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Weekly Challenge

Missing Link (due June 22nd)

MedicineStorm
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 09:10
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How did we get from where we were to where we are?

Phase 1: Design a video game.
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit!

Something is missing from the sequence. What is the missing link? Perhaps a resource you once knew about but now the URL has gone 404. Time to recreate it as something new! Make something that bridges the gap between two concepts. Or maybe there's some art you need, but can't seem to find. Create it yourself and share it around! It could be a song, a sound, or a 3D figure. It can be a sprite, a landscape, or a collection of power-ups.

  • The submission with the most favorites by close-of-vote wins!
  • Submit your entries starting Friday, June 8th, 2018.
  • Have all your entries submitted by Friday, June 22nd, 2018.
  • Voting closes one week after that on Friday, June 29th, 2018.
  • That's two weeks to submit and (at least) 1 week to vote.
  • Voters: You can 'favorite' as soon as you see a submission you like, but submitters: Don't submit before June 8th!

Be sure to tag your submissions with both a "Challenge" and "Missing Link" tag. Also, post a link to your submission in this thread as well. Check out all the entries so far: Challenge, Missing Link (Authors: If your submissions don't show up at this link, your tags need fixing. However, these need not be the ONLY tags on your submission. Feel free to tag them with any other words that describe your art.

OpenGameArt Summer Game Jam #2
This art challenge leads into the OpenGameArt Summer Game Jam! There's bonus points for using art challenge submissions in the Jam. That includes anything you submit for this art challenge! Don't start coding your game just yet, but you can still gather and create the art you'd like to use in it. Try to make your art challenge submissions useful for more than just your own game, though. You can make it specific if needed, but it wouldn't really be sporting to submit things so specific that no one else could utilize them.

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Chasersgaming
joined 10 years 7 months ago
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 16:03
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Good choice on the art challenge, and the notices looks good too. And thank you for linking the jam. :)

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withthelove
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Thursday, June 7, 2018 - 11:55
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Alright, my submission is in!

https://opengameart.org/content/muckety-mudskipper-sprites-and-tiles

 

I know it's not quite on point with a resource that's gone 404 or an asset that needs something done to complete it, but, well as I say in the desicription, if mudskipper doesn't scream 'missing link', I don't know what does! :)

https://withthelove.itch.io/

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Spring Spring
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Friday, June 8, 2018 - 04:33
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We could always use more puppydogs.

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Spring Spring
joined 8 years 10 months ago
Friday, June 8, 2018 - 09:30
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Here is an entry:

https://opengameart.org/content/snes-select-your-pilot

You know these kind of themes that play in vertical/horizontal scrolling shooters when you have to "select your pilot"?, those short loops?

 

I figure we were missing one of those (not really probably, I just can't find one here), so here it is SNES style.

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Spring Spring
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Friday, June 8, 2018 - 09:30
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(it's pretty bad)

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Spring Spring
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Friday, June 8, 2018 - 16:07
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ANOTHER THING WE ARE MISSING BADLY ARE MECH ANIME GIRLS!

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withthelove
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Saturday, June 9, 2018 - 05:25
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oh no!   A friend just pointed out that technically I submitted my entry a day early!   

So sorry, I didn't meant to cheat.  I didn't even check the start time of the challenge, I just assumed that it was live once the link went up!   

 

No worries, I have another 'Missing Link' project started so if Muckety Mudskipper can't compete, I'll try again with that one.

https://withthelove.itch.io/

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Chasersgaming
joined 10 years 7 months ago
Saturday, June 9, 2018 - 07:29
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I don't think it's cheating, I'm sure it will be OK.

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pheonton
joined 15 years 3 months ago
Sunday, June 10, 2018 - 15:45

Here is my take on the challenge. A celebration song, once the missing link is found. ;)

https://opengameart.org/content/found-the-missing-link

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Cougarmint
joined 8 years 8 months ago
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 01:21
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What's funny about this is, most of all my work submitted on here had come from some form of necessity. My planets, for example, were created because I wanted a ringed planet for my game, but couldn't find any CC or PD planets that weren't just recolors of Saturn. The mailbox sprites were also born of necessity, as were the theatre seats, the slot machine resource pack, and the various icon packs. And, because I had created these objects, I knew there were other people out there that were programming savvy but not art savvy, and I decided to release my work here so that they too could benefit.

