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  3. Posted

    You know it's a nice gif, when you can't look at it without thinking about potential sound effects! Also, that looks kind of like the world's worst Shoryuken! (as in how effective it would be, probably gives your opponent the invincibility frames).

     

    ps. I really hope you're able to find/make/include the freestyle sax solo.

  4. Posted

    All the interactions and gameplay will probably be working in some form in about 3 days, then rest of the jam is about adding sound, more graphics and random tuning and fixing. Here's some more gifs.

     

    Hacker's different levels of alertness (you can see the player getting hit in the radar!):

    bitsHackerActions.gif

     

    Storage area's light puzzling:

    bitsStorage.gif

     

    Transitioning to next scene:

    bitsGlitch2.gif

  7. Posted

    Although this looks a bit like somekind of an action platformer, it's more like a simple adventure game where you try to find a way to progress into the next area. There probably will be no fail state / dying, maybe somekind of grading in the end.

     

    I now have constructed early versions of all the scenes in Photoshop. Next I will start building the areas in Gamemaker and see if I want/need to make some changes to the progression of the game.

    ps: I love that Bogost in the Shell's acronym is BITS!

     

    BITS_sceneProgression.png

  8. Posted

    Thank you! My ancient computer crashed in a scary way today, I hope it doesn't completely die on me during the jam (my personal cyberpunk motto seems to be 'Low Tech, Low Life')

    Anyhow, here's rough wip versions of the first three scenes (there will be 5 in total, I already scrapped one). In the next post I will write more about the gameplay and progression.

     

    BitS_areaWips.png

  9. Posted

    Jam end edit: Game is here now: https://atteo.itch.io/bogost

     

    Bogost in the Shell


    I started thinking about a potential cyberpunk game a couple of weeks ago, and while I didn't do any concrete development pre-jam (well, I did do some small audio experimentations), I now have a pretty clear and complete picture in my head what kind of a game I want to do.

     

    MegaCorp Global Dynamics is about to activate their newest product, huge mech codenamed BigGod. BigGod is clearly fundamentally dangerous to the notion of culture, so you as the expert hacker Major Bogost, must shut it down before it's too late. Ghost hacking straight into the BigGod's brain is not possible, instead you must travel through several host bodies to reach your goal.

     

    Here's a concept image (I had some appropriate graphics to use as a placeholder)

    BitSconcept1.png


    There were two Bogosts in the first Wizard Jam, fierydrake's BitS had a really nice look! https://itch.io/jam/wizard-jam/rate/24532

    I have always been a big fan of this title - I made this silly mashup last year.

     

     

  12. Posted

    If you want to reach beyond the episode titles or need more inspiration for jamming, here's a list of random game ideas and jokes that I've found (by looking through the youtube annotations of every episode and copying time stamps that sounded interesting). If you find or have something in mind that is not in here, please post your findings in this thread so I can update the list.

     

    Idle Thumbs 287 - The Fun Cast
    27:17 — Battlefield 1 - Watch out for the Hanna-Barbera sound effects mod

    Idle Thumbs 286 - I Can't Do It, Gilgamesh
    1:03:48 — Reader Mail - Nintendo Theme Parks - We have some ideas, mostly involving Waluigi

    Idle Thumbs 259 - Breckon's Similar Sausage Face
    11:58 — Dark Souls III - A 3D platformer that Chris just made up

    Idle Thumbs 250 - A Palpable Dream
    35:18 — Surprise Games - Like when you play snake and then there’s a scary face
    35:45 — Salacious Crumb - He can feel love

    Idle Thumbs 247 - The Clone Progenitors
    10:41 — Mario Game Jam - Just take Mario and put him in every game

    Idle Thumbs 246 - Mesmerized, Process, and Anxiety
    12:33 — Rylo Ken - He’s the palette swap Mortal Kombat Ninja of Kylo Ren

    Idle Thumbs 235 - Plaited Haircut of the Whale
    39:22 — Cyberwarfare - Some games should model that

    Idle Thumbs 223 - Troll Clone Today
    47:58 — Troll Clones - A recurring segment and an Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode

