Taking the long weekend to make a quick game... something with flying squirrels, garden gnomes, and lasers.

Title screen drawn mainly with GIMP; gnome with MyPaint + GIMP

LOL this will be interesting. xD
Nice splashscreen. xD

Cool! Will you share this game here on GimpChat too?

@Mokonafan

Thanks!



I just shared the best part

I drew a very long forest background for practice, then realized it would make a nice scrolling background for a game. I'm actually pretty pleased with it.

I have three mobile games published, and a few Flash games, but this would be the first in which I used any digital painting. I wanted to capture a bit of the look of the Orisinal games, but do something totally ridiculous in terms of gameplay. I think laser-wielding garden gnomes fits nicely.

Heheh I love the concept Merrak - nice work

I want to make a game with digital painting but I haven't come up with a concept yet.

Thanks!



It's hard to think of something that uses just one. Something like a SCUMM-style adventure game would be an enormous undertaking... although you could make a good game with just one or two rooms if you're clever with the puzzles.

Laser Summer Day was just an excuse to add some action to a painting The gameplay length is of the duration of "Flappy Bird"... and as far as monetization of the app goes, I'm not expecting much retention.

I have another game under construction that's closer to Rogue/Diablo, but there's no opportunity for landscape painting because it's sprite and tile based.

I finished the game several days ago, but it always takes a while to get through the Apple review process. Here it is, though!

http://www.anorthogonaluniverse.com/lasersummerday/

Ry is the mascot for my blog, who now stars in his own game!

Looks cool. I like your Flying Wiener Dog concept.

LOL that's funny, those screenshots. xD
I don't have a smartphone so. :\

That's Neece! She belongs to my parents. She'll run to the door barking every time I knock on it, so one day I took a high speed camera and got a picture of her with all four feet off the ground. Hence, flying wiener dog!

http://merrak.deviantart.com/art/Flying ... -485301795

She has the goofiest face, too.




It's on Newgrounds, too. The last time I checked, someone was closing in on my all time high score of 2,350.

I'm thinking of doing a sequel with more unique game mechanics. This came out a bit too much like Flappy Bird. I'd like to have changing colors in the forest, too--a bit more variety. The game is only 5 MB without the Retina-scaled graphics, so there's plenty of room for more artwork.

I got a wopping...0! I keep dying, I'm such a noob. lol


edit: got 110 overall after dying about 20 times! xD

I thought about making a "challenge mode" that doubled the number of lasers.

I really need a more Disney-esque background, so that the juxtaposition of the imagery and foreground is better. Time to GIMP up some more Fordham Forest scenery!

I think cause it's made for a touch screen that's why I'm such a noob.
Funny concept though. xD

It's not any easier with your thumb covering part of the screen . The game is actually intended to last only a minute or so at most. I'm trying to build up a library of "minute games". The challenge is to keep app retention rate up on a game that's so short. The medal system is intended to discourage people from deleting the app off their phone--since they'd be throwing away something, even if intangible.

What an awesome concept merrak! I've always wanted to fight laser wielding gnomes!!!

Wiener Dogs crack me up.
I love those Wiener Dog Races too. Never a dull moment when there's a Wiener Dog about.

Thanks So far I seem to have gotten more hits on this game than any of the others put together.



There used to be a wiener dog race in Houston. Sometimes I miss having a dog, but during the school year I don't know if I'd be home enough for it to be happy.

Well... at least you gave the dogs happiness some consideration and that's a good thing.