Project Slender - development thread

jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
edited November 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
I'm doing something different this time around, I'm going to have a development thread from the start of my game. This is the first preview video from my game Slender, an 8bit survival horror game. This is the completion of the movement and screen changes. I'm using some backgrounds from Quest for Glory 1 to help show movement. The red rectangles are walls.

Stay tuned for more.



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  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    Haha, neat!
  • floydianspiralfloydianspiral Member, PRO Posts: 308
    a survival 8 bit game is an interesting idea...cant wait to see more
  • LeonardDeveloperLeonardDeveloper Member Posts: 4,630
    Looks awesome! - love the name, is it inspired by slender man?
  • famekraftsfamekrafts Member, BASIC Posts: 834
    I forgot the name but I am suddenly remembering one classic game like this. It's coming out great.
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    thanks everyone, I think it could be cool. I've been writing up some prelim design docs this week inbetween working on some other projects and if I can pull off some of the logic and scripting, it should be a good game. the grid in the middle of the picture is a early map of the world.

    I'm trying to make this game somewhat random so no two games are alike. The villian of the game will appear in random positions for each player, some of the goals will be randomly placed, and of course how the player dies / how the game handle's restarting. I'm keeping that a secret right now. I think it's pretty cool though.

    Goals for this week:
    - Code some of the random happenings
    - Code player's death
    - Code villian's placement

    That's all for now, I'll post another update in a week or so, or if I hit any major milestones.

    image
  • carlblanchetcarlblanchet Member Posts: 755
    Really cool man! I love slender man! Was thinking of making a reference game like that but not anymore since you're doing such of an awesome job with yours!
    Can't wait to see your final product! :D
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    Really cool man! I love slender man! Was thinking of making a reference game like that but not anymore since you're doing such of an awesome job with yours!
    Can't wait to see your final product! :D
    Thanks!
    It's always slow going at the beginning. 90% of my time has been designing on paper, but because of that I was able to design the map and walking method in about an hour. The entire game is one scene right now.

  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    some progress this week. I've got the final designs of the main character and his walk animation down. I've also got the final design of the villain. You can check them out below. I've got some progress on the game, but nothing I want to show right now since it's most of how the player dies. but it's coming along.

    image imageimage
  • SlowboySlowboy Member, PRO Posts: 329
    Looking really cool Jon. What with this and eMMa, spooky games are becoming a GS forte!...Oh, and Spooky Hoofs! (Hooves?)
    Anyway looks great!
  • WoodGamesWoodGames Member Posts: 42
    How did you create that animation?
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    How did you create that animation?
    Manually. It wasn't fun.
  • AppsterDudeAppsterDude Member Posts: 84
    @jonmulcahy are there any good animation programs for mac?
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    @jonmulcahy are there any good animation programs for mac?
    Im not sure, others will have better knowledge about it. I did this pixel by pixel in photoshop using some 8bit walking cycles as a guide
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    another quick update. I worked on the inventory system tonight. Using tables I have a dynamic inventory system that places the item on the map at pre-randomly generated positions, but only in the order they can be found. After walking over the item the item appears in your inventory to use in the future.


  • TinpotTinpot Member Posts: 54
    @jonmulcahy have you tried Spriter for your animations? Quiet literally stumbled across this last night. Not sure if the current build has export for PNG's, but might be worth a look considering it will be included once released.

    Just create the body parts, and let it do the animations!
  • osucowboy18osucowboy18 Member Posts: 1,307
    edited November 2012
    Looking cool Jon! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one around here who spends countless hours working on design documents on paper. Some of the developers and designers I work with can certainly attest to this :)

    Can't wait to see more!

    - Alex
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    @jonmulcahy have you tried Spriter for your animations? Quiet literally stumbled across this last night. Not sure if the current build has export for PNG's, but might be worth a look considering it will be included once released.

    Just create the body parts, and let it do the animations!
    very interesting, I'll take a good look at that tomorrow.
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    Looking cool Jon! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one around here who spends countless hours working on design documents on paper. Some of the developers and designers I work with can certainly attest to this :)

    Can't wait to see more!

    - Alex
    at this point i've spent longer on design docs than actual coding :), and every time I think of a new idea for the game, i go back to the docs and update them.
  • carlblanchetcarlblanchet Member Posts: 755
    really nice!!
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    really nice!!
    Thanks. Spent the night upgrading both me and my wife's iPhones to 5s. What a pain, but I finally did it. Unfortunately that meant no real time to code, but I did work out mentally how to do some cool things.
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    edited December 2012
    some new artwork for today. I finally settled on the art style. The only bit of color in the game is the red tie. Everything else is in black and white. This is one of the Trees and the Well, and the two characters in there for scale and mood.

    image
  • IsabelleKIsabelleK Member, Sous Chef Posts: 2,807
    It looks amazing Jon! I really like this pixel art style :)
    I have a question - I saw a lot of games with Slender in title - is this some kind of popular story, or book?
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    It looks amazing Jon! I really like this pixel art style :)
    I have a question - I saw a lot of games with Slender in title - is this some kind of popular story, or book?
    it's a 'fake' urban legend that was created a few years ago :)
    http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/slender-man
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