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Smash Ringtail Cat 2: Dr. Glitcher's Revenge
by GlassSeastar
Dr. Glitcher is out for revenge! He has an ultimate weapon codenamed: Binary and Smash Ringtail Cat and his friends must venture off to stop Dr. Glitcher and Binary from taking over the world! Follow Smash Ringtail Cat 2 Today! Coming Soon!
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As of 6/5/19, the game download link has been changed to the itch.io page! If you want to download this game from Game Jolt, visit the link: https://gamejolt.com/games/smash-ringtail-cat-2/385671
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the_crow 2 months ago
Level Design UI Graphicsit needs a graphic update, aside from that, :
-the crystals that you collect needs movement, at least some rotation, you are using game maker studio right?
you can do this by putting image_angle+=0.05 in the step event of the object you want to rotate
-instead of showing a text "score:" + numer of collected , show the icon of the crystal and the numbers collected, to do this ,in the draw event you need to put draw_self() to actually show a sprite.
-the same with the "lives:" text
-I HOPE that there IS NOT a flashing background level in your game like in the first game,
even for non-epylepsy persons it gives a headche after playing it :(.
you should add a invicivility time after being hit by the enemy, otherwise the first boss battle is very unfair and hard, because the boss is spaming atacks and the atacks keep hiting you every frame
-there is a bug that happens when you lost all lives, the game crashes instead of showing the usual game over screen
i could help you a little with your game if you want for free.
-the crystals that you collect needs movement, at least some rotation, you are using game maker studio right?
you can do this by putting image_angle+=0.05 in the step event of the object you want to rotate
-instead of showing a text "score:" + numer of collected , show the icon of the crystal and the numbers collected, to do this ,in the draw event you need to put draw_self() to actually show a sprite.
-the same with the "lives:" text
-I HOPE that there IS NOT a flashing background level in your game like in the first game,
even for non-epylepsy persons it gives a headche after playing it :(.
you should add a invicivility time after being hit by the enemy, otherwise the first boss battle is very unfair and hard, because the boss is spaming atacks and the atacks keep hiting you every frame
-there is a bug that happens when you lost all lives, the game crashes instead of showing the usual game over screen
i could help you a little with your game if you want for free.
GlassSeastar 2 months ago
I am aware of the feedback I've been getting about the graphics in both of the games. The feedback about the score and lives are very helpful, and I'll see if I can work on an update for those things. Before you ask, there is no flashing backgrounds in this game! I will make an update on the first game about the flashy level. Adding invisibility can be helpful, so I can work on that for both games. I have not experienced the crash bug in the game, but I will work on it ASAP!the_crow 2 months ago
Level Design Game Graphicsalso if you want to make a fake 3d rotation in the lives object that you collect, step event ,put:
image_xscale = cos(current_time / 1000);
image_xscale = cos(current_time / 1000);
GlassSeastar 2 months ago
Thanks for the tip!the_crow 2 months ago
Level Design Mechanicsalso, there is this bug, only the main character can break the bird cage.
i don't know if this is intentional or not.
i don't know if this is intentional or not.
GlassSeastar 2 months ago
While the game is based off levels for Smash Ringtail Cat himself, the reason for this is to make it usable for Smash only, but in the next update I will work on having all 3 characters fly with the bird character, therefore I can have 3 of the main switchable characters hit the bird cage in a later patch!
GlassSeastar 2 months ago
Oh yeah, and this is also made with Game Maker Studio 1.4!the_crow 1 month ago
Game Graphics AnimationI saw that you implemented all the changes that i told you, thank you :D.
but I noticed that the crystals are rotating too slow, that at first look i though they were not rotating xD.
so instead of using image_angle+=0.05
USE : image_angle+=0.45
everything else is fine
but I noticed that the crystals are rotating too slow, that at first look i though they were not rotating xD.
so instead of using image_angle+=0.05
USE : image_angle+=0.45
everything else is fine
GlassSeastar 1 month ago
Thanks for the tip!the_crow 1 month ago
Game Graphics Animationalso, about the arrow that is in the beggining of every level ---->: , it needs a graphical improvement and animation,
open the arrow sprite in the game maker studio editor // edit sprite // images /// erase a color
and done, deleted the gray background from the arrow.
now make and animation for the arrow, to do this, in the same window, go to animation // dissapear// 14 frames
and done, now the arrow has an animation
but remember to put image_speed=0.3
in the create event of the arrow object
also try putting the arrow a little bit more higher, so is not covering the player.
open the arrow sprite in the game maker studio editor // edit sprite // images /// erase a color
and done, deleted the gray background from the arrow.
now make and animation for the arrow, to do this, in the same window, go to animation // dissapear// 14 frames
and done, now the arrow has an animation
but remember to put image_speed=0.3
in the create event of the arrow object
also try putting the arrow a little bit more higher, so is not covering the player.
