[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/PutF6tz.png[/img] [i][url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/clju7kd55fspjj5/MaGMML2%20Devkit%201.9.2017.RAR?dl=0]LINK TO DEVKIT[/url][/i] [i][url=https://discord.gg/GnhNAgt]OFFICIAL DISCORD[/url][/i] [i][url=http://sprites-inc.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=1688]LINK TO ORIGINAL TOPIC[/url][/i][/center] Hello, MFGGers! You may recall last year a contest being hosted by Pyro where the goal was to, well, make a good Mega Man level. That's exactly what's going on again, and things are looking better than ever! The devkit's reliability has increased significantly, so you'll be able to make your levels without having to worry about all the bugs. What you call a "good" level is entirely up to you -- you can make any kind of level you want a reality. There is no quality control, so feel free to go nuts! I'll be posting the most important information you need to know in this thread, but if you want to know anything and everything, feel free to look at the original topic posted above. If you like the Blue Bomber, I would recommend giving this a shot; it's been a lot of fun for me! Who knows, maybe you'll be the one to take home the glory with first place? With that said, get creating and have fun! [spoiler]THE RULES 1. One stage per person. Pretty self-explanatory. 2. Teams of two are allowed to work on levels together. 3. Custom assets are allowed, but make sure to include all of them with your submission files. 4. Don't modify any existing objects without permission from the programmers/Pryo. 5. No NSFW content inside levels. If any of this is caught by the judges, your level will be disqualified. 6. You can have up to three energy elements in your level. When sending your level, tell Pyro how many your level has. 7. Make sure to title your room lvl(Level Name)_(Username) filling in username and level name with the relevant info. No parantheses. For example, lvlMushroom_CruiseElroy. If you have multiple rooms, just make it something like lvlMushroom_CruiseElroy_1, lvlMushroom_CruiseElroy_2, etc. 8. Suffix your custom assets with your username. For example, objMet_CruiseElroy. 9. Judging this time is supposed to be pretty much anonymous. Keep all level spoilers to #level-showcase on the Discord, or Private Messaging on the forums. If you leak your level, there will be score penalties. More stuff might be added later. FRIENDLY TIPS 1. There are no lives! In many people's opinions, lives really only serve to make you redo stuff you already beat, so they're gone. 1-Ups just give you a full health refill now. 2. This game will be featuring a new collectible, the Noble Nickel. You can have up to 5 in your stage, but you don't have to have any if you don't want to have them. Collecting all of these items will give a unique reward that has been decided on already. 3. Not all energy elements will be required to fight Wily; roughly 75% will be needed. 4. If your stage is too hard/obnoxious/long/glitchy/whatever that makes it super incredibly not fun to play, your level might be made skippable, with all energy elements and collectibles available in one special room. This (hopefully) won't happen to too many levels, though. 5. [b]Make sure to test your level!!![/b] City War from the original is infamous for not being tested thoroughly! 6. Enemy variety is important! Please don't just make your level filled with Mets, Sniper/Hammer Joes, and Croakers! There's a ton of stuff to work with so don't just stick to the basics! 7. Place checkpoints frequently! No one likes having to redo a ton of stuff whenever they die! HOW TO SUBMIT 1. Go to the top left, and click "File" and find the dropdown menu. 2. Select "Export Resources". 3. Create a .gmres for each type of resource separately, and name them based on what resource is inside. i.e., "CruiseElroy_Sprites.gmres", "CruiseElroy_Rooms.gmres". 4. Provide a text file with all object parents, selected sprites, and code for collision events because for some reason Game Maker screws these three things up. 5. Send all of these files to Pyro via a Discord DM (SnoruntPyro#9758) or email (pyroguy66666[at]gmail.com). ENGINE TUTORIALS ACESpark has made an excellent tutorial series which will help you get your feet wet if you're new to the devkit. [url=https://youtu.be/3uK6FIyEepE]Tutorial 1 - Getting Started & Automated Collision Detection System[/url] [url=https://youtu.be/O_IYBC00GJY]Tutorial 2 - Music & Tile Animation[/url] [url=https://youtu.be/EPwPYkpFnys]Tutorial 3 - Populating your Stages[/url] JUDGING RUBRIC Design - 15. Is it well-designed and thought through, or are the obstacles seemingly randomly placed? Does the level have a proper difficulty curve? Fun - 10. How much fun was the level to play? How much fun do you think would it be for other people? Were there elements that made/ruined the experience for you? Creativity - 15. Does the level make good and creative setups with the premade assets, or, if it makes its own assets, did it use them well? Does the level stand out and provide something unique? Aesthetics - 5. Does the level look fine? Is the music good? Functionality - 5. Does the level function properly? Are there no glitches with any custom assets? Are there broken screen transitions or camera stuff? This all is for a total of [b]50[/b] points. Leaking your level to the judges will be a [b]-5[/b] penalty to your final score. Late submissions will have their scores capped based off how late they were. [b]-2[/b] for each day, so for example a submission 5 days late can only get a max of 40 points. THE DEADLINE The deadline will be [b]February 18th, 2017[/b] at midnight, EST. SUBMISSION TRACKER [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xZQz0lpZV8YTYlQ62UTS8W--YZQopSzkU4Z-xzUIziM/edit?usp=sharing]Available here.[/url] If you have submitted your level, your name will appear on the list, as well as if your level has been inserted into the main .gm81.[/spoiler]

Oh man this is my calling! Maybe gotta do it probably gotta do it gonna do it to it! EDIT: [url=http://i.imgur.com/85ezmAM.png]Found a bug with battonton[/url]

Please direct all your bug complaints towards the Discord channel, thank you

gotta come up with something to top my entry from the last one!

