Hyper Llama Games

[HoboJoe11]

My dumb website www.hyperllama.tk is where me and my friends post games and animations of our own i dunno why im telling u this i guess i just wanted to let everyone know that I make dumb games like them.

[SpiderPumpkin]

The site doesn't work for me, I only get a blank page. BTW, you could've put that into your signature instead of opening a thread about it...

[Sokko]

I get a full-screen advertisement that automatically redirects me to the real site after 15 seconds. Not that the site itself is any better, it looks like something straight out of a template package. But, given the pictures of The Team who created it, I must say even that is an impressive accomplishment. Some suggestions:

1) Lose the sparklies that follow the mouse cursor around. They're quite pointless and only slow down the site for people with older computers.

2) Lose the annoying MIDI background music. Nobody wants their browser to suddenly start playing music unless they told it to.

3) Lose the backgrounds, or at least get different ones. They're extremely distracting and clash with the rest of the site in some cases. Not to mention they're obviously tiled and have a nice big Copyright notice on them.

4) Make an effort to use correct spelling and grammar. Given the team pictures I'm not even sure if you studied this stuff in school yet, but you can always type your text into Word first and run the spellchecker on it. This does make a big difference in readability and professionality.

5) Compile your games and animations into stand-alone files. Nobody, and I mean nobody, wants to install an entire creation system just so they can view files created with it. Game Maker files can be easily compiled into executables, even in the unregistered version, and Pivot files can be saved as an animated GIF. Compile those files, your visitors will thank you for it.

[AtkinsSJ]

I tried all the games, and they are the example games with slight changes. This is a good place to start, and soon you should try making games yourself.

To make .exe games click on the 'file' menu in game maker and then click on 'Create Executable'. You can do this is the unregistered version, and the only bad point is the 'Made with Game Maker' logo in the corner while loading.

Good luck on future games!

~AtkinsSJ

[HoboJoe11]

Thankyou Atkins and Sokko im gonna go fix this right now.

[Sokko]

I tried all the games, and they are the example games with slight changes.

I believe this falls under the category of "stealing other people's work", but I guess you've got to start somewhere. I wouldn't go putting them up for public download, though.

[AtkinsSJ]

Ah, but the help files in the games (F1) have the original makers in the credits. Therefore it's not stealing.

[HoboJoe11]

I have made some games from scratch but they havent turned out that great and I dont work on games as much as animations anymore so I work on games 2 to 3 times a week but now that schools out I will be posting more hopefully and I'm the only one in the Hyper Llama Team who actually makes games.

[Mr.Onion]

5) Compile your games and animations into stand-alone files. Nobody, and I mean nobody, wants to install an entire creation system just so they can view files created with it. Game Maker files can be easily compiled into executables, even in the unregistered version, and Pivot files can be saved as an animated GIF. Compile those files, your visitors will thank you for it.
And the thing about compiling the ani's into gifs is that they can be displayed directly on your website.:D
Another thing:Putting pics of yourself on the internet is very dangerous. :?
I think you should avoid it.It is much safer :wink: