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My Game Development setup
ByNiklesNot relevant anymoreThings changed quite a bit and thought I’m still using the same notebook, I’m now a happy Windows 10 user running GameMaker Studio 2. I use Linux only when compiling via VirtualBox. I’ll keep this short and sweet. Whenever I tell people that I have a notebook, they usually reply with something like…
Sprites with different images dimensions in GameMaker Studio 2
ByNiklesWhen you try to import multiple images into a single sprite in GameMaker Studio 2, you could end up with unexpected results. Specifically, if the images have different sizes (width and height), the sprite size will be equal to that of the largest image, but all the other images will be imported stretched to fill…
New tileset almost ready
ByNiklesI posted a preview of the new tileset on my ko-fi page. Soon I’ll have a working “mini-world” with all the environments ready to show. The tileset will undergo further revisions but the overall feeling is there. Right now we’re working on doors, enemies and powerups.
Fuzeboy – Status Update – [9 AUG 2017]
ByNiklesAs some of you might know, Fuzeboy’s project scope changed considerably during its development. There’s been an overhaul of features, specifications, goals and deadlines. Originally thought to be a quick mobile only game, we then shifted our vision a bit to make it playable on desktops as well; now we decided to abandon the mobile…
Fuzeboy devlog – Fair death system
ByNiklesDon’t you hate it when, during a death animation/sequence, your character accidentally touches a powerup or a health pack… and then it dies anyway?! This is what we wanted to avoid in Fuzeboy: unfairness. If you catch a heart during the final knockback, you will have another shot at it.
How I positioned the tileset in my tech demo
ByNiklesIn the earlier tech demo, I had positioned a truckload of similar tilesets. Those bluish/greyish square blocks are not hand picked. I did not make that work in the level editor. I got inspired by the Smart Tile Objects tutorial by HeartBeast. I simply downloaded the Square Blocks Textures from OpenGameArt.org, cut and pasted a bit in…
