SB 50% Done! on 11.10.2009
By Stevie
Posted in Projects

I think I've done enough work to say that I'm finally half way done my huge game project Straight Bullyism! I've been working on SB for the last 2 weeks, after finishing CM #7, and I plan on working full speed on it for at least another 2 weeks before I get back into Coozy McMillan (which I have the next 3 scripts for).




I'm finally starting to feel pretty much at home in my new place (I'll get more recent pictures up), and doing Snubby Land as a full-time job is great. My only regret is that I was already working on a HUGE project (Straight Bullyism) when I moved out, so I have it hanging over my head and stressing me out until it's done, months from now, when it could either get really popular or be a huge waste of time.

I would much rather be making less ambitious games and releasing things more often. I could be making a new cartoon every week (or something like that) instead of doing this. However, I do not regret starting Coozy McMillan, I feel it's going to be a very good web comic over time, even though the first few suck.



Another stress I have is that even though the first half of developement is usually a lot easier than the second, that doesn't really apply to a huge project like this where at any time if the file gets too big and I can't work on it without mega lag I'm kind of screwed, or the sounds could become all glitchy because that's what happens with big Flash files. If I couldn't get the sounds work or Flash couldn't support the game anymore, that'll suck.

Yeah.

SB Smoke Animation on 10.29.2009
By Stevie
Posted in Animation

In the last few days I've been pulling some hardcore work sessions on Straight Bullyism, soon I'll be 50% done the game! I figured I'd post this smoke animation that I did late last night and early this morning over like 4 hours. I consider smoke/explosion effects to be one of my animation specialties, and just as of today I found out how to effectively loop FBF smoke effects, so I might post a tutorial on that some time. Also, I've had a lot more motivation for SB lately, and once I get the first level or two done I can post a video preview.

Last Comic for a While on 10.22.2009
By Stevie
Posted in Art

Okay so I finished The Denta Bone Corp. Contrivance (the 7th installment of the new Coozy McMillan web comic), below is the first frame, click here to read the whole thing. Please subscribe to the mailing list, I will need more than a few "readers'' before I can get sponsored.

I'm really going to try hard now to get lots of work done on Straight Bullyism, the fact that it's been taking so long to make has added a lot of stress to my life because I actually have to finish it.



Yup.

Coozy McMillan #6 on 10.15.2009
By Stevie
Posted in Art

Not much news, just finished the 6th installment (took me 16 and 1/4 hours, which is getting pretty quick) of my new webcomic Coozy McMillan, and I'm really happy with the result so I'm going to post the whole thing below, but from now on it'll only be a preview and you'll have to go to the site. You might ask, why don't I just put them on Snubby Land since it already gets hits. The answer: having it's own site helps a lot in getting it sponsored.

I'll try to get more work done on Straight Bullyism in the next few days, and then I'll probably start CM7 cuz it should be pretty good and helps carry the plot.

Yeah on 10.05.2009
By Stevie
Posted in Projects

Yeah so I'm still just working on Straight Bullyism, right now I'm animating some of the enemies. Now that I'm like half way through the game, I'm realizing how much I HAAAATE working on large projects, just because it's like... holy crap I've still got so much work to do, is this ever going to get done? Also to everybody else it seems like I'm not doing anything.

But yeah, just thought I'd give a little update. I'm going to start Coozy McMillan #6 soon, but any work I do on that is pretty much a waste of time since I should be doing SB, however I'm hoping after getting enough comics done I can get it sponsored by Keenspot.



Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.... back to work I guess. Still way better than school. If you're going to highschool, I feel sorry for you.