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TheComet
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Posted: 24th Mar 2010 22:38
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@zzz

Wow, that little statue is so cute! (Hehe, thought I'd never be able to use that icon, and here I am...)

Awesome work as always, I bet you can already smell the end of this project!

Keep it up, and remember that bad times are just times that are bad.

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zzz
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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 23:23
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Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been quite busy with this.
I'm hoping to get some work done on soulhunter during this weekend.

Quote: "Hehe, thought I'd never be able to use that icon, and here I am..."

My new goal is to make you use those icons again!

Quote: "Thats why I stick to Nvidia"

Well, it was the Nvidia card that broke in the first place, so I decided to give ATI a chance. And now the game works just as good on ATI cards, so I'm happy.

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Guyra
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Posted: 12th Apr 2010 09:57
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Quote: "Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been quite busy with this."

Hey, that looks great! There's no doubt in my mind that you're one of the very top developers on these boards.

Still waiting for more SoulHunter, though.
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Posted: 12th Apr 2010 20:22
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awesome!
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BearCDP
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That little statue is freakin' awesome!

I somehow think you've mentioned using Magic World before, but regardless when I read you saw it I got all excited and dug it up again to play with it.

Keep up the awesome work!

Check out this WIP flash game from the Global Game Jam!
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Posted: 1st Jun 2010 06:26 Edited at: 2nd Jun 2010 04:58
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Hey, just wondering if you are still working on this or if you have started to devote your time to your other WIP. I just wanted say that I played the demo and that it is absolutely awesome. It is great to see that you have stayed with this project for so long.
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Posted: 13th Jun 2010 17:21 Edited at: 19th Jun 2010 22:23
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@Game Warden:
I've been taking a break from soulhunter for a while to focus on school, but I'll soon start working on it again (like the end of next week). Currently, I'm working on a new portfolio site which is almost complete. Oh, and the Hyperion demo is now available for download at hyperion.bytegrove.com. ...and I'm going to make this little game available for download as soon as I'm finished with the new site.

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Posted: 26th Jun 2010 01:46
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Sweet I look forward to seeing what more you release for this game. Your websites look great too, very professional looking.
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zzz
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Posted: 8th Jul 2010 03:17
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Small update:
Modeled the "arena" for the second boss battle today, and the intro cinematics for the forest spirit/second boss are done. Now, I'm just going to tie those final boss battles and cinematics together, then I'll start working on the intro cinematic for the game itself and I'll also rework some of the levels to make them a little prettier!

Here's a small screenshot of the map used during the second boss battle. It's the destroyed temple of the forest spirit. What do you think? I'm not sure if I'm going to use a darker sky during this battle or just add rain or something.


Last but not least, the new portfolio website is now up and running, check it out, same url as before: www.bytegrove.com

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Posted: 8th Jul 2010 08:02
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darker sky would fit better

this looks amazing! great to hear you will continue working

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Posted: 8th Jul 2010 19:52
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Wowzers!!! My pants just flew off zzz. This is dead amazing. Is it like free-roam or does it have set levels?
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Posted: 8th Jul 2010 22:41
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@LandShark: It has set levels. Try the demo, old as it may be...

This is probably my favourite project on TGC forum.
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Posted: 8th Jul 2010 23:05
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Really nice work zzz, keep it up!

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zzz
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Posted: 9th Jul 2010 01:01 Edited at: 9th Jul 2010 01:05
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Thanks all! =)
Here's an updated screenshot, with a red/purple sky. Reminds me a little of Xen from half-life.


Yeah, there's a seam in the sky, but it's fixed now.

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One more...


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LandShark
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Posted: 9th Jul 2010 03:26
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@Guyra My comp is in the process of being fixed atm. So i cant dl it but i would if i could
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Posted: 9th Jul 2010 15:18
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The game looks great (you are obviously a skilled modeller!)

I noticed your skybox appears to be affected by light, you might need to use "set object light" set at zero to fix this.

As an aside, if you are after skyboxes you could try my skybox maker "EnviroSCOPE" just click the link in my signature! It uses DarkCLOUDS and you can set the sky colour to a certain extent, it can also do space skies and has lots of other features too...



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Posted: 9th Jul 2010 15:35
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Quote: "I noticed your skybox appears to be affected by light"

Nope, it's not. You may have thought so due to the texture, in which case:
Quote: "Yeah, there's a seam in the sky, but it's fixed now"



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the moon in the skybox looks a bit blocky, upping the resolution of the texture and editing it may help

zbrush 3D model thread:http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=166698&b=3
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Attached is a quick sample from my program in case you're interested (took about 30 seconds to make from starting the program up)

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Posted: 11th Jul 2010 08:23
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Great work! The sky definitely sets the mood for the battle
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Posted: 28th Jul 2010 17:38
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Any updates zzz?
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Posted: 28th Jul 2010 22:11
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@LandShark:
Yeah, some small updates. I have applied sound and music to the boss cinematics. I've added the scrolling credits text at the end of the game. And I've begun modeling and texturing the first part of level 5(the path leading up to the forest spirit).

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Posted: 24th Aug 2010 05:04 Edited at: 24th Aug 2010 05:07
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Here are some sneak peeks at level 5:


The next thing on my todo-list now is the intro cinematics for the game itself and after that I'll do some touching up on the earlier levels before releasing a beta!

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Posted: 24th Aug 2010 09:36
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Awesome!!! Keep it up, can't wait for the final release!

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Posted: 24th Aug 2010 13:12
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i think this game can be the best game ever released with dark basic or dark basic pro.

ogni scarafone è bello a mamma sua.
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2010 22:12 Edited at: 3rd Sep 2010 22:21
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Thank you both!
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I just finished the modeling/animating/coding of the new forest fairy(remember the old one?).
The new one is a little different.


