ColourMapster & the Tomes of Life

Devlog

• Added in updated screenshots for the game :)
  December 03, 2018 by Hobcramwork

  Hello everyone, I had thought to update the screenshots for this game since ColourMapster's health bar and the game level had been drastically changed from the beginning up until December 2017, as I'l... Continue reading

  
• Hi all, some edits made to the main character :)
  July 15, 2018 by Hobcramwork#32nd post

  Hi everyone, as I had been tinkering with the game up until I started my internship near the end of March, I hadn't been able to put up a new version. Anyhow, alongside the rolling animations that I h... Continue reading
• Problem with the movement animation code :s
  February 16, 2018 by Hobcramwork#31st post

  As it turns out, after swapping the Idle frames for the rolling frames, the rolling animation worked, but not the Idle animation, so it's a problem with the code for the movement animation itself. Mor... Continue reading
• A minor hiccup occurred :o
  February 12, 2018 by Hobcramwork#30th post

  Hello everyone, I had made a copy of the Idle frames and made adjustments to them to simulate rolling effect, but when I tested them, ColourMapster just slid stoically across the ground :/ Looks like... Continue reading
• Text added in, along with adjustments :)
  February 02, 2018 by Hobcramwork#29th post

  Hello everyone, I had been a bit busy as of late, hence the delay in working on the updates :p I've added in some text so that players can understand the objective of the game better, as well as under... Continue reading
• Game shown off at recent Game Dev Hangout :)
  January 17, 2018 by Hobcramwork#28th post

  This was the second or third time that I had shown off my game (slightly improved version than what's available on Itch.io) at a Game Dev Hangout, but my first time in collecting feedback through the... Continue reading
• Updated game files :)
  December 31, 2017 by Hobcramwork#27th post

  Hi everyone, these are the updated game files following the recently uploaded browser version. Enjoy :)... Continue reading
• Updated browser game version :)
  December 31, 2017 by Hobcramwork#26th post

  Hi everyone, I have uploaded an updated version of the game for the IMGA (International Mobile Gaming Award), though it is by no means the final version. This version has the 'Game Over' screen added... Continue reading
• What I've learnt from the Apprentice Programme, and what I can offer to game-making companies
  December 28, 2017 by Hobcramwork#25th post

  What I’ve learnt from the Apprentice Programme During my 3-month stint with the Level Up Apprentice Programme 2017, I had learnt, through trial and error (as well as lots of advice), how vital it is... Continue reading
• Hi everyone, still working on the game :)
  December 28, 2017 by Hobcramwork#24th post

  Hi guys, I'm just posting this up to let you know that I'm still working on this game! Anyhow, I have since added in a Game Over screen that comes about when you have zero stamina left (just wait long... Continue reading
• Updated OS 64 version uploaded today :)
  December 10, 2017 by Hobcramwork#23rd post

  Hi everyone, to those of you who wish to download this game and play it on your Mac laptops or computers, you can now do so. Do let me know how much you've enjoyed playing the game, the parts you didn... Continue reading
• Little changes made here and there
  December 09, 2017 by Hobcramwork#22nd post

  Hi all, I've made changes to the Main Menu and Ending Screen graphics, and added in a Credits List. Also, I added a number of ZIP files over the past 2 days, with one of them being the version you can... Continue reading
• Alpha version completed, and uploaded :D
  December 05, 2017 by Hobcramwork#21st post

  Phew, after having made a number of adjustments to the background scenery and other things, the game has finally been uploaded to Itch.io I'll be making some changes to it within the next few days, bu... Continue reading

  
• Updates made to the game for the past one week :)
  December 03, 2017 by Hobcramwork#20th post

  Hi everyone, here are some updates on what I’ve been doing for the game this week: - cloned the only door in the game, made duplicates of the clone, and gave each duplicate (& the clone) their own u... Continue reading
• Flinching/knockback mechanic added in ;)
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#19th post

  Hi guys, I had made some progress last week by adding in a 'flinching' mechanism to ColourMapster that is similar to Megaman flying backwards after getting hit. This feature is especially useful in es... Continue reading
• A bunch of screenshots for you guys :)
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#18th post

  Hi everyone, here's bunch of screenshots from my game :) Menu screen (made 2 days ago) Screenshots of yesterday's progress Movement controls, and a warning Jump controls Recovering stamina Pull contro... Continue reading
• Oh no, too many long posts! :o
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#17th post

  Goodness me, I write one too many lengthy posts . I'll be editing them all soon enough Anyhow, here is my update for this week thus far: Monday afternoon-night 13 November 2017 - experimented with som... Continue reading
• Compiled updates until 9 November 2017
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#16th post

  Updates until Friday 3 November 2017 - added sound effects to CM (positive achievement when collecting Tomes, with the Tome objects set to 'Destroy' so that the same sound doesn't keep playing wheneve... Continue reading
• Feedback from 3 fellow interns, and screenshots of the game
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#15th post

  Hi guys, after letting 3 friends from the same programme playtest the game on Monday, this was their feedback: - placement of the creatures needs to make sense, in terms of being more purposeful (has... Continue reading
• Name of the game changed a few times until now
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#14th post

  Hi everyone, as it turns out, the lecturer whom I wanted to consult (& was awaiting a reply on when to see him) was in Australia at the time (on Thursday), so I then consulted Mr I-Van Yee himself on... Continue reading
• Back to posting updates despite minor setback
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#13th post

  Hi everyone, I had been meaning to delay my updates over here until after I had made significant progress on my game, but due to my game file having become unreadable yesterday and having to start ove... Continue reading
• Some aspects to work on for the 3rd and 4th floors
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#12th post

  Hi everyone, seeing as I'll busy in the coming week (& over the next few days), I had decided to continue working on the obstacle courses, or at least some of the coding that would allow them to work... Continue reading
• Moving Beams and Platforms
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#11th post

  Hi everyone, after attempting to programme the moving beams to use the Custom behaviour and then Sine behaviour over the past few days, but still not achieving the effect I wanted for the second obsta... Continue reading
• Miscellaneous sprites added in, and credits list added to first post
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#10th post

  Hi everyone, I added in all the sprites I might need for the game, such as those for the tomes, pause, jump, action and direction buttons, exit, left, right and blank signboards, backgrounds, heart ic... Continue reading
• Items switched from 'Must Have' to 'Nice to Have' category
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#9th post

  Hi guys, I had decided to move away from using global variables for the Stamina bar and switching from one layout to the next doesn't work properly, and have shifted these two items into the 'Nice to... Continue reading
• One problem fixed, and 2 versions of the game to be made
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#8th post

  Hi everyone, I managed to fix my problem with the door's animation once I watched the tutorial video from Redfoc :) I'll now be working on 2 versions of the game: one in which I set up and test the ob... Continue reading
• Mistakes made, and problems to deliberate
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#7th post

  Mr Bazil wasn't free to have the Feedback session today, but he did manage to get MDEC to sponsor all of us to attend the LEVEL UP KL event happening between the 4th to 8th November, so that's a treat... Continue reading
• Obstacle for first floor added in
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#6th post

  Hi all, I added in 4 more spiky creatures, tested their coding only to find out I didn't add any specifically tailored to their own IVs (instance variables), then followed Kawaerri's Wall trap video (... Continue reading
• Progress made with spiky creature coding
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#5th post

  Hi guys, I've got good news! Based on the information I had gathered on using Instance Variables (IVs), I experimented with the code for the spiky creatures attacks and it worked! Now each spiky crea... Continue reading
• Basic level diagram explained to Mr Bazil
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#4th post

  Well, it seems that a mis-timed Windows update only left me able to update my PowerPoint slides for Bazil, so I showed and explained my level diagram to him. Having noted that I was going to set up di... Continue reading
• Changes to be made to some aspects of the game
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#3rd post

  Hi all, I thought I would update you guys on what's been happening :) We've had 3 talks on Monday: the first was about how the Gameka company was brought to life and some of the obstacles they had to... Continue reading
• Targets to reach for the next 12 weeks
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#2nd post

  Hmm, it has occurred to me that in all the brouhaha of setting up this thread, I had forgotten to display the targets I'm supposed to reach for the next 10 or so weeks XD . Worry not, for I have come... Continue reading
• Title and description of game, along with people to credit
  December 02, 2017 by Hobcramwork#1st post

  Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you all know about a game I’m working on called ColourMapster: Quest for the 5 Tomes Here is a short description: it's a puzzle-adventure game about helping ColourM... Continue reading