Xbox and Thunders

Hey, almost a month with no posting, sorry for that ;{}
I am really busy with school and extra curricular activities, so i don't have much time to spent in the blog ;p. But i got some news! New xbox! \O/ Wohooo! \O/ Now i can play videogames again :D
Gamescore reduced to zero again, but this isnt a big problem to me :l
My gamertag is Jakerpot360, add me! :D

Well, now lets tell you a history... It's named

Xbox and Thunders.

I entered the shop with just ine thing in mind. Buy a xbox 360 console. So i did, after all the burocracy, i got my new videogame! It was sunday, i played a lot. But one thing wasn't wright; Too Human, the game that came togheter with the console, wasn't working...
Ok, this wasnt the biggest problem, what happened in Monday... I dont like talking about this, but...
Ok, i was playing normally, When the sky start falling in form of rain. I didn't saw it, well, i wasn't worried about that. But then, the fatefull hour came. BOOOOOM! was everything i heard and then PZZZZZ! My xbox shut down, so did my PC.
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My Xbox wasn't fully broken, it turned on, but the light just keeped flashing as when you press the eject button. The thunder f*&^#$ my network card and my xbox.
OK! My xbox was in guarantee and a new network card was really cheap, so i'm back for business! ^^
This weekend i will buy Mirrors Edge, and get 1000 gamerscore with it! \O/
Don't forget to coment and add my gamertag to yours friends list in Xbox live.
Thank you ;)

Without My Xbox

OMFG! MY XBOX BROKE DOWN! AAAAAAAHHHH shit. Man that sucks, i don't have Microsoft guarantee (because mine isn't from the oficial xbox kit) and it doesn't have fix. OHHHHHH DAMN! Sorry for that, but just wondering that i can't play Halo 3, Gears of War, Mirrors Edge and all those fantastic games anymore... man, life is hard... if life is hard for me, who have enough money (after spenting a lot of time without wasting money, of course) to bought a new Xbox, imagine for this poor kids that don't have enough to eat. THIS my friend sucks. Backing in the subject: Wich game is better in your oppinion:

*Gears
*Mirrors Edge
*Halo 3
*Guitar Hero (series)
*Fallout 3
or
*Unreal Tournament 3?

i'm a huge fan of shooters, but Guitar Hero also made my mind after beating the second in expert. Evaluating: Gameplay in Xbox 360, Graphics (Guitar Hero would lose in this case, but remember that this game is focused in fun and gameplay), fun and audio.
I vote in Guitar Hero. Who would you choose?

Creation of a Background - Part 1

I always thought that see how people do the things it's pretty interesting and inspiring, so i will create the Creation of a Background Series, when i show the progress of my game's backgrounds, from the black outlines to the final art. Let's start with my basement bg:

My Flickr Album

This is the link to my Flickr album. There are 60 images with all the progress detailed. Maybe i will put them in a GIF animation in the future.
Hope you like it! The next one will be my side corridor screen, which is a lot nicer that this one!

OBS: They are a little disorganized, but try to see them from number 1 to 60.

Updates on my game!

Here we go! I don`t post anything here for some time because i was working on my game. i`m putting much effort in it now. You know when you open AGS and see the first room of your game and then you think: "Man. I got too much of this. I dont have motivation to continue it." yeah, the problem that affects 100% of game makers. When they give you some feedback, then the thing change, you can think: "Hey! Somebody is interested in my game! He counts on me, i need to finish that! I don`t worked that much to reach a day where i say that is enough! Is just enough when we add the special bonus on the double DVD deluxe edition of our game!". When i don't have motivation, i take a rest. Yes. I forget it. The blue cup down there on my desktop bar is there just for fun. My mind stay away from AGS for 1 or 2 weeks and then i come back full of ideas.

When you got an idea, this motivates you. Make you think: "This will add much more content to my game, wich will turn into a interesting and fascinating game, so i should work more on it!" and then you put a sign labeled "DONT DISTURB" on your door and start improving your game.
Making a long game is dificult, especialy if you are making it alone.

OK, now i will post there an image of my games menu. I improved it by adding a sign to substitute the menu buttons (gui). I added some shades too and improved the mansion. It looks a lot nicer than the last one, take a look:

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/menu2.png

What do you think? Please comment and rate it!

Top Softwares for game makers

Hi everyone, here is a list of softwares to you that want to make your own game:
Note: Some of the sites are in portuguese, but just click on the green arrow to download it (where it says "clique para baixar").
The TRIAL ones are paid. Gather info from the sites for details about payment.
None of the links above have viruses, threads, porn or ilegal content, so please go ahead ;)

3D Modeling:

kHed
This is a program faced to create 3d elements for games, in a simple interface.

