Another Year, Another Project

Posted by David Lindberg on April 14, 2007, 3:19 p.m.

Since this is my first entry, i´m just gonna shout: YAY! YAY! YAY! Oh happy day, (chorus=OH HAPPY DAY!)

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Well… Now for the more "serious" thing. A few days ago, i started a game for my bro. Yeah, you heard right. My bro! But hes only six years old (soon seven), so there´s not much violence in the game (if it´s THAT you want). Right now, the game is not so fun to play, as i start with my focus on the graphics. The reason, that i´m actually bloggin´ about this game. Is because this is my first, 100% "me-made" game. That means, i´m doing everything myself (you know… Music, coding, spriting, storyline). The only thing, i´m not doing myself. Is to give me feedback (as that would be REALLY idiotic). I won´t post any screenies for the game, b/c the overall… "Thing" is not finished yet. And when the "thing" is missing, the game can´t be "screenie´d"… Or… It can, but… I won´t do it! But i can still give the storyline (but i din´t think, i´m actually gonna use THIS story… Well, let´s see).

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Your name is "Igloo" (that´s me, on the GMC. So you are actually playing as *cyber-me*… lol), and you work at a ice cream factory. Your job, is to invent new ways to produce ice cream. In the intro, you start at your boss´s office. He has a task for you: "Make me a machine, that can convert normal snow, and ice, into ice cream". You go home, wondering: "how the HECK am i gonna do that?". Meanwhile, someplace else, a weird creature is awaken, deep under the factory. It´s BIG, it´s BAD, and it don´t like the factory! Back at your home, the machine is almost completed. That´s where the first level should start: A few parts are missing, and you have to go out and find them. When level one is finished, you´ll get a password, so you can continue from there, next time. After you got your password, a short "movie" starts: The large creature, is smashing through the floor, back at the factory. It´s quickly out of the hole in the floor, and starts to crush the building (Please notice: It´s mad at the factory, because of the machines. The reason that it hates machines, is something i´ll tell in another blog). Back at your house, you hear the noise, and you start to run up against the factory. When you finally stops up infront it, it´s all smashed to peices. Now hundreds of people, have no work, and they just don´t know what they should do (until one of them shouts: HEY FOLKS! LET`S GO PLAY SOME TENNIS! *and then they´ll go play tennis*). You go explore the ruins, and finds your boss (he´s also your dad… Hey! Don´t look at me like that! I just try to add some ambience here.), laying half-death under a rock. You call a ambulance, so he can get "fixed". While you are waiting for the ambulance, your boss starts to talk: ARGH! HOLY ****! WTF was that? Please hunt it down will ya? Thanks… (you slowly go away from him while you still face him) WHAT? You don´t want to do it? You HAVE TO! If you don´t do it, YOU`RE FIRED! Now this is where the machine comes "into the picture". You make some small modifications on it, so it can help you when you try to find the beast (you´re not gonna kill it. Just go talk to it, and figure out "WTF it did that").

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Well… That´s mean´t to be the introduction, to the game. I hope you like it! Please comment on it.

EDIT: lol! I crashed the story! It was impossible to build into the game, at it´s current state.

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Now for something completely different:

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And then again… I lost my motivation… Why? WHY? I always start a game, while i´m thinking: "I´m determined to finish this!". And i end up with: "Erhm… I´ll start another project…"… And then i´ll start another project. Maybe you are wondering: "Why does he even start a project, when he knows it ends up as *Oh, well…*" All i can say about that is… "Atleast, i learn something from each game, and one day, i´m gonna finish a game." That game just has to be great, and get some good critics… I mean… I have used GM for one year, and i haven´t finished a single game. Well… I have to finish atleast one, before i can call myself a true coder. (that means: "You can expect a game from me, anytime soon… I guess…)

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Hmmm… It seems like i have forgotten something… Well… I´ll post it as soon as i remember what it is…

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I GOT IT! I forgot to tell about the tele-placer. You probably don´t know what it is, but i fealt like telling it anyway: IT WORKS! IT FRIKIN` WORKS! I have been working on it for 2 days, and now it´s fully operational.

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The motion-blur sequenses, are also up and running! But i can´t upload any screenies, b/c GIMP has crashed my image-support. So now i can´t view any type of image-files, and i can´t even upload them, as the hosts says: "The type of image, cannot be uploaded" I´m just SO sad about it, and i want to complaint to those frickin´ GIMP-staff!

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Comments

David Lindberg 17 years, 8 months ago

Uhmmm… yeah!

GamerHippo7 17 years, 8 months ago

BEST OF LUCK DUDE!

Jaxx 17 years, 8 months ago

Lolz BOL!

Cesque 17 years, 8 months ago

Hello.

LunchTime 17 years, 8 months ago

Hi. Interesting storyline.

David Lindberg 17 years, 8 months ago

Quote:
Hi. Interesting storyline.
Yeah, i thought so. It was meant to be different, and not the usual "fight the evil army" Or "A monster took your wife". The funny thing is, that i just made up the story, in 5 minutes. So you don´t have to work hard, as long as your imagination is intact.

GMWIZ 17 years, 8 months ago

The reason you start new projects and never finish is because

You just want to make a game thats never been really created yet or a game in a new way and in the near end your like Well this sucks O well i didn't read all of your blog so if this is off topic o well

David Lindberg 17 years, 8 months ago

Actually… I think i will finish this… Or will i? That´s the question!

BTW: Adding screenies soon (in a new entrance, that are about the game)

Nemesis Prime 17 years, 8 months ago

Looks like a good game . . . i made a game for my little bro once, he said it was rubbish. so much for gratitude. PM me when it's finished or you put up a demo.