Bout! - Formerly Circus

[X_marks_the_ed]

After months of trying to get Fighter Maker to work with me, I no longer wished to pursue the Circus Project. For that do not know about the Circus project, you can find the information here, but much of it is now obsolete. I have restarted the project on Game Maker, as I had successfully programmed a "working" CPU script out of boredom, referring to sprites and actions which did not exist at the time.

For about three weeks, I have been programming an engine to run the project on. I have uploaded a BETA of the engine with two characters, one level, and really shitty menus. I have constructed a log for development of the engine (which hasn't been updated in a while, it will be after this), and you can find it here. On it, I plan to announce any ideas that will be put into the game.

You can find the beta for testing here.

Please note the following:
-I am and will be accepting new characters, whether they be a member or a member's own creation up until the final release! The more the merrier! Just keep your submissions down to three. I will not add anyone to the roster if the creator cannot supply a decent spritesheet with at least two attacks.
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Controls:
A - Attack 1
D - Attack 2
E - Attack 3
S - Shield/duck (it has been found that Lucas' duck does not work.)
Left/Right - Run
Shift+Left/Right - Dash
Up - Jump (up to three times)

Bugs already found:
-You can attack in the middle of an attack.
-The enemy is known to fly in the wrong direction.
-Lucas' shield/duck does not work.
-The beta does not work on Windows Vista, apparently.
-Lucas only faces the Prpl if he is under your control.
-Prpl is Jesus (he can walk on air)
-Using E a couple of times can keep Pleasent in the air.
THAT'S WHY WE DO THESE TESTS



Use this thread to suggest, submit, and report bugs you find in the beta. Oh, and Merry 14-day-early Christmas. I would like to thank Hell Angel for making the level music.

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I'm tired of responding to this:

Yes. The current beta does not work on Vista. I have upgraded to Game Maker 7 since then, which should fix the problem. The next beta will hopefully work on Windows Vista.

[boozer]

Okie dude ill check it out now

[Hell Angel]

Apparently, this doesn't work on Vista. Which I sadly have. So yeah.

[Phayre]

Jesus walks on water, not air.

Maybe I'll submit characters. . . hmm.

[lilsniffs3]

The old spritesheet I did for myself (Ian) in TWIC.

[Hell Angel]

Sniffs, did you know your sword grows in length, in the diagonal frames?

[lilsniffs3]

Don't care. It looks weird smaller.

[HobomasterXXX]

That character is WAAAYYYYY too small compared to the others. You're like the size of a leg.

[Hell Angel]

"Don't care. It looks weird bigger."

[Prpl_Mage]

-Prpl is Jesus

I knew it!

And as a more on-topic post:
I've been looking forward to this for sooooooooooooo long and then Me and Hell Angel realize that "hm... The exe is running but there is no program starting"

[X_marks_the_ed]

That character is WAAAYYYYY too small compared to the others. You're like the size of a leg.

I make sure all characters maintain a reasonable size. His sprite will be resized accordingly beforehand.

Lilsniffs, I'll add you to the roster in a few minutes.

[Talt]

Awesome project =D


I have a character... I'll draw her and find a slave good-hearted person to make the sprites, since I totally fail at it >.<

[Prpl_Mage]

I'll draw her and find a slave good-hearted person Lucas to make the sprites,

[Uberpwn_w00t]

*reserves spot*
I'd send in my sprite sheet now, but it's on the other computer. Which is in Mexico.

I'll be there in a few days though, so I'll post it as soon as I can.

[X_marks_the_ed]

I have a character... I'll draw her and find a slave good-hearted person to make the sprites, since I totally fail at it >.<

*reserves spot*
I'd send in my sprite sheet now, but it's on the other computer. Which is in Mexico.

I'll be there in a few days though, so I'll post it as soon as I can.

Awesome.

But you both do realise you won't actually be added to the roster until you can supply a spritesheet, don't you? Last time, members could reserve spots, but then weren't motivated to actually make the sheets, making it difficult when I went to actually work on the characters.

I'm not saying you can't join, this just means that I won't start programming you or mentioning you in the log until I have something to work with.



On another note: Log has just been updated!