Artillery game tutorial

[Circuit]

Sup guys.  It's tutorial summer, and I've been working on one for the past several weeks.  I just uploaded a very rough early version of the first video to YouTube.  Please watch this and give me some honest criticism.  Tell me if there are logical gaps in my explanation, or if it just isn't clear.  (Don't be afraid to be honest, I know that my voice narration is really bad!)  I've been working on this by myself for such a long time that I don't know if it even makes sense.

http://youtu.be/UU4JVFt1qAc

[Gan]

That is epic sauce. 

I love all the little puns you have. I didn't expect a full blown presentation either. When I make a tutorial, I don't plan really, I just talk. Probably why yours is 7 minutes and mine are 30+ minutes....
Way cool, the video demos in it were a really nice touch. And the hushed voice adds a sort of focus effect.

I feel smarter.

[Zoo]

I like the presentation, but throughout the time of this thread, I've been thinking of Worms, and worms breaks the "Dense Powder" rule. Collapses don't happen, so I imagine a worms-esque game with material that doesn't collapse would be significantly easier to program, giving you more time to add sheep.

Also, what about 3D terrain? That's gotta be a challenge.

[Circuit]

That is epic sauce. 

I love all the little puns you have. I didn't expect a full blown presentation either. When I make a tutorial, I don't plan really, I just talk. Probably why yours is 7 minutes and mine are 30+ minutes....
Way cool, the video demos in it were a really nice touch. And the hushed voice adds a sort of focus effect.

I feel smarter.

Thanks Gan!    I spent a lot of time on the slideshow.  Do you think I should re-record the voice narration, or should I keep it the way it is?  I kind of like my mistakes, but I don't know if people might find them offensive ("I don't think you can even read", etc.).  I forgot to add an introduction message at the beginning, so I need to add that.

[Circuit]

I like the presentation, but throughout the time of this thread, I've been thinking of Worms, and worms breaks the "Dense Powder" rule. Collapses don't happen, so I imagine a worms-esque game with material that doesn't collapse would be significantly easier to program, giving you more time to add sheep.

I think you're right.  Worms requires a 2D array, and that's the most natural way to program a 2D game.  What do you mean about adding sheep?

Also, what about 3D terrain? That's gotta be a challenge.

Haha.  Don't expect me to make a video about that.  I don't know anything about 3D.

[Gan]

That is epic sauce. 

I love all the little puns you have. I didn't expect a full blown presentation either. When I make a tutorial, I don't plan really, I just talk. Probably why yours is 7 minutes and mine are 30+ minutes....
Way cool, the video demos in it were a really nice touch. And the hushed voice adds a sort of focus effect.

I feel smarter.

Thanks Gan!    I spent a lot of time on the slideshow.  Do you think I should re-record the voice narration, or should I keep it the way it is?  I kind of like my mistakes, but I don't know if people might find them offensive ("I don't think you can even read", etc.).  I forgot to add an introduction message at the beginning, so I need to add that.

That's not offensive, it made me laugh. I think the narration is awesome as-is.

I like the presentation, but throughout the time of this thread, I've been thinking of Worms, and worms breaks the "Dense Powder" rule. Collapses don't happen, so I imagine a worms-esque game with material that doesn't collapse would be significantly easier to program, giving you more time to add sheep.

I think you're right.  Worms requires a 2D array, and that's the most natural way to program a 2D game.  What do you mean about adding sheep?

Also, what about 3D terrain? That's gotta be a challenge.

Haha.  Don't expect me to make a video about that.  I don't know anything about 3D.

Zoo was referring to the chat box game... cause it took forever until I finally added sheep.

[Zoo]

Nope. Sheep. It's a worms thing. You can use sheep as a weapon in worms. Good guess though.

[Circuit]

Hehe.  Now I remember.  The exploding sheep. 

Well, I guess I'll keep the voice narration as-is, with the addition of a short introductory message at the beginning.  I'll upload it tomorrow and post the link.

[Circuit]

Part 1 is up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C29ilrWO8QE

[Connors]

You did fine Circuit, I'm looking forward to learning how you made your engine. All these curve equations are beyond me.

also lol

* Three bullet points make crap look professional.

[Circuit]

Thanks Connors    Part 2 should be done and uploaded sometime next week.

[Circuit]

Well, next week came and went.  More than a year has passed, but the second video is nearly finished!  Man-oh-man, this was a hard one to make... took me a whole year!  Actually, to tell you the truth, I stopped after the first video because the internet didn't show any interest in my videos for several months.  But I got a couple of positive comments recently, so I decided to start up again.  I don't like to disappoint people.

Hey Gan, can you fix the HTML5 GM?  I really want to record a screencap for my third video, but I get database errors when I try to open my games...

[Gan]

Interesting, I'll have to take a look at it later today.

Edit: Looks like the SQL credentials have changed. I messaged Ghost.

[Circuit]

Part 2 is up, and part 1 has been remade.

[Gan]

HTML5 GM is fixed.