I've been focusing a lot of my art lately on custom cursors and backdrop patterns. I may submit something more along those lines.

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MedicineStorm
joined 12 years 8 months ago
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 09:23
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Can't click links without cursors. :) 

Are the backdrops not made out of necessity for the things you are missing?

--Medicine Storm

 

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Cougarmint
joined 8 years 8 months ago
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 11:33
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Well, GUI Backdrops aren't missing per se, just overlooked in terms of game design in general -- that and decent quality textures. If you think about it, many of the smaller indie games, such as the match three, hidden object, and other casual games, have GUIs that require backdrops, be it tiled or a stretched image. I've seen a lot of wood textures and grid like textures, or they resize a desktop background image to use as the backdrop for theirs, often distorting it.

I figure that if I make some nice and unique tiled backgrounds, I could give the indie developers a wider variety of patterns to use.

As for the patterns I already have launched, those were created out of necessity long ago when I wanted to be a web designer -- back when colorful tiled (and often overbearing) backgrounds were the norm and CSS / HMTL 5 were in their infancy. I wanted to create unique, but generally easy-on-the-eyes, tiled backgrounds for my projects -- not just swipe some background off some other homepage like everyone else did. I was also working with strict limited online storage limits then as well, using Angelfire as my choice of server (long before the days of GoDaddy). So those came of the necessity for that, but... well, to make a long story short, an ex husband with severe Control Freak issues put an end to that business real quick.

When I stumbled on the patterns while sorting out my harddrive files, I figured that they deserved a second chance at life, so to speak, and posted them here in the hopes someone would find some use for them.

The cursors in that pack weren't made of necessity; but they came about as a result of some early experimentation with pixel art in general and to test the cursor creation.

Nonetheless, I've thought about including some icons as well for game designers to use for their .exe files. Now that I think about it, Icons are also an overlooked feature in game design.

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MedicineStorm
joined 12 years 8 months ago
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 12:50
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That all sounds like perfect content for a "missing link" theme, TBH. It may not have been missing to you, but those features are certainly a general missing link between UI elements and a complete look-and-feel. I know I could personally use the stuff you're talking about.

--Medicine Storm

 

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Red_Voxel
joined 7 years 9 months ago
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - 12:29
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Here's my entry:

https://opengameart.org/content/cooking-mech

I feel like it's a very versatile asset.

 

 

-https://red-voxel.itch.io/arrows-of-love  #1 in the OpenGameArt Summer 2017 Game Jam-

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Cougarmint
joined 8 years 8 months ago
Saturday, June 16, 2018 - 18:26
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Here it is! I put quite a few goodies in:

https://opengameart.org/content/patterns-and-cursors-ii

It could use a few more cursors, but I'll put those in a new pack when I can get more time.

Update: From what I understand, it IS ok to have multiple submissions, right? If so, I'd like to enroll my HUD pack into the contest because like backdrops and cursors, HUD elements are also overlooked; Most use either a standard box type or the WoW/MMO style health bars.

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withthelove
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 13:37
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Hi all, are we allowed to submit more than one entry for the challenge?   

I have done an expansion to surt's classic ikaros set that certainly fits the theme of the challenge well, but I didn't tag it yet because I wasn't sure if we were limited to one submission per challenge.  

https://withthelove.itch.io/

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MedicineStorm
joined 12 years 8 months ago
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 13:39
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Multiple submissions are allowed and encouraged. 

--Medicine Storm

 

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withthelove
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 13:44
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awesome, I have added the tags.  Submission is:

https://opengameart.org/content/ikaros-extended

Plan to use these for my game jam submission so it all kind of works together, I guess that's the magic of running this theme just before the jam.  Whoever had it, that was a good idea :)

https://withthelove.itch.io/

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MNDV.ecb
joined 7 years 10 months ago
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 23:01
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this might be lame, but before i do all the work to make the asset viable, can i get an opinion on whether or not anyone thinks this is worthwhile? 

while making a loading animation i starting coining the thing, and was considering releasing ortho and iso renders of a few choice coins in various colors, also including the blend file so people could make adjustments?

