Thread 717724073

How is your Saturday going? Spending your Weekend fixing up your games?

Every cool idea I've had so far has already been done before when I look into it.
Like earlier today I was thinking how cool it would be for a Sonic game controls crossed with Shadow of the Colossus where you're a ninja mounting giant enemies to kill them and when I looked into it Sonic Frontiers basically did that. I mean my idea would play differently but it would seem derivative and probably catch flak for it.
How do you come up with game ideas?

Been working on a theme for this character, haven't made music before, so It'll take me a while to get good at it
https://files.catbox.moe/3hksbn.mp3

>>717725082
>How do you come up with game ideas?
I get all of my game idea by reading law books.

>>717725397
bullshit. name one

>>717725082
I played an old mmo that pretended to be action combat but was really tab target at its core. I wanted the former so I made it
>>717725341
Wow anon that is a huge improvement i have nothing to add. Well done.

I want to work on my game's presentation. Besides just better looking artwork, how do I actually make my game seem more professional and well-made?

>>717724073 (OP)
Spending this weekend making the models for the enemies and working on the steam page.

>>717727012
Thanks, any advice for music? Always looking to improve.

>>717727063
Go through games you have played and pay attention to the quality of life of the ui experience. How many button presses does it take to cancel a menu or revert settings or apply settings? How intuitive are controls when moving between menu items? Do you have to select an option to change the settings or do you have to go through another menu to get there?
>>717727206
The tone is good, but if you want to vary your pitch check out different pentatonic scales in different keys. I couldn't tell by ear if that is what you did but check C major pentatonic is sounds very similar.

>>717724073 (OP)
I am wrapping up cleaning my widget focus. Turns out I was setting focus so many times I wasnt paying attention, causing the main menu to always select new game unless I was coming from the load menu.

>>717727160
Every neat! Is the crystal in the center a damage point?

>>717729164
Yes, hitting the gem will be a instant death, like a headshot

>>717730117
Very cool. Is that sphere or capsule collision that runs a function based on overlap or is it tied to overlappong mesh itself? How does the game differentiate between that spot and the rest of it?

>>717730350
For now, I plan to just use two colliders, if that doesn't work well, then I will make a special code for it, something like: "if the bullet impact between 1 and 0.5 on the local Y axis, then is a gem impact"

>>717725082
damn nigga, ideas are the easy part

>>717730631
Ah I gotcha I appreciate the explanation. I intend on doing the reverse for my character where 3 line traces are generated at different lengths plus a 4th for special abilities for enemy destruction

>>717724073 (OP)
haven't been able do 'dev for a few weeks now but I'm getting back to it. Got a mining laser working in the last build, then spent twice as long getting the framerate back above 100

>>717727012
Also did these sketches of the character in a more realistic style earlier this year

I had no idea that Groove Is In The Heart bitch was one of us 30 years ago

https://youtu.be/P4GaEqZqrXc

Does RPG Maker count?

>>717735493
Why should it not be fine?!

>helped launch a game for an h-game company
>sitting in VC with the vice president of the comapny
>mention I had an h-game prototype I was working on
>he's suddenly very interested and wants to see it
>he's funded games within the company before
There's a very real possibility I could have funding to make a game if I pursue this do I do it even knowing I probably can't put h-game on my resume in many jobs?
I'd have to polish it up and work with one of the artists I know to fill out the vertical slice, but if I do then I could actually get paid to make a videogame...