Thread 725584747

Watcha working on /v/?

putting this out there, many of the games officially sold for the playdate are really not that great. Although no one is making the big bucks from playdate games, the market isn't saturated so if your game is half decent you will actually have people see and buy your game. The catch is the average game price is around 5 bucks

Thinking about those saving systems.
I have a bunch of unique interactions and the game should remember all of that between scenes. Now I have to write something convoluted that remembers if things were interacted with successfully or not, keep an end state for a bunch of items and remember to rewrite everything to not repeat anything that was already done.
Too much for a shitpost

working on my own renderer, calling it a game engine would imply some degree of low/nocode capability I think, so renderer is probably a better name

>>725584747 (OP)
still reworking the enemy AI, which is almost done and sooner than expected. Enemies that have shields work better now, and I've been able to fix a few bugs that were present on the old enemies

fixing bugs that came to light post-demoday mostly. i also saw in gameplay that some players don't intuitively understand momentum so now i'm experimenting with changing color based on speed so i can tutorialize my mechanics better

>>725586041
lookin good. like how that goblin knocked into the other goblin

>>725586749
>changing color based on speed
damn that's a neat idea! should make it way easier
>like how that goblin knocked into the other goblin
thanks! but fuck I'm so sick of my goblins, hopefully I can upload gameplay webms with new monsters soon

>>725584747 (OP)
I got all my libraries working in cmake and I rendered a shitty sprite with SDL3.

>>725584747 (OP)
Visual novel. I used to post more, but I sorta fell out of the habit. I've been keeping my head down for the last year or so writing and working with artists.
>>725586041
Really been liking this progress. I hope you don't give up anon. Anything in the works beyond goblins though?
>>725586749
Hey I remember seeing this. Cool seeing actual levels for it now though. What are you doing for tutorials? Might need a safer environment for players to figure out the mechanics.

>>725584747 (OP)
I made this guy.

>>725584747 (OP)
stop choosing a new retarded OP image every time you cocksucker

>>725587345
understandable. they have a lot of complexity.

>>725587462
a shitty sprite is the first step towards an okay sprite

>>725587601
>I used to post more, but I sorta fell out of the habit
welcome back anon, you better don't do that again! is that pic a drawing of yours or something? if so, damn you got talent dude
>Really been liking this progress. I hope you don't give up anon.
Right now? I don't see myself giving up. I'm having a lot of fun working on this, haven't even played a videogame since Silksong game out lol. Anyway, thanks for the kind workds anon
>Anything in the works beyond goblins though?
Yeah! Got a harpy (picrel) as the first flying enemy. Once I got the goblin and the harpy with the base AI working for ground and flying enemies I'll be able to start producing more enemies
>>725587821
Is this for Monomyth? I need to try your game anon, if it's anything like Arx Fatalis I'm sure I'll love it. That's a very nice looking imp-dude by the way

>>725587601
i assure you this area is very safe and secure. nice manga sketches btw

>>725587821
nice. he looks like he says: "hnehrrr!"

Team up you useless faggots.

>>725587821
Will I be able to fuck him tho

>>725588456
But this is the antisocial website

>>725588189
>That's a very nice looking imp-dude by the way

Thanks anon! He comes with an angry friend.
I just made them for fun after playing Hexen 2.

>>725588623
damn that's a nasty looking swamp fella
>after playing Hexen 2
how is it? love 1 but never played the sequel, heard it's way, way more confusing

>>725588456
No, I hate people. But I do want them to have a great video game to play.

>>725588456
I'm not good at team work

>>725588456
other people scare me, I'd rather not

>>725588736
>heard it's way, way more confusing
it's pretty cool
So far I actually thought the first hub of Hexen 1 was more confusing.
I had to look up one hint and noticed that certain puzzle items can spawn in different areas.

>>725588456
I already have a team of two other people.
Suck it, loser.

>>725589385
>the first hub of Hexen 1 was more confusing
yeah the first time you play through the Seven Portals it sure feels confusing as fuck, specially those damn switches on the Guardian of Steel. I still love that game, the atmosphere and the pixel-art are just perfect
>certain puzzle items can spawn in different areas
holy shit that's evil lmao

I have nothing to show for it yet, but I just wanted to announce that I am making a 3D multiplayer game using only C and Vulkan.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I will see you in 10 years when the game is ready in it's alpha state.

>>725588189
>is that pic a drawing of yours or something?
Nah, just something from one of my artists. It is for the project, but "hey look, some paragraphs" isn't the best visuals.
I'm looking forward to seeing that Harpy, once it's ready. Is the plan for them to really fly or are they just going to be 'offset from the ground', as it were?
>>725588453
Ah I only say that because it looks a little more 'mid game'. If you've played Mario 64, you can sorta tell how dangerous an area is by the number of safe spaces to stand. Bob-Bomb battlefield doesn't have any falls that kill you in one hit, for example. Lethal Lavaland is 50% fire that hurts you, and Tick Tock Clock is all platforming and narrow walkways.
>>725588623
Killer textures. What kinda game?

>game dev 3 threads ago
>28 posts
>3 days later
>another one
>2 days later another one
Yup, it's no dev time!

>>725590531
>Nah, just something from one of my artists. It is for the project, but "hey look, some paragraphs" isn't the best visuals.
Oh nice, then the game will have some nicely drawn anime art for sure. Congrats on having a nice artist!
>Is the plan for them to really fly or are they just going to be 'offset from the ground', as it were?
They fly for real! They do it in a basic way, and would love to expand it with actual 3D A* pathfinding. But for now, the current logic is fine

>>725588456
Sometimes I wish I could when certain things are difficult. But then I manage to power through. It'd be fun working with someone but making my own singular vision is also fun.

My most recent "I wish someone else would do this part" had to do with writing, I had some ideas of events I want to occur but linking them up had its difficulties. Putting pen to paper (metaphorically) is difficult for me. But then there was a breakthrough; what if character x was related to character y? It solved the problems and added a new element to character x that made complete sense and rounded out who they were. I'm happy with where it ended up. If someone else wrote their own solution, would I have been content with it?

>>725590531
i will take your word for it. i am unable to see how hard it looks since i've been developing/playing it a while.

>>725591141
You know there's a chronic attentionwhore nodev here who makes these threads so frequently.

>>725591578
Set it's wings ablaze!

>>725592252
my man

>>725591141
Crazy how they started to be made so frequently again once Fagoon came back

>>725584747 (OP)
I've been working hard on the cannons today.

To create the icons you made with chatGPT, I created an HTML file that processes Unity's Vector3 data to generate downloadable position icons.

lil progress: split the "enemy thrown away" animation into multiple ones, so now I'm able to play a different animation while the enemy waits for hitting the ground

>no bevy
you'll see

you'll all see

>>725590531
>Killer textures. What kinda game?

havent really decided on anything yet
maybe something small, cause i'm only doing it on the side

i was thinking, quake style horde mode perhaps.

