Side scroller comp?

NearHi · 03-17-2014, 06:28 AM

I've always seen the funnest and impressive compilations/group projects come from here.
I was thinking a good idea for a new one could be a side-scroller level.
First person would draw a level, then the next person would add on to it to the right and so on. No limits for the width/length, but restricted to 800 pixels tall, or something.

Would be even better if artists could choose to do layers and enemy sprites that were separate from the actual level, so that if the feeling strikes anyone, the whole thing could be assembled after we're finished to look and feel more like a game.

Would this be of any interest to anyone?

Pizza The Hut · 03-17-2014, 08:20 PM

What if we made it into an actual game after the fact?

Bobby Swisha · 03-17-2014, 08:29 PM

yeah that would be cooler

NearHi · 03-18-2014, 01:09 AM

I was thinking of just putting it together as a flash animation, but if someone wants to make a game, yeah. I see no reason why not.

Broken Pencil · 03-19-2014, 12:17 PM

maybe using sprites?

Bown · 03-19-2014, 02:53 PM

no people would be drawing their own images

Trooper · 03-19-2014, 03:43 PM

This is a cool idea. I'd be up for it.

Broken Pencil · 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bown

no people would be drawing their own images

*makes the adventures of the young superhero Ernest*
SO, who wants to start?

NearHi · 03-28-2014, 06:39 AM

You want to?

Bown · 03-28-2014, 11:10 AM

don't get the eleven year old to start

Broken Pencil · 03-29-2014, 12:40 PM

I can start with sprites. I mean, I DO have sony vegas, I just suck at using it (it's actually Bonk Boy's)

Trooper · 03-29-2014, 01:16 PM

Why would you need Sony Vegas for this? Most of us just use Paint, which keeps the style fairly constant. Search the board for threads in the Art Gallery called "Posttting" and you'll see the things we've done before.

Here's one of my favourites. We all drew a small piece of the grid, making sure that the sides of our section matched up with adjacent sections that other people had drawn.

This is what we'd be doing here, except as a long left-to-right sidescroller.

Broken Pencil · 03-29-2014, 04:46 PM

even though bown warned me, I think I'm up for this. I mean, its just gonna be a n image, right?
Anyways, I've already started (it's just a still image so far)

NearHi · 03-29-2014, 04:53 PM

No... I mean, original. Not stuff from existing games. Make your own level, then the next person has to add on to that level in their own way.
Try again?

Broken Pencil · 03-29-2014, 05:26 PM

Ok
I'll try...

Trooper · 03-29-2014, 05:28 PM

Dude, did you even read my post? We hand-draw this stuff.

I swear I spend half my time nowadays trying to patiently explain to you how 3dmm.com works.

Pizza The Hut · 03-29-2014, 06:11 PM

Cmon that was cute

Broken Pencil · 03-29-2014, 06:16 PM

Here:

Crappy, yet kinda cool

Broken Pencil · 03-29-2014, 06:57 PM

Dan, come here this instant!

Bown · 03-29-2014, 07:46 PM

close thread, restart somewhere broken pencil can't see

Broken Pencil · 03-29-2014, 10:19 PM

... Can't you just shut up for once?

NearHi · 03-30-2014, 06:31 PM

Broken Pencil, Bown is a complete ass, yes, however, you're not really getting it. What you did is not a side-scroller level. This is.
Except, I would suggest to you, and others making levels, that we don't put the sprites in the level. Put them separate so that later this can all be put together.

Bown · 03-30-2014, 06:52 PM

nobody should put sprites in, draw your own shit (note: not you, bryce, i still have nightmares about your webcomic)

Broken Pencil · 03-30-2014, 10:18 PM

I probably won't start or even join. I'm a bad drawer, and I don' really want to work on this as my speciality is in sprites, and not drawing. Besides, I even fuck up when trying to draw a head (like I have a little line coming out of the end of the circle.

NearHi · 03-31-2014, 06:23 AM

If you can make original sprites, then just take the time to make a level out of it. You don't HAVE to hand draw the whole thing.

And Bown, I'm talking about original sprites. If you want to make some sprites of your own for your potion of the level, do it, but don't put them IN the level.

