Please don’t laugh at my feeble coding attempt ;D
My head is so full of code, it’s about to explode into a bloody mess of functions and if statements. Sometimes I look at Green Pixel’s @hush_lorentz’s code for our games and I’m flabbergasted at the quantity and complexity of his work. Programmers have truly special minds!
I know the above scene is extremely simple and full of bugs and things to fix, but I learned so much from hours of trial and error, research, and experimenting. There’s so much information online (most of which is conflicting, unfortunately), it’s seemingly impossible to remember everything I’ve learned, but, like anything, applying what I learned to today’s scene is making everything stick :D
So! I’m really, really hoping that I can get the church’s basement done for you in somewhat video game fashion :D We’re gradually inching towards an RPG, aren’t we?
Also, have you seen “Human Planet“? I’ve only seen two episodes and, so far, it’s absolutely awe-inspiring to see what some cultures are capable of! Check it out! :D
EDIT: Almost forgot! jayisgames.com reviewed The Pocalypse Defense and mentioned that a sequel is in order! I want to let you know first that a half-sequel is enqueue for development! Stay tuned! :D
Enjoy Filler Scene 9 – “Work-In-Progress”!
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this is absolutly awsome with some work this could be realy big one thing doc walks really weird and it feels unnatural i know you arent a a codeing god (you will be) but moonwalking the intire time is just weird =]
@ryan – Haha, yes! Well put. Doc is definitely moonwalking :D It’s one thing that needs to be fixed before the church basement update, so hopefully, I figure it out soon!
The only thing I really had a beef with was that I was somehow thinking that the up arrow would take me toward the top-right, as opposed to the top-left, which got surprisingly confusing surprisingly fast. Shouldn’t honestly be that big of a deal, and it could just be me with the problem, but I thought I’d mention it just to let you know about it. Otherwise, everything else seems to be working fine (barring the mentioned bugs, but even they don’t seem that big on the outside). Good luck with the rest of it, I’m liking the direction you’re taking with the comic!
I have to agree with GarouX, the direction that the arrows sent you in was a little confusing.
DOC WAS MOON WALKING *gasp*
Don,t be to hard on your self the first time i tried scripting i wanted to smash my computer i was so confused. That was 3 months ago and i’m still lost. D:<
It has a good basis, so you should be able to mnage it Joe! BTW: Doc’s a ghost! He can go through people!!!! lol
Learning coding is just like throwing oranges at a brick wall. Most of it falls off, but some sticks every time, slowly forming a delicious crust of competence.
It would be nice to be able to advance the text by pressing spacebar.
I second Razorhead’s comment about using the spacebar! And was also confused by the arrow directions, though with your tiles being aligned at 45 degrees I can’t offer any ideas about making it less confusing for me, or others… ‘cos I don’t have any :(
well im friking out! Doc can get out of the screen!
@Delta Pangaea Well put. As for this game, a little tip from the tutorials I’ve been watching here recently (I too am exploring the gaming side of programming :p). When moving diagonally, the way you have it setup, the player moves at double speed. You’ll probably want to set it up to check for diagonal movement and cut the x and y coordinate change in half accordingly.
by the way if you put left arrow and right arrow repeatly while talking to a character, you can se a small THE EXORSIST like action with the Doc’s face(right?)
its one small step for programming, but one helluva step for author joe! plus my name is joe too! :D
Yeah you should make The Pocalypse Game where basically you have the same universe type thing as the comic but you control your charactar and level up, lots of cliches etc etc.
What would be cool is to make it have a pathfinder, and you click a square to move to. Would be easier to control than arrow keys in my opinion… Plus it kinda looks strange when the doc walks and stops on the edge of squares, I think he should just stop in the squares. Looking good so far though, keep up the good work!