    Idle Thumbs 220 - Life Finds a Way
    11:49 — Terry Gilliam’s Evo - There’s fresnel lenses everywhere

    Idle Thumbs 216 - Super Hypercast
    44:25 — Nintendo - Coming out with that new Yoshi game on Twine

    Idle Thumbs 215 - Flirtation & Procreation
    44:44 — Theoretical New York Anno Game - That Chris and Nick dream up in this segment

    Idle Thumbs 211 - Spector's Oil
    14:27 — Random Multiplayer Modifiers - Maybe you break your leg jumping too high

    Idle Thumbs 207 - Bublé Bloodborne Bloodbeef
    49:11 — Post-Apocalyptic Games - It’s possible to make one with no humans, like Tokyo Jungle

    Idle Thumbs 195 - Business Guys On Planes
    1:09:47 — Randomized Storytelling - One player in 1,000 gets told “Fuck You”

    Idle Thumbs 189 - Serious Ma'am
    15:32 — Serious Ma’am - With Ms. Pac-Man

    Idle Thumbs 185 - Beppo's Hole
    54:13 — Unity Asset Jam - The Iron Chef of game jams

    Idle Thumbs 182 - I Am Suspicious of Myself
    1:28:02 — Super Briefly - Coming soon from Idle Thumbs Games
    1:42:21 — Games Discussed - Time-Honored Roo

    Idle Thumbs 180 - Wars & Pieces
    35:13 — Danielle’s LAX Nightmare - A weird tower defense game

    Idle Thumbs 177 - The Good Ones
    37:14 — Donkey Kong Doom - Donkey Kong open the Ridonkulous Rift to Hell

    Idle Thumbs 168 - I Like the Hair
    1:08:20 — The Bungling Empire - That’s not in my almanac

    Idle Thumbs 167 - And That's Why Skeletons Fart That Way
    1:56:12 — J Allard’s Dreamscape - A Google Glass inside an Oculus Rift

    Idle Thumbs 159 - Wilson's Ghoulish Countenance
    02:23 — Home Improvement - An ancient evil (Wilson) awakens
    1:28:02 — I'm Horse - Wake up, Sheeple!

    Idle Thumbs 158 - P is For Podcast
    32:36 — Year of Luigi - For Steam and Xbox 360 // Chris' Waluigi game

    Idle Thumbs 157 - Molymoto
    22:08 — Groundhog Day 3 - Opens on a leather-bound tome

    Idle Thumbs 153 - Blondie, Freckles, and Glasses
    1:18:53 — Overlapping Universes - It's more effective with a light touch
    1:22:39 — Crossover Fiction - Don't waste time tying things together for it's own sake

    Idle Thumbs 148 - The Octopus in My Mind
    39:03 — Precocious Attorney - A visual novel featuring Jake and his faces and his mustaches

    Idle Thumbs 136 - No Man's Guy
    21:49 — No Man's Sky - You're Norman Sky, no man's guy
    1:11:45 — Reader Mail - J Allard - The Legend of Allard

    Idle Thumbs 135 - That's My Goof
    58:30 — That's My Goof! - On the Wings Network

    Idle Thumbs 133 - Johann's Baton
    45:25 — Thanks 4 Obama - The conclusion to the Obama Quadrilogy
    1:08:24 — Outro - Dash Rendar, Slash Wizard

    Idle Thumbs 125 - Eyes of the G-Man
    08:39 — Year of Luigi - Satyr Luigi will appear if you leave your door open on Seder

    Idle Thumbs 124 - Blockbuster Black Case
    13:22 — The Walking Dead - "That's The Stuff!" Build

    Idle Thumbs 122 - Mario's Picnic
    26:47 — Mario - A tale of ruined picnics, eternally retold

    Idle Thumbs 115 - Robot News
    1:00:58 — Ghost: Gone Home - DLC for the movie Ghost

    Idle Thumbs 113 - Shoot That Pizza
    43:05 — Canada Rising - Culminating in New Canada (aka Space)

    Idle Thumbs 102 - Standing on the Shoulders of Babies
    1:03:28 — Gone Home - If you are an orc then Hans Zimmer music plays

