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-Collab-

Hi!

Collab of the Month

The Monthly Awards - January 2017

This forum's closed! To signup or find assignments, go here.

Alright down to business!

Object

Okay, so we will be remixing this game.

Added Features

Added features will (if all goes according to plan) include…

Multiple biomes

Multiple raw materials

Overall levels as well as building levels

Different skyships

Pirates that sometimes sack skyships

Different raw materials depending on which biome you choose

Cloud-based save files

And maybe… just maybe… INTER-PLAYER MATERIAL TRADING

Current Positions Available

Project Manager (1/1) @AiyanMind Full

Assistant Manager (0/1) *Can only become AM by election

TSACF Representative (1/1) @AiyanMind Full

Coding Department (3/5) @hedgehog_blue @TheSuperiorNootNoot @AiyanMind
*@AiyanMind - - - Menu Coding
*@AiyanMind - - - Gameplay Coding

Art Department (3/4) @hedgehog_blue @Flaziod @EpicDude1001
*@hedgehog_blue - - - Menu Artist
*@Flaziod - - - Gameplay Artist
*@EpicDude1001 - - - Inventory Artist

Testing Department (2/3)@Mole_Gaming @tessas2006
*@Mole_Gaming - - - Cloud Testing
*@tessas2006 - - - Gameplay Testing

Advertising Department (0/5+)
*Advertising Department is not sub-divided.

Sound Department (1/2) @Dinobot5000
*@Dinobot5000 - - - Sound FX

Want to join? Fill out this form!

Username: (Self-explanatory)
Position(s) you want: (As many as you think you can handle, but only 1 per department)
Activity: (On a scale of 1-10, 10 being incredibly active, 1 being almost never on)
Other Accounts: (How many you have and what their names are)
Anything else: (Not necessary)

Assignments

-Menu Coder-

Continue scripts for the menu. Add Options Menu and Credits (Credits will be a reel/downwards scrolling thing).

-Menu Artist-

Art for the main menu. We need it ASAP. Our coders are saying they can't do the menu until they have some art to work with.

-Menu Testing-

I want you to test the improved menu scripts from @AiyanMind.

-Advertising Department-

Just advertise the project in general. Advertise for people to join the collab, not play the game.

-Sound FX-

I would like two click sounds, one for the menu, and one for placing objects.

-Inventory Artist-

I need a money symbol and a people symbol. Try to keep it simple, no faces on the people symbol.

-Rest of Coding Department-

Next, we will determine our inventory coding. (This person will create an engine to keep track of various resources.) I want each of you to create a sprite that will keep track of all the players resources, everything from money, to oil, to purchased buildings (buildings you have bought but not placed yet). For now, however, just make it record money and passengers.

Announcements

I'm really sorry, but I have to leave. I've been too busy and haven't been able to make time for Scratch lately. @AiyanMind is the new manager. I will still stick around for a little while (probably the rest of today, 3/12/17) to answer questions and help facilitate the transfer of power. @AiyanMind, you may want to make another topic, so you can edit the OP. Again, I'm really sorry, and I wish I could have stayed, but I wasn't really doing anything good for the collab. I hope this will continue to keep moving forward, so that this game may still be made.

Activeness

This section shows how active members are. The key is:

Permanent Members (No danger of being fired EVER)

Active Members (Active, helpful members, not in immediate danger of being fired)

Less Active Members (Not as active, might want to start being active again)

Inactive Member (Members that are never or rarely active, in danger of being fired)

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-Permanent-
-Collab-

-Active-
Mole_Gaming
hedgehog_blue
AiyanMind
TheSuperiorNootNoot
tessas2006
EpicDude1001
Dvd00

-Less Active-
Flaziod
Dinobot5000
hairyflump

-Inactive-
Yay! Everyone is active to a certain extent!

The rules for firing people are:

1: Only manager and assistant manager may fire people.
2: You are not fired randomly: you are only fired if you are inactive for 7 or more days, if you fail to respond to a role call, or if there is an exception (Only manager can make exceptions).
3: If you are fired, you may ask to be re-accepted, and we will re-accept you.* *If you have been fired three or more times, then you will not be re-accepted.

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Project Studio (Members, when done with assignments, put the scripts/art/whatever into a project and put it in this studio.

Last edited by -Collab- (March 13, 2017 20:28:04)

Mole_Gaming

Aaand… the spots are filled.

Well I'm going to post this anyway because I already got it all typed up on the other forum

Hello, I am Mole_Gaming.

I would like to become a programmer and/or tester for your project.

Programming is my best skill, and I'm especially good at formulas, algorithms, and AI.

Examples of what I think is my best work:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/125256064/ Equation Evaluator
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/118437317/ Super Mario Galaxy engine
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/118561172/ Snake without true/false statements
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/121274126/ AMULET- A winning collaborative contest entry (I did most of the programming for this)

Thank you for your consideration
~Mole

am can program above good

-Collab-

Mole_Gaming wrote:
Aaand… the spots are filled.

