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#1, by AvenMonday, 04. July 2016, 20:34
Hey Guys!
Is there a tutorial or a demo template for a side scrolling adventure game like Max Green so newbies can look into and learn from?
Max Green: http://www.indiedb.com/games/max-greene
Thank you
Alex
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#2, by afrlmeMonday, 04. July 2016, 21:14
Not as far as I'm aware. You could always try sending SDMono a pm. The basic principal is the same as a regular third person point & click game except you are limiting the walking mostly to the sides instead of multi-directional which is easy enough to do. Only include walk animations for the directions you want the character to walk & the engine will automatically select the closest direction if the actual intended direction is not available.
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#3, by AvenMonday, 04. July 2016, 21:15
I've sent him weeks ago bu it seems he isn't active here anymore :/
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#4, by afrlmeMonday, 04. July 2016, 21:54
Must just be busy. He usually pops in every so often, but aye I've not seen him online in a while. I doubt he would give you a template or access to the ved files for his games though anyway...
What I said earlier still stands. Another thing is that you need to use really small way borders to limit the characters movement.
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#5, by AvenMonday, 04. July 2016, 21:56
Yeah I tried it. Little bit confusing
This is why I wanted to know how he made it in Max Green. Love his demo! Thanks for your reply as always. 
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#6, by afrlmeMonday, 04. July 2016, 23:19
No problem.
If you want some demo templates, then check out the download page for VS. Visionaire > Download (via main menu). I think most of the games that were entered into the last VS competition are available to download on that page along with the ved & resource files for each one. Any of those will do as a starting point for reference.
All you have to do is design your graphics for side-scroller perspective & then create really tight way borders & that's about it. You may also want 2 character outfits. One for walking only which has left & right or diagonals too & then another for general idle & interaction (if you want to use all 8 available alignment directions).
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