DREAMBOUND - Bound to the dream of releasing before 2037

[Droolie]

No, I just applied a great realtime effect ( with the FMOD sound engine ) that gives no slowdowns

[Kelvin12]

Does this explains enough ?

You know, I always thought that was either bouncy slime or acid that the rope saves you from.

Green jelly does make more sense for some reason.

[Droolie]

It's acid that the rope saves you from, because the slime is way below the rope, and you don't bounce on the slime, but on the rope.
Oh well, anyway... I didn't go to school today because I am ill, but I did work on MotDS... some music tracks have been replaced and some added ( reminds me that I still have to add some ) to fit with the modified storyline ( it has pirates now! ).

Anyway, I can't tell you some story elements I have been thinking up today ( it would have major spoilers ), but I'll tell you one thing: You're all going to like it. Very. Much. ^^

EDIT -> The carrying system is done ( Yay for carrying plums! ). If you want to know, the throwing system is exactly the same as R2's. You can throw something upwards ( and catch it again if you didn't move too much ) or forwards. Tomorrow I'll start working on the ladder climbing system.

[spiraldoor]

"Rayman is a unique character of unknown origin, no wise man or magician can say by what twist of fate or whim of the gods Rayman came to appear at the Glade of Dreams. Rayman was found Washed up by the sea of lums. On a particularly stormy night, they found Rayman sleeping peacefully under the shade of a palm tree. Frightened by this strange creature from the sea, they called on the people of the forest, the skies and the waters for help. And the sun had not yet reached the zenith when a host of beings, each one more bizarre than the rest, came tumbling over the violent sand dunes. They studied him for a long time. "What kind of creature Is this?" they asked each other. "Is he alive?" wondered one when Rayman stretched and yawned. It didn't take Rayman long to convince the people of the Glade of Dreams of his good intentions. His energy and good humor, his fantastical powers and love for life and nature won over even the most distrustful of the beings. And when he triumphed over the evil Mr. Dark, the truth was undeniable - Rayman was the bravest of them all, the ideal hero, the man for whom friendship and laughter are more important than anything else, for whom the greatest victory is measured by the extent of celebrations that follow it."

Concrete proof that Rayman appeared in the Glade of Dreams before defeating Mr Dark, and therefore that R1 is set in the Glade. Kelvin, you are 0wned. Sorry for going off-topic again, Drolpiraat, I won't do it again unless Kelvin attacks me. *dissipates into the air*

[Droolie]

Hmmm... is there a function to ban users from your topic? -_-

[Holy Crap]

That would be great.

[stan423321]

O.K., fangame, fanfiction, story is modified! Does it explain all?

[Droolie]

... What do you mean? o_O

Anyway... I didn't work on the climbing system yet, but I have been coding a system that makes the player able to stand on a plum.
All of its bugs are now fixed, and it's so well-made now that you can actually put several other characters ( moving/non-moving ) on one plum, and then you can go off the plum, take it in your hands, carry it around, throw it into the water ( where the plum stops moving vertically and floats ^^ ), and all characters will stay on it all the time ( except when you throw it upwards - then the plum is too fast for the characters to stay on the plum ).
I'm now fixing the last moving platform bug, and after that, I'll start on the climbing system ( I've done some things already though - like the 'climb' variable and in which cases you should stop climbing, for example when you jump )...

EDIT -> YAY. The last moving platform bug is fixed, and moving platforms seem to work perfectly now. Finally! ^^
And now, I can finally start working on something else... the climbing system!

[stan423321]

Actually, I don't know how does your game production software works, but easiest way for climbing, complicated landscape, moving platforms, plums et caetera in, err, "normal" languages is to make player object "owned" by rope, plum etc. object. I mean, player (or friend) object contains a pointer to something. When it is nulled, typical colision runs. When the other object (rope/plum/etc.) detects that player/friend are going to (land on/catch/etc.) them, they make pointer pointing for themself, and when player/friend subroutine execute, it finds pointer not nulled and a special subroutine runs. Got it?

...I think nope.

[Kelvin12]

Hey Yv, how long have you been working on this game?

[Droolie]

@Stan: I got it, and I'm doing that, but I already finished the climbing system now... it was quite easy! ^^
@Kelvin: Well... since End of February/Start of March 2007, and it's now middle October, which makes... 1 year and 7,5 months, if I calculated right ( if not, sorry. It's probably because I'm ill then. ).

[Joshua822]

I'm glad the bugs are all fixed... i can't wait to play the new big update ^^

[Droolie]

... which will not be released anytime soon. I want to get the main engine and a full level first.
By the way, I am right now working on the ceiling climbing system ( like in Rayman 2, R3 GBA and R3 ). ^^

EDIT -> Well, well, well... It seems everything of that system is done. Except the animation, which I will start working on now.

What I still have to do before the second and way better demo ( counting down ):
11. Form Abilities - HARDER
10. Helicopter Upgrades - EASY AS PIE
9. Proper Dying & Hurt Animations for both above and under water surface - A LITTLE HARDER
8. Bubbles in the Water + Breath Meter - EASY
7. Form Changing ( not by pressing Enter, but with something else ) - EASY
6. Cages System ( 5 per level ) - EASY
5. The First Level ( The Sanctuary of Harmony and Peace ) with Boss and Cutscenes - HARD
4. A Demo Cutscene - HARDER ( not harder than 5, but harder than the EASY things )
3. A Better Menu - EASY
2. A Pause Menu - EASY
1. An Online map, possibly? - HARDER
And then...
RELEASE!

Yay for me.

EDIT -> Updated the list above, because the ceiling climbing is FINISHED! ^^
Yay for me again. Let's start working on the 3 lum powers ( they work like the cans in R3 ).

EDIT -> Targeting system and energy balls system removed. Too much powers is bad...

ANOTHER EDIT -> Sorry, guys and girls. I decided to scrap the Lum powers. If I wouldn't scrap the lum powers, there would be way too much powers in this game. I will now work on the form abilities.

[stan423321]

Would they (lum powers) mix?

Oh dear. I think nobody would understand me now.

[Joshua822]

You know, you should make some Rayman style fishies for underwater, we have the piranhas, but other ones would be cool

[Droolie]

@Joshua: Yep, fish are coming underwater, and butterflies and birds in the sky!
@stan: Yeah, one of the three lum powers ( I won't say which one just yet ) is mixable with one of the two others. ^^

[Joshua822]

Good. That way there will be great variation in characters. Unlike Rayman 3.

[Droolie]

Sorry, guys and girls. I decided to scrap the Lum powers.
If I wouldn't have scrapped them, there would be way too much powers in this game...

... I will now work on the form abilities.

EDIT -> I decided to scrap them, yeah, but I also decided to keep 2 of the 3 in the game.
The first as a little secret, the second as a normal powerup... the gold fist!
The little secret isn't going to be in the demo though.

[Phoenixan]

All in the name of game balance, eh?

[Droolie]

Yep. And that's quite wise.