Well I'm going to post this anyway because I already got it all typed up on the other forum

Hello, I am Mole_Gaming.

I would like to become a programmer and/or tester for your project.

Programming is my best skill, and I'm especially good at formulas, algorithms, and AI.

Examples of what I think is my best work:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/125256064/ Equation Evaluator
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/118437317/ Super Mario Galaxy engine
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/118561172/ Snake without true/false statements
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/121274126/ AMULET- A winning collaborative contest entry (I did most of the programming for this)

Thank you for your consideration
~Mole

Yeah the spots are filled but I can squeeze you into both after seeing your work. Do you want that?

BillysParty

Hi! Ummm… yeahhhhh… I feel that I am not being very active due to me having too many positions and too many things going on. I've got a large RPG that I'm working on, I'm experimenting with pixel art AND vector art, and I've got 2 collabs I'm in! I can't do this much so I think I need to resign from Coder, Head Artist, Head Animator, and Tester. I will continue to advertise this project, but I will not be super active…. I'm really sorry….

Last edited by BillysParty (Jan. 3, 2017 23:46:17)

I used to have a banner linking to a collab, but then everyone in the collab became inactive. So now I need something new to put in my sig.

Mole_Gaming

-Collab- wrote:
Yeah the spots are filled but I can squeeze you into both after seeing your work. Do you want that?

That would be great! Just as long as nobody gets fired because of me

I look forward to working with you all!

Last edited by Mole_Gaming (Jan. 3, 2017 23:44:56)

am can program above good

-Collab-

Mole_Gaming wrote:
-Collab- wrote:
Yeah the spots are filled but I can squeeze you into both after seeing your work. Do you want that?
That would be great! Just as long as nobody gets fired because of me I look forward to working with you all!

No one's gonna get fired. Actually one of our coders just resigned so there is an open slot.

-Collab-

BillysParty wrote:
Hi! Ummm… yeahhhhh… I feel that I am not being very active due to me having too many positions and too many things going on. I've got a large RPG that I'm working on, I'm experimenting with pixel art AND vector art, and I've got 2 collabs I'm in! I can't do this much so I think I need to resign from Coder, Head Artist, Head Animator, and Tester. I will continue to advertise this project, but I will not be super active…. I'm really sorry….

Oh snap… that is going to mess us up for a little while…. Okay, well in that case I'll remove you from those positions.

hedgehog_blue

Bad news…
No more bad news now that I've been promoted in art and animation… thanks! But sorry that BillysParty is gone.
This might be good or bad: We should probably have it save to the cloud instead of your suggestion of save codes because:
• save codes are not compatible with inter-player-trading
• I don't want to make save codes but I do want to use cloud
If you want me to use cloud everyone can make the game and I will make art, then I can add the cloud (if scratch is off http fallback)

Good news?
I have made a sketch of a possibility for the gameplay:

Last edited by hedgehog_blue (Jan. 4, 2017 01:23:31)

-Collab-

hedgehog_blue wrote:
Bad news…
No more bad news now that I've been promoted in art and animation… thanks! But sorry that BillysParty is gone.
This might be good or bad: We should probably have it save to the cloud instead of your suggestion of save codes because:
• save codes are not compatible with inter-player-trading
• I don't want to make save codes but I do want to use cloud
If you want me to use cloud everyone can make the game and I will make art, then I can add the cloud (if scratch is off http fallback)

Good news?
I have made a sketch of a possibility for the gameplay:

Yeah I think that cloud saving would be harder but has many advantages. Also the gameplay sketch I like all the buttons and the level meter and all that but I think the art is… I don't know but I think that style of vector doesn't really go with this game…. I think the ships should be based more off of real-life ships not hot-air balloons. I'm hoping for this to feel like a completed version of the original game (The original game was BETA after all). That vector representation was nothing like the original game. Maybe something in between the 2 extremes.

hedgehog_blue

-Collab- wrote:
Yeah I think that cloud saving would be harder but has many advantages. Also the gameplay sketch I like all the buttons and the level meter and all that but I think the art is… I don't know but I think that style of vector doesn't really go with this game…. I think the ships should be based more off of real-life ships not hot-air balloons. I'm hoping for this to feel like a completed version of the original game (The original game was BETA after all). That vector representation was nothing like the original game. Maybe something in between the 2 extremes.

Sure! I understand the feel you want to use and I am perfect with multiple kinds of design if I can make it in vector. I will make it more like my sketch but still like the original. New sketch coming soon!

-Collab-

hedgehog_blue wrote:
-Collab- wrote:
Yeah I think that cloud saving would be harder but has many advantages. Also the gameplay sketch I like all the buttons and the level meter and all that but I think the art is… I don't know but I think that style of vector doesn't really go with this game…. I think the ships should be based more off of real-life ships not hot-air balloons. I'm hoping for this to feel like a completed version of the original game (The original game was BETA after all). That vector representation was nothing like the original game. Maybe something in between the 2 extremes.

