Thread 714539919

This is a thread for posting development progress of your game. Whether solo or team, post progress, ask for help, or lurk.

A wise man once said, “A rising tide raises all ships in the harbor.” There is no need for negativity because it doesn’t accomplish anything or help you at all. Be good to your soul by being good to others and it will in turn nourish your spirit.

I haven't done anything today. Too much work and too much heat. Maybe tomorrow.

Did anyone take part in the /agdg/ demo day? I would love to see what people have

>>714540272
Yes people did take part in it, it’s not private so you can go and see for yourself who took part in it

Where's the best place to start? I'm an autistic retard who works best when given clear instructions and running off from there.

>>714540576
What's your knowledge base? Do you know basic algebra, transformation matrix, basic physics, programming of course, etc?

>>714540324
I was more giving a chance for people from this thread to post links, friend.

>>714540709
Basic Algebra.

>>714540576
The C Programming Language
Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective
Computer Graphics from Scratch: A Programmer's Introduction to 3D Rendering
3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development
Learn OpenGL: Learn modern OpenGL graphics programming in a step-by-step fashion
Physics for Game Developers: Science, math, and code for realistic effects

In that order. Supplementary reading:

The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan for Achieving Your Dreams
The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
Complete Redwall Series Set Bundle 22 Books
Hacker’s Delight

>>714539919 (OP)
I'm still working on decompiling Whiplash. Getting pretty good at using Ida. I have a software rendering pipeline to SDL, sound and midi works, I've got keyboard input, and I'm into the main menu. Finally to a point where I can start doing the really fun stuff. Should have a cool spinning software rendered 3D car soon.

>>714541275
I have a suspicion that this is cool but I’m unsure what it actually is. Regardless good job, I think

>>714541275
Oh yeh, here's the repo. If anyone wants to join I am happy to share my Ida database.
https://github.com/Zizin13/Roller

>>714541392
The greatest racing game ever made.

>>714540272
associating your game with p*dofile games is not a good look

>>714541860
Anon this thread is an /agdg/ colony

>>714539919 (OP)
Decided to try and make a game about a month ago with no prior experience in programming or anything like that.
I tried to make a surfing game with a chainsaw shield like in the new nuDoom game.
>It ended up being so shit that I'm completely discouraged

https://streamable.com/7w8nrp

>>714541958
and if you're serious about gamedev you know not to partake in anything that could come to haunt you

>>714541996
Unironically setting a higher bar than the things that normally get posted here

>>714541958
sadly it seems like a permanent shift towards that.

>>714539919 (OP)
crunching out some assets for the hostile cyberstreets. might add some neutral mobs that just roam the area to make it more lively. think people generally liked the spectacle of the first boss fight so i'm pretty happy about that.

>>714542219
Why is everyone here a gay furry now

>>714541996
>>It ended up being so shit that I'm completely discouraged
that looks pretty good for no prior experience
make a couple maps and move onto the next thing
you'll learn so fast that you'll outpace the project if you stick to one for too long

>>714541996
>surf
based

>>714542159
/agdg/ is so shit that even the undesirables are spilling out from there to here.

>>714542258
Because you haven't bullied them enough. They don't know their place.

>>714541996
>That chainsaw bounce
Unironically better than what doom has.
What's with the superjumping and dashing?

I don't know why everyone here says engine dev is impossible. I tried it out and it's honestly not that hard with all the free resources available online now. It's not the 1980's anymore you don't need a degree in rocket science to make games

Doing gangbusters in the summer sale but got a lot of soft locks or minor issues I can't fucking fix (work computer's being shipped and is a week out, of fucking course). Instead doing small shit and working with contractors on multiplayer enemies and characters now.

>>714542498
>impossible
its a waste of time

>>714540324
Yeah, I did. I wanted to do more and do a lot of bugfixing, but I just ran out of time because I wanted to get a demo out for this Demo Day. It is what it is, though.