GlassSeastar 1 month ago
This is very helpful stuff! I didn't know about the animation window in the sprite editor until now. Would definitely try this technique again!the_crow 1 month ago
Level Design Mechanicsalso you could do a crouch mechanic, pressing down to crouch, so lasers or bullets can not reach you because you are to low
but that would require you to do a sprite of smash rigtail cat and the others in a crouch position
but that would require you to do a sprite of smash rigtail cat and the others in a crouch position
the_crow 1 month ago
Level Design UI Graphicsgood, you did the crouch mechanic , thanks.
now a list of future improvements for your game:
-have a health bar forthe bosses in the middle bottom of the screen instead of a number.
-more variety on the bosses atacks, like creating a line of glitches in the top of the screen and then trowing it to the floor like meteors. and when they touch the floor destroy them.
[00 ] [ 00] [00 ] [ 00]
-in the level with the helicopters, nice mechanic by the way, there is a part that you can't proguess further beacuse the next plataform after the helicopter is too far away and higher
-make a menu for new game, loading, etc after pressing enter. because when the player get the game over is easy to press the enter key forgeting that you need to load the game by pressing X
-implementing slopes maybe
- i see on the trailer, that you will implement snow levels, game maker studio has already build in particle effects which you can use as the snow fallin from the sky, instead of the one that you used in the trailer . particles are really usefull :)
effect_create_above(ef_snow, 0, 0, 1, c_gray);
but remember to destroy de particles when you go to another level that don't use it
https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/002_reference/particles/simple%20effects/ef_snow.html
https://docs.yoyogames.com/index.html?page=source%2Fdadiospice%2F002_reference%2Fparticles%2Findex.html
you can search tutorials about it, or ask for help, or just looking in the manual.
now a list of future improvements for your game:
-have a health bar forthe bosses in the middle bottom of the screen instead of a number.
-more variety on the bosses atacks, like creating a line of glitches in the top of the screen and then trowing it to the floor like meteors. and when they touch the floor destroy them.
[00 ] [ 00] [00 ] [ 00]
-in the level with the helicopters, nice mechanic by the way, there is a part that you can't proguess further beacuse the next plataform after the helicopter is too far away and higher
-make a menu for new game, loading, etc after pressing enter. because when the player get the game over is easy to press the enter key forgeting that you need to load the game by pressing X
-implementing slopes maybe
- i see on the trailer, that you will implement snow levels, game maker studio has already build in particle effects which you can use as the snow fallin from the sky, instead of the one that you used in the trailer . particles are really usefull :)
effect_create_above(ef_snow, 0, 0, 1, c_gray);
but remember to destroy de particles when you go to another level that don't use it
https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/002_reference/particles/simple%20effects/ef_snow.html
https://docs.yoyogames.com/index.html?page=source%2Fdadiospice%2F002_reference%2Fparticles%2Findex.html
you can search tutorials about it, or ask for help, or just looking in the manual.
the_crow 1 month ago
Tutorial/Learning Curve Level Designfuture improvements:
better save system, save after each room complete, instead of saving after each of what you considere "level".
a better load screen, like, after pressing load game, show something like this
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bqOBwZvuT_o/maxresdefault.jpg
you show the level where you last saved, by putting in the creation code of every room a variable indicating the name of the level like
first level room creation code
global.level="1-1"
second level room creation code
global.level="1-2"
third level room creation code
global.level="1-3"
and so and so.
and when you call the save object you save the variable global.level so then you can load the name of the last saved level.
draw_text(x,y, "level:" +string( global.level))
instead of a level consisting of two o three rooms make every room being his own level
in the first game each "level" like 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 was a diferent world, which was wrong
"1-1" means first world first level
"1-2" means first world second level, NOT " second world first level".
-a more organic level design, your levels should look natural, specially in the first levels,
fill the tiles below the floor so it doesn't look like the floor is floating,
sure, you can have little floating islands of floor, but not the entire level floating xD.
