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Post by spacedwarfindustries on Jul 1, 2016 14:44:54 GMT
The whole prospit/derse thing has so much storytelling potential, too. It sounds pretty awesome.
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Post by Arashi500 on Jul 1, 2016 15:44:54 GMT
Version A feels more 'organic' to me, while Version B feels more 'gamey' to me. Go with whichever you feel fits your storytelling style better. Alright, thanks! Do you think it would be better to keep it consistent, or would you not be bothered by different panels formatting it differently in context? |
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mobius trip and hadron kaleido garbage
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Post by FuzzyWish on Jul 1, 2016 17:29:03 GMT
The whole prospit/derse thing has so much storytelling potential, too. It sounds pretty awesome. Never forget the days when I wrote Songtrapped. Goodbye space cowboy. FUN FACT: I might revamp Songtrapped actually? reboot reboot |
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Post by BookwyrmBOTPH on Jul 1, 2016 18:15:47 GMT
As for art programs to use, I use Paintberri, which is an awesome site I've run several of my panels through, has both a binary brush and non-binaries. It acts like Sai and FireAlpaca, and if you hover over the color triangle it reads 'THE DOOM TRIANGLE'. I also recommend FireAlpaca (it's free and is basically Sai!) and the ever-loved MS Paint. Does anyone actually know how to make a Flash animation? It's a pain for me to make one, I've never learned the system or found a step-by-step guide, and I really want to make a Flash for a few major scenes to come in gybR. If not, I can always use Scratch to quickly code an animation together and pull it just fine (with some faults at least, but that's normal for something like that). For my first flash, I mostly just experimented, found a couple of basic tutorials on how to use the interface, and ripped apart the .fla files for Homestuck animations. I'll link the stuff I used for you here. homestucktranslationcentral.wikia.com/wiki/Flash_Fileswww.youtube.com/watch?v=vil5t3Uk-us&list=PL8B4121B65D543067&index=1 |
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Post by Neptz on Jul 1, 2016 18:48:21 GMT
Version A feels more 'organic' to me, while Version B feels more 'gamey' to me. Go with whichever you feel fits your storytelling style better. Alright, thanks! Do you think it would be better to keep it consistent, or would you not be bothered by different panels formatting it differently in context? I don't really mind (mostly because I don't read Rootborn, lol) but to those who read it, keeping it consistent would be better, simply because it's neater and nicer, and everyone appreciates neater and nicer things. |
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Post by Zerio on Jul 1, 2016 19:17:34 GMT
As for art programs to use, I use Paintberri, which is an awesome site I've run several of my panels through, has both a binary brush and non-binaries. It acts like Sai and FireAlpaca, and if you hover over the color triangle it reads 'THE DOOM TRIANGLE'. I also recommend FireAlpaca (it's free and is basically Sai!) and the ever-loved MS Paint. Does anyone actually know how to make a Flash animation? It's a pain for me to make one, I've never learned the system or found a step-by-step guide, and I really want to make a Flash for a few major scenes to come in gybR. If not, I can always use Scratch to quickly code an animation together and pull it just fine (with some faults at least, but that's normal for something like that). For my first flash, I mostly just experimented, found a couple of basic tutorials on how to use the interface, and ripped apart the .fla files for Homestuck animations. I'll link the stuff I used for you here. homestucktranslationcentral.wikia.com/wiki/Flash_Fileswww.youtube.com/watch?v=vil5t3Uk-us&list=PL8B4121B65D543067&index=1Oh wow, I didn't even know the .fla files themselves were available for download. This will be incredibly useful; thanks for linking! |
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Post by Sharkalien on Jul 1, 2016 20:14:51 GMT
What website do you guys use to host your images? I myself use Imgur, which apparently is pronounced as "imager" and not "im-grr"
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ominousscientist
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Post by ominousscientist on Jul 1, 2016 22:07:19 GMT
I host mine on photobucket, which is pretty reliable until it has maintenance, then all your images pooooof until it gets back
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quixoticTokki
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Post by quixoticTokki on Jul 1, 2016 22:12:23 GMT
I've been using Photobucket for years and never had any problems with it. Even though there's a space limit I've yet to even break 10% in all the time I've had my account.
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Post by Neptz on Jul 1, 2016 22:20:05 GMT
I utilize imgur, which people seem to not use frequently anymore. Hm.
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Post by Zerio on Jul 1, 2016 22:26:41 GMT
I also use Imgur for pretty much everything; it's just so user-friendly.
Though on this subject, I remember a concern on the old forums about the possibility of Imgur deleting fanventure images. I don't think it's very likely to happen, but I still think it's best to keep backups just in case. I keep specific folders on my computer containing adventure images ordered by page number and divided by Act/Chapter, so if it ever did happen, they'd all be easily accessible from the same general area.
Edit: Forgot to mention, Dropbox is where I host flashes. Or Youtube, in the early days of Sweet Hella Quest before I started with "actual" flashes.
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Post by Sharkalien on Jul 1, 2016 22:29:01 GMT
But why would they ever delete them?
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Post by Zerio on Jul 1, 2016 22:37:28 GMT
I think it had something to do with the terms of use going against "using Imgur to host personal galleries" or something like that. I can't remember the specifics; I think it was discussed near the end of the old mirror site thread, if you want to try checking in the forum archives.
But fanventures should be fine regarding that rule, now that I think about it. Since they're more public comics than private galleries. But again, I don't remember the exact wording. It's still a good idea to keep backups, though, just in case.
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Post by hargleblargleboo on Jul 2, 2016 3:16:52 GMT
I dunno... I use anything except Imageshack. That's for sure...
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Post by Arashi500 on Jul 2, 2016 3:19:46 GMT
Photobucket is my image hosting site of choice. The amount of storage combined with the nice UI puts it head and shoulders above any other I've tried to use.
