/09 09:48 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 1/30/09 04:52 PM, Senti wrote: So, I ran into Shawn Tanner (Afro-ninja) today at a Five Guys. lol.

I feel guilty that Shawn's been living in Philly all week and I haven't seen him.

Yeah, I feel a bit guilty too. I've been going to Philly every Saturday for almost 6 months now for UArt Classes I'm taking there, and I YET to see anyone in the area. =(

At 1/31/09 12:40 AM, AdairTishler wrote: umm.. why not get a tablet?

He may not have the money, buddy =)

I'm going to be really honest. I'm tired of people not returning my PMs, and not doing their work. It's extremely frustrating when people can't simply make a part that they picked or were assigned too and simply get it done by the due date. When you offer to be in a collab, you're offering commitment -- And you SHOULD do that. Stop being slackers, and do your damn work. We've been arranging this collab for quite sometime now, and I had to push the duedate already once. I really don't feel like doing it again.

I'm talking to you guys that are unfinished.

Part 1: AtomicNoodle
I have no idea where the hell you are, I'm going to PM you, but please keep in touch.

Part 4: TrippingMetal,
I haven't ever spoken to you personally, but Theo-Art said you're going to be in the collab, so PLEASE keep in touch so we can see what's going on.

Part 5: Mogly
Mogly, I know you have been doing a lot of work, and I really appreciate that. Thank you so much for being such a help, and getting your work done. You're really an awesome dude.

Part 6: Night-Mare
Night-Mare, I haven't even spoken to you ever since the collab even started. I'm really skeptical about kicking you out or not, Respond to my PMs ASAP. I'm tired of waiting around.

Part 7: Tystarr
Tystarr, I have no idea what's going on with you. Back on the 25th, you said you started working on Part 7 and would be done by 12AM that night -- Kinda sucks that I haven't heard from you since than. Please contact me.

Part 11: KartMan
Kart-Man? Where the hell are you? I know you're a pretty decent animator, and you were in my collabs before. PLEASE get back to my PMs. Seriously. I haven't heard from you either!

Part 14: Theo-Art
I'm fully aware that your part is completed, but I'm still waiting on your email with your .fla (FLASH 8 FORMAT.) You said you'd send it days ago, with Andy-Parker's Part. So please do so.

*** Extra Part: Andy-Parker
I know you're being handled by Theo-Art and depending on him to send it. So make sure he does.
---------------
In conclusion, Everyone obviously -- I'm a little upset with everyone's behavior. To the ones that HAVE completed their parts, Thank you so much and I appreciate it so much. Tarienn and I are still completing the menu and preloader, And that should be done soon.

To the ones that have shown progress, I thank you as well -- and to the ones that haven't kept in touch, respond to my PMs, or email -- I'd like to say one thing, and one thing only. "FUCK YOU." Nah, I'm joking. But honestly, please keep in touch. I'm tired of having to PM people every 2 days to see if they got my PM and they STILL don't respond and than I see them posting on the same day in threads... Can you obviously tell that someone is being ignored?

Stop being ignorant, and get your work done that you agreed to do as a commitment. In the real world, if you commit to a job and fail at your due date, which was EXTENDED to help you already once before --- Than you're going to fail miserably in life.

Sorry if I sound harsh. I'm just letting out some fumes.

At 1/29/09 11:52 PM, Rudy wrote: http://www,tsunami-productions.net

http://www.tsunami-productions.net

lolz. fixed ;)

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Dude, you're totally right... It's so easy to make a quality flash with a 4.0 score. I could do it with my eyes closed, and it's so easy to think of a unique idea these days. It's not like a lot of the ideas have already been done in the book! Oh noes! Collabs are so easy to create and make them successful! Woo.

Psh, I saw some shitty collabs in this forum. Like that one featuring something song about someone holding their loved one in their arms. That's stupid as hell! Oh, and The Newgrounds Collab .. HOW UNORIGINAL IS THAT?

</sarcasm>

lmao. You make me laugh.

At 1/29/09 12:53 AM, mexifry895 wrote: Nice Job Rudy!
Sucks that the updating thing deleted the original. :/

Lmao, but nothing beats being awarded in the end ;)

At 1/28/09 10:58 PM, Mogly wrote: ...I'm working on this tomorrow.

Haha. Alrighty, you don't have to rush -- I'll probably be forced to extend the deadline again >_<

Hm, nice job Mogly -- Seems as if the deadline is tomorrow. Who wants to bet money on it that not everyone will be finished? lmao.

At 1/28/09 05:22 PM, kris008 wrote: yes 2 vcam movie clips on 2 different layers 1 called vcam 1 called vcam2

That's not possible to do your task. You COULD do it probably if you put it in two seperate movie clips and mask it. That's what I did, and the V-Cam worked within the masked movie clip, and move areas in that only -- but you'll have to put your one guy in one movie clip with the v-cam, and mask that -- and than do the same with the other dude, and place them both on the screen at the same time. It's really hard to do, because when you have a V-cam it moves around the whole SCREEN, the whole screens dimensions are zoomed in with that cam. When you mask it and movie clip it, it'll just move around that little area, and you can have two dimensions.

I did it once before.. I just forget how I did it. So if I didn't help... Meh, I apologize.

Tom Fulp and the gang figured out the problem:

"BTW we tracked down that delete problem - it was related to a new web server that went live this week, so we're still sorting that out but in the meantime stuff won't get deleted anymore."

Lmao alright guys. Let's put this thread to rest.