>>725592761
looks very cool! but isn't the anime girl a bit out of place? both in where she's located and her artstyle

>want to make game
>don't know how to code
>or draw
>or model
>or do anything useful

>>725593207
I see this post in every thread. Are you a bot?

got together with the original squad this weekend, first time seeing each other in over 5 years. we were up all night discussing plans for the series moving forward, just like old times. I forgot how much I missed those bastards. apologies for blogpost, just meant a lot to me
phone port is still underway

>>725592761
this looks cool

I'm testing combat with stamina recovery down to half the usual rate, but restoring a very little bit of stamina each time you hit an enemy. Thoughts? My idea is to encourage attacking instead of running away and waiting or just using stamina recovery items

>>725593749
sounds like a good idea to me

>>725586041
This game is going to be so fucking good.

>>725593986
glad to read you think that. I'm worried about the player running out of stamina during long boss fights, and this could help a lot with that
>>725594180
lol, thanks anon! check out the start of the webm: see how those goblins at the left and right end up flanking the player? I'm very happy with that stuff

Happy Veterans Day, gang. Make sure to take some time to remember and salute the members of the armed forces for sacrificing their lives to defend the weak. Now that our men and women have been shown the proper respect they deserve for defending the free nation, it is time to continue our regularly scheduled posting.
Here's something neat: certain Gremlings now grow a pair of testicles and will actually attack the player. At the moment I am thinking of just having only Gremling Majors (Pot Gremlings with completely fireproof armor that throw their spears at you instead of to the side) turn into these devious monsters, but I began to think: what if, by some minuscule chance, regular Pot Gremlings do the same as well?

>>725594564
no one likes you faggot

>>725594401
Oh that's a neat detail, should make it more of a tactical fight against groups, good job brother, keep it up. Can't wait for the demo.

>>725592993

The idea is that the anime girl is like the saleswoman and reacts depending on whether you have enough money, thanking you or hurling slurs at you if you don't.

>>725593343
Thanks! You are cool too.

>>725594401
if you truly want to know you should test it with people

>>725593343
overload of cool critters

>>725589598
Yeah, me and other guy spitroasting you. Spin on those dicks you whorrrrr

>>725594817
>The idea is that the anime girl is like the saleswoman and reacts depending on whether you have enough money, thanking you or hurling slurs at you if you don't.
Yeah but her artstyle doesn't match the rest of the game, and she's just floating there. You have that big, almost empty square at the right corner that says "Shop" and has 3 icons. Couldn't you fit her there? Maybe turn that into her actual shop, kinda like pic-rel
>>725594847
very true. I'll leave it like that for now so that feature's shipped with the demo

I'm working on a meta-game for my games website

>>725594564
You're a vatnik, go die for your country.

>>725594564
Looks sick dude. I like the film bars effect so I know when to focus. It's like laugh tracks in shows so I know when I'm supposed to laugh.

Shmups are the most fun genre to make.

>>725596039
love that smoke effects
>Shmups are the most fun genre to make
too much math involved for me lol

>>725595729
>He's also working on a website for his game
Super cool, I hope to see a lot of lore concerning your game's world published to your site. So, by the fact that you are logged in, do the things you buy on the site transfer into your game because you have an account?
>>725595974
A strange comparison, but I can see what you are getting at with it. I like to think of it like how games like Dinosaur Planet do the same thing when targeting an enemy with the Z button.

>>725596178
Oh thanks that's when your weapons are overheated, you can release the heat with the other arm which may reflect bullets
>math
there is always a small brain way to solve everything that's easy to do with pure math (that's what I do)

>>725588456
Why would we?
The thread is a codemonkey fest: what we all actually need to make functional teams would be musicfags, drawfags and modelfags - but none of those hang out here and their respective boards are dead as fuck.

got back to doing a bit more on this, now a shotgun

>>725596551
hey, there's at least one or two music anons that usually lurk the threads. Also the people at /3/ have been very kind and helpful to me so yeah fuck off with that doomer attitude dude

>>725596362
My 2 plans
1. I have this concept of "ephemeral realms" where a random or scheduled server instance spins up, and is shown in the public server listing for a time period. It might be a dungeon for raiding, or a full map where some players might log in to do anything else like PvP or grind skills during that window of the realm being up. This would all level your yggengine.com "persona" which will be a global character of sorts
2. Its your forum avatar, and interacting on the forum will also yield some xp to the persona
Other than that individual server spawns people have, people will have their individual character stats for those. The idea will be we will have cosmetics recognized between servers.

I'm gonna learn SDL and make my own engine so I can fully understand how gamedev works at a low level

>>725596039
They are.

>>725597278
>make my own engine
Jej

made a lot of progress today and it's already quite late, so I treated myself to making picrel. Have a great day, dudes.

>>725596980
Interesting. Keep us updated on the implementation of this and any opportunities to play your game.

>>725594564
>3 years for this
>>725592870 made this in less than a year
KEK

>>725598012
hey to be fair, when I was his age all I was capable of doing was messing around in RPG Maker

>>725598138
To be even fairer, I'm sure you weren't nearly a quarter as obnoxious or aggressive as he was at his age either.

>>725598012
You obviously never saw the lit af cutscenes, you silly billy.

>>725584747 (OP)
I'm laying down the groundwork still, used some old drawings of mine as placeholders, will try to make it up to a serviceable working state then move onto asset production once I get a new rig with my christmas bonus next month.

>>725598314
yeah probably lol. I think I was cringe tho, always writting with XDDD, posting rolfcopters and owls and all that jazz. But hey it was the late 00's, the style of the time and all that. I miss it.

>>725598519
I'd try animating the menu's background, looks kinda lifeless right now. Maybe even display all the options in greyscale unless they are hovered?

>>725598138
>when I was his age
So it's true, you're one of the kiwi kiddies he's been grooming.

>>725599220
anon that's not how the passage of time works
"when I was his age" means I'm way older than him

>>725599314
Don't bother arguing with that fool: he will never listen to reason and only speak whatever follows his warped perception of reality. You are better off not arguing with him further.

These guys spent FIVE YEARS working on this game and nobody bought it. Why are you falling for the indie dev meme? Nobody is going to buy your game. You won't be the next Toby Fox. Nearly half of Steam games don't even make back the $100 submission fee.

>>725599675
I do it for fun
>14 fucking bucks
for an average looking 2D game that's a bit steep, yeah

>>725599807
It's allegedly 10 hours long

I was working on a first person tank game set in a haunted wasteland, but randomly stumbled on the exact same game by some Russian tank autist.

(ignore the ugly programmer art)
Is it a bad idea to use the same sprite for the gameplay (left) and cutscenes? I've been thinking about having a second sprite, maybe one that looks kinda chibi, for the cutscenes, but I'm not sure.

Did some UI stuff today, drawing icons on the screen boundary if the marker is off-screen. Good reminder how much my skill as a dev is utterly blown the fuck out by the fact I never drilled linear algebra to the point it was intuitive. Fuck me, it's not even complicated linear algebra.

