It's been about a year since I last talked about it. Officially it's an Online Action RTS, that will be competitively playable against someone across the net.

As of right now it's working and uses peer to peer connection streams. It's in a heavy debugging phase. Lots of things to fix and optimize for performance. However it's playable, and it got me an A+ for my Computer Science Honors degree, so I'm quite happy with it.

No set release date. Right now I've been on a bit of a break from it. I'd been working constantly for 8 months on it learning flash and Actionscript 3 and building the game engine from scratch. Been lurking the flash forum for little tidbits aswell. It's all been a crazy experience. I feel I'm much more in tune with flash programming now.

I'm certainly not ready to release anything to the public. I still gotta get the artwork done, and theres tons of features I have in my head I want to add. Everything is really easy to implement in the final stages so really is just about how much I really want to include in it.

May be another year of me ironing it out since I think my two other group members are moving on to other projects. But i want it to be quality and preferably working with the newgrounds api.

Until then :)

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P ) [Level: %] [Trophies: p/ g/ s/ b | Total| +/-] NG username : PSN ID
01) [Level 15: 85%] [Trophies: 9/ 98/ 378/ 1669 | 2154 | +51] Jerkapotamus
02) [Level 15: 21%] [Trophies: 5/ 64/ 299/ 1740 | 2108 | +94] narf
03) [Level 15: 11%] [Trophies: 19/ 91/ 309/ 1338 | 1757 | +16] Black-Ops
04) [Level 14: 99%] [Trophies: 13/ 81/ 316/ 1392 | 1802 | +56] 7794
05) [Level 14: 91%] [Trophies: 15/ 74/ 318/ 1359 | 1766 | +94] Quinny
06) [Level 14: 41%] [Trophies: 3/ 59/ 307/ 1349 | 1718 | +300] Papo
07) [Level 14: 23%] [Trophies: 3/ 50/ 238/ 1445 | 1736 | +30] BlueFlameSkulls
08) [Level 13: 68%] [Trophies: 1/ 54/ 247/ 1121 | 1423 | +24] IrishGun & C-R
09) [Level 13: 65%] [Trophies: 11/ 56/ 245/ 991 | 1303 | +22] tally1989
10) [Level 13: 39%] [Trophies: 7/ 49/ 204/ 1023 | 1283 | +42] TheRipper00
11) [Level 13: 01%] [Trophies: 3/ 35/ 203/ 958 | 1199 | +56] Viridis
12) [Level 13: 00%] [Trophies: 6/ 56/ 234/ 724 | 1020 | +136] illuminate
13) [Level 12: 73%] [Trophies: 3/ 30/ 184/ 874 | 1091 | +51] Doberman7
14) [Level 12: 71%] [Trophies: 12/ 49/ 170/ 671 | 902 | +0] mrpwnzer
15) [Level 12: 65%] [Trophies: 13/ 51/ 150/ 654 | 868 | +24] Hycran
