Minigame Competition #39, Shy-guys

It's not an RTS.
Also, I have an idea for what the next competition should be.

Yes I read it and I don't like it.

Because half the people are less experienced coders with no knowledge of arrays and they won't enter.

And the other half will just think that card games are boring...

That wasn't actually my idea for the next competition. That was just my idea for an entry for this competition.

I know this is probably a stupid question, but I don't want to get half way through to find out I was wrong...but is a bandit considered a type of shyguy?

it is a shy guy

just one that isn't shy, zeus guy and snifit falls under this category.

My Engine is nearly done. Gotta make the first 2 Levels before it's time to make anything else.

Ah, well card game is fine for a single game, I look forward to it, it takes alot of skill to code a good one.

So, c'mon tell me what your idea for the next comp is (hint: if you do and it kicks ass I'll vote for you)

My engine's basically done. Just gotta add upgrades, hud, and bosses.

But base engine's done.

Got the Power Up Programmed. Plus the only way to get it is defeating Enemies, and that only has a 1/5 Chance of Dropping the Powerup!

Ugh, the Engine just suddenly stopped working. All I did was add Music and it starts returning Unexpected Error when I run it. Even if I remove the Music it happens!

EDIT: Nvrmnd, I didn't have a Program set to Play MP3s. <_<

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Sep 9 2008, 09:21 PM

So do I make "Snifit without a cause" (platform shooter)?
Something involving Zeus Guy as a martial arts spoof thing?

Or a sidescrolling RTS with no story as of yet?

Here's a small WIP thingy to show I'm not actually bluffing.

Shyguy Pikmin WIP

Your controls are Left-Right movement, Space bar for Jump, and you can Press Z to make the ShyGuys stop following you.

The text at the beginning allows you to select how many shyguys are out at a time. They'll all try to line up behind General Guy. This is mainly to show I didn't make 100 separate shy guys.

It's incredibly limited, but like a said, this is like a Pre-WIP. So what do you think so far?

I like it so far, but general guy can move a bit faster though....

By doing so, the Shy Guys would have a harder time getting into position, because I don't want the Shy Guys to get left too far behind, and if I increase their speed, they sometimes can't get in position. You'll have to bear with me, and deal with the slight slowness.

EDIT: Nevermind. It worked out sorta, The Shyguys still have a few occasional issues.

Some updates I've done, but haven't put on main site:
- Shyguys jump along with General Guy, as long as they are close to the position they are currently headed towards. The jump is delayed based on how far back they are in the line.
- The Jumping AI for the Shy Guys is slightly better, in that they'll only jump if they know they can get higher.
- The Shy Guy limit was reduced to 10,because that's how many I plan to allow in game.
- Everyone is slightly faster.
-Added new command that makes the Shy Guys go to indicated location.

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Sep 10 2008, 05:02 PM

Oh and I just remembered something...

If you win, no matter how good your idea is, its October, its kind of expected that the October guy picks Halloween as the theme or hes kind of a douche...

we just did boo though

Exactly, so doing a Halloween theme for October would be kind of pointless. If I'm a douche for thinking that, then so be it.

Boo = Halloween?
I fail to see that connection, you can be more creative but whatever.

As long as its not another damn CHARACTER THEME, I'll be fine.

Boo is a ghost. Halloween is associated with scary things, which include ghosts. Plus, most people will make their games based around boos if the theme is halloween because they're the most common of the scary enemies.
Connection explained.

The reason people are probably coming up with these bland themes could be the limitation for the Minigame Competition.

We've only got so many sprites to work with, so we MAY eventually run out of ideas. This is what I feel is the reason these ideas are getting so.......old.
I just did a random brainstorm (a mass of random ideas that relate to the topic at hand) for minigame ideas, and could only got a very small list. And trust me, I'm pretty creative.

To top that off, if someone posts a bad idea, we'll have to be stuck with it, and the competition will not move on.

@Keyser Soze: Who cares if it isn't Halloween related? A Halloween competition's already been done. You could extend that Halloween thing to something more however.

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Sep 10 2008, 04:51 PM