It's possible to re-record music on your computer and then save the new file as an MP3 so that it comes up as completely lossless transfer between files. That's how I convert my music that for some reason is in a strange format.

As stated by the previous poster, I also feel that not everything needs to be done in trig. Mostly because trig blows hard and for the casual programmer it's a nightmare.

Be creative and think outside the trigonometric box, as it were.

The lighting is phenomenal and I have no complaints.

At 7/19/08 04:04 PM, EyeLovePoozy wrote: Who in the hot, fresh mother fuck is eyelovepoozy?

CAPTAIN JACKS BIG FAT BLACK COCK FOR MOD '09!!

and what about that jackass swain, he barely posts here, wtf has he done for this site :(

At 7/17/08 10:45 AM, TomFulp wrote: Also, we DID intend to have the RWD mascot in there so I'm gonna see if it's not too late to make it to print... Otherwise, I PROMISE I WILL MAKE IT UP TO YOU GUYS SOME DAY.

Just add Luis into the poster and that'll even out the universe.

lol Techno, I love the Brian spore the best.

I need to go make some of these now.

At 7/16/08 05:19 PM, Ansel wrote: Writer's Portal? What's this shit? I thought this was a Flash site. Tom, I recall reading some little snippet of text you wrote about the decision to keep the portal flash-only, as opposed to allowing the submission of video files as well. I respect that decision, and feel adding a Writer's Portal (along with the "Art Portal" I keep hearing about) would detract from the site's focus. Of course it'd bring the traffic rolling in, but it'd also probably expand the site too much.

Rucklo is correct (AS USUAL), the writer's portal will be there to serve Flash authors. Aside from being a starting point for Flash authors to collect ideas, it could also potentially be a planning ground for artists who are forced to collaborate with one another to manifest their script and work together, or even for artists like myself to post script concepts and have other members of the community review and criticize it before it is ever animated.

Let alone actionscripters who want to share code segments with other actionscripters, such as classes and functions to perform certain tasks to save other coders a bundle of time. Just pop on the writer's portal and do a search for "collision detection", and download the block of code best suited to your project.

Think outside the box. All you have to do is think of the writing that is involved in any good Flash piece, and a writer's portal won't sound so alien.

When I was a bit younger, let's say 3 years younger than I am now, I was fine with animating in my spare time and pumping out animation when I could. I had no quality standard then either, so making toons was much easier, too.

Now at 26 I feel like I'm young enough to keep going without making a career of it, but I still want to animate full-time. To do so I've had to secure a means of making at least enough cash to pay rent, buy groceries, and keep drinking as much beer as my youthful liver will allow me (as beer is where I get my power). I haven't really started saving money yet, because I feel like the experience I am gaining by using Flash as seriously as I am is a much more valuable investment than saving a few dollars. That and I don't really have much to save anyway.

In a couple of years I'll have to have made sure that this has become my career if I intend to continue doing it. I guess when that time comes I'll have to seriously consider my next move, but until then, I am completely for the system Tom has put together. It's true that he can't provide jobs for every animator who stumbles onto Newgrounds, but making it easier for them to continue practicing their craft...PRICELESS. THANKS TOMMMMMMMMM

At 7/14/08 07:04 PM, Simple-line wrote:

At 7/14/08 07:01 PM, Luis wrote: you could always turn your character into a giant penis with a little cute red shirt on.

heres my vision.

why does he have sleeves if he aint got no arms? :(

Actually, that's why snakes don't wear vests.

At 7/11/08 11:57 AM, JohnnyUtah wrote:
good news everybody, blockhead and mastermind aren't on the poster anymore, so we got two more openings

*wink

You win this round Utah :O

And a slow day at the office claims another front page post, RIP

Why not the important staff members? By that I mean everyone other than Jeff, who knows what that guy really does.

I guess Charlie earned his unicorn wings this year? Yotam's work is NECESSARY, and on the note of author appearances I would suggest Luis in his cartoon form. God knows he's been here long enough doing absolutely nothing that he needs an honorable mention of some kind. Plus he's probably gonna be there in San Diego this year to frown at you if you don't.

Also, whoever said Housemaster is correct. Need more Housemaster.

From the description on the site, it looks like you'd have to be desperate to use the regular Bamboo for anything but writing. The Bamboo Fun is the better choice for artistry between the two.

I don't think anyone is watching me, I have my door closed and curtains down, LIKE A TERRORIST

Gotta lock this, but I thought I'd reply first <3

Happy birthday Newgrounds, I got you some whiskey! And by that, I mean I'm going to go have some whiskey.

At 7/3/08 07:05 AM, TomFulp wrote: Tomorrow we're gonna try to SAVE A LIFE so stay tuned.

It's gonna take more than $100 to cure AIDS you son of a gun

At 7/2/08 02:55 AM, Ositoozy wrote:

At 7/1/08 08:39 PM, kid-dude wrote: Don't forget to make a child sacrifice to the Fulp before you run it to gaurentee it will work, but of course that goes without saying lol.

And one must jump 3 times and say Beetle juice.

Cant believe u forgot to tell him that part :P

If you TELL him to say Beetlejuice, it won't work. Gosh didn't you see the movie :(

I know this doesn't help you very much or at all, but when learning to code in any language, it's better to figure out the concepts first and then learn the code that will help you to accomplish it. Asking people how to help your game to function will be a long but fruitless task.

For example, in this case think of it conceptually. Player position has an X position, and the enemy has an X position. The enemy needs to make their X position get closer to the player's X position over time. If you can picture the math and the concept, you'll be fine. To me it sounds like you're asking for help both with concept and with the code itself, and that's no good for anyone.

