In this episode of Blue Tengu’s Game Development Show, we add the animation logic for the player on both the ground and in the air. We start with the walking animation and try to pair up the animation rate to the speed. Once that’s done, we add the boomerang throw and then move to the […]
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In this episode of Blue Tengu’s Game Development Show, we fix our old Twitch.tv handling code in GameMaker and then add a new Twitch command to let viewers give the player a hint as to where to find the missing artifacts. We edited this one short to avoid forcing anyone to watch all of the
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In this episode of Blue Tengu’s Game Development Show, we continue with adding Project Skyring’s tutorial by changing the opening sequence from a scripted opening to an interactive one where the player learns how to control the character from the ground to the air. Game Development Show Tasks Worked on This Episode: Make the Opening
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In this episode of Blue Tengu’s Game Development Show, we start adding the tutorial to the game, considering how best to go about doing so with minimal interference to the game’s atmosphere or the player’s freedom. Game Development Show Tasks Worked on This Episode: Stop the Enemy Spawner for the Tutorial Add Mouse Graphic Wait
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In this episode of Blue Tengu’s Game Development Show, we define the path between the different “rooms” such as the jungle, forest, or snow level that the player must travel to reach the end of the game. We also give the monolith beam a visual update. Game Development Show Tasks Worked on This Episode: Can
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In this episode of Blue Tengu’s Game Development Show, we add the beginning of the gamepad / controller support for Project Skyring. Game Development Show Tasks Worked on This Episode: Can Use a Controller Controller-Based Air Movement Controller-Based Air Buttons Controller-Based Ground Buttons Also, be sure to check out and comment on the two viewer-made
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In this episode of Blue Tengu’s Game Development Show, we experiment with a few compass visualizations and come to discover that not all ideas work out. We also implement a visual hint for guiding the player from activated monoliths to the next room. Game Development Show Tasks Worked on This Episode: Compass Experiments Guiding Light
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In this episode of Blue Tengu’s Game Development Show, we add fuzzy logic to the air and ground enemy state machines to make Skyring’s enemies feel more natural. Game Development Show Tasks Worked on This Episode: Air Enemy Chase to Passive Fuzzy Logic Air Enemy Passive to Chase Fuzzy Logic Ground Enemy Chase to
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This weekend, in Project Skyring, we’re going to start shifting our enemy behavior to a fuzzy logic system versus the more straightforward state behavior we’ve been using so far. This should help the enemies feel more natural and prevent the player from finding easy exploits in enemy AI behavior. But what do we mean by
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In this episode of Blue Tengu’s Game Development Show, we wake up bright and early at 5am to implement the base archive menu where players can check on the artifacts they’ve collected from their journey across the world and through the fallen civilization. The final UI design still needs to be drawn out in paper,
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