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melvin @TheMajormel

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Posted by TheMajormel - November 20th, 2022


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I am currently in the process of adding back in the Etehfowr Against story mode. Currently I plan for there to be up to 6 missions (or chapters?) with some more story stuff. The majority of the work may need to be focused around fixing enemy UI and adding a progression system of sorts.


The first level will start on The Moon, (which was where the secret fight in the original game took place) all the way to the final level which takes place around Manhattan.


Majormel is the main character of this story, and I've wanted to get back to the world of Etehfowr Against for a good while now. This story mode would be considered like a "remix". I am essentially making a new game out of old assets. There may be a couple new stages and there's ideas to add in boss characters as well (I'm thinking it'll most likely be 3 boss characters).

The majority of the work will most likely be around the 3 new bosses and balancing of mechanics. I'm looking to make this playable on browsers as well.


welcome to the year 2001.


Posted by TheMajormel - August 7th, 2022


It's been about roughly 7 months and a couple of days since my last post. If you haven't played it yet Etehfowr Against is playable on Newgrounds! However, I highly recommend playing the downloadable version from Itch.io.


Since then, the great Andrea Demetrio who's made the really awesome schwarzerblitz (that just had it's trailer shown in the Evo 2022 showcase!) wrote an article about my game here. I agree with the article, as it's clear from the reception that it seems like everyone finds the game really interesting. Etehfowr Against was my first "Real" project and I'm happy to see that it had some good reception. I'm currently working on another fighting game, this time, based on the manga Chainsaw Man!


The process for this new game is one I'm looking to employ for all of my games in the future. Animation took a really long time for Etehfowr Against to some subpar effect. So I decided to utilize 3d modeling and animations this time with using Dust3d, a low-poly modeling program meant to help speed up the modeling and rigging process. This actually has been a very fast process. My reasoning for making this game is because I really really like chainsaw man, but also, I want to take what I learned from Etehfowr Against and refine a simple fighting game around that.


Chainsaw-Man is a game that is just a lot simpler. Etehfowr Against's various resources is kind of daunting for people new to playing fighting games, so the idea this time was to create a much easier to approach game. The game's combat is taking some inspiration from killer instinct, but to note, it isn't something like opener-->linker-->ender. I wanted to capture something like ultras and etc. I'm looking to show off some more later before school starts later in the month. The gameplay has been good so far, I'm just mostly trying to finish rough art assets + menus and when i get to it, AI.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ok I actually got the 3d model to rotate indefinitely lmfao. Also, Denji can block by holding the attack button and walking back. this is just a test on a blocking system <a href="https://t.co/hYoZ0skyja">pic.twitter.com/hYoZ0skyja</a></p>&mdash; Pochita&#39;s Dog Food (@Pooptiesquat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pooptiesquat/status/1553758346771046401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


Posted by TheMajormel - January 21st, 2022


play now!


it's been so long since I uploaded a game to NG. Etehfowr Against was once called Arcade Quest. But the name change was because I wanted to create a new feeling for a fighting game. Originally, It was meant to be a one and done back in 2019, but I really started to flesh out the gameplay concepts and tried to explore the depth of the gameplay systems added in.


I hope you enjoy!


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Posted by TheMajormel - August 26th, 2021


https://www.newgrounds.com/projects/games/1726610/preview


please help me play test the game!


i am looking for input from various people on how to improve gameplay and battle systems.


note that it includes and unfinished version of RAIDGIRL.


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please, even if you've never played a fighting game before, try out the game! let me know any questions,complaints,etc so i can improve the game! thanks


Posted by TheMajormel - December 31st, 2020


This was a very difficult year.

  • My longtime German shepard/ Yellow Labrador mix Sasha passed in february.
  • Stopped going to church.
  • Almost had a breakdown back in June. Quarantine really got to me.


However, I think it is moments like these that have made me realize life is more important then the "things" we think we were made to be. For some of you; animators, artists, game developers, etc. You probably had the idea that u were gonna sacrifice everything to be "the best" but I am here today to say that I am no longer a part of that race. I started a twitter trying to become more "popular" but it has never made me really happy. Real happiness for me came from starting to meet people and understanding them. I've made some new friends that I can confidently say that I hope they are a part of my life from now on. I can no longer base my happiness on whether Etehfowr Against succeeds or not. It's not healthy.