>>725599893
>10 hours long
criminal for a turn-based game

>>725600004
I think it's fine, why wouldn't it? In fact, I think having different styles would be weirder, but that's just my opinion ofc

>>725599675
Why even get a publisher? If they can't get you more than a single review worth of players, they contributed nothing

>>725599675
For starters, he's charging $20 for some 2D garbage. Shitsong is a ripoff already, so this makes the high price even more egregious. Like, as much as I ragged Peripetoria or whatever, at least that game was in 3D and somewhat justified the still exorbitant $30 price tag.

>>725599481
i thought you and goblin dev were friends? or did he do something to slight you and he's your new hate obsession now that grassfag and grex dont post anymore

>>725599675
>You won't be the next Toby Fox.
How do you know that? How can you be certain that I won't?
The truth is, neither you, nor I know.

I want to make a small game to help boost my portfolio and improve my programming skills. What small game genre would be best to make in the span of 3 to 6 months?

>>725600360
>Tell the Goblinbro to not argue with the local retard who starts shit
>The local retard somehow still tries to start shit
You really need a life. Shitposting from yo mama's basement doesn't pay the bills.

>>725599675
>the next Toby Fox
who's that? I want to be the next John Romero, the dude has great hair
>>725600479
>3 to 6 months
Nuclear Throne clone?

>>725591578
Oh shit, that's sick. Flying AI / pathfinding sounds like a nightmare but that already looks like a solid start.
>>725591682
External playtesters?
>>725592968
I think I know the type. The "Invasion" .wad sort of thing, or like Devil Daggers. Seems like you're on your way to something interesting with the enemy variety at least.

>>725600613
>The local retard
why are you referring to yourself in the third person, fagoon?

>>725600207
>why wouldn't it?
I dunno, just feels like they should be different. The cutscenes are supposed to be really goofy and silly, and I'm not sure if his current sprite matches that mood.

>>725596817
What's happening there? Are all those separate inputs for reloading the gun?

>>725600665
isn't Toby Fox that dude that made some music for YIIK and then deleted a lot of his tweets supporting that game once the shit started to hit the fan? yeah, that guy. FUCK HIM

>>725599675
>You won't be the next Toby Fox
Of course not: I'm not a homosexual who targets gender-confused preteens. In fact, I won't any of the next random prolific game developer: I'll just be in my own class.

>>725600665
>Nuclear Throne clone?
What languages would I need to learn to create a NT clone? I'm thinking Python. I would also like to make a Shmup like >>725596039(cool), how difficult would it be? webm for funnies

>>725600851
You could render all of the goofy appearances with character portraits that appear above the text box

>>725598539
That's normal behavior for the majority children/teens, what isn't normal is Fagoon's obsession with being unlikable and constantly shitting on everyone. Regardless, that style of the internet will never be back, be glad you got to experience it in the first place, the way things are now it'll never happen again.

>>725601020
I started my gamedev adventures by making webmrel using Game Maker. Shaun Spalding made a great tutorial on this sort of aiming before trooning out, so maybe check that out. In any case, a NT clone is simple stuff code-wise so any language or engine should suffice
>I would also like to make a Shmup
I'm a mathlet, so for me it'd be more complicated because of the ship and bullet's trajectories. But yeah maybe it's not as hard as I think, dunno
>he saved the goblin
take good care of him please!
>>725601361
>be glad you got to experience it in the first place, the way things are now it'll never happen again
yeah, and it probably only get worse from now on... sad

>>725600901
alex yiik is presented as pretentious because he makes endless references to other games, something fox does abundantly. I think fox feels targeted. He shouldn't take it personally though, Alex is clearly a portrait of something toby fox isn't, even though they share some qualities.

>>725600995
He belongs 6 feet under by his own hand actually. Being locked up is too good for him

>>725601593
This reminds me I still need to try YIIK (I.V), seems like some of the changes improved the game quite a lot

>>725601175
>>725601361
>>725601617
>Being normal is when you seethe nonstop about some random guy on the internet who likes to post dragons and praying every night that he dies
You really need someone to talk to, schizoid.

>>725601858
maybe he just really, really hates dragons?

>>725601567
Understood. Thank you for the advice.
>take good care of him please!
He will be cherished. I'd buy merch of the little guy
>>725601593
>>725601693
YIIK status?

>>725601083
So maybe like this? Right now, his icon is just a poorly drawn picture of his hat.

Back to working on player animations.

>>725596551
Nah im an amateur draw fag but no one is remotely into the depraved shit I like. Thus my dick feels no cause for giving my assistance. Parasitic body hijacking is entry level vanilla in terms of my fetish.

Would it be easy to make a point and click adventure game code wise? I have a whole binder full of ideas for puzzles

>>725600863
Yeah, its with the mouse wheel up and down. The core concept is just trying to make a demo of a first person shooter that is played only with the mouse.
Gonna try to keep the scope of the demo small

>>725602067
I was thinking more along the lines of something like this (excuse the demented picture)

>>725602039
>spoiler
Gotta be honest, more than once I've pondered ordering a plush custom-made. But I'm not that crazy, not yet at least.

>>725603586
Love the demented picture

I wanna fuck fygoon

>>725603620
I mean, if Chris Chan of all people can get a talking plush made based on his atrocity of a fictional work, what's stopping you?
I am tempted to look into who the hell made those plush toys so I can snipe them and get them to make talking plush toys based on my own, superior characters.

>>725602039
>YIIK status?
some say it's time to YIIK IT OUT

>>725603898
>TFW Non-Named (Updates whenever) absolutely solos YIIK

>>725603620
3D printing tiny figurines would be a more cost-effective and fun way to make your goblin. You can at least have one for yourself on your work desk.
>>725603834
Fygoon, on the other hand, is plush material.
>>725603898
Hell Yeah brother!

My game might not be as good as YIIK, but I'll do my best to make something that's better than Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death. This is my vow

>>725604201
>better than Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
impossible.

>>725604201
Having a goal of outdoing a game that is your hate hyperfixation is fun.

>>725604284
>impossible
then I'll die trying
>>725604359
gotta be honest that game sure was good at running at 60EPS (explosions per second)

I have zero programming experience. How difficult is GameMaker's language to learn?

Any gay retard can get plushes, i aim to get a nendoroid, nothing less.

>>725604169
The irony of your statement is that the first ever "merch" I ever made was a 3D printed model of the Lieutenant from Impulsehazard almost a decade ago when I was still a kid. Turns out Windows 10 had a service where you could buy 3D printed models you design on the computer so I had this abomination turned into a cool statue; the first time it arrived, the arms were broken off the pauldrons so I requested a replacement; the same thing happened the second time so I decided not to ask again because it just meant my model was shit (thank God for Krazy glue, though). Looking back, it looks bad, but it was the first ever IRL 3D model I ever got and it holds a special place in my heart.