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Cougarmint
joined 8 years 8 months ago
Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 09:12
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@MNDV.ecb They look good to me. In fact, I like the idea with the transparent background; it's not often used in coin pickups.

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Here's my second entry to the contest, as teased earlier: https://opengameart.org/content/health-and-mana-hud The only reason why the tags weren't added before was because I was unsure if I was allowed to have multiple entries.

Here's a sample of the EKG animation, as well. One is with all the frames in use, and the other is a more "realtime" EKG feel with some frames removed. The reason for the slower animation is so that one can depict a slow heartbeat status (such as being frozen, slowed due to a time stopper, paralyzed, or whatever).

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MNDV.ecb
joined 7 years 10 months ago
Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 12:11
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ok i will prioritize those then as they are different (looks at clock, begins to sweat).

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MNDV.ecb
joined 7 years 10 months ago
Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 16:57
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i ahhhhh submitted an entry in a form i've not ever seen? was i supposed to do that? hope i didn't f*** anything up.

https://opengameart.org/content/elemental-badges-from-the-savage-swordsman

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MNDV.ecb
joined 7 years 10 months ago
Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 19:30
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got one more and i'm done

https://opengameart.org/content/pickup-hex-pack

that's all i got.

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Cougarmint
joined 8 years 8 months ago
Friday, June 22, 2018 - 12:23
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Oh no, no no you misunderstood! I said your design was unique and not usually found in the games I played, so that's why I personally think it's a great entry. ^^

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MedicineStorm
joined 12 years 8 months ago
Friday, June 22, 2018 - 12:41
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"submitted an entry in a form i've not ever seen?"

...What?

Everything looks great to me. What is the concern?

--Medicine Storm

 

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MNDV.ecb
joined 7 years 10 months ago
Friday, June 22, 2018 - 12:45
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@Cougarmint nah, i understood you. i just didn't have time (or interest) in rendering and sheeting ALL 800,000 designs which prolly few if any will use!

@MedicineStorm i mean the form when you click on "Missing Link" from the main page and fill out the entry form. i'm the only one there! but it don't matter; ignore me, please

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MedicineStorm
joined 12 years 8 months ago
Friday, June 22, 2018 - 12:58
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@MNDV: I... had no idea that was there. I think that's a functionality used by the old LPC style contests. I'm going by tags to determine who has entered. You're all good. :)

--Medicine Storm

 

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Cougarmint
joined 8 years 8 months ago
Friday, June 22, 2018 - 13:18
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OOH! You were talking about submitting your entry in a physical "form" page, not the coin entry itself... I'm a dork. XD

But no, tags are used for the entries, Like Medicine said.

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Chasersgaming
joined 10 years 7 months ago
Saturday, June 23, 2018 - 01:49
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my entry to the challenge, sorry its late.

https://opengameart.org/content/swimmer

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MedicineStorm
joined 12 years 8 months ago
Sunday, June 24, 2018 - 11:51
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I don't recall the exact time the announcement indicated "Accepting Submissions" but I've always had the cutoff for past challenges right at midnight UTC-11 (the last timezone of the day with any landmasses in it) so your submission was at least 4 hours before the deadline. :)

One of WithTheLove's submissions was actually submitted before the opening, though. That doesn't mean it's disqualified, but I have to exclude all votes that occured before the start-of-challenge point on that submission. :/

--Medicine Storm

 

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MedicineStorm
joined 12 years 8 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 08:13
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This was a good one. Some really great additions from this challenge. :)

Congratulations to WithTheLove: https://opengameart.org/content/muckety-mudskipper-sprites-and-tiles. Even after deducting the early favorites, Muckety Mudskipper still had the lead by a few points.

Thanks to all who participated. Trophies have been awarded! MNDV.ecb, Cougarmint, pheonton, Spring, chasersgaming, Venkman.

--Medicine Storm

 

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Spring Spring
joined 8 years 10 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 08:14
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Congrats withthelove!

 

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Spring Spring
joined 8 years 10 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 08:14
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(I always lose, mumble, grumble.)

