Ah, meep. It's fun when things like this last long enough to have obscure backstory XD

XD

Even Gnorthan remembers that!

What is FSM? Fix Spelling...?

His Greatness, the all-might Flying Spaghetti Monster of course!!

May he touch you with his noodley appendages!

What is the religon called? Pastafarian?

FMSisem, Pastafarianism, Whatever.

Please know it's not serious.


May you all have a deliosious noodlely experience with him.


Ramen.

I heard Ramen tastes good.

oh srry guys i thought beep was ok i normally say tht while others actually say the real swear words which i hate. :(

and i did not u meep in both i used beep or i missed typed it.
so i the future i just use food right.
did i miss spell anything??
no text language ok.
and i am bad at spelling always have been in a languages. (i think i spelt tht wrong)

Is there like a newbie forum on this site some where?

Well, *beep* or something also will do if you just have to show us that you would curse.

As for misspelling, it's not that big of a deal, but proper grammar would be appreciated(especially on the part of big-small letters and not writing in caps). Of course, you are free to do what ever you want to with what you write, but if you deliberately use bad language or something alot, people probably will have negative feelings towards you.

Since you know crazymerlinman123, you can just ask him if something is really unclear.

There are no real rules, except -
Don't write offensively. In addition to cursing, that includes harassing ANYONE. If you make someone feel bad, I hope you feel sorry for it.
Don't post copyrighted stuff. We can't have characters from other games in the games, and besides, it's more fun to make your own enemies and stuff rather than copy from somewhere.

Nah, there's no real 'newbie' section. We're a friendly lot. Make suggestions, chat, post comments about other's suggestions.... Do as you like, pretty much. There are, however, only around a dozen of active members, so we are a quite tight-knit community. I hope you will have fun!

With regards to "and i did not u meep in both i used beep or i missed typed it.
so i the future i just use food right."
It was indeed beep, at least in the one that I approved; I think Super_merlin approved the other one. It just felt quite appropriate to change it to meep(for inside jokes)

and if you use food, make sure to add [] around it. Of course, it need not be food, just an unexpected word;)

For the grammar/improper spellings, it rather helps to reread your posts before hitting submit, you'll catch various words that are either missing or don't sound right.

I did approve that first one.

Also know that if the grammar or spelling annoys me, I will correct it.

What if the grammar doesn't annoy you but it is wrong. Will you still correct it? No?

Obviously not.

I correct it anyways. Well I guess my suggestion is taking a turn into the spam world.

Well I tried really hard to make it spin. It is quite difficult for me. I made another spin but I don't really know if it is good or not. If it is not good, please tell me how to improve.

Oh. I like that. A lot!

Thank you. I tried to make it very smooth.

significantly better.

Thank you Gnorthan.

*GlADoS voice*Very, very well done!

GIADoS Voice? What is that?
Anyways, the only thing that I dislike is that, it is not much of an enemy now. I mean it is just boring ol' spinning top now. I understand that the eye looked weird but could we change it a little?

Play Portal then the "GlADoS voice" thing will make sense... The cake is a lie!

Please note that any appearance of danger is merely a device to enhance your testing experience.

The cake is a lie! One of those memes right?

Crazy: Sorta, mostly just a Portal joke that became quite popular.

"The Enrichment Center reminds you that the Weighted Companion Cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak."

Oh ok.

I especially liked the pre-boss-battle thing with the object that dropped - "Do you like that thing so much? Well, marry it then."

And yeah, what Immortal said.

John: Don't you love the Iphone?
Stewart: Ya!
John: WELL MARRY IT!!!!!!!!
Stewart: No!
John: I thought you said that you loved it.
Stewart: ...

I could see that being Jon Stewart talking to himself...

I just like to use celebrities' first names and last names in dialogues.

...You removed the eye?
Next is the attack anim I guess.

Yep.

I can't wait to play Portal. Steam is coming to Linux yay!

What is steam?

Steve: Do you happen to know when?

Whoah! That's a great piece of news!

Steam's software that lets you play certain computer games (ie ones made to run on steam, such as...portal). There's quite a lot for it.

Oh...cool.

Surely you have heard of Portal, Half Life or Counter-Strike?? They are all developed for Steam.

In fact, I noticed that the PlayOnLinux actually lets you install any commercial Windows game which has been actually cofirmed to work. No more guessing about it! Yeah, and the fact you can just install it right there is nice - just choose a Windows application and press install, if you have the concience to do it, but then again, illegal downloads ARE very popular...

Ya I have heard about counter-strike.

Play on Windows and stuff will never be 100% compatible as long as Microsoft is Microsoft. The Windows and DirectX APIs are just to big.

@Steve

Is that official? There's been a linux refrence in the Mac launcher for a while now.

Yeah, I know that, but apparently, at least, it runs many of my favourite windows programs, and many of the rest are ported on linux already.

And your favorite programs on Windows are...?

Pretty much some freeware games, but also some working tools(like, some for programming, there also are some randomer stuff like... Well, many editors for different stuff, like, say, savefile editors, or, rom data editors, or, even a UAF dungeon editor/game(which is a damn good application for the rare ADnD fans!), or... You get the idea.

