Smash Clash: The Mobile Multiplayer Platformer Fighting Game

[jdawg99]

New video of multiplayer!

 

[jdawg99]

Don't forget to follow @SmashClash on twitter for exclusive updates! Already went from 100 to 200 followers in a little over a week! We need a strong user base for the multiplayer launch of Smash Clash so retweet, tell your friends and get excited!

Check out twitter now to see a picture of an early version of the new menu screen!

 

[SuperBrawler]

Need for IOS

 

[jdawg99]

Need for IOS

iOS doesn't allow for 3rd party installs, so I can't build for it until I'm ready to put it on the app store. I will not pursue jailbreak solutions (as not everyone has jailbreak). iOS will, however, be supported in the full game release.

Quick update btw. School's been rough lately, especially with college applications...but I have decided I'll always spend a little time on Smash Clash every night. Currently, we have a second character in the works. He's fully animated, fully coded and even has separate physics (weight, speed etc.) It just takes time to tweak things about him until its right. The new menu screen is beautiful and works perfect. I'm implementing an actual singleplayer mode and a freeplay mode. Mutliplayer is in a tough spot right now. The API I used was defective, so I'm going to have to find a new one which works better. On the bright side, this means I have to start from the beginning, which means the final product will be better (I'll probably do a better job second time around). As for stages, we have a total of three right now and if an artists out there want their stage in Smash Clash PM me. And the best addiction to the game was the new collision physics. When you are hit with an attack, you can feel it. It took forever but there is finally this oomph to it. You have to play it to see what I mean.

You guys have been awesome! Smash Clash gets about 2 downloads a day and has had over 200 downloads! Twitter is exploding as we already have about 400 followers! So much more than I thought for a simple beta! Continue to tell your friends about this and get the word out!

 

[CrossoverMan]

It says the Kickstarter is cancelled? But this game could have been awesome! You could have had expies of existing Smash Bros characters, like a blue cuboid fighter named Roundy, or a slow heavy badger named Chronic.

 

[jdawg99]

It says the Kickstarter is cancelled? But this game could have been awesome! You could have had expies of existing Smash Bros characters, like a blue cuboid fighter named Roundy, or a slow heavy badger named Chronic.

We are planning to start another crowd-funding campaign later when we have more people behind us. Don't worry, we are still working on it and instead of working on graphics (which require money from Kickstarter) we are right now focusing on game physics, speed and the overall generally feel of the game.

 

[Mew2King]

If the artists/programmers/etc, are working on this and want to join me and my friends on making games, send me a message. either msg me here or on my page www.facebook.com/mewtwoking

 

[jdawg99]

Releasing beta 0.3 in early November. Get ready for some Smash Clash awesomeness!

 

[The Revolutionary Cafe]

This looks friggin awesome hoping for Moga support tho playing a fighter with a touch screen sounds HORRIBLE

 

[jdawg99]

This looks friggin awesome hoping for Moga support tho playing a fighter with a touch screen sounds HORRIBLE

Agreed. I'm working hard to make it as painless as possible. It takes some getting used to though. Also the program I'm using says they support OUYA, Green Throttle, GameStick, and NVIDIA SHIELD. So if anyone has one of these things, PM me and we can see if we can get it working. :D

 

[jdawg99]

Smash Clash 0.3 is available for download at impactgamesstudio.blogspot.com/p/downloads.html

I would seriously try this, it's like 20x better than the last version.

 

[jdawg99]

Aniforlife is doing a spectacular job (as usual) on Mr. Puffs! Here's a sneak peek of what he's doing (attached)! Pay him a visit at http://aniforlife.deviantart.com/ to support him in everything he's doing!

 

[jdawg99]

Zach has made a great video review of Smash Clash! Check it out, give him a like and subscribe and enjoy!

 

[jdawg99]

Working on the singleplayer mode! It's going to be sort of like event match from Smash Brothers mixed with a stage selection layout like Angry Birds. PM or post a reply here about ideas you have. Right now I'm thinking about having break the target levels, normal battles, maybe a "king of the hill" level, a soccer level and some other ideas. You can get up to three stars per level (or something similar) and if you get 3 stars you unlock something! It would just be a really fun way to unlock stuff in the game such a new characters, stages, trophies (awards or badges or achievements, not sure yet) or maybe just coins. Now's the times to give some ideas before I start finalizing the design.

