Good news and bad news.https://www.deviantart.com/herooftime1000/journal/I-m-sorry-TUC-is-now-open-source-1258917713Bad news is Herooftime1000 has finally given up on finishing Octavia in the Underworld's Cello himself. Too much life stuff got in the way, and his love for pony died out.Good news is that he has publicly released the whole source code of the game with all the assets, including unfinished animations. So if anyone here wants to take a crack at finishing what he started, have at it. He also left an email contact in the folder in case you need some consulting from him.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IAOpeT6HJLw0db4P1uOGrzJ3ffLY2sPD/view?usp=sharinghttps://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/>icymi this is an old-school graphic adventure game where Octavia and Vinyl have to escape a haunted house. Has some pretty grimdark scenes, as well as some very witty humor.
>>42754597Well that's depressing. He's been doing this since forever.
Called it. Good thing I already learned to never look forward to anything ever.
>>42754597>he has publicly released the whole source code of the game with all the assets, including unfinished animationsHoly based, i cant blame people for falling off the wagon every so often but it drives me insane when they decide to delete everything as a result
>>42754597Damn that sucks, loved seeing little snippets over the years.
>>42754597>The author originally expected to finish by Halloween 2013Yea, some time passed.
>>42754597I mean, on one hand this sucks. But on the other, this guy has been hyping his game for a decade, and it never left the demo, so I don't feel like I missed much.
If I had a bit for every horror game starring Octavia I'd have more than one bit and there's one thing so many horror games lack.
>>42755431A cute, smexy Tavi playing pool?
>>42754597Its over
>>42756081RIP>I love this cutscene.
>>42754597Didn't he release a very lenghty demo already way back in 2018?>Good news is that he has publicly released the whole source code of the game with all the assets, including unfinished animations. So if anyone here wants to take a crack at finishing what he started, have at it. He also left an email contact in the folder in case you need some consulting from him.FINALLY, why can't the rest of you faggots BE LIKE THIS MAN HERE? This is how you do it. Now we just have to popularize it.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IAOpeT6HJLw0db4P1uOGrzJ3ffLY2sPD/view?usp=sharing
GOODBYE MY LOVER GOODBYE MY FRIENDCan you guys post other games which have been open sourced? in this thread?
The game is like 90% complete already. Not a huge lost desu
>>42756846Right. From what I recall, all that needs to be finished is the remaining bits of animation.I haven't sent him an email to clarify that though.
>>42757179Did shy just feel me up with her magic and run away>
>>42757211No.
>>42754597>It will be of my own creativity. Not another's.Looking forward to the generic furry/anime game's kickstarter!
>>42756846how do you work on it enough to have it 90% done and then go "nah, i'm not doing the last 10% on this thing I dedicated a decade of my life towards"
>>42756565There’s been a few others who have also released their stuff in the past. My Little Investigations’ case creator has been shared here before: https://github.com/GabuEx/my-little-investigations/commit/0689f2ca3e808ba39864f024280abd2e77f8ad20
>>42758014https://www.deviantart.com/pix3m/art/Game-Robin-Steele-the-Waifu-Thief-v1-2-460970073
>>42754597Kinda disappointing but honestly it is bound to be expected, that's a lot of work for just one dude
>>42757839Many people just lack artistic drive, or lack a community that can keep their progress in check. When a project gets to the double-digits number of years, and each update takes a year to happen, then you're probably in too deep and it's not surprising to abandon ship, because at that point there's been a problem for a LONG time and nothing's being done to address it. Cave Story took 5 years for one person to make, and this project was in the running for over a decade.
>>42757839The last 10% usually ends up taking 90% of the time. Or last 25% takes 75% time... you get the idea, getting a project from almost working to perfect can take a lot of effort. I know it happens to me.
>>42758750That, and I imagine making pixelated frame-by-frame animations via sprites is tricky.
bump
Anyone know if Story Of The Blanks or any of Donitz's games were ever open sourced?
>>42761423rump
Well, now that the source code has been released, how long until the anatomically correct/nsfw version?
I was willing to wait a few more decades
>>42761871How about any finished version to begin with?
Bump to give kudos to Belgerum for the great soundtrack. And also the anon who made the Uninvited cover track. https://youtube.com/watch?v=NaVq1mIcwv4
>>42763198It is pretty great, still kinda sad that this was the end for it all
>>42763195I meant after that.
>>42763195I meant that aswell
>>42763195I meant it too.
>>42763198hey this is actually kind of fire, wtfnow I'm even sadder that the game this was made for will never be finished
>>42763198>>42763293the song starting at 28 is slick
>takes 15 years to just not complete a single project
>>42763198God please let someone finish this game, this soundtrack is too pretty not to have in a god damn pony game
>>42763787Not just the soundtrack. The sprites have good charm. I probably wouldn't play it in a different artstyle
>>42763198Reminds me of Castlevania's soundtrack.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w7ff_CqK-E&list=RD0w7ff_CqK-E&start_radio=1
>>42763378Heck yes! That slick swing music slaps! Fits perfectly with good ol' Snake Eyes.My other favorite track would probably be the Necromancer's theme at 17:18. So beautiful and ominous.>>42763293>>42763787If no one else here ends up taking the mantle, I will do everything I can to learn the software and finish the job myself.One way or another, as long as I draw breath, I will see to it that this is completed.Captcha: P242K
>>42764524Blessed donkfag. If I had the energy, I'd do the same, but I hope others here decide to help you!
>>42763401According to his blog, he stopped being a NEET and had zero free time since then.
>>42763401That goes for most if not all mlp fan projects over the years LOL
>>42765216My biggest fear in life is having no more time for hobby projects
>>42759577skibidi toilet mare
>>42765266As a not-neet with a 40 hour a week salary job. The trick is to not date. Actually. You still have about 8 free hours a day if you remote work chad. The mistake this guy made was having a family. From the sound of his blog it sounds like a man who has 0 agency over his time anymore.
>>42765300>The trick is to not date.I don't think we need to worry about that.
>>42765319You'd be surprised how often this unfortunate situation arises.
>>42765164Thank you! I'm open for any assistance/advice.In the meantime, I got the source to run, so I'll play through more of it tomorrow to (hopefully) get a basic idea of what I'm working with.>>42764524>666 KBkek
>>42764524I tried it myself, however the only thing I managed to do is edit a few frames
Bump.
This is the second Octavia game that goes unfinished
>>42767119What was the first?
>>42767146"A horse game" if I remenber correctly, it was heavily inspired on Lisa: the Painful, it had A LOT of gorey body horror
>>42767163>insert "nickel" joke here>>42766784I think I might know what the problem may be. I'll show you what I mean once I get home from work.Also, what did you use to edit the frames exactly? I was thinking of asking Hero about that later.
>>42767163Why do they put donkey in these grim scenarios?
>>42767949Poor donk seems destined to suffer
>>42767163Element of Justice was more or less completed, no? His second project (Element of Lust, about Berry Punch) was the one that wasn't.https://soft-lava.itch.io/element-of-justiceUnless there's another donk Lisa game
>>42768139>https://soft-lava.itch.io/element-of-justiceYee that's the one, good to know it's real name
>>42767478I used ms paint
>>42768114Sounds like the donk would be suited for a Silent Hill game.