03-17-2014, 06:28 AM	#1
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483	Side scroller comp? I've always seen the funnest and impressive compilations/group projects come from here. I was thinking a good idea for a new one could be a side-scroller level. First person would draw a level, then the next person would add on to it to the right and so on. No limits for the width/length, but restricted to 800 pixels tall, or something. Would be even better if artists could choose to do layers and enemy sprites that were separate from the actual level, so that if the feeling strikes anyone, the whole thing could be assembled after we're finished to look and feel more like a game. Would this be of any interest to anyone?
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483

03-18-2014, 01:09 AM	#4
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483	I was thinking of just putting it together as a flash animation, but if someone wants to make a game, yeah. I see no reason why not.
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483

03-19-2014, 02:53 PM	#6
Bown Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 18,740	no people would be drawing their own images
Bown Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 18,740

03-19-2014, 03:43 PM	#7
Trooper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,441	This is a cool idea. I'd be up for it.
Trooper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,441

03-28-2014, 06:39 AM	#9
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483	You want to?
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483

03-17-2014, 08:20 PM	#2
Pizza The Hut Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,633	What if we made it into an actual game after the fact?

03-17-2014, 08:29 PM	#3
Bobby Swisha Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 46,012	yeah that would be cooler

03-19-2014, 12:17 PM	#5
Broken Pencil Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,341	maybe using sprites?

03-28-2014, 11:10 AM	#10
Bown Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 18,740	don't get the eleven year old to start
Bown Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 18,740

03-29-2014, 12:40 PM	#11
Broken Pencil Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,341	I can start with sprites. I mean, I DO have sony vegas, I just suck at using it (it's actually Bonk Boy's)

03-29-2014, 01:16 PM	#12
Trooper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,441	Why would you need Sony Vegas for this? Most of us just use Paint, which keeps the style fairly constant. Search the board for threads in the Art Gallery called "Posttting" and you'll see the things we've done before. Here's one of my favourites. We all drew a small piece of the grid, making sure that the sides of our section matched up with adjacent sections that other people had drawn. This is what we'd be doing here, except as a long left-to-right sidescroller.
Trooper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,441

03-29-2014, 04:46 PM	#13
Broken Pencil Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,341	even though bown warned me, I think I'm up for this. I mean, its just gonna be a n image, right? Anyways, I've already started (it's just a still image so far)

03-29-2014, 04:53 PM	#14
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483	No... I mean, original. Not stuff from existing games. Make your own level, then the next person has to add on to that level in their own way. Try again?
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483

03-29-2014, 05:26 PM	#15
Broken Pencil Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,341	Ok I'll try...

03-29-2014, 05:28 PM	#16
Trooper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,441	Dude, did you even read my post? We hand-draw this stuff. I swear I spend half my time nowadays trying to patiently explain to you how 3dmm.com works.
Trooper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,441

03-29-2014, 06:11 PM	#17
Pizza The Hut Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,633	Cmon that was cute

03-29-2014, 06:16 PM	#18
Broken Pencil Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,341	Here: Crappy, yet kinda cool

03-29-2014, 06:57 PM	#19
Broken Pencil Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,341	Dan, come here this instant!

03-29-2014, 07:46 PM	#20
Bown Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 18,740	close thread, restart somewhere broken pencil can't see
Bown Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 18,740

03-29-2014, 10:19 PM	#21
Broken Pencil Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,341	... Can't you just shut up for once?

03-30-2014, 06:31 PM	#22
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483	Broken Pencil, Bown is a complete ass, yes, however, you're not really getting it. What you did is not a side-scroller level. This is. Except, I would suggest to you, and others making levels, that we don't put the sprites in the level. Put them separate so that later this can all be put together.
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483

03-30-2014, 06:52 PM	#23
Bown Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 18,740	nobody should put sprites in, draw your own shit (note: not you, bryce, i still have nightmares about your webcomic)
Bown Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 18,740

03-30-2014, 10:18 PM	#24
Broken Pencil Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,341	I probably won't start or even join. I'm a bad drawer, and I don' really want to work on this as my speciality is in sprites, and not drawing. Besides, I even fuck up when trying to draw a head (like I have a little line coming out of the end of the circle.

03-31-2014, 06:23 AM	#25
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483	If you can make original sprites, then just take the time to make a level out of it. You don't HAVE to hand draw the whole thing. And Bown, I'm talking about original sprites. If you want to make some sprites of your own for your potion of the level, do it, but don't put them IN the level.
NearHi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,483