Mario Fan-Game. Now Hiring.

[Maxtream]

Ya know, just use your best judgement for how big the level backgrounds should be. Game Maker will pattern the picture repeatedly by its own. For example, if you draw a mountain, it will repeat that picture for how long the game screen is. Avoid making it too small because the pattern will end up being repeated in the sky and that would look weird.

We''re on the moon? You mean, the one that''s up in the sky?
~ Peach having a "blond moment" in Paper Mario:TYD

[Fifth]

Hmmm.... how d'you feel about used back/foregrounds?

I was making a Yoshi fangame about a year ago... I ended up making the movement engine and a little test area, then abandoning it.
So, anyway, I have tile graphics for a tropical area, both for the foreground and the background.

...Of course, they might also be in such a format that you wouldn't be able to use them... you see, each one is in a tileset, a single image of every possible 16 x 16 tile that could appear in the game.  That, and the background was intended for parallax.

So, um, the bottom line is, I'm no longer using them.  Would you have any use for 'em/be at all interested?

Go Moon!

[Glorb]

It seems like everyone is now making a Mario fangame! Sheesh, there's, like, twenty or something! Anyways, I'm fairly good at background making and spriting, and I have much experience in REAL (not Game Maker, but I'm good at that too) programming, but strangely, things like MIDI composition confuse me.

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"All your base are belong to us!"
-Zero Wing (Genesis)

[NintendoExpert89]

The only experience I have moderate programming in is The Games Factory. I tried an attempt at AI in a Tic Tac Toe game, but it was a failure.

"My spirit burns like the sun and I shall dry you like a prune."

Edited by - nintendoexpert89 on 8/19/2005 8:40:26 AM

[Maxtream]

I'll take the tropical background and give you credit if I use it. I'd like to see if it works. Just e-mail it to me. Oh and by the way, I was the first one on this board in awhile to request help for a fan game. Maybe someone should start a mario fan game site, they did that with Sonic fan games. Oh, and Glorb, what backgrounds are you interested in doing?

We''re on the moon? You mean, the one that''s up in the sky?
~ Peach having a "blond moment" in Paper Mario:TYD

Edited by - Maxtream on 8/19/2005 9:13:33 AM

[Fifth]

Here y'go, the background and the
foreground.

Remember that the background was intended for a three-layer parallax.  If you can't use 'em, don't worry about it.

Go Moon!

[Maxtream]

YOU ARE THE AWESOMENESS! I'll try to put these into a solid image but I can work with these. I just have to cut and paste. Thank you so much! Keep 'em coming people.

We''re on the moon? You mean, the one that''s up in the sky?
~ Peach having a "blond moment" in Paper Mario:TYD

[Maxtream]

Alright, I have assembled the background for Sunsplash Island. I may tweak it for the game, I want to make the clouds actually move and I think I can do that....anyway, here...

http://img368.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sunsplashislandbkr3ra.png

Hopefully I did the artist some justice.

We''re on the moon? You mean, the one that''s up in the sky?
~ Peach having a "blond moment" in Paper Mario:TYD

[Maxtream]

BUMP.

We''re on the moon? You mean, the one that''s up in the sky?
~ Peach having a "blond moment" in Paper Mario:TYD

[Chupperson Weird]

Well, I would offer to write you some MIDIs if not for the fact that I was starting college tomorrow. :\

"Hey, there’s that apple again." ~ TEM

[CashCrazed]

Heh...I start school the day AFTER tomorrow. Combined with the work on my game, I don't think I'll be writing any soon either.