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ilikeswordz
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Post by ilikeswordz on Jul 2, 2016 8:24:24 GMT
I personally use Dropbox as my preferred host since all I have to do is save an image into the Dropbox file on my laptop and poof it's ready to be linked. It also updates automatically whenever I save a change to an image in case I make a mistake. I might have to put more effort into making sure that I type the link in correctly (the whole dl.dropboxusercontent thing) but it saves me time later.
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Post by Sharkalien on Jul 3, 2016 12:05:52 GMT
For all you writers out there, here's a list of archaic and interesting words I've compiled over the past few years, if you're interested Some of them [like "Ps (p's and q's)"] may not make any sense since they're from the Oxford dictionary that came with my old Macbook, and it auto suggests words/metaphors/etc. based off of those, so sorry about that. Words with a number after them usually indicates the which connotation from the dictionary it means, so again, sorry? And (2) means it's a repeated word but one to especially remember So yeah, almost 300 pages of sweet verbose goodness |
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Post by Arashi500 on Jul 3, 2016 14:26:38 GMT
I personally use Dropbox as my preferred host since all I have to do is save an image into the Dropbox file on my laptop and poof it's ready to be linked. It also updates automatically whenever I save a change to an image in case I make a mistake. I might have to put more effort into making sure that I type the link in correctly (the whole dl.dropboxusercontent thing) but it saves me time later. Dropbox is very nice, except for that data limit. Too small for my uses, .gifs eat it up like candy. |
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Post by continuityofficer on Jul 6, 2016 10:50:13 GMT
Here's a question, since this threadfs been pretty dead, and its my favourite:
What do you think is the most importarnt part of an adventure?
Characters?
Humour?
Mechanic?
Art?
World?
etc
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Post by Arashi500 on Jul 6, 2016 11:11:36 GMT
Here's a question, since this threadfs been pretty dead, and its my favourite: What do you think is the most importarnt part of an adventure? Characters? Humour? Mechanic? Art? World? etc Hmmm, that's a toughie. I'm tempted to say it depends on the style of the adventure, but since that's kind of a cop out, I guess the World? The decision on whether to continue reading or not often seems to come before too many characters can be introduced (without starting with an onslaught of characters). So since you don't get a ton of time to get attached to characters by that point, and I'd say the same goes for Mechanics to a degree, I'm not sure I'd say they're the most important. Humour and Art aren't entirely necessary either, considering text adventures and more strictly dramatic ones. So the World or setting grabbing the reader early on can be incredibly important for getting them interested in exploring said World through the characters. |
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Post by continuityofficer on Jul 6, 2016 13:52:40 GMT
Here's a question, since this threadfs been pretty dead, and its my favourite: What do you think is the most importarnt part of an adventure? Characters? Humour? Mechanic? Art? World? etc Hmmm, that's a toughie. I'm tempted to say it depends on the style of the adventure, but since that's kind of a cop out, I guess the World? The decision on whether to continue reading or not often seems to come before too many characters can be introduced (without starting with an onslaught of characters). So since you don't get a ton of time to get attached to characters by that point, and I'd say the same goes for Mechanics to a degree, I'm not sure I'd say they're the most important. Humour and Art aren't entirely necessary either, considering text adventures and more strictly dramatic ones. So the World or setting grabbing the reader early on can be incredibly important for getting them interested in exploring said World through the characters. There is definatly arguments to be made that one of the biggest advantages of this forum format is that it has a good ability to explore a world (and also mechanics I guess). Since its reader controlled, it makes the world a focus since players explore it themselves and control world building pace. Plus, the problem making format of being a forum adventure creator forces you to have all the things in the world extremely well defined, or atleast have the natural ability to easily define them, since players can explore them at will. |
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Post by The One Guy on Jul 6, 2016 17:53:50 GMT
Well, it does depend on the adventure in question, but usually the most important thing to me is plot. You can have interesting characters in an interesting world with great art and humor and fun mechanics, but if they're just messing around doing nothing of note (though a certain amount of this is acceptable when setting the scene), or they do start a story but it's poorly done or unoriginal, I lose interest after a while. That said, the interactive nature of forum adventures allows for more sandbox-like or puzzle based styles, but they still at the very least need something for the readers to strive to accomplish.
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Post by Sharkalien on Jul 7, 2016 0:43:27 GMT
Remember back in the beginning of the thread I said I didn't care how good the writing or story was if the art looked like garbage? Well, I still mean that, but that only applies to adventures that earnestly attempt to make something look good. Adventures like ARTSTUCK and canwc have proven to be exceptions to this standard of mine. They're both funny, witty (yes, canwc is witty), extremely good at conveying their characters' voices, and have this intriguing and mysterious plot line. And you know what, I think it takes real skill to make something that looks shitty into something that's actually pretty good. They know how to work with their limited style and they do it well |
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Post by continuityofficer on Jul 7, 2016 1:16:18 GMT
Remember back in the beginning of the thread I said I didn't care how good the writing or story was if the art looked like garbage? Well, I still mean that, but that only applies to adventures that earnestly attempt to make something look good. Adventures like ARTSTUCK and canwc have proven to be exceptions to this standard of mine. They're both funny, witty (yes, canwc is witty), extremely good at conveying their characters' voices, and have this intriguing and mysterious plot line. And you know what, I think it takes real skill to make something that looks shitty into something that's actually pretty good. They know how to work with their limited style and they do it well Plus, like, when CANWC wants to look good, it looks very good (even if not very MSPA like) |
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Post by continuityofficer on Jul 7, 2016 11:33:29 GMT
For the sake of continuing this gravy train of screen to screen conversation:
What do you guys think of battle systems?
I've seen a few, what do you thnk has worked, what do you think hasn't, how do you like them best?
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