Comments - JCKane

93% Complete

Ok, it's me again. Honestly, been having a disappointing time with finishing JCat. From glitches, to can't figure out errors in how to fix things... Even having trouble with other people downloading the Beta for testing and what not.

So I'm going to be taking a break from the game. Due to not just because of being stuck and feels like it's going to take forever to get it done. So no this is not me giving up. This is me post poning the game to work on another one. Because honestly, that's the other reason. See, I want to make this my carreer, developing video games, and while once it starts, no I won't be abondoning projects like this. Just I need to get to a point where I'm living on game profits or at the very least have a job that doesn't stress me out like mine does. And hopefully less hours or what not.

I hope that doesn't make me sound stingy. Because I enjoy game development and it's not all about the money for me. Just I want to get to the point where I can just live on the income.

Thus, I'm working on another game I believe you guys (who actually read this) will also enjoy. It'll be for the Android and I'll be adding information about it on here shortly. Til then, this will be the last game update on here for a bit.

also, I have been thinking on postponing the PC release though also thinking on starting the game from scratch again, but mainly because I think it may fix some of the glitches and things. But that's then. For now, I'm planning to pick up where I left off.

Until next time.

93% Complete

Yes another percent. Honeslty not the final stage of the Final boss but I did knock off adding Saving. This was going to wait til later but I had decieded to go ahead and start the Beta testing. So my Beta Testers have been given their copies of the current Beta and hopefully I'll hear from them soon.

Aside from that, really I've been trying to get out of this slight rut I'm in. More just been wanting to relax. but really, only 7, count them 7! more things to do. So it's exciting.

However I've still been having a few problems. 1 of which is a minigame randomly started crashing the game when it gets past the '3,2,1 go' part. So yeah, I'll have to look into it more because I say random because litterally it just started having the problem as I had ran it before. and it's not giving an 'error in code' message, no, it flat out sends a 'game has crashed' message. Not sure why but I'll look into it. I do have a slight idea but we'll see.

Until then I'll be working on it later as I get up. Pending on when me and my friend start another project.

As for the 'release date' Again I'm still hoping for July 10th.. but it may go past sadly. But I can garuntee that the game will be out for PC this year. (Well, however I figure out how to sell it. Because who knows how long Steam will take to Greenlight it :P )

But that's it for this update. Til next time.

92% Complete

Yep, one more percent closer to completion. You may notice the time difference... 6 days. But honestly that's because I've been slightly messing with Music for the game plus ways to start my company. All works in progress sad to say.

Aside from that, I'm working tonight (as of this post) the next stage of the final boss. So that should be fun. I'm more just looking at it as yeah, evil 6 full shift days in a row :'(

So, I'll keep you guys posted (again to whomever actually reads these).

Yes, this is the actual size of the game window.. But no worries, you should be able to maximize if if you desire.

You can also play this level in the Demo, as it's the very first level of the Game.

Here you can see, Ninja Cat ordering the Mega Spiked Ball Basher to attack JCat

Interestingly, Enough, this is what the final level will look like :P

91% Complete.

Hey everyone... Figured I'd give you guys an update. For those of you actually reading these.. Yay I got fans :). But yeah I know what I said last and I honestly did believe about those glitches. Well, turns out I was wrong. To an extent. Yes I still think there's possible that there are, but for now I'm going to more work on the parts that aren't glitched up. (like one of the minigames has a fatal error when I try to play it.)

However, I've managed to make alot of progress, Yes only 2% from last, but I've just about to 3% as the final boss battle thing I'm doing.. yeah it's SOOO close as everything's thus far is working. However, I have one slight problem I need to fix and then it'll add one more % to my total :)

As for the releash date.. honeslty I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it. I'm still shooting for it.. Even started working on my game on days I work (as in that time period after I get off work but before I go to bed.) So that's promising.

Seriously, of the 9 things left to do... there's really only 3 of them I fully see being super fancy I have to do... well yes and no, but can't get into specifics :P

Anyways, Aside from that, I've also been working on Ways to have it be released. I'm looking into Steam ofcourse, also PS4, but I want to start my company, which I've been trying to do that on a day off or something.

I'm also working with trying to get Beta testers, but for now I want to keep it for people I actually know in real life. It's my first game after all

So for now, that's what's been going on. I should have atleast (hopefully) 2% more in about a week. Hopefully more. But we'll have to wait and see, because My job is still so stressful.

