Character Creator - Make Your Own Monkey Devlog

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Construct 3
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Aseprite

[@londonisgay2553]

Hey vim, thoughts on frogs?

[@RBUKFAN]

Very green

[@RedCroissantGames]

Forg

[@mrbam4739]

Frogs are a solid thumbs up 👍

[@bini420]

hated their last album but they doing better now that their only child mothers sisters friend got off drugs. I wish them luck since all orphans deserve a chance at life

[@mrbam4739]

@@bini420 ???

[@absolutewisp]

Around 10:40. I don't know about Construct, but in many languages there is a data structure called a dictionary. It would allow you to map integers (like the ID of the accessories in their categories) to their names (Like Boba Fett Helmet). If C3 has something like this, you could just ask your dictionary "What's the name for head accessory number 57?" and you'd get back something like "Boba Fett Helmet". This would let you add names fairly easily, and should be relatively easy to update. Edit: English is hard.

[@pjjjjjjjjjjj8721]

there is a dictionary. he is using it for the marble game at 2:23

[@Skeffles]

Making your own awesome monkey is awesome. I saw this project on twitter a while back and immediately made my own. It's so cool how many different assets you've got for them!

[@trixygames7705]

ive been waiting to see this for a while! absolutely incredible! super fun to play with... now that its the summer I can hop back into the stream and game development!

[@Hey_ImEvil]

Something worth way more than those cheap, lame and not even good art nft. This is more fun, cute art style and FREE to play around. I just love customization even if it not an actual game, bless your soul Mr. Vim🙏

[@GamesBySaul]

This looked great, definitely seems like the right choice to remove some features to make the overall project easier to maintain!

[@WallJumpGames]

The ad read for this video was hilarious. So smooth 😂

[@littleraccoons]

Imagine liking your own comment, cringe 😬

[@feministadentata4041]

This tool will be great if you ever want to make an RPG! Or even better: a Monster Hunter style game. :D

[@ArthurKhazbs]

Great! By using generalization, you have achieved a certain degree of automation that let you much more easily implement what you wanted.

[@WhatisAPaladin]

Man you should try out the RPG in a box engine :) i watched your video about how you become a game dev and was pretty inspired, i had the same issue with coding and stuff so it was a toss up between RPGmaker and RPG in a box. Its super easy to learn as its more of a visual style of code, but i think doing a review on it would be amazing! pretty sure if you contacted James (the creator) he would give you a key as he really needs exposure.

[@WhatisAPaladin]

Oh there is also a demo.

[@TheZuinar]

Man I remember watching these devlogs great videos

[@patatopeeler3005]

I saw it yesterday and was pretty suprised, glad to see this thing!

[@anbanana26]

The long awaited return

[@BloodyScythe666]

whats weird to me is that the "reset" buttons have the image of a refresh button. either the right icon or an X icon would be better imo

[@starlightrai]

5:14 last words before regret

[@isfunart]

i thought it was blue old man head with beard but wrong, it blue monke

[@kiororonoa9062]

The animation idea is so clever !!!

[@MrFatbard]

yea man my c drive died recently and i really realized the importance of backing up your files

[@Jeykit0]

Sans with an Ear is cursed.

[@treydiaz3633]

WOOOO, new vid

[@snugpig]

0:51 LOL, that was a clever joke

[@owencmyk]

It's always so weird when a video is sponsored by a University to me

[@L4Vo5]

That sprite sheet thing is genius. Find a way to properly cut the area outside, instead of hiding it under the UI, and you've basically found a way to use sprite sheets in construct (which I assume doesn't have better tools for it?)

[@WizinPara]

Where is the mwg Devlog

[@TheStickCollector]

Yes

[@bobbylevampire]

Yes

[@smalism]

Yes

[@Below-Zero]

Yes

[@lillibrl]

Yes

[@starlightrai]

yEs

[@powersave2]

If you are just overlaying specific sprite sheets, which theoretically are already labeled clearly, could you just 'print' the name of the sprite sheet asset onto the area buttons? Ie you are already having to call "blue turtle shell" sprite sheet, could you not just update the name of the button (like body -> body: blue turtle shell)? Obviously depends on way to much I have no idea about. Just some spaghetti on the wall.

[@L4Vo5]

If I understood correctly, there's one sprite sheet for each category. So there's for example the "head accessory" sprite sheet with all the accessories, not one sprite sheet per head accessory

[@rookrac7068]

Epic stuff

[@FireallyXTheories]

Now I just need it to tell me how many channel points I need for my creation. XD

[@smalism]

Lesgooo, always wanted to make my own monkey haha

[@haydendebold1536]

HE’S BACK

[@nenovuletic5947]

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@karasu4850]

Hey vim, thoughts on rats?

[@DissonantSynth]

commenting for the algorithm

[@mallagallabumbum8209]

Sponsoring: "Highly affordable" at $36.000 (120 credits at $300 each). Shudders in European, where 2200 € for a complete Bachelor's degree is considered expensive.

[@JackTheFlopYT]

I know, a suggestion. I can hear the groan. But maybe my monkey brain can help here. Is there a way to, with the arrays (a guess here) to swap between sprite sheets to have them also labeled like in a separate array, having them both informally linked and then cycling through? Then, you could add the specific sprite name to the slider. Ex: Color - Black (this shows the Black monkey sprite) Either way, really impressive stuff.

[@AlexDown1]

Hey vim, thoughts on cats?

[@timothymclean]

Hey vim, thoughts on octopodes?

[@aqua-bery]

Hey Vim, what do you think of birds.

[@celestialstudio...youxistudios]

Like ponty pants 9:13

[@spiritlamp6324]

Digital monkeys that require a certain amount of something to be owned? I'm getting some NFT vibes lol.

[@Zeak6464]

my wife goes to SNHU right now

[@trisagi0n]

Good NFT! How much will you sell for?

[@lillibrl]

lol i just put your name into the search bar and this came up. good timing eh?

[@ivanvaldes4543]

What software do you use to make pixel art? Looks amazing

[@flibberfrogman5508]

Aseprite I believe.

[@pjjjjjjjjjjj8721]

@@flibberfrogman5508 correct that and or photoshop. it depends on what he is doind. if he is doing animation its aseprite. if its single frame photoshop

[@zSal]

Sir, What's the program that you've used to make this?

[@shwooken]

Construct 3

[@braying4580]

is Construct still a good engine?

[@eboatwright_]

mokee oo oo

[@MangoWorks]

I used this becuese I was bored it’s cool

[@Absolutew46goat]

Cool! My new profile picture is a ninja monkey!

[@janthegamedev]

He he... monke

[@londonisgay2553]

Yosssss

[@gnomed.1192]

📸

[@IsaacMJ]

🐒

[@YTDuckinsea]

Hey vim can you judge my game jam

[@NikitaBelomestnykh]

Jump doesn't have animation

[@joltganda]

NFTs be like:

[@commando2782]

that's what nft's should've been, sprites with animations that you could use in games

[@RockyMulletGamedev]

Press the "make a game" button, ez.

[@noyza2132]

lol you should make it into an nft

[@IsaacMJ]

You really don't like future vimlark lol

[@saibadam]

Use godot

[@JustNatan]

no way nft maker

[@Peter-qn7qx]

make nft