Today is the last day of school and possibly my last post.
At the beginning of the semester I started being independent, which means that I get marked on whatever I do and I have to blog every day about it. I started watching tutorials and such on how to program in GML and I got kinda good at it. I then started the tutorial on how to make my first game which was a space invaders type game where you shoot balloons with a plane. After I finished that game I went on to working on a platformer. I encountered a lot of bugs and problems that I had to fix and the struggle was real. The game took about 50 classes to make and I also polished it to the best of my ability. After that I started working on this top-down game and I didn't get to finish it, but I might work on it over the summer.
To anyone who reads this I would like to say some advice. You should have a decent understanding of the GML language before you start making games, and don't just copy YouTube videos because that just copying someone else's work and not yours. It is OK to borrow someone else code but not everything in the code.
I had fun this semester and I hope I can continue next year and be an independent.
Day 72
Today I restarted my level.
My outside of school friend gave me an idea of a game. It is kinda like a huge battle field game with guns (kinda like a 2d version of planetside 2) So I started on the map. I made it very huge 16k x 16k tiles in length. I didn't get very much done in class because I tried to tile the ground but it's kind of hard to do on 16k x 16k.
My outside of school friend gave me an idea of a game. It is kinda like a huge battle field game with guns (kinda like a 2d version of planetside 2) So I started on the map. I made it very huge 16k x 16k tiles in length. I didn't get very much done in class because I tried to tile the ground but it's kind of hard to do on 16k x 16k.
Here is my progress
So ya tomorrow is the last day of school so I will write up a bit on what i've learnt this entire semester.
Day 71
Today I fixed my cursor problem and worked on other things.
I actually found out that Howard fixed my cursor while I was gone because Kody had told him that I needed help with that. The code that he put was cursor_sprite=spr_sword_cursor; it was that easy of a fix, but I thank Howard because he fixed it.
After that I started working on adding trees. I used the trees from my previous level but this time instead of making individual tiles I made a parent object for the tree and inside I set it so that its depth = -y which makes it so that you can go behind and in front if the tree depending on your Y position. So for example if your y is 5 and the tree Y is 4, your y becomes -5 and the tree y becomes -4 which means you would go under that part of the tree. This is a very simple mechanism especially for top-down games.
I actually found out that Howard fixed my cursor while I was gone because Kody had told him that I needed help with that. The code that he put was cursor_sprite=spr_sword_cursor; it was that easy of a fix, but I thank Howard because he fixed it.
After that I started working on adding trees. I used the trees from my previous level but this time instead of making individual tiles I made a parent object for the tree and inside I set it so that its depth = -y which makes it so that you can go behind and in front if the tree depending on your Y position. So for example if your y is 5 and the tree Y is 4, your y becomes -5 and the tree y becomes -4 which means you would go under that part of the tree. This is a very simple mechanism especially for top-down games.
Next class I will be working on some other stuff.
Day 70
Today I finally fixed my problem for the enemy death. I found out I forgot to add this code inside the enemy animation code...
if hp > 0
{
//code here
}
And it worked! Here is the result:
I tried to record in higher fps with a different GIF recording tool called "Giffing Tool", but you have to pay to remove the watermark so i'll only use it in emergencies if you want to see all the frames without cutting any.
At the end I worked on a new level. I made the room size 2000x2000 and I put grass everywhere, one golbin, and a few chicken herds in random places. I loaded up the level and my mouse cursor wouldn't appear and I placed it in the room.
Tomorrow I will work on fixing the mouse cursor because it's probably an easy fix such as the camera not being centered.
Day 69
Turns out I didn't actually fix it... It still does it sometimes and it is bugging really hard. I was looking through my code and couldn't find anything to fix it. So I moved on to something else.
While I was looking through reddit/gamemaker I found this post that showed a tutorial of how to make a chicken herd Here. I followed the tutorial (and no, I didn't just copy and paste the code, I followed the tutorial and read the code and I understand how it works) and it worked! I now have a chicken herd.
While I was looking through reddit/gamemaker I found this post that showed a tutorial of how to make a chicken herd Here. I followed the tutorial (and no, I didn't just copy and paste the code, I followed the tutorial and read the code and I understand how it works) and it worked! I now have a chicken herd.
Tomorrow I will be working on something else.
Day 68
Today I finally fixed my problem of the goblin animation.
