You vs Everyone: Fight anyone/anything you want in a front facing RPG battle system

You vs Everyone is a game where you add characters by choosing images off your phone that you can then fight in a front facing RPG battle system.

http://i.imgur.com/koAoboA.png

In this battle system you will have 8 attack,4 that you choose out of dozens of attacks and the other 4 will be chosen randomly.
The picture below only shows two for each side,but that is because I made two types of attacks so far.


http://i.imgur.com/JQb1mhl.png

The attacks will have multiple types/classes/genres,some examples are movies,shows,games,swords,guns,magic,sci-fi and so on.A large amount of attacks will be available from the start,but their will be other classes/genres that the player will have to pay for to unlock or unlock by beating certain challenges.
The picture below only shows the two types of attacks I made currently.

http://i.imgur.com/89Rip81.png


The people/characters you fight will have 5 different images/expressions throughout the battle system.
These are-
Neutral-Regular image you see during most of the battle.
Attacking-For when they attack you.
Hit-For when you attack them.
Lose-They lost,how sad.
Win-They won,good for them.

http://i.imgur.com/HuwqpMm.png

I have recently completed the battle system and my final Prototype.So now I have to replace the placeholders and create the various attack animations that then have to be programed in,which is actually quite easy.After that I'll have to add in-app purchases,ads and other smaller details.

Now please enjoy my puppy eyed dog and nightmare cat.

http://i.imgur.com/64Qv2DN.png

http://i.imgur.com/vhAEVBx.png

http://i.imgur.com/JAOXCUA.png

http://i.imgur.com/SQA4KAe.png

The higher the difficulty,the more health you and your opponent will have.
The iOS button is cutting off the last letter of hardest

http://i.imgur.com/AiNIoaA.png

Character Select

http://i.imgur.com/ABNgMmA.png

I will upload a prototype when I have more attacks programed and will release the completed game sometime in September on iOS then Android and maybe windows mobile.
Feel free to ask any questions.
Thank you

Note 8/24/16:Some images have been replaced with more completed menus.If you want to see the old ones than here they are below.

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The graphics appear to be a bit rough at the moment (photos aside), but it sounds like a fun concept, and that's always a good sign. :)

That, and, ya know, you said they were placeholders, so there's that as well. XD

happygreenfrog-

Yeah,the current look is going to have a complete overhaul. :)

Also one thing I forgot to mention that its was exported with the stretch to fit setting which I find a bit unappealing on certain devices.So it would be great if someone could give me some alternatives to it.Theres no scrolling in it,its just a one screen game,so I can't crop anything.

Note:Copied and pasted this into the first post.

theres a lot of potential in that concept, definitely got sumthin there. u just need to get a slick execution & ur gold! :D

there's a lot of potential in that concept, definitely got sumthin there. u just need to get a slick execution & ur gold! :D

Thanks baxter,one of the reasons I'm making this is because its surprisingly original for a iOS game.No ones ever made a game like this.
At least based on my research on it.

Over the past 2 weeks I've been fixing glitches,adding buttons and menu backgrounds.As well as gathering/drawing the animations needed for attacks.The game is not really big (Mainly because its user built.) so I'm hoping for an early to mid October release with a demo coming soon.For the next week I'll keep putting together all the attacks needed and programing them in which is easy and replacing placeholders in the menus.If you have any questions feel free to ask.Thanks for reading.

http://i.imgur.com/J8aB8eN.png
I love how the menu turned out! :D Its my favorite screen,better than what I imagined.All the placeholder buttons have been replaced with high quality animated ones (Of course its a picture so you can't see the animation.:() and a background has been added,the title still needs to be done.


http://i.imgur.com/SQA4KAe.png
Same here.


http://i.imgur.com/AiNIoaA.png
Time to replace that back button.


http://i.imgur.com/89Rip81.png
One of the few places I can put particles without slowing the runtime.
Note:Active pictures and particles don't mix.
Also any suggestions on how to put particles on a path?
Thank you

Still looking pretty good!

Out of curiosity: Is it likely that the game will get updated with more attack choices as time goes on (even if such updates are not very frequent)? Also, can a player set what set of attacks a given enemy can use, and/or what attack set they themselves can use?

happygreenfrog

Definitely,after the games release there will updates that will include more attacks.There will also be a menu where the player can submit suggestions for new attacks and anything else they would like to see in the future.I hope it would be frequent or well paced enough to have players who downloaded the game come back to play more.

