Chromobox Development Thread

[Funny Lebowski]

Well, here it is, Twig!

If you haven't been reading my blog for the past few months, you won't know that I've also been developing a game for those past few months. Steady progress is continually being made. =D

I've thrown up a thread here so I can keep people here up to date on my progress (like Tankbuilder's thread). Although, I may keep some stuff to the blog for those with more interest than others.

The game is a lot more intense than my past ones (OMG! ZOMBIES! for instance) and has required massive amounts of coding and drawing.

SO WHAT IS CHROMOBOX?

Chromobox is a game being developed by me that will eventually be a platform defense shooters. That means it's a platform game in which you defend yourselves from oncoming waves of enemies by shooting them.

WHAT HAS BEEN CREATED SO FAR?

Quite a lot, actually. I've not been wasting my time these past few months!

- Stable (or nearly stable) physics engine created by moi. Although, it's nothing spectacular, but it fits the image in my head.
- Level Editor; I can pretty much say this is finished, minus lots of graphics for the different tiles. It contains a background layer, an object layer and a foreground layer. It exports an array for me to use and manipulate. It will save lots of time in the future!
- Object blocks; these are tiles with a function. For instance, there are the conveyer belts, normal blocks, breakable blocks and teleport blocks so far.

WHAT ARE YOUR TASKS RIGHT NOW?

Right now I'm working on the main menu of the game. It was looking pretty ugly and glitch busting was starting to annoy me, so I fancied a change.

PAST PREVIEW IMAGES

I've released quite a few images of the game. Here they all are in one unattractive list (EDIT: The images are in sequence from oldest to newest, so the older images have been majorly improved on since or have just been completely removed):

Image 1
Image 2
Image 3
Image 4
Image 5
Image 6
Image 7
Image 8
Image 9
Image 10
Image 11
Image 12
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[Knyh Risotto]

<3

Looks nice, although the Graphics are a little bland, I found it slightly distracting the way they melt into other layers on some of those images.

Perhaps outline the useful ones with a slightly lighter colour?
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[Funny Lebowski]

I've fixed that problem in my version using shadows. It's all good.
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[Tango Totoro]

Looks interesting Funny! Keep us updated on the progress, I can't wait to try this out.
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[Funny Lebowski]

Thanks. =)

There's still a lot to do until it fits the image in my head and it'll take a lot of time unfortunately. I'm just taking it nice and slow so I don't lose interest or anything.
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[Daredevil Anderson]

Can't wait for it Funny, good work and good luck!
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Wow BTC is back and all I got was this lousy signature.

[Pancake Smith]

Looks like you're making some real progress here, but I think a little color could do the game some good.
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[Funny Lebowski]

Hm, yes, I know what you mean. I originally intended the game to be pure greyscale, but I don't know now.

Ideas?
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[Daredevil Anderson]

[Knyh Risotto]

[Funny Lebowski]

Pft, no. I'm not changing the gameplay.

I think I'll stick to greyscale for now.
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[Pancake Smith]

Then is the name "Chromobox" meant to be ironic?

Eh, personally I think it just seems a bit dull and the lack of contrast can make the game a generally uncomfortable experience.
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[Brett Harlan]

Color isn't important!

[Funny Lebowski]

[Crazyone Totoro]

Maybe a greyish-brown to make the game easier to see without ruining the dark effect?
Yeah, it messes up the greyscale but it's an idea.