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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #105 on: May 28, 2010, 12:59:36 am »
Working in the tunnel map now, on the blue sky roof, night sky and sunset roof. Yogoda has the Quetzal bird done; She is beautiful.
 See below; just some scripting tail adjustments have been finished to make the tail wave as she flies. The bird lives is in the Secret Garden, our homage to Avatar.



Also the open tunnel roofs are done:



I'm using the tile-stretching keys now for the trees so they aren't made of a bunch of stubby
logs that need so much ivy to camouflage the transitions.






 Anytime you see white squares on our posts it means the original in Photobucket has been replaced and you need to go to that link (in our first post in this thread) to see the new one. I can't get the link to work now and I can't get my avatar to load; will get Yogoda to do it when he gets out of the shower.
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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #106 on: May 28, 2010, 04:20:54 pm »
Well there's always Dropbox, I believe you already have it.
Otherwise I think Photobucket is the best place to host your images.

And those new images look mindblowing, amazing work.
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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #107 on: May 28, 2010, 07:15:08 pm »
I'll stay with Photobucket I think; some some glitches when I change a pic and want to post it as a replacement and it gives you the old pic, even if you change the name. Thank y0u for your kind words, Alpha. We are both getting better at drawing with a graphics pad in My Paint. We are getting so much done being in the same place for a change; wish I could talk Yogoda into taking a leave of absence for a couple of months... Everyone who does the mods has the same problem; how do you keep your job and still finish a mod? Especially when living half a world away from your partner in crime? Especially if you are someone like DangerMouse moving to Hawaii and having a new job and new baby... life "interferes" with our sometimes more interesting world. But for now Yogoda and I are having a ball working and playing together and thank all of you for your interest; it keeps us going to have the comments and suggestions.
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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #108 on: May 28, 2010, 09:11:40 pm »
I'll stay with Photobucket I think; some some glitches when I change a pic and want to post it as a replacement and it gives you the old pic, even if you change the name.
I use Photobucket as well. I think it's just using your browser's cache when it doesn't update with the new picture at first. I know I was having the same problem, but managed to get it to work. If I run into that issue again, I'll be sure to share the solution.

We are both getting better at drawing with a graphics pad in My Paint. We are getting so much done being in the same place for a change; wish I could talk Yogoda into taking a leave of absence for a couple of months... Everyone who does the mods has the same problem; how do you keep your job and still finish a mod?
Both, using a graphics tablet and MyPaint, are new experiences for me and it's honestly renewed my enthusiasm for digital art in general. Now that I'm getting more familiar with using a graphics pad though, I find my little Bamboo with it's 14.7 x 9.2cm area to be lacking. It seems like having a larger tablet will give me more accuracy and allow me to draw better without zooming in too much. Is this assumption correct? What tablet do you two use?

I'm just tossing ideas for a mod around in my head and that seems taxing enough. Sometimes I wish I could go back in time for a year or two when I wasn't married, or a father, or the proud owner of a huge mortgage and just dive right into these sorts of things.  ;)  Then again, maybe not having the internet around when I was young was a good thing.

Also, your mod is looking really, really good. Like, inspirational good.  :)

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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #109 on: May 28, 2010, 10:16:47 pm »
I'm using my small black bamboo tablet, this is probably the same you are using  ;) For now I love it, I don't feel like I need a bigger one but I did not draw a lot, only butterfly, mosquito and bird for now.  Sindhi has a large one but I did not really try to draw with it.

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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #110 on: May 29, 2010, 01:06:37 am »
I got a used Wacom pad  cheap ($49) on the internet; it's 6x8". I haven't tried to use the small ones, so I will have Yogoda use mine and see if it's better; I'm still not using it as often as I use the mouse... because I like to work on top of my bed with my laptop and it's kind of awkward. Yogoda is using my desktop right now. We will report to you as soon as he tries it out. Thanks for your comments!
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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #111 on: May 29, 2010, 09:19:06 am »
Did new flowers; a pink astilbe and a ladyslipper orchid in My Paint, and trilliums in Gimp.



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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #112 on: May 30, 2010, 02:48:22 am »
Okay, here are the new trilliums, and a good view of the butterflies in close-up. Yogoda did a transition from the tunnel to the forest and we worked on the story script.

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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #113 on: June 01, 2010, 12:51:03 am »
This mod looks so amazing.
I'm a really big fan of the graphics! And sounds like the game mechanics are getting switched up a lot too.
Just wanted to let you know that I'm watching : P

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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #114 on: June 01, 2010, 02:22:21 am »
Yeah, the game mechanics is something I wonder too, actually walking instead of swimming around sounds astonishing, I hope it'll all work out, being able to take a stroll over land sounds perfect. :3
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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #115 on: June 01, 2010, 03:09:02 am »
First Yogoda made Naija fly, then walk on land, several months ago, in a cool cloud sky map with floating rocks which we may never actually use. Now she is able to climb, and the player can choose whether to have her jump or climb. He's using a three-quarter view so I don't have to draw Naija sideways or from the rear, and it works fine; pretty realistic.  We have gotten an amazing amount of work done since he came for a visit May 15.Yesterday he merged two sound files (from Lady Succubus' suggested website of free sounds) using Audacity, so we have a background of birds, crickets and an owl for the forest maps, plus an angry mosquito buzzing when Naija gets near the mosquitoes. We have mountains, trees and rocks in the parallax layers so scenery scrolls in the background and objects in front (trees, mostly) that "move" across Naija as she walks. She can run by moving the cursor further away, same as swimming in Aquaria. It looks amazing, guys; he really is creative with the scripting.  I'm finishing up a ring-tailed lemur and starting a snowy owl this week. We're taking a couple of days off to visit the California redwoods tomorrow. Yogoda told me today he is going to find a part-time job when he goes home so he has more time to work on the mod and on games; he doesn't belong working in a bank. We are hoping he can use his work in the three mods he has made (this one nearing completion) as a resume and get a job making indie games, or find compatible people who want to do this with whom to work . I would be happy to play also. Thanks again for all the comments and support!
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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #116 on: June 01, 2010, 03:45:19 am »
Oh wow, that sounds even more amazing than I thought... The three quarter view is intriguing, same with the walk/ run control!
Looking forward to it even more now! Thanks for spending so much energy on it, it shows in the screens already.

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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #117 on: June 01, 2010, 04:31:49 am »
Here is a preview of the running/climbing animations. Of course it looks much better when you see the animation ;)






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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #118 on: June 01, 2010, 08:55:01 am »
Woah, climbing!  :D
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Re: Magic of Aquaria SPOILERS!!!!!!! new pics May 24
« Reply #119 on: June 01, 2010, 06:03:01 pm »
I believe I have fixed all of the white squares where pics should be. Think I forgot where some of them went Here is the Dancing Goddess Tree, which disappeared when I changed things out.

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