Comments on: RenAi Blogger: An Early Look

By: Owen S

Owen S — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:18:27 +0000

Neat. Keep those updates coming!

By: Hinano

Hinano — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:40:53 +0000

Madame> XD unfortunately my college is in a different state and it was a tiny ass state college (mine being the ghetto location reject) so I never bothered joining their alumni association. eh I guess the game won’t die if I’m missing a sound effect or two so I’ll just try to use the sources some of the people suggested above

By: Madame

Madame — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:37:55 +0000

I don’t know much about SFX sites, but I work in the library in my uni’s drama department, and we have tons of SFX CDs. I’ll assume you’re a college graduate here, and suggest you see if your alum status will get you privileges in your drama library (if you have one).

By: Jesus159159159

Jesus159159159 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:36:56 +0000

Thats like, the second time I’ve seen the subway icons (hint: I don’t go outside much ) This means I can learn more about the real world with this game! AWESOME-NESS!!!! Can’t wait for the beta, and I’ll be a good sport and give a donation *puts 2 dollars and a box of Pocky in donation piggy bank* =3

By: JDGBOLT

JDGBOLT — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:27:35 +0000

You can find a lot of good material at http://wiki.renai.us/wiki/Resource_Links …

By: Hinano

Hinano — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:42:10 +0000

Shin> i’d probably release a “beta tester” version for a couple people (the people in the game of course get first dibs xD) and if they run through it without bugs etc then I will release to the public. Last night I sorta went on a roll and did like a “run down” so each scene was like 1 sentence “hi my name is ____ and I like ____” then you go to next scene etc.

Nyachan> haha well since it does take place in NYC I figured a subway would be a good theme to use xD

Tom> Awesome thanks. I guess I’ll stick to the round button theme as long as I can add some sort of background. I’m not concerned with asthetics at this time so I’ll have to bug you later. I’m just trying to get the game routes working so I can make sure when I add text & stuff everything works XD

By: NyaChan

NyaChan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:24:18 +0000

Rule of programming: If you’re not cursing, you’re not coding.

Have heard that in action. xD (Dad’s a PC Programmer. Either he’s annoyed at his coworkers, or something’s gone HORRIBLY WRONG. xD Unless it’s late at night, when he’s cursing at GuildWars).

The Subway things are kewl. =D Personally never liked the subway though. xD (back to school I gooo)

By: Shin

Shin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:37:42 +0000

Good luck, hope to see the beta version soon.

By: PyTom

PyTom — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:57:25 +0000

Sure. It’s often easier to just ask me the answer to a question than trying to puzzle it out from the manual.

It’s pretty easy to add a background image to the game menu (the preferences and the load/save screen), and to change the colors of various interface elements.

You can also change from the default look of buttons and such. (See the themes page here.)

While you can replace buttons and labels with images, it’s hard to do so. There are lots of buttons in the interface, and many of them can be in 3 or 4 or 5 different states. So while it’s possible, it’s difficult, just due to the complexity of the problem.

By: Hinano

Hinano — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:01:56 +0000

Tom> Wow that sounds awesome!! Will we also be able to customize the options menu as well? It’s so boring just having be some round buttons & a white screen to be honest Thanks for the AIM, I’ll add you next time I’m online.

Only question really is, is there an easier way to define coordinate points? I’m really bad with that stuff, and I’ve always just used dreamweaver when it came to coordinates since I could just take a box and draw it over the area I want.