- start thinking about the plot, your game lacks a plot, sure, the main plot is the doctor revenge, but that's too little. you need to expand the plot to make more sense and make the player care about your game, like why does smash start in the first level fighting with the glitches? what's his motivation?,
in the first game it makes, sense, because starts with smash girlfriend being kidnapped and smash going after her after being trown with a cannon.
but in this second game smash starts in the first level without any motivation, beating the glitches, until the boss level, where he founds that the doctor has build a new boss glitch thing.
where is smash girlfriend?
where does smash live? in a digital or game world? in a real world?
who live in this world?, humans?, antropomorphic animals?
future tip: you can do i typewriter effect in the intro or cinematics by
putting in a new dialog object
create event
text_spd=0
ended=0
count=0
text[0]="blablabla"
text[1]="blablablablakassasak"
text[2]=" blablabljashjsahja"
maxi=2 // this is the numer of the last message, in this case [2]
step event
text_spd +=0.25
Z pressed event
if count
better save system, save after each room complete, instead of saving after each of what you considere "level".
a better load screen, like, after pressing load game, show something like this
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bqOBwZvuT_o/maxresdefault.jpg
you show the level where you last saved, by putting in the creation code of every room a variable indicating the name of the level like
first level room creation code
global.level="1-1"
second level room creation code
global.level="1-2"
third level room creation code
global.level="1-3"
and so and so.
and when you call the save object you save the variable global.level so then you can load the name of the last saved level.
draw_text(x,y, "level:" +string( global.level))
instead of a level consisting of two o three rooms make every room being his own level
in the first game each "level" like 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 was a diferent world, which was wrong
"1-1" means first world first level
"1-2" means first world second level, NOT " second world first level".
-a more organic level design, your levels should look natural, specially in the first levels,
fill the tiles below the floor so it doesn't look like the floor is floating,
sure, you can have little floating islands of floor, but not the entire level floating xD.
- start thinking about the plot, your game lacks a plot, sure, the main plot is the doctor revenge, but that's too little. you need to expand the plot to make more sense and make the player care about your game, like why does smash start in the first level fighting with the glitches? what's his motivation?,
in the first game it makes, sense, because starts with smash girlfriend being kidnapped and smash going after her after being trown with a cannon.
but in this second game smash starts in the first level without any motivation, beating the glitches, until the boss level, where he founds that the doctor has build a new boss glitch thing.
where is smash girlfriend?
where does smash live? in a digital or game world? in a real world?
who live in this world?, humans?, antropomorphic animals?
future tip: you can do i typewriter effect in the intro or cinematics by
putting in a new dialog object
create event
text_spd=0
ended=0
count=0
text[0]="blablabla"
text[1]="blablablablakassasak"
text[2]=" blablabljashjsahja"
maxi=2 // this is the numer of the last message, in this case [2]
step event
text_spd +=0.25
Z pressed event
if count
GlassSeastar 1 month ago
I think the part after the Z pressed event is cut off. And I don't have any text appearing in one of the cutscenes with the object.the_crow 1 month ago
Tutorial/Learning Curve Level Design-more variated enemys,
-since your game is health based, create objects to recover some health, make enemys drop them at random, or can be collected the same way like lives in some hard to reach areas,
-like i said before, in the cutscenes it always looks like they are standing in a floating floor
fill the floor Below with black tiles at least xD
-the underwater collisions mask need a fix, make sure that the smash sprites for diving left and right are the same with, have the same origin point(centered ideally), and the same collision mask
-implement room transitions, like fade to black
-since your game is health based, create objects to recover some health, make enemys drop them at random, or can be collected the same way like lives in some hard to reach areas,
-like i said before, in the cutscenes it always looks like they are standing in a floating floor
fill the floor Below with black tiles at least xD
-the underwater collisions mask need a fix, make sure that the smash sprites for diving left and right are the same with, have the same origin point(centered ideally), and the same collision mask
-implement room transitions, like fade to black
the_crow 1 month ago
Tutorial/Learning Curve Story/Writing/Dialogue-make the falling in a pit or the player dying more important, instead of just respawning the player right away, make a fade transition like all video games like super mario or shovelknight do when you die
not just simply respawn the player right away after dying
-delete the invisible collisions in the top of the screen in some levels that don't use the bird, in some levels the player needs to jump from plataforms that are too high and when you are going to jump the player collides with the invisible collision in the top of the screen, resulting in a reduced jumping capacity.
