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Curio

8:00 PM

right

You can stop the game exiting from the game. You can resume it touching the screen.

In this way is it right?

Almo

I don't know what you mean again. Resume by touching the screen? are you talking about exiting the game and going to the "desktop" then coming back?

people already know they can exit the game and come back

Curio

Resume by touching the screen

If you exit the game is in pause

And you can resume it by touching the screen

Almo

ok so if you exit the game to the desktop and come back, the game will be paused.

right?

this is something you shouldn't have to explain. hang on a sec

Curio

Almo

this is what my game looks like when you resume

no need to explain, they just touch "resume" to continue the game

Curio

8:14 PM

I decided to resume the game by touching the screen because in this way you can jump immediately. You lose a bit of time if you have to press "Resume".

There is a signal like "Game Paused" but not resume

doppelgreener

a good interface shouldn't need much tutorial

if your players don't know what to do, change the interface rather than writing tutorials

using interface conventions helps a lot

Almo

@Curio I think it's ridiculous to worry about touching a large button as opposed to the screen

but that's me

do what you like

doppelgreener

people already know what an X in the top right of something does, so if you need a close button, your options include putting an X in the top right and if you do that you're done

Curio

@Almo in my case there isn't a button

Almo

so put one

Curio

8:19 PM

But the user loses time

Almo

how much

0.1 sec?

0.2?

Curio

a lot because the game is fast

Almo

my pause screen serves to allow the player to resume, or quit

Curio

very fast

Almo

also needs no explanation

alternative: "Game paused touch anywhere to continue"

this is definitely not something you should explain before it happens

Curio

8:20 PM

So do you think that the user already knows that he has to touch the screen to resume the game?

doppelgreener

in that scenario you just put those words on the screen

you have a pause overlay right? put those on there

Curio

okay

thanks

Almo

put the words on the screen so you don't have to explain before it happens

people A) don't read text B) don't remember what it said if they do

Curio

I added a STOP signal which means that the game is in pause. Now I'll add the text under it

Almo

a stop sign is a command for the player to stop

it does not indicate that something is stopped

you gotta make sure your messaging makes sense

Curio

8:24 PM

just a moment

here is the screen when the game is in pause

doppelgreener

don't have such a saturated red background filling the screen

i'll be seeing cyan after looking away from the game

write "game paused" not "stop"

Curio

you're right

I need a good background

doppelgreener

even dark grey would be better :)

Curio

A sliding background or a simply colored background?

doppelgreener

@Curio well, just a simple color would be an improvement over that, but a sliding background would be the next step (hopefully)

Curio

8:37 PM

I could do this with a tiled map, but in this way it isn't infinite

I put an image. For example in it there is a mountain. When the mountain disappears, I move the image on the right. In this way there will be infinite mountains. But the user notices the change

Almo

@Curio that looks really weird man. Stop says to me that I should stop.

use the normal symbol for pause

Curio

I changed it @Almo

Almo

Curio

But if it is in pause, I should put the play button

For example in a youtube video it is in this way

Almo

however you do it, just make sure it's obvious to people other than you what it means.

when you test it with other people, don't explain it

just hand it to them, and watch very carefully how they behave

Curio

8:50 PM

Also I put under the image: Touch the screen to resume the game

Almo

sounds good

Curio

Now I'm building the new background

Yaroslav

Hi, all! Does anyone know how I can start making sprites like this?

Curio

Do you mean drawing sprites or adding them to your game?

Yaroslav

I mean, I would like to learn how to make character frames for animations from scratch.

I know how to add them

user92578

8:59 PM

Looks like handmade pixelart

Yaroslav

thanks

user92578

Meaning that it takes some practise, I'm sure you can also find pixel art animation tutorials

Yaroslav

are there any tools or tutorials on making such thing?

do you think that every animation frame was drawn independently?

user92578

yes

Yaroslav

but how they knew that it will look good when animating?

user92578

9:01 PM

some parts were surely copied over and then redrawn

user92578

@Yaroslav they view the result, in-game or in the editor and adjust accordingly

Yaroslav

thanks a lot for the attention

love you guys!

user92578

anytime

Yaroslav

would anyone like to develop a 2D game for Android with me?

I have a git repo we would be able to work together on it

Almo

I have too many concepts I want to develop already :(

Yaroslav

9:03 PM

I would be able to do most of the job

I just need ideas and sources for lerning

and some tips

@Almo let us implement your concepts together if you have some experience in creating games?

user92578

You're welcome to ask for feedback and tips always here, that's what I did for the two and a half years while I was making my game

Yaroslav

thank you very much!

it seems like it is possible to do pretty cool pixel art and animation at the same way in Photoshop: youtube.com/watch?v=WvhzY1dlg3U. Is it so?

at the same time, not way

Almo

@Yaroslav check out Cognizer on ios/android store to see my most recent publication. I'm putting that on steam next

Yaroslav

ok. i will check it now

user92578

Yeah photoshop surely has tools to make that happen. I myself use GIMP and just check the animations in-game.

Yaroslav

9:09 PM

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@Almo is it yours?

I am going to sleep. Good night to all of you.

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9:25 PM

Does anyone know any royalty-free music that would fit in a waiting lobby (quick match)?

dcfyj

9:46 PM

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dcfyj

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10:35 PM

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