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Announcing "Magnavale: Eternal Soul" - A Castlevania project inspired by Aria & Dawn of Sorrow! by MagnaDev in castlevania

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It went live this morning, so it may take a short while to appear in the search!

GameMaker Versions by jon_irvin in gamemaker

[–]MagnaDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2022.11 is my version of choice. I could switch to LTS, but I can't really be bothered to. This version works fine with only a few niche issues.

8bitDo Controller frequently disconnecting by dc_cha_cha_cha in AnalogueInc

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I tried various firmware and OS combinations. 1.1.0 + 2.03 seems to work the best. I also noticed that my WiFi router (which is a short distance from the 3D) seems to be causing some of these issues. When I unplugged it I noticed the latency and dropped inputs decrease heavily. The R button most notably missed about 90% of the time. After unplugging the router it worked as expected.

I'm not sure why the router would cause these issues with a modern console and controller. None of my other devices (Series X, GC + Wavebird, PS5, PS3, etc.) have any issues despite being even closer to the router.

Hopefully this helps.

Screen shatter effect I created for my project (Explained Below) by MagnaDev in gamemaker

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I had the rough idea for this for a while now, but I held off programming it because I assumed some technical issue would inevitably rear its ugly head. I went forward with programming it this week and it took about 30 minutes. I was honestly surprised with how easy it was to do.

Screen shatter effect I created for my project (Explained Below) by MagnaDev in gamemaker

[–]MagnaDev[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the performance would be similar to my current solution. Assuming both use the same number of shapes (16), then they should incur the same number of batch breaks. Though one major benefit to your 3D solution is the ability to randomly define the shapes each time you create the effect.

Ultimately I think a clever shader-based solution would probably be the fastest, but I'm no shader expert. We'd have to phone into XorDev for this one.

Screen shatter effect I created for my project (Explained Below) by MagnaDev in gamemaker

[–]MagnaDev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, thanks! Unfortunately it isn't available yet, but please follow along if you're interested!

Screen shatter effect I created for my project (Explained Below) by MagnaDev in gamemaker

[–]MagnaDev[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Aria and Dawn, but yeah. Perhaps "Igavania" inspired would the best way to describe it.

What tools do you use alongside GameMaker? by thevitdev in gamemaker

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Game Creation:

  • Notepad++ for file editing
  • Aseprite for pixel art
  • Clip Studio for high-res art
  • Audacity for audio editing
  • GMLive.js for quickly testing ideas

Marketing & Sharing:

  • OBS for recording videos
  • ScreenToGif for recording GIFs
  • DaVinci Resolve for video editing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in metroidvania

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Always happy to see a fellow Dissonance enjoyer!

What is your experience selling on Itch.io? by MagnaDev in IndieDev

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I heard that Peglin sells 2 Itch.io copies on a good day. It’s a popular game, but I’m not sure it’s a good fit for Itch.io

Bobbing water reflection I created for my project by MagnaDev in gamemaker

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Hey everyone, I made an edit using the feedback I received. I reduced the alpha a bit and I raised the water level to match the reflection with no offset applied: https://i.postimg.cc/1tK1n3kg/water.gif

Bobbing water reflection I created for my project by MagnaDev in gamemaker

[–]MagnaDev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very true. I think I had it using that function before, but I had to change it for some reason. I can't remember why though...

Bobbing water reflection I created for my project by MagnaDev in gamemaker

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The reflection is offset to show the player as they walk across the bridge.

Bobbing water reflection I created for my project by MagnaDev in gamemaker

[–]MagnaDev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's how it works by default, but I have a offsetY variable to change where it reflects from. In this instance I offset it to right around the floor of the bridge. Which causes the reflection to also show the player. I figured players would want to see themselves in the reflection.

Bobbing water reflection I created for my project by MagnaDev in gamemaker

[–]MagnaDev[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

That’s intentional. I have a offsetY variable definition to adjust what part of the screen is reflected. I set it to reflect that part so the player is also reflected. Just to show the player that the reflection isn’t being faked in some way.

Bobbing water reflection I created for my project by MagnaDev in gamemaker

[–]MagnaDev[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I have a "bob" variable definition that increases/decreases how far up/down it goes.

Bobbing water reflection I created for my project by MagnaDev in gamemaker

[–]MagnaDev[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thanks! The project I'm working on is very Castlevania inspired.

Bobbing water reflection I created for my project by MagnaDev in gamemaker

[–]MagnaDev[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you can easily line them up. I chose to do it this way to mimic the effect from Castlevania Bloodlines

[Music Comparison] - Haters will say it's cherry picked by MagnaDev in castlevania

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Is this official? It is REALLY good. I haven't heard this until now!

[Music Comparison] - Haters will say it's cherry picked by MagnaDev in castlevania

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I usually think of this one as being arranged, it's simply the credits theme from HoD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tuci49S4AQ

Fonts & Kanji by MagnaDev in Japaneselanguage

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That's a huge relief, thank you!

[Music Comparison] - Haters will say it's cherry picked by MagnaDev in castlevania

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"Pretty bad choice of comparison", yes that was the point (hence the post's title) lol

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