Sure! I understand the feel you want to use and I am perfect with multiple kinds of design if I can make it in vector. I will make it more like my sketch but still like the original. New sketch coming soon!

K Thanks!

Mole_Gaming

-Collab- wrote:
Yeah I think that cloud saving would be harder but has many advantages.

I agree, but it might not be too hard.

We could still generate a save code, but instead of giving it to the player to save and load the code, we could store it on a cloud list, and automatically load their code when the game starts.

am can program above good

hedgehog_blue

Mole_Gaming wrote:
-Collab- wrote:
Yeah I think that cloud saving would be harder but has many advantages.
I agree, but it might not be too hard.

We could still generate a save code, but instead of giving it to the player to save and load the code, we could store it on a cloud list, and automatically load their code when the game starts.

uh… encoding and decoding is how cloud works…

I'll get the cloud data done once the game workings are complete to make sure the whole game works with cloud data. Everyone thinks its harder but it's easy and much better because then we can do inter-player trading. Yes, it isn't that hard, really.

Last edited by hedgehog_blue (Jan. 4, 2017 23:58:46)

hedgehog_blue

Advertisers-
You can create a separate topic in show and tell to advertise this.
But really, it is not nice to just advertise on popular people's profiles or projects.

Just a question: Are they advertising for people to join the collab, or to play the game?

BillysParty

hedgehog_blue wrote:
Advertisers-
You can create a separate topic in show and tell to advertise this.
But really, it is not nice to just advertise on popular people's profiles or projects.

Just a question: Are they advertising for people to join the collab, or to play the game?

I was going to make a project that is literally a short video ad, and post it in advertising studios. I was also going to maybe go onto people's profiles, but not be spammy. For instance, instead of:

Join this RIGHT NOW!!! *link*

I would put something like:

Hi! Could you please consider joining this? It doesn't look like you are very busy. We also need *blank*.

So that it isn't spam. I actually hadn't thought of a forum. But no, I don't spam on popular projects.

I used to have a banner linking to a collab, but then everyone in the collab became inactive. So now I need something new to put in my sig.

hedgehog_blue

BillysParty wrote:
I was going to make a project that is literally a short video ad, and post it in advertising studios. I was also going to maybe go onto people's profiles, but not be spammy. For instance, instead of:
Join this RIGHT NOW!!! *link*
I would put something like:
Hi! Could you please consider joining this? It doesn't look like you are very busy. We also need *blank*.
So that it isn't spam. I actually hadn't thought of a forum. But no, I don't spam on popular projects.

Great! I wasn't saying that you were going to spam on popular projects, just a reminder not to. : )

-Collab-

hedgehog_blue wrote:
BillysParty wrote:
I was going to make a project that is literally a short video ad, and post it in advertising studios. I was also going to maybe go onto people's profiles, but not be spammy. For instance, instead of:
Join this RIGHT NOW!!! *link*
I would put something like:
Hi! Could you please consider joining this? It doesn't look like you are very busy. We also need *blank*.
So that it isn't spam. I actually hadn't thought of a forum. But no, I don't spam on popular projects.
Great! I wasn't saying that you were going to spam on popular projects, just a reminder not to. : )

Yeah. That kind of advertising is not good for anyone! It's offensive to the creator of the project, demeaning to yourself, and despised by everyone else.

Last edited by -Collab- (Jan. 5, 2017 15:36:18)

hedgehog_blue

Here's some things we can change about the project:
Render without screen refresh
No typing fancy codes to build new things, just have a dropdown menu with buttons for what to build
Show the prices of building things
Materials easier to view
Levels/XP
Redesign the main menu (Have a back button, not “b to go back”)
The trading is a little confusing, maybe a way to see what you're trading with the ships or other players, more control over trading?
It seems to buy as many of an item as possible when you click, maybe only place one building when an area is clicked?

What I'm working on:
Making main menu art and animations, also working on top bar in-game
Following up on this forum so I get all the activity in the collab.

-Collab-

hedgehog_blue wrote:
Here's some things we can change about the project:
Render without screen refresh
No typing fancy codes to build new things, just have a dropdown menu with buttons for what to build
Show the prices of building things
Materials easier to view
Levels/XP
Redesign the main menu (Have a back button, not “b to go back”)
The trading is a little confusing, maybe a way to see what you're trading with the ships or other players, more control over trading?
It seems to buy as many of an item as possible when you click, maybe only place one building when an area is clicked?

What I'm working on:
Making main menu art and animations, also working on top bar in-game
Following up on this forum so I get all the activity in the collab.

Can you show me some of the art you are making of the main menu? And thank you for telling what needs improvements.

BillysParty

@-Collab- I am going to fill out a sponsorship forum with the creator of Pokemon Violet. This will give us an ad space on their forum, but we have to advertise them in our forum. Is that okay?

I used to have a banner linking to a collab, but then everyone in the collab became inactive. So now I need something new to put in my sig.

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