If anyone cares to try, it's here. https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-63/rate/3695345

>>714542587
Well. It didn't even take that long.

im trying to figure out how starfield managed to do its planet generation system while having high resolution terrain textures that weren't just procedural noise. i was thinking maybe something like the diamond square algorithm to compress it, but i don't know if that will work. i'm gonna test it out.

>>714541996
you realy have no reason to be discouraged. no programing experience? realy?
i imagine you dont understand how to move forward here, but your big problem here is just level design and structure. this is all good basis for game mechanics

>>714542668
Oops, meant for >>714540272

>>714542707
It just has tileable textures that repeat, like any terrain system.

>>714542498
Kill yourself faggot spammer
You sound mentally ill

>>714542757
What the fuck is your problem?

>>714542668
>webm
Really cool, and I like the art style.

>>714542707
I have no idea what they did but maybe something like storing the seed and then layer info on top of that for the props and landmass alterations as needed which doesn't need to be stored as a texture.

>>714542707
nobody does procedural textures, its a huge waste of proccesing with no gain

>>714542772
That you're spammed the other thread (you)ing yourself and being rune to random people
Good luck making anything with that attitude
But you're right, that was way too mean, sorry

>>714542863
Well there's two parts to the system. First they've got a series of tiles, stamps (basically heightmap and detail overlays to go onto the surface mesh) and defined statics for planets. All that shit's linked to some sort of data made in Houdini, which after the planet was sculpted is stored in basically a big file.

>>714541058
>Complete Redwall Series Set Bundle 22 Books
I fucking agree but stop it, a Redwall inspired game is my thing

>>714542978
Oh that I was trying to get people to get people to see my post because they kept saying "post game" but i already posted it

>>714543075
Its ok anon we all do it.

>>714542125
>>714542268
>>714542270
Kind words. Thank you.
I was planning on making one more weapon and one more offhand item/shield/something with different mechanics before trying to make a proper map.
I find blender stuff so difficult that it quickly became my main obstacle and source of frustration.

>>714542371
You can charge towards the shield, it has a cooldown timer running below the charge meter

>>714542721
I mainly followed some youtube tutorials and tried to combine what was taught in them as none of them was matching exactly what I wanted to do.
Movement I just copypasted from quake and tweaked the values a bit so it'd be closer to q3a/CSS
You're right about not understanding how to move forward from here. I guess I'll try to make an actual level to actually test the mechanics.

Is raylib enginedev?

>>714543214
>I find blender stuff so difficult that it quickly became my main obstacle and source of frustration.
Blender gets easier as you learn the hotkeys and the primary tools for mesh creation and manipulation

>>714541058
how not to make a game: the post

>>714543214
create a new skeleton variation also, one that stands still and fires slow moving projectiles and place them on pillars. mixed with the ones that just chase you they create different pressures on the player
this is a fantastic video on quake encounter design using simple non-pathing AIs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB4JMy9OjKk

>>714543583
Ironic that you equate lack of knowledge with making a game. I don't know why you have such disdain for learning, but it's not that bad.

>>714542258
>Now

>>714543515
Perhaps I should just grind it to get the hang of things.
What about textures? I'm absolutely braindead when it comes to anything even remotely related to drawing or painting.
I tried to create textures for the shield but it ended up looking like I had a stroke while having mspaint open in VR

>>714543884
Yeah 5 years ago you'd get banned for posting furshit

>>714543454
It's on the spectrum.

did everybody barbeque burgers today? mine were a little undercooked, its better when they get seared

>>714543792
>one that stands still and fires slow moving projectiles and place them on pillars
That's actually something I could do before starting my level creation journey. Then I'd have all "basic" level threats available; melee, ranged and environmental

Ahem,
Monsters brutally raping boys, post your work. NOW!

>>714542258
How is it gay if most of the anthros are girls…

>>714542505
Cute jackal!

>>714543893
I suck at texturing as well
there's ways to minimize or stylize it, like using flat colors for surfaces which works for certain styles
there's also some pbr material workflows (substance painter and such?) for making realistic textures that I'm not at all familiar with

>>714542505
What game?

>>714544386
Here you go

>>714544090
don't eat undercooked meat

>>714544883
Underspace, for the next milestone update.

