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"Imagine a film critic who refused to watch any movie over 5 years old–no, scratch that. Imagine a film director who refused to adapt any material over 5 years old. The idea that nothing written 6-plus years ago could have anything to say is ludicrous, yet that’s the critical culture videogames have engendered. Modern games are worthy of our time, respect and analysis, while “classic” games are relegated to curio status; if they’re played at all, it’s with a “slumming it” mentality, like an adult binging on YA fantasy fiction. We assume that modern games have taken the best of precious generations while discarding what didn’t work, and that we are sitting atop the evolutionary apex of the medium. Games have never been better–except for next year.
Bullshit."
Bullshit."
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Event: Monster Maker
This is sweettt...I would clean it up for you!
Yes! Thank You!!! Please do!!
I originally wanted him to look something more like this:

But I'm a terrible artist. XD
he has to be standing on something, maybe a football -
he has to look really smug, while croaking and wearing
some sort of university varsity jacket or sweater with a "Y" on it.
But the "Y" has to be placed somewhere, where everyone
can see it, because he's really proud of the "Y" - it's like a medal to him.
I dunno, I will probably do a more simple version later on...
...I need to draw more
Event: Monster Maker

Delirious from hunger, The Hungry TimberWolf Vegan!!! mistakes your arm for a tasty piece of avocado!
SMMAASSSHHHHHH!!
-500 HP of Damage!!
1.) Name: The Hungry TimberWolf Vegan!!!/The TimberWolf Vegan!!! (The Confused TimberWolf Vegan?...The Mad TimberWolf Vegan?...The Delirious Timber Wolf Vegan?)
2.) Monster Attack Phrase:
Delirious from hunger, The Timber Wolf Vegan!! mistakes your arm for a tasty piece of avocado!
(throwing suggestions here)
Delirious from hunger, The Timber Wolf Vegan!! mistakes your head for a headful of lettuce.
Delirious from hunger, The Timber Wolf Vegan!! mistakes your arm for a taste piece of butternut squash.
Delirious from hunger, The Timber Wolf Vegan!! mistakes your _____ for a _____! etc.
The TimberWolf Vegan howls in confusion!
The TimberWolf Vegan howls for a salad!
The TimberWolf Vegan's stomach growls - STR UP! + DEF DOWN!
Whimpering, The TimberWolf Vegan laments on it's alternative lifestyle choice...
The TimberWolf Vegan sees you carrying a piece of cheese and snarls in disgust!
3.) Monster Stats (I'm not too concerned with these)
-BP: 80 BP
-ATK: 60
-DEF: 60
-SPD: 70
4.) Monster Spoils: Drops something healthy for the player - or a really good item that restores a lot of BP to the player.
5.) Monster's habitat: A really hard level or somewhere very late in the game.
6.) Monster's behaviour: Unpredictable/Confused (he's hungry!!)
7.) Anything else I should know about this monster?: Upon defeat, The TimberWolf Vegan suddenly turned back to normal. YOU WON!
Event: Monster Maker
...So this next one, I spent too long trying to get the pose right - it's not finished.
But it didn't turn out as good, so I'll probably finish it up or try to fix it up later -
So ya, simple is definitely better, I think.

The Yale Frog asks you, if you're a Yale Man.
-DEF DOWN by 20!!!
Stats
1.) Name: The Yale Frog/The Varsity Yale Frog/The Ivy League Frog?(still deciding on a name. etc)
*for harder levels, you can re-color him brown and call him the The Harvard Toad (...Because of that one year, where Harvard beat Yale 29-29)
2.) Monster Attack Phrase:
(throwing suggestions here)
"The Yale Frogs asks if you're a Yale man"
"The Yale Frog asks if you went to Yale"
"The Yale Frog asks you a skill testing question"
"The Yale Frog asks you if you went to an Ivy League School"
"The Yale Frog asks what's your IQ" -lowers IQ?
"The Yale Frog tosses the ol pigskin around." -wastes turn /hits you in the face for massive damage.
"The Yale Frog asks if you're going to the cottage this summer."
"The Yale Frog asks if you're going to Jessica's Party" (...what party?)
3.) Monster Stats (I'm not too concerned with these)
-BP: 18 BP
-ATK: 20
-DEF: 15
-SPD: 20
4.) Monster Spoils: Drops something really useful or rare (he's from Yale)
5.) Monster's habitat: Swamp
6.) Monster's behaviour: Intrusive.
7.) Anything else I should know about this monster?: He's from yale.
But it didn't turn out as good, so I'll probably finish it up or try to fix it up later -
So ya, simple is definitely better, I think.

