Today I've been working on the interface for the battle room. The actual mechanics aren't fully programmed yet but I'm getting it done slowly.
I really need to start working on this more often as I'm taking advantage of the "plenty of time" until the compo ends.Here's what I've got with the battle room. I'm not done with the battle sprites for the players yet and it remains undecided if I'll animate attacks or not. I probably won't though.
Sadly - those enemies have more animations in them than the players do. Even if they do just "bob" up and down. Players are just entirely static right now - apart from a flashing effect on the currently selected character indicating its turn.My new textbox engine :3 (Fire Emblem style):
I hope the half-character portraits don't seem a little off though. I'm not used to drawing anything beyond a head. lol.There's only one tileset done so far, judged by what I've included in the screenshots. Even then, it's far from complete.If anyone has ideas for some hazards in the overworld then throw them at me, aside from fire (which is already included) of course :3As a plus, here's a script that I've made to reuse a simple sprite for any sized window frame. Which I use in my game for all my frames, such as the textbox above and the battle interface.Just make a sprite of 32x32 (for example) and separate it into 4 subsections, each being 16x16 (one for each corner).Example: //drawFrame(sprite,tile width,tile height,frame width,frame height,x ,y)drawFrame(sprFrame,16,16,250,100,x,y); Demo Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23931032/Game%20Maker/Scripts/FrameBase.gm81
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//Arguments
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//sprite index, tile width, tile height, frame width, frame height, x , y
//drawFrame(sprite,32,32,200,200,x,y);
//Create Temp Variables
var __sprite, __tileWidth, __tileHeight, __frameHeight, __frameWidth, __x, __y;
__sprite = argument0;
__tileWidth = argument1;
__tileHeight = argument2;
__frameWidth = argument3;
__frameHeight = argument4;
__x = argument5;
__y = argument6;
//Draw the corners
//==================
//Top Left
draw_sprite_part_ext(__sprite,0,0,0,__tileWidth,__tileHeight,__x,__y,1,1,image_blend,image_alpha);
//Top Right
draw_sprite_part_ext(__sprite,0,__tileWidth,0,__tileWidth,__tileHeight,__x+__frameWidth-__tileWidth,__y,1,1,image_blend,image_alpha);
//Bottom Left
draw_sprite_part_ext(__sprite,0,0,__tileHeight,__tileWidth,__tileHeight,__x,__y+__frameHeight-__tileHeight,1,1,image_blend,image_alpha);
//Bottom Right
draw_sprite_part_ext(__sprite,0,__tileWidth,__tileHeight,__tileWidth,__tileHeight,__x+__frameWidth-__tileWidth,__y+__frameHeight-__tileHeight,1,1,image_blend,image_alpha);
//Draw outer edges
//==================
//Draw Top Edge
draw_sprite_part_ext(__sprite,0,__tileWidth/2,0,1,__tileHeight,__x+__tileWidth,__y,__frameWidth-(__tileWidth*2),1,image_blend,image_alpha);
//Draw Bottom Edge
draw_sprite_part_ext(__sprite,0,__tileWidth/2,__tileHeight,1,__tileHeight,__x+__tileWidth,__y+__frameHeight-__tileHeight,__frameWidth-(__tileWidth*2),1,image_blend,image_alpha);
//Draw Left Edge
draw_sprite_part_ext(__sprite,0,0,__tileHeight/2,__tileWidth,1,__x,__y+__tileHeight,1,__frameHeight-(__tileHeight*2),image_blend,image_alpha);
//Draw Right Edge
draw_sprite_part_ext(__sprite,0,__tileWidth,__tileHeight/2,__tileWidth,1,__x+__frameWidth-__tileWidth,__y+__tileHeight,1,__frameHeight-(__tileHeight*2),image_blend,image_alpha);
//Fill in the center
//==================
draw_sprite_part_ext(__sprite,0,__tileWidth/2,__tileHeight/2,1,1,__x+__tileWidth,__y+__tileHeight,__frameWidth-(__tileWidth*2),__frameHeight-(__tileHeight*2),image_blend,image_alpha);
Ahmygod I'm not the only one using this tileset style.
Haha, I wana see it!
The characters' portraits look like they're staring out into space.
You could have spikes or rubble as hazards?
@Daggerhog All I can think when I look at them is "why u so srs? :-("
holy crap those robots are adorable.
DaggerHog is right, though: the portraits don't look so good.When can I play this. :f
They can continue to "stare out into space" until I can draw better. D: As for looking serious… They're adopted.
Ps. There's nothing to play right now, it's only graphics and half-made systems that have yet to come together.I can't wait 'til the competition closes. I want to play everyone's games; they look so cool.
Agreed. Playing all these entries will make August the best month of my life.
I'm going to break out the heavy reviewing machine, so drop/savor your egos.I'm almost more excited for that than actually entering.