rukifellth said, July 15, 2012, 05:36:54 pmSo, Shredder summoning the Technodrome to aid him... while fighting inside the Technodrome? XDHave you see Nostalgia Critic's TMNT cartoon review?
Dcat said, July 10, 2012, 12:02:26 amHere's some new anims, I've been work-shopping ideas in FF seeing how they might play out. So because I did not say something to the new anims, I do it now.The first both attack animations are looking nice the second one maybe is a little to slow at the beginning but I'm not sure about it yet, because I must see it in Gameplay first to know how it works there and to judge it better.The last animation looks a little funny to me, like we have here the "friendly neighborhood Spider-Shredder". xDDon't get me wrong I still like the animation but it is a little funny for me to see the Shredder in hanging on a wall this way.^^
It would be nice to combine the jumping part of 2nd animation with the end part of the 3rd (of course not him clinging to a wall) but rather the same stance on the ground, kinda like a samurai strike you see in the movies (anime) when the opponent gets hit with a brutal strike and the person showboats by doing a stance like that. I don't know if you get what I am trying to say though.
I think I do.What comes to mind is that amazing fight from Ninja Scroll where Jubei makes that vertically splitting slice/blow to the rock dude. Sorry about not remembering his name. That style as a possible counter move would be beyond epic for the Shredder now that I think of it.
Zingo said, July 18, 2012, 12:36:05 amIt would be nice to combine the jumping part of 2nd animation with the end part of the 3rd (of course not him clinging to a wall) but rather the same stance on the ground, kinda like a samurai strike you see in the movies (anime) when the opponent gets hit with a brutal strike and the person showboats by doing a stance like that. I don't know if you get what I am trying to say though. I don't think that would look good, on the wall it has something spiderman like but if you would use this stance on the ground it would look silly, like some kind of "Frog Shredder" or something like that. ö_Ö
How about less talk about female chibi Shredder and such, and more on the Shredder's progress so far? Awesome new anims, above. Is this a different palette or? I don't see purple mantle. You used the same color that is for transparency so that 1 of the palettes he will use he is without a mantle? not a bad idea
Emetar said, July 26, 2012, 11:07:08 amHow about less talk about female chibi Shredder and such, and more on the Shredder's progress so far? Awesome new anims, above. Is this a different palette or? I don't see purple mantle. You used the same color that is for transparency so that 1 of the palettes he will use he is without a mantle? not a bad ideaDcat's Shredder only has his cape in his prefight intros.
Hello everyone, sorry for the hiatus. I've been working on Shredder a bit more during my leave and I'll be getting back into the thick of things shortly.I made a video to display what little progress I've made these past few weeks.It showcases an unfinished version of Shredder's special intro against the turtles (still need to add the smoke and flame animations to the scene), also some early progress with the Retro Mutation special, classic arcade style dodge, and a new super attack.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCaGAXAdPWU
Mind ='s blown. Dcat, I believe the Mugen fanatic within me is developing a man-crush on your talents. I was recently wondering how you have been.Please keep with the phenomenal work. Your releases are some of the most unique Mugen has to offer. I can't wait to try him out!!Upon further view, there are two things that I thought would be cool:1: his fist style projectile. I think it would be awesome to have variants on how that could attack. Think Cyclops Optic Blast.... Jab could hit low, medium would be standing, and fierce could be a larger version. If this move attacks in close range, it would catch the enemy and squeeze them very similarly to Bishamon's ex torso fist. Multiple hits would be the result of tapping the attack button.2: Having Shredder shout out awesome one liners after his sword hyper connects. You could randomize it for instance. My favorite would be "tonight I dine on turtle soup!!" as the last hit connects. Don't forget to add in hit sounds that pack more oomph for the last few strikes to make the attack sound powerful and imposing.And for that intro... You're going to eventually have all four turtles, yea??
I hope you're intending for him to be a boss character, because the mutagen ray (or whatever) looks to be a tad powerful. I'd recommend it only keeps them mutated for one hit, similar to NeoKamek's Kamek's "turns-them-into-a-koopa" move or the countless moves that stun the opponent for a little while in Mortal Kombat. I'm certainly hoping well for this project and going to follow this topic. I'll post more feedback as it comes.
Can't remember : is the mutagen compatible with only a few chars with code in them, or with any character compatible withAnakaris' Pharao Curse, or with all chars (using a template anim if they don't have curse anim) ?I love how during the move where he has a clone, both Shredders don't perform the exact same combo at the same time, as it usually is in DS and other fighting games. Looks "messier" but much more dynamic.
Yeah, he has an excuse for not doing the same moves: it's not a clone he's doing the moves along with (I think). I immediately thought of Choujin's Piccolo when he did that move. It even started up similar.
