Another Beta

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Update: Hammer on this a bit, guys, I want to make sure it’s bug free enough to upload to fancypantsadventures.com.

Beta Clicky!

One more beta before I update the full Sneak Peek online. Sorry I’ve been so quiet over here, I’ve been working like crazy on World 3, and know everyone wants it to actually come out, so there’s a good deal of work left to do. Some things are turning out different, since it’s just me making the game instead of Over the Top and I, I might highlight some of those changes in a video soon.

This build should fix a good many bugs, if you don’t see ‘Behind the Curtain’ on top of the door in Squiggleville, you might need to clear your browser cache.

Check out the Underground Lake for some changes that I’ve been making to swimming, I was finally able to have a bit of fun and work on a few new little touches.

Looks like I broke a few things, whoops! Going to go through the bugs in a minute, but first, let me highlight a few changes:

– New ledge down animation to go better with the duck animation (after pressing down and usually seeing the head go down so quickly, my eyes expected quicker downwards movement when pressing down near a ledge)
– Swim flip!!!
– Bubbles!
– New splash effects!
– Splashes are now caused by either entering or exiting the water, instead of by the changing states. Much more natural.
– I changed the color of the water to go with the tub’s water, since I made the splashes for that, but I can’t get the backgrounds to look right, they actually are the same color as the foreground)
– Rolling swim state, can roll into water from the ground or from a jump, I believe baddies actually do the same thing when they’re stunned…
– Yet another handful of ground collision bug fixes
– Combat fixes for the shell
– Can climb up ink again (can’t remember why I keep breaking that then fixing it again, there’s probably a reason, oh well)
– Oh, right, a HUGE fix that I’m proud of is the zooming. I’ve been avoiding zooming because of how bad the backgrounds behaved before, but I think it’s finally looking good enough. In the Sneak Peek, the King and the Scientist will be zoomed in on, but it’s mostly for the cinematic parts of World 3 that aren’t in the Sneak Peek.
– Took out the ability to kill background scrolling. People just thought it was a bug, anyway. Will have to have more quality options for older computers.

Looks like I broke the cannons and combat effects, hmm. Should be fixed soon.

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77 Comments

  1. Gump

    I am glad to hear you are still working on world 3 and I am looking forward to it. I played the Beta and I found that neither the baddie room or ninja room cannons were working. I don’t know if anyone else has this problem or if it is just me.

  5. offtopic

    *Looks at giant diving board,bluer water and teh BUBBLEZ* I’m satisfied.
    btw I have the same problem as Gump and my sound effects are also gone(Jumping,stopmping and pencil sounds).

  12. davismouse

    BRAD’S BACK!!! I’m glad angry pants didn’t do too much damage.
    The spider has a slightly different animation when you kill it. 😀
    I liked the old water color better, but I love the bubbles and spashes. 🙂
    @brad: when are you going to put new baddies in the beta?
    Mushy platform don’t work. 🙁

  16. applewarrior

    Brad: thank u so much for making it so u can actually go back up the inky slope at the underground lake…it helps!!! & i LOVE the bubbles coming from behind FPM when he swims that is so cool!!!! 😀

  17. Auad

    Woaah!! It’s super cool!!!! 😀 I have the impression that FPM is even faster when swimming!! (is it just my computer?)
    Congrats, Brad! you made some REALLY amazing work there!! XD
    I love it! 😀
    @Infrared, now that you mentioned it, there were more trees in the background, right? (lots of trees)

  18. Auad

    btw, I can’t play FPA1 or FPA2 on any site!!!
    FPM don’t obey my commands!!
    can someone help me???!!!
    (about the trees: then i was just wrong, sry) 😀

  21. Auad

    COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLL!!!!!!!! Now you hit a baddie with the pencil and appears the damage that you cause!!!
    (and the cannons are now fixed) 😀 😀 😀

