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  1. jcbluejr01

    Damn... it's been WAY too long since I posted around here, and I'm not even sure if I'll be as active as I used to in the future, so I'll just lay down what's been going on in recent times.

    1: The Game.

    Progress of the game has seen a MAJOR uplift over the past year or so. The story's been changed around quite significantly. I have a basic outline of almost all the events I want to have in the game, and I'm set to rewriting the dialogue and synopsis from scratch once again, along with a few friends of mine helping me with co-writing the whole thing. During that time, I've also assembled an entire team of artists, programmers, and musicians, including myself, for us to make this game happen, thanks to my ever growing connections with people throughout the years. With the story mostly finalized, and a full team assembled, if I play my cards right, we may have an actual demo for X-Tra Dimension available around 2019 or so...

    2: My career paths...

    After heavily improving my composition skills over the course of a year and a half, I'm more or less wanting to take music as my career path in life, outside of the game. I've recently been starting to take commissions for original compositions for several people, such as Sr. Pelo and FTCR, among others. I feel that with the success I've been having with the music I make, I feel it'd be wise to take a career path towards that, as it's something I REALLY enjoy doing.

    That's basically all I've really got to share. Sorry about the lack of posts for a good year or so. So many things have changed for me since late-2017, so I hope you all understand. :)

     

    -jcbluejr01

    1. TheRedStranger

      TheRedStranger

      I am proud you are pushing your musical talent towards a profitable level. You planning on buying the Komplete Ultimate suite? If you wait for sells at Guitar Center you can actually get it and their keyboard 40% off.

    2. jcbluejr01

      jcbluejr01

      Thanks, man. I was thinking about it, but I had some other things to get, like SD2SNES, so I can playback some of the stuff I've been making for the soundtrack on the real system.

  2. jcbluejr01

    Jeez, it's been a while since I've been around here...

    1. WarTraveller

      WarTraveller

      It has, actually. How've ya been in the meanwhile?

  3. jcbluejr01

    Been thinking about talking about opening up help to make an animated prologue for X-Tra Dimension, but I'm not sure where to start up a new thread for it...

    1. jcbluejr01

      jcbluejr01

      Plus, I'm not sure if anyone here's an animator or not...

  4. jcbluejr01

    Hey everyone. Sorry I've been away for the last month or so. Lots of major changes have been going on for X-Tra Dimension lately. First of all, the game's gonna be switching engines from GameMaker to Clickteam Fusion, since a programmer I'm friends with atm is good with it. Secondly, the soundtrack. Not only did I find a programmer to help me, but multiple composers to help me out with things as well. Other than that, been busy with character art (still looking for help on that btw), and I'm thinking of making some alterations to the synopsis I posted here...

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    2. jcbluejr01

      jcbluejr01

      @TheRedStranger Of course, I'm best with character art, and not everything else, so assistance in the art department would be nice...

    3. TheRedStranger

      TheRedStranger

      I would recommend start sketching landscapes and some stuff from real life at least every other day then to start balancing things out. The more stuff you internalize and practice drawing in real life, the more you have as reference to stylize. We actually of a thread the the Artist Atlier to post practice sketches if you would like. Alternate days - draw something from life and draw something just purely out of imaginative fun. Eventually you will start to get more artistic awareness and ability to synthesize real subjects in the style relevant to your work. 

    4. TheRedStranger

      TheRedStranger

      *have a thread on the 

  5. jcbluejr01

    Miki's theme done. Check it out:

     

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/lo7zk8sy4gdo67q/X-Tra Dimension - Miki's Theme.mp3?dl=0

     

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    2. jcbluejr01

      jcbluejr01

      Well, for the demo of the game at least, a few battle themes, themes for Bosko and Phineas, the first area theme (Snowman's Town), and the boss theme for Mayor Snowman. After that, who knows...

    3. jcbluejr01

      jcbluejr01

      I also have to work on the sound effects of the game...

    4. F07E

      F07E

      (geez, thought I responded to this one.)

      I like the sort of slow and almost somber pace the theme has, seems fitting with how you described Miki's backstory.

  6. jcbluejr01

    Got another song done. This time, it's the title screen.

     

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/5qlpqvas5tp2aqv/X-Tra Dimension - Title Screen (Updated).mp3?dl=0

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    2. SallyAcornLover

      SallyAcornLover

      I also really like that music. :-)

    3. jcbluejr01

      jcbluejr01

      @SallyAcornLover Thanks! Gonna be doing more stuff like this actually...

    4. SallyAcornLover

      SallyAcornLover

      @ jcbluejr01

      You're very welcome. :) I really enjoy that song and it would be really cool to hear more of your stuff. :>+<:

  7. jcbluejr01

    So, it's been a good while since I did anything here. Here's a music track I finished today that I might maybe use in X-Tra Dimension...

     

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/gbkhuhk6svpjre1/X-Tra%20Picross%20%28Original%20One-Off%29.mp3?dl=0

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    2. jcbluejr01

      jcbluejr01

      Thanks, dude. :D 

      One question, where should I put any concept art for the game?

    3. F07E

      F07E

      I'd assume under the same post for the game.

    4. TheRedStranger

      TheRedStranger

      It can be done three ways - 

      1) In The Game Factory in a thread.

      2) A personal thread in the Non-sonic art art section dedicated to your works.

      3) Both together via redirect links in each respective thread. 

  8. jcbluejr01

    Sorry I haven't been here in a while. School's been just the worst for me, and development for X-Tra Dimension has been pretty slow, mainly due to the lack of interest around the project...

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    2. TheRedStranger

      TheRedStranger

      It's okay, I know how school is. I think the best thing to do for X-Tra is start to get more ideas out there. Why don't you start writing down the story for it?

    3. jcbluejr01

      jcbluejr01

      I've been doing that for months now. I just haven't gotten the time to look back and check to re-write anything because of all this...

    4. F07E

      F07E

      Hey don't get too discouraged, it's just a process that takes time and patience. Your still in a sort of early pre-production phase, and most people remain nervous and skeptical until much later on, doubly so for new or first time developers. It'll pass the further along you get.

  9. jcbluejr01

    Welp... I did it anyway...

     

  10. jcbluejr01

    Should I open up a voice acting topic for X-Tra Dimension? I know quite a few wanna do voices for the game now, and I'm really curious to see how far that'll go, but I'm still wondering if I should...

  11. jcbluejr01

    I'm still wondering how everyone felt about X-Tra Dimension...

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    2. Ishapar

      Ishapar

      So is there anyplace in your game that you want ideas for right now (characters, story, etc.)?  I would like to go at your pace as this is your idea and game.  I will take another look at your post to refresh on your basic story.

    3. jcbluejr01

      jcbluejr01

      I'm not really sure at the moment, honestly...

    4. Ishapar

      Ishapar

      I will post something in the forum.  I'll let you know when I am done.

       

  12. jcbluejr01

    Been thinking of talking a bit about the RPG I've been coming up with over here...

  13. jcbluejr01

    So, I'm here... what now?

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    2. jcbluejr01

      jcbluejr01

      welp

    3. Mike Arcade

      Mike Arcade

      PARTY!!!!! xD

    4. Ishapar

      Ishapar

      You could go and chop some firewood.  :D

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