Twilight falls on the competition, friends. And this past week has been utter and absolute hell for me as I scramble to meet the deadline.
As it stands now, I could submit the game for the competition and slap "DEMO" on it, thereby leaving out the last three crucial boss fights, and the hard-earned ending sequences.…But if you know me, you'd also know that I can't settle with that. This game will see its end, even if I have to sacrifice other elements. It's already taken a hit in so many areas, but I still feel good about the end result.Looking back, I think I can actually say I'd want to remake this game in all the splendor I'd originally imagined it. Maybe it'll be one of my projects in Unity. Maybe XNA. But all I can say is that after this competition, I'm officially done with Game Maker (except for short competitions).It's not because of my frustrations with it, or the need to move on to bigger things, but it was my original plan after the competition to get a new computer and start developing in Unity. That means I have to pick up modeling and 3D animation, but it might be fun. Honestly I need to start building a portfolio, and Steam is getting more and more alluring. Getting a game on Steam would look great on your record because of how difficult it is, and Game Maker just fails to impress anyone (even though you CAN get GM games on Steam).The two games I plan to focus in on are concepts I've thought about long and hard, and through my innate skepticism have finally decided they might do well. I'm not in it for the money. I'm in it for experience and publicity.tl;dr Let's PlaysLast, I wanted to ask for recommendations on headsets for recording with. Look at those YouTubers who do Let's Plays and think about the vocal quality the good ones have, and how they can easily combine that with what comes out of the speakers, all while avoiding keystrokes and such.Please recommend:- Headsets to look for (I plan on buying one next week, show me prices for sure)- Decent recording software that supports mic input as well as Stereo Mix (from speakers)If I can't combine those, I'll have to resort to recording without volume. And that will be very sad.Finally, I'm going to do a sort of trailer for TTR when the competition ends. If you know of any good video editing software that isn't Windows Movie Maker, please let me know.Until then, I have three bosses and six endings to write. Wish me luck.
oh c'mon Kilin, you worked hard for three months on this. i *highly* doubt everyone has completed the massive ambitious projects they set out for.
just submit it to see how well you did, and knock some other noobs down the list. seriously. do it for us real 64digiters! :)@Steven: I've actually got Stereo Mix working (funny enough, it was installed with my VIDEO CARD drivers), so that's not an issue. As far as headsets go, I do want to invest in studio quality headphones one day, but for the purposes of these reviews, I'd like the mic to be built-in.
@hel: Thanks man. But honestly I won't settle for less than completion. If I drop it now, I'll look back and cringe every time. I want people to see everything I had in mind, not some cop-out demo game. I don't like sounding cocky or anything, but I'm confident that I can place well, despite some of the skills I apparently lack (graphics, anyone?). In particular, I'm very, very proud of how some of the music turned out (even if not all of them turned out as expected), I'm proud of the story, limited as it is, and I'm proud of the choice I give to the player.But we'll see how things play out, won't we? I didn't enter this competition to win. I entered for an excuse to make and finish a good game, and hopefully have some players with it.@Juurian: I should've added another parameter: software that doesn't cost a fortune, so that torrenting it doesn't get me on the watchlist.well i still think your work is quality enough to place high, even if it's incomplete. but that's all up to you ^_^
Thanks hel. That may have been the motivation I needed.
And as for you, Cyrus, that's the title I've reserved in case I can't come through.Yeah guys, I still haven't decided on a headset.
…Or any of this stuff, for that matter.I just posted the masterclass of cheap Video editors.
Pick one already.Right, I forgot to thank you for that list, Juurian. I'm going to have to run through each of them and see which works best. Unfortunately I'll have to do that later, so for now I was hoping that others might pitch their experiences with said software.
Though I guess people don't really do a lot of video editing around here compared to other things.