>>714544090
I went to a parade and then a party. My kids dig the giant hydraulics on the million dollar construction vehicles.

Making another bridge.

>>714545782
That is a pretty bridge.
What kind of game are you making? Or just making assets?

>>714544215
give the shooters a predictive aim, so they shoot where you are going to be. just ask an AI for the algorithm.
you can also place the pillars around the surf slopes so they become threats and targets while surfing

>>714540576
Download you engine of choice and attempt to create simple games that interest you. Don't try to do something like like making skyrim + gta. Instead try to just make pacman, or some other arcade game you like.

>>714539919 (OP)
Secretly making all of my characters anatomically correct for my children's game so when someone decides to rip the assets it'll cause a massive shitstorm and catapult my game into the spotlight.

>>714546197
>so they shoot where you are going to be
I actually went and made a quick dity turret that does this.
Perhaps I could make it so that when thrown, the shield destroys projectiles.

>>714546639
kill yourself

>>714546639
female characters?

>>714545994
Stalker clone in VR.

>>714544969
Impressive, needs a bit more tears and stomach bulging

>>714545782
VR?

>>714547236
Better?

>>714547391
Peak content, make it a game with an assortment of victims to choose from and you got yourself a customer

Can't disclose anything, NDA and all that but yeah i made progress.

>>714548387
congrats bro

>>714548629
Thanks, can't wait to one day reveal what I have done, or dead the day i reveal it, depends on how the game performs.

>>714541996
That ricochet is very ultrakill

>>714548083
why are you gay

>>714548993
Why am I gay? Why are YOU gay?

Where are the Alice games?

>>714549153
What's yo nigga @ss talkin bout?

>>714549236
Alice is a fictional character and the main protagonist of Lewis Carroll's children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass. A child in the mid-Victorian era, Alice unintentionally goes on an underground adventure after falling down a rabbit hole into Wonderland; in the sequel, she steps through a mirror into an alternative world.

>>714548993
Not gay, just a sadist. Typical trope in fantasy is the young hero fighting against the ancient evil and overcoming many challenges.
I much prefer the reverse, bright eyed and full of hope only to face failure after failure till they're broken and full of despair. I just want to play games where I can torture stuff and inflict suffering.

>>714541996
Better than anything Cris could even conceive.

>>714543950
>too young to know anubisdev

>>714549153
I'M GOING TO ALICE!

>>714549527
>in the sequel, she steps through a mirror into an alternative world.
sounds like the shining.

>Heh, at least I'm not using shitty slow bloated Java to make my retro indie game
>*made in unity with zero optimization techniques applied and runs worse than games made in the 90's*

>>714554281
Says the guy making his NES inspired pixel platform in Unreal 5 with MSAA TAA and FXAA turned on by default.

>>714543583
Most of those are actually solid picks. Nothing wrong with adding more tools to your arsenal. Unity's physics systems is gay balls by the way

>>714547062
All characters, the dad, the mom, and the sisters.

>>714556045
if somebody's graphics card bugs out or camera clips into a model, they're getting an eyeful of schlong

>>714539919 (OP)
Monster of SubcultuЯrarity^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FmiNPf3-Sc

^

YNI: Evolution

2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKcEi-rs9sw

2020:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llpAxnvAL_E

2025:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9yPJS0sk8M
^


"Beneath the veiled auspices of YNI, a cascade of esoteric and forbidden truths has been whispered into the shadowed recesses of my soul, each secret more unfathomable than the last. My mind, once a bastion of restraint, now frays under the weight of these eldritch revelations, teetering on the edge of an abyss from which there is no return. With a heart cloaked in enigma and a voice that echoes with the chill of the void, I proclaim: I shall weave a tapestry of doom across this forsaken realm, extinguishing every flickering life in a silent, inexorable storm, leaving only whispers of my passing in the eternal dark."

What's the biggest challenge you're facing right now?

How do I present my deviantlyySubculturarial outstanding project to employers like FROM SOFTWARE, Pearl Abyss, Square Enix, Blizzard, NEXON, SEGA and more respected companies?

