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[Deadpony]

Yes That is correct! I am creating a My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Fangame.

This project is for a friend of mine who has nothing better to do than bug me to make a game!

What is this game you ask? Well lets just say it is in the making and I have finished the very simple basic coding of a Playable Character! Thats right! I will post the controls here to show you how simple this game is!

Arrow Keys Left and Right - Move left and right
Arrow Key Up - AIM upwards
Arrow Key Down - Duck

A - Jump - Pegasus can tap A in air to toggle Flight
S - Run
D - Shoot/Spit/Throw - Depending on character, depends on action!

W - Special Ability - when your ability gauge is full you can use your special attack
E - Ultimate Ability - Unleash your Pony Wrath!!!

Thats the controls.

For the story, I would rather not give too much detail, but long story short and vary vague at that. It is a Dark force the ponies have never seen before. LOL

Now my problem was I couldn't find any pony sprites and made some from looking at some 'iron bead things', but I could clearly see that somewhere deep in the abyss of the web some people made some sprites. I'm still going off what I got. =P

I was wondering if i could get any help here? Making sprites, I got some templates which can be picked apart and reapplied and colored quite easily. I can send the whole lot to someone if they would like some help and i could credit them for the help they gave me.

another thing i would like some help on is. I only know of the show through wiki and random topics. no other knowledge. so bare with me here. I might need some insight on ponies and thier magic/powers/abilities.

Here are my ideas for the ponies as abilites and moves...

Rainbow Dash
Shoots - Rainbow
Ability - Sonic Rainboom
Ultimate - Sonic Rainboom Barrage - Dashes around the screen causing rainbooms about the screen.

Fluttershy
Spits - Sound
Ability - Fluttercry - A Wave of sound is emitted from Top to bottom of the screen.
Ultimate - Sonic Screech - Powerful Shockwaves of sound breech the screen.

Twilight Sparkle
Shoots - Magic Sparkles
Ability - Magic Blast - A wave of magic spans the screen.
Ultimate - Magic Wave - An aura of magic floods the screen.

Rarity
Throws - Diamonds, Jewels, Jems, etc.
Ability - Surplus - Tosses out random Diamons, Jewels, Jems, etc. outward.
Ultimate - Diamond Shield - A shield of diamond guards this pony.

Applejack
Throws - Apple
Ability - Apple Stomp - Hooves the ground and apples fall from the sky.
Ultimate - Big Brother - Play as Big Mac

Pinkie Pie
Throws - Cupcakes
Ability - Help Awareness - Calls for help and recieves a pie launcher!?
Ultimate - Faded Rage - Play as Rage Pinkie!?

So this is what I got so far, but I'm not 100% if it would make other fans happy. So I'm asking you guys to help out here and give feedback. I'm open to suggestions and would love some help from any Sprite Makers, Sound Makers, Voice Actors, and Fans!

my email is xiwadewilson@gmail.com if anyone is interested in direct help!

Thanks,
Deadpony

P.S. Ponyville needs a Taco Bell.

[Jobo]

I never would've believed it till I saw it with my own eyes...

[Deadpony]

I never would've believed it till I saw it with my own eyes...

LOL thanks for trolling, but I felt the same way. I find it more amusing that my little sister watches the show and I know nothing of it and she questions all my motives with 'Why would the pony do that?, they don't do that in the show...'
But a game wouldn't be a game if you couldn't advance in some way or form!

Seriously, I'm actually looking for some help on this though. Planning out each and every level alone is time consuming. =P

Deadpony

[Robert3DG+]

What have you programmed so far.

[Deadpony]

What have you programmed so far.

So far I have the coding for the playable characters done. (excluding full special and ultimate moves - need to get my sprites in check first lol)

They all share the same code, but based on who you pick will determine how they play.

The rest shouldn't be hard, since a majority of the enemies will be basic AI kind of like old skool gaming!

As for looks, I'm kinking out the sprites, backgrounds, and UI. - which would fly by faster if I wasn't stuck on a Laptop xD

[famous]

Great! I don't realy play Games. Only developing Applications and sometimes Games.

I've seen a handfull Fangames of MLP before, but they're useless. Also there's a 3D Game, and a Fangame called "Fighting is Magic" what is realy impressive in Graphics. But, sadly your concept seems not to be a MMO. I have 10 Years of programming experience and also a good knowledge in Illustrator, Cinema4D and Gimp.

I have written some extensible MMO Engines and one of that using Game Maker. So every Object would be programmed for his functionality and integrated in the Game while Server is running. But thats a big Topic and using DRX (signature).

And its my devine purpose to help that pony to realize that. So if your concept is going this way i can help you.

(sorry my excitement, but it's MLP)

[Deadpony]

Great! I don't realy play Games. Only developing Applications and sometimes Games.

I've seen a handfull Fangames of MLP before, but they're useless. Also there's a 3D Game, and a Fangame called "Fighting is Magic" what is realy impressive in Graphics. But, sadly your concept seems not to be a MMO. I have 10 Years of programming experience and also a good knowledge in Illustrator, Cinema4D and Gimp.