Currently enemy attacks are chosen randomly out of all available attacks,but I've considered allowing the player to give characters personalities so that they'll only use certain attacks.

A personality system for determining what attacks an enemy has sounds like it could be suitable enough. Might be something worth adding, though saving it for a later version would be fair enough methinks.

Also, good to hear that the game will get updates with new attacks! That should keep things interesting. :)

Great news,the app's icon and title are done.:D
There not 100% final so suggestions please.

http://i.imgur.com/dEX8GN6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/k1UTZ43.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/koAoboA.png

Those are some nice logos! :) That being said, in the app icon, do you think you could maybe adjust it so the person and flag are both on land instead of on water? I think it would make a bit more sense, and look a tad bit more professional than it already does.

Lol,I never even noticed that till just now.XD
Yeah I'll change it.

Updated icon.:)
Let me know what you think of it.
Does it need to be changed,is it too small,how does it stack up against other app icons,do you have any recommendations?

http://i.imgur.com/FNCd3mQ.png

http://i.imgur.com/BwmJ6oY.png

Looks just fine to me. :)

Update-
Randomized looping backgrounds have been added to the battle system,they're quite earthboundISH.With it I now believe the battle system is visually complete.

Here are a few of them.

http://i.imgur.com/iZp7EuY.png

http://i.imgur.com/H2XV540.png

http://i.imgur.com/sAFRwh9.png

Silly me,forgot to hide the counter.

In the middle of animating attacks,should be done by the end of the week.Just 92 more to do.Lets GO! >:D

Animating more attacks.

https://i.imgflip.com/19scuu.gifvia Imgflip GIF Maker

Note:I'm using a old prototype image as reference.

Just 64 more to go.>:)

Looking good!

Also, 64 more attacks?

Wow, this has more attacks than I realized. XD

Thanks:)
It will have 128 attacks total in 32 categories and I'll add more in updates.

http://i.imgur.com/S7ducQf.png

The app title looks fantastic. Great use of cartoony elements like the black CMYK print dots and the dust clouds.

The icon looks good big, but not so great at actual icon size. There's too much going on for such a small size, and everything kinda gets lost. In the screenshot of the phone, other icons like Tiny Piano and Bowmasters pop way more, and your one gets lost in the crowd. A good way to test icons is to convert them to silhouettes and see if they still read well. Also, the font on the flag is boring, compared to the one on the title.

Consider removing the guy and flag and instead incorporating some dust clouds on the planet, to suggest that there's a global brawl going on. That will enable you to zoom in closer on the planet and keep the icon simpler and with a stronger silhouette. Or go for something more typographical, based on your title

The menu icons are ok, but don't match the title. Consider giving them a white outline also. And give the icons more breathing room inside those ellipses. They feel a bit tight at the moment.

The icons themselves could be stylistically more uniform. At the moment, some are silhouettes while others are full color. Some have a geometric style, while the ? is super curly, and the coins playfully wonky. Some are on a flat background, while others are on a light-to-dark gradient, and others still on a dual color gradient. And some gradients go Northwest to southeast while others go north to south and others go east to west. Pick one style of icon and stick with it (I suggest taking your cues from the title)

Also, they should be clearer. I have no idea what the bottom 4 icons represent.

Finally, I'd suggest adjusting the line thickness of the icons to match the title. The title has a nice semi thick line width that gives it a great cartoony feeling. Icons such as the coins and sheets of paper, on the other hand, have a very thin line width that says "clipart". Also, there are probably too many coins in the coin icon. Icons generally work better as 'symbols' rather than 'pictures', so I'd simplify that icon by making the coins fewer, larger, and clearer. Same with the pages : reduce the amount of 'text' on them to simplify them, and shrink them so you can fan them out much more loosely (which will read clearer and look more fun).

I hope that helped! And if it's any consolation, I'm just as nitpicky with my own work ;)

Volnaiskra-
Sorry for the late response.I actually saw your post about 3 hours after you made it,but it was really late and I've been a bit busy with my own personal life over the past 2 days.

I completely agree with what you said about the app icon,I was already going to change it to the earth and title abbreviated on the flag so that it would cover the whole app and be much larger to see on mobile devices.

Some of the icons are placeholders that I'm going to change soon and I'll try the white outlines to match the title.The bottom 4 from left to right are /add characters,inventory,buy coins and credits/.The fact that you couldn't tell what they are only shows how badly I need to change them.
I'm going to remove the credits icon and put it in the setting menu because its not importance enough to have in the main menu.The inventory and coin icons are going to be replaced with a black clipboard and single coin and will match the other icons.The purple question mark help icon will be remade and the red add character icon will shrunk and may be replaced in the future.Hopefully these changes will make the icons more universally recognizable.

