I finally hit 10K on “reviewing” stuff on Newgrounds! Why the quotes? Because 9 times out 10 is just me being cheeky and that’s it. But I noticed that I have been favoriting less than reviewing, so to make up for it, I’m taking a vow of silence and no longer reviewing anything until the favorites reaches 10K as well. Honestly, I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders since now I can save some mental energy whilst preparing the looming deadline know as EASTER.

Game Updates?

After the completion of the three bosses, the game is going “smoother” than ever before. Unfortunately, the tablet where I do all of my multimedia work including programming is reaching its last legs. Now instead of using the device for more than 6 hours a day, it must now be 2.5 hours at most and it requires to be charged once it’s done: it sadly cannot be used while it’s charging. The tablet battery life is so fragile, that it actually corrupted a build of my game despite still having some juice in it: all because I decided to charge it while it’s still on. But enough about that, I’m getting off track!

I regards to the game, I’m currently building its infrastructure: mostly how levels and the objects in said levels should load, unload, and the values that should be transferred between these states. After infrastructure is the following:

• Level Layout Design
• Text Blitting
• Audio
• Ending Sequence

Would I make it before Easter?… Eh, probably not, but I’m hoping to make it before the end of April at least!

Wish you folks well and have a great spring! 🥚

Quite a goal achieved, indeed! Biggest following I’ve had compared to any other social media site with Itch taking second and I couldn’t be happier about it! And now for updates to celebrate this occasion!

Update (November 7, 2022)

Autumn has been a rather hectic season for me: travel, work, appointments, the works! So unfortunately, I was unable to work much on the demo for the recent installment of the OviVixen series. So far the following are completed in regards to what’s necessary in the demo:

• The player is fully functional
• The majority of environmental assets is working as intended
• The majority of items are functional
• All required enemies and mini bosses are working
• 2 of 3 required bosses are completed with the final needing special functions over the previous two.

Even with all on the list done, there’s still a LONG ways to go: sound design and music is the LAST on the big list.

OviVixen Arcade also needs some updating! There needs to be a small graphical change and the music needs some reworking. In hindsight, the instruments I used are not very good and I might need to use a tracker to make a better soundtrack. Also, some songs need a complete overhaul: mostly World 1, 4, and 5’s music. This update is going to be applied at the same time as the release of the next game’s demo: this includes the reapplication of the medals that were supposed to be fully functional upon the game’s initial release.

And that’s it for now! Thank you for the big hundo, Newgrounds, and I hope I can provide the content to make up for it!

The splash page was done by Newgrounds user, @GRIS9. Amazing work, and the guy’s whole portfolio is nothing to sneeze at either! But I advise you must be over 18 to view a good chunk of it.

My apologies to @thegoodowl and @Roksim for my unoriginal series of comments.

🥚Happy Easter to one and all!🥚

I hope you guys are appreciating this holiday as much as I do!

Now on to the current updates here on my page!

Upcoming Game

This piece here is meant as a teaser for the next game in my OviVixen series. Created by the talented Funky_Pepe, his works are greatly inspired by the splash art from that popular RTS that had a show rather recently. Fantastic paint strokes and smooth shading: go and check his work out!

As for the game itself, a demo of it was meant to be released today; unfortunately, game development and deadlines aren’t the best of friends… 

This demo is going to be exclusive to Newgrounds. I finally got the hang of the site’s API, so I want to use it in full swing! 

The full game, however, is going to be released as an update for OviVixen on Itch.io: hopefully, in late August.

If you still want to play something for that Easter kick, OviVixen Arcade is still available for download on OviVixen’s page, or you can compete for the high score in the browser version on Newgrounds.

50 Followers!

Beautiful! I hit the big Five-Oh here on Newgrounds! A big landmark for me, and I’m more than thankful.

Although I may not post much, I’m still glad to participate with this site in anyway I can. Hey, I’m celebrating Easter here and Itch rather than Twitter or Facebook: that’s gotta be something, right?

