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Albert Frankel
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I've been away from development for many years (most recent experience was with UE3) and I'm attempting to jump back in with a simple project to refresh my level design and writing abilities. I've never used GMS2 before, but it seems like the perfect fit for this concept. I'm not a programmer, but I'm fairly comfortable in visual editors (DnD/Kismet) What I'm hoping for is direction towards tutorials or any instructional resources that can help me breeze past the technical setup for my project and move on to level design. I've been through GMS2's built-in tutorials already.
The game is a grid-based, top down puzzler visually akin to Pokemon R/B. The interface requires two square viewports allowing navigation of separate but (nearly) identical levels, as well as a text box. The idea is that the player controls a character in one viewport, and another character in the second viewport responds with (nearly) identical controls. The challenge comes from learning where the controls differ. So for example, in one level, moving the player character up may actually cause the secondary character to move left. Or another room may have a different scattering of objects than the one the player character is in. The levels cannot be completed unless both characters exit simultaneously.
I need to have the ability to alternate the functionality of the viewports, so that text can be displayed in one or another if the story requires navigation of just one level. Really just interested in narrative and puzzle design, so the faster I can get the UI functionality set up the happier I'll be.
Sorry to say: I'm a writer first, so building this on my Mac.
The game is a grid-based, top down puzzler visually akin to Pokemon R/B. The interface requires two square viewports allowing navigation of separate but (nearly) identical levels, as well as a text box. The idea is that the player controls a character in one viewport, and another character in the second viewport responds with (nearly) identical controls. The challenge comes from learning where the controls differ. So for example, in one level, moving the player character up may actually cause the secondary character to move left. Or another room may have a different scattering of objects than the one the player character is in. The levels cannot be completed unless both characters exit simultaneously.
I need to have the ability to alternate the functionality of the viewports, so that text can be displayed in one or another if the story requires navigation of just one level. Really just interested in narrative and puzzle design, so the faster I can get the UI functionality set up the happier I'll be.
Sorry to say: I'm a writer first, so building this on my Mac.
