KSE collab - Awesome Blob Game

   We've changed our collab idea again.  And this time, we have an awesome engine working. :D  Me and Shelbz have been working on adding to the nice platforming engine we gotz, and it seems pretty nice so far.  We're making more enemies and other neat stuff!  Here are some screens of things we have so far -

GHOST - Story?

GHOST - Story?

  Working on a nice storyline for GHOST, eh... lol... First off, the player is your average daily guy.  You work as a detective solving mysteries in the town.  The town has been acting weird lately and you are out to investigate.  First off, you go on a level down the streets to investigate.  Many hazards come along the way, and you finally reach an old building on the edge of town.  You see sparks and lights from one window, so you go inside.  When inside you don't see anything, and no noises.  Silence.  Next thing you know there is this giant demon thing inside the building and lights flash on, the monster roars with fury.  You're so shocked right now, you try to fight the beast.  After the 'boss' fight, you get away after using high voltage wires and switches to shock the beast.  But when you defeat it, it suddenly 'vanishes' in mid air.  Later you're in your room and open your journal.  You write about what happened...

     Later you find yourself out in the city, doing detective work.  You kinda forget everything every once in a while ever since what had happened.  But you try to live a normal life again.  One day on the job, there is a huge police scene, and you come to help.  Thieves have robbed a national bank, and they've taken hostages from inside the building.  You come with the police, and they telling the thieves to stop what they're doing, before it's too late.  One gets aggravated and goes to kill a hostage.  This hostage is a scared little girl crying.  He says he'll give the police until he counts to ten, to let them out safely.  10... 9... 8... and so forth.  At 2 your body is taken over. You run out into the scene and the thief thinks your out to get him.  He shoots you in the heart, and you fall to the ground, blanked out.  You die...

    More of the story coming soon! :D

BirdBrain 2, yipee!

Yeah, me and Kris are also making a game, a sequal to one of my previous games that won a compo, BridBrain!  And guess what?  The same little bird/brain is back, in BirdBrain 2!  Hehe...

Some screens of the engine -

New collab!

  Me, Kris, and Shelby S, will be makin' a new game soon!  No details yet, though, it'll (as of now) be a beat-em-up style game about a killer with hostages, will you be the hero and stop this fiend, or will you be the one to kill them?  Hehe, Shelbeh came up with this cool idea.  I hope this goes well! :D

Blaze, version 3

Go here for all updates and files.

     Ok, so... Blaze is coming along great!  I have a lot more finished on it, and the basics of the engine are all fixed up and ready to go (almost).  I have a fully functional gun set up, with variables so all I need to do is fill it in with the next gun I make. :)  The engine works very well, and it is set up in a forest with a lot of parallax scrolling, which makes the game almost 3D.  I like games set up like that, hehe.  So, I have some .exe's set up for you to try at the above link, any comments?  Join the forums, and comment there, or just comment on this post.  I need feedback! :D  Anyways, wish me luck!  I think this game might be the one to get me noticed out there! ~ Demo Engine

Blaze, version 2

Newest screen, here I have the almost finished title screen, or at least how it will look.  The guy with the gun is the player, he aims his gun towards the selected options in the menu, and when the player will select an option with the Z key, he'll shoot the button. :D

Blaze, hehe.

     BLIND has been put on hold, due to technical difficulties... so now I have Blok Asylum (old game, remake of Crazed Blok, by Self-Explanatory Games) coming back into development for Toadfrogs Escape Contest, and I'm starting a new game for Kris Games, weekly game challenge.

     So... some BA (Blok Asylum) updates, firstly, some screens of the new boss and snow levels -

     So next I have my new game, blaze.  No caps. :P  I do all my games in caps, so this is a bit different. XD  I have the titlescreen working fine. :D

 

     And finally, my new logo for the upcoming game for the comp 07, Electron. :D

 

Hehe...

BLIND started!

  Just started spriting for my new game, BLIND!  I was just in the chat and asked which game to make, trapeze or blind, and my friend Kris said blind, so there we go! XD  Well, I started the sprites, seen below, and I will be making this for Toadfrogs' Escape themed competition.  Play as a blind person who must escape a building burning down. ;D  Let's see how this goes!

