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At 2/7/09 05:59 AM, Depredation wrote: but then it didn't work properly in cs4 so it just got added a month or 2 ago :P.

I have now acquired an immediate love for CS4.

I just realized that today is my NG account's fourth birthday.

I feel old :P

At 2/7/09 10:27 AM, K-Guare wrote: I have now acquired an immediate love for CS4.

It's not the biggest update ever, but it does fix a lot of long term problems that flash had. The layout is much better, the auto-complete code has been changed so it only shows as3/as2 syntax. If you've not got cs3, i recommend it, if you have, try the trial.

Oh, and there are a lot of code tweaks to open things up.

Audio
So do you guys spend ages looking for the right loop for your games or create your own?

I just got my first loop accepted, but god when i keep exporting this game, the music annoys the crap out of me now (':

At 2/7/09 11:42 AM, Saza wrote: I just got my first loop accepted, but god when i keep exporting this game, the music annoys the crap out of me now (':

Lol, last year I got an FL Studio trial, and i made a really crappy House loop.
Since I submitted it I've been permanently banned from the audio portal.

I asked an audio mod, and he said it was because I used the default loops that
FL Studio offers. I thought it would be OK, considering all the other songs
existing on the portal using them, but I guess not.

I shouldn't be on here, I really need to be working on my game.
I need some inspiration... suggestions anybody?

At 2/7/09 11:57 AM, K-Guare wrote:

At 2/7/09 11:42 AM, Saza wrote: I just got my first loop accepted, but god when i keep exporting this game, the music annoys the crap out of me now (':

Lol, last year I got an FL Studio trial, and i made a really crappy House loop.
Since I submitted it I've been permanently banned from the audio portal.

I asked an audio mod, and he said it was because I used the default loops that
FL Studio offers. I thought it would be OK, considering all the other songs
existing on the portal using them, but I guess not.

I shouldn't be on here, I really need to be working on my game.
I need some inspiration... suggestions anybody?

Eat a cheese and pickle sandwich.

I always lose inspiration on games ): Im like, level design will be easy - I get to it and I just get bored

Question:

Do I get double points for having a Cloud cloud??

At 2/7/09 12:11 PM, Saza wrote: Eat a cheese and pickle sandwich.

Hmm, I'll go try that.
I'll include a heaping glass of Kool-Aid to go with it...
That usually works. :3

At 2/7/09 05:38 AM, mwmike wrote:

At 2/7/09 01:18 AM, IcePyro wrote: this is a working-in-progress image

Those huts look remarkably like you've created them through trace-bitmap, rather than drawing them. I have nothing against that, though I suggest that you add a few more different colours to the roof.

lol, i don't know if to take that as a compliment or not :P, but i drew that my self 100% freehand-awesomeness.
a couple more colors couldn't hurt.

FF Collabs

OK, hai guyz i iz new here (only vaguely active still, but now have a 6Mb ADSL conn and am going to be getting more active if I can spare the time), but there seems to be an overpowering number of Collab threads on the first page of the Flash forum. Is it time to have a clampdown again (long term regs will remember), or is it all cool?
I guess I should ask Tom for my BBS mod privileges back before too long

BTW thanks liiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaam for the warm welcome back. Old man indeed. I'll whup you with mah walking stick, you little whippersnapper

FF Collabs

While I think the BA limit cannot realistically be increased, I think what needs to be tightened up is the theme limitations.

There are so many stupid themes for collabs. I think having to have been in a collab, as well as having released a solo project with a minimum score of 3.0, should be requirements. The collab system is feeding itself right now. Kids join 3 collabs which usually result in a BA of about 3.5 - 3.8 and then start making collabs themselves.

Also, another requirement could be you can't start another collab if you have any previously opened collabs within the past 6 months. This should motivate people to make sure their collabs get finished.

At 2/7/09 01:43 PM, Denvish wrote: Is it time to have a clampdown again (long term regs will remember), or is it all cool?

Dunno if you saw, but we raised the minimum BA to 3.5. I'm not sure raising it again would do any good or how we could clamp down further than just banning collab threads out right.

I should ask Tom for my BBS mod privileges back before too long

Do it.

At 2/7/09 12:39 PM, IcePyro wrote:

At 2/7/09 05:38 AM, mwmike wrote:

At 2/7/09 01:18 AM, IcePyro wrote: this is a working-in-progress image

Those huts look remarkably like you've created them through trace-bitmap, rather than drawing them. I have nothing against that, though I suggest that you add a few more different colours to the roof.

lol, i don't know if to take that as a compliment or not :P, but i drew that my self 100% freehand-awesomeness.
a couple more colors couldn't hurt.

Its not so much that he used "trace-bitmap" as much as he just traced a bitmap... HEYOOOOO!!!!

Well, not "Traced" But more like "inspired by" some other house from another game, not traced tho :P

At 2/7/09 01:43 PM, Denvish wrote: BTW thanks liiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaam for the warm welcome back. Old man indeed. I'll whup you with mah walking stick, you little whippersnapper

Good to see you back, we pretty much all agree about the collabs, so go for it.