I can write a long list of egg puns, but to be honest, it all seems to be rather p-LAID 🐓 out! 😂 AAHH! *mmm-mm* ‘cuse me. Hope you guys have a Happy Easter as well as a Happy April! Cheers! 🍻 

I grew up with that man’s voice! Aladdin, Aflac, Cyberchase, the list can go on!

Just like Norm, he was one the boldest comedians out there, and I hate the fact that we’ve just lost another good one…

Rest in peace, Gil! We already miss you!

So after work, I decided to play my own game just because to see how far I can get on it. I successfully passed the 20,000 score mark (The default score to pass to get some small rewards) in the OviVixen Arcade executable version. It was then I noticed a programming overlook that didn't make it as celebratory as it should, so I decided to dive into the files ONE LAST TIME to find the error. It should be working by now!

Perhaps every Wednesday after work, I will just play a round just for shits and giggles. Of course, they are in-between my other important duties such as making that OTHER game! I'll get on it, I'll get on it.... right after bed!

OviVixen Arcade (M)

FINALLY!! FINALLY, I GOT THAT BLASTED NEWGROUNDS API TO WORK!

Oh, I'm only joshing! The API really is that simple, it was just because I was too stubborn to understand Javascript.

But now there is a leader board in the game and a personal touch to those who plays it while signed on.

Something to be aware of while playing the game:

After you hit the highscore, you can return to the menu and play again; however, if you want your score to be recorded, it is best to refresh the game before you try again. For some reason, it doesn't like to record scores after the highscore screen tries to record twice in the same session.

What about the Medals?:

I'm holding back on the medals for now. With the knowledge I have now, It's definitely possible for the medals to unlock just like how the scores are recorded; however, I have to rethink how to use the medal function because some of those medals might be too difficult or time consuming, and what I know now about Newgrounds, medals like that seem to be taboo. So I'm holding off on Medals for the time being until I release my next game for Easter.

For now, the game is as complete as it can be! Now I can finally kick back, relax, and wait... Oh yeah, that Easter game...

Hello, Newgrounds! I hope you are doing well!

Hey, guess what? Implementing that API isn’t as difficult as it seems even when you are using Clickteam as your engine and I finally figured out the basics on how JavaScript works! I already successfully applied two of the three major commands the game uses to communicate with the site. The only obstacle is quite a doozy, though…

I’m trying to get the current highest score from the game’s page and turn it into a variable for the game to use, but I can’t find where the scores are housed. Could be the getScores component, but all I’m getting is the parameter limit’s “limit” which I set to 1.

But that’s it! Once I get the Highscore commands added in, then the API integration will be done and so is me working on this game!

NOTE: API will not be added in until I do that final step, so the features have yet to be added in!

I DID IT!! I FINALLY DID IT!

OviVixen Arcade finally has level music!

I wanted to hold it off for later games, but I refuse to let this game go without breaking the dead silence first.

[Update Description]

Both the Itch.io Executable and the Newgrounds Edition of OviVixen Arcade has gotten a major update. There are 6 songs that play throughout the 15 levels of the game. To fit with the new songs, the original jingles were also updated sharing the same instruments.

Are they any good?... I dunno. One pair of ears don't make the best judges, at least for my judgement!

If you want to hear a sample of it you can listen the the first song here

Now here's some news exclusive for Newgrounds Edition

This week may be my second attempt of applying that Newgrounds API into the game: which means, I have to dance with that blasted HTML once more...

Also, once I start that integration, I may also make some small fixes for the game with one being some odd positioning issue that only happens when porting to HTML5.

Aaaand that's about it! It's the beginning of March, it's freezing cold, and I couldn't be any happier... and more exhausted. Still... my day's not over yet.

Hope you guys have a wonderful month while I prep for Easter! 🥚

Five down… One to go! I’m almost there, but this one’s going to be biggie! My brain is going to have quite the endurance test the next time I jump into that computer… as well as my ears…