16) [Level 12: 57%] [Trophies: 3/ 31/ 164/ 821 | 1019 | +2] logic
17) [Level 12: 32%] [Trophies: 5/ 41/ 133/ 669 | 848 | +36] Gustavos
18) [Level 12: 31%] [Trophies: 3/ 33/ 152/ 695 | 883 | +46] Makeshift
19) [Level 12: 20%] [Trophies: 2/ 22/ 160/ 702 | 886 | +4] Ghyfty
20) [Level 12: 09%] [Trophies: 5/ 17/ 136/ 682 | 840| +0] ShadowWest
21) [Level 11: 77%] [Trophies: 5/ 29/ 105/ 593 | 732 | +101] funkycaveman
22) [Level 11: 73%] [Trophies: 3/ 35/ 106/ 573| 717 | +0] TheThing
23) [Level 11: 62%] [Trophies: 5/ 32/ 137/ 491 | 665 | +0] Kirk-Cocaine
24) [Level 11: 46%] [Trophies: 3/ 23/ 117/ 587 | 730 | +12] Trystlions
25) [Level 11: 08%] [Trophies: 3/ 27/ 115/ 517 | 662 | +0] dmansland
26) [Level 11: 02%] [Trophies: 2/ 23/ 106/ 563 | 694 | +22] Nova-Hawk
27) [Level 11: 01%] [Trophies: 3/ 22/ 111/ 545 | 681 | +new] jake-thesnake
28) [Level 10: 87%] [Trophies: 1/ 22/ 106/ 560 | 689 | +36] yokumashu
29) [Level 10: 59%] [Trophies: 2/ 25/ 125/ 455 | 607 | +46] TheMaster
30) [Level 10: 53%] [Trophies: 1/ 14/ 106/ 563 | 684 | +1] semeieseed
31) [Level 10: 40%] [Trophies: 4/ 27/ 110/ 424 | 565 | +10] Chumbawamba
32) [Level 10: 38%] [Trophies: 0/ 20/ 113/ 505 | 638 | +15] Panzerknacker
33) [Level 10: 03%] [Trophies: 6/ 32/ 89/ 368 | 490 | +105] Psychopathic-Mind
34) [Level 09: 65%] [Trophies: 2/ 16/ 88/ 458 |564 | +2] xscoot
35) [Level 09: 65%] [Trophies: 2/ 18/ 80/ 462 | 562 | +65] Gobblemeister
36) [Level 09: 52%] [Trophies: 1/ 15/ 82/ 471 | 569 | +10] Stretchysumo
37) [Level 09: 05%] [Trophies: 0/ 11/ 54/ 500 | 565 | +0] BlackmarketKraig
38) [Level 09: 04%] [Trophies: 1/ 11/ 82/ 430 | 524 | +336] wildface098
39) [Level 08: 74%] [Trophies: 1/ 11/ 83/ 388 | 483 | +0] Myst
40) [Level 08: 57%] [Trophies: 0/ 11/ 65/ 414 | 490 | +4] kamelona
41) [Level 08: 29%] [Trophies: 0/ 8/ 80/ 365 | 453 | +20] El-Duego :
42) [Level 08: 24%] [Trophies: 2/ 12/ 69/ 332 | 415 | +44] ekublai :
43) [Level 07: 59%] [Trophies: 0/ 7/ 80/ 277 | 364 | +35] simon
44) [Level 06: 94%] [Trophies: 0/ 3/ 42/ 291 | 336 | +2] andhination
45) [Level 06: 08%] [Trophies: 1/ 7/ 24/ 176 | 208 | +0] Jin
46) [Level 06: 07%] [Trophies: 0/ 5/ 26/ 194 | 225 | +0] Jack
47) [Level 05: 45%] [Trophies: 0/ 3/ 25/ 141 | 169 | +0] Chiklay4
48) [Level 05: 39%] [Trophies: 0/ 5/ 15/ 142 | 162 | +40] Whysomangryb
49) [Level 04: 57%] [Trophies: 0/ 3/ 17/ 74 | 94 | +0] wafflecake12
50) [Level 04: 57%] [Trophies: 0/ 4/ 18/ 66 | 88 | +1] Haggard