>>714558162
Is this ascension?

>>714539919 (OP)
Oi! /v/ Ye cunt! Anons made a bunch of games, check them you tossers!
https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-63/entries

music
https://youtu.be/pyH4NoRjvdI

>>714540272
I will m8. I will!

>>714541996
If this is "so shit" then its over for my games unironically

Which engine is the most similar to RPG Maker while giving me the freedom to make my own battle system? If not for the desire for a different battle system I'd just stick with RPG Maker.

>>714561742
RPG Maker

>>714541996
This looks badass as fuck

>>714560876
It's ok~ish, I guess?

>>714562520
thanks, that's a genuine improvement.

>>714539919 (OP)
We're learning from scratch gents

Today I'll enginedev

I wonder if the guy who made Mirrored Soul is still here.

made a script to paint caves in editor (3d tiles on a 2d grid)
always wanted to try this but never got to it until now (the game has a lot of caves)

took me a few days to figure out the design of it, but now instead of dragging tiles around for an hour, now it takes ~1 minute

I have a logic node system in my game with math/compare/variables/delays etc. When does it become boring for the player with how many nodes are available? Does a dice roll with built in win check make it feel useless to have an entire system or would it make it feel easier?

dead

>>714539919 (OP)
Currently creating button to select the game difficulty

Composing is fun. But do I just give into the meta and start stealing chord progressions used in pop music to do it gud?

still designing my main character

>>714570859
"Stealing" is one of the stamples of composing music, and you can't really steal a chord progression - there's a fairly limited number of combinations that sound good and recognizable
>pop music
Well, are you looking to write a pop song?

>>714567883
example

I can't draw anything but pixel arts.
But even then, my pixel art suck ass.
What can I do?

>>714571323
AI

>>714571323
troon in

is there anyone in this thread who can write orchestral music or something adjacent?

>>714571751
What you gonna tell to your players?
>Yeah, I got the music from the infamous 4channel
And then see the numbers plummet because normies are scared of this scary place.

>>714572104
>What you gonna tell to your players?
>I got my music from this or that guy
simple as
but I'm not a gamedev, i'm a composer looking for advice

>>714539919 (OP)
I stopped working on my game. I live in Europe and the initiative basically would turn me into a slave, instead of a hobbyist.

>>714541996
Don't give up anon. You clearly have taste, which is more than can be said for most of the people who post here.
Good taste is like half the battle when it comes to making something people glance at for more than 4 seconds.

>>714571323
Get to drawing stick figures, and build up from there. Don't fall into the trap of the pixel art. You need to be permissible at normal art first.

>>714573695
Sounds like bad advice.
Nobody will get better from drawing stick figures.

>>714539919 (OP)
big fat braps

This DD is boring, what should I play next?

>>714578301
Tell me how to play your game, I am stuck on the first quest.

>>714578406
Click on mission control (shortcut C), click on new design Add a reactor in the emplacement, save design, select the ship in the bar, double click on the contract, create path (X), click on the line from galduen to the X in orbit, press X

As a solo dev,
Is it a good idea to start building the game immediately?
Or just speed through it and get a vertical slice/demo first, and see if the game is fun or not? And it will also help to figure out what kind of system will be required when building the game next.

>>714549153
https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-63/rate/3472573
DD has you covered

>>714580107
If you have a core idea, build that first.
Then expand on it.
Always build a way to test every new feature for fun before moving onto the next feature.
You might notice that some mechanics actually make each other worse and have to decide between the two.

Howdy folks!
Not much to report at the moment, working on fixing potion logic in more detail, allowing stacks and changing the quickslot counter in real time along with unequipping the potions and removing the quickslot image.
Also fixed a weird bug I caused when cleaning up code with sword equips and unequip, forgot to plug the null value in the at all causing the sword to not unequip off the body but the function still worked.
Some small updates
>generated coins and will replace the chest and coijd animations with new ones to complete borrowed assets deletion
>generated new rocks and debris

>>714540191
Well said anon, this thread is all about ganbare