Yeah, at the point where I have to make a choice.
I've asked what people think here and at various forums, and most people agree that we should hold back on the demo until we've got custom keys.And to be honest, I feel kinda relieved, because I don't want to rush it out half-cooked and get feedback that could be a whole note better if we just waited a week.Plus I'm really struggling to find some good sound effects for the cutscene.Cocopuffs has pretty much finished it, but it doesn't look as good as it should… Rather "low budget" looking.The corners we've cut are obvious, so I'm gonna improve it a bit, it isn't that much work, I could probably knock it all out in one day, and it will look so much better. You know, I doubt we could even have the demo ready before Cocopuffs leaves at this point, there's still a few minor bugs to fix and some sound effects to find, which I can't stress enough, just takes ages.Plus I think I've found a composer who will want to join our team, I just have to wait until I can show him our demo…Which means most of the sound effects and music will just be place holders until he takes over, so it kinda makes my efforts futile…My brother is borrowing Crackdown from one of my friends now that the halo3 beta is closed, and crackdown is pretty cool, I like how lively the city feels, even though it isn't really, and while there isn't that much to do, most of it is done pretty well.And the only part I really liked about GTA was exploring the cities, which is so much more fun in Crackdown, jumping from building to building, lots of power ups hidden everywhere, some cool achievements to attain.I haven't posted a picture for the last few days, so I should probably throw one in so this page doesn't look like a complete wall of text… let's see…This is how the demo will end; you jump in your catamaran and sail away, then the screen fades to black and says "Thanks for playing."In the final game it will be more of the goal for that level, find your sail or something, plus there will be a sequence where you're sailing along, and you're in control of the boat, jumping rocks, collecting points or something.Will be great. BYAAH!
=O So effin' pretty!
Damn… make it custom keys, then nobody complain about anything…man… that looks orgasmic right there.Ya,and from what I can tell tis only gna look better in motion
[Kudos Mode]-A work of art. I love good GFX and sprite based is hard. Everything looks in harmony a true GAME.
Looks amazing.
I'd say not to worry about custom keys now because I want to play it. <3Catamaran! Hope that your composer candidate is good. Bad music would ruin this game totally… (Or any game)
Im still amazed, keep up the fantastic work/ Oh, and I bet you're opening cutscene looks great ,at least compared to me.