Advent of Creativity - 2018

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Mon, 26 Nov 2018, 06:58
Jayenkai	Advent of Creativity - 2018 This year, and potentially future years if it proves popular, we're having a little festive challenge. Over the course of Advent (December 1st to 24th, and maybe 25th if you're feeling super-productive) your challenge is to post something new to the forum. You can be as creative as you feel, posting any or all content that you'd like, as long as it shows an ounce of creativity. What's Allowed Write a poem. Make a little tune. Create some sprites. Build up a selection of sound effects. Make a silly little tool that creates lovely patterns. Post an imaginitive photo of your pet each day. Doodle a picture of a scene from your favourite Xmas movie. I certainly don't expect anyone to have time to make a game each day, but maybe if you're aiming to release a Xmas game towards the end of the month, you could post a daily update blog, and some of the assets as you go along. Really, anything goes, as long as there's creativity involved. Start The 1st is still (as of this post) a few days away, so feel free to start building up your creativity in advance, ready for dumping onto the site come December. The postings begin on December 1st. You might want to make frequent use of the [spoiler] tags! Winning! Consider yourself "Winning!" if you can keep up the rate of one creative post a day over the whole event. Since it's unfair to those of us who have busy and active lives, it's been decided that this won't be a true competition, but it is at least something to keep us active. I do hope you all join in, even if you don't quite manage to keep up the daily rate. Be creative. Be happy. Be festive!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 26 Nov 2018, 13:17
cyangames	Ohhh, I have an evil plan forming in my head now -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Fri, 30 Nov 2018, 17:20
Jayenkai	01 ALODare has decided to join in, with a new choon every day. I'll be posting his choons for him, as he doesn't have an account here. : Download Meanwhile, I'm starting the calendar off with.. > Reveal 🔎 A 3DS theme. Flappadiddle - World One - Bricks and Spikes 3DSTheme-Flappadiddle-WorldOne (.zip) Apologies that my first entry isn't exactly useable by the majority of folk, here. I might see about posting something else, later today. Bit of a rush job, if I'm honest.. I've been far too busy creating an entire bloomin ALChoon album!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 01 Dec 2018, 01:52
cyangames	Some Xmas Pixels -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Sat, 01 Dec 2018, 08:12
rockford	Very nice > Reveal 🔎 Christmas is coming, The goose is getting fat, If you haven't got a goose, Then you'd better cook the cat! Proper stuffage is coming. Promise!
Sat, 01 Dec 2018, 12:43
Jayenkai	Anything goes! ... but don't cook the cat!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 01 Dec 2018, 16:38
shroom_monk	So, just in time before it stops being the 1st, here's my day 1 piece of creativity. I've dabbled in 3D modelling with Blender before, but never in any great detail. I'm no artist, so this advent of creativity seems like a good excuse to play around, make some stuff, and hopefully get slightly better at it. > Reveal 🔎 -=-=- A mushroom a day keeps the doctor away... Keep It Simple, Shroom!
Sat, 01 Dec 2018, 17:09
Jayenkai	Awesome! I've attempted to learn Blender a few times, but I can never quite get the hang of it. Good luck! Day Two AL's posted this choon, today. : Download Meanwhile. > Reveal 🔎 Blitz3D Code Global jscrw=1024 Global jscrh=768 Graphics3D jscrw,jscrh,0,2 Global MaxFlakes=240 Dim snow(MaxFlakes) Dim snowdat#(MaxFlakes10) Gosub build Repeat Cls RenderWorld TurnEntity campivot,0,0.5,0 For s=0 To MaxFlakes-1 scale#=Cos((snowdat(s10+4)-2.5)7.5)2.3 PositionEntity snow(s),snowdat(s10+3)scale,snowdat(s10+4),snowdat(s10+5)scale TurnEntity snow(s),snowdat(s10+6),snowdat(s10+7),snowdat(s10+8) snowdat(s10+4)=snowdat(s10+4)+snowdat(s10+1)0.3 snowdat(s10+1)=snowdat(s10+1)-Rnd(0,0.025) If