VinnyVideo
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| Real name: | Vinny Hamilton | ||
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VinnyVideo is one of the newer members of the MFGG community and has made a splash with two games lately, Marioy 2 and Darunia-Saria 2008. VinnyVideo's current efforts have been directed toward Aventura de Luigi, his sequel to Marioy 2.
VinnyVideo mostly makes traditional side-scrolling platform games that are based on the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3 but include elements from SMB 2, SMW, and YI. VinnyVideo's first two games employed Hello's Super Mario Bros. Engine, but VinnyVideo's future plans are to use the Ultramario Engine, Hello Mario Engine 3, or DjrelliK's engine. Although VinnyVideo has experimented with both The Games Factory 2 and Game Maker 7, he strongly prefers Game Maker for his purposes and uses it exclusively.
VinnyVideo prefers to use the sprites and tiles that appeared in the original games, as opposed to using the custom graphics that MFGGers like Black Squirrel and Josiah have become known for.
VinnyVideo is known for his opposition to the use of MP3 files in fangames, which, in comparison to MIDIs, compress poorly in Game Maker and can cause executable files to become very large. Since many MFGG users still use slow dialup connections, VinnyVideo tries to keep his own games down to a manageable size, often compressing bulky sound effects to allow more space for things he considers important, such as a wider variety of MIDIs and backgrounds.
Unlike many fangame makers, who fiercely guard the secrets they used to create their games, VinnyVideo will always release his games' source code (in the form of the original .GMK file) soon after completion of the game. He will sometimes delete most or all of the original levels in an effort to prevent the most blatant plagiarism. VinnyVideo feels that sharing the codes and sprites used in game development is necessary to help fangaming improve more quickly.
VinnyVideo is an occasional contributor in the MFGG forums. He always tries to maintain a level-headed, positive-oriented tone, refusing to condescend to the non-constructive negativity, horrible grammar, impolite words, and petty bickering that occurs with such frequency on the message boards. That said, VinnyVideo will argue vigorously for causes he believes in - namely, the quality of his own games.
A big fan of the MFGG Wiki section, VinnyVideo often creates new articles and extends existing ones. He despises poor usage of the English language and sometimes modifies articles just to correct a misspelled word. He contributed the 1,000th MFGG Wiki page, for Mario in Kirby Land.
VinnyVideo has been making "fangames" for about 15 years; the original ones were simply handdrawn maps of remixed levels of the original games. Some of these old maps helped inspire level layouts in his "real" fangames.
VinnyVideo is one of the most prolific walkthrough contributors at GameFAQs.com, where he has completed over 40 full guides for Mario, Zelda, Madden, F-1, and other games. VinnyVideo despises clutter and disorder and generally keeps an unusually neat desk. Other than that, relatively little is known about VinnyVideo's personal life.
Cognac Elf and Youppi the Yellow Fire Chomp believe VinnyVideo actually is a Libertarian, Prohibitionist, Tory, and/or anarchist.
List Of VinnyVideo's Games
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