Parallax in Ren’py?… and other news tidbits…

Going to make an effort to post more from now on… or at least as much as my really tight schedule permits me…

OK where were we?… While trying to achieve something else by stealing err… I mean borrowing a few codes from here and there I accidentally noticed an odd skewered image that is meant to be a square and realized that I can actually control the amount of skewing which can be potentially be used to create a sort of Parallax in Ren’py… though I’m still trying to figure out what kind of mess I got myself this time… NO I’m not sharing this code YET since I’m still trying to figure this out myself… also, precision is a hit or miss… took me 4 hours to edit the values to match the door above with the skewing of the image below to give the impression of parallax…

I tell you I am so excited that I actually threw every scheduled task I have out of the window and spent the rest of daylight hours focused on this (Sorry DarkSpartan)… as far as I can tell… no one has ever done a Ren’py game that utilizes Parallax… with this I might even become famous in the Ren’py community!… Oh yeah!…. but first, I have to figure out what and how in the world did I come up with this thing I just mashed up from other peoples code in my lame attempt to imitate AliceSofts flip-flop image technique…

In other OELVN related news… I accidentally stumbled on a video play-through of my NaNoRenO entry MARIJUANA The Truth… Lol…

And FINALLY… on a really unrelated to VN news… I finally unlocked the E-100 Tier X Heavy Tank in World of Tanks… officially ending my EXP grind to the top! Thanks to AfrikaKorpsSoldat for staying with me during the final hours before unlocking the E-100… it was a blast trolling everyone there… Lol! Now I just needed to grind for credits…

That’s it for now… I got a couple of other news tidbits but let’s save them for later…

Rita Please Respond – An OELVN starring a cute girl with a Dick…

Now where should I start?… There is something… different about this OELVN… something different something so strange that you will be glued for a good 30 to 60 minutes or so despite the horrible art… The writing is so borderline retard and horribad. Yes, the writing, the story, the setting is so BAD it’s GOOD!!!… It makes Katawa Shoujo pretentious trying hard mediocre in comparison… the OELVN I’m talking about is Rita Please Respond… made by witch 2 !!AFElzTcxyLp and yes, this one is indeed born out of /jp/… 4chan’s most user friendly board currently being watched over by some of the most biased, vindictive moderation team who probably is compensating for their real life failures by imposing their tyrannical will at the said board and pretend they are someone important and famous at the expense of the poor /jp/ residents… (Yes, I’m talking about NSJ and Meido and a few select 4chan Mods who probably give moot a blowjob for a chance to become a mod)

But enough of that… Let’s go back to the OELVN… as I have stated earlier… this game is just plain… different…

DSE Plus – The Game… progress?…

Hello!… It is me Uncle Mugen again… it’s been a while… I’ve been really busy lately… as in REALLY busy but that doesn’t mean the project is stalled… oh no… it’s been much more active during the past weeks so you ask…

Why aren’t you bitching about it like you usually do?

Well… most of the work done was on the script side… (I mean, who wants to see a wall of text?) Most of the work is specifically the Side Story focused on the Glasses Girl… and I tell you, her side story turned out way WAY larger than the actual DSE game… it can already be regarded as a stand alone VN by itself but that’s not what I’m planning to do…

Oh… Graphical updates…

Once again… I am tempted to replace the sprite with an improved version for… who knows how many times but this latest incarnation blows everything I made previously out of the water… it is that good. Also notice the different headgear she is wearing… yes, she will have randomly appearing headgear to put some variety…

“Marijuana – The Truth” A tiny kinetic NaNoRenO VN from Studio Mugenjohncel

It’s a short simple kinetic VN featuring Uncle Mugen spreading truth and awareness about Marijuana… it’s history and why is it made illegal despite being far more safer than the usual legal substances people regularly abuse… This is my entry for this year’s NaNoRenO…

Windows Version
http://www.mediafire.com/?6ljvb9yt6aav6ch

Mac and Cheese Version
http://www.mediafire.com/?46r3kub0hh3d51q

Linux Version
http://www.mediafire.com/?yc6976uumuq9tmb

“PUFF” (Guaranteed NO LONG LASTING SIDE EFFECTS!)

World of Tanks NA-Server “AMAZING Luchs Run”… 11 Kills!

This post is non-OELVN or VN project related… I just have to brag about this… I can’t resist… Lol!

Anyway, this is from the game World of Tanks… it is an online game where you use tanks to kill each other…

Using my favorite tank the German “Luchs”… Most people frown this tank which is understandable since the Luchs is ridiculously crappy when stock but once you got every part upgraded and manned by a fully trained crew with complete set of skills supported by performance enhancing modules… the Luchs is a Noob Killer… while the rewards playing in low tier games is pretty much limited, the fast paced action is more than enough to keep me coming back for more since it’s normally campfest in high tier games…

Now if only the World of Tanks devs will implement landmines… it would be lulzy everywhere with tracks flying here and there and my life will be complete… Lol!

Oh well…

“POOF” (Disappears)

Want a great way to make your urban scene look more urban for use in your Visual Novel project?… Just add a bunch of pedestrian overpass here and there…

As the title says… this is a bg-cg for the Visual Novel project DSE and features several typical pedestrian overpass bridges. Where I came from, these pedestrian bridges are a common sight though I still wonder why so many of my fellow filipinos are stubborn to use them and instead jaywalk most of the time putting themselves and others at risk… but that’s part of being a filipino and I don’t expect me and my countrymen to change anytime soon… (now I feel genuine sympathy for the men and women of MMDA (Metro Manila Development Authority) who are just doing their jobs improving our urban lives through discipline)

Ehem… anyway… I Uncle Mugen will not hoard this precious resource to myself and will share to you this somewhat detailed pedestrian overpass in case you needed one for your Google Sketchup derived BG-CG’s for use in your OELVN (Visual Novel) projects…

You can get it here…

That’s all for now…

“POOF” (Disappears)

Redesigned GUI for DSE and others… finally!…

After doing several variations… I finally settled on what will be the final GUI for DSE (which is disturbingly close to the previous GUI apart from the colors and updated graphics)… I also considered Komi Tsuku’s request and increased the screen resolution from 720×405 to 1280 x 768 so it is very large and will be slow on low end machines and netbooks… especially since the buttons will now be animated… (no use supporting older hardware now since everyone seems to have upgraded hardware already that can play GTAIV…)

I also dropped the “plus” and instead go with “version 2.0″ meaning this is intended to replace the older DSE the Game previously released and the old graphics will now be viewable via the unlockable scrap section.