But until then.

???% complete.

If you're confused, first let me say :O you actually read this?! Wow I'm speechless. Second, I'll explain.

See, after numerous glitches and problems I'm thinking of redoing the entire game... well, not all the way as I'm still using the same sprites, layouts ect, just I'm going to start the program itself from scratch. Why? Because I'm convinced now more than ever that something messed up in the source code of the project file when I transferred it from GM 8.1 to GMS. Thus I'm sure that the only way to fix it.. is to restart.

Thus, I don't know the completion and quiet frankly I'm thinking of working on another quicker game so I can hopefully get it up quicker and not to sound stingy, but make a profit and hopefully make enough to quit my job or atleast not have to fully rely on it. Because honestly it's taking alot of my time, including just the stress issues.

So that's what I'm hoping for. Plus I want something releashed this year, and I have a feeling the restart will cause the game to delay even longer :'(. So we'll see.

Until then.

89% Complete

OK, so first of all I'd like to make note the release date that I set for the game. It's now July 10th. This date could be pushed back if I manage to complete it on time but I'm pressing for this date because I want the game to be released before I turn 26.

With that, I have finished the Walk through walls Equip item and that's a relief. Next, I believe I'll either work on fixing the final boss fight or work on the title and loading screen's art. But here's hoping I can get these done soon as I'll admit other projects keep popping up their head and stress of my job can really get to me. So here's hoping. After all I have 3 months to finish the game. Completely do-able. So until next update.

87% complete

That's right... no more 'til completion'. I redid my list to add everything I needed to do for that game, interesting enough it came out to 100 things, but now I have an actual percentage. I was close to the 90%.

Anyways, I found out the problem to why GameMaker wasn't reading the gamefile. Turns out, Google Drive turned all the .gmx files to HTML files. I had to turn them all back manually. On top of that, my computer has had a right click problem that started again which finally went away and I was able to fix the HTML things.

So I can say that I'll be working on my game on my days off. Probably only do one thing on it too because honestly, my job can be a bit stressfull. Not to mention all these other projects I'm trying to finish. So yeah. However, I can still hope with only like 13 things left to do, shouldn't take to long.

I still need a way to make music for the game. I have most of the songs, just not sure how to turn them into musical form. Anyone that can help please let me know.

74% til Completion.

You know that honestly sounds like I've only got 26% of the game done, but what I meant was that I made a new list on things that needed to be done and that's the % of how much of that list is complete. But over all I'd estimate about 90%.

Now, sadly, no more competed on the game but I do have some good news to share, after some sad news about the failure to launch in 2015. So first of all I have my new computer, not the exact one I wanted but most things are as good or better. Also I now have the 'Android Phone' mod for GameMaker which means that shortly after I release the game for PC, I'll have it released for Android phone. :)

Now I have been running into a few issues, currently trying to get Gamemaker to see the gamefile I downloaded from my Drive to my computer, but so far it's not working. I have a request sent in so just have to wait for that to come back.

Aside from that, as long as it comes back within a week or two, I can predict that the game will be finished and available early 2016, or within the next 2 months.

Here's hoping for it. Also if anyone knows how to create a song (as I've got some but not sure how to convert it to actual music) please let me know.

74% til completion.

Yeah yeah, the same thing. But honestly I've run into so many snags it's annoying.

First of all a small recap I have moved out and I've been waiting to get my new desktop computer to continue working on the game.

Yes my laptop works just fine and I did attempt to work on it but the glitches I've run in to has honestly been making problems.

What I mean by glitches is that the game itself is having certain problems with the program that it only does sometimes and/or it didn't do before. Like a menu glitch.

My best guess is that it's simply my laptop is not powerful enough to handle it which is why to prevent more problems to 'fix' the glitches when there's nothing I can technically do. Thus I am waiting until I get my better Desktop.. which as of right now I'm working on trying to find one that will work.

I'm still pushing for a 2015 release other than that I don't know when it will be finished.

74% til completion.

You know that sounds like I have that much until the game's done... but I just mean that's the amount of what I have left to do... Anyways, Ok, progress has not worked at all. I have other projects I'm working on which has kept me from working on it. But with me probably moving ASAP I'll be waiting til then to continue working on it.

Just to many issues and such and I apologies.