    Idle Thumbs 98 - Happy Dishonored Return of Nick Breckon
    1:19:52 — Zuma - Stay tuned for Z-Uma

    Idle Thumbs 95 - H.D. Cool Spot
    1:15:11 — Journey 2: Burrito Supreme - Starring Cool Spot

    Idle Thumbs 92 - The Mind-Tech Contingency
    1:40:19 — Return of Gordon/Ganon - Double Dribble

    Idle Thumbs 78 - The Ruinationcast
    16:34 — 11: Game Jam Themes - @igndotcom maybe?
    23:08 — 16: Waluigi - Game pitches from Idle Thumbs
    1:09:37 — 40: A nonviolent Systems Game - Chris would enjoy it
    1:55:42 — 80: The Idle Thumbs Board Game - Idlehandler, maybe
    3:13:50 — 130: Unexplored Gaming Experiences - Sean sill wants to experience specific moments in history

    Idle Thumbs 71 - Nothing's as Good as Ya Eat 'Em
    1:05:23 — That's the Stuff! - Jake collects bananas in Gone Home

    Idle Thumbs 68 - That's the Stuff
    14:42 — That's The Stuff! - Collecting bananas in The Walking Dead

    Idle Thumbs 67 - Dot Gobbler
    17:52 — Dot Gobbler - One fat kid's horrible Halloween

    Idle Thumbs 65 - Dance of the Treasure Goblin
    44:04 — Jaw's Checkin' In - That is a contraction and not a possessive
    47:43 — Max Payne 3 - Treasure Goblin DLC
    1:15:53 — Baboo Kazoo - By PodCap games

    Idle Thumbs - GDC '11: Games Kasavin
    31:32 — Mario - It's a gritty reboot

    Idle Thumbs 62 - The Silken Goku
    27:14 — High School Baby - No available on UMD
    29:23 — Look Who's Talking Now - Featuring Sean Vanaman being pushed down a flight of stairs
    46:51 — StarCraft II - WebMD: Reckoning

    Idle Thumbs 61 - Diplomatic Pouch
    47:07 — Jurassic Park - With the in-game arcade game Back into Samuel L. Jackson's Arm
    1:02:52 — Samuel L. Jackson's Cyborg Arm - Cutting up raptors left and right

    Idle Thumbs 60 - Nasty/Good/Badass
    41:40 — Snaps n' Claps - Origins
    43:03 — Rayman: Origins - Lieutenant Rayman Canon's dark past
    1:24:34 — Back Into Samuel L. Jackson's Arm - On XBLIG
    1:39:49 — Outro - Rayman: Rise of the Apollo Quadrant

    Idle Thumbs 59 - Rolling With the Pope
    31:35 — Max Ides - Origins

    Idle Thumbs 58 - A Castro Situation
    08:37 — The Legend of Zelda - Navi makes the baboo and an MPEG appears

    Idle Thumbs 56 - Shoveling Your Hat and Crow
    32:41 — Oops! All Bullet Time - The Thumbs lazyweb a sweet multiplayer game
    1:30:02 — Ides of April - This is not the origin of Max Ides

    Idle Thumbs 53 - "Your Buddy, Space Marine" or "The Capper"
    36:32 — Boost Bindburn - Either Chris or a Suda51 character

    Idle Thumbs 51 - THE GREAT GATLING-GUNSBY
    02:57 — Match-3 Massager - Steve's new game

    Idle Thumbs 49 - Bargo Busters
    1:29:43 — Outro - Ed Wynn's The Legend of Zeldoo

    Idle Thumbs 48 - In Space
    14:19 — Demon's Souls - The Japanese Far Cry 2

    Idle Thumbs 45 - Episode Forty-Five
    13:34 — Pumping the Stone - Probably a weird King's Quest game

    Idle Thumbs 44 - Salacious Thumb
    13:14 — Halo 3: ODST - Solving mysteries as Salacious Crumb PI

    Idle Thumbs 38 - Up On This Boss
    53:56 — Waluigi - His hypothetical game that features strings or something

