Motivation.

[JossuaDC]

I lack the motivation to finish my character D:
-Grr, lazy basterd!- *cough cough*

The only solution I can come up with is sending Alectric the raw data (completely broken; due to the revamped, incomplete moves) + an older version so he can sprite the thing.

Oh, and hooking up my computer again so I don't have to look at this damned laptop any longer ;P

Maybe the new sprites will motivate me to finish him sooner?
I have feedback (quite positive ones, even though the test version was in a very early stage) and Alectric already came up with a simple (fast to sprite) but very nice design.

tl;dr:
What keeps you guys going?

A lot of projects get cancelled before they even take-off, but some are finished and uploaded for others to download.
I don't want my work to go to waste, so I will finish my character and either upload him or wait for him to get accepted into the Forum Mod.

I might pull him from the Mod if I don't like the work of others (e.g. I'd like Angel_Adam to redo certain parts of his character (or at least modify the injury-values)) or if I have to modify anything except for the coördinates of special bdys (Drahcir reserving special frames? I'm using all 400 of 'em!).

I'm a little jealous of Alblaka, actually.
The guy just keeps on releasing great stuff and seems to have a never-ending source of inspiration and energy ;s

Your thoughts about the Forum Mod.
Suggestions on how one can motivate him-/herself to continue his/her work.
Complaints, ideas, suggestions.

Post away.

PS: I have a seperate folder in which I keep backups of my character's cancelled moves (due to bugs or due to my ever-changing mind).
The folder contains 12 data files... Lulz...

[Azriel]

surely you can do 1 sprite a day? referring to officials' forum mod deadlines



Azriel~

[Alectric]

EDIT: NINJA'D by azriel!
boredom?
i sprite when i am bored!
i have come up with soem cool stuff lately, ill post it somewhere when ive worked out the kinks ;)
i am still waiting for your char...you said you had a better design to your standards.
currently though, i am working on about 3 chars :P (not including yours though)
Steve, my original rep char, and a secret char >:)
and in the middle of that, i am making all these BG's, coz i love making BGs!!!!
wont go deep enough for a mod...yet.
but first on the list is Steve, then the secret char, and inbetween them is my original rep char!

i am losing hope in the forum mod due to too many people depending on gad.
he even told you people not to depend on him, but NO.
also, the only progress happening is on the exe (good on you 1477!)
and we've got only like 3 or 4 completed chars, which havent been balanced yet.
i wanna see some more chars out there.

just protend lack of motivation IS motivation! you'll never stop then!

EDIT: i got like nearly 600MB of lf2 stuff, it used to be more, but i havent been bothered reinstalling all the versions i used to have (which added up to more the 4GB before )

[JossuaDC]

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Thanks!

I'll hook up my PC (old as hell, but I love it ;P) first so I don't have to look at this thing on my lap anymore. Variation

My version looks better, but your design is easier to sprite and more original, imo.
If you're done working on your projects, do you mind spriting a few more sprites for Shadow?

I can't send you an update, 'cause the latest version is completely broken, but the spritesheets haven't changed

I can modify everything, so go ahead and do whatever you want.
Increase the size of the sprites if you want; centerx/centery: is easy stuff (lulz, Angel_A).


And about the Forum Mod...
I'm honestly not adding any extra bdy:'s or frames for other characters (sorry, Drahcir).
I'm fairly confident the Mod will get completed, especially due to the *Urgh... What's the word?! -Google.com-* summer break coming soon.
(Never had to use that word in English before ;P)

[Ascor]

My backups are somehow... becoming to large
look at this

Backups (Click to View)

my motivation is somehow
ehr i dunno
i'm just thinking
hey i'm an active poster and an active member of the community
but just that. i need to release kenzo.
so some people see that i'm not just a poster
and the sprites are nearly finished and i like dcing
and if i need help i just ask

[JossuaDC]

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I really like the idea of Kenzo;
I can't remember any kind of character from any game that has the element of 'glass'.

I just threw together an install for Comet to make it even more newb-friendly ;P
Too bad I rarely get any comments on the thing these days.
I got so used to it, it just feels weird to use the original lf2.exe now ._.

How close to releasing Kenzo (or putting him up beta-testing) are you?

[Ascor]

I've modified the lf2.0 exe to an fire skin and i'm using it everytime i play
that gives me a motivation to

I already released a beta but just with one attack of him
and for now i dunno
he has now 2 attacks some special things and 1 attack is in progress
so i dunno if i'll give him 4 or 3 attacks

[Silverthorn]

You know, several people have left the LF2-scene because of a lack of motivation. Some of them came back, some of them never returned. I myself have recently discovered that it's actually a whole lot of fun doing a little bit for LF2 (the last few months were mainly spent on theoretical stuff; explaining without testing and the like). Having no source of inspiration can get really frustrating but as soon as you get an awesome thought, you gotta write it down somewhere, so you won't forget it. Or you just start on it directly.

It's ok to retreat from LF2 for a bit, you wouldn't be the only one. I actually don't know how many of the senior members are still actively contributing (haven't seen nor heard anything from Sinow recently, just for example).

A co-work with a reliable guy seems to be one of the better solutions. You push each other to complete that project. Just search for somebody you can really rely on, many people stop working after 60-80%.

Funny though, that I never keep any big backups. If I'm good, I'm copying finished projects somewhere but usually they end up staying where they are. I know that I'll never use any of the backups anyways. If I have a good idea, I'll write the technique into a random txt-file

[Ascor]

me and phil are doing a character together
it's a big motivation too
he is dcing and i'm spriting
so we're learning from each other and we can improve our skills
and nobody want's to get worser result as the other could do

that's a really great motivation

[JossuaDC]

I'm lucky with Alectric ;P

I'm finishing up some stuff for a few friends of mine from the Monster Hunter-community and then I'll finally do the coding for a new/old idea of mine. I wrote it down (including a few methods to figure out which one was more stable), but couldn't be bothered to code the thing.

If I finally do manage to get it to work, I'll upload a .gif of the move in this thread.


Thanks for all the tips, guys!