I suppose this is a bit odd to say as someone who's only done GM8.1 projects, but...why not GMStudio? After MKF I can't imagine why anyone would want to deal with the merging business. Also: 1. Precisely what is meant by "energy elements"? 2. [s]Do we get to make our own bosses?[/s] Ah, we do have the option of making our own bosses. 3. Can we make our own boss weapons?

What is the target screen count, i.e. how many full screens the level takes up counting the boss room?

[quote="Magnemania"]1. Precisely what is meant by "energy elements"?[/quote] Energy elements are essentially the exits. [quote="Magnemania"]3. Can we make our own boss weapons?[/quote] All the weapons you can use are already included in the devkit, so no. [quote="Magnemania"]I suppose this is a bit odd to say as someone who's only done GM8.1 projects, but...why not GMStudio? After MKF I can't imagine why anyone would want to deal with the merging business.[/quote]Uh...I'm not really sure on that one. My best guess is because it would be slightly easier to include it in the main build, but that would be something you'd have to ask Pyro about. [quote="DracoHandsome"]What is the target screen count, i.e. how many full screens the level takes up counting the boss room?[/quote]That's entirely up to you! While a typical Mega Man stage is around 25-30 screens long, you're free to make it as long or as short as you please.

hopefully going to make a level that doesn't take 30252052 years to complete this time!

[quote="Magnemania"]I suppose this is a bit odd to say as someone who's only done GM8.1 projects, but...why not GMStudio? After MKF I can't imagine why anyone would want to deal with the merging business.[/quote] I'm not a huge fan of how Studio works, I find it more of a pain to use and it's also not abandonware.

Just a question, what do you get for a prize if you get placed 1st to 3rd?

There is no prize, but being in the top tier will hopefully be enough encouragement to do well!

[quote="Pyro"][quote="Magnemania"]I suppose this is a bit odd to say as someone who's only done GM8.1 projects, but...why not GMStudio? After MKF I can't imagine why anyone would want to deal with the merging business.[/quote] I'm not a huge fan of how Studio works, I find it more of a pain to use and it's also not abandonware.[/quote] Ah. Right, I'd forgotten that YoYoGames was moving on from Studio. Alrighty then.

Submission process has been updated due to some levels not being imported properly.

Since Sprites Inc is down, and this is the only other forum thread of MaGMML2 with the entirety of the rules and links to all of the stuff (aka it isn't just "hey, come to Sprites Inc instead for this contest"), I guess this'll start being the main thread we'll use for it. Also, Pyro has said that if Sprites Inc stays down for too long, that the contest deadline may be extended until around February 18th instead of the 13th.

Well if this is where we're asking questions now: How do I go about changing the sprite of an existing enemy? Mainly I'm just looking to change the palette. I know how to edit sprites within GameMaker, but do I have to make copies of all the sprites + relevant objects for my stage and if so, how should I name them? objEnemy_Username? Or is there another way to do it that isn't so cumbersome?

The best way would to duplicate the enemy sprite, name it what you want with the obj[sprite name]_[username] setup, and then you can either duplicate the enemy you want to have a new sprite and set its sprite to the new one, or you can put "sprite_index = [name of sprite here];" in the creation code of each enemy you put in the stage to set it to the correct sprite for each one. Although setting the sprite_index in the creation code won't work for every enemy, specifically if the enemy already has color variations, or sets the sprite to something different in their code by itself, since it'll just overwrite the sprite you set it to have. If the enemy has color variations or sets its sprite_index in the step code, then I can help you out if you need it.

Thanks, that seems to be working so far. None of the enemies I've used yet have color variations or change sprites. But what about projectiles? If I have a modified enemy that shoots a projectile and I also want to modify its projectile (say, Crystal Joe) can that be done? Or am I better off duplicating the enemy and projectile objects in that case?

Since enemies and projectiles are different objects anyway, the easiest way to achieve that would indeed be to simply duplicate both (and change the code in the new enemy's object to create the new projectile).

Alright, that's easy enough. Another question, what creation code do we need to add to Noble Nickels to get them to function? I tried adding one to my level and it gave me an error when I went to test it, I looked in the code for the object and it implies I have to add something to code for the object I placed in my level but I have no idea what it exactly is or how to parse it.

nickelNumber = [number]; You can have up to five.