So Chris these are the 2 guys from your sketches that I think fit well. I especially dig the humanoid character. Maybe you could refine these guys some more?

So my friend Chris has been modeling some vents for the game... Check'em out here:

http://idiotronbiz01.blogspot.com/

My Submission is done!!

Here's my submission to the Game Jam People's Choice Awards... Its still pretty buggy... but it is a game now :) Damn I'm tired... Vote for my game at crispygamer.com....pleeeeaaaase

Vote Here: http://www.wildpockets.com/lostsoul

Story Development

I am have been trying to come up with a master character for Limbo. The first levels will be training like levels. The master will instruct you in the art of ghost catching. I made these concept ideas for his master. I like "A", "C", and "F". I think I like "F" the best. Which one do you guys like?

New Controls

So I have updated the controls... And changed the cage. I think it should be a lot easier to use now. Comments welcome...Please :)

W,A,S,D, and arrow keys to walk
Space to jump
Left click to shoot cage, then middle mouse to lock cage around the ghost. If you want the cage to disappear middle mouse again.
"Portal" button drops portal object, when you push the trapped ghost on top.. it will disappear.
"Totem" switches to shooting totems that freeze (scare) ghost.
Um that's it for now... Next some ui stuff (...boring)

I have been working on some basic controls for the past few days. Play around with it... Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Controls:

W,A,S,D to walk
space to jump
right click to orbit camera
left click to throw cage at ghosts
(the first cage will automatically close, you can throw more but they must be closed by pressing "c"... Once the first cage disappears the next one will close automatically...I will fix this.

You can switch between throwing cages and throwing totems(which currently do nothing).

You can also drop a "portal object which also currently does nothing.

The cubes with green arrows are vent objects I am working on, they are supposed to blow the avatar upward.

(previous version updates to above post)

Here's the fear totem illustrated below:

Making a slight deviation in the original game concept for now... I like the idea of the main character being a graffiti artist, I just cant think of good game play concepts for this at the moment. We came up with these ghost characters att the game jam...So to get something to go along with what we started at the game jam I am implementing the below concepts:


Fear Totem: Dropped to scare ghosts, and corral them to portal.

Ghost trap: Once thrown can be locked enclosing ghost inside... then pushed over portal.




Vents: Even though he has wings, Limbo cant fly. You must earn points to get farther jumps and eventually fully fly.

There will also be a portal object not pictured here.

So I survived the Bay Area Game Jam... This is what our team submitted, It's not exactly a game but it the beginnings of one. Thanks to all my team mates and new friends: Charles Brandt, Vance Wallace, Latha Krishnaswamy

Try it out:

Instructions:

Use the arrow keys to walk around the town.
Left click to shoot Graffiti.
Use the right mouse button and the scroll wheel to adjust the camera.

(Disabled Temporarily)

Animation Test

This Engine is really cool and easy to use... Here's my animation test of my character in the engine.

Instructions:
(1)Right click to enable
(2) use arrow keys to navigate

Dope!!

Character Animation

Just busted out 2 animations tonight. Too bad you cant set these videos to loop.. An idle and a walk cycle. I am really gonna have to hustle to get these things ready for the Game Jam this weekend. I will test these in the engine tomorrow...Hopefully they will work.

Enemies

Of course we will need enemies. Mugzilla, is an example of a main opponent that you race against in the level... Bloody Knuckles is an example a sort of lesser enemy type.

Supporting characters

I have come up with these two supporting characters... who are mainly friends of Limbo, I still need to develop story and game play for them... but I am pretty happy with these concepts I finished tonight... of how they will look.

Limbo

I have decided for this first project to base the game around a character that I created previously. The character's name is Limbo, as you can see he is both angelic and demonic, hence the name. I actually am not dead set on the name limbo and may still change his name... He is a grafitti artist and the gameplay will revolve around tagging different walls within the level. I am also thinking that the player will be able to earn both good and evil points affecting the powers they develop. I want the world to be dark, urban, and gritty, but also somewhat whimsical.

Game time

I have decided to create a game.... Never really much been into blogging, but I figure this is a good way to track progress of the project. I will be posting concept work and art work in progress soon.


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