mossymanor
mossy manor
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Now that artfight is over, I've finally been working on this again! Progress will still be slow as always, but here's where the foyer's at now! Already so much better than the last lazy mockup I posted. :)
I still need to make the wallpaper background seamless, which probably will take some figuring out now that I don't have access to Illustrator anymore (can clip studio do the same thing?). I also need to find a different floor or make a seamless floor pattern so I can better fit it to the perspective and extend it into the other rooms. And figure out if I want to remove or extend the wainscoting on the stairs. Then it's on to the furniture!
#wip#i also have to make a better back button and ideally custom cursors pointing in each direction like a real point and click game#but im really procrastinating that kind of ui stuff...#then before adding the foyer i need to figure out how/where to host sound effects and add those to the other pages too
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It's nowhere close to being finished, but I've been working on this sort of "sketch" for what I want the foyer to look like. It still needs a lot of editing to make everything look not terrible, and some of these images are only placeholders for now while I continue to try to find better ones.
From the foyer, you'll be able to go left to the sitting room, right to the dining room, forward to the hallway, or upstairs. There will also be the guestbook and maybe a couple other interactive objects if I can think of some more.
Not sure yet if I'll keep the little cat mascot (though she is cute) because I hadn't planned on including any NPC-like/dialogue aspect initially. But I do need a way to introduce/explain the activities that will come later on, so I'm thinking it's either this, leaving little paper notes around for the player to find, or having text at the bottom of the screen similar to this but without the cat and speech bubble. I'll have to do some thinking on what I want the gameplay and general vibes to be like.
Which option do you think is best?
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Not much progress to report yet unfortunately - I've been taking some time to work on some other projects lately and I've felt a little bit stuck when it comes to Mossy Manor. I've been having a really hard time finding a good staircase picture from the foyer that is in 1 point perspective and isn't cut off at all, but I did find a 3d model of a staircase that is almost perfectly what I was imagining. However, it doesn't have any texture so it looks like I'll have to learn how to use some 3d modeling software. If I can get a decent looking wood texture with decent lighting, I can use that one, otherwise I'll have to just use another photo I found that is in a slightly weird perspective.
One thing I have made progress on for Mossy Manor is figuring out a little bit of a floor plan, just to get a rough idea of what rooms there will be and how they'll connect each other. The second floor is still pretty up in the air, but here's what I have so far for the first floor:
(Let's just hope all those angles and towers and bay windows don't turn out to be super hard to collage, but maybe that's another area that 3d modeling can come in handy if I get good enough at it, just to do the walls/general dimensions of the rooms?)
#the staircase issues has just turned into a kind of roadblock for me but i'll try to still make progress here and there#i just need to do other things as well like i really have to start thinking about making refs for artfight and all of that#so who knows when the foyer will be ready 🤷♀️#bc i'll also have to figure out how to make a working guestbook as well
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Ok, I think(?) I may have fixed this. It seems like the problem was maybe being caused by the <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> tag, which is weird because it was my understanding that this was supposed to help mobile compatibility. Hopefully everything should work now, but we'll see once I update everything!
So. Apparently it looks like this on mobile. 🤔 Sorry about this, I'll try to figure out what's happening! But it is a good example - if anyone ever encounters anything like this, or any other bugs or device compatibility issues, please let me know so I can try to fix it!
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So. Apparently it looks like this on mobile. 🤔 Sorry about this, I'll try to figure out what's happening! But it is a good example - if anyone ever encounters anything like this, or any other bugs or device compatibility issues, please let me know so I can try to fix it!
#its uh. obviously not supposed to look like this lol#im going to really try to make it mobile friendly but it looks like its not going to be all that easy :/#it looks a little messed up on ipad but at least its still legible even if the tabs are moved slightly down and are blue for some reason#edit: this is on duckduckgo browser. it looks mostly fine on chrome but is even more messed up in mobile firefox#in duckduckgo if you toggle to desktop site it looks fine but this doesnt work in firefox#apparently browsers automatically resize text on mobile so im guessing thats whats happening here#i will try to find a way to fix this that works on all browsers!
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Update: The about page is now up! Click through the tabs in the notebook to learn about the site, check the update log, or browse through some resources and links that have helped me so far while learning to make my own website.
Next, I'll be working on the first actual room in Mossy Manor. Stay tuned!
#update#neocities#just a temporary back button for now. i'll eventually make my own with maybe custom cursors too#but i was just putting it off and i didn't want it to delay adding the about page any longer#also will eventually add sound effects as soon as i can find a place to host the audio files since that's paywalled on neocities apparently
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Quick update since it's been a while!
The about page is close to being posted - all I need to do yet is: put together a list of resources for the credits page, figure out how to use javascript to make the tabs work, and find or make a back button icon to take you back to the home page.
Since my last post, I've finished: the background collage for the about page (I put off adding shadows for a long time but it wasn't as bad as I thought), the actual page collages for the three pages (about, update log, and credits/resources), and putting together the code for the whole page (almost everything has to be absolutely positioned with precise percentages so they stay where they're supposed to be even if the window is resized - so it can take a while getting everything just right) minus the javascript and the html for the rest of the credits page yet to be compiled.
