use the characters?

fuzion_games · Post by **fuzion_games** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:27 pm

im making a game for yoyogames.com and i was wondering if i am allowed to input characters into my game
does anyone know if this is allowed or not?

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:29 pm

I don't know what this has to do with Anime Studio.

mkelley · Post by **mkelley** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:46 pm

I suspect he's talking about the characters that come with AS.

My guess is that you cannot. More importantly, I don't know why you would want to -- character design is about the easiest (and most fun) thing to do. My advice would be to "base" your characters on those provided if you like the ones that are there -- use them as a guide and you'll find you can have original designs (as well as learn a lot about how things are put together).

fuzion_games · Post by **fuzion_games** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:48 pm

true true
but its really hard to add animate png's and all that stuff =p

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:50 pm

Oh, I see.

I would assume you could since they would be treated like any character you might buy from Content Paradise.

fuzion_games · Post by **fuzion_games** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:52 pm

yah but the tough thing is, is if im not my game can get disqualified so i guess ill just go with good ol' png =p

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:53 pm

but its really hard to add animate png's and all that stuff

Well if you want to make anything of any quality you'll eventually need to develope those skills, or fork over the money for something like Poser.

fuzion_games · Post by **fuzion_games** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:58 pm

the part i am not good at is spliting apart eh limbs and adding bones to them =p
i tried doing that with a character i drew and when i added bones to the arm and followed the whole parent and bone strength tutorial it was still really weird and it wasnt transparent =p

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Sat May 31, 2008 12:06 am

fuzion_games wrote:true true
but its really hard to add animate png's and all that stuff =p

Life is funny. Sometimes things we want to accomplish are hard work. If it was easy everyone would do it.

-vern

mkelley · Post by **mkelley** » Sat May 31, 2008 4:23 am

It's actually amazing to me how short the learning curve is for a program like AS. Even someone with very limited drawing skills (me!) can create characters that look like those you see on network shows with just a little practice and some dedication.

I can understand why someone needs to purchase 3D models -- while I spent decades learning 3D modeling was still not my forte. But 2D drawings? Come on, almost anyone can create someone that's worth looking at (heck, even something childish like South Park is visually interesting) in an animation.

I suspect you actually can create your own characters but, as you say, you haven't yet learned the skills to properly rig them. As Vern alludes to, this is something that will require time to master but it ain't rocket science. If you have problems in this regard ask them here and people will be glad to help you. Invest even just a few weeks and you can do almost anything worth doing in AS.