  22. offtopic

    *Sees Brad actually active and responding to comments at light speed*
    I’m even MORE satisfied!
    EDIT: btw Brad,how abou some 3DS game reviews from fairly or you? I’m getting one in a couple of months and ive drawn up a list of 20 games and need to know which ones are actually worth $40. IGN and Gamespot almost always contradict each other in their reviews.(Asphalt 3D got 3/10 on IGN and 6/10 on Gamespot)

  23. offtopic

    @ICARAX: I know,they used to be awesome but they’ve stopped lately and so i’m asking for a revival either by her or Brad.
    EDIT: We also need some updates on Fraser’s Ride and the new unique engine game Brad mentioned in his Q&A session.

  24. Pencilmaster

    Brad mentioned this in his post: In the Sneak Peek, the King and the Scientist will be zoomed in on

    Lol there is no king in the sneak peek, just the mayor. FAILURE. :mrgreen:

    @Brad: When will you insert something new on “Behind the curtain”? We are BORED….. 🙁

    Mr. Green and Mr. Red Moment!
    ____________________________________________________________________
    Pencilmaster: What do you think of the updated Underground Lake?
    Mr. Green: I like it, it feels now more realistic, I love the new color. BLUE IS THE BEST!
    Mr. Red: I thought for you green is the best?
    Mr. Green: Yeah, I even like green to.
    Applewarrior: Can you say my name now?
    ICARAX: DONT ASK HIM THAT!!!!!!
    Mr. Red: Yes, of course, Appleassassin!
    Applewarrior: THIS IS WAR!
    *TV Blurs, then turns black. White text appears, saying: Please stay, we are just encountering some technical problems!*

    Sponsored by the Mayor of Squiggleville and Science Kid Science Box!

  25. Brad

    @offtopic: Can’t wait to get back to FR once W3 is out. It’s in a much better state than y’all have seen. It’s a stunningly gorgeous game.

    I also have an idea for a game that I’ve been sitting on forever that I hope I really can’t wait until I can start working on. Going to be amazing. But, first W3!

    @Pencilmaster: Once the engine is solid and I can push the beta out, I have something fun ready 😉

  26. offtopic

    @Brad:Just knocked Asphalt off the list. Currently,it looks like this:
    1) LEGO Pirates of the Carribean:The Video Game
    2) Super Mario 3D Land(TBR)
    3) Dream Trigger 3D
    4) Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
    5) Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright(TBR)
    6) Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon:Shadow Wars
    7) The Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time 3D(TBR)

    8) Cave Story 3D(TBR)
    9) Ridge Racer 3D
    10) Dragon Ball 3DS(TBR)
    11) Kid Icarus:Uprising 3D
    12) Sonic Generations(TBR)
    13) Paper Mario 3D(TBR)
    14) Pilotwings Resort 3DS
    15) Resident Evil:Mercenaries 3D
    16) Super Pokemon Rumble(TBR)
    17) Starfox 64 3D(TBR)
    18) Luigi’s Mansion 3D(TBR)
    19) Cubic Ninja
    20) Shinobi 3D(TBR)
    21) Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games(TBR)
    22) LEGO Star Wars 3:The Clone Wars

  27. KCYF

    You know what Brad? In the tunnel which leads out to the purple platforms, that is the tunnel to the right of the Scientist Room, there is this glitch where you can run on the ceiling. Other than that, everything looks fine to me. So there you go Brad! Hope to see more updates soon and good luck on W3.

  28. offtopic

    @Brad: OF COURSE!!!*SLAPS FOREHEAD*HOW COULD I FORGET MARIO KART AND REVELATIONS?!!i’LL ADD THEM IMMEDIATELY!!
    btw I just put the list in any random order. Mario is waaaaaaaaay ahead of any LEGO game.

  29. Infrared

    @Brad: Thanks. I figured that it had something to do with the VCam because it didn’t zoom in on the Mayor, but I wasn’t sure.

