Developer diary: mlidevdiary.blogspot.com In this video, I’ll be demonstrating locations, and everything involved with them. That includes locations themselves, transitions between locations, the commencement of character encounters from locations, background observation, zooming into the background, presenting evidence, and combining evidence. Field sprites taken from Desktop Ponies; dialog sprites and backgrounds taken from frames in the show. My Little Pony is owned and copyrighted by Hasbro. This is just a fan-made game to honor a series I love. I will never make any money from this game, and no copyright infringement is intended.
#1 by BluShadow99 on 11/25/2011 - 2:40 AM
Who else was thinking “APPLE BLOOM” at the end?
#2 by C4pt4inC4rr0t on 11/25/2011 - 3:29 AM
Take my money! Please!
#3 by triviageek57 on 11/25/2011 - 4:08 AM
when can we play this awesomlooking game?
#4 by CraftsmanOfAwsomenes on 11/25/2011 - 4:26 AM
Is that the font that Terraria uses I see?
#5 by xLordOfNothingx on 11/25/2011 - 4:54 AM
My only critique: You’re missing the “somepony” “anypony”, you know the ponyfied words, other than that great job!
#6 by mrthelovepanda on 11/25/2011 - 5:01 AM
TAKE MY MONEYS!!!
#7 by THEFATMANXD on 11/25/2011 - 5:06 AM
im throwing money at the screen but nothing is happening D:
#8 by DarkApostleMatt on 11/25/2011 - 6:00 AM
neat
#9 by ZeusAssassin on 11/25/2011 - 6:52 AM
@LudusVan Well, Gabu and I have agreed that murder cases aren’t the best storylines for a universe like Equestria. However, we have PLENTY of other case ideas that do get a bit grimdark and bring out the most emotional sides of the characters. Stayed tuned as we reveal more info in the coming months.
#10 by LudusVan on 11/25/2011 - 7:28 AM
@clowcard79 Yeah, Twilight Sparkle is the one i was talking about.
#11 by clowcard79 on 11/25/2011 - 8:22 AM
@LudusVan The pony with actual rainbow hair is Rainbow Dash, and the one with pink and purple hair is Twilight Sparkle.
#12 by GabuEx on 11/25/2011 - 8:40 AM
@MagmarFire The game is written in C# using XNA.
#13 by vancouverGamr on 11/25/2011 - 9:00 AM
@LudusVan Her name is Rainbow Dash, just so you know.
#14 by LinkHimora on 11/25/2011 - 9:34 AM
@GabuEx It would work with Pinkie just being Pinkie
#15 by gta4cat on 11/25/2011 - 9:49 AM
Her name is rainbow dash if your wondering ludusvan
#16 by LudusVan on 11/25/2011 - 10:12 AM
I’ll admit to not watching My Little Pony, but if this game goes really subversive and has the rainbow hair one solving grisly murders or something like that, I can guarantee I’ll play it.
#17 by MagmarFire on 11/25/2011 - 10:32 AM
Out of curiosity, what language are you writing the engine in?
#18 by GabuEx on 11/25/2011 - 11:10 AM
@linkinman84 I definitely would like to do something involving voice acting, but at this point I haven’t decided exactly what I want that to be. “OBJECTION!” doesn’t really feel right at all, considering that nobody is a lawyer. We’ll see.
#19 by linkinman84 on 11/25/2011 - 11:20 AM
This looks amazing, but only one thing concerns me.
The lack of
“OBJECTION!”s and “HOLD IT!”s.
Will they be in the final game?
#20 by Ozzzie968 on 11/25/2011 - 11:48 AM
It would be hilarious if ponies went “Missing” and they interogated Pinkie Pie (LOLOLOL)
#21 by Trin2Rex on 11/25/2011 - 12:35 PM
DAMN! This is just as mind blowing as Ace Attorny too! 0_0
#22 by MrMariosonicman on 11/25/2011 - 1:18 PM
wierd. this may just be a demo. (and mabey because of apple bloom)
but i think i know who opened that door. but just to be save and not embarras myself. i wont say it. tho im pretty sure some other pony figured it out as well.
#23 by GabuEx on 11/25/2011 - 1:57 PM
@MrMariosonicman Yeah, that’s a factor of the fact that all of the graphics in here are taken from external sources – the animated walking/standing sprites are from Desktop Ponies, while the rest are from screencaps in the show itself. That makes there be a very limited amount of material to work from.
Once I recruit artistic talent for the product, stuff like that will be fixed.
#24 by MrMariosonicman on 11/25/2011 - 2:04 PM
i also noticed a little something funny, apple bloom is wearing her crusaders outfit while in the hub she isnt wearing one
and isnt her outfit with twilight at the moment
#25 by MrMariosonicman on 11/25/2011 - 2:24 PM
@GabuEx oh thank goodness. thanks for telling me that info.
ill be sure to try this game out. im probably going to look like a fool for silly mistakes. but you know what they say. learn from your mistakes
i wonder how the save feature is going to be tho. probably just creating a save file.
i wish you the power of magic in finishing this game.