The Yale Frog asks you, if you're a Yale Man.
-DEF DOWN by 20!!!
Stats
1.) Name: The Yale Frog/The Varsity Yale Frog/The Ivy League Frog?(still deciding on a name. etc)
*for harder levels, you can re-color him brown and call him the The Harvard Toad (...Because of that one year, where Harvard beat Yale 29-29)
2.) Monster Attack Phrase:
(throwing suggestions here)
"The Yale Frogs asks if you're a Yale man"
"The Yale Frog asks if you went to Yale"
"The Yale Frog asks you a skill testing question"
"The Yale Frog asks you if you went to an Ivy League School"
"The Yale Frog asks what's your IQ" -lowers IQ?
"The Yale Frog tosses the ol pigskin around." -wastes turn /hits you in the face for massive damage.
"The Yale Frog asks if you're going to the cottage this summer."
"The Yale Frog asks if you're going to Jessica's Party" (...what party?)
3.) Monster Stats (I'm not too concerned with these)
-BP: 18 BP
-ATK: 20
-DEF: 15
-SPD: 20
4.) Monster Spoils: Drops something really useful or rare (he's from Yale)
5.) Monster's habitat: Swamp
6.) Monster's behaviour: Intrusive.
7.) Anything else I should know about this monster?: He's from yale.
Event: Monster Maker
I'm a bit rusty, so I asked my friend if he could draw the next one.
I know these probably aren't what you're looking for,
but he and I are both huge fans of Earthbound!
So we're gonna try and throw in a few more and maybe revise them a
bit so they're more appropriate pokemon/earthbound-ish - these are quick sketches.

The Foul Mouthed Fox said something about your Mom!
- 200 HP of damage!!
Stats
1.) Name: The Foul Mouthed Fox
2.) Monster Attack Phrase:
"The Foul Mouthed Fox said something about your Mom!"
"The Foul Mouthed Fox said the F word!" (...Fox?)
(throwing suggestions here)
"The Foul Mouthed Fox uttered an obscenity!"
"The Foul Mouthed Fox said something I can't repeat!"
3.) Monster Stats (not too concerned with these)
-BP: 40 BP
-ATK: 30
-DEF: 20
-SPD: 30
4.) Monster Spoils: Drops a really crappy healing item or the cut blade
5.) Monster's habitat: Woods (the 3rd Chapter, or 3rd area of the game.
6.) Monster's behaviour: Aggressive
7.) Anything else I should know about this monster?: He's an a-hole.
I know these probably aren't what you're looking for,
but he and I are both huge fans of Earthbound!
So we're gonna try and throw in a few more and maybe revise them a
bit so they're more appropriate pokemon/earthbound-ish - these are quick sketches.

The Foul Mouthed Fox said something about your Mom!
- 200 HP of damage!!
Stats
1.) Name: The Foul Mouthed Fox
2.) Monster Attack Phrase:
"The Foul Mouthed Fox said something about your Mom!"
"The Foul Mouthed Fox said the F word!" (...Fox?)
(throwing suggestions here)
"The Foul Mouthed Fox uttered an obscenity!"
"The Foul Mouthed Fox said something I can't repeat!"
3.) Monster Stats (not too concerned with these)
-BP: 40 BP
-ATK: 30
-DEF: 20
-SPD: 30
4.) Monster Spoils: Drops a really crappy healing item or the cut blade
5.) Monster's habitat: Woods (the 3rd Chapter, or 3rd area of the game.
6.) Monster's behaviour: Aggressive
7.) Anything else I should know about this monster?: He's an a-hole.
Event: Monster Maker
...I haven't drawn in years, so I apologize if this isn't very good.

I know you already have a "Mr.Fowl"
But I thought I'd throw in "Cool Bird"
His coolness lowers your STR!
...Ugh...so cool!
Stats
1.) Name: Cool Bird/Cool Canary/The Cool Cardinal etc.
2.) Monster Attack Phrase: "The Cool Cardinal shot a frosty glance your way…
...Ugh, so cool!"
(Passive Phrase?) The Cool Cardinal sucked his teeth at you.
3.) Monster Stats
-BP: 18 BP
-ATK: 1
-DEF: 1
-SPD: 5
4.) Monster Spoils: Too cool to drop anything!!! (….…or he drops something cool!!)
5.) Monster's habitat: Plains
6.) Monster's behaviour: EXTREMELY Passive.
7.) Anything else I should know about this monster?: Cool Bird can usually be found hanging out crack conaine... cuz he's cool.

I know you already have a "Mr.Fowl"
But I thought I'd throw in "Cool Bird"
His coolness lowers your STR!
...Ugh...so cool!
Stats
1.) Name: Cool Bird/Cool Canary/The Cool Cardinal etc.
2.) Monster Attack Phrase: "The Cool Cardinal shot a frosty glance your way…
...Ugh, so cool!"
(Passive Phrase?) The Cool Cardinal sucked his teeth at you.
3.) Monster Stats
-BP: 18 BP
-ATK: 1
-DEF: 1
-SPD: 5
4.) Monster Spoils: Too cool to drop anything!!! (….…or he drops something cool!!)
5.) Monster's habitat: Plains
6.) Monster's behaviour: EXTREMELY Passive.
7.) Anything else I should know about this monster?: Cool Bird can usually be found hanging out crack conaine... cuz he's cool.
Legend of Vanadia
Whatchu Workin' On? Tell us!
author=PepsiOtaku
Time to liven this thread up again!
I've been testing Kazesui's Mode7 plugin, and got pretty far in a few days.
The FF6 airship is a placeholder for now. Since making that video, I added in the other 12 frames of animation (moving forward and backward shows different variations). As you might be able to tell, the coastline is all messed up due to autotiles not being rendered properly in the plugin yet. The sprite scaling isn't perfect either.
That blue fade in the background is made via pictures at the moment, but I'd like to try to do that in DynRPG instead so I can dynamically change the colors without having to copy & paste like 30 event commands (one picture for each alpha value :/ ).
Mind Blown.
Hiatus and Cancelled Games
author=Linkis
I'm not a game maker and really know nothing about the creation side.
But it's so frustrating when I see a game that is on Hiatus or Cancelled or simply was started two years ago with no updates :(
I love this site and also playing the games here. Yes, they are free and that helps :)
But when I see what looks to me like a really interesting game with great screen shots I feel like I really found a game I could play and enjoy.....then I see the Hiatus or cancelled notice and my world comes crumbling down around me....is that a little dramatic ?? :)
Ever since my brother hooked me on the original Legend of Zelda I've been playing these games.
Please, if your thinking of going on Hiatus or not finishing your game, think about game players like myself and finish your damn game or you could be in a lot of trouble. Think about me coming to your house in the middle of the night and doing something ruthless to you. :)
OK, I've said my piece so have a great day.
I like this post, I like it a lot!
Except...you know, the whole the middle of the night ruthless part.
...Guys, seriously though? This is like the greatest thing ever!
I think I'm gonna print this out and place it next to my other greatest motivation in life.

So the next time when you guys are thinking about cancelling your game or putting it on Hiatus, think about Linkis!
Friggin' Linkis!!
LEGO Movie Teaser
author=kentona
I assumed it was computer graphics done in a way to mimic stopmotion LEGO...?
I thought so too,
A couple of years ago, I sat in on a "making of" press event for "Wallace and Gromit Curse Of The Were Rabbit"(2005) while it was premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival and one of the things they explained to us was that some of the stuff that they're doing in the film, was just too complicated for stop motion alone.
So they had to use a combination of stop motion and I think, computer animation in order to achieve this particular scene; How the rabbits move while floating in mid air in relation to everything else on screen, is just too unnatural for it to be stop motion.
Supposedly, the co-director for robot chicken is also working on this. So whatever special effects they've been using there, they'll probably be using in this film as well.
Either way it looks incredible! I really can't tell the difference!
Do you ever have one of those days when everything just feels like :P
author=Katauthor=LockeZThat sounds a lot like depression, LockeZ. I've been there, and for a while was on antidepressants and all that. I actually had a really rough time a little over a year ago where I got so fed up that I went OFF the antidepressants when I should have been on them, and just instead of thinking, DID. But being there is hard, and it's even harder to get out of that funk. Seeing a counselor works for some people, seeing a doctor might be even better if it's that bad. :/
Once every few months, I have a day that's NOT like this. Every other day is like this.
Mostly what I have done about it is figure out a way to mostly function as a human being while having to expend no energy whatsoever. This method involves dropping out of college, having a job where I do nothing most of the time, and moving back into my parents' basement at age 27. I only even have the energy to work on my game once a week or so, for maybe an hour or two, which is particularly sad because that's probably the thing I enjoy most in life. But instead, all I do is sort of stare at chat rooms and read bad webcomics and talk on internet forums and do daily quests in world of warcraft and watch my old online game slowly die over the years.
On another note: yep, everyone I think has days like that. It's like you're so bored, you have a ton to do, but don't want to do ANY of it. It drives me nuts, and my solution is usually to force myself to do something. Anything. Usually I get out of the house for fresh air. That helps. Or mad multi-task! A trick I've suggested others try that actually seems to work. Do several things at once. I often sketch, watch a movie/listen to music, clean or rotate between four or five things at once quickly and at the same time. It's crazy, but hey...it works! Playing on a handheld while watching anime/tv shows/movies is a good one. Play something where you won't die if you're doing both...Pokemon, or turn based games.
I use to be on antidepressants as well, but unfortunately I found that I was no longer able to read or write as well as I could while under the influence of this medication. Like sure I was "happy", but, if I wasn't able to do the things that I loved doing, what was the point, right?
So I eventually, gradually, came off the medication.
What I found helped a lot though was writing, like, keeping a journal in order to think critically about this state of mind that we all go through. Giving yourself a time of day to allow yourself to really think about what it is that you're actually feeling and why.
What's great about it, is that, once you start writing, it eventually becomes self sustaining, the more you write. But It's very, very difficult to pull off though and it's not for everyone. Because depending on who you talk to or who you choose to surround yourself with, you can very easily slip back in.
But I find that, not allowing yourself. the time of day to really just, think, for yourself, would make anyone feel like this.