    Oh, and also, will you be able to use the pencil underwater once you unlock it (like spinning it like a propeller behind you to speed up)? Because I just noticed that hitting “a” does nothing in the underground lake room…

  31. wingdemon

    @Brad, what do you think of MMORPG’s, i’ve played WoW but personally don’t like it, Runescape is by far the best free MMORPG, (unless you count League of Legends as an rpg then its definitely better, though its more of an rts/rpg mix)my favorite s’far has been Guild Wars, that game was amazing, i can’t really get back into it though because i forgot my password, and to get a new password email’d you have to know one of your in-game characters name which i have sadly forgotten. if you saw the Gamescon Footage, Guild Wars 2 looks amazing, I’m going to HAVE TO buy that game, i mean, its at the edge of an industrial era, and 1/3 of its underwater, think steampunk + dragons. Rift was also pretty cool.

    If your more into FPS’s, Battelfield 3 is going to be badass, modern warfare is cool, i admit, but after i saw the battlefield stuff. well nuff said.

    On the Wii, Twilight Princess was good, but didn;t live up to the Zelda standard, (the one made by the 64 games that were gorgeous) i mean OTT is my favorite game, ever. hand down. hopefully skyward sword can raise teh bar of what zelda games are becoming.The Wii U is also fascinating, i have to buy it jsut to see the feel of it, looks incredible.

    The kinect is a die hard FAIL, im going to forget it ever happened and move on to Halo 4 which looks spectacular (like all halo games) the aesthetics of it, (i mean Halo 2 had a 160 pg script :P) I’m a Halo fanboy, so lets see where343 takes the series. I mean the Halo Universe is huge, lots of stuff too do.

    oh yes, and Skyrim. Skyrim will be epic, i haven’t play Oblivion, but Morrowind was amazing. fantastic. everything in one. it wasn’t a good game, it was an EPIC game.

    Oh, and Minecraft Update 1.8 <3 nuff said.

    i am waiting for the Pax footage. Pax will be EPIC.

    oh and how are Chuck and Norris doing?

  32. offtopic

    OMGWTF!! I just visited this site a minute ago and all I got was a page full of gibberish. Brad,were you updating it or something?
    btw WordPress 3.2.1 is OUT,you’re currently using 2.8.4

  33. Pencilmaster

    Yay, Brad is responding now more often!
    @Brad: Do you have an Idea when you are finished with World 3? And will the baddie room even come in the finished World 3? Sort of a Tutorial for when you get the Pencil? Oh yeah, and D still doesnt work for Pencil!

  34. powerkid360

    @Brad: I’m going to be learning about Flash Game design in the upcoming school year. Could you post a few tips about making games? PLEASE?

    P.S.: You should look at the header. Broken again!

  36. smileylover

    Haha I have returned! You probably all thought I died. (I didn’t, by the way, just my computer… bleah). Anyway, awesome build! I like the bubbles 😀

  40. Joel Huff

    brad:yeah world 1 was probably so much less complex’d to find glitches in than world 3… its probably good you take a longer time to make your games than all the other flash game makers because you can find all the bugs and make your games perfect.

    btw i like the new comment layout!

    wait brad what is your email??

  41. wingdemon

    @Brad, i completely forgot about Torchlight! i have that, but i have yet to play it … heh.

    Your a Nintendo guy? awesome. Nintendo is easily the greatest video game company. ever. but they’ve been off lately with some of they’re games. (Zelda Twilight Princes, Kirby Epic Yarn etc.)

    Skyword Sword looks amazing (like i said) and the Mario Galaxy series was really fun (i’ve only played the first though, don’t know how it is when played on the back of Yoshi :P)

    and of course, Halo 1 was amazing, i haven;t really gotten into Halo 3 yet because i can’t get past the level floodgate … (i started out on Heroic)

    staying away from MMO’s? really brad? well it does seem logical … but meh, i love ’em.

  45. Atilioo

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    WINDOWS WIN !

    Good bye Steve Jobs :P.

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  48. Atilioo

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