Super Gangster Brothers, or Super Gangsta Brothers UPDATED 6-24

***Annoucement*** Help needed!

In my game I use .txt files to hold my map information. Each character, (such as "a" or "A" or "1" or "!") stands for a tile or sprite.

Here's a picture of what one of my map files looks like


So does anyone know of a map editor where you can simply assign the tiles one character assignments (such as "a" or "A" and "1" or "%"), and then output it to a text file, where top row is top row of the map editor, last row is the last row in the map editor?

I have been looking for about a month while making my project, and I am at the point where I need to begin creating levels. I have tried about 20 30 different map editors, and they only export in arrays, or other programmy language type things. Thanks for the help.

**newest update**
6-24-08
Finished intro cutscene, havn't added it to the game yet. Not going to use a timed cutscene, just press a button for the next cutscene part to show.
Finished the opening sequence to the game, like who made the game, what's it rated, and warnings such as how the views and all that good stuff (actually bad stuff), does not reflect me or anyone else mentioned or whatever blah blah.
Also added a brand new... cheats menu!!! Now with a flip of a switch (click of a mouse), you can do a bunch of cool things (actually only one at the moment), such as change Maurice's sprite from Maurice the Gangster, to Mario SMB1, or Dex's Mario. (Inspired by the guy who was afraid someone else would use the sprites before they would, I can use your sprites right dex?). I'll add pics later.
6-23-08
Been a while, been out and about.
Started working on intro cutscene, pics below.
6-2-08
I added the running animation, it's Gangstar.
5-31-08
Perfected variable jumping from the duration you hold the button, and also have variable running speed now. Adding friction later today. Also perfected class awesome 2d platform marioesque (Not Super Mario Bros 1 though, that didn't go up or down) camera view. Added death animation, and some sounds.
5-30-08
Provided a pic for you guys at pause menu, and also added some stuff to the game that I am to lazy to mention.
5-27-08
Adding question blocks for coins and some items, currently trying to fix issues with java AWT thread stealing keyboard focus.
5-22-08
Fixed bullet detection, found out that like every .0001% bullets actually just shot straight through the enemys.
Also added a ingame pause menu where you can pause, exit, change key configurations.
5-5-08
I am going to finish playing up GTA4 before I start on this again... <_<
4-24-08
Added breakable bricks and that sort of thing to the game.
Came up with an awesome idea to cutscenes.
4-21-08
Invincability- for star power and few seconds after you get hit
Alot more midi's and other sound files for the game
Some more tilesets and sprites too



Hi I'm new, I already introduced myself in some other topic on some other part of website, and this is my whatever topic for my game whatever it's called.

I still don't know if I want my game to be titled Super Gangsta or Gangster Brothers, which one do you guys like better?

Anyways it involves Mario and Luigi who change their names to Maurice and Tyrone, and how Tyrone (Luigi), stops being an enviromentlist, and joins the crips, while Maurice (Mario), stays in the bloods. Then the two gangsta brothers are the antagonists and protagonists of the game.

It's going to be funny, awesome, and most likely extremely racist.




Pencil Sketch Mode


old - http://i29.tinypic.com/215riq.png

Things I need to get atm is a stat bar but this site is down soo, if anyone has one just post it up, the bar where coins and score and lifes are counted, and I need to add some more animations, create some more sounds, like add sound to my guns, finish my main menu picture and how it looks overall, and then some more levels... anyways who wants a picture of it so far?

This post has been edited by Cellnkocane on Jun 25 2008, 12:05 AM

It's an interesting idea to say the least

You need to post a screenshot and/or demo or this topic will be locked.

Okay I edited one into my first post. Hows it look?

This post has been edited by Cellnkocane on Apr 18 2008, 09:46 PM

Looks pretty interesting actually

Funny graphics :P

Don't Crips Wear Blue?Don't Bloods wear Red? I dont get what the white is doing there

Havn't got around to changing it yet.

Okay changed it and added a stat bar to the top, hows my game looking?


This post has been edited by Cellnkocane on Apr 19 2008, 02:32 PM

The graphics are REALLY bothering me..
Change the Mario sprite to something that matches the Goomba sprite, PLEASE.. Or are they supposed to look that clashy..?

Well I didn't make the goomba that's why it looks good, and you mean matching by like, having the same graphics feel to it? I guess I could like shade a bit or something.

That's usually what people mean by matching.

My opinion, this looks just like another "MARIO'S GOT A GUN, RUN RUN RUN" game to me. I'd be surprised if it turned out to be really good, anyway. Plus "gangsta shooting foul-mouth" games never really appeal to me anyway.

That doesn't mean you should quit. I'd love to be proven wrong.

Okay thanks. And I am trying to make this game perfect as can be. The only thing that will be really bad I think are my graphics that I don't make myself, because my main sprite, man he looks so horrible, I don't think I could even create a walking animation for him!

Also how does everyone else make their games? I heard of this game maker thing. Is it some gui application that lets you drag and drop things into a game build? Because I've seen some of the games here, and they are really good. Not sure if mine will be when I'm creating this from scratch with Java.

Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot, my main menu, is going to look horrible too unless I run across some awesome main menu maker.

This post has been edited by Cellnkocane on Apr 19 2008, 05:55 PM

Basically.

Not entirely; you see, Game Maker has drag and drop compadipility, but is mainly used with the Game Maker Language, the language used for it.

If you want a more complete summary, go to YoYo Games, which the creators sold GM to (but most GM users were displeasured with it).

Looking forward to how this'll play.

Those graphics do not mix. At all.

And why are the tiles...and probably everything else resized? They should stay at 16 x 16.

Well, I can't find any sweet 64 x 64 tiles yet besides a few

And my tiles are just 4 x 32 tiles in one 64x64 tile

And I am thinking about going 32x32

Anyways here's my main menu, should I let my stats up top show during the main menu? And I was thinking about playing around with the black letters, but they look kind of good the way they are. Oh and my main menu lets you jump around in it, and select the things by jumping into them, so thats why you see my guy in there.



This post has been edited by Cellnkocane on Apr 19 2008, 08:43 PM

I really don't like the concept. The sprites clash horibly. And The intire thing does seems terrible. But that is just me.

The sprites look better with the animation, and my game, I forgot, can be switched from 64x64 I just realized to 32 x 32 or 16x16 by switching 2 variable values.

If anyone wants to edit my main player sprite real quick to give me a feel of what I need, please go ahead so I can copy the style to my other main player sprites!

Gosh, I just managed to make some unsolid tiles to use as cliffs that you can walk through, but also stand ontop of, but it took me sooo long because I had some simply mistake, what a waste of a few hours .

What's Maurice holding in his hands? From what I see, it's a cane and some sort of club.