snowdat(s10+4)>15 Then snowdat(s10+4)=15 If snowdat(s10+4)<-4 ; Bounce when it touches the floor... I know this isn't realistic, but fuck it! snowdat(s10+1)=Rnd(0.7,1.2) snowdat(s10)=Rnd(-1,1) snowdat(s10+2)=Rnd(-1,1) Repeat dist=Rnd(-5,5) Until Abs(dist)>1.5 ang=Rnd(0,360) snowdat(s10+3)=Sin(ang)dist snowdat(s10+5)=-Cos(ang)dist snowdat(s10+6)=Rnd(-0.2,0.2) snowdat(s10+7)=Rnd(-0.2,0.2) snowdat(s10+8)=Rnd(-0.2,0.2) EndIf Next If KeyHit(87) Then Graphics3D 1920,1080,0,1:Gosub build Flip fin=0 If KeyHit(1) Then fin=1 Until fin=1 End .build ClearWorld AntiAlias True campivot=CreatePivot() cam=CreateCamera(campivot) CameraClsColor cam,80,0,0 MoveEntity cam,0,0,25 PointEntity cam,campivot TurnEntity cam,-4,0,0 light=CreateLight(1,campivot) MoveEntity light,30,30,50 PointEntity light,campivot yellow=CreateBrush(255,255,0) orange=CreateBrush(255,128,0) blue=CreateBrush(0,128,255) sphere=CreateSphere(24,world) EntityAlpha sphere,0.25 EntityColor sphere,180,180,180 EntityShininess sphere,1 ScaleEntity sphere,12,12,12 MoveEntity sphere,0,2,0 mesh=CreateMesh(world) box=CreateCube() ScaleMesh box,0.5,0.5,0.5 PaintMesh box,yellow x#=0:y#=4 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=1:y#=4 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=0:y#=3 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=1:y#=3 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=0:y#=2 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 ; Arms PaintMesh box,orange x#=-1:y#=1 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=0:y#=1 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=1:y#=1 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=-2:y#=0 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=0:y#=0 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=2:y#=0 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 ; Legs PaintMesh box,blue x#=0:y#=-1 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=-1:y#=-2 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=1:y#=-2 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=-1:y#=-3 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 x#=1:y#=-3 PositionMesh box,x,y,0:AddMesh box,mesh:PositionMesh box,-x,-y,0 FreeEntity box brown=CreateBrush(80,40,0) snowwhite=CreateBrush(255,255,255) plinth=CreateMesh(World) piece=CreateCylinder(24,1) ScaleMesh piece,10,1.0,10 PaintMesh piece,snowwhite PositionMesh piece,0,-4.5,0:AddMesh piece,plinth PaintMesh piece,brown PositionMesh piece,0,-1,0:AddMesh piece,plinth For n=0 To 8 If n<8 Then ScaleMesh piece,1.01,1.0,1.01 PositionMesh piece,0,-0.05,0 AddMesh piece,plinth Next FreeEntity piece flake=CreateCube() ScaleEntity flake,0.125,0.125,0.01 PaintEntity flake,snowwhite For s=0 To MaxFlakes-1 snow(s)=CopyEntity(flake) RotateEntity snow(s),Rnd(0,360),Rnd(0,360),Rnd(0,360) PositionEntity snow(s),Rnd(-4,4),Rnd(-12,12),Rnd(-4,4) snowdat(s10+1)=Rnd(-1,1) snowdat(s10)=Rnd(-1,1) snowdat(s10+2)=Rnd(-1,1) Repeat dist=Rnd(-5,5) Until Abs(dist)>1.5 ang=Rnd(0,360) snowdat(s10+3)=Sin(ang)dist snowdat(s10+4)=Rnd(-12,4) snowdat(s10+5)=-Cos(ang)dist snowdat(s10+6)=Rnd(-0.2,0.2) snowdat(s10+7)=Rnd(-0.2,0.2) snowdat(s10+8)=Rnd(-0.2,0.2) Next FreeEntity flake Return --v -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 01 Dec 2018, 17:29
cyangames	Day 2 - More Pixels! -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Sun, 02 Dec 2018, 09:25
rockford	Here's a little something I put together - > Reveal 🔎 Mrs Claus Here's something I've been coding - still very WIP. > Reveal 🔎 Levels take a really long time to implement and test. I need to automate the whole process, but I've no time right now.
Sun, 02 Dec 2018, 12:52
shroom_monk	Here's model #2... the box is the easy bit, but today's challenge was making the wrapping! > Reveal 🔎 It's fun this, making a little something each day. And I'm enjoying seeing / listening to everything you guys are making too - it's nice motivation to get something done. Let's see how long I can keep this up for, as we go into the weekdays... -=-=- A mushroom a day keeps the doctor away... Keep It Simple, Shroom!