I also went back and optimized all the images from the home page, since I noticed it's a little slow to load, and also exported and optimized the images for the about page. (Hopefully putting them in webp will make them a lot smaller than pngs would be with not too much quality lost? We'll see.)
After I get the about page up, then I can start working on the foyer/entrance, so stay tuned!
#not sure how long it'll take me to finish up the about page#especially the javascript. but hopefully it won't take too long to figure out
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Had a few setbacks but I'm still working on this bit by bit! The about page is almost done being designed - it maybe just needs some minor tweaking yet. But then it's on to figuring out how to code it with functioning tabs and everything (while knowing absolutely 0 javascript at this point) so that will take some time as well.
#wip#i've also been spending time looking for the images for the foyer/entrance which should be next#but it hasn't been going so well :/ trying to find a good staircase has been especially difficult#every staircase image is either the wrong perspective or style or is partially cut off in the way it's cropped#i might just have to give up and try drawing one myself but who knows how that will go
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Current progress on the about page!
#i think the left side is ok but the right side still needs work#and i have to find images to be the tabs in the notebook#wip#i actually am enjoying the coding part of this way more than i thought#but i hardly get to do it because just finding images and putting them together for the graphics takes so long#hopefully it's worth it though bc i do like how the collage aesthetic should turn out
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The home page is now up! Nothing to link to from it yet, but it's still a good start. Currently working on the about page, so hopefully that'll be done soon as well!
#it's not perfect but i can't keep tweaking it forever#and if im ever going to make any actual progress on this site i need to learn to be content with good enough vs perfect#update#neocities
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Slowly trying to work out the logo. Not 100% there yet but in other news I did figure out the kind of base HTML & CSS and that all seems to be working ok so far, so as soon as I finish this and the rest of the welcome page I can finally put something up on the site!
#the trickiest parts were getting the border image to work ok#and getting the main div container to resize according to the browser window size while maintaining the right aspect ratio#but i think i got those both figured out#i was also going to see how it looked and then maybe rework the background image and border image i made but i think theyre ok for now#wip
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Haven't been able to work on this as much this month, but still making some slow progress - I tried out a couple different options for siding and floors/stairs, but I think I'm leaning toward the brick one on the right. I also made a perspective grid as a guide and tried to warp everything to fit the perspective to make it look a bit more realistic.
#wip#the stairs dont fit the perspective bc theyre a whole image i cant really warp that much#vs the siding and floor i made repeating patterns for them so you can do whatever you want mostly#i spent so long looking for stairs images but i havent found one thats any better so 🤷♀️#i also found a couple windows but i might have to get rid of the hanging basket so it doesnt look too busy ):#still have to finish the sign and find a couple other finishing touches like a porch light and maybe a mailbox etc#i wanted to make a hand painted logo for the sign so it looks more like the lettering on real antique signs but we'll see how that goes
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Current progress on the welcome page - currently working on the siding and steps, then I still need to find a porch floor and finalize the logo on the sign, but otherwise I think it's coming along ok!
#it's been taking a while to find images that are exactly what I want#the struggles of doing collage instead of just drawing everything 😔#after this i'll work on the css style for the actual site#i just wanted to get this done first so i could have some graphics for this blog like for the banner and maybe the logo for an icon#wip
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Current status of the welcome page - still need to collage together a little porch/front of house and finish the sign & finalize the logo. The sign will have a little intro/welcome message, and maybe a couple links, and then you'll click on the door to enter the main house. :)
#wip#just want to post a few things here so it's not completely empty#even if there isn't much to show so far
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Low res preview of the dress up game I'm working on! It will be fairy themed, only one skin tone for now until I can figure out the code and get it working, but then I plan to add more as well as additional dresses and wings. I also still need to design the menu/controls.
#it's mostly collaged together from images from vintage sewing patterns paper dolls magazines etc as well as photos for some of the dresses#i got a little ahead of myself doing so much work on the graphics before i can even make it functional with the code and everything#but now i will have images to work with when testing it out#and i also have a clearer idea of what i want it to end up being which should help too#wip#also not 100% sure of what size/resolution is generally good for websites esp if you want it to be responsive 🤷♀️#but this is a 16:9 aspect ratio so hopefully that's ok??
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Hello!
This is a sideblog for my neocities site, mossymanor. It will likely be a little while before I can get the site itself up and running as I'm going to be learning to code almost completely from scratch. So, in the meantime I thought I'd use this as a space to post some updates on my progress from time to time!
My plan for Mossy Manor is to be a little homage to the kind of point and click games I loved as a kid, as well as a place for me to just be creative and share my ideas. Mossy Manor will eventually consist of multiple different pages/"rooms," each with graphics I'll collage together, and hopefully with lots of interactive elements in each room. For example, a dressing room that hosts a dress up game, or a music room where you can click on various instruments to hear their sounds.
Just finished: Making the about page!
Currently working on: Putting together the background collage for the foyer. Also, making custom icons & cursors (eventually).
Up next: Figuring out how to make a guestbook?
Eventually: Testing and putting together the code for the first dress up game!
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