But mostly games.

ADnD? What is that?

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.

Oh I thought it was Awesome Dungeons and Dragons or something. XD.
Wasn't there that other one... DnDo or something?

Yes, but it's not a 'real' official DnD game, though.

It is partially licenced by Wizards, though.

You probably have heard of Wizards of the Coast? The company which has made all these great role-playing- and cardgames? For example, DnD, Warhammer, Pokemon TCG, Magic the Gathering...... And so on.

Oh ya. I have played Pokemon TGC.

Animate it? Make the circles on top move and the lines in the middle look like it's rotating?

Nice, nice work indeed...

Hint: Your middle frame will be that one mirrored.

I was aware of animating it.
The problem is that I thought it was going to be easy. I thought all I had to do is move the silver and dark grey lines around. It turns out, I have to move the whole tornado!
This is going to take a while.

I'm thinking that there will be a lot of frames, with the tornado slowly moving back and forth, but with little lines moving around it quickly. Also, I'm guessing that the transition between the stand anim but a bunch faster, with some circular lines appearing around the sides(showing faster motion), while it starts to kick up dust. The dust eventually covers it, becoming the tornado.

It will be tricky to do well, you'll need to make the curves at the sides move upwards, if you rotate a screw you see what I mean.

I think I will just make the lines inside the tornado move around the tornado. Then I make the curves of the tornado change sides. I will also add little pieces of sand around to add special effects. :)

I have made two tornadoes. You will probably dislike them as they are my first drafts. One is slow and one is fast.

...Hmm...Not bad, but they sort of look like they're dancing. I would suggest doing what note suggested- that mirror image should be your middle frame. The reason is because the entire tornado should be shifting- it looks like the top and the bottom are cemented in place (hence why it seems to be dancing).

Still, you're on the right track. The speed lines are effective.

It might help to look up some vids of tornadoes and get a complete mental image of exactly what a tornado looks like and is doing as it moves, then simplify/cartoonify/pixelate it.

So I keep that. I then do the same thing but the other way around right? I also move the top. Could you please tell me how I can make it look like the top is moving without it looking weird?

I sort of fixed the top.

Still the bottom. Hint, move the whole image.

And, you know, I got 200th comment=D

W00T!

Im not an expert at this but the things at the top are just staying still, is this normal?

Not really, perceptive.

They need to move as well, but I didn't see it.. I doubt it's very clear against a background.

Ok...two things to do.
Make top move.
Make bottom move.

Also, near the bottom, on the right side, it looks bad in a few frames where the tornado has a sharp spot as 'leftovers' from the last frame. You'll spot it.

My start:


procrastination ftw.
If I find some time tmw, I'll finish it off.

Ok...that is way more awesome than mine. I will add the green bits for you Note.

I think the sand should be another image and be programmed - spawn random pieces of sand to random spots which move a little and are then destroyed.

Ok. I'll put the sand in another image.

That's good, note!
Only thing I'd say is that the circling bit at the top looks a bit odd.

that's because I was lazy, and didn't draw the top spinning at the same rate as the rest of it. I'm going to change it.

Well, in reality, winds in a tornado are often spinning at very different speeds- all extremely fast, of course.

But the top does look a little weird. Other than that, great!

I think part of what looks weird at the top is because of the jerk at the end of the loop.

now i see it...

See what? The jerk?

rev. 2



♪ ninja edit: ninja'd

Ok...that will definetly be the official tornado for Spintop. It is AWESOME!

I think the bottom and middle should spin at the same direction, instead of crossing like that. But I might be wrong.

It's better though.

They should be spinning in different directons or else it will spin like a normal top. This tornado is more of a cartoon tornado with twists and bends. Most tornadoes I see look straight. Not completly straight though.

Yes, you are right crazy... at least i think so!

I think the spinning and the dust etc is all awesome, but the circle at the stop still seems odd. Too...regular, not chaotic.

It looks a bit weird but it should work.

When its like that, however it helps a bit to prevent the eye from thinking that the tornado is just doing a half-circle, waving back and forth.

That said, the bits from the white-ish lines could be popping out of the top.

Oh. I have to do the reel...without the eye. :(

Hey!
Its crazy!

...I'm starting to get really lazy with my contractions:P

Lol, I have been a little busy with school, projects and exams. I actually had my drama exam today. I don't think I did too well but my parents don't really care about drama...

I love this guy! The tornado is great Note!

Thanks! Yeah, Note did an excellent job with the tornado.

I suppose more work in this area will be beneficial.

Indeed it will, I have yet to make the grave.

I just realized what's missing on the tornado anim!

It needs two more frames to look like it's spinning! Aka, it needs to slow down when its close to sideways!

Oh, right, that makes sense.. Lol.

By the way, I kind of forgot what the attack's like. Close up, touching it will deal damage, and.. Further away, it'll blow tornadoes at you? Will there be something special related to it being a tornado, or will it just deal damage and disappear?

I thought it becomes the tornado for a little while for melee damage.