    Idle Thumbs 37 - You Gotta Have Spice
    1:07:27 — Reader Mail - The Wizard - He has a drinking game now

    Idle Thumbs 33 - "The Kane of Lynch" or "This Crazy Robot" or "Rock the Mouse"
    31:42 — Will Wright's Call of Juarez - Which game is it!? (Rated RP)
    1:33:58 — WizaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAaAAArd!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Sorcery

    Idle Thumbs 32 - The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
    00:39 — Intro - Super Casts 'n' Blasts

    Idle Thumbs 29 - Dreaming of Gillen
    11:12 — Game Objectives - Explaining them to parents

    Idle Thumbs 28 - Other People Get It
    1:03:58 — Traveling Through Time - To find the parts to build your time machine

    Idle Thumbs 26 - Raising the 'Bargo
    53:32 — Reader Mail - Shadow of the Colossus - Streets of LA

    Idle Thumbs 24 - Shadow and Colossus: Back in Action
    01:30 — Shadow and Colossus: Back in Action - "IIIII geeeeet resuuuuults!"
    26:25 — Farts Cry - In-stinks

    Idle Thumbs - GDC 09 - A Fish Called Xtreme
    32:45 — SSX Kane - Upgrade Rosebud with some sweet bling

    Idle Thumbs 23 - At the Mountains of Money
    27:03 — Old Man Clancy's H.A.W. - It's airplanes for folks that don't know what airplanes is

    Idle Thumbs 22 - Put On the Top Ghost
    28:33 — Cheats - Jake uses his Game Genie to wallhack a hole to China

    Idle Thumbs 21 - The Hypersonic Effect
    15:53 — Jurassic Park: Total War - Hold On to Your Butts
    41:17 — Turrets - You are the Turret King

    Idle Thumbs - With Joe Pesci
    11:51 — Left 4 Dead Too - Starring Joe Pesci

    Idle Thumbs 14 - Interface with the Animus
    16:38 — Old Cartoon Style Game - Playing GTA while driving past the same three buildings
    22:53 — Old Cartoon Style Game - Someone make it
    1:29:11 — Outro - Contextual real-time walkthrough system

     

  16. Posted

    Let's settle the jam #brand. I'm happy with both keeping the Winter name and renaming. This is not a serious dilemma but hey I like to overthink stuff sometimes. Here's my musings at the moment:

     

    1. Winter Wizard Jam (2016)
    + Is already established. Sounds catchy. Has kind of a real world analogy with Olympics/Winter Olympics.
    - Would have to make clear that 'winter' is not the theme (anymore).

     

    2. Dishonored Wizard Jam (2016)
    + Good way of describing a second, alternative version using a well known Idle Thumbs joke.
    -  New, long name, does not sound very catchy.

     

    3. Wizard Jam 4 (Unifying the naming with the spring jam)
    + Clear, traditional way of naming a thing.
    - Doesn't indicate that there is some differences between the jams.

     

    4. [Theme] Wizard Jam (e.g. Winter Wizard Jam, Cyber Wizard Jam, Space Wizard Jam)
    + Prefix tells this is a spinoff jam.
    - Could be confusing especially after a few years.

  19. Posted

    When this current/upcoming jam has its own subforum I'll make a thread for the "(Game) Ideas from the Episodes" list - where people can easily find ideas and share if they've found new ones.

     