So after that, I guess it'd be strange to say that the game is nearing completion. Etehfowr Against (once known as Arcade Quest) is looking much better. All the base characters are currently playable in game. Right now I'm in the process of adding some things to the combat universally, things like:

  • for some reason all normals use to launch the opponent, now you can choose to launch the opponent while holding down.
  • for a long time, the game never had knockdowns. If you're a big fighting game fan, you'd know that knockdowns are very essential to the offensive and defensive portions of a match. It's weird to say that the game has no sweeps either, but I'm just adding it in to make the oki(or setplay whatever) more interesting. I'm adding them in first thing for the new years.
  • I tried to add it in on christmas day to fuck around with my friends on, but 4 player mode is gonna be a thing. I remember pre-covid going to NYC game developer meet-ups and people would always ask if the game was gonna have a 4 player mode. I remember saying no, because the game is more focused on learning how to sync and de-sync both characters on your team. but because this actually makes the game a little harder because it has fighting game motions in it. So it seems fitting to add a 4 player mode so people can interact with the game on a much more casual level.


Also I said it before but I'm gonna release the game on NG. because there's no single player mode yet, I'm thinking of adding a Combo Leaderboards mode. Basically it's a mode based on getting the higher combo. There's going to be a standalone story mode for the game too, but I haven't started that one yet 😲. Initial cast is gonna be 7 characters... but 4 more will show up after that. Sorry if you're a "gotta have a huge roster" kind of guy.


I'm gonna go into next year posting stuff on newgrounds. I just started actually developing for @3p0ch's metagame collab. Prototype is functional !


I also have been dreaming of doing a newgrounds based fighting game. The framework for that kind of thing is already there in Etehfowr Against, so I believe it's possible to make. Brainstorming the cast as well. It prolly won't have any command motions either and the idea for that one is more along the lines of "getting two people to share playing on a keyboard" sort of thing.


I've also picked up drawing again and will be posting more of that throughout next year. I'm sick of trying to play with the indie big boys so I'm just gonna focus on doing newgrounds stuff again. Making stuff on NG was where I had the most fun creatively in my life so it feels right that this is the place I want to be at for 2021.


2020 was such a hard year but I'm so thankful that I've learned that this is a world that loves me. I don't know what I exactly mean by this, but I feel like this scene from Mad Men might explain how I came to that realization.


Might be considered SPOILERS if you'd like to watch the show. Highly recommend it


Thanks for reading and have a Happy New Years!


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Posted by TheMajormel - June 27th, 2020


I've been working on Etehfowr Against for a bit and currently working to releasing a build with


  • 6 playable characters (new additions being Laurel Tenpenny and Lulz S.Fowr)
  • controller + keyboard support
  • cool new (and FINAL) mechanics added in like Brace (you can brace for impact which lowers damage received during combos) Throw Tech, and Pushblock.


RIght now I'm currently working on controller support for both players 1 and 2. I spent this whole week trying to figure out how best to do that and was struggling for a bit, but i feel pretty close in terms of how I can do that.


As soon as i get that done I will upload a build for people to try out!


The goals for next month/august are as follows:


Visual/Mechanical work :

  • Starting work on adding the final character for the game!
  • polishing visuals for all characters (except that last one)
  • This is something that should've been done in the beginning, but now each state of a character will have a different hurtboxes. I haven't done this because I straight up did not know how to do it when I started this game, but now I have a good idea on implementing this as swift as possible
  • fixing corner interactions. All moves in the game act hella weird In the corner (specifically, characters will just be knocked off screen when hit in the corner, it doesnt look good.)
  • Reduce meter gain rate on whiff, but meter will now gain much more rapidly anytime opponents are in hit-stun.
  • add character collisions back in the game.


This is most of the stuff I want to fix. So far 2020 has been a great year in development for this game. There's been a lot of steady progress made and even though it's been difficult getting these features implemented, I've been enjoying showing the game off.


I'm going to spend this weekend starting work on another project for a collab. The game mechanics are already programmed in but I just now figured out what I want to do with it. I also have work on making things work properly. Going back to work in a few weeks so im gonna take this time to work on that for a bit.


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(now characters flash red on hit, so it's obvious they're getting damaged!)

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(Tenpenny wearing GUESS)


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Posted by TheMajormel - May 9th, 2020


Recently I've been thinking about how best to distribute Etehfowr Against.


I'm making some pretty sufficent progress on the game and now I'm finally adding the final 3 characters.


Last year I would say around late june 2019 is when the game started to actually take shape in what it's turned into now. Alongside that, I started going to physical events in the NYC game dev community to show off the game and to make new friends. People liked the game and liked the concept. Of course there were some bumps along the road, but that's something that understandably happens.


