BlazeHedgehog Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 I'm posting it here, but December's TFH update might be kind of meager. A lot has been going on behind the scenes, but it's not really things that can be shown - mainly discussions. I've got a friend who's in a game design course in college, and he basically yelled at me over certain elements of TFH that he thought might not be very fun, and basically, I'm getting ahead of myself regarding certain elements, so at his request, I'm going back and trying various a few new things. Basically, it's trimming the fat. The guy's sort of an asshole, though, but we'll see how it goes - I've been working on TFH so long, I definitely know that there are certain elements of the game that I can't even remember why they're still in there. We're going back through and looking at everything I want to do with the game and basically testing it a bit more to see what it does with the dynamics of a Sonic game and if it's beneficial or not. It's a bit deeper in to the design side of things to work out some of the kinks that I might not have been aware of from a guy who is a little more "in the know" than I am about how this stuff works. Besides that, the most recent coding addition I've done to TFH is I've enabled Sonic's running animation to move beyond MMF's animation speed limit. Sonic has 17 frames of running animation, which means that even if he's moving really fast, he's always going to be showing all 17 frames of animation. Now, as Sonic speeds up, his running animation will start to skip frames very slightly. It's subtle, but it really helps the sense that Sonic is moving very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron C-T Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 It's all good, man. Do what you have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 That guy sounds like a dick. Don't let him tell you this awesome game sucks just because he's taking a class on something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeHedgehog Posted December 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 That guy sounds like a dick. Don't let him tell you this awesome game sucks just because he's taking a class on something. But quite a bit of what he says makes sense. He's just sort of condescending about it sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Blue Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 It's fine, do what you must. I like the idea of the running animation going faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeHedgehog Posted January 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 So, depending on whether or not you read the Sonic Retro Wiki entry, you may find this interesting: http://www.moddb.com/features/the-history-of-tfh-part-1 The History of Sonic: The Fated Hour - Part 1. A detailed recounting of all the various incarnations the game has taken over the years, with video. I guess I'll do Part 2 next week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felik Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Wached the videos, they were quite fun Hi blaze whats up Sohlberg, this is not the best way to keep thread discussable. You'd better edit your post into something more meaningful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streak Thunderstorm Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hm. The history is nice and all but wouldn't this be better suited as bonus content after the game is actually finished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeHedgehog Posted January 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hm. The history is nice and all but wouldn't this be better suited as bonus content after the game is actually finished? Most people are doing special things for the upcoming Moddb awards. I figured this might help drive hits to my profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streak Thunderstorm Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Ah... I see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticSailor Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 lol the man has a plan ; P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnyku Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 YAY The return of TEXTBOX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeHedgehog Posted January 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Also, I know I said I'd update yesterday, but something came up. It'll either be late tonight or sometime tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeHedgehog Posted January 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 The History of TFH: Part 2 So, I managed to get part 2 up, finally. Took a bit longer because I was new toy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeHedgehog Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 From Moddb (it hasn't been approved yet): So! Hey. January Update.Yep. What happened in the month since the last update? Stuff. Still more behind the scenes stuff, which actually brings me to something kind of important for a change rather than just goofy update fluff like there has been basically since October. So you may have noticed that recently, I put up a two-part feature here on Moddb called "The History of TFH". If you haven't read these features yet, please do (part 1, part 2) - each one has tons of video so you can look at all the old embarrassing demos (and believe me, I am not proud of some of the older content related to this game). While the first feature (Part 1) was initially done to scare up some support for Moddb Awards nominations (thanks to all who voted, even if I did not end up with the finalists), it presented an opportunity for me to segue in to something I've been meaning to do for a while now: Basically, for the health of this project, there are certain things I need to know going forward. This survey right here should give me the answers I need. The questions are fairly simple: How long have you known of the project, what of it have you played, what is important to you in a Sonic game, things like that. Your answers to these questions will help me to better understand what people expect from it and with help me figure out key hurdles I am currently facing. Even if this is your first time reading anything related to the TFH project, it would be kind of cool if you could take this survey. All I ask is that you answer each question thoughtfully and truthfully - there's no rushing here, no race. You will not be graded. Depending on the answers I get, there may be another survey later on, simply because for a free account, Survey Monkey limits you to ten questions per-survey. I am also on the fence with regards to publishing the survey results publicly, so if you think that would be interesting to see, sound off in the comments. That's basically it! Check out The History of TFH, Take the Survey, and I'll see you guys soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiabloHedgehog Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I filled it in, you will probably tell which one is mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminence Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Filled out, I can has cookie now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Filled it out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazeHedgehog Posted January 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Huh. The Moddb post was the first post I've made for TFH that they rejected for front-page status. Shame, I wanted as many people to take this survey as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonicyoda Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 I just finished filling in the questionnaire. Quite detailed, I hope my input helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZFG Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Same here, just filled in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSS_Ty Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 I'd definitely be interested in seeing the survey results, especially considering the people filling it in are not limited to die-hard Sonic fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Filled it out. Also, you didn't add Sonic 1 (Sega Master System) as a choice for a favorite game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rael0505 Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 That was no one's favorite game anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 That was no one's favorite game anyway. It was mine T_T One of my first games ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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