74%

Ok sorry for not updating in awhile but I haven't abandoned the game Just I keep on running into problems and I've had alot of other things to do. I even starting to work at Wal-mart tomorrow so there will be that too.

As for the release date I do not believe I'll make it for it. I mean if I really don't have to big of problems and sit down and work on just it alone and nothing else.. I could have it finished in a week. But I'm not sure when that will be happening. So just bare with me a bit longer. And I promise the next game won't have so many of these problems... I hope :)

Actually I had to adjust this boss battle as it was to 'annoyingly' hard. I added more trees so it's not just an open area.

74% til Completion.

Ok no change in % but I have made progress. Just well I almost had one done but ran into a few snags. Some don't make since but still working it. May need to transfer it to Game Maker Studio for them to work cuz could be the problem.

Besides that steady progress so hopefully I have more to say later.

74% til Completion.

So, things are going good. I'm down to 3 categories of things I need to do. Well technically 4, but still. I currently only have the final boss battle to finish, credits, and finishing touches. I've ran into a few problems, like the Walk through walls not working right. See I have it in the coding that if the customization is no active, to stop like usual. Thus if it's active it should go through the wall. It's working but the wall is refusing to let it pass through it. It is further confusing because if I remove the code completely. (as in no code) it will allow JCat to move through it. Thus I'm hoping after transfering it to Game Maker Studio I can have the problem solved.

Besides that, net at home is currently off so I do not know when the next update will be. But stay tuned.

61% Til completion.

You know I think that it almost sounds like I have 61% left to go. Anyways, you see that? A 20% Jump in completion. This was all due to staying up one night and working on it. I have 2 of the 3 minigames finished. Hadn't been sure which ones to use for the 3 since one of my original ones didn't want to behave properly. Anyways, I also have the prices for the Custom Items so expect another 15% increase here soon.

On another note turns out I have to readjust/redo how I had the 'skipping bonus levels that's not inserted into the game'. It's annoying yes but has to be done. After that's done I need to program in the Equip items into the game. Once that done there will be only 25% left to go. Most of it is just finishing touches, including the Credits, dealing with any adjustments needed to be made when I transfer the program to Game Maker Studio (been doing it with Game Maker 8.1 because the load time for a game was way to slow for me. Unless it was primarily my old laptop.)

So yes, the game is getting closer and closer. June's still the release date but with the progress I should have it finished by next month. Of course, still need to make sure I have room for post testing adjustments, and finding out how to copy-write it and get it to where I can sell it. The goal is to sell it for $1. So we'll see how that goes.

41% til Completion

So progress is continuing. Had some medical problems and other projects. But the Release date is still possible. Got more things done and going to get more done tonight. Lots of the things I can get down in one sitting, so things are going good. Still not sure about what to do with Music as of right now.

More progress to come.

35% til Completion

Progress report time. Things were going a bit slow thanks to Dealing with Christmas presents, loss of my job, and trying to relax from these stress symptoms. Not really related to development of the game.

Besides that I've made some nice progress. Would of been a bit more but I'm honestly not sure how to get people to Score mode test my game. Which is keeping me from a good chunk of programing to wrap up things like the Customization items. Actually after a quick check, 1/3 of the items left to do require me to determine the prices. So fun stuff.

In the mean time I've worked on things including getting the Score to cash good to go, the extra lives, and other things. I attempted one of the minigames, but due to a problem with the sprite flickering while jumping, I'm putting it on hold til I transfer the program to Game Maker Studio. (Yes I've been working on it in GameMaker 8.1 but it's mainly because the run mode is takes way to long to do it.)

So that's about it this update. Til next time.

26% Til Completion

The menu layouts and sprites for the Custom menus are all set. Just need to program them. However I can't do this til I know the price. So my next goal is to program in all the scores you get in the game as I had neglected to do that on certain things, Boss Battles for example. Once those are programmed in I'm going to get add a special test and get some people to Score mode test it. I'll use said test to help me determine the prices for the custom items.

20% til Completion.

This would be hire had I not added more items to the list. Regardless completion is coming along as I'm currently working on the sprites for the Customization menus. I'm holding off slightly on fully programing them in til I've reached the point where I've decided on prices. This will help in the C/Ping of similar code (all Bonus levels code are similar.)

