{Game Release} Blox, Official Demo

It's finally here, the demo you've all been waiting for! With 5 levels, 60 fps mobility, and colorful 2D graphics. Introducing....

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Bugs:

1.  Sometimes the ball gets stuck going in a certain direction and you can't stop it. This can happen going from the bar to the wall or between walls/blocks. If from the wall to the bar is the case just let the ball die or try to manipulate it (it is possible almost every time). If it gets really bad you can reset the ball by pressing “Enter”, this will act as if you died only you don't lose a life but you do lose the 100 points.

Programs and Tools Used:

• GameMaker 8.0, 8.1 - Putting the game together, minor graphics
• GIMP - All major graphics, images for the manual
• Sony Acid (Free Version) - Sounds
• Goldwave - Volume adjustment, sound editing/mixing, format conversion.
• Word Pad - To make a check list
• Opened Office Writer /Opened Office Draw - Making the Manual
• Calculator - Coordinates, any math needed
• Sketch Book - Concept work
• Markers - Concept Work
• Internet -  References/ Tutorials.
• Snipper Tool - Graphic help, screen-shots
• Mp3 Compressor - Compress music size

Special Thanks:

1. W.Card - Bug Fixes, advice, overall help.
2. K. McKlutz - Grammar Checking
3. Eric Skiff - Music

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Comments welcomed!

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I hope you enjoy my game!

~ God Bless ~

~ Firefly

Blox Demo Release Date

Well, haven't said much here but my game blox has a demo! I will be releasing it this Sunday, the 28th, of 2015. I hope you all enjoy it, see you then!

~ God Bless ~


~Firefly

Few drawings...again!

I haven't had a whole lot of inspiration, and also been working on my game so it's been hard to really draw and do that but I have gotten a few little things drawn so....here it goes....Enjoy!

This is ink and watercolor pencils along with normal watercolor, it's on 90lb mixed media paper and there was no previous sketch....the real practice here was to draw something without a sketch. - This actually took like 2 or 3 hours..something like that.

This  drawing is  done in soft pastel and prismacolor colored pencils. I also used erasers a lot to erase smudging and making highlights and stuff; this did have a previous sketch. I'm pretty happy how it turned out. This is also on my mixed media paper. I used cotton swabs, and a colorless blender pencil to blend, and of course nothing like old fashioned finger blending.

This here was done on watercolor paper. I did a small thumbnail sketch first so I'd know what I'm doing...or at least a basic idea. I haven't drawn a character in a long time so it was actually a little difficult to do. I sketched with a normal pencil, inked with an ultra fine point sharpie and a 01 Sakura Pigma, after coloring I went over lines with the fine point sharpie and a thicker point sharpie. I colored using Fine Touch watercolor pencils and Niji watercolor paints. I also used two Faber-Castell watercolor pencils. - And a white pen for highlights.

May God Bless You, Your Family, Friend; Along With The Health Of Yourself, Family, Friends, And All Who Know You. ~ Amen

~ Firefly

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Few Tutorials and Challenges!

Over the last week I followed a few tutorials and did a few "challenges".
I hope somebody likes them!
Enjoy!

1. The Lighting Challenge

I have done this challenge before a few years ago, and described my process but this time was a little different. This time I also used a different media for each angle.

2. Following Tutorials By Mark Crilley.

I first followed his current (as of May 30th) tutorial on How to Draw Baymax From Big Hero 6 (Must see that movie else you're not living life right!). After that one I followed How to Draw a Mouth/Lips Front View. Lastly I followed How to Draw a Mouth/Lips 3/4th View. I showed him (via internet of course!) and he said they were beautiful! I feel cool enough to do this.

I used 2 different HB #2 pencils (one was cheaper so it was more scratchy and made darker marks), a black prismacolor (must stay true to Crilley tradition!), cotton swabs for blending, kneadable eraser for normal erasing as well as highlights, and I broke my own tradition of NEVER using a ruler (because I in all honesty hate them) and followed the tutorial even down to using one. Which it worked out good but I still hate rulers.....I'll get over that....Eventually...Yeah..

I also hardly ever use grayscale, I do ink drawings but that's black and white. So since I don't do any of these things I'm pretty proud of my results!

3. "Right Hand Challenge" (For me it's the Left Hand Challenge!)

The challenge is originally called right hand challenge because most people are right-handed but because I am in the same category as Einstein I am left handed. ( I kid about being Einstein but he was left handed)

The point of this challenge is you draw a picture with your "favorite hand" and then try and draw it again with your "dumb hand" (the one you don't use as much). I drew something I know good, a sunflower. This actually got me feeling physically sick going against my body's natural rhythm. But I managed to finish it! - I think considering I'm not ambidextrous at all this came out pretty well.


Just a normal pencil.

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May God Bless You, Your Family, Friend; Along With The Health Of Yourself, Family, Friends, And All Who Know You. ~ Amen

~ Firefly

Useful Links:

Would You Like To See More Of My Drawings? Click here.
Would You Like To Read My Blog Posts? Take A Look At The Official Blog Archive.

Have A Question?

Ask The Firefly!