Now Available on the Xbox Live Marketp... Wait, No It Isn't

Here is the game demo for "The Acoustic Warriors".  It's a bit glitchy in the beginning, but that's what the main menu button's for! It's a little under-completed, because of snow days and laziness. But, here ya go!



Rock it out \m/

Joseph Ducreax Presents...

Greetings, my dear friends. France's most extravagant artist here. I have been informed that I must present a moving picture or something of the sort. So with out further ado, I provide to you with a moving picture that shall forever alter your thinking on the topic of interactive moving picture entertainment.



As usual, ballroom dance it away \m/

And THAT Is How A Game Is Made

Almost finished, just a couple more posts and I'll be up to date. Oh, and there's a little surprise at the end of this post.

So, what have I learned more about while making this demo? Well, obviously it was how to use Flash, something that, without this class, I would have never learned to do. I could always use this to fall back on in case my pursuit in engineering fails.
What could I tell people to help improve my learning process? Not much of anything, really. My resources were provided in a manner that allowed me to easily access them, and I learned much from them.


SO NOW, THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!

Play this, and you shall be... forever alone.
Rock it out \m/

That's A Negative, Ghost Rider

Sound. That thing that's not in my game. You know, since the file was so big, I couldn't upload it with the background music. However, if this game had sound, it would be epic. And... yeah.

Here is the song (opens up in Windows Media Player or MPC). It's pretty rock based, using a guitar, piano, bass, and drums. In this case, the piano is a keytar!

Rock it out \m/

Putting In The Keyboard And Mouse Things That People Use To Do Computer Stuff With Because They Can

Awesome Black Crowes
are awesome

Game design so far? It's been quite interesting. When I first attempted Flash a few years back, I got frustrated at the fact I couldn't figure it out. All the tutorials online were far too complicated for me back then. Thanks to this class, I've gained an understanding of using Flash. Maybe now I can get to making those Flash movies I've always wanted to make...



This demo belongs to the Apocalypse Monkeys. Take a look at this awesomeness.

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I Can Haz Animationz?

Awesome dude thinkin' about monkeys

This link here takes you to a Flash movie. This is what I want to do with the game. While there will be gameplay in our game, I want to add cutscenes, a bit of funny cutscenes, and make something entertaining.  This man has been doing Flash since he first got a version of Flash MX in 2001.  Over the past 10 years, his skills have greatly improved, and while I realize it's going to take way more than a couple of months to get this good, I can try to animate to the best of my ability.

Rock it out \m/

Adding, But Not Math!

Part 3 of 9.  Jeez, this is going to take awhile...

The topic is not so much told through the game itself (but in a way, it kinda is), but more based upon starting with the player's previous knowledge before playing the game.  Examples of this would be "Third World Farmer" where prior knowledge is used to strategically advance in the game.  Other games include "Left 4 Dead" and "Brutal Legend".  One game is about zombies, one game is about music.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm not making any sense...
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Click 'Em Up

Well, I was supposed to blog about a resource link from a random person's blog, but after 40 minutes of research, I can't seem to find a resource link. Anywhere. At all.

However, I found this kid who seems to love Spam Whales. He's pretty beast in my book.

So, I need to find my own research link. HERE IT IS! It's where I find my rock music information. It's pretty accurate if you ask me, even though it's Wikipedia.

So, that's all. For now....
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I'm Drawing WHAT!?

Oh, hello there.  It appears that I haven't blogged since December 6th.  It's about time I fix that, eh?  So, the next nine (yes, the numero 9) blog posts will be a series of posts that I forgot to do (or so you think).

This little paper here says that this post is on "Drawing A Scene".  I think I can do it, as long as my friend Dave Grohl here keeps me entertained while I write this.  Let's do this.