First of all; I remodeled the "summon stone" to look a little more like the checkpoint stone.
This stone however, lights up when hit by the sword.



When the stone is lit, the fairy will appear and ask whether the player wants to be healed or not.
As you can see, this fairy looks a lot different than the old one.



Now this is one strange fairy. When you accept the offer, the fairy will "transform" into
a bird-like being and replenish your health!

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I'm not following too closely on this, but does the fairy offer a limited number of heals? If not, the whole asking to replenish dialogue routine seems kind of redundant.

Looking good besides
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Posted: 4th Sep 2010 03:44
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Quote: "but does the fairy offer a limited number of heals?"

Yes, one heal per fairy.

Quote: "Looking good besides "

Thanks!

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Looks great. How many lines of code is this ?


A 3D marble platformer using Newton physics.
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Posted: 4th Sep 2010 13:05
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Quote: "Yes, one heal per fairy."


So the fairy dies after heeling you? I knew this game was dark, but not THAT dark

j/k

looking great

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Posted: 4th Sep 2010 17:21
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IIRC, the fairy ascends into the sky .


Latest progress: Fog of War implemented; frustrated by pathfinding >.>
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Posted: 4th Sep 2010 17:34 Edited at: 8th Sep 2010 12:58
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Quote: "IIRC, the fairy ascends into the sky"

Yup!

[Edit]
Small update:
I've made new textures for the skyspheres.
Here's the one used on the first levels:

Fully animated of course. ^^

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I have now begun working on the intro cinematics, here is a very early screenshot:


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Looks amazing, the fog and scenery and the characters Is that a motion blur you have there?

I don't think I can suggest anything, because it already looks great

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Why are you still unsing the Classic Dark BASIC?

So there isn't any demos you ever released for it over the years? (sorry i don't have the energy to browse through all 44 pages for maybe finding it.. or not..)

I really love games with this art style, they seem to be extinct nowadays, at least for me it seems, i'm not really into next-gen gaming but what i pick up here and there shows that way...

I wish you all the best with this project!
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@TheComet:
Thanks! Yep I'm adding some blur to the beginning of that scene, as some kind of dreamy haze effect.

@Quel:
Quote: "Why are you still unsing the Classic Dark BASIC"

I just use darkbasic classic for this particular game, it would be too much work to rewrite it to another language(even dbpro).
Quote: "So there isn't any demos you ever released for it over the years?"

There's a link to a two year old demo on the first page. But I guess the whole game will be pretty much finished in about 2-3 months.
Quote: "I really love games with this art style,"

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!


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And you really can achieve everything you've had in mind with that piece of software?

I haven't touched Classic i don't know, maybe 6-7 years ago, so it's not so clear to me how it may has evolved since and what are its current features compared to Pro... So please get this, i'm not asking like... this is not a question like "are you nuts for still using that?!", i'm just curious.

Your overall game designing abilities are truely shocking, you may send the finished game to some developer teams if they could use such a talent in their creations. A CV with full of sh*t about thought up past is still way behind this creation. (i don't mean publishers, that's an other thing, but i guess if you're not going for freeware, you may attempt at releasing it on your own. I haven't done that kinda thing with games yet just my own comics, but all i can say about that it is real fun too!)
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Posted: 12th Sep 2010 15:38 Edited at: 12th Sep 2010 15:46
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Quote: "And you really can achieve everything you've had in mind with that piece of software?"

Of course not, but if I had changed the game engine everytime I found something better, I'd never finish.

Quote: "Your overall game designing abilities are truely shocking, you may send the finished game to some developer teams if they could use such a talent in their creations. A CV with full of sh*t about thought up past is still way behind this creation."

Thank you! I must be doing something right then!

Quote: "if you're not going for freeware, you may attempt at releasing it on your own."

Yeah it sounds tempting, but I've already decided for soulhunter to be freeware.


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Posted: 15th Sep 2010 04:21 Edited at: 15th Sep 2010 04:31
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I redid the texture for the forest witch:



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Awesome I remain interested in how you calculated the shades on the texture? Also reminds me of the CBFD style a little

A little improvement could be done on the seems at the top of both ear-shaped thingies, they don't look quite right yet.

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Quote: "calculated the shades on the texture"

Not sure I get what you're talking about... Do you mean the painted-on shadows?
Quote: "the CBFD style"

Conker's bad fur day?

I'm working hard on the intro cinematic right now, just had to upload this image...
I thought it looked quite cool/cute.

(screenshot taken from 3dsmax, not ingame)


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This looks good enough to be published! Nice job.


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I like very much the graphical atmosphere that you create with this game, and its basic idea. It's good that there is not so much time left to wait until its release.
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Thank you! ^^
Here's another screenie:



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Animated skyspheres? That's attention to detail. How did you go about making them?
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Ghosted, rotating cylinder layers. I actually still use the same mesh as before, i only updated the horrible texture. The night skysphere uses a mix of both light and dark ghosting, so you can see as the clouds move in front of the moon. I tried to replicate the real effect as much as I could. ^^


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Cunning. Will be cool to see it in motion.
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...aaaawweeeessooooommmmeee...


"...space is where I'll fight and where I'll die."
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Quote: "Not sure I get what you're talking about... Do you mean the painted-on shadows?"


Yeah, those

Quote: "Conker's bad fur day?"


yup

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Hello zzz,

I really like the ambiance and the graphics of SoulHunter, congratulations ! The game looks really nice and fun to play !

I have not managed to download the demo on your website. All links are dead i think ?

Do you have a link for me please ?

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