not just simply respawn the player right away after dying
-delete the invisible collisions in the top of the screen in some levels that don't use the bird, in some levels the player needs to jump from plataforms that are too high and when you are going to jump the player collides with the invisible collision in the top of the screen, resulting in a reduced jumping capacity.
the_crow 1 month ago
oh yeah, it got cut off,
z pressed event
if count
z pressed event
if count
the_crow 1 month ago
draw event
"draw_self()
draw_text(x-200,y,string_copy(text[count], 1, text_spd ))
"
"draw_self()
draw_text(x-200,y,string_copy(text[count], 1, text_spd ))
"
the_crow 1 month ago
z pressed event
"if count
"if count
the_crow 1 month ago
z pressed event
"
if count < maxi and ended =1
count +=1
text_spd=0
ended=0
else
ended=1
"
if count < maxi and ended =1
count +=1
text_spd=0
ended=0
else
ended=1
the_crow 1 month ago
make sure to put the brackets in the if code, it it didn't let me put it in the code,
step event
text_spd +=0.25
if text_spd > =string_length(text[count])
ended=true
if ended=true
text_spd =string_length(text[count])
step event
text_spd +=0.25
if text_spd > =string_length(text[count])
ended=true
if ended=true
text_spd =string_length(text[count])
the_crow 1 month ago
The water levels, decrease the player's gravity, it falls to fast,
and make the player drop bubbles that go up , so we know that the player is underwater and breathing.
like in the player create event set an alarm
alarm[0]=60
and in the alarm 0 event put
instance_create(x,y,bubble)
alarm[0]=110
and in the bubble object create event put
vspeed=-3 /// or the value that you think looks more natural,
and of course you will need to draw the sprite for the bubble first in the sprite editor.
and make the player drop bubbles that go up , so we know that the player is underwater and breathing.
like in the player create event set an alarm
alarm[0]=60
and in the alarm 0 event put
instance_create(x,y,bubble)
alarm[0]=110
and in the bubble object create event put
vspeed=-3 /// or the value that you think looks more natural,
and of course you will need to draw the sprite for the bubble first in the sprite editor.
the_crow 4 weeks ago
are you drawing the sprites using the mouse? buy a wacom intuos draw tablet , they are good and cheap.
-when a enemy falls into a pit, don't teletransport it to the spawn point!, instead kill them
the bird makes the player go up too fast, decrease the speed a little bit, since a tiny bird like that one can go that fast xD
-make the bird while in the cage make bird sounds, like every few seconds, an alarm event would do the trick
fix the loading feature, since it will give crash errors about variables not declared
-test your game well before uploading updates, features like UI Improvements (Name of the level will be on the bottom of the health score and lives counters) don't work
-make an sprite for jumping
-make and sprite for idle, like tails
https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/i/a4da8ce4-d342-48d5-bcb6-e946a65c1716/dak2i19-0749a6c7-c076-4ab2-8359-5b155802b0b5.gif
make an sprite for wall jumping like mario
https://www.mariowiki.com/images/9/9f/Mario_Wall_Jumps_SMS.png
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/d/d8/The_wall_jump.png/revision/latest?cb=20130712191425
-remake, the glass seastar logo, but this is a long term goal , since you first will need to learn how to draw better and buy a graphic tablet
once your game start looking good enough you could start a kickstarter or indiegogo campaign, to fundraise your game, but don't ask too much, $500 or less would be good enough, since you are still a newbie in game developement and your project is small,
you could use the money to buy a graphic tablet, or pay for ads for your game, or to publish to others plataforms like android or steam, imagine people plying your game on their phones!
https://www.wired.com/2012/10/least-ambitious-kickstarters/
but you still have a long way to go before doing the campaign, since your game doensn't look good enough for that.
looking forwards for the features that you listed.! :D
the_crow 3 weeks ago
-the health drops that enemy drops should not recover all the health of the player!
only some part
-the loading feature is totally broken, since the global variable level, is not set
you can only load after loosing all the lives, but in a fresh start not
and the game crashes often, so test your game deeply to catch the bug
only some part
-the loading feature is totally broken, since the global variable level, is not set
you can only load after loosing all the lives, but in a fresh start not
and the game crashes often, so test your game deeply to catch the bug
GlassSeastar 3 weeks ago
Are you still on the version 1.7.5 patch? Because I think I made a mistake with the update on Game Jolt's game page. I released the 1.8.5 patch but I forgot to fully activate it, so you can try to download it again and see what the results are. Make sure it is version 1.8.5. I just activated it just now!the_crow 3 weeks ago
now there is a bug that crash the game in the level urban blues prologue, when you get hit by the mini boss
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object SmashFall:
global variable name 'checkpointR' index (100002) not set before reading it.
