Topic: NES-Style Castlevania Belmont Engine for GameMaker! (Version 0.3 UPDATE!)

[TheouAegis]

Sorry for no update yet, I've uh...  got me a girl

On the issue of sprite size limits, there are some issues I still have to work out which I will fix in the next patch. I would have forgotten about it if you hadn't asked that. In the currently released (which is very old now, I know) version, that sprite would be hella bugged as a hero, since some lines of code use precise calculations rather than variable measurements, such as the height of a ledge Belmont couldn't jump under (which is currently set to 48 pixels above Belmont's feet). This is an easy fix I just haven't gotten around to, which is simply replacing "base-48" with "base-sprite_height-16". There may be some more and I'll look for them this weekend or next week. I won't be working on the project at all July 1st-July 5th because I'll be down in California feeling up my girl.

[Inccubus]

Have great time in California, dude! Hooray for boobies!

[TheouAegis]

Well, here's an update. My fiance -- yes, you read that right -- says I'm not allowed to program while we're apart until February (she's in nursing school down here in Cali until then). I swore to her that I wouldn't let my programming interfere... too much. So I may or may not be able to get a lot done with it. If the programming makes me too quiet or forgetful, I'm in deep shit.

I'll upload my latest version very soon.

[X]

Well, here's an update. My fiance -- yes, you read that right -- says I'm not allowed to program while we're apart until February (she's in nursing school down here in Cali until then). I swore to her that I wouldn't let my programming interfere... too much. So I may or may not be able to get a lot done with it. If the programming makes me too quiet or forgetful, I'm in deep shit.

This doesn't sound like a 'sound' relationship to me. No-one, not even those you love have the right to tell you what you can and cannot do with you're own time. Because it's you're time, only you get to make that call. If programming and other constructive hobbies are what you love doing then your fiance is in the wrong and you should let her know this. You should let her know about how you feel when it comes to how you spend your time apart from her. And if she can't understand this then she's not the one for you. No offense to your future relationship or your girl there TheouAegis. But you should let her know where you stand in your life and that meaningful relationships are of an equally shared union where both respect the others time and hobbies.

[Mega Man Model T 101]

I'm going to have to agree with X on this here. While I can undrestand not wanting someone to obesse and love another thing more than the one they are going to spend the rest of their life with, it's sounding like she doesn't actually love you, as want you to simply obsesse over her like a slave.

No offense to the woman, but she honestly doesn't sound like the kind of woman I'd like to be my girlfriend or fiance.(Anyone who thinks being a slave to a hot woman needs to be slapped.)

I'm not saying that one shouldn't make changes for the one they love, but it depends on just how extrame and downright insane the changes they demand are. Seriously, does she even know what sort of programming you do? Does she even know that you litterally were putting that aside for today to properly be with her?

It sounds creepy, wrong, nuts, on so many levels. And I'm saying this as a fellow man to another, I think you need a new girlfriend, but it's a take it or leave it situation. It is your own choice in what you do. We're just trying to give some advice. I hope this works out for you somehow.

[Inccubus]

I as well, with all due respect to you both, but putting aside something you enjoy to appease the person you're with is wrong and unhealthy. The people you love should let you do what you love as long as that is done reasonably and safely. Never let your hobby take time away from your loved ones, but don't abandon it for them either. I tell you this not only as a fellow man, but as a fellow programmer who was married to a person that expected me to abandon my passion for 6 years. Again, no offense intended, but I cannot stay silent about something so close to me personally.

[Claimh Solais]

Guys. Maybe she meant she didn't want him doing it too much. It's a possibility.

Anyone think about that?

EDIT: Edited to word it better.

[Aridale]

dont go too hard on him guys it might just be a cop out way to not have to work on this anymore =P

[X]

Guys. Maybe she meant she didn't want him doing it too much. It's a possibility.

Anyone think about that?

It occurred to me, however anyone weather or not are a loved one, telling someone else what they can and cannot do that goes against their personal choices is in direct violation of the declaration of human rights. This is how I personally feel about it. Others may feel different or not really care.

[Claimh Solais]

It occurred to me, however anyone weather or not are a loved one, telling someone else what they can and cannot do that goes against their personal choices is in direct violation of the declaration of human rights. This is how I personally feel about it. Others may feel different or not really care.

What if she worded it incorrectly? Or what if TheouAegis worded it incorrectly (which I'm unsure about).

However, I doubt she meant any harm from it, and would apologize if she knew if this is how people would react to her saying that. That's just my guess, since I know jack shit about her.

[X]

What if she worded it incorrectly? Or what if TheouAegis worded it incorrectly (which I'm unsure about).

However, I doubt she meant any harm from it, and would apologize if she knew if this is how people would react to her saying that. That's just my guess, since I know jack shit about her.

Can't argue with that either.  We need to get TheouAegis to post again so we can get this thread back on track.

[Inccubus]

Indeed. Worst case scenario, though, I'd be willing to continue his work.

[Aridale]

I thought about makin somethin like this but more like an all integrated system with lvl editor and stuff included. Then you basically just add graphics and you can make CV games. Then include a player exe so you can use it to have "standalone" games without the editors and stuff. Ive thought alot about it but itd be a shitload of work

[Inccubus]

Well this engine is a damn good start for such a project. Even the early version I'm working with has all the basics finished it just needs some tweaking.

[TheouAegis]

She let me work on it a little last night, but I fell asleep so didn't get a whole lot done. But yeah, she told me I could work on it a bit as long as I don't ignore her. We argued over it, so she relented a teensy bit.