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MedicineStorm
joined 12 years 8 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 08:26
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Nah! You just haven't won for the first time yet. WithTheLove had never won a challenge before this one! :) Keep at it, Spring! :D

--Medicine Storm

 

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Spring Spring
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Friday, June 29, 2018 - 08:29
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I will, though I do have a shortage of game related ideas right now (which is not good because I actually said I wanted to join the jam but have no ideas at all for it :P)

 

Also, I'm not a sore loser, the mudskipper was a deserved win and my submission was admittedly pretty random.

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withthelove
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 08:44
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Wow!  Very flattered!  thanks all!   

great showings all the way around for this challenge, now onto the game jam!  :)

https://withthelove.itch.io/

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Spring Spring
joined 8 years 10 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 10:10
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That's gonna be so hard.

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Chasersgaming
joined 10 years 7 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 11:31
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Congrats @withthelove, smashed it matey! :)

well done everyone else! Oooh, a participation trophy! Thank you kindly, didn't know we would get one of those.nice! :)

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MNDV.ecb
joined 7 years 10 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 12:37
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ha, you crack me up, spring!

yeah we were all doomed from the start ;p

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Cougarmint
joined 8 years 8 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 12:46
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Grats, Withthelove!

I know the game jam is going on, but I think we should also brainstorm ideas for the next challenge.

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DezrasDragons
joined 10 years 4 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 13:31
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Congratulations withthelove! All the entries were great, but I guess Muckety was just a little more... evolved.

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Cougarmint
joined 8 years 8 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 15:45
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...I just thought of the next idea for a new contest, in the spirit of this one.

Left Handed and Proud of It (Or Left Hander's Pride) -- Every character in main stream gaming so far has been shown as being right handed. Why not show love to the left handed people of the world and make a few characters that are left handed? FPS view models, 2d left handed sprites, and so on?

Just a thought, considering I'm left handed myself.

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MedicineStorm
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Friday, June 29, 2018 - 15:48
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"Sinister Submission" 

Sinister: of, on, or toward the left-hand side (in a coat of arms, from the bearer's point of view) from Old French sinistre or Latin sinister 'left.' :)

--Medicine Storm

 

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Cougarmint
joined 8 years 8 months ago
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 16:01
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Are you saying that I'm a Sinister Submitter, then? Well then... *takes halo, bites a chunk out of it and places it back on her head so that it looks like she has horns.*

Sounds good devious to me... XD

(Okay, how do I make strikethrough work here?)

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Spring Spring
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 - 00:01
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it doesn't actually work I think

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MedicineStorm
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 - 01:01
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After selecting text, you have to use the strikethrough button on the right side of the comment toolbar, then click the INSERT button on the popup window. Strikethrough!

--Medicine Storm

 

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withthelove
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 - 05:43
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@Cougarmint:  Yay!  First, I second this idea!   Secondly, although a righty myself, I have worked really hard to make sure the player characters in my current project are fully ambidextrous.  It really is quite a bit of extra work in terms of animations and coding and design and things.  Not too much, but just enough that I've several times found myself seriously considering throwing in the towel on the idea and just falling back to ye old 'righties only' approach.  It's especially disheartening when I've gone looking for an example of how to approach something (a UI or controller issue, etc) and realized that even the pros rarely, if ever, bother with lefty support.   So anyways, it's nice to hear I'm not the only one whose noticed the lack of lefty love in the video game world.  Feel a bit vindicated for sticking it out despite all the extra time it's cost me.

https://withthelove.itch.io/

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Cougarmint
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 - 14:26
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@MedicineStorm: I'm an idiot a great learner! Thanks! <3

@withthelove I know, right? I mean, I can understand the whole ordeal of just making everyone right handed because a) as you pointed out, it takes extra coding/modeling/animating and the pros don't really have time to bother with it, and b) most of the world is right handed, so it makes a lot of sense to go with the status quo.

There is the argument that you can simply flip the view model but that looks a little awkward because the hands and animations look messed up, you know?

But I really do think that it's time to give some love to the South Paw people. It would be awesome to see and maybe it will get the pros thinking about it.

Oh, that's another way we could name this contest: "South Paw Pride."

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Spring Spring
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 - 14:28
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Or fur pride :3

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Spring Spring
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Saturday, June 30, 2018 - 14:28
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that's obviously a theme suggestion.

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