Blogger probs

I can simply swear I've been updating. :)
Somehow blogger didn't republish my index to include the new post...it's also being picky about uploading.

More sprites on the way..

Sprites

Here are the .GIF forms of the walking down sprites. The walking up sprites should be easy....



As you can see once you have a base it's easy to get the rest of the "villagers"

MMO for Mob

FantasyWorld: Rhynn

It's an MMORPG for Mobile phones, it only supports mostly Nokia and Sony phones.

Midterm Report

So far I have done the research I need to get started on the RPG, I have even done a sprite tester.

I hope to accomplish all that was on my list however, I don't think I'm going to have that much time to do everything.

It's midterm already...I don't have any of the sprites finalized...What I hope to have done by finals is a working overworld with a few sprites that have been completed. I think that's a more realistic goal...

Other games of interest

http://70.84.64.203/games0012/drakojanskies1.swf
Dammit, I can't get past the first level..MUST get past the first LEVEL!!

Flash RPG tutorials?

http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial/The-basics-of-an-RPG/4954
This tutorial has some good core stuff, I'll need to look into it more to see what exactly is happening in it and tweak as needed.

http://forums.xgenstudios.com/

Forums to some flash tutorials, grab some code and tweak as needed.

Curious

When I woke up this morning, I had the thought 'I should tell everyone on my Linkshell that I'm awake.' this thought was here with the background that I was still connected to the game. It was an interesting thought since it may be that one day we'll be gaming in our sleep. It also shows one what an impact Online gaming and community can be when the first thing you think of when you wake up is "I have to tell people who are relying on me."

It wasn't until I tried to clear my thoughts that, 1. I needed to log on and 2. to do that would require me to leave my bad and start playing the game again.

Trecey done

This is the final rendition of Tracey, I feel there could be more but, I'm not sure where..

Progress

Well, trying to do pixle art is harder than it looks, having to make sure the edges are "smooth" and not doubled up.

Here's the progress on tracey, he's half-way "smothed" I tried in photoshop but it's TOO much trouble. I thin switched to graphics gale.

Pixel Editors

I'm going to be learning this to create my sprite shets on for my Flash RPG thing
http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/

It has such things as Onion Skin and other useful things that are specifically designed for Pixel art that Photoshop doesn't have or is a real pain to make work.

Pixel Art Gallery

Pixel Joint

Pixel art gallery of inspiration!! YAY! :D

Sprite Art

find it interesting that the border are all sprite art.

LinkShells

What is a linkshell?

A linkshell is akin to a "guild" in most other MMORPGs, in Final Fantasy XI it servers the same purpose. I have found out that what really makes a game is not mostly the game itself, but who you play with. In my Linkshell on the leviathan server I find that the female members tend to want to be helpful, while the male members would rather send items if they just happen to be around, the female members actually want to help advance your character. After talking to a few of them. A certain incedent happened between two of members.

The two "are dating" at least online they are. The two were supposed to be "static" meaning that they level their characters together since if your even a level off, you might not be able to party efficiently. The man, went off and got a level above her and she was mad. He was "in the Mog House". I noted it and looked at other parts of the linkshell. It seems the males want to gain more EXP and go higher, while the women want to be able to play with someone they can talk to and they know.

The other Linkshell participate in is a roleplaying linkshell. Which means people play "In Character". Most playing is "Out of Character" where people talk about level up and "tanking" the monster. However when your "In Character" your becoming more experienced and valiantly defending your party members. In this too you can see more women wanting to Roleplay than the men.

Also, an integral part of the Linkshell experience if working together. Having cohesion. In Naphalim, the Shell owner would rather work with people in the Shell than people outside, because of the trust and the knowledge that they broughtup this person to know what they are supposed to be doing.