Megalith QTE Fail 3 (Gas)
And the gas version. Been a while since I've done one of these...
2022-12-01 02:00:58 +0000 UTC View Post
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Megalith QTE Fail 3 (No Gas)
Phew. A bit more intensive than the other two. No game over screen yet, I'll try to get that done next Tuesday.
2022-12-01 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMegalith QTE Fail 2
Second screw-up of the sequence!
Admittedly, I really need to get better at splotch/stain effects. They always just end up looking undetailed and unfinished, but all details have been stomped out of them, right? It is quite the conundrum...
Anyway, third fail to come next week!
Megalith QTE Fail 1
One of the best asses I've ever drawn, and it's on a damn billboard...
Anyway, here's the first QTE fail animation, along with it's associated game over screen! Each fail will have its own game over screen, but no animation like a proper game over.
Enjoy!
Successful QTE
Phew! Back from my time away, and with a finished Abigail section to this QTE, which means I can start working on the fails next week!
I also stayed up to 4am last night working on an animation for the secret project that some of you may or may not know about, so I'm going to go sleep now. Enjoy!
Patreon Suspended for November
Hi everyone! Starting today I'm going to be away for three weeks, a little break while my friend from the UK visits. As such, I have suspended Patreon's billing for the 1st of November. No-one will be charged on November 1st. The next billing cycle will be December 1st, and I will be solidly back to work at that point. Streams will resume on November 10th (A Thursday, so it will be a Quantum Knight stream).
Charge up front is still enabled, so I would advise that anyone reading this who is thinking of pledging hold off until I get back, as you will still be charged on your initial pledge. I will also be predominantly out of contact for this time, but will answer any problems, messages and queries when I get back.
Thanks, everyone!
-SF
QK QTE SP
SP being 'starting position'
Just a simple animation for the start of the QTE sequence, of QK re-armouring... because I did not want to animate the QTE four times for the different possible damage states.
When I get back from my break, I'll be working on finishing the QTE sequence, and doing the fail animations for those as well! And after that I might be able to finally get a megalith demo out...
QTE WIP
The Abigail sprite is just for demonstration purposes, but here's the entire Megalith portion of the QTE to defeat her! The three sections where it slows/pauses are the three parts where buttons need to be pressed to avoid humiliating failures. I'm sure you can guess what some of them might be given where they are!
Hoping to have this finished on Thursday, and then I'm off for three weeks!
Update + Suspending Patreon This Month
Hey everyone!
So, letting you know where we're up to with Megalith, I'm just coding in the last of her basic moves, which I should have finished tomorrow, and then I can move on to adding the simple KO animations I have for her into the game (Which I don't predict will take long at all.)
After that's done, I just need to get a gameover screen drawn up and I can possibly release a *very* simple demo of her bossfight. Or alternatively, I could take a little longer, animate the QTE finisher section discussed recently, and have that in the base demo as well. I'm currently undecided on this front.
However, a slight delay to all this is that I will be gone from the 17th of October until the 9th of November, a three-week absence as a friend from overseas is coming to visit. As such, I will be suspending my Patreon page so that nobody gets charged on the 1st of November. I just wouldn't feel right about it. But just be aware that I will be gone for that period, so there will be a three-week gap without any updates.
Thanks!
-SF
Pillar Slam Drop Recovery
Admittedly not the most interesting animation in the world, but I realised I had missed this animation the first time around, so had to put it together today and code it into the game.
2022-09-20 01:41:52 +0000 UTC View PostQTEs
Hey everyone!
So I've been playing through Marvel's Spiderman recently, and a thought struck me. It might be fun to end each of the boss fights with a QTE section. Something simple, probably no more than 3 inputs, and some sort of comedic failure on each one. Like QK preparing to charge forwards, the player missing the input to dodge in time, and she just splats into Megalith's ass.
I think it'd be fun both to give QK some cool takedowns of the bosses, and also provide some funny game overs for the failures, but I know the gaming community has a *very* love-hate relationship with QTEs, so I wanted to ask you guys what you think of the idea.
Let me know what you think with the poll, and provide any additional feedback/ideas in the comments below!
Update (06/09/22)
Hey everyone!
Just wanted to let you know where we're currently at with the Quantum Knight project. As I'm sure all of you know, I'm currently working on the first bossfight, with QK's fellow superhero, Megalith. At this point, I've finished all the basic attacks that I want for her. I had more planned, but I think I'll delay them until after I have a first demo out, as they add a bit more complexity to her moveset.
Which means that we're on to coding! Followers of my other project probably know that this means a little bit of a drought in content for a while as I take those animations and code them together into a demo. I'm cautiously optimistic that it won't take too long, but at the same time, trying to code a zooming camera system today absolutely kicked my ass, so we'll see how that goes (Going to give that dang camera another go after I finish posting here).
I genuinely can't predict how long it will take to get the first demo out. I want to say the end of this month, but without really sinking my teeth into it, any estimates are guesstimates at best. If it does drag on for too long though, I'll start alternating animation and coding so that I can work on the demo and upload content. Though hopefully it won't come to that, as I find switching between the two a bit of a pain, workflow-wise.
Thank you again for all your support, I'll try to make this drought as quick as possible!
-SF
Megalith Fall Gas
First gassing animation for Megalith! Just a small addition to the KO version of this for those with gas toggled on.
She will have more gas KOs, but they'll be in the second batch of moves I do for her.
Megalith Bite KO
One superhero, waiter. And make her snappy!
2022-08-25 01:50:48 +0000 UTC View PostMegalith Stomp KO
This one's a suuuper simple variation. I didn't even need to change Megalith's animation, just added the crushed QK in.
2022-08-25 01:48:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Megalith Hip Check KO
Stuck between a hip and a hard place...
2022-08-23 02:20:12 +0000 UTC View PostMegalith Belch
Had to remove the background just so the pillar glow effect was clearer.
Next week I might start coding together a preliminary version of Megalith's fight!
Megalith Pillar Spin Fall
When Megalith's in her dizzy state from the spin, you'll be able to charge her to knock her down... Just don't be beneath her when she falls.
2022-08-16 02:53:21 +0000 UTC View PostPillar Spin Dizzy
This was a surprisingly finnicky animation, and I might even go back and change some details. I'll also need to have her reset to a neutral pose, as well as an animation for knocking her down when she's in this state.
2022-08-11 01:50:51 +0000 UTC View PostPillar Spin - Abby Splat
No superheroes were harmed in the making of this animation.
Except for Abigail. She got splattered real bad!
Megalith Pillar Spin
My plan for this is to have the arms/pillar as a separate object in game which can rotate independently, so that she can swing it up or down or wherever QK is.
If you don't get hit she'll go into a dizzy state, where you can knock her down. I'll be doing both of those animations on Thursday, with any luck!
Pillar Slam Fall
When she goes for the big windup into the pillar slam, you'll be able to take out her leg, knocking her into this stunned state where you can do extra damage!
She's fine though. Megalith's pretty bone-headed.
Megalith Bite
Three bite animations, please. And make them snappy.
Just a little attack with three variations to catch any pesky flies hovering at head height.
Megalith Stomp
It probably goes without saying... but don't get stomped.
2022-07-26 02:54:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Megalith (From Behind)
I am back! I am also sick, as I seem to have picked up a virus on my travels, but not too sick that I can't draw a massive dino booty!
2022-07-19 01:37:13 +0000 UTC View Post