>>725605102
cool story Fygoon, I like the little guy

>>725604927
From their current business practices, any gay retard can get a Nenderoid too (if their decision to make a figure based on characters from a glorified e-book about listerine is anything to go by)

>>725604827
Easy enough, but not enough to justify just learning python or gdscript.

>>725604927
Same...

>>725605180
The coolest part is seeing how the character has evolved since then, as this is what the Lieutenant looks like now.

>>725584747 (OP)
I've never played an Unreal Engine game whose framerates didn't stutter and stall.

>>725605194
>From their current business practices
They've always made figures of popular characters, anyone who denies it is just coping and seething they don't have a popular IP to get one.

>>725603586
That's almost as big as the character himself, and it might be difficult to put it in a spot where it wouldn't cover anything else up. It probably wouldn't work in some of the other cutscenes.

>>725605435
Arc Raiders runs great, but looks kinda shit

>>725605471
Popularity is something you can buy. Relying on merit alone is for chumps.

Working on this game. Thoughts?

>>725605554
That sounds like unpopular talk.

>>725605102
SOUL. I have a 3D pen that I need to play with more.
>>725604927
>>725605194
True.

>>725605471
popularity isn't a measure for quality

>>725605671
god mouthwash devs are so based for that

>>725605651
No it sounds like a good business decisions. You just make a shitload of money then make some deals with the manufacturer of Nenderoids to make your characters by giving them a shitload of cash. You just sound BROKE.

>>725602260
im eager to see you loli game anon

I started prototyping the second map with new enemies.

>>725606102
right at the start, are you flying faster than your bullets? honestly if there aren't bullet time mechanics I'd just make your bullets be hitscan

>>725605685
In your mind you already admitted your game won't be popular, you stuck true to your guns holding on to that nebulous "quality" standard.

>>725606191
maybe, maybe not. But my point still stands

>>725605752
>You just make a shitload of money
Good luck making a shitload of money with trite like this >>725605414

>>725606245
>But my point still stands
You never had a point, you argued that popular isn't quality as if that matters when getting a nendorid.

>>725606414
you know what, yeah, I was even thinking the same thing
I'll extract myself from the conversation, have a good day

>>725606174
Yeah she is falling faster than the bullets, I am still deciding how I will deal with that. Bullets are objects so they can go through portals

https://npckc.itch.io/one-night-hot-springs

Finally released my game.

>>725606623
Congrats

it do be like that

>>725606496
>Bullets are objects so they can go through portals
While that's very cool I noticed that in your previous webm you barely hit anyone until you land and the enemies start pilling up together. Anon I've been seeing your game for a while and it looks super cool, but lots of 3d movement + slow bullets is a recipe for frustration since you are bound to miss most shoots and the power fantasy gets lost. Even Descent had the courtesy of having one hitscan weapon and that game wasn't as fast as yours. I'd say at least give hitscan a go as a test. You could still try and replicate the portal stuff with hitscans, maybe not painting the bullets on screen, but their traces? Oh and sorry for the long rambling, I love this game design shit.

>>725606770
oh and maybe just making the current bullets way, way faster might be enough

>>725605480
>>725603586
Although I did just realize, there's no reason to constrain the icon to within the dialog box. If I make them bigger, I can get more detailed, and show some goofy faces.

When the time comes that my game is finished, I'm merchandising the hell out of The Frydarian Tale (it's why I created all of the strange character designs, after all). You'll have merch like:
>The subtle Emblem of the Fygoon Clan t-shirt
>The not-so-subtle Joseph Fygoon with The Frydarian Tale logo t-shirt
>The Frydarian Sticker Sheets
>The Frydarian Plush Toys (featuring Joseph Fygoon, Alois Ratatosky, Balthazar Lux, Viceroy Canor, Vicereine Iris, and the Warlord)
>The Frydarian Socks (featuring Alois Ratatosky)
>The Frydarian Grill Lighter (Squeeze a miniature Joseph Fygoon to light up your barbecue)
>A coffee book version of The Zmeian Compendium
>The Frydarian Butt-Scratcher (modeled after Balthazar Lux's clawed paw)
>The Frydarian Humidifier (Fygoon expels a red-light stream of "fire" to make your room less dry and stop bloody noses)
>The Frydarian Night Light (it's a small tap light that projects stars and the Great Moon based on Frydarian celestial maps with a dim blue light)
>The Frydarian Action Figures (featuring all of your favorite little bastards)
>The Frydarian LEGO set (I used to love LEGOs when I was little so this is something I'd love to do, even if it's realistically a pipe dream)

I make bunny game.
I love her

>>725606292
What's original about Listerine (with generic Amazon delivery workers but in le space) or Mega Man (an Astro Boy ripoff)?

>>725607128
You belong in /trash/.

>>725607231
>original
Popular, you dumbass nigga. Stop flaunting your ignorance like it's a badge of honor.

>>725607294
why do you fear the bnuuy.

>>725584747 (OP)
>Baby Steps
I remember Scratch
It was boring

>Finally finish design Main Character
>Turns out they share major design element with another character
>Just a few elements but it's so starkly similar that I'd definitely be compared/said I'm ripping them off
>Character is minor and the show fucking sucks

>>725607410
>Trite (adjective): (of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse.
Also Mega Man's not even popular outside of fringe weeaboo millennial circles.

>>725607524
more like me gae man

>>725607448
He's a furry and hates when a better game shows up, which is pretty much every game here, including the kiwi kiddie kid he's grooming

>>725607448
Fear? I turn those little fuckers into Sopa de Coelho Uma Delicia.

>>725607524
So it hurts you that i called your game "trite"? Sorry man i didn't mean to single you out, I'll use another example of trite then >>725603834

>>725602039
>YIIK status
still not good, but interesting enough to warrant a playthrough (note: "a playthough" implies a new NG+ campaign), especially if you the sort of dork that likes things like middens and anthology of the killer
maybe you'll appreciate the greater emphasis on the absurd and metaphysical, maybe you'll feel like it's a hacky copout to a poorly recieved game, but the visual direction is unique and there are plenty of opportunities to go
>jesus christ i am not sure what's the right way to do that, but that sure as fuck ain't it

>>725607598
Does your vatnik father knows you keep animal abuse videos for sexual pleasure?

less fygoon-talking and more yiikin'

>>725606748
>females have a greater percentage of pee in them due to smaller bladder
brave kojumbo

>>725607781
>Monitor lizard: eats his food
>This retard: AIIIIEEEEEEEE!!! HE CANNOT EAT THE BNUUY THIS IS ABUSE AAAAAAAAAA!!! CALL THE ZOOKEEPER!!!

>>725607846
I come to this general to feel better about my game and to watch nogame nodevs screech at one another

>>725608010
what's your opinion on YIIK?

>>725605647
Cute. What kind of game is it?

>>725607880
And exactly why do you keep them? I have never met a well adjusted person that keep animal gore videos or any gore for that matter, then again you look like a humonculus with no soul behind the eyes.

>another thread without aibro
Where is he lads..

