Pikifen (formerly know as the Pikmin fangame engine)

Sorry for bumping the topic, but this sounds so cool! Espyo, are you still fine tuning this? I'll download it and check it out for sure next time I'm on my computer.

edit: whoops I didn't see past page one. I can't wait to see the final product! 

Hey! Pikmin releases tomorrow in the US and Europe, so to celebrate, I made an update! From here on out, I'll try launching more frequent, but smaller updates; this one took place just 2 months after 0.10. It doesn't add any big new features, but it does implement some big changes into the engine. For starters, pressing the "Pause" button now quits to the main menu. Areas are drawn in a different way internally, which should make them appear slightly different, but should also provide a performance boost. I've improved controller support in this version, and I've added a crash handler that should help me debug engine glitches better. Other changes include a fog effect, "missable" attacks, and smarter Pikmin task selection. The enemy I decided to make for this update was the Crumbug, the small Breadbug lookalike in Hey! Pikmin! As usual, you can find the changelog here, and the download here. Enjoy!

Is what safe? The engine doesn't have any viruses if that's what you mean. You can build it yourself from the source code if you're concerned.

New version, 0.13! This version renames the project to Pikifen. The reason is mainly that I want the project to be less about making fangames, and more about it just being a fun engine, that can also maybe create some games. You can find my detailed thoughts, as well as a list of what's new here. As always, let me know what you think!

You can follow the guides here: www.pikminfanon.com/Pikifen#How_to_create

This E3 didn't give us any Pikmin content outside of Smash, but at least I've got something to show for the E3 week!

Version 0.15 of the engine focuses primarily on improving the animation editor, which was really clunky and confusing. Between new features and streamlined menus, it should be much easier to use. Since I was already implementing some quality-of-life changes to the animation editor, I decided to port some of those to the area editor too. And since I was already messing with the area editor, I added a couple of new features I thought were important. The animation editor changes also came with changes in the way animations themselves work, though that also means that the file format for animations has been changed. If you made custom animations, you may need to port them, but not necessarily. For this update, I've decided to include a Yellow Wollywog – it doesn't match the topic of the update very much, but I needed to create something to test the new animation editor!

As always, you can get a list of what got changed, as well as a list of steps to follow to port your content in the changelog. Download version 0.15 here and let me know what you think!

The Nintendo Direct didn't bring any Pikmin news, but I do! Version 0.16 brings a lot of different features that allow the creation of more powerful and dynamic objects. These include linking different objects, making them have a parent/child relationship, sending messages between objects, the ability to walk on top of other objects, and rectangular collisions. To help demonstrate some of these, I have created a Beady Long Legs, the most complex enemy yet! It's not perfect, but given how complicated it is, even in the canon games, I think I did a good job. That said, I couldn't find a place for it in the usual area, so you'll have to create one yourself and spawn it in. I've also made several miscellaneous features, like a richer rendering system, more interactive Onions, and a handful of new actions and object type attributes. As always, the full list of changes is here: www.pikminfanon.com/Pikifen/Changelog, and the download link is here: github.com/Espyo/Pikifen/releases/tag/0.16.0 Enjoy!