Blender
This is one of the bests (if not the best) free 3d modeling programs i have ever saw.

SketchUp
The modeling software of the giant Google.Is one of the bests for architeture.

Anim8or
Another excelent 3d modeling program.

Terragen
This program is amazing, it generates incredible REALISTICS 3d terrains. Very, very good, but its trial, you will have to buy it to use 100% of the software.
TRIAL

Vetorial Drawing:

DrawPlus 4
It's a free and cool vetorial drawing software.

Inkscape
Another free vectorial drawing software.

Real DRAW
This software supports 2D and 3D image editing.

2D Drawing:

The Gimp
One of the best's free drawing softwares of all the times.

Graphics Gale
The most used for game makers. This is a simple and effective editor with many tools and options.

PicPick
Good image editor.

Wally
Excelent for creating textures. Has great tools that are very, very usefull, like bullet holes and more, it's used to edit Half-Life and Quake textures. Very recomended.

Photofiltre
A good program to add filters, create texts and add some retouoch to your images.
TRIAL

Corel Draw & Painter X
The concurrent of Photoshop, Corel Draw is powerfull as Photoshop and can be better in some points.
TRIAL

XnView
Is just the best image displayer/organizator/editor/conversor ever made! Convert your images to many other formats very easy. Include some cool effect, like transform into grey scale palette, 256 colours or less or more, redimensionate without quality loss and much more! And the best, is free! Download now!
HIGHLY RECOMENDED!

2D Animating:

Toon Boom
This is the program fox made The Simpsons: Movie. It has many versions, i recomend the latest version of Toon Boom Studio. It's a totally professional toon more directionated for creating TV cartoons. More complex than flash.
TRIAL

Flash
The most popular and most used animating software, Flash is a powerfull tool directioned to the Web.
TRIAL

Anime Studio & Manga Studio
Excelent professional softwares for making 2D animations in anime style. It's main diference between flash (the old versions) and anime studio, is that this use bones, wich make the animation process more easy.
TRIAL

Game Makers:

Adventure Game Studio
The best game creator in my opinion.

Game Maker
Simple interface but powerfull.

Scirra Construct
Good program to create plaform and mini games style games, ingluding strategy and RTS games.

Valve Hammer Editor
The official Valve's Source engine editor. It's a great editor with many and many resources, that help you to create your own Half-Life Mod or your own game!

RPG Maker XP
The best option for RPG games. I preffer the older version, RPG Maker 2003 and some others the oldest, 2000, and some others like the newest one, RPG Maker VX. I preffer this one.
TRIAL

Sound Editors:

Audacity
Great sound and music editor, with professional resources and effects.

Renoise
Another sound editor, i didn`t tested this yet, but it has popularity.
TRIAL

Guitar Pro 5.2

This is a tablature editor. It's pretty usefull for composer, and its recomended.

TRIAL

GXSCC
This software can turn MIDI's into chiptunes.

Linux MultiMedia Studio
A free sound and music stidio.There is a Windows version too.

Other softwares:

MAGIX
Great program to edit and create CDs cases (i don't know the name you give to the images on the CD, not in the cases)
TRIAL

PSPad Editor

With this programm you can design you own website, usefull for creating pages for your games. Have some interesting tools, and the best: is free!

HTTrack Website Copier
With this program you can surf through web pages offline! The program download all the page contents and archive it on your HD for you.

Hope you like it!

Hello World!

Hi there folks! This is my first post on my very very own blog, here i will post videos, features, ags and games related things, and of course, my game's updates and notices! Yeah, everytime i got something new i will post there something. I'm thinking on making a video of me creating a background for my game and showing some very handfull tips on MS Paint (yeah, paint. It's a very powerfull tool, but most don't now how to get 100% of exploitation of it).

My project, Mansion Break, is getting bigger and bigger every time, i try to add something every day into it, but the school is more important than my game, so i have to study more, and computing les... But its ok, i will post now a screenshot of my game for you. Enjoy!



It's from the beggining, very very beggining. This project is driving me crazy, doing all the coding, graphics and the rest is so stressing, the only thing i'm saved is from the music, wich MODS is making for me, yes Mark Lovegroove is making the music for my game. He is a genious man. He make good music. Do you have any curiosity in see how i make my graphics? I will make a video as soon as i need to make a new background. Tomorrow i can post the plot of Mansion Break, it isn't too much original, but i make from hearth ;)

Maybe i will make a video of my game's gameplay for you, and if you are interested, you can download my game's DEMO too, when it gets ready :P.

Thank you all, and stay alert for more updates!