>>725607128
Cute bnny.

>>725608338
the anime producimg dude? haven't seen him in some time, hope he's doing alright

>>725608427
Yeah, I guess he decided to stop. Shame, it would have been neat to see an update. I also remember darksoulsbro mention animations or something but he hasn't posted in a bit either.

>>725608216
I watch monitor lizard videos on YouTube. I'm not a retard like you who wastes space on his computer by saving pictures or videos. My question is: why do you save pictures of random people from the internet you don't even know? Thinking of colluding with the ENAfag to hire a hitman to take me out?

>>725608907
If you were so interested in animal dietary habits you would be posting videos of your mom eating salad.

>>725609014
kekkk

>>725609014
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH

>>725609014
I rather just go to a zoo and find you there as an exhibit. Perhaps I can hand feed you chicken tendies like the lowly ignorant beast you are.

>>725609136
Walk away lil bro you got destroyed hard.

>>725609053
>>725609082
>He spun up some furry ban evading clients to reply to himself
How embarrassing. Don't worry: you can redeem yourself by posting your game.

>>725609014
HELLO POLICE, I JUST WITNESSED A MURDER

>>725609014
Savage

>He's still spinning up furry ban evading clients to pat himself on the back
lol

>>725609014
OH FUCK

>>725586749
Shit, I'm so amazed. I tried so hard to get a basic grapple hook system working in Unreal, but I'm dumb and I couldn't figure it out. That looks so good.

I'm working on a really basic platformer built for speedrunning that I'll sell for a couple of bucks. Probably won't recover the Steam fee, but gotta start somewhere.

Still patting yourself on the back, huh?

>>725584747 (OP)
Working on a space wreck explorer/salvage game, got the spacewalk working to satisfactory level. Now I got the idea for magnetic boots so figuring out how to switch between two different movement modes is wrecking my brain and my code.

>>725584747 (OP)
Demo play tested very poorly at agdg DD65 so I'm rethinking everything, throwing everything out, and starting over again. Game dev is hard.

>>725608423
thank youu your bunny is also cute, he jumps

>>725609919
Which game was yours?

>>725609014
Bro's gonna need some preparation h for that one.

>>725585403
It's just a list of bools anon

>>725584747 (OP)
for the love of god, if you're making a third person game add the ability to jump. I'm so sick of lazy devs not adding it, it's the most simple shit, if you are developing a 3d game you also have to have 3 dimensional movement.

>>725609014
fygoon ain't coming back from this

>>725609014
fagoon bros...

I made my old people roguelite game public on steam, perhaps too early without a trailer but I needed to figue out the whole process, besides i can now easily change shit without having to await review. I've got my playtesters started on the alpha build, collecting feedback and starting on the first wave of bugfixes before release early next year
Not shilling it posting the steam page here if you find it on your own congrats till the trailer is done. I polished it a decent bit since those screenshots were uploaded but i'm awaiting my playtesters' footage and screens

>>725609014
Oh my god

>>725610195
George Boole can eat the peanut outta my shit.

>>725609014
This is the kind of retarded faggotry I expect on /v/ but come on it's a 3/10 may may le funny. Like it is cringe to act this way.

>>725609014
Somebody check on nikolay...

>>725608128
I'm upset that Oney's balonies didn't finish it and then release bowlbo

>>725609014
HEHEHOHEHEHOHEHOHEHEHA

>>725609014
Bro, this is a gamedev thread. You can't play with people like that.

>Having fun modeling a character
>get to the hair
>...
>pissshitcumcry
>It's done
>get to RIGGING the hair
Fuck this shit
I fucking hate doing it please won't someone think of us who aren't fucking riggers and just make an auto-hair tool or something

>>725607294
Are you the same guy who was seething in the atlyss thread earlier?

>>725601858
>retard thinks they're all the same person
Take meds

>>725610023
https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-65/rate/1944174

>>725611097
What do you expect from a mentally retarded fool who cannot fathom creating anything of note? Making infantile yo mama jokes is almost akin to writing the Divine Comedy in his eyes.

>>725613646
relax

>>725612359
Yes that's him, he also spergs out in the tomboy, oppai loli, Alice, ENA and indie game threads. I'm sure there's more I'm missing but those are the ones that come to mind

>>725606770
NTA but it does feel bad that the gimmick of your game is a 3d platformer with orbiting physics; But because your bullets are slow projectiles, it makes it hard to hit anything when midair so you are are not encouraged to use the mechanic other than to traverse.

>>725606496
>>725614949

>>725607880
the problem is not that in nature rabbits have predators. the problem is that you're obsessed with spamming images of them being preyed upon whenever an innocent dev who has not even badmouthed you or slighted you in any way (yet) shows up and has a bunny character. you're obsessed and unpleasant

also that image is a hare

>>725613837
Struck a nerve, did I? Why don't you go hop on your furry ban evasion software and spam some consolations?

>>725615416
calm down

>>725615416
>responding to a 30 minute old post to a post you made in response to an hour old post
>"Struck a nerve, did I?"
relax nigga lmao

All I can do is write and draw art.
So theoretically, if I finished writing out the basics of my CoC rip-off but it's actually TiTs but more like CoC writing fest I'm powering through, would any cunt mind terribly making the text engine interactive thing that powers it into an actual game if I incorporate their fetish?
Your fetish will need to be one of my fetishes.

WIP
early work on new move

>>725616290
I generally fucking hate dash moves, but you made it novel by integrating it into the Paloo's gun. Great job

>>725615996
You would probably get more interest in the h-threads that show up sometimes, but it's not really hard to make those sorts of games if you don't find anyone. I think the most popular one is still twine, but there might be better (and easier) options by now

>Deleted
Fuck off, jannies.
Re:
All I can do is write and draw art.
So theoretically, if I finished writing out the basics of my CoC rip-off but it's actually TiTs but more like CoC writing fest I'm powering through, would any cunt mind terribly making the text engine interactive thing that powers it into an actual game if I incorporate their fetish?
Your fetish will need to be one of my fetishes.
>>725617110
Yeah I tried fucking with twine and sugarcube as that was used for the basis of things like Free Cities and DoL but any sort of code entirely fucks with my brain. Unless it's drag and drop like Scratch I can't do it.

>>725600454
You won't because it doesn't happen anymore. Valve changed the algorithm in 2019 and now every new release flops unless you quite literally sell a hundred thousand copies in its first week, only then do you get any kind of promotion by Steam.
Unless you already have an established audience by the time you start, like a Youtube channel or a discord server that's filled with retards who'll buy your game on first notice, AND have connections to streamers and youtubers day one to shill your game on release (which you are not, let's be real), you're shit out of luck.
>But muh nextfest!
It only helps a little. It may get some eyes on your game but it's not a guaranteed success. It's all fucked.

Oh, and to top it all off - the average retarded steamie considers a game that sold 200 THOUSAND copies and made 3 million dollars in revenue an "obscure hidden gem". So there's also that working against you.