Most of the class today I was helping out Kody Brooks with his programming in GML but I still got some work done.
I removed my death state because it didn't really make sense. And I added this code inside of the current states:
Most of the class today I was helping out Kody Brooks with his programming in GML but I still got some work done.
I removed my death state because it didn't really make sense. And I added this code inside of the current states:
if hp <= 0
{
state = scr_enemy_static
}
What this does is that it changes to the static state (or idle state) then inside of the static state I put this:
if hp <= 0
{
sprite_index = spr_goblin_death;
image_speed = 0.3;
}
I made the actual sprite switch inside of the idle state, And it worked!
Tomorrow I will be working more on the goblin AI.
Day 67
Today I worked more on my enemy death.
I tried changing some things inside the goblin but I could never figure out why the death animation only activates when I'm touching the goblin. I made a new event inside of the goblin called "Animation End" and made it so that when the death animation of the goblin ends, to destroy the instance of the goblin. But that still didn't work.
I tried to do everything this class but I can't figure out why it doesn't play the animation,
Tomorrow I will try more things or post online for help.
I tried changing some things inside the goblin but I could never figure out why the death animation only activates when I'm touching the goblin. I made a new event inside of the goblin called "Animation End" and made it so that when the death animation of the goblin ends, to destroy the instance of the goblin. But that still didn't work.
I tried to do everything this class but I can't figure out why it doesn't play the animation,
Tomorrow I will try more things or post online for help.
Day 66
Today I worked on the death animation of my Goblin enemy.
I added a new state and called is scr_enemy_death() and inside I added:
I added a new state and called is scr_enemy_death() and inside I added:
enemyspeed = 0;
sprite_index = spr_goblin_death;
if image_index = 9
{
image_speed = 0;
alarm[2] = 60;
}
This code changes the current sprite of the enemy to the death sprite. But when he changes it just freezes for some reason and I can't figure out why.
Next class I will try to figure this out.
Day 65
Today I didn't do much because I helped out Zack for most of the class inside of scratch (because scratch is like the basics of progamming). But what I did today was that I fixed some parts of the enemy AI.
I edited his code because he would keep running into a wall sometimes until it was his turn to turn into the other side. So I added a code that made it so that when he is 5 pixels away from the wall and he's walking in that direction, that he would automatically do a 180 degree turn and walk that way until the direction changes again.
(I can't really add a GIF because it's a random chance that this happens)
Tomorrow I will work on some other things inside of my game.
I edited his code because he would keep running into a wall sometimes until it was his turn to turn into the other side. So I added a code that made it so that when he is 5 pixels away from the wall and he's walking in that direction, that he would automatically do a 180 degree turn and walk that way until the direction changes again.
(I can't really add a GIF because it's a random chance that this happens)
Tomorrow I will work on some other things inside of my game.
Day 64
Today I made it so that you can kill the goblin (finally).
I started off the class thinking of how I can make the attack work, and I came up with the idea to make a separate object that gets created when you attack and does the damage (a hitbox). I made the object and called it obj_hitbox and I made the sprite a red box. Inside I made Step event and said
I started off the class thinking of how I can make the attack work, and I came up with the idea to make a separate object that gets created when you attack and does the damage (a hitbox). I made the object and called it obj_hitbox and I made the sprite a red box. Inside I made Step event and said
if place_meeting(x, y, obj_goblin)
{
goblin.hp -= global.weapondamage;
alarm[0] = 1;
}
Pretty much what this code does is that checks if the object (obj_hitbox) is colliding with the goblin (obj_goblin) and if so, then remove the weapondamage's amount from goblin's hp, then in 1 frame run the code that is inside alarm 0 which is instance_destory(), this code destroys the object (obj_hitbox).
I tested it and it worked but there was one problem, the hitbox kept getting created inside the same place no matter in which direction you were attacking. So I came up with the idea that I would make multiple hitboxes for every direction that I'm attacking.
So i started by duplicating the current attack sprites (up, down, left, right)
and then deleting all the frames only the one that actually attacks. Then I would make a red square over the hitbox then delete the rest of the player.
Like This
I did this to all the directions of attacking and then I made different hitbox objects for all the directions with the same code. Then in my attacking code I added instance_create(x,y,obj_hitbox_<direction>).
This is the result
The red hitbox just shows the hitbox of my attack but I can make it non visible whenever I want to
Tomorrow I will work on some bug fixes on the goblin and maybe my player.