Thank you Volnaiskra,its good the get some constructive criticism.:)

The attack animations are done!XD

I finished them 3 days ahead of schedule so I will use the extra time to rework some of the buttons,fix a glitch that I know how to fix but haven't had the time to do and start programing the attacks in early.

u might want 2 think about renaming ur game on the iphone screen under the icon, seeing as it reads "You Vs Eve...." i hate it wen that happens. maybe YVE, i don't know might require sum thought. the You Vs Everyone is a great game name so i wud keep it, but i just think the dots ..... r never good lol, makes it look unprofessional 2 me, just my thoughts.

The icon is really cool by the way :)

SHINBAXTER-

I did some research into it and as of iOS 6 the maximum number of letters before getting cut off is 13,but my title is 15 with spaces which is why it gets cut off.So my choices are YouvsEveryone / YOUvsEVERYONE / YouV Everyone.

how about YouVsEveryone :)

Or potentially You vs World, or You vs All

I'll probably go with YouVsEveryone.Its the original name I came up with and I'm a bit too attached to it.

Its been a long time since I last posted here.The reason being that I was lazy,but while I'm lazy at posting on my own game thread,I definitely haven't been when comes to working on the game.I've been working on it all day everyday.

I spent nearly all of September programming all 96 attacks which then had to be copied,pasted and modified for the enemy AI.Over the past 14 days I've squashed every bug (That I know of.),Added and completed all menus and replaced all placeholders.All thats left is to finish implementing the sound effects (Will be done tomorrow.),Redesign the app icon (I commissioned a reliable artist to draw the image I sent them.) and last is to implement ads.I signed up to admob and will use them.
YouVsEveryone WILL be released Oct 25 with updates in November and December that will add more attacks.
Thank you for your advice and help.:)

YouVsEveryone didn't release yesterday because it got rejected for a dumb reason on my behalf.I forgot to include a restore purchases button.I quickly made the change and it got approved Tuesday morning,but I changed the release to Tuesday Nov1.This is because it will give me more time to contact press and releasing a game at the beginning of the month has many advantages.Till then I'll be contacting the press.

Halloween is over and YouVsEveryone is out.XD
The game's free by the way.

Here a video to an older build.
Note:This is recorded straight off my iphone and the video quality and sound isn't that great.For some reason in the recording the sounds are horrible loud,its not like that in the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHGR_Py0Fzk

Its up,its free,check it out.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/youv...3924?ls=1&mt=8

315mb....ouch! XD

aww man, it requires iOS 10, i'm still on 9 & not willing to update yet after all the grief of updating & things breaking last time. u might want 2 consider updating it to 2 work with lower ios versions so as 2 get more players, as lots of ppl don't update there ios software. as long as ur game runs on the lower versions that is.

SHINBAXTER-

Its giant because of all the giant animation I have in it,won't make that mistake again.

WHAT REQUIRES iOS 10!
Fixing that now.

Ok,sent I lower it to 8.0,the lowest xcode will let me take it.
It will be fixed in a day.

Thanks SHINBAXTER

that must b a lot of animation lol.
i'm always adjusting mine trying to optimize it right down, i never want any of my games to go over the 100mb mark XD

& no probs thanx for adjusting i'll defo grab it & giv it a whirl wen it's up :)

SHINBAXTER and anyone else who wants a free game-

The update is done so try it out now.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/youv...3924?ls=1&mt=8

lol @ the clickteam fusion plug XD

the game was a bit confusing for me to set up, & u really hav to choose the right pictures to get the most out of it, altho choosing bad pics did make for sum ammusing battles XD....& then theres the yandere head :O XD

anyways gud work on getting it out, next time keep that file size down lol

p.s. i just remembered, ur the guy who posted about the 721 frame animation of 1024x768 ....joker

Thanks SHINBAXTER,I should've make adding characters more straightforward.When it came to attacks I did whatever I liked or found funny,glad you liked some of them.:)

I'm also glad I got the game out,many people set out to make games but few people actually complete it and get it on the store.I learned a lot about fusion and migrated from the event editor to the list editor.

Yeah,keeping the file size down is going to be a priority.Also I dumped that animation and used solid colors or a single frame as backgrounds.No more giant animations.>:)
I promise...swearsies...........my next project isn't already 86mb>:)................help me>:)XD