I think that there just needs to be less concrete enforcement of the collab rules, and more subjectiveness on the side of the mods. It's really easy to bend the rules to fit the minimum requirements, even though stuff like "naruto collab 14 tribute" technically fits within the collab rules, its probably not a good idea to keep it open.

As was before, we just need to continue redirecting people to ngcollabs, as it might do well to raise that site from the dead.

At 2/7/09 01:43 PM, Denvish wrote: BTW thanks liiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaam for the warm welcome back. Old man indeed. I'll whup you with mah walking stick, you little whippersnapper

Welcome back, wise one :)

And yes the flash forum does need a clampdown in the collab.. area.. but Luis is too soft on them. I think he likes the company.

At 2/7/09 03:00 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: even though stuff like "naruto collab 14 tribute" technically fits within the collab rules, its probably not a good idea to keep it open.

/agree

soo yea, I was browsing the interwebs one day, and somehow I found a blog made by some kid, and on it he drew out a mind blowing idea for a game, by far the greatest iv seen yet...

here was his sketch..

Over 5 months of work has disappeared. Timeline and stage don't show up - both just blank. List of junk I've done to try and fix this has grown too big to list.
Any of you guys ever encounter this problem where the only way of fixing it is NOT deleting the scene and all the work on it? I really, really, don't want to lose this. If I do lose it I am taking a long break from flash until I cool down.

Screeny of sadness

Spring Break

Spring break is comin' up. It'll be my first spring break as a uni guy so this'll be neat. Hopefully I'll see a few pair of breats and go on a couple crazy adventures around the town with friends. Anyone have actual plans for spring break?

At 2/7/09 03:57 PM, TheCriminalDuder wrote: Spring Break

Spring break is comin' up. It'll be my first spring break as a uni guy so this'll be neat. Hopefully I'll see a few pair of breats and go on a couple crazy adventures around the town with friends. Anyone have actual plans for spring break?

Going to GDC

Spring Break

Not in school, so it'll seem like just another week I guess.

Spring Break
My only holidays are during christmas and the summer break. Then again, I only spent about 6-8 hours on campus each week, so I can't complain.

Denvish

Welcome back! I haven't seen you for quite a while, and hearing that you've finally sorted out the ISP issues was great.

Collaboration Clampdown

I like the idea of cutting down on collabs that obviously won't go anywhere. For example, the 'Randomness Collab' is a pretty terrible idea for one. If this much people hadn't taken their time in producing pieces for it already then I don't think anyone would have missed it; or any other collaborations that are similar. I think the concept is more important than the organizer's BA; seeing as a collab with a great idea behind it will attract a lot of attention, and a lot of good submissions. A collaboration with a bad idea has less chance of working out than one with a good one, even if it is started by a good Flash author.

At 2/7/09 03:49 PM, x-factor11 wrote: here was his sketch..

From now on; I'm going to be basing my life on that innocent bystander. By lying in a cardboard box nothing can harm me!

At 2/7/09 04:00 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: Going to GDC

Lucky bastard.

Why are there no good game industry conventions in the north of England.. (or England at all for that matter). One day I'll go to Leipzig..

At 2/7/09 04:28 PM, liaaaam wrote: Why are there no good game industry conventions in the north of England.. (or England at all for that matter). One day I'll go to Leipzig..

Leipzig died, there's a new convention being held in Cologne though.

Anyone care to tell me why I can't copy paste text from Word to Flash? It's kinda frustrating.

At 2/7/09 04:36 PM, Xeptic wrote: Leipzig died, there's a new convention being held in Cologne though.

One day I'll go to.. Liams Festival of Games. You'll see.

Actually I want to see a Newgrounds convention >.> Screw PAX, Newgrounds New Media Expo?

Anyone care to tell me why I can't copy paste text from Word to Flash? It's kinda frustrating.

You should be able to D:

At 2/7/09 04:36 PM, Xeptic wrote:

Congrats on UotD.

At 2/7/09 05:01 PM, Deathcon7 wrote:

At 2/7/09 04:36 PM, Xeptic wrote:

Congrats on UotD.

Cheers for telling me. What are the odds...

@ the copy/paste Word issue
Apparently I'm not the only one who's having this issue. Any other (mac) users here have/had the same problem? It's weird, I can copy paste text from other editors to flash, but not from Word.

Liam you a geordie, cumbrian or further south than that? I'm Cumbrian ;)

Hai Denvish!

Collab clampdown: I'd just raise the limit to 4, solo submission 3.75 and can't be a dreadful 3 frame clock flash submitted on clock-day. Something along those lines anyways.

Flash Gaming Summit
If you're going to GDC you might as well gotoAndPlay() the Flash Gaming Summit as well. I'm speaking on a panel this year for "Marketing and Distributing Flash Games" and so is Edmund for "What Makes Flash Games A HIt?" Site Here, you have to pay to get in but you get discounts for being a kid which you most likely are.

Collab Rules
I think we're good now but yeah, people are opting to make crap at the moment which happens. It'll probably clear out like it usually does. Also Luis needs to stop approving every collab and it's mother :) :) :).

Still waiting for a Collab forum.

Denvish
Come back, I hate voting for "The Most Missed User" every year.