>>725584747 (OP)
where is nortubel?

>>725618092
Yeah, I get what you're saying. I remember hearing about twine/sugarcube being a huge pain in the butt to deal with to the point that people said to not even bother, but I'm not really sure if they found something better to use. Maybe Ren'py? Not sure when you tried out doing it yourself, but the way AI is now you can get away with a lot with it helping you out, though it'd have to be a final resort since it still requires fiddling around with it, and you'd have to do research into what's better to use than twine.
I do think that you'll be able to find someone though, your chances go up exponentially if you provide proof that you've been working on it and essentially have proof-of-concept. Make mock-ups and stuff like that while you work on it to share around when you look for a coder. Really, the hardest thing will be getting them to stay, people are really flaky.

>>725618882
Aye that's the plan beyond putting out feelers as I work on it. Finish up the main story beats for future fleshing out, do the art, storyboard the layout, and shoot into these threads or ones like them.

>>725606102
>>725586041
>>725616290
All of these present a severe problem where the Streamer can first-try everything without dying and it makes (You) look bad. 1 to 2 hours means they will never reach the challenging parts before time's up.

>>725618960
Sounds like a plan to me, hopefully you'll be able to find someone and you'll be able to share progress here. The last guy who was making something similar vanished, so I'm hoping you'll be successful. Ganbatte

>>725599675
>These guys spent FIVE YEARS working on this game and nobody bought it.
Because for the same price you can get Rabbit&Steel, which has cute bunny girls with a cannon fetish for non-consensual impregnation.
They picked the wrong fight 5 years ago.

>>725586041
This looks so fucking good, Anon. If I had to pick one thing about it to critique I'd say the screen shake? The fact that it has screen shake is great, because no one ever remembers that, but there's something about it that seems off? Kind of too smooth or something, it might be too fast? Someone else will definitely phrase it better than me, but it makes me worry that if I played the game for more than 20 minutes the screen shake might make me feel nauseous.

>>725606623
>>content warning: this game discusses issues that a transgender woman in japan might face, which is a topic that can be sensitive and personal.

>>725606623
Woke slop

>>725607510
>>Turns out they share major design element with another character
Go the FFTA2 way, and push it further to share element with every single fucking character in existence.

>>725618092
There are a bunch of text adventure engines with different approaches, limits, and scripting capabilities. If declaring twine variables is too much "code" for you then you won't find anything easier. You will have to properly team up with a programmer-designer fellow, because the real pain starts when managing variant dialogue and ensuring coherent order of progression. CoC relies a fuckton of text substitutions, which is plain if/then/else logic, but anything bigger than a 20 minute CYOA (much less an "actual game") will quickly spaghetti out of control.

>>725584747 (OP)
A story adventure game. It's basically a visual novel with extra steps, like Night in the Woods or Oneshot.

It's coming along well, currently burning the midnight oil.

>>725584747 (OP)
Why don't any of you run GAS in Unreal?

>>725615416
Have a snickers lil guy

>>725620461
God I love this art style

>>725620759
>unreal engine
Because we like games that run faster than 20fps.

>>725584747 (OP)
Part of me wants to share, another part of me doesn't want to risk being associated with 4chan, let alone /v/. This place is a self-flagellating shithole.

>>725621112
>doesn't want to risk being associated with 4chan
Then perhaps try reddit, faggot.

>>725621112
I agree, but at the same time every social media platform is terrible and exposure is important, so really who cares. Gotta get eyes on your game somehow.

>>725584747 (OP)
how about just building your own engine?

I finally figured out how magica cloth works in unity so my character's legs don't clip through the skirt while moving around.
Time to work on my hentai game.

>>725586041
please add charge attacks that do big damage and have hit stop, it's one of my favorite mechanics

>>725607128
I hope she gets impregnated by human men

>>725621094
In other words, you're too stupid to learn how to optimize and expect the engine to do it for you?

>>725621112
Notch posted here.
Didn't affect Minecraft.

Where do I find voice actors?

>>725606623
you just outdo nortubel dude

>>725619662
by humans right?

>>725621952
it did affect Notch though

>>725622018
Probably Twitter, or one of those sites where you can pay for people to read your message.

>have idea i want to pursue
>cant do it because i fundamentally cant program
>try to learn
>make progress
>realize i built myself into a corner
>go back to drawing board
>put it down for months because life happens
>realize im just inherently more aligned to technical details rather than anything
>removed the idea guy from my thinking and now i have no idea what to make, but completely understand how to go about it
am i just retarded?

ITT: 2 user reviews on steam

Offline alternatives to Trello?

Also can you post good GDDs and the stuff you do at the start of a project like onepages so I can see what goes and works please ?

>>725599675
Dangen entertainment very much look like publishers who will publish any old shit and not put in the work to make their cut worth it.

If I don't want to work with others and have no interest in coding, am I stuck with RPGM-MV? Not interested in being lectured on why I shouldn't work this way, just want to know my options

>>725622328
Mostly yes, but that's on you to get to them before the others.

>>725584747 (OP)
>ue
>godmode
lmao unreal delusion

>>725599675
shouda made a game people want to play

>>725605647
>>725608171
kill yourself

>>725600261
>Shitsong is a ripoff
It was a bargain, what are you smoking?

>>725625207
Do not ignore me >:(

>>725626447
I used this for a while but I kinda just forgot and started doing things whenever I felt like it

the more you show the less you progress

>>725596551
>tfw all three but unemployed

>>725626750
Will check it out, but I was looking for something that also lets me change the color of the text.

I want to something simple, I tried to make simple txt files and open in notepad and only change the colors, but I can't do that there.

Word let's you but I don't like it.


I would like something like that where you move the squares and I can personalize the colors. Most I see are clotted as fuck and the GUI is ugly but then they lack simple things.

>>725626750
Ok I like how simple this is but I wanted to change more colors (like having the title of a different color, not all the text)

>>725609761
i got ya senpai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oc4ZCNJ9wM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R52qmIler-E

>>725609014
jej

>>725600004
your artstyle looks like rhythm heaven and rhythm heaven does that fine

We're still accepting submissions! Details can be found here: https://thev3expo.com/submit/

>>725608929
>>725609243
>>725609289
new stuff already? damn you're fast

>>725596551
modelfag reporting in. Always there, rarely posting tho

this mornin i made ammo for guns
i'll make a basic hud to show it on screen later.
i'll also try and change the inventory design a bit, i basically just copied it from my last game

Finished up a dynamic dialogue system in UE that I'm pretty happy with. (Suggestions for the UI design would be appreciated)

>>725604201
Can't tell if you're saying YIIK is better than MB or not.
MB was pretty fun for the bargain bin price

>>725606102
Do the guns need to be so big/high?
You're losing 30-40% of the screen estate to them and the massive hud

>>725609919
You cant base everything on what a few anons say, especially if you're making a vn.
However, its a risk to make a vn anyway because they don't 'look' fun

>>725621112
/V/IRGIN! WE GOT A /V/IRIGN DEV HERE!