Great progress Dcat, I'm glad you are back again Liked the intro - only his movement animation during that intro looked a bit stiff, but awesome stuff overall.Can't wait to trry him out, and see more your updates, cheers
Nice to see you back Dcat, and that you have found some time to make a update again. I realy like the new Intro, and the way Shredder teases his opponent when he uses his clone move against him, btw. from which episode are the this soundclips? =DC.A.N said, September 04, 2012, 04:10:12 pmI hope you're intending for him to be a boss character, because the mutagen ray (or whatever) looks to be a tad powerful. I'd recommend it only keeps them mutated for one hit, similar to NeoKamek's Kamek's "turns-them-into-a-koopa" move or the countless moves that stun the opponent for a little while in Mortal Kombat. I'm certainly hoping well for this project and going to follow this topic. I'll post more feedback as it comes.I don't think that the move is to Powerfull, because the move is blockable and let's don't forget the char is still not final, so Dcat can and will probably do some balancing on the char anyway.
moep said, September 04, 2012, 05:07:05 pmDcat can and will probably do some balancing on the char anyway.Yeah, I'm aware it isn't finished yet. I was throwing in my two cents. What better time to balance a character than when it's still being made?
Saikoro said, September 04, 2012, 03:11:45 pm1: his fist style projectile. I think it would be awesome to have variants on how that could attack. Think Cyclops Optic Blast.... Jab could hit low, medium would be standing, and fierce could be a larger version. If this move attacks in close range, it would catch the enemy and squeeze them very similarly to Bishamon's ex torso fist. Multiple hits would be the result of tapping the attack button.2: Having Shredder shout out awesome one liners after his sword hyper connects. You could randomize it for instance. My favorite would be "tonight I dine on turtle soup!!" as the last hit connects. Don't forget to add in hit sounds that pack more oomph for the last few strikes to make the attack sound powerful and imposing.The way I have things set up now, the explosive shuriken, hand aura and retromutation ray are the three variations of projectiles for the QCF + any punch button command. Implementing multiple directions for the hand blast could be really cool though, and I could remap the shuriken and retromutation attacks to EX commands! I really like your idea about having the hand projectile have an added constricting attack as well. Saikoro said, September 04, 2012, 03:11:45 pmAnd for that intro... You're going to eventually have all four turtles, yea?? The intro will be compatible with all four turtles, and I also wanted to figure out some code to have it function in a 2 on 1 co-op match as well but I wasn't thinking of including 3 additional non-player controlled turtles in the intro scene. Do you think I should, it'd be similar to the channel 6 intro I have in Krang.Doppelganger said, September 04, 2012, 04:22:06 pmCan't remember : is the mutagen compatible with only a few chars with code in them, or with any character compatible withAnakaris' Pharao Curse, or with all chars (using a template anim if they don't have curse anim) ?I love how during the move where he has a clone, both Shredders don't perform the exact same combo at the same time, as it usually is in DS and other fighting games. Looks "messier" but much more dynamic. Yeah he'll have the monkey template for characters that lack particular animations for Anakaris' Curse. Interestingly enough though, Thomas Hsieh's Anakaris has an assortment of template animations contained within Anakaris' .sff file for quite a number of Capcom characters and assigns these upon contact using name triggers and variables. I intend to copy those animations and this method from Anakaris into Shredder so at the very least some basic characters like Ryu and Demitri will have a standard unique animation to use in lieu of my monkey retromutation. moep said, September 04, 2012, 05:07:05 pmNice to see you back Dcat, and that you have found some time to make a update again. I realy like the new Intro, and the way Shredder teases his opponent when he uses his clone move against him, btw. from which episode are the this soundclips? =DI believe that the audio clips and partial inspiration for the clone move itself are from the episode "Shredder and Splintered" where Shredder fights Splinter inside the Technodrome.moep said, September 04, 2012, 05:07:05 pmC.A.N said, September 04, 2012, 04:10:12 pmI hope you're intending for him to be a boss character, because the mutagen ray (or whatever) looks to be a tad powerful. I'd recommend it only keeps them mutated for one hit, similar to NeoKamek's Kamek's "turns-them-into-a-koopa" move or the countless moves that stun the opponent for a little while in Mortal Kombat. I'm certainly hoping well for this project and going to follow this topic. I'll post more feedback as it comes.I don't think that the move is to Powerfull, because the move is blockable and let's don't forget the char is still not final, so Dcat can and will probably do some balancing on the char anyway.It actually isn't as devastating as the video may lead you to believe. The ray consists of 2 parts, the first part of the move hits the opponent multiple times sending them to a shock state each time it connects, the second part is where they are transformed into their retromutation form. The attack has considerable start-up time and all successive hits of the ray and the retromutation effect itself are negated if the opponent blocks any one animelem of the move as you saw in the video. This move inflicts 100 damage total and once the opponent is transformed ,Shredder cannot use any of his specials/super attacks again until they have returned to their default state. I made it behave this way out of necessity for the most part to prevent the opponent from being decimated and or placed in some unwieldy custom states while mutated. There's other safeguards in the Retromutation custom state coding to prevent the latter but I just wanted to cover all my bases. In addition, I intend to make the retromutated effect last for a shorter duration than was depicted in the video so you shouldn't worry too much. Loving the feedback guys, its much appreciated, I'll try my best to keep you all posted regularly and in a timely fashion!