Player Stance

Player Walk

New logo

Some Game Idea's

Just a thought, I could make a pretty neat game out of this logo, I think it would be a good idea. :)

 Old game, gonna be redone and finished sometime this year. :D

Zonex, a game that's already being made!  It's just something I made last month and I'm probably gonna pick back up on it. :)

Darkness, odd twist.

Excerpt from my new book, Electron. -

  '"You, you can't keep me here forever, I will escape!" I yelled at him forcefully.  He laughed at my weak outburst, and sat down on the decaying chair in the corner of the cell.  "And why do you think I can't?" he said in an eager tone.  He loved to engage in these fights with me, he thought they were enjoyable, because he knew he'd always win.  "Somebody will find out I'm missing, you know they will, and the moment they do, they'll track me down, they'll get here and kill you, they'll, they-" "Who will notice you're missing?!  You're family is dead!  None of them are still here, except for all the ones your dad and you forced away, neglecting them forever and went into your own world, as thieves...  They deserved to die, you all did, and you know it too.  Killing all those innocent people that never had the shyest of a chance ever in their hearts that day, to survive your killing's, oh you're not supposed to be here either, now are you?  You should be there with them, though look at where you are, I've helped you to this point, though things won't be the same anymore.  Now it's your turn to help me..."  I began to cry there on the floor, right in front of that monster... I didn't care about my, 'faith' or 'dignity' anymore, those were all gone now... I've been destroyed, and devoured by that beast.  "You... you're right John....  You always were... and I have to trust that..."  I looked up at him and saw a demon that lived inside of him, though I forced my mind to see him as a normal man, it hurt to do so, but I couldn't bear to breakdown again, I'd kill myself the moment I did...'

To be continued....

Old game, back in development! - GHOST

  Yeah, my old game I was making a few months ago, is now back in development! I'm adding the finishing touches on some of the old levels and I'm bringing in new levels too!  I'll have the tutorial levels finished soon, and then I'll start on the 50 level quest!  I also fixed up the engine and the graphics are way smoother now!

Old Graphics on angles:

New Graphics on angles:

  Just by checking off the interpolate pixels in the GM Global Game Settings fixed up the smoothness that much!

I'm also working on enemy AI right now, some of which is here -

I think it's looking a lot better!  Next on my to-do list: 1st Power of the ghost!

Other Blog - Wolf Studios!

  Me and a couple of my other game developing buddies have a shared blog of ours over at http://kebgames.blogspot.com/ or here.  Be sure to check it out often, we'll try and update it as much as possible!  We came up with the idea one night and got a few others to join and we've been updating it since then, it's a lot easier to keep followers interested when you have multiple posters. :)  Anyways, be sure to check both blogs out!

Welcome to my new blog!

  Here is my new blog!  I'll post as much possible!  First things first, I'll introduce myself.

 

Name: Zack Harmon
Nickname: Electron
Time doing what I do: 9 months

Hobbies:
Stuff without a computer: Drums, football (soccer kind), basketball, drawing, writing, playing with my dog, television, etc.
Stuff that needs a computer: Coding websites in notepad, making games, making programs, spriting, etc.

Skills: Programming, Spriting, Making Sounds/Music, Level Designing, and everything else I need to do to make a game.

What I use:
Game Maker 8
Game Maker 7
Notepad
Audacity
OpenMPT
and some other *horrible* programs I've made.

About Me:
I'm Zack, your average 13 year old game developer! I've been enthusiastically developing games for 9 months now, and my games have won some great awards in competition's. I just found Game Maker one day in December when surfing the web, and I decided to try it out. Well after that, I seemed to be hooked on game development! I've learned a lot more then just GM in the months I've had developing games and programs. I've also found an interest in coding websites, and I'm also a pretty good spriter! I'm somewhat a weird person though, the only thing I'll use to make my graphic's is a simple sprite editor used in Game Maker 8. Yet, some of my graphics turn out great and people will think I'm crazy spending so much time in the sprite editor and no other program. XD Anyways, if you need any help with anything, or you have a question, don't be afraid to ask! Just PM me your question, and I'll try to respond quickly!