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Let's play Glitch - a remix demo

Looks like a LOT of people still want to wander the world with their glitchen for SOME REASON...
So here is my try on a little piece of Ur you can take home with you.
It features Cebarkul (what else?), its tool vendor, and a pig...and you may actually win the game ;)

I just found by accident this really cool piece of app named Construct 2, and decided it deserved a little try. I'm not here for advertising, but it's kinda crazy how accessible game creation become with this kind of thing, and no coding at all. Main competitors include Game Maker and Multimedia Fusion, but I dunno... the Construct one felt better, has a free HTML5 version (the one I used), and a definitely more glitchy website design :p

So here is the little prototype of mini-game I could make in like four hours or so...
This is more a proof-of-concept, as I don't have the time at the moment to make some actual gameplay, (and as I rather make my own graphics and game if I ever do...) But for those who want to rebuild something from the Art of Glitch, imagine a platform where a group of people could gather, and create those little spaces, all connected together, and you will have your Urth Two.

Enter The World...

Posted 23 hr ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • For anyone interested in creating their own, go on and download the free version I used
    It looks like this: layout - events - animations
    And the Construct file for this project: glitch.capx

    This is what I used to convert glitch swfs to image sequences:
    http://swfrenderer.kurst.co.uk

    Also before considering bigger projects, as kukubee mentioned, let's wait for Tiny Speck's official stance on asset usage in the coming days....
    For example if more graphic resources were released (say as creative commons), people could build their own streets, with more complex stuff, like depth and parallax.
    Btw thanks to TomC for the snaps and music compilation threads!
    Posted 23 hr ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I won the game! :D
    Would it be possible to change characters?
    Posted 23 hr ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I thought that winning the game would unlock advanced character options. :P
    Posted 23 hr ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice!  I want to feed the piggie!
    Posted 22 hr ago by Goddess Freya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah I believe there's a way to change characters... I haven't added the option though, so you'll just have to play with taht lab' pirate of mine for now :p The thing is that Construct has to import successive single frames for the animations, and you can't use the character sprite sheets from the API directly. But there's probably a way to process the files first from a php script, or reusing something like striatic's script
    Posted 22 hr ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, that's wonderful. It feels so good just to jump around again!
    Posted 22 hr ago by Miss Coco Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, that is just...kinda cool!
    Posted 19 hr ago by chilirlw Subscriber! | Permalink
  • oh AWESOME!!! Some jumping. Exactly what I need in my life.
    Posted 19 hr ago by Marie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hey, this turned out really cool!
    Posted 19 hr ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks guys :]
    I updated the first reply with links to the actual source files for the "game"
    Have fun
    Posted 19 hr ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How did you generate the sprite sheets for the Tool Vendor and Piggy? 
    Posted 19 hr ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is incredibly awesome, Lemo
    Posted 19 hr ago by Osiris χ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Good point. I added the link to the handy app in the first reply as well ;)
    Btw, do you happen to also have a compilation of all the items/npc swfs in this game Tom?
    Posted 19 hr ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have started a compilation but it's not complete yet. Also TS staff are making official GIF animations too: http://www.glitch.com/status/PHVAEGH6KB92AR7/37484-25674998/

    c2.glitch.bz/items/2012-12-...
    c2.glitch.bz/items/2012-12-...
    Posted 19 hr ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, I saw and asked for APNGs instead :p
    Posted 19 hr ago by Lemo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh yeah I just realized those GIFs don't have a transparent background!
    Posted 18 hr ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Good work!
    Posted 17 hr ago by Scrimshaw Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This browser doesn't accept HTML5, but I will check it out when I'm back home :)
    Posted 10 hr ago by Shocker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • wow, this is awesome lemo!  missed the crowds and wished i could pet and nibble the piggie lol!  but that's my emotional 'stuff', not complaining, cause this is fabulous :)  thanks!
    Posted 6 hr ago by Nikki Z Subscriber! | Permalink