A new "concept" I've learned is basically what our entire game is based around - rock music and it's history.  Before researching for the game, I knew little about rock music comparing it to what I know now.  The entire genre of rock itself has me interested (I mean rock, metal, alternative, classic, and so on, not screamo or stuff like that... ugh).  I've learned about the first real rock musicians, how they helped form the basis for the genre.  All of this was based upon Internet research, books, and just stuff I've learned over the years from various sources.  Plus, with me following people such as the Rock It Out! Blog on YouTube and such, I've learned about new bands, a bit about rock music history, and other things rock-related.

You know what to do.
Rock it out \m/

Meet The Band

Brian, Joel, Chris, and Adam are some of the most famous, rockinest, charitable guys ever. When they formed the Acoustic Warriors back in '93, they never imagined that they'd get this far. Now they're world famous, after coming from small towns and hard lives.

Brian picked up on the piano when he was 6, and he fell in love with it. He played it every day, playing everything from November Rain to Beethoven. When he turned 17, he got a keytar for his birthday, and ever since then he's played it. When he met Joel and Chris in Seattle, they picked up on his style and formed the band with Adam later joining.

Adam came from a small town in Tennessee. He grew up in the mountains, and fishing, hiking, and hunting weren't strange to his life.  He received his first guitar at 12, and learned to play along with his uncle's bluegrass band. He later learned to play bass, and as he got older, he started playing more hard rock stuff.  When he graduated high school, he went to Seattle and met up with Joel and Chris.

Chris was born and raised near Chicago.  He lived in the rough section of town, always expecting to be robbed, kidnapped, anything.  He learned to survive the ghetto, and after dropping out of high school, he hitchhiked his way to Seattle and lived for a bit. He picked up on the drums when he was 20, and now he's one of the best drummers out there, and even has his patented flaming drumsticks.

After going out for a night of drinking, Chris ran into a man named Joel at the bar. Joel and Chris became good friends that night.

Joel was born and raised in Seattle, growing up listening to Nirvana, Alice in Chains, etc. He got his first guitar at 10, learning to play by practicing for hours and hours every week, jamming along to bands like AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. He later got the idea to drop out of high school and form his own band, one that would be the one to save rock and roll from the upcoming genres of music. He was playing his guitar and singing at a local bar when he met Chris.

The four guys rehearsed day after day, and eventually, they got a few gigs in and around Seattle. Their break came when they signed on to indie label Stormy Day Records. They cut their first album, "Where The Party Is", in 1995, and put out a new album every few years. Now they're world famous, touring places like the U.S., Australia, and Europe.

There it is, a little bio on the main characters of "The Acoustic Warriors". The demo wasn't released last week like I promised, but it'll definitely be out in the next few days. The buttons, all the scenes, all of that are done, except for animations.

You know what to do.
Rock it out \m/

If You Want A Break (You've Got It)

Finally, Thanksgiving break is almost here, now I can sleep in alllll week :D

Well, except for the fact that I'll be hunting part of the week.... it's West Virginia, we do that here.

The demo is slowly but steadily coming along, we just need to add a couple of scenes and some gameplay demos for it to be completed. It should be out around the first of Decemeber.  It's gonna be pretty good, if you ask me.

As for right now, I'm relaxed and listening to some music from AC/DC at the Circus Krone (pretty good concert, check it out).  Once I'm done with this thing called school, I'm headin' home and headin down to the camp 'til Monday, then I'm just sittin' around 'til school starts again.



Update soon, comment, subscribe, the works.
Rock it out \m/

"Oh no! Where did he go?"

Busy, busy, busy. I've been involved with so much lately that I haven't had a chance to update my blog as often as I should. Finally, I have enough time to update!

The vlog that I'm supposed to have.... well, it should be up this week. But while you're waiting for that, I guess you should know what's been going on. In the time I've had to work (which has been little, with going to a funeral, working on school work, yadda yadda yadda), Steven and I have completed the paper prototype (which after a close observation, I've come to realize that our game needs more.... a lot more) and our video is available on our Viddler page. Oh, and did I mention that we finished our game demo?




Yeah, our demo isn't finished yet, but it will be eventually, and so will the entire game!

Update much much sooner than last time.
Rock it out \m/
Oh, happy late Halloween. >:D