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(how the game looked like around september of 2019)


When the coronavirus hit, all in-person events in NY came to a halt. With no way for me to show off the game in person, I had to resort to showing it off online. I was really nervous about this. cuz


  • No one wants to download a game just to try it out. unless the game is some form of complete package
  • it's really hard to get people to look at it! Physical spaces made it easier for me to get people to play it and I've never been good at the whole internet presence thing at all.


the past month I got to join a discord that was holding a virtual expo. It was cool because some people would just look at my game being streamed in the VC and some asked questions. Also my friends were cool enough to show up and support me showing off the game. Even better, I linked the game to my itch.io page and that day 15 people viewed the page. I think roughly 200 people were in the discord and most of em were there to play in league/smash/CoD tournaments so I'm pretty content with the numbers. however, there's a underlying problem..


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(WHOA THE MOTHERFUCKING CHARACTER SELECT MENU!!!!!)


people weren't downloading it. There was one download that day, but it was from a friend who complained about the character select menu being confusing to navigate(so it got changed to the one you see in the image up there^)


Virtual expos worked well to get eyes on a game but it didnt work in getting people to play it and test it out.


I started trying to think of a way that people can play the game without having to download it so It makes sense to have it being played through Parsec. It's a service that allows the host to stream their game to a client, so that way the client doesnt have to download the game. I havent been able to try out this tactic yet but hopefully it'll bring some moderate form of success.


This also brings up the question of the game's Downloadable Nature. I think people will easily digest a game that is on the web or one they dont have to download. When i started working on this game seriously, I felt that the game must be presented as a form of "Digital Graffiti" . Graffiti is a work of art. Graffiti is made for public consumption, but you dont have to go out of your way to appreciate it. I decided I'm going to release this game primarily through the web, starting here on NG first.


there will still be a downloadable release but I'm still a little up in the air on what else that'll provide/offer for people who WANT to download the game and take up their HDD/SSD. The browser version is going to focus more on the 2v2 aspect but this may mean i might have to look at the controls again to see how people can comfortably play on the same browser/keyboard.


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Posted by TheMajormel - May 1st, 2020


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damn SMOKED lol


Posted by TheMajormel - April 16th, 2020


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in game hud with old sprites

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New sprites in the works


Next week game will be shown at a online expo.

Hoping to get the new sprites and the character select into the hands of people!


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Posted by TheMajormel - October 31st, 2019


on features so far:


  • got character select up and running, No mirror matches yet though :o
  • taking a quick break but now adding the final 3 characters to the game.
  • There will be an early version for people to play sometime soon, I'm just polishing up the character select menu since it's a relatively new feature.
  • The upcoming build will have four playable characters: Majormel, Sasha the dog, Cyrus, Embryo


as for where the game will be played, there's a private page on itch.io for it already. right now only a couple few played it (close friends, family) and feed back is that it's pretty neat. I'm alright with that :) I also plan to drop the game on Steam and finally.... I really want there to be a NG version as well. I'm using love2d and there's libraries that help make love2d games run on the web. However, I admit that i mostly have been playing NG's mobile games more often then the desktop ones and im looking to make Arcade Quest for NG more mobile focused. (dont worry, cuz im pretty sure the desktop controls will be unaffected.)


also i guess these:

  • originally i wanted to reanimate the ALL of the sprites but people have said they liked em. Some sprites will be redrawn but it's just because i felt like some of them were very difficult to read( so stuff like hitstun animations will get reworked so it can be easy to see that they are getting smacked up) alot of those animations were made in 2013 when i didnt know how to animate at all.
  • however, from this point on, only the final 3 characters being added will receive all brand new sprites. Honestly the final 3 has the worst 2013-made sprites in the game and all 3 got redesigned to a style i liked better anyways.
  • yes GGPO is now open source and free but due to lack of experience developing netcode (and not being an all that experienced programmer anyways) I decided to pass up on having online multiplayer. Honestly GGPO is amazing but since I have no experience programming online infrastructure, it would've been a terrible online experience to play with. I'd love to make a game with online someday but i believe for this version of Arcade Quest, that will not be now. However, there is now stuff like Parsec and Steam recently announced they are adding a remote play feature that allows you to play with your friends regardless of them owning the game or not.


so yeah, there will be a public page soon. Im not trying to make the mistake of being impatient because some people might not still fully understand what im going for. I want to also add some more stuff to make it a little bit more clearer for people to get the idea of the game. SO expect at least a playable something to appear near the end or middle of november.


also, follow me on twitter : https://twitter.com/Pooptiesquat


im gonna try and start uploading more progress on there too.


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