Day 63
Today I worked on the attacking more. I finally fixed the attacking because I found the problem was that I made the image_index (which tells which frame of the sprite to use) for my spr_player (which has all the frames for up, down, left, right, inside of it) also somehow apply to my attack animation which was individually up,down,left,right. So I had to rewrite both the normal movement and the attack by adding individual sprites for every direction.
And I got my attacking to work :) (the GIF doesn't show the full attack animation, trust me it looks better in real life)
Then after this I worked on making it that so when the player stops moving, the sprite will stop moving and be set to the idle sprite. It wasn't that hard i just had to make 4 different individual sprites and set them to one frame that is the idle image for that direction. Then I had to make a variable that checks if the player is currently moving by saying if the horizontal speed or vertical speed is greater than 0 then moving equals true. Then I made it so that when moving equals to false, then set the object to the idle sprite in the current direction its facing.
Here is the result of the coding
At the end of class I thought of an amazing idea. I said that the player should face in the direction of the mouse and attack in that direction. So I had to change what the variable "dir" comes up as. And using the point_direction(x1,y1,x2,y2) made it so that it finds the X and Y of the mouse. Then I made it change depending on where the mouse is on a 360 degrees scale
if(dir > 45 && dir <= 135){
// Up
}else if(dir > 135 && dir <= 225){
// Left
}else if(dir > 225 && dir <= 315){
// Down
}else if(dir > 315 || dir <= 45){
// Right
}
This is the basic format of the code and I did the same thing with the attack.
Here is the result
Whew that was a lot of writing but it pays off XD
Tomorrow I will work on actually doing damage when the sword hits the enemy/goblin.
Day 62
Today I worked on the character attack animation for my player. I took it from the RPG set that I got online.
I put it in my game by adding a new variable called "attacking" that comes up either true or false depending on whether you're attacking or not. Then in my obj_player's step event I made a new script and called it "attacking" and inside i made it so that if i'm currently attacking to set it to "true".
It took a while to write all the code (most of the class)
When i finally finished i tried it out, it attacked in the right direction, BUT it would keep glitching out and not doing the complete animation for the attack.
Sorry I don't have any images or pictures because I ran out of time during class (i'm writing this from home)
Tomorrow I will try to fix the attack.
I put it in my game by adding a new variable called "attacking" that comes up either true or false depending on whether you're attacking or not. Then in my obj_player's step event I made a new script and called it "attacking" and inside i made it so that if i'm currently attacking to set it to "true".
It took a while to write all the code (most of the class)
When i finally finished i tried it out, it attacked in the right direction, BUT it would keep glitching out and not doing the complete animation for the attack.
Sorry I don't have any images or pictures because I ran out of time during class (i'm writing this from home)
Tomorrow I will try to fix the attack.
Day 61
Today I worked on my top down game.
I got new sprites for my player using this website
http://gaurav.munjal.us/Universal-LPC-Spritesheet-Character-Generator/
I got new sprites for my player using this website
http://gaurav.munjal.us/Universal-LPC-Spritesheet-Character-Generator/
Then I implemented them into the game
Then I tried to add my attack into the game but barely got any progress because I couldn't figure out how to make it stay with the player.
Tomorrow I will try to implement the damage by the player.
Day 60
Today I found a way to get my game from last class back. I looked into the files and found out the game wasn't deleted, it just couldn't load it. So, i copied all the files except the one that loads the project and it worked!! I got my game back.
The objective of this game is to get 50,000 points by shooting a moving tower. Here is some gameplay
The objective of this game is to get 50,000 points by shooting a moving tower. Here is some gameplay
End screen
So ya that's all folks.
Tomorrow I will actually get back to my game.
Day 59
Today I worked on something not as serious. I tried to make a version of Wesley's scratch game on his site http://wesleybegg2016.blogspot.ca/. It was about where you have to shoot down the twin towers like in 9/11 but i tried to make it better. I spent the class doing things like adding sprites, movement, and shooting. It was pretty easy to make it only took me like half an hour to make. BUT, I didn't do something that Mr. Bilesky always tells me to do, I didn't save. Game maker crashed for some reason and I didn't get to save the game. :( So now I wasted an entire class for nothing.
Tomorrow I will try to get back to my game and work.
Tomorrow I will try to get back to my game and work.
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