I think the thought is awesome, hell all the effort that has to go into that must be bewildering so I don’t mind waiting for the awesomeness
It be cool if there were enemies in the church basement game,and doc could use his LFB!:)
you know ive just gotten into this. and i must say that this is one of the best things ive ever read. this has made me laugh more that alot of things. and the game you guys made was fun. hope to see alot more from you aside from this :)
VERY NICE!!!! THIS ISNT JUST A NORMAL ANIMATION IT IS A SUPER AWSOME FUN COOL ANIMATION GOOD JOB JOE I COULD NEVER MAKE SUMTING LIKE THID
WHAT THE HACK??? I know it’s not your fault for the filler (which are kinda gettin’ anoying), but did you HAVE to give away the scene???!! I was looking forward to dat!!!
I agree with SpiritOfAdventure, take all the time you need. I tried something like this once, and gave up half way through. We dont mind waiting.
That’s going to be awesome Joe :D I can’t wait for it!!
Also, can I suggest using the space bar as left clicking the “Go” button in text boxes? It’s not that i’m lazy, but it would make things easier I guess xD
When you press spacebar with no-one around the Doc says “This absolutely terrible. I do not walk like this.” It should say “This IS absolutely terrible” I still lmfao. It took me a whole 10 minutes of playing around with this to realize it too.
But yeah. Definite grammatical error there.
@Willy – Thanks! Fixed! :D
Hmmmm… Evil spirits, bloodyBats, VampireFather{as in religious father), and a zompyre elder at the end… A few pitfalls and ladders, some broken pillars to block the path, some weak surfaces that break with time, a ditch, etc… Thinking about a ChurchChase makes me think of all of this…
Who else is trying to make Doc moon-walk? I did it once, it was awesome.
Yeah, Doc seems to be unable to orient himself as he moves, if I knew anything about coding I would totally help your cause man. Good luck!!!!
If you tap one the the arrow buttons, it looks like the Doc just floats around. While it’s cool it’s not the greatest coding I’ve ever seen, or the worst so it’s not all bad. Although, now that I think about it he was 12.
OK! Bit off more than I could chew! :D Update is unlikely! Sorry, everyone! But, I won’t give up and I’ll be asking (begging) for more help!
Maybe you could make the arrows keys move the characters diagonally? I think it might make it more comfortable to play, and easier to fix the bugs with walking.
I ALWAYS KNEW DOC HAD TALENTS.
We’re willing to wait, Joe! We know you’re working hard on this and we know it’s going to make future installments that much more entertaining.
Ummm… one more suggestion though. Because you are able to use the spacebar to initiate a conversation with someone, it would be handy if you could use the spacebar to move to the next part of the conversation as opposed to having to press the “Go” button every time. Not necessary, but it would be a nice touch and make the next update easier to read if all goes according to plan.
Thats my two cents, anyway. Good luck!
yellow belt programmer, b!tches! That’s what Joe would say
more scrufflebeck!
Willy-> not a bad idea… It would also be useful during the webcomic conversations… Namely the moment two people talk at the same time and the [GO] moves slightly to the left…
@Willy – Thank you and everyone for waiting! :D
@disposable – Haha! Not even yellow belt. I’d be fighting the little kids and probably getting my ass kicked :D
You can put a system for space bar or enter to pass to next dialogue, it’s boring click on GO every time… but in your next comic i mean
Why Harry is glad? It would be a honour being programmed by YOU, Master Author Joe
where is the next scene? 9:40AM here on Argentina!!
From where is this blog taking time? I have 12 hours of difference
Sorry for Flood
Somebody here speak spanish? Hola if you understand me!
Hola Erik. ¿Cómo estás hoy?
Ok, i see you used Google Translate for traduce Hello Erik. How are you today? because i know the GT style LOL
¿Podría repetir eso en español?
My native language is Spanish, but I also speak English fluently…
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Mi idioma nativo es el Espanol, pero tambien hablo en Ingles bastante bien…
Ah ok, disculpa, pense que usaste el traductor google por todas las mayusculas y la “formalidad”, de que pais sos?
Where’s the Yellow belt karate/mindcrafting master? The old, the girl and the gay bore me!