    Idle Thumbs game ideas from the podcast


    SSX Kane

    Idle Thumbs - GDC 09 - A Fish Called Xtreme

    32:45 — SSX Kane - Upgrade Rosebud with some sweet bling


    Building your time machine

    Idle Thumbs 28 - Other People Get It

    1:03:58 — Traveling Through Time - To find the parts to build your time machine


    Waluigi game

    Idle Thumbs 38 - Up On This Boss

    53:56 — Waluigi - His hypothetical game that features strings or something

    Idle Thumbs 78 - The Ruinationcast

    23:08 — 16: Waluigi - Game pitches from Idle Thumbs

    Idle Thumbs 158 - P is For Podcast

    32:36 — Year of Luigi - For Steam and Xbox 360


    Salacious Crumb PI

    Idle Thumbs 44 - Salacious Thumb

    13:14 — Halo 3: ODST - Solving mysteries as Salacious Crumb PI


    Pumping the Stone

    Idle Thumbs 45 - Episode Forty-Five

    13:34 — Pumping the Stone - Probably a weird King's Quest game


    The Legend of Zeldoo

    Idle Thumbs 49 - Bargo Busters

    1:29:43 — Outro - Ed Wynn's The Legend of Zeldoo


    Match-3 Massager

    Idle Thumbs 51 - THE GREAT GATLING-GUNSBY

    02:57 — Match-3 Massager - Steve's new game


    Multiplayer Bullet Time

    Idle Thumbs 56 - Shoveling Your Hat and Crow

    32:41 — Oops! All Bullet Time - The Thumbs lazyweb a sweet multiplayer game


    Video Tutorial Navi

    Idle Thumbs 58 - A Castro Situation

    08:37 — The Legend of Zelda - Navi makes the baboo and an MPEG appears


    Gritty Rayman

    Idle Thumbs 60 - Nasty/Good/Badass

    43:03 — Rayman: Origins - Lieutenant Rayman Canon's dark past

    1:39:49 — Outro - Rayman: Rise of the Apollo Quadrant


    Samuel L. Jackson's Arm

    Idle Thumbs 60 - Nasty/Good/Badass

    1:24:34 — Back Into Samuel L. Jackson's Arm - On XBLIG

    Idle Thumbs 61 - Diplomatic Pouch

    47:07 — Jurassic Park - With the in-game arcade game Back into Samuel L. Jackson's Arm

    1:02:52 — Samuel L. Jackson's Cyborg Arm - Cutting up raptors left and right

    Treasure Goblin DLC

    Idle Thumbs 65 - Dance of the Treasure Goblin

    47:43 — Max Payne 3 - Treasure Goblin DLC


    That's the Stuff!

    Idle Thumbs 68 - That's the Stuff

    14:42 — That's The Stuff! - Collecting bananas in The Walking Dead

    Idle Thumbs 71 - Nothing's as Good as Ya Eat 'Em

    1:05:23 — That's the Stuff! - Jake collects bananas in Gone Home

    Idle Thumbs 124 - Blockbuster Black Case

    13:22 — The Walking Dead - "That's The Stuff!" Build


    Idlehandler

    Idle Thumbs 78 - The Ruinationcast

    1:55:42 — 80: The Idle Thumbs Board Game - Idlehandler, maybe


    Return of Gordon

    Idle Thumbs 92 - The Mind-Tech Contingency

    1:40:19 — Return of Gordon/Ganon - Double Dribble


    Journey 2: Burrito Supreme

    Idle Thumbs 95 - H.D. Cool Spot

    1:15:11 — Journey 2: Burrito Supreme - Starring Cool Spot


    Z-Uma

    Idle Thumbs 98 - Happy Dishonored Return of Nick Breckon

    1:19:52 — Zuma - Stay tuned for Z-Uma


    Gone Home iPhone App

    Idle Thumbs 102 - Standing on the Shoulders of Babies

    1:03:28 — Gone Home - If you are an orc then Hans Zimmer music plays


    Canada Rising

    Idle Thumbs 113 - Shoot That Pizza

    43:05 — Canada Rising - Culminating in New Canada (aka Space)


    Mario - A tale of ruined picnics

    Idle Thumbs 122 - Mario's Picnic

    26:47 — Mario - A tale of ruined picnics, eternally retold


    Satyr Luigi

    Idle Thumbs 125 - Eyes of the G-Man

    08:39 — Year of Luigi - Satyr Luigi will appear if you leave your door open on Seder


    Slash Wizard

    Idle Thumbs 133 - Johann's Baton

    1:08:24 — Outro - Dash Rendar, Slash Wizard


    Precocious Attorney

    Idle Thumbs 148 - The Octopus in My Mind

    39:03 — Precocious Attorney - A visual novel featuring Jake and his faces and his mustaches




    I'm Horse / Wake up, Sheeple!

