SGB Tutorials #72 - Menu Background Image & Background Music
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Smile Game Builder Tutorial #72: Menu Background & Background Music

In this tutorial, Smile Game Builder’s default menu will have a background image and its own BGM as well.

Tutorial Video

Next Tutorial

In the next tutorial, I’ll continue with the Anatomy of A Terrain series.

Phone Custom Menu for SMILE GAME BUILDER
Posted in Game Development News & Updates

Phone Custom Menu for SMILE GAME BUILDER

One of the side-projects I’ve been working on is a "useable phone", where you can call a phone interface and select its apps to toggle certain settings ON or OFF (such as Party Train) and call certain functions (such as the Save Menu) from within SMILE GAME BUILDER.

Development History

SGB Phone Custom Menu
SGB Phone Custom Menu
While development initially began more as an experiment for a unique icon-driven custom menu, I quickly realised how much it resembled a cellphone layout, with all its apps neatly laid out on-screen.

So I began redesigning the layout and interface to look more like a typical cellphone. And I began planning which features could be used as apps.

Although it’s still a work-in-progress, I will continue work on it over time. There are plenty of bugs and some of the routines don’t quite function as intended, so I still have a long way to go before a fully functioning phone custom menu.

Some app functions, such as the Equipment and Jukebox, may not be viable or achievable, so they might need removing or replacing.

Custom Menu Online Classes/Tutorials

At the end of July to the beginning of August, I’m going to start work on a series of courses or online classes dedicated to creating custom menus for SMILE GAME BUILDER, which will be available on the Gnome Treasure store.

During the course, you’ll learn how to create unique custom menus from start to finish, from a simple "settings menu" to something more complex like the phone custom menu.

I’m not sure of pricing or format yet, but that’ll develop over time, and I’ll make the announcements here and on Twitter.

Posted in Game Development Relationship Sim

Relationship Sim – “Select A Girl” Custom Menu Demo #1 – SMILE GAME BUILDER

Here is the first demo of Relationship Sim‘s "Select A Girl" custom menu, where you can see the girls’ relationship stats. It’s still a work-in-progress, but as game development continues, so too will this menu.

“Select A Girl” Custom Menu Video Demo #1

What Is "Relationship Sim"?

For those who don’t know already, Relationship Sim is a game I’m developing for SMILE GAME BUILDER.

It was originally inspired by Tutorial #16, which demonstrated how to create a basic relationship system. I decided to expand on that idea and build a full relationship system, where choices matter and affects relationships with other people.

However, game development on it halted in favour of other games and projects. Eventually, it came full circle and I decided to continue with this game first – and finish it – before moving onto other games and, possibly, other engines.

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Smile Game Builder — Character Select Menu (Part 1) |
Mottzy Minutes #9

The latest tutorial in Mottzy Minutes demonstrates how to create and implement a character select menu system in SMILE GAME BUILDER.

Character Select Menu Video

Parts 1 & 2

Part 1 covers the rendering the menu and the select box to select characters.

In Part 2, he’ll deal with the character selection and camera rendering process!

Mottzy’s Links

It will become part of the MakerBaseSGB project.

You can also check out Mottzy’s blog for more news on his projects and his for more tutorials.