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the headaches-

After Andy70707 jumped on board, and got to work, it was soon evident how many holes my project had in it. How come some areas have shooting with a button and others with the mouse? How come this walkthrough literally has 20-30 dead ends? In short, I had planned VERY poorly. Communication is key to making any game, and to make matters worst, it was a tough time to communicate due to several problems in life at that time. Not only that, but there were just programming headaches in general where Andy tried his very best to put together my half-assed project; I just wanted to say that he's been very dedicated the whole time, and I'm truly humbled by it. The project quickly fell apart at that point, and Pico Day came and went. After looking back, I took a hard look at what I did, which led to...

the reboot-

this is about where Flashstorm jumped on board, as far as I remember. This is the build that took about 2 years to fully put together (although there were extended periods without development). A reboot needed to be put together; one that was fun, and took more creativity than "Pico's School but bigger". I decided that Pico worked best for the team as a shooter. The idea here is basically what the game is today, give or take some changes. This was meant for last Pico Day, but schedule coordination once again thwarted us. In all, we spent the extra time (first taking a break), but then we jumped right back in in about December, and threw everything we had in!

finally here-

Although it's not here just yet, I'd be very surprised if it isn't by the end of TOMORROW. Keep an eye out! Happy Pico Day 2012!

Hi! Andy70707, FlashStorm, and I are going to release a game for Pico Day called "Pico's Mission"! It's been in the works for years, and has gone through many different phases until we decided on one that works for all of us. Throughout the course of this week, to celebrate it's release, I'll be doing a dev log explaining it's long development. It'll go up until friday in 5 phases:
1 - The idea
2 - the search
3 - the headaches
4 - the reboot
5 - finally here

Now, Tuesday, the search. I had all my (horrid) animations and art together. I had a (vague and full of holes) idea of the game. All I needed was...a coder! Interestingly enough, finding a coder for this was much tougher than finding a coder for a platformer. I basically begged and pleaded in the (then) new collaboration forum, where I searched for a coder for about 2 or so months, until Andy70707 came forward. We chatted, discussed things, and got to work from there! Things were already gonna be rough, considering I found him in about Feb/Mar, a few months before Pico Day...

Hi! Andy70707, FlashStorm, and I are going to release a game for Pico Day called "Pico's Mission"! It's been in the works for years, and has gone through many different phases until we decided on one that works for all of us. Throughout the course of this week, to celebrate it's release, I'll be doing a dev log explaining it's long development. It'll go up until friday in 5 phases:

1 - The idea
2 - the search
3 - the headaches
4 - the reboot
5 - finally here

So, to begin, I'm gonna briefly discuss the inception of the project. To be completely truthful, I wanted a big ole' grand Pico 2-esque type of game, a sequel to Pico's School but without the name. I pieced together snippets of what Pico 2 was going to be like from Tom's old dev log, and had a general vision together. I wanted the game to pertain both to nostalgia and have new things. It definitely needed new enemies, so I looked at what made the spirit of the old enemies in Pico's School, and decided that a bunch of blind (literally) terrorists fit like a glove. I got to work on (crappy) backgrounds, animations, plans, etc.

Here's a screenshot from the very original idea.

whoaaa....everything is so shiny and amazing and sparkly and stuff...I love it! Except the new aura and icon system, I wish it was more like the old one. Like the ideas but not the way they came out.

THOUGHTS-

- love how the levels you've made for various games appear on the userpage
- revenue system is still glitchy in that I can't see my total earnings for all time, minor problem
- love the art by various artists on the sides
- hate the new level and aura system :c again, like the ideas but not the way they came out. I like the art style (pixels!) of the new levels but wish there were more and they weren't so random. I think you should have a list of the auras and be able to put in a custom one if you choose.
- are secrets gone?
- FUCK YES :3 EMOTE

Overall, old Newgrounds felt like home. Cozy, familiar. Knew where everything is. This Newgrounds is like going to the big city. Flashing lights, everything's bright and in your face. Everything wants your attention, and I love that city feel. Overall, very happy.

In with the new, out with the old! I have a lot of nostalgia for this design though, and I've had a lot of ups and downs with NG. I've been pretty inactive the past year or so but I'm wedging my way back in slowly but surely. I love this design, and I hope I love the new one too!

(should be studying...)

does anyone have a decent, simple 3D level editor? One where I can place objects in a 3D space, then just move a character around through it? I can't believe how hard it is to find something so simple. Everything is either so bare bones it doesn't work or is extremely complicated. Roblox would be perfect if it was working on my computer, but alas, it does not. So does anyone know a 3d level editor that...

- place 3d objects in a 3d space (duh)
- be able to run around through said objects
BONUS- be able to place moving objects on said 3d plane

simple enough, no?

I'll post extra details as needed.

- Doesn't need to be able to be exported to any program or coding; it's just for the sake of having the level laid out for WHEN I do that sort of thing

I've been pretty much living at the library the past few days because of the storm that hit the northeast. That leeched me off of memebase and those sites and I think I'm firmly back into NG, been playing a lot of games and movies I missed in the past year or so. After the weekend (have a couple of things I need to finish up for classes by monday) I'll try wedging myself back into the forum and those social things. Besides all that, I got Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 off of the Halloween sale on steam. That means I can stop being a cheap prick and managed to get an upgraded account where I can friend people and other delights. So just add me if you're feeling steamy.

username: LDAF

did that pun hurt you?

So, dannce is a pretty cool chick, seh has big boobs and doesn't afraid of anything.

Jokes aside...

She asked me to make a little post about her, so why not? We're in a long distance relationship, and it's going pretty good. I'm trying to get her more into NG as I'm trying to get myself back in as well, I think it's working, too bad it just happens at the end of the summer! Not much else to say besides a whole bunch of romantic crap I'm sure you guys would despise me even more for. So, I guess, if you see this Dannce, I lurv you! :3

Well, NG, I need your help. For months now, I just feel like I've fallen away from the site. I just don't have much interest in it anymore, and I really want to, but can't find much to really hold my attention. I've being going to meme sites like memebase.com and theamerican.com too much. Any ideas on how to thrust myself right back in? I've been working on making a full soundtrack for Flashstorm's game which is a parody on castle crashers.

In other news, if you care to hear, things have been going great with Dannce, I find it ironic that the farther I fall from NG, NOW she starts posting on the BBS and such. Maybe she'll get me back in, I dunno. My site got it's first member, a spam bot. Neat, no? Still saving up money for a buncha shit, like a 3DS, wacom tablet, and stuff...I really should get that tablet soon, I need to get back into flash. Well, that about rounds things up...

For 2 years of Newgrounds.