I have written some extensible MMO Engines and one of that using Game Maker. So every Object would be programmed for his functionality and integrated in the Game while Server is running. But thats a big Topic and using DRX (signature).

And its my devine purpose to help that pony to realize that. So if your concept is going this way i can help you.

(sorry my excitement, but it's MLP)

Hahaha! Sorry, but so far it is a 2D platformer. If you really want to get into detail like that we can talk via Email about a 3D RPG on this topic. Trust me, I can provide a pretty wild Imagination and Story for anygame. I've seen images for Fighting is Magic LOL The 3D game i'm not 100% on seeing tho xD.

Deadpony

[famous]

Hm, sorry. I'm generally not interessted in Storys. A free play, you could call this genre Grand Theft Pony ^^, MMO would create his own story for everpony. Also there is no destiny, because the "Story" and the World will be created while playing.

The Administrators cause Problems by programming the Scene Managment and new Objects. But don't imagine a bulky 2D Game Concept.

For your none-commercial Concept, you can download "Desktop Ponys" (google). You can find everypony (and Animals too) with a lot's of Animations. I'm not sure, but i think you can use them for a Fangame. (Graphics are all in Platform-View for sure)

[Deadpony]

That would require some Asking for Resources, I might as well just get the lot sent to me if they allowed use xD

I can see where you are standing on that. That would be alot of work to put in enough creative models and material for people xD
If you ever want some concept on an idea Let me know, I'm done for an Open world MMO I can draw characters, Baddies, Scenes, and more if your are willing to model it and slap it in game! Although I do have some ideas in my head already about this topic, but thats if you want to work on that. As for now, I shall ride this pony game out!

[famous]

I've analysed a lot of Episodes and watched some basics of MLP Graphics but i'm currently not in this stage of 3D Character Modelling to create excellent results. Enivornment and Textures are no Problem, but need some more Ponys in constructing houses and some other complex Geometry.

MLP also ist 2D for sure, but with some tricky setup and processors the 3D Graphics would look like illustrated. (not a simple comic processor)

You can find a lot of very impressive Voice Actors on YouTube. Here's a Example of Fluttershy and also good for Twilight.

This Project would be done in a few weeks. (programming/technically) For Character Design other Ponys with good skills are required. I prefer to use real programming Language, but Game Maker is possible too. (but there is no need of any rooms as i explained)

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It's your choice of course, and there is more required than motivation for a short time for every co-worker-pony.

(i'm so excited, but thats because it's MLP! )

Edited by famous, 29 June 2012 - 06:59 PM.

[Deadpony]

Lol I will definitely message you later on that topic, but back to my goal here at hand!

[Pixel8ed72]

This sounds really cool.


I can't sprite, but I can offer my music services.
If you want any music, or any remixes of MLP songs for the game, let me know!
I'd love to help out!

[Deadpony]

Terracrafter that would be amazing! I haven't looked too much for sounds or what not, but I'd love to get an instrumental version of the title theme and a few casual songs for the levels. Remixes could be fine, but I'll have to message you on those if your really up to this. Thank you for your interest and help!

Deadpony

[Deadpony]

A Quick Update post here!
I compiled my Early Character template for my use and others willing to help me!


Now this isn't for open use and others to make pony games with (YET) I'm not 100% happy with some sprites here and haven't had too much time to work around them.

I need spritesheets for all the characters except Rainbow Dash(not that rainbow dash was my favorite, but the first I started on.)
Although, I did not create any disturbance in Rainbow Dash's hair as in my spritesheet the hair is static and does not move. If players/spriters think that it shouldn't be static, then so be it the sprites for Rainbow Dash will change. Again ; Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Deadpony

[Pixel8ed72]

Terracrafter that would be amazing! I haven't looked too much for sounds or what not, but I'd love to get an instrumental version of the title theme and a few casual songs for the levels. Remixes could be fine, but I'll have to message you on those if your really up to this. Thank you for your interest and help!

Deadpony

Funnily enough, I started work on an instrumental version of the title yesterday.

I'll finish it and send it to you.
If you like it, let me know what other songs you'd like whenever you think of one.
I'll happily do it.

[Deadpony]

Will anyone be able to help me with completing the sprites?

[IceFireMadness]

Will anyone be able to help me with completing the sprites?

I love your pony sprites, although AJ is a bit too orange.

Also it depends, if you wan't super crazy detailed sprites like a perfect Ganondorf or something, I am totally not your man. But I can still make decent sprites non-theless, and I could make things like changelings if they were part of this new "Dark Force"

[Deadpony]

Well actually the first thing i would need is 4 of the 6 ponies in the template I have. So far I did Rainbow Dash and Applejack. I just need the other 4 made from the template I have posted. a simple recolor and copy and paste edit would do xD I'm not 100% on additional characters and what not.

Thanks in advance!

Deadpony