At 7/2/08 03:32 AM, UN32 wrote:

At 7/2/08 03:17 AM, The-Swain wrote: Is this the written speech from Out of this World, or Star Wars?

No. I don't know what you are talking about. I want feedback more like pros and cons of the design, not so much arbitrary questions that don't relate.

Until you specified just now the kind of feedback you were looking for, the topic itself was arbitrary. Just a friendly note for the future.

My personal and hopefully helpful opinion is that the first character is extremely busy compared to the others, almost like the pixelation of the character is much smaller than its fellows. To me it feels out of place, but if it's paired with others that are as comparatively busy as it is, I don't think it would stand out so much and could possibly stand its own ground.

Tell us more what this is for and you'll get some better feedback, I'm wagering. If you're lucky you'll get Luis responding to this topic; he's a font fetishist.

np, you'll find that designing a proper and balanced pose will amount for much more in your finished work. A crap character on a beautiful pose at an ambitious angle can really set you apart as an artist, if that's your goal ;)

At 7/2/08 03:24 AM, Swanwig wrote:

At 7/2/08 03:22 AM, The-Swain wrote:

At 7/1/08 07:56 AM, Swanwig wrote: Now here's a hastily drawn knight-guy.

What is wrong with his pose?
I know there's SOMETHING wrong but I can't pick it, it's like it's a bit distorted or something.

So, Art forum, WHAT IS WRONG with his anatomy?

The problem is that one leg is longer than the other for no reason. If one leg extends out, the other needs to be bent at the knee. Also, less rule-oriented but more aesthetically, he looks completely at rest while holding his shield up in front of him...if he's making the effort to brace his shield, why is he so relaxed? OR, why is he holding his shield up?

Yes, I see. Hopefully when I plug in my Graphics Tablet, I'll be able to fix it up. I'm okay with a mouse, but poses are annoying as hell with them. But thanks for telling me, I just couldn't figure it out for some reason.

Everything is glorious, but since you're looking for tips, the right arm (with the bow) seems like the musculature is a bit thrown off by his lack of a shoulder muscle. To me, it kind of looks like the arm cuts off where the bicep ends. In fact, it almost looks like you entirely forgot to draw the right shoulder :O

That aside, good job

At 7/1/08 07:56 AM, Swanwig wrote: Now here's a hastily drawn knight-guy.

What is wrong with his pose?
I know there's SOMETHING wrong but I can't pick it, it's like it's a bit distorted or something.

So, Art forum, WHAT IS WRONG with his anatomy?

The problem is that one leg is longer than the other for no reason. If one leg extends out, the other needs to be bent at the knee. Also, less rule-oriented but more aesthetically, he looks completely at rest while holding his shield up in front of him...if he's making the effort to brace his shield, why is he so relaxed? OR, why is he holding his shield up?

Is this the written speech from Out of this World, or Star Wars?

In four years it won't be funny anymore. Don't worry, everything serious needs a break for some kind of comic relief, and the presidency is no different. I mean, look at Van Buren.

If we're not dead in 4/8 years, let's all just laugh about it k?

that torture game is great i played it once and it made me kill a people, game s influence me

In all fairness, he's not asking for a top notch animator. Who knows, maybe he'll get someone with 5-10 days experience using Flash who is willing to collab.

To topic starter: No one knows anything about your project. Link to some kind of reference material or script synopsis and you'll get a better response, otherwise you sound like every other lazy jackass who wants other people to shoulder 100% of the burden and take 50% of the credit for their own work.

Strangely enough, you don't actually "make" movie clips into variables.

At 5/31/08 12:54 AM, LardLord wrote: I despise JAZZA for furthering the stereotype, and perhaps even more fundamentally, I despise the Newgrounds populous (composed, coincidentally, largely of that flawed and girlfriendless constituency) for accepting, and applauding his blatant characterization of that particular group of people (Many of whom actually care about art and music beyond the Neandethalic level portrayed in that flash.) as people with the intellect of an orange, who love to watch poor caricatures of humankind muddle through a bloated and unappealing abstraction, in which the main character, apparently, has some sort of strange impulse / fetish for crying.

That you define the validity of a person's opinion on whether or not they have a girlfriend is disappointing. You should learn not to be dependent on women, but instead explore a wholesome dependency on yourself. Go out there and meet the real you: he's dying to be found.

And if you're going to complain about theft and plagiarism, why not start with the people using actual copyrighted songs rather than bitch about a song you suspect might be inspired by something else? You know, speaking of whining. Your topic, not mine.

Oh, and bringing up Vanilla Ice is obviously the surest way to cinch an argument. Nice.

You could have picked somebody else who doesn't have it as easy, other users have to work like hell to get half of there name out where Luis, all he had to do was join NG early. Why do you think his topics are so famous?

And Waterlollies? We know the movies are done well but they boost not even half a good story, and there are far more interesting movies on NG.

And lastly, NG rumble, good game, but IT'S NOT ORIGINAL! Sorry, but a fighting game will never be original no matter what you want to call it.

I believe your second and third points are the reason why you're wrong about your first one. Luis is constructive, you are not.

If you don't see everything Luis does around here (or if you didn't even read Tom's explanation of why he deserved it) then no one can help you to understand. Also Luis gives the best head, so

I read the book, but I didn't like the "dramatic conclusion". It seemed like it was working its way toward some sort of personal revelation for the protagonist, but instead came to explosive anal beads. Hmm.

Oh well, at least I liked it up until the end. Better for me: now I know when to stop watching the movie :D