Sun, 02 Dec 2018, 15:31
Jayenkai	Fuckin' 'ell! Loops!!! You're already 17,000 steps ahead of me! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sun, 02 Dec 2018, 17:02
Jayenkai	Day Three AL has made another choon. Hurray for AL! : Download Meanwhile... > Reveal 🔎 So, this morning, I thought to myself.. "I should make an art generator to generate snowflake sprites" And so, I did that.. After I finished, and prepared the zip file, it was over 850kb.. And I looked at it, and I thought to myself.. "I can do better than that.." And so, I started to rewrite a lot of what I'd just written, but in JavaScript. I wrote a bunch of Blitzalike functions which draw to canvas, created a simple enough framework to hold it all in, and even found time to convert a couple of my favourite sprite-generators, too. All in all, that's been one heck of a fairly productive day!! JNK Sprite Generator Of course, it could still do with some tweaking, as there are "quirks" that I'd like to fix, but otherwise I'm fairly happy with how it turned out, and it's ripe for expansion, too!! ... I may have peaked! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 03 Dec 2018, 08:54
rockford	Al's not very Christmassy is he? Nice little ditty though Here's another Lego BrickHeadz model - Sanity Clause ;P
Mon, 03 Dec 2018, 16:11
cyangames	Oh smeg... 40 minutes to make something pixelly!
Mon, 03 Dec 2018, 16:52
cyangames	Yeahhhh, 1-bit background ftw.. Yes, the resolution should look familiar to a lot of folks on here -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Mon, 03 Dec 2018, 16:59
shroom_monk	Those snowflakes look awesome, Jay! Just squeezing in before midnight, here's a toy train for day 3. Didn't quite have time to sort out the texturing properly, so it looks a bit naff, but maybe I can fix that another day. And maybe give it something to pull too... > Reveal 🔎 -=-=- A mushroom a day keeps the doctor away... Keep It Simple, Shroom!
Mon, 03 Dec 2018, 17:01
cyangames	Cool model shroom, reminds me of a train I made a while back for an old unfinished unity game, kinda like pac-man but with trains, stations to pick up passengers from, etc. I might have to re-visit that on a retro system again soon! -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Mon, 03 Dec 2018, 17:01
shroom_monk	That's some nice pixel art there rychan - I'm amazed it only took you 40 minutes! -=-=- A mushroom a day keeps the doctor away... Keep It Simple, Shroom!
Mon, 03 Dec 2018, 17:53
Jayenkai	I'm really glad you guys are joining in with this. It might not last the entire month, but it's great to see folk giving it a go And if you're not in, yet, don't feel left out. Hop on at any time.. Shroomy made you a train Day Four : Download AL has done another choon. And yes, they're not xmassy, but it's still a few weeks until Xmas, and AL wasn't sure he could manage a whole month of Xmas Choons!! If you want XmasAL.. From a few years ago.. Meanwhile... > Reveal 🔎 I did quite a lot of tweaks to the sprite generator, today, and added a couple of new generators into the mix, Use the drop down menu on the top right. Since it didn't seem fair to just do "add ons and fixings" however, I also made a new 3DS Theme. 3DS_MicroClampett_Theme (.zip) So, take your pick.. fixed and tweaked, or hacked!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 04 Dec 2018, 05:46
cyangames	Right, while this isn't exactly spectacular, it has everything to do with the last images. All will come clear sooner or later I'll need this 4x4 pixel font I've knocked up quickly. -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Tue, 04 Dec 2018, 07:47
Jayenkai	S has a giant gap in it!!! I've taken to doing tiny pixel Ss like this, lately. Makes it much easier, and f9r the most part is just as readable. .. I think.. maybe!! > Reveal 🔎 -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 04 Dec 2018, 10:38
rockford	I wanted to get this game out pretty quickly, but due to lack of time and the huge timescale required to create and test even small levels I've only actually done 5 - honestly, a 20x20 pixel puzzle can take two hours plus to do (the pixel art itself is done in minutes) I had hoped to get a puzzle for each day to Xmas done, but not now. So it's not ready. So here's the title screen. WIP. I do have another logic game that is fully playable, but probably very buggy ready(ish) for tomorrow though.
Tue, 04 Dec 2018, 16:55
cyangames	Aye, that s makes more sense for certain! Thanks Jay -=-=- Web / Game Dev, occasionally finishes off coding games also!
Tue, 04 Dec 2018, 16:56
shroom_monk	Day 4: now with carriages, and slightly less wonky textures. All aboard! I'm certainly intending to keep at this every day, although I might be away from the internet for a few days around the weekend. I'll still have my laptop with me, so there might just end up being a glut of things I made when I get back! > Reveal 🔎 -=-=- A mushroom a day keeps the doctor away... Keep It Simple, Shroom!
Tue, 04 Dec 2018, 17:22
Jayenkai	So cute Day Five AL continues his choonage. : Download Meanwhile, my content is a new puzzle for Foldapuz. Some of those "Make links between the pairs" puzzles. Linkage -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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