at gml_Object_SmashFall_Create_0
it seems like switching objects bug will haunt you forever if you don't learn how to code better
switching objects is a bad practice, you should have all the smash code in the same object
it gives you better control of the variables,
having a separate object for smashfall, smashbounceback, smashatack, etc is wrong
in the next update try to put all the smash code in the same object, to stop being depending of switching objects.
creating and invisible collision for the punch is aceptable though so keep that,
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object SmashFall:
global variable name 'checkpointR' index (100002) not set before reading it.
at gml_Object_SmashFall_Create_0
it seems like switching objects bug will haunt you forever if you don't learn how to code better
switching objects is a bad practice, you should have all the smash code in the same object
it gives you better control of the variables,
having a separate object for smashfall, smashbounceback, smashatack, etc is wrong
in the next update try to put all the smash code in the same object, to stop being depending of switching objects.
creating and invisible collision for the punch is aceptable though so keep that,
the_crow 3 weeks ago
actually it happens every time you get hit by any enemy
the_crow 3 weeks ago
the underwater physics still needs some improments, reduce the vspeed when you go up,
it goes up too fast, and is easy to die by the mines
and instead of using gravity in the underwater levels,
do something like
vspeed =0.5 or more when the go up key is not being pressed
gravity should not used in underwater levels because it decrease the vspeed more and more the more time that is used
it goes up too fast, and is easy to die by the mines
and instead of using gravity in the underwater levels,
do something like
vspeed =0.5 or more when the go up key is not being pressed
gravity should not used in underwater levels because it decrease the vspeed more and more the more time that is used
the_crow 3 weeks ago
also, make the snow particles white instead of gray in the snow levels, , by changing c_gray, into c_white
the_crow 3 weeks ago
also there is a bug where the lives are displayed as "0-1" instead of the number
the_crow 3 weeks ago
the "animation end " event will help you with the punch animation
https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/000_using%20gamemaker/events/other%20event.html
animation end event remember to put the brackets
if sprite_index= sprite_smash_punch or whatever name
sprite_index=sprite_smash_idle or whatever name
smash z pressed event
mage_index=sprite_punch
instance_create(invisible punch colission)
audio_play_sound(punchsoud,1,0)
see how easy it's to put the obj_smash_punch code in the normal smash object?
with this you will not need the smash punch object anymore :D
you are still learning and it's good dude, don't hurry and take your time, one step at a time :D
https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/000_using%20gamemaker/events/other%20event.html
animation end event remember to put the brackets
if sprite_index= sprite_smash_punch or whatever name
sprite_index=sprite_smash_idle or whatever name
smash z pressed event
mage_index=sprite_punch
instance_create(invisible punch colission)
audio_play_sound(punchsoud,1,0)
see how easy it's to put the obj_smash_punch code in the normal smash object?
with this you will not need the smash punch object anymore :D
you are still learning and it's good dude, don't hurry and take your time, one step at a time :D
GlassSeastar 3 weeks ago
I'm having a hard time with the enemy collision. No matter which sprite I do for punching, kicking, etc.it would still hit the player and lose health.
the_crow 3 weeks ago
make an sprite for the invisible punch collision object so, you can actually see if the object make the collision with the enemy. just for debug,the invisible punch collision object should have a collision with the enemy event that kill the enemy.
the_crow 3 weeks ago
if you send me your project in a gmz format by direct message , i could fix it for you,@the_crow293238 in twitter
GlassSeastar 3 weeks ago
I send you a follow request on twitter, but I will think about sending you the project file.It might be a zip file but it contains a project file with a README text file to explain the situation I'm at right now.
Be sure to resend me the project once you are done with what you are doing!
the_crow 3 weeks ago
i hope that you will send it, so i can fix the bugs for you and you will continue to develope the gamethe_crow 3 weeks ago
imagine the collision like this, the red box should be the invisible punch collision.
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mcleodgaming/images/2/2f/Jab_hitbox.png/revision/latest?cb=20160521181803
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/mcleodgaming/images/2/2f/Jab_hitbox.png/revision/latest?cb=20160521181803
GlassSeastar 3 weeks ago
I think I might've fixed it. But I did it differently. I basically used variables for the attacks. And I think it works. I can try using some of your advice for collisions, but for now I'm sticking with this technique.Roast Em
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