I will say getting some of the newer games have made a difference in my time working on the game. Not to mention work, which usually tires me out and I crave to do something fun. (like play a game or watch TV.) Not that this isn't fun. But require's a bit more stamina than the other things.

14% til Completion

I'll explain why the drastic change in percentage in a moment. But let me bring you guys up to speed. So I managed to get staples to get the data off... Wait, no that's not what happened. I paid them the money, they couldn't get ahold of me, thus they only ripped the useless C Drive. and took my $100+ Thus I now have a $100+ 64GB Flashdrive. Yay me. Now I couldn't figure out what to do as Staples said they couldn't get it off. So my only other option would be to fix it, and at this point I don't feel like doing it. So I've decided to just take my last backup and go from there. Yes this means having to do some things I already had done, but it's not as bad as I thought.

That brings me to the above percentage. See my completion list is also trapped on my laptop, I think, so I've made a new list, but it only consists of the things I have left to do.

As for the release date. I've made up my mind that I want to get it done and ready for release in June 2015. I'll check the 'releash date' to see if I can add like a time period and not a set date as I do not know. I'll get back to you then.

94% Complete

Ok I was just reReading through these and it seem crazy how long this project has been. I think it's been over a year (or really close). Anyways I've finally decided that I'm just going to get Staples to get the data off, which I had been looking all this time for an alternative option to keep myself from paying the Staples price. So with my bill finally fully paid off (including my laptop from Rent One) I've decided I will get the data off with my next check (two weeks from this post).

Once it is, I'm going to continue work on the game. Starting with getting the Customization menu finished. The Final boss battle done, and any other small things. Though honestly, I'm still thinking of just cutting my losses and just continuing anyways. Granted I still want the data off my laptop.

Wait a minute. Honestly why didn't I think of this before. There are things I could be working on. Including Prices, Ratio determination, and other things. (Well maybe not Prices as I'd really need to play through the game to really figure those out.)

So Good I have something to work on as I wait. To bad I can't actually increase the percentage because that list is also trapped on my old laptop.

So til then. And once agian hopefully I won't have so many problems getting a game out.

Oh one last thing. I still need to find out how to fully copyright and such of my game, as well as how to actually get it ready to sell. I'll check around this site but if you have a way please let me know.

94% Complete

Sorry, this is only another update on how things are going. Not much more progress has been made on the game due to still waiting to have the money to get the data off my old laptop.

As for the Wii U version (which wouldn't need to wait on the old laptop data) will be placed on hold. This is due to not having the money to purchase the Development kits used to make the games. Plus, my current laptop does not have the ability to use them, or the other programs they have to use for it. So it will be placed on hold.

So development will continue with just the PC version for now. As for time wise, I should be able to have it before this years over. Otherwise I don't know what else to say. If we get to next year and I still don't have the data, I will just cut my losses and redo what I had done. I'm only waiting because I know I've made some smaller changes that I can't remember what they were, or how I did them. Please bear with me and hopefully any future games I develop won't have these problems.

94% Complete

Felt I need to get an update progress, seeing how I have some fun news. But yes, my data's still trapped on my old laptop, so I'll have to gget Staples to get if off. Which won't be for another month or so (due to funds going towards something else at the moment.)

Besides that, I'm excited to say, this game might get a Wii U version. I'm waiting for Nintendo to call me within the next few days. So I'll keep you posted.

94% Complete

Ok, I'm going to go ahead and say what's been going on.

For starters, I've got a job so that does take some of my time. But my Laptop Charger died... and though I have a new laptop... a good percent of the 'extra' stuff is on it still... So I'm waiting to get the stuff off it.

So yeah. Also, have been having some problems, including knee trouble, headache, and dizziness.

Ok, I've gotten a job so that's why progress has not been going as fast as I'd like.

94% complete.

Ok, Well GREAT news. While true the game hasn't had much more progress. But I FINALLY got Game Maker Studio Professional Edition. So, that's the next step. Also I found I'm going to need to make some adjustments due to the transition. Though it'll take a bit due to how slow the program is on my laptop. So be looking for more progress updates.

94% Complete.

Ok, I'm extremely annoyed right now. because I got the cash card from Wal-mart, and it still was being declined.

I checked the support and what do you know... it said "Purchases aren't aloud from this country." I'm from USA... can someone tell me how I can buy Game Maker Professional edition... Because I'm getting really really frustrated from this.