Early picture of it is attached. The icons are just there just to start. The graphics will be upped later.

Peace out.

 

[SmasherP83]

So I can't get it on my Samsung Stratosphere I guess :/

 

[jdawg99]

So I can't get it on my Samsung Stratosphere I guess :/

If you have Google Play on it, then PM me your gmail, and I'll add you so you can test it.

 

[InnerMobius]

This looks great. Once you have a lot of progress on this, you should talk to other Indie devs to see if they'd like to have their characters in the game. This could lead to a lot of attention for your game, and potentially sponsors(other game devs) to help finish your game.

Also, will this be available for Ouya?

 

[jdawg99]

This looks great. Once you have a lot of progress on this, you should talk to other Indie devs to see if they'd like to have their characters in the game. This could lead to a lot of attention for your game, and potentially sponsors(other game devs) to help finish your game.

Also, will this be available for Ouya?

Love that idea. Any ideas of smaller indie games I could start with? I doubt the more successful ones would care right now.

I'm planning on developing for Ouya. I don't have one myself so I'd have to buy one, which would require $$$ xD But I'm sure I'll port it to Ouya soon after the mobile release

Btw, there's only a few spots left in the alpha (I like like 3 or 4) so sign up for it at here!

And the next version, 0.3.1.0 will be released when I get 2,000 followers on twitter which is at twitter.com/SmashClash

 

[InnerMobius]

Love that idea. Any ideas of smaller indie games I could start with? I doubt the more successful ones would care right now.
I'm planning on developing for Ouya. I don't have one myself so I'd have to buy one, which would require $$$ xD But I'm sure I'll port it to Ouya soon after the mobile release

Yeah I don't have an ouya yet either but I want one, especially if there's a decent smash clone on it :D

As for which indie games to look at, I have no idea. I thought Super Meat Boy would be a cool character lol. Maybe after you finish enough you can show the devs from that and they can tell you what they think.

 

[CrossoverMan]

Yeah! Crossover characters is a great idea! You don't have to limit it to app characters either, you can just ring any indie media developer up and ask if you can use their characters.

 

[4nace]

It's been attempted before and even had a ton of great sprites made. They also got permission from a lot of indie games:
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?board=29.0

Also in terms of an indie smash game, you might have some other competition coming your way soon

 

[CrossoverMan]

That Indie Brawl game isn't that good, and hasn't been updated in forever.

 

[jdawg99]

It's been attempted before and even had a ton of great sprites made. They also got permission from a lot of indie games:
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?board=29.0

Also in terms of an indie smash game, you might have some other competition coming your way soon

I'll look at it. Maybe they'll let me borrow some sprites :D

Also the competition I've seen so far is pretty lame....I tested Fright Fight, and it's a far cry from any sort of fun fast paced game their audience is looking for.

 

[InnerMobius]

Yeah! Crossover characters is a great idea! You don't have to limit it to app characters either, you can just ring any indie media developer up and ask if you can use their characters.

And stages! I bet the team at Skull Girls would like to include a character if this is cool enough

It's been attempted before and even had a ton of great sprites made. They also got permission from a lot of indie games:
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?board=29.0

Also in terms of an indie smash game, you might have some other competition coming your way soon

That's cool and all, but it doesn't seem like they got very far. They stopped posting halfway through last year. (I know how hard it can be over time to finish making a game... I have a few skeletons in my closet personally haha)

 

[jdawg99]

@ InnerMobius Oh stages!!! Imagine the Impossible Game as a stage! Here's a pic of the game if you don't remember.

Or we could have levels from Gravity Guy, Jetpack Joyride, Angry Birds, Limbo, Cut the Rope. Maybe simple ones from Bubble Ball. Or heck, even make a level that has a scabble board like from Words With Friends.

Of course, most will probably reject the rights for making such stages....

 

[CrossoverMan]

@ InnerMobius Oh stages!!! Imagine the Impossible Game as a stage! Here's a pic of the game if you don't remember.

Or we could have levels from Gravity Guy, Jetpack Joyride, Angry Birds, Limbo, Cut the Rope. Maybe simple ones from Bubble Ball. Or heck, even make a level that has a scabble board like from Words With Friends.

Of course, most will probably reject the rights for making such stages....

Yeah, I was going to say you might be getting a little too ambitious there bud! Perhaps you could use some cross promotion for other products and stuff if the game gets popular enough.