DAMN, AGDG DEV LOOK LIKE THIS??!?

>>725628942
nice work

>>725601175
kek
There's going to be a suicide variant of all the slopshots he posts like this

>>725609136
>>725611097
>>725613646
>>725615416
>>725609198
lol this subhuman seething

I need help with an onepage, what do you anons do? Do you have a template?

How much information is too much information in combat? And how do you determine when you’re making decisions in that area designed to massage your own ego rather than helping the game (because you worked hard to design something, you want all of its complexity to be somehow reflected to the player, so they can appreciate how cool and intricate it is)?

I’ve got this power-and-poise system where an attack’s ability to stagger/hitstun an enemy is contingent upon the attack’s inherent power number and also the enemy’s poise number. But the enemy’s poise number is a dynamic variable that changes based on their state (idle, in windup frames, how long they’ve been in a juggle, whether they have arrows stuck in them, etc). And the power associated with an attack also changes (the more frequently it’s used, the less power it has).

I was thinking of adding a small bar below the enemy’s health bar that showed their current poise level, and a little dash would appear on it whenever the enemy was hit to indicate the power of the current attack relative to the enemy’s poise. It would be a very compact and concise way of conveying a lot of gameplay relevant information. But then I started to wonder: am I just drawing the hitboxes here? Does this kind of system spoil the magic? When are you revealing too much to the player? When is it better to just let them deal with the ignorance and maybe make sub-optimal decisions?

>>725631294
get out of your head and let other people test it out

>>725627006
Post portfolio and how much you charge.

>>725631294
I think the most important thing is retard-proofing the system. No matter how intelligently you design a system, if a retard can't understand it in a few seconds they're gonna say it sucks.

Think Mortal Kombat. You can go into the moves list and see the exact frame data for every single attack, practice frame perfect combos, and study the counter-pick meta... Or you can spam the same special move until you win.

What I'm saying is: let players who want to dig deeper into the mechanics see everything, but don't scare off retards by showing an overwhelming amount of information and expect them to follow it

>>725623486
No that was from birth

>>725601567
>I'm a mathlet, so for me it'd be more complicated because of the ship and bullet's trajectories.
Just weave in sine functions and suddenly you're a math god

>>725584747 (OP)
>2d or not 2d

>>725631891
I meant that him being associated with /v/ got his credit scrubbed from the game he made.

>>725632425
No I think him leaving the company, after selling it to microsoft, twelve years ago is why people don't associate him with Minecraft.

Anything else is because of the open nazi stuff he posted on twitter. I've literally never seen anyone give a shit that he used /v/

>>725632710
Anon, he literally got scrubbed from the credits of his own game. I wasn't speaking hypothetically, they removed all references to "Notch" and Markus Persson from the game.

>>725588456
Never
I must do everything myself

>enter thread expecting another ruined thread by faggotgoon ego tripping
>see this instead >>725609014
KEK

>>725584747 (OP)
im making a small scale rpg similar to daggerfall as a prototype/research. idk if ill release it but im hoping to use what i learn about design to make an rpg about just being in a world, no big quest, just small little adventures, making connections and a reputation for yourself.

>>725633320
>small scale rpg
>similar to daggerfall

>>725633690
the part that takes a lot is the content creation and balancing but im not focused on that at all. it's just systems design but ill end up doing some content and balancing eventually and use this version for free to market the one i actually put more into.

the systems design is pretty straightforward, daggerfall unity existing helped a lot to begin with

>>725633132
The war is far from over but the battle today was won.

>>725631294
Players are shit. If there's any information, they want a spreadsheet of all that information, however they don't want to read anything.

You could probably keep it all behind the scenes and just say at the start of the game 'an enemy's poise will change based on their action or if theyre weakened'

>>725631884
>What I'm saying is: let players who want to dig deeper into the mechanics see everything, but don't scare off retards by showing an overwhelming amount of information and expect them to follow it
I think my fear is that when you're an unknown indie game, there's a tendency to assume that there ISN'T technical depth. There isn't going to automatically be a wiki breaking down every single system 2 days after release for people to dissect. I think a lot about a game like Transformers Devastation, where it had all these really subtle and interesting technical nuances that made the combat deep and fun, but the action game community took 15 minutes of it a face value and went
>shovelware, no tech, safe to ignore

Devil May Cry can get away with burying the lead, technically speaking, because its reputation for complexity will all but ensure SOMEONE is digging into the frame data to find all the silly shit. But how can an unknown, unproven developer/title expect that anyone will take its own technical complexity for granted?

Which I think is part of the reason I want to have these little UI elements that convey this information, because it's a wordless, not-25-minutes-of-tutorial way of showing the player "hey, there's something subtle worth paying attention to here". But I also worry that video games are about imperfect information, if I tell you everything then gameplay can sort of be cooked down to "do you want to perform the pbviously correct action? If yes, then deal damage. If else, then take damage". Because that's all the gameplay actually is, the challenge is in the assessment.

Does 4chan compress images? Testing if we can share Pico8 carts here.

>>725635591
Failure, which is what I expected. Oh well.

>>725635478
> But how can an unknown, unproven developer/title expect that anyone will take its own technical complexity for granted?
Same way Portal did it.
You make 3/4 of the game an hidden tutorial, and force the player to use all the cool tech one by one in relatively foolproof setups.

>>725635413
I am at least satisfied that I can explain the concept in about 3 short sentences if I need to just tutorialize it

>Whether an attack will stun the enemy depends on what the enemy is doing
>An attack will be less able to stun enemies if used too often
>The longer an enemy has been stunned, the harder it will be for the next attack to keep it stunned.

Maybe it's the sort of thing that makes sense as an optional UI element for a training mode. I kind of wanted to include various training-mode-type UI elements as postgame "upgrades" you could unlock.

>>725635413
>poise
God, I still remember Dark Souls 3 having the entire PvE playerbase believing poise was bugged simply because they didn't understand how it worked, due to it being slightly more complex than in other Souls game.
PvPchads on the other hand, had an entire extra chunk of combat to toy with.

>>725636083
idea guys are funny, just ask them some basic questions about gameplay design and then they're stuck because haven't thought that far ahead.

>>725586749
Watching this gave me more joy than most modern "vidya".

>>725632759
He didn't, though? The credits includes an entire header "Mojang Studios Alumni" where the very first role line, standing alone, in the category is
>Original Creator of Minecraft
>Markus Persson

He's not listed along with the design and development staff which makes sense considering he handed over total control and quit the project 15 years ago and hasn't made any contributions to design or development since.

>>725588456
Oh, I totally would, but I either need to be working on a NSFW project that caters to my interests (and kinks) OR something SFW that I can put erotic or suggestive stuff into with minimal push back.

