Contagion

[Fabioisonfire]

Well, after the slow world of MS, I decided to speed it up a bit with Contagion.

Well, it's called 'Contagion'. It's about a global virus that spreads rampantly, and you are the only one left. You hop into your trusty Seradur, and fight the Zeta virus.

That would be the story-line. It's a TDS. How is it unique? Well, this top-down game adds a new feature that I have never seen in a TDS before; height. You can jump on crates, shoot enemies from afar, crawl up buildings, swim through murky waters, crawl up hills, and more.

This is a quick little test room I made. Basically it has two enemies, a Zintarak and a Zetacrid. The AI is pretty good, they'll destroy things you jump on, break out of barriers, the works. Zetacrids will swarm around you, while Zintaraks will stay from a distance and fire their deadly beam. Another thing I'm doing to keep everything interesting is a simple system of many images in where after being hit, you will start to look more damaged, parts will fly off, etc. The same goes for enemies and other items. Tell me what you all think. Peace.

 

[Furry Sparks]

you sure are good at making games



it looks awsome.

 

[Gabby]

You are good at making games that is cool.Tell me your secret how do you make them?

 

[SL92]

Pretty cool sounding and looking. You shoudl be growing up to be a programmer.

 

[Fabioisonfire]

Nah, it's hard to make the kind of money I want with that. I'll probably follow my father's footsteps, and become a doctor.

 

[SL92]

Nah, it's hard to make the kind of money I want with that. I'll probably follow my father's footsteps, and become a doctor.

>.< I'd never want to become a docter. A lot of money, but not the type of work I'd enjoy :barf: Engineering is a good choice for me. Whens the game going to be ready

 

[Fabioisonfire]

I'll probably want to be a family practice doctor- not AS much blood and gore, but there'll be ER's and OR's, so yeah..




Anyway, I'll have a quick demo with the basic tutorial and a test room with ammo and enemies out probably by Wednesday or Tuesday, this week.

 

[Fabioisonfire]

Oh, yeah, new screen:

 

[Gabby]

I'll probably want to be a family practice doctor- not AS much blood and gore, but there'll be ER's and OR's, so yeah..




Anyway, I'll have a quick demo with the basic tutorial and a test room with ammo and enemies out probably by Wednesday or Tuesday, this week.

I would like bllod and gore that is why i am going to be a doctor.

 

[Fabioisonfire]

Wait.. so you'd like seeing people being seriously injured? >_>

 

[Fabioisonfire]

Demo release should be today. It'll be on 64D once they accept the queue. Should be avaliable, though.

 

[UltraByte]

Wow, that's amazing. It looks so cool.... BTW, if you need help with the graphics, I can be of assistance.

 

[Fabioisonfire]

Woah, seriously? UB, if you could... That'd be amazing. I think you'd benefit, too- your name would be around at least 5 sites, including one with graphics. Anyway, the graphics look a tad better than they do in those screenies.. Here's a current screen:

Oh, and I am now getting the GMC and GMG topics ready, the Epidemic starts in 60 minutes. (Should be up on 64D in a day or two.)

 

[UltraByte]

Heh, I'd be glad to help. =D

BTW, we ca't see your pic. Or at least I can't.

 

[Fabioisonfire]

I can.. That's wierd.

 

[UltraByte]

Well, you did upload it from your computer.

 

[Fanghorn]

*wants to play*

 

[Furry Sparks]

Demo release should be today. It'll be on 64D once they accept the queue. Should be avaliable, though.

yay, awesome can't wait.

 

[Fabioisonfire]

Yay! Download here: http://forums.gamemaker.nl/index.php?showtopic=251603

Catch the epidemic!

And here is the fixed screenie:

 

[Furry Sparks]

I can't get past the tutorial after I killed the 3 things. I ran out of ammo and then I couldn't jump on anything.
edit: nvm, I got to the level with 3 square things filled with enemy's, and then one filled with items. I couldn't find any exit (I'm guessing you aren't done with it yet )

Maybe add a button to just skip the message boxes.
some way to skip the tutorial
and a message box telling how to switch weapons, took me a while to figure out how XD

Oh and Pokefab... you can change the icon of the EXE file with the program you are using. you probably should.