I like that
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I made this character chart a while ago when I was first thinking of the story. These characters might change, I was just thinking of characters that would fit into the D&D alignment:
First row = Good
Second row = Neutral
Third row = Bad
WORMS:
| Lawful | Neutral | Chaotic |
|---|---|---|
| Bartender, Other Family Father | Victim’s Mother, Other Family Mother | School Teacher, Other Family Son |
| Victim’s Father, Sister’s Friend | Victim’s Sister, Hotel Manager | Town Chief |
| Victim’s Girlfriend, Security Guard | Victim, Hotel Neighbor, Hotel Maid | Town Artist, Victim’s friend |
OTHER BUGS:
| Lawful | Neutral | Chaotic |
|---|---|---|
| Tourist Dragonfly | Tourist Fly | Celebrity Beetle |
| Janitor Ant | Praying Mantis Hippie | Tourist Bee |
| Hotel Neighbor Tic | Hotel Worker Cockroach | Gangster Mole |
@Luke, what can you tell me about this palette? I wanted to go with a minimum of 4-8 colors:
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The red ramp could do with more hue and lightness contrast
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You should add a guy that very obviously did the crime but turns out he didn’t, then in the end you find out that he was the friend of the guy that did the crime and he wanted you to suspect HE was the guy, so that his friend wouldn’t get in trouble.
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I changed the last three colors in the red ramp. I saw that the middle two were too close in lightness and color, what do you think?
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The D&D alignment chart may be bad for actually playing D&D, but I will admit it works great for making nine distinct characters very very fast.
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I think you should try pixelling a few demo spites to see how well the palette works and if you need to tweak stuff slightly
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You’re right, there should be a better way for D&D, but it is nice for making quick personalities!
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That helped a lot! I like using the dark blue as an outline, so I decided to darken it. This way the dark purple can also be used as a fill color. Thanks Luke!
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What do you guys think of this font:
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It looks perfect for the game, very handwriting-y.
The only problem I can think of is that it may be too big. It would be hard to fit a testimony on screen.
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Maybe it could be a bit thicker
it might look better if it was a pixel thicker but I’m not sure
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Actually, yeah. I see it might be too big for that kind of stuff…
@Rune, should I make another smaller fonts; so there’s two fonts in game?
@YamJamTheGoober, @TheGooberEarth, I’ll make the font thicker to test how it looks, but the thin letters are probably what I want for the game.
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Yeah that’s probably a good solution.
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LOVE THE FONT yes makecode its a sentence
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Hello Everybody!
I know a lot of you guys were wanting to see this game enter the Critter Game Jam for this fall and a lot of you voted for it in my poll on that topic.
But, I think to increase my chance of placing the top 3, I want to make a new game.
I had stated in my poll that I was creating a different game for the critter jam titled “Shrew’s a Crowd.” I think it would be best for me to work on that game rather than submit a game that has already has some time on the forums:
But I still want to make this Detective Beetle game. I think it would be great to enter it and possibly get honorable mention. SO, I need your guys’ honest opinion once again. I think my chances of getting chosen as a winner would be higher for Shrew’s a Crowd, but I think I will enjoy myself more finishing Detective Beetle.
- Shrew’s a Crowd (chance of winning, simple game)
- Detective Beetle (less likely to win, more fun)
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voters
Thank you!
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Either you make shrew’s a crowd right now and then continue beetle detective, or you just skip the jam entirely.
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I really hope yours get at least a mention
You’ve done pretty cool stuff man!
(:
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After time for a healthy amount of consideration, I don’t think I’ll be able to finish Detective Beetle before the deadline on Nov 30th for the Critter Jam.
Although a lot of you have done a good job of hyping me up to make Detective Beetle for the Jam, I don’t think it would be smart to try and finish in the time that we have.
I’m really sorry if this disappoints some of you, I wanted it to work out too. 
I will do my best to make this game a reality, while also working on a simpler game for the jam.
But hey, if for some magical reason I end up finishing both, I will definitely submit Detective Beetle.
I just think it would be smart to flesh out an easier game, only then to work on this game.
Thank you for all the support you’re giving to cheer me on!
That’s something I really like about the forums.
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