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P ) [Level: %] [Trophies: p/ g/ s/ b | Total| +/-] NG username : PSN ID
01) [Level 15: 74%] [Trophies: 9/ 98/ 373/ 1623 | 2103 | +83] Jerkapotamus
02) [Level 15: 11%] [Trophies: 5/ 64/ 298/ 1689 | 2014 | +42] narf
03) [Level 15: 07%] [Trophies: 19/ 90/ 307/ 1325 | 1555 | +186] Black-Ops
04) [Level 14: 86%] [Trophies: 13/ 80/ 303/ 1350 | 1746 | +99] 7794
05) [Level 14: 68%] [Trophies: 15/ 71/ 309/ 1277 | 1672 | +47] Quinny
06) [Level 14: 16%] [Trophies: 3/ 49/ 236/ 1420 | 1708 | +41] BlueFlameSkulls
07) [Level 13: 86%] [Trophies: 1/ 46/ 269/ 1235 | 1418 | +133] Papo
08) [Level 13: 60%] [Trophies: 1/ 54/ 244/ 1100 | 1399 | +54] IrishGun & C-R
09) [Level 13: 57%] [Trophies: 11/ 52/ 243/ 975 | 1281 | +53] tally1989
10) [Level 13: 29%] [Trophies: 7/ 49/ 193/ 992 | 1241 | +36] TheRipper00
11) [Level 12: 84%] [Trophies: 2/ 31/ 197/ 913 | 1143 | +114] Viridis
12) [Level 12: 71%] [Trophies: 12/ 49/ 170/ 671 | 902 | +0] mrpwnzer
13) [Level 12: 65%] [Trophies: 5/ 54/ 209/ 615 | 884 | +210] illuminate
14) [Level 12: 60%] [Trophies: 13/ 51/ 147/ 633 | 844 | +74] Hycran
15) [Level 12: 57%] [Trophies: 2/ 26/ 179/ 833 | 1040 | +94] Doberman7
16) [Level 12: 56%] [Trophies: 3/ 31/ 164/ 819 | 1017 | +76] logic
17) [Level 12: 24%] [Trophies: 5/ 40/ 128/ 639 | 812 | +96] Gustavos
18) [Level 12: 20%] [Trophies: 3/ 32/ 147/ 655 | 837 | +65] Makeshift
19) [Level 12: 19%] [Trophies: 2/ 22/ 159/ 699 | 882 | +34] Ghyfty
20) [Level 12: 09%] [Trophies: 5/ 17/ 136/ 682 | 840| +20] ShadowWest
21) [Level 11: 73%] [Trophies: 3/ 35/ 106/ 573| 717 | +20] TheThing
22) [Level 11: 62%] [Trophies: 5/ 32/ 137/ 491 | 665 | +45] Kirk-Cocaine
23) [Level 11: 30%] [Trophies: 3/ 22/ 113/ 580 | 718 | +70] Trystlions
24) [Level 11: 08%] [Trophies: 3/ 27/ 115/ 517 | 662 | +4] dmansland
25) [Level 10: 85%] [Trophies: 2/ 23/ 105/ 542 | 672 | +14] Nova-Hawk
26) [Level 10: 51%] [Trophies: 1/ 14/ 105/ 563 | 683 | +12] semeieseed
27) [Level 10: 39%] [Trophies: 4/ 17/ 93/ 517 | 631 | +28] funkycaveman
28) [Level 10: 34%] [Trophies: 0/ 19/ 98/ 536 | 653 | +41] yokumashu
29) [Level 10: 30%] [Trophies: 4/ 27/ 107/ 417 | 555 | +89] Chumbawamba
30) [Level 10: 21%] [Trophies: 0/ 19/ 111/ 493 | 623 | +22] Panzerknacker
31) [Level 10: 10%] [Trophies: 2/ 24/ 111/ 424 | 561 | +0] TheMaster
32) [Level 09: 64%] [Trophies: 2/ 16/ 88/ 456 |562 | +6] xscoot
33) [Level 09: 43%] [Trophies: 1/ 15/ 80/ 463 | 559 | +122] Stretchysumo
34) [Level 09: 05%] [Trophies: 0/ 11/ 54/ 500 | 565 | +0] BlackmarketKraig
35) [Level 09: 01%] [Trophies: 2/ 17/ 65/ 413 | 497 | +37] Gobblemeister
36) [Level 08: 74%] [Trophies: 1/ 11/ 83/ 388 | 568 | +0] Myst
37) [Level 08: 54%] [Trophies: 0/ 11/ 65/ 410 | 486 | +0] kamelona
38) [Level 08: 47%] [Trophies: 4/ 21/ 62/ 298 | 385 | +82] Psychopathic-Mind
39) [Level 08: 10%] [Trophies: 0/ 8/ 74/ 351 | 433 | +10] El-Duego
40) [Level 07: 87%] [Trophies: 2/ 12/ 63/ 294 | 371 | +0] ekublai
41) [Level 07: 24%] [Trophies: 0/ 7/ 68/ 254 | 329 | +79] simon
42) [Level 06: 92%] [Trophies: 0/ 3/ 41/ 290 | 334 | +25] andhination
43) [Level 06: 08%] [Trophies: 1/ 7/ 24/ 176 | 208 | +0] Jin
44) [Level 06: 07%] [Trophies: 0/ 5/ 26/ 194 | 225 | +0] Jack
45) [Level 05: 60%] [Trophies: 0/ 3/ 21/ 164 | 188 | +0] wildface098
46) [Level 05: 45%] [Trophies: 0/ 3/ 25/ 141 | 169 | +0] Chiklay4
47) [Level 05: 32%] [Trophies: 1/ 4/ 34/ 91 | 130 | +0] Black-Flame
48) [Level 05: 01%] [Trophies: 0/ 5/ 13/ 106 | 124 | +34] Whysomangryb
49) [Level 04: 57%] [Trophies: 0/ 3/ 17/ 74 | 94 | +1] wafflecake12
50) [Level 04: 56%] [Trophies: 0/ 4/ 18/ 65 | 87 | +12] Haggard
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TOP 5 ACHIEVERS:

1: illuminate : Mooglejoke +210
2: Black-Ops : NGBlackOps +186
3: Papo : PapoSwing +133
4: Stretchysumo : KittensWithBeer +122
5: Viridis : Cloud-1409 +114

LEVEL UPS:

Black-Ops : NGBlackOps To Lvl 15
Gustavos : Gustavos4 To Lvl 12
illuminate : Mooglejoke To Lvl 12
Panzerknacker : Kenzuke To Lvl 10
Chumbawamba : Derkish To Lvl 10
Gobblemeister : Gobblemeister To Lvl 9
Psychopathic-Mind : Adm_Awesome To Lvl 8
simon : SCParry To Lvl 7
Whysomangryb : Whysomangryb To Lvl 5

Milestones:
illuminate : Mooglejoke 5 Platinums
Gustavos : Gustavos4 5 Platinums
ShadowWest : ShadowWestNG 5 Platinums
Hycran : Hycran 50 Golds
tally1989 : LiquidFire89 50 Golds
logic : PR0TAGON1ST- 1000 Total

So i guess I'm updating the leaderboards now. Not fun to do, but I'll do it cause im a nice guy and don't want the thread to die.

First and formost, it's no longer a platformer but a pikman control style rts with competitive online multiplayer. Much deliberating caused the change.

So far it's been a lot of learning AS3 which is a lot like Java I have to say. Much more programmer friendly for someone whose programmed in high level languages as much as I have. Really neat stuff. Learning lots and its a lot more fun then anything I've programmed in a long time.

Got quite a bit done. It's still all fairly basic. Mostly testing out things like AI bots, player control, collisions, pathfinding ect.

More details to come. It's all still in a structuring phase.

We'll since I've become pivotly retired, I've gotten into planning a few things.

First and for most, once I get my new laptop I'll continue my work on the mega pivoting tutorial. It's still a work in progress but it's definitely my official last piece to finish before I'm done with the pivoting program. Will still be a reg at the pivot thread and provide my advice when needed. Might even test out a bit of what is called "stykz"? It's an upgraded pivoting program. I'll play around with it for a bit and include it as a bonus in my pivoting tutorial.

For this school year, it turns out I'll be making an online flash game with a team as my final project for my programming degree. I volunteered to do the animation sprites for it, but will be involved in much of the programming. My team is looking into beta testing at the halfway mark, so you should see the open beta popping up on newgrounds somewhere in the future. It's going to be an online co-operative platformer.

Not as active in submissions as I used to be but just letting you guys know I'm still here and will be submitting soon.

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/11 40612
See link^^

Finally an animating section. A place where people can't bitch at the validity of whether or not pivot should be in this or that section. It's now also a place where more experienced animators can see it and hopefully work up the boredom or nerve to try it.

I like pivot for the mere fact of watching what people manage to do with it. Unlike flash you get practically nothing to work with yet over the course of my 2 years experience with it, I've seen some absolutely amazing things done that MANY flash regs would think impossible or highly unlikely with such a tool. Yet almost daily there's someone out there that just makes something impressive.

This is why i try to keep pivot on newgrounds. I like to see how far its limits can be pushed. So far there has not been a definitive end. Every year someone pushes the boundaries and ups the standards. What better place then newgrounds, to find talent capable of accomplishing such things.

So try it out. Whether you love it or hate it, try it and have some fun. That's what it's for.

The link again

Say something clever or insulting to cheer me up.

Edit: lawlz on the comments, thanks random peeps.

You got a tattoo!! It sais "dude", what does mine say?

(braces for impact)

DURKA DURR!