>>725636285
thank you. you can give it a play if you'd like even though the color-changing hasn't been implemented yet.

https://abnnr.itch.io/massively-inspired-by-spyro-again

>>725635591
>>725635717
It doesn't compress images, but it does wipe embedded data.
It wasn't the case in the past, because that's what we used to do to share Illusion games cards/scenes which come in PNG.
What you should do is like what AIslop threads do and upload the PNG to catbox.

>>725588456
NEVER

>>725606748
only if you're a faggot.

>>725596551
i codemonkey + draw so i don't need ANYONE
i can't do music or 3d yet but i'll uh figure it out

>>725596551
I have modest mixed discipline artfag (2D and 3D) skills. I can sortta code.
but I struggle with depression and motivation issues, so I'm not reliable

>>725637754
>but I struggle with depression and motivation issues, so I'm not reliable
you're not alone brother

>>725636083
this is me except i have good hygiene. Wife wanted to write for video games but never thought she could. I make video games but i don't write.

Thoughts about my custom engine? Maybe ill build a chess variant on that.

>>725588456
>team up
get half a game done in a couple of months
>dont team up
get an entire game done, but it takes longer

Hmm, not a hard choice. Actually with ya'll, it's more like 10% of a game. Methinks.

>>725640053
An interesting name for an engine (UI framework?).

What'd you make it in?

I'm currently remaking my entire first level in Trenchbroom as it's exactly what I need and it has an add-in for an easy pipe-line into Godot. Just started the other day. I never used Trenchbroom before, it's really neat once you get the hang of it. The textures are only used in Trenchbroom. When I get it into Godot I have shaders that replace each of the textures in specific ways (changing UVs, etc.). So, this is probably going to be what I'm doing for the next week.

>>725586041
The text over the head visually showing current State is a good idea. I should do that. Keep up the good work!

>>725586749
>i also saw in gameplay that some players don't intuitively understand momentum so now i'm experimenting with changing color based on speed so i can tutorialize my mechanics better
I experienced this issue when I played the last demo. Anything to visualize it better would be great. Really fun game.

>>725587821
I like him!

>>725606102
I love all the things I see about your game. Looks trippy as sin. Great work.

>>725638069
This look great. I love it. Great work so far!

>>725615242
pigger

>>725642038
yeh i really need to hammer it in early that you should jump when you're going fast instead of jumping at the highest point where you are going slow. years of casual automatic grapple mechanics in games are now manifesting as a problem for me. it always amazes me how fast you get things done with so little time

>>725641694
Im building everything from scratch so the UI too. Im thinking about a chess-like game just as balatro is a poker-like game, so yeah, fery far from the original chess. Probably fog of war will be present and pieces inventories too

>>725636258
omg this, jesus christ
I spoke with many idea guys and they legit have no idea of anything.
>go to "meet up with local game devs" meeting
>schedule to meet up with certain devs
>can personally code, sketch art, do UI or write
>meeting goes awry, none of them show up
>get thrown into another group with "idea guys"
>they all want me to do their project
>decide to humor them and start asking questions

(all my dialogues are "")

Idea guy #1:
>oh it's a post apocalyptic survival game
>"does it play like other games? any examples?"
>... it's a survival game, you know, crafting and stuff
>"there are a few variants of it, which one? Ark?"
>no no, too difficult
>"ok... so what would be better? Animal crossing?"
>that's not a survival game!
>"what's the lore? why is it post-apocalyptic? does it matter?"
>oh it matters a lot! like a big nuke went off and it's post apocalyptic and the fairies are back and fighting humans
>"oh fairies?? what about zombies?"
>no, that doesn't make any sense!

Conversation went on and he basically saw an ad for a game and wanted to make the game but had no idea what it was about.

Idea guy #2:
>I want to make a souls-like with a female protagonist like wonder woman
>"Oh, what's the plot? what are we doing? why a female protagonist"
>he blank stares me
>it has to be wonderwoman
>he splurges on how the wonder woman movie was so good and she was so cool and he needs to make a game about it
>visibly erect
>"can it be a generic person? I don't think we can easily get the rights to-"
>no, only wonder woman

Idea girl #3:
>I want to write a romance
>"ok, so how would we do this? 3d walking sim? 2d top down like pokemon? VN?"
>oh, I don't know, I just want to do the writing, which is a lot, you know!
>"ok, tell me about the characters"
>has no characters or anything prepared at all
>insists she is a good writer and I just don't get it

These people should write books or something. They have no understanding or even concept of what games are.

another day another 8 hours gamedev grind while power metal blasts from the speakers

Got floating text working and NPC pathing in it's simplest form.

Not sure if I want to work on enemy AI or modular NPC models.

>>725619917
damn that sucks. The implementation I have for screenshake is quite standard, the usual slight camera rotation. I think I got it from some GDC talk but that was a long time ago now. In any case, you can disable screenshake (or increase it!) so I hope you still have a good time when you get to play it
>>725621553
there's a strong attack, higher damage and is able to slam weaker enemies into the ground, disabling them for a few moments. It's also useful for other stuff like exposing weakpoints or, in the case of the armored goblins, breaking the armor in just one hit
>>725642038
>text over the head showing current State
yeah lol, I took that from some guy who was postin on X. Honestly glad I made an account there, I've come to learn some neat stuff.
Btw you are making great progress with TB! I think I dropped this in a previous thread but just in case:
>https://www.slipseer.com/index.php?threads/bals-quake-mapping-tips-tricks.100/
some cool tricks in there for sure

Today I finally got letterboxing and stretching working after wanting to do so for months. It should be simple but I'm retardo and couldn't really figure out anything in this engine that wasn't just rendering everything to a texture and doing things with it which doesn't really work with my setup.
Right now I just render at an internal 4:3 with the parts I don't want and then letterbox and stretch the output from the center as needed. Pretty dumb but... whatever.
This is basically the final piece of the puzzle for making things look more NES-like. Usually people don't actually play those games in true pixel perfect form. Personally I prefer NTSC style which is a good middle ground, literal 4:3 looks way too stretched for my liking. I was going to actually make the game proper 4:3 but that means more work and it's more authentic this way anyway.

>>725644807
errm.. behind you..

>>725609014
Jaj

>>725586041
This looks sick. Do you have a demo out yet?

>>725644807
Rotation about the character is a bad way of implementing screen shake. Best practice is to positionally offset the camera up-down and left-right, if you do any rotation at all, make sure it’s in conjunction with that, VERY subtle, and centered on the camera itself (so the camera “rotates in place” rather than orbiting the player as yours seems to). The issue is your screenshake shakes the environment more than the player, but it’s the player that we’re supposed to perceive as bearing the brunt of the impact. It makes the screenshake seem to only affect our periphery which is very jarring.

>>725637557
It makes sense from a security pov so it’s understandable. Links are fine but sharing them directly would be engaging for these threads.

The pico “engine” is basic and intentionally limiting. Seems like a good way to encourage nodevs to just make game.

>>725645426
thanks anon! don't have a demo yet, but I plan to start working on one very soon (finally!)
>>725645570
>Rotation about the character
no, not around the character, but around it's own origin point