 

[InnerMobius]

@ InnerMobius Oh stages!!! Imagine the Impossible Game as a stage! Here's a pic of the game if you don't remember.

That would be dope hahaha :D One dev team I'd say would be open to your game is the team from Pier Solar, a new sega genesis game that was recently made which is/was ported to Android and Ouya. It's an RPG but it's a completely original game.

 

[jdawg99]

Yeah, I was going to say you might be getting a little too ambitious there bud! Perhaps you could use some cross promotion for other products and stuff if the game gets popular enough.

Yeah I was kinda getting carried away haha

@ InnerMobius sure I'll look into that.

Right now, I'm just going to move forward with the game. I'm going to do an update for alpha testers in the coming days which mainly just features speed improvements.

 

[4nace]

I'll look at it. Maybe they'll let me borrow some sprites :D

Also the competition I've seen so far is pretty lame....I tested Fright Fight, and it's a far cry from any sort of fun fast paced game their audience is looking for.

I'd say keep it original IP for now and don't get too sucked into other games until you have something awesome in your hands. Once you have a game people have heard of, it will be easier to make those contacts anyway.

And in terms of other competition... it might be something you haven't seen yet. And it might be coming from another member of smashboards who has a sonic icon. And I intend to be FIERCE competition . (though iOS/android is not my focus)

Then again, could be nothing. I wouldn't worry about it if I was you.

 

[jdawg99]

I'd say keep it original IP for now and don't get too sucked into other games until you have something awesome in your hands. Once you have a game people have heard of, it will be easier to make those contacts anyway.

And in terms of other competition... it might be something you haven't seen yet. And it might be coming from another member of smashboards who has a sonic icon. And I intend to be FIERCE competition . (though iOS/android is not my focus)

Then again, could be nothing. I wouldn't worry about it if I was you.

Haha! I mean, I could use another coder if you'd want to help. But are you shooting for mobile? Because if so, I have no idea what you would develop for if it isn't Android or iOS.

 

[CrossoverMan]

Btw, how many original characters do you already have planned? I mean, you already have that red Mario reskin guy and that other thing (What are their names again?)

 

[jdawg99]

We are thinking about calling the red one Flare, and we're taking out the brown guy. The brown one may just become an enemy in some levels.

Here's the penguin we are working on. I think his name might be Mr. Puffs. If you were to hypothetically compare the penguin to a character from a Super Smash Brothers, you could say that he shares a few moves with Pikachu.

 

[InnerMobius]

Signed up for the alphas a few days ago but never got word back

 

[jdawg99]

Smash Clash 0.3.1.0 is complete!
I've allowed space for 50 more testers too!
Download here! Android only

Read about everything in the update here!
This updates focuses on the mechanics, speed, menus and stability of the game. So don't expect more content from it; just expect the game itself to be improved.

 

[InnerMobius]

Signed up, came up with this:

Spoiler

You are a tester
You are logged in as (withheld)

Leave the test
You can leave the test at any time. After leaving the test, you need to un-install the test version and re-install the regular version from the Play Store.

Download Smash Clash from the Play Store

And when I try downloading it says it doesn't exist.

 

[jdawg99]

click the

Signed up, came up with this:

Spoiler

You are a tester
You are logged in as (withheld)

Leave the test
You can leave the test at any time. After leaving the test, you need to un-install the test version and re-install the regular version from the Play Store.

Download Smash Clash from the Play Store

And when I try downloading it says it doesn't exist.

Yeah when I'm busy I just don't get around to adding people right away. Just click the "Download Smash Clash from the Play Store". Make sure you're logged into your google play's gmail account.

 

[InnerMobius]

Got it working, thanks! So how would you like your input? Private messages, email, or this thread??

 

[jdawg99]

Email me at impactgamesstudio [at] gmail.com please

Thanks for the feedback in advance :D

 

[jdawg99]

There's an unofficial forum for artists interested in Smash Clash. www.nintendolife.com/forums/general_discussion/attention_want_to_be_in_a_game
None of the stuff here is supported by Smash Clash, but you can go there if you're an artist who would like to talk about contributing to the game. If you would like to make a character for Smash Clash, just email me at impactgamesstudio [at] gmail.com (replace the [at] with @ of course)

 

[CrimsonDivine]

Just applied for tester status (rigby590@gmail.com). Can't wait to try it out, this sounds like it's shaping up to be the first true mobile brawler. I'll do as much as I can to support you mate! :D