    Idle Thumbs 159 - Wilson's Ghoulish Countenance

    1:28:02 — I'm Horse - Wake up, Sheeple!


    LAX tower defense

    Idle Thumbs 180 - Wars & Pieces

    35:13 — Danielle’s LAX Nightmare - A weird tower defense game


    Super Briefly

    Idle Thumbs 182 - I Am Suspicious of Myself

    1:28:02 — Super Briefly - Coming soon from Idle Thumbs Games

    1:42:21 — Games Discussed - Time-Honored Roo


    Unity Asset Jam

    Idle Thumbs 185 - Beppo's Hole

    54:13 — Unity Asset Jam - The Iron Chef of game jams


    Randomized Storytelling

    Idle Thumbs 195 - Business Guys On Planes

    1:09:47 — Randomized Storytelling - One player in 1,000 gets told “Fuck You”


    Post-apocalypse with no humans

    Idle Thumbs 207 - Bublé Bloodborne Bloodbeef

    49:11 — Post-Apocalyptic Games - It’s possible to make one with no humans, like Tokyo Jungle


    Random Multiplayer Modifiers

    Idle Thumbs 211 - Spector's Oil

    14:27 — Random Multiplayer Modifiers - Maybe you break your leg jumping too high


    Yoshi game on Twine

    Idle Thumbs 216 - Super Hypercast

    44:25 — Nintendo - Coming out with that new Yoshi game on Twine


    Terry Gilliam’s Evo

    Idle Thumbs 220 - Life Finds a Way

    11:49 — Terry Gilliam’s Evo - There’s fresnel lenses everywhere


    Cyberwarfare

    Idle Thumbs 235 - Plaited Haircut of the Whale

    39:22 — Cyberwarfare - Some games should model that


    Mario in every game

    Idle Thumbs 247 - The Clone Progenitors

    10:41 — Mario Game Jam - Just take Mario and put him in every game


    Surprise Jabba Game (feat. Salacious Crumb)

    Idle Thumbs 250 - A Palpable Dream

    35:18 — Surprise Games - Like when you play snake and then there’s a scary face


    Mortar & Pestle

    Idle Thumbs 259 - Breckon's Similar Sausage Face

    11:58 — Dark Souls III - A 3D platformer that Chris just made up

  20. Posted



    There's a good interview with Messhof on RPS regarding why they wanted to make a sequel. Multiple weapon types is probably the biggest change/addition gameplaywise.

    "Kristy and I have been playing the game quite a bit since it was released, and it’s hard not to see little things that could be changed or added. I started keeping a list, and eventually it became pretty long. I started seeing ideas connect to each other and it felt like a sequel would make sense. I also wanted to tweak a few things with the original moveset, and it felt wrong to rewrite history for a game that so many people still play. Better to make it its own thing."

  23. Posted

    I really enjoyed this! It's frustrating (but understandable) that it can't be openly available anymore but at least the developer is handling the situation well. Edited from the dev blog:
     

    ... Eventually, I learned to program in C#. Now I'm making a living as a professional programmer thanks to what I learned developing a fan game. Technically speaking, I'm satisfied.

    ... I added new contents, trying to be respectful about the established lore. Demo after demo people liked the game. Then the game was out, and for a brief time, players enjoyed the game they were expecting for a long time. Artistically speaking, I'm satisfied.

    Please, don't hate Nintendo for all of this. It's their legal obligation to protect their IP. Instead of sending hate mail, get the original M2 from the eShop. Show them that 2D adventure platformers are still a thing people want.


    Of course with all the modernization, while improving many things, the remake loses some of the original's magic. And that reminded me of this very personal and thorough Metroid 2 blog post on Gamasutra: A Maze of Murderscapes: Metroid II
     

    Metroid II elicits moods that share a kinship with games like Silent Hill, King’s Field and Yume Nikki.  Lonely games for lonely, sensitive people wherein one explores a tangentially connected series of dreamy hellscapes. The oneiric aspects of these three games are accentuated by the restricted, deliberate movements of their protagonists, as if everything were submerged in the syrupy nightmare fuel of the subconscious.