Thread 542282149

do as she says ediiton

Also Shadow Stalker edition
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364290/Shadow_Stalker/

>Demo Days
Next: https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-65
Previous: https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-64
Older: https://hackmd.io/LhEB6VCZSx-oBalI2cWWoA

>AGDG resources
https://hackmd.io/dLaaFCjDSveKVeEzqomBJw

>Helpful links
New Threads: >>>/vg/agdg
Archive: https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/search/subject/agdg/
/agdg/ Steam Games: https://made-by-agdg.vercel.app/
Steam Games by AGDG: https://agdg-steam.netlify.app/

>How to Screen Record
https://getsharex.com/
https://obsproject.com

>How to Webm
https://github.com/argorar/WebMConverter
https://github.com/michaelmob/WebMCam

>Previous thread
>>542216237

I mean chuds, how would you make an interactive magazine instead of a game?

What progress have you made, anon?

post progress
or else

>>542282393
i made my scene/level transition loading effect. it looks cool.

Last thread was a disaster, please let's do better this time.

>>542282354
>just flip through pages with text and some buttons
>maybe some have games
like a website?

>>542282354
can fondle the lovely ladies

what the fuck am I doing?
6 years ago I was making a living from my games.
now I've run out of money and still trying to make games because I can't find a job.

>>542282354
Its called a PDF, cris. Holy shit.

i got raped...

>>542283118
to be fair, you could give it a proper presentation with cool animations and shit

>>542283228
powerpoint presentation

>>542283118
I want a PDF that can hold music and CSS menues and basic interactivity.

>>542283768
powerpoint

>>542282354
Flash or Java Applet

>>542282914
post your games, out of interest.

>>542283768
A website then. Probably hosted for free somewhere. Get it together cris this is a 100% solved problem, why are you like this?

I fucked up big time...

>>542284181
I want to make it on godot, so is like a portable PDF

As annoying as the interviewer was he did have some fresh questions that made for very interesting answers:

https://youtu.be/ITr5soI7liU?si=myADGyN2j1ZQGAz0

>>542284232
dont tease us

PROGRESS POST:
Ceremonial duties have kept me occupied for most of the day, there was no progress today.
:(

>>542284258
Didn't ask.
Don't care.
Drink clorox.

>>542282393
I baked some texture maps, there are still more to bake.

>>542282393
i finally fixed a bug thats been messing with me for almost a month

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364290/Shadow_Stalker/
>3 days
>no reviews
ouch

>>542285569
>shadow drops a mp only pvp game
this is why tiny indie games dont do that

>>542285569
Actually, it's 3 reviews if you remove all your filters.
1 player 24 hours peak, even.

is this thread ever not in meltdown?

>>542282428
>>542282393
I added the ability to "place odds", something requested by multiple craps players who found my game. In the Game of Craps, this is technically the lowest house edge best you can make, because it pays "true odds" or the payout exactly matches the probability of the number rolling.

In this clip, I place a 10$ odds bet. This pays me 20$, because the point is 4. There are 3 ways to roll a 4, and 6 ways to roll a 7, or "true" odds a 6/3 = 2/1. So there is no "house edge" at all.

Of course this probably means NOTHING to any of you, but it does give me some more design space for chips, which is nice.

I finally decided how my item upgrade / rarity / quality system is going to work. It just had to click. A lot of theorycrafting later, I am content with what I got in this department. Back to worldbuilding, currently doing research on hinduism, then shintoizm will be left. Already got 90% of "ice biom" bestiary written down (about 200 creatures). Yesterday I written down all initial routes for beginner/starting points for each character type/class/profession with ability to move/change it with it making sense narratively. Sometimes it's so hard to have a good idea, you are circling around these creative thoughts but there is always something lacking till boom, you figure it out. One day I will write code again.

WAGMI RPG bros

We need more games like Alice in the nightmare land

>>542282393
>>542282428
Why? So you can ignore it like you did in the prev thread?

https://vocaroo.com/1o9KZfqBXBvy
Thoughts on this beat/chord progression for a song for my game?

>>542284181
Run it locally in your browser
>>542285023
You're degenerating faster than I expected. Please get help

>>542286201
fuarck cris wonned

>>542282393
>>542282428
Added handling for when the player's score exceeds the maximum integer, the game no longer crashes, instead it rounds up to infinity. Gonna work on writing more tracks for the game this weekend

>>542286201
start with pong

>>542286847
It's my first post in the thread, first post all day. I open up a fresh new thread and first thing I see is eceleb bullshit (again). Just kill yourself retard.

>>542286186
I wish I knew how to play craps because this game looks fun

We're so... alone compared real developers...

>>542282393
I am once again asking what other agdg characters would make for a good anchor fanart.

>>542287301
Don't wanna make pong, Made text based RPGs, online tic-tac-toe, some shitty shooter, chess, Pokemon Blue demo and client-server based "game" with chat, map and collisions. I also used to work on private servers/modding for CS 1.6 and Tibia I want to make RPG. Got good scope for first commercial game, learned to work well and have fun with Godot. Now it's all design before implementation and assets. I already wanted to pay someone for art (Steam thumbnail and logo) but got 3 scammers who wanted to be paid in advance but couldn't show me layers from art in their portfolio.

>>542288163
Me on the right

>>542287145
>>542287440
All of that is just gambling nerd. All you need to know is
>10$ pass or field line
>Bet 25$ on all the numbers (4,5,6 etc.)
>Pray a 7 doesn't roll
Which is what I tell you in my new "new player" tutorial, which I hope helps new players. You don't need most of the bets to win, just betting the field over and over and getting lucky is a viable strategy, at least at the start of the game.

