ugh why does changing the color change the font size as well...

Because 64digits can't handle more than one tag :P

In any case, I remember it, and I liked how the original protagonist looked more ;)

It was good but, two things.

I didn't like how blurry the graphics looked, and the controls were kind of clunky and annoying, other than that, nice job.

Pretty much looks like Twinsen with different character sprites. :P

Nevertheless, it looks beautiful.

I like this new guy better, from the design to the animations. But the main idea was Twinsen was a fan game, and this is our own game. So we have much more freedom with it.



Must be using XP. Scaling looks sharp on windows 7/vista. For now you'll have to switch to 1:1 mode in graphic options to get sharp graphics, if it turns out enough people still use XP ill figure out how to get the scaling sharp for everyone.

Really? You're the only person that has said anything like that. I heard people don't like the walljumping, and small complaints about the dashing that were working on now. What makes you think theyre so clunky?


We're slowly replacing out the old sprites/tiles with new stuff. Overall its ~90% new art, even though it doesn't look like it because we decided on keeping the same style and color scheme.

Holy crap it's you.

I use Windows 7.


They were sometimes clunky. The problem was when you try to uppercut, it didn't work for me sometimes for some reason.

How queer, do you mind taking a screenshot of the game window and telling me your graphics card specs?


It's easiest to think of the controls like super smash brothers. You have only one 'special attack' per jump, so you can't exploit them and gain infinite air.

You made my day :D Graphics are great, and I really love the new character.

It's also blurry for me:
http://i.imgur.com/p40bq.png

Intel Core 2 Duo CPU 2.00GHz
64-bit Vista OS
Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
1366 x 768 res

Controls seemed perfect.

Awesome.

You may want to check this out -- "Pixel Perfect Resizing "

http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=411965

Alright, I finally played it. I'm on Windows 7, and I experienced no blur :O

I like it more than the Twinsen fangame idea, the gameplay (the combat in particular) seems more fluid and there's no annoying hard-to-control ball attack or whatever it was :P

I have just two actual complaints:

The graphics are superb, but it's hard to tell what is solid and what is not. For example, just before the platform (the area showcased in your second animation), there's a rock in the background which you can't stand on. Once you jump on the platform, there's another rock in the air, which looks pretty similar, but this time, it's an obstacle. It's really hard to tell right away.

The small green bushes are solid, which doesn't make too much sense (seeing how you can run past trees) - maybe they should just slow you down or something? They're not rocks, and there's really small, I can't see why they should be solid. They certainly don't look like an obstacle. Neither do the pit plants which hurt you (that cost me one death to find out).

Also, the map is hard to navigate. I like how you used the vertical dimension a lot, but being a land mammal, I tend to perceive land in terms of "left" and "right", and mazes which also run up and down in a platform game confuse me. In particular, I had no idea how to get up after falling down the bottom of the map.

Oh, and I like how the protagonist is original now, I just don't like the way he looks ;) Something halfway between a nondescript farmer boy and a Pokemon trainer...?

P.S. Oh yeah, one more thing - rolling into a ball every time you jump while running looks really weird.

Edit: Oh hey, the ball exists? Crap. :P

It wasn't blurry for me.

Anyhow, I didn't like the walljumping, but I suggest a system like the following:
For instance, if you jump against a wall on your right while holding right, the effect of the key toggles from right to left and back with each walljump. When you release the key it's set to (in this case) to right again.

Also, it says 'aspect ratio' in the options menu. It isn't really an aspect ratio you are setting, it's a scaling. Aspect ratios are like w : h, what you are doing here isn't that.

Thanks, I'll check it out


Were already working on running through the bushes instead of them being solid. Generally our rule of thumb is solid black outline= something you interact with.

About the map, you'll probably just have to get used to that. We'll have some areas that are more vertical than horizontal, and we both like that idea. But for the most part you'll be dealing with left/right movement.


TakaM stands by the ball. I know we can make if fun, but theres just no real use for it yet. It will mainly be for puzzles and boss fights.



Like I sated earlier wall jumping will not be a major thing in the game, and hardly required at all. Mostly it will be like New Super Mario Bros, where you can use wall jumping to save your ass after screwing up a jump, or use it to get into a few secret areas. I dont want it to be too easy to do, but we've already made it a little easier and cut back on the walljumping required in the demo.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

That is among the best animation I have ever seen in Game Maker.