D.I.Y. Forum

The D.I.Y forum is a feature in WarioWare: D.I.Y. where the player can read message board posts made by Diamond City residents. The posts range from tips on content creation and game unlocking to random humour and promotion of WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase. Threads are unlocked based on actions in the game (such as completing the tutorials or unlocking new content).
Please note that names and dialogue are taken from the NTSC-U version of the game. Names and dialogue may differ between the NTSC-U and PAL versions.

Topics

This article is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.

Comics

Comedy really IS hard

miniMAL: I finally jumped into the Comic MakerMatic, all ready to get drawing, but I got NO ideas. NOTHING!

andboom: I'm glad I'm, not the only one, miniMAL. I've been practicing by importing comics and just changing the 4th panel.

General

WarioWare, Inc. secret!

VROOM: Just heard a rumor that Jimmy T. and Mona of Diamond Software used to work at WarioWare, Inc.!

blobmob: for real? why'd they leave? was there a big fight? lol

D.I.Why: I heard Wario never did any work! I hear he's up to something now, though…

MakerMatic hits the big time!

D.I.Why: I heard that almost all games now are made with the MakerMatic engine!

MeOWza: I think everything in D.I.Y. Shop is, yeah.

blobmob: crygor must be wearing a lab coat made of money lol

Ashley's records :)

Sparkles: I just LOVE Ashley's records! I've been coming up with lyrics for them and singing in the shower!

D.I.Why: I'd love to hear your singing sometime, Sparkles!

yogaguy: Yeah Sparkles live and in concert!

A new challenger appears!

Smoth: The NinSoft Store on Nintendo WFC has design challenges! They set themes for you to make games on!

foe-vine: What happens if you win?

123POP!: Winning games get made available in Theme Games! Fame and fortune, whoo!

Huh? Assembly Dojo?!??

Sparkles: There's a dojo hidden inside WarioWare, Inc.!

blobmob: what's a dojo lol

yogaguy: you learn assembly tricks as puzzle-challenges there

D.I.Why: And the dojo gets rich on the games you make! :(

Official Diamond Software Thread

flour: Diamond Software makes THE best games! Especially Mona's stuff, for some reason. Her titles are always big fun for me!

Javier: The company president is a guy named Manager Joe.

Phonee: Wow! Leave it to Javier to have all the obscure trivia!

Making record playlists?

AAAaaah: I like listening to records on the Jukebox, but I can't make a playlist. Any ideas?

T-shirts: Try importing your fav records into the Record MakerMatic, then ship them to a specific D.I.Y. Music section and arrange their order on the shelf. It's kinda like a playlist.

Too complex

AAAaaah: I wanted to make a game where lasers shoot from a rocket that moves up and down...but I couldn't make the rocket move right. Oh, well--my friend liked it better holding still!

yogaguy: simple is better most of the time...and funner

Game creation

Making games is HARD!

AAAaaah: I want to get into game making, but I just… can't. Why can't games just make themselves?!

VROOM: Dude, the whole point is to be creative—so create!

KAGE: or, y'know, import some diamond software games and change 'em around :)

no good ideas!

AAAaaah: Game ideas! Why don't you live in my head already?!

VROOM: Dude, you're the one who bought the MakerMatic...

T-shirts: I feel your pain, AAAaaah.

KAGE: try using auto for hame names to get ideas :)

What makes a good game: #1

T-shirts: Try to make it really clear where the player should tap! It totally helps!

VROOM: Oh, like, making your objects stand out from the background? Yeah, that's HUGE.

D.I.Why: Whoa. Deep stuff, dudes.

Learning from others

a + b: I've been learning a lot from checking the AI of games I like. It's awesome research!

yogaguy: the first step to wisom is copying the wise

Graphics

Naming stuff is a pain...

AAAaaah: Ugh! EVERY object and art needs a name??! Tired of thinking up new ones! :(

John Sun: Just press OK without entering anything. MakerMatic'll do it for you!

blobmob: I use that all the time lol

Did you notice when you zoom in...

Javier: you cam ise the +Control Pad or the A, B, X, and Y buttons to move your field of view?

Phonee: Whoa! There's Javier, making everything more awesome again! Javier is THE man!

Getting clean drawings

a + b: If you hold the L or R button down, you can draw really straight lines or shaped that fit the guidelines. It works with stamps too!

flour: Hey, that's cool! Thanks for the handy-dandy tip!

Help

It just stopped!

Sparkles: I used "jump to" on an object that was traveling and it just stopped! :(

KAGE: that's because the travel was overridden by your jump. its supposed to work that way sparkles

D.I.Why: How old are you, Sparkles?

No more taps

SureTire: Disabling taps after the game's lost is WAY too much work! Why did Crygor let this thing out the door with flaws like?!?!

KAGE: use freeze. Done ;)

SureTire: Hey, that works!

Delaying before actions?

Sparkles: I want a sound to play a little while AFTER tapping...

KAGE: make art with two identical cels, play the art once when tapped, then play sound when the art's done playing. how's that?

D.I.Why: These guys might be too smart for us, Sparkles...;)

cool(?) use for sound effects

John Sun: If you set a sound effect on a continuous trigger, it just keeps starting! It sounds really weird! Is there a good use for it...?

VROOM: Maybe, like, for a buzzer?

John Sun: Yeah, maybe. But it still sounds awful!

Cool Assembly trick

Javier: Hey, kids, you can scroll AI notes with the +Control Pad or the X and B Buttons.

Phonee: I NEVER would have tried that, Javier! Major props!

SureTire: AI notes? That's where you can just read all of an object's AI at once, right?

Cool Assembly trick #2

a + b: There's this neat thing I like to do when placing objects or framing stuff. I hold the L or R button down, and I can move and place things precisely, click by click.

D.I.Why: This is a pretty popular feature. It's not just you.

Music

No good at music

AAAaaah: I can't make music, maestro doesn't do it for me, and I hate stealing from other games. What to do??? :{

KAGE: you can also take a single phrase out of any record

AAAaaah: Good idea!

Neat Record controls

Javier: You can change the tracks with up/down on the +Control Pad or the Z and B buttons, and mover around inside the track with the left/right or Y and A buttons.

Phonee: Cool, it works! I love you, Javier!

Any luck with Hum mode?

flour: Anyone have hints for Hum mode? My note markers never turn out the way I want them!

KAGE: close your mouth and let the sound come out your nose. in other words, hum.

flour: Hey. that really helped! Thanks!

Wii

Play on Wii, too!

Smoth: With Wii, you can any play MakerMatic game on a TV! Big screen, baby!

foe-vine: screenshot or it didn't happen

123POP!: Confirmed! Download WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase from Wii Shop Channel! Play your games on your TV!!!!!

Wario-Man Software?!

Smoth: I heard there's like 72 more games by Wario-Man Software in WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase on Wii.

foe-vine: 72 games?! That's like five and a half baker's dozens!

123POP!: Plus, you can transfer those to your DS too!

How many can you send?

foe-vine: In D.I.Y Showcase on the Wii, how many games can you send from the DS?

Smoth: 72!!!!!! HYPE TRAIN!!!!!!!!

123POP!: All aboard! You could use it as extra storage when your D.I.Y Shop fills up!

Play on Wii? HOW?!

foe-vine: I've been wondering—how do you play games on the Wii version? There's no Touch Screen!

Smoth: Easy. You move a cursor with the Wii Remote and press the A button instead of tapping.

Free music lessons!

John Sun: If you,ve got D.I.Y Showcase on your Wii, you can "play" your records in a different way! I've got one that's not a catchy song, but a great level! Anyone interested in hearing about it?

John Sun: Anyone?