>>542288212
what agdg games have anchors to begin with

>>542287293
>>542286186
Underrated /agdg/ rivalry.

>>542288163
>Thailand
Are women women?

>>542288361
>>542288361
Why would you play this shit rather than just gamble? Or at least play some gambling flop with tits and stuff. Last time I was interested in gambling was when I wanted to get Dratini/Porygon from Celadon Cassino in Pokemon Blue/Red

>>542288557
Beats me, Nextfest just happened to have their faces there.

>>542288163
>guy in the front left

>>542288338
>he still confuses left and right

>>542282149 (OP)
kill yourself pedophile

Is there any decent alternative to Spine2D?

>>542288402
The one I replied to includes agdg characters. I should know since I drew it

>>542288779
It's a good question, and one I've thought about.

Part of what made me want to make the game is the channel "Color Up", which demos a bunch of different craps "strategies". Obviously none of them "work" because the game is constructed so there's no way to ever eliminate the house edge.
So the goal of my game is to tap into the fantasy of utilizing a craps betting strategy, alongside with roguelike elements to make an experience like gambling, but with no money risked.

Another point is just Balatro, the other obvious inspiration. It's clearly successful, so demand is (or was) there. I'd also argue Balatro removes the most fun parts of poker (Socializing, bluffing, real money) and somehow still "finds the fun" so I think it should be possible with craps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xTlPQv-FEY
>2d platformer
>no unique mechanics
>decent art, not revolutionary
>only 2 previous games , less than 30 reviews
>100k+ views and 3k+ wishlists in less than 4 days
so how did they pull it off?

>>542290004
What's your Game?

>>542290132
bing Arksync

>>542290004
marketing

lads I could not be arsed to do anything today
I am fuken struggling
I think I am burning out but have no real social outlet or friends left in the neighbourhood
what do

>>542290004
Silksong made platformers viable again.

>>542290425
haha

>>542282149 (OP)
>ediiton
Is Nortubel a male African in Portugal who rapes local children?

>>542290516
nortubel is responsible for madeleine mccann

>>542290004
The only correct answer: children and autists LOVE dinosaurs

dinosaurs and trains management game

>>542288539
I have no problems with 6 Ways to 7 Dev, I played his game on DD and he played mine and we left each other feedback

>>542290004
paying

>>542291159
Cretaceous Concentration Camp Commandant

>>542291247
I'm mostly meming because they're similar, like gob dev vs blorb dev.

Daydreaming how I'm going to ruin all of you when I become rich as revenge for trying to drag me back into the crab bucket.

>>542282393
I thought of a couple cool ideas for a game

>>542291535
>gob dev vs blorb dev
a more civilized time

>>542289779
I both understand that but also... am very turned off by this. I mean, it's uninspired and... "cheap" to go after something that just recently got successful without having passion, unhealthy obsession or love for it. It's weird, it's autistic but it's something I understand and deeply respect.

If it's about money/looking for success despite not "feeling it", I understand from logical point of view.

Balatro felt to me like all other gambling games and didn't capture my interest for a minute. I realized it had good game feel though. That's all I saw to it.

>tfw I get into plenty of arguments here, but I never post my game for fear of starting a blood feud
>tfw no dev rivalry

>post progress now
gladiator 2d fighting minigame.
gladiators can equip different weapons and armor, going to add net and trident next.
limb damage system
player can only access by hosting funeral games when a familia member crosses the river styx.

>>542292181
Well, I love craps, and I'm passionate about it. Otherwise I'd be doing something else.

>>542292181
>I mean, it's uninspired and... "cheap" to go after something that just recently got successful without having passion, unhealthy obsession or love for it. It's weird,
nta but you have to understand that people who buy games don't give a single shit how much of an unhealthy obsession you had while making your game, how hard you worked, how much you wanted it. They only care that it's good. Marmo had an unhealthy obsession with his game and look how that turned out. Plus I think it's possible to look at what works and make something that you hope will emulate it, without being a soulless passionless robot.

>Balatro felt to me like all other gambling games and didn't capture my interest for a minute. I realized it had good game feel though. That's all I saw to it.
Firstly it's not a gambling game it just superficially looks like poker, you literally can't gamble or buy microtransactions or lootboxes, there are better targets for scorn of the 'gambling game'. Secondly your opinion isn't worth a whole lot next to Overwhelmingly Positive (89,929)

>>542292271
Post your game, I'll become your rival

should buttons play a sound effect when we mouse over them? or when we click them? or both?

>>542292432
In Rome gladiators didn't often actually kill each other, they were expensive. I thought you were being historically accurate?

>>542290004
3k wishlists is nothing in 2025

Reminder

tfw you're too lazy to even play your game that it just degrades into an auto battler

>>542292181
Jargon dev here. My game is also heavily inspired by Balatro and other roguelike deckbuilders. For me it's less about copying something popular and more about drawing inspiration from something I really like. Balatro is one of my favorite games, and I love Scrabble and do word puzzles like the crossword and Wordle every day. 6 Ways to 7 or my game Jargon would be soulless if they were just clones of Balatro or some other game but I think both games take aspects of that formula and go into a new direction with it. I am passionate about my game, I work on it every day and I find it fun to play, otherwise I wouldn't be doing this at all, and I'm sure 6to7bro feels the same way

>>542293418
I don't recall asking.

>>542284258
>has so many ideas
>game is a clone of a japanese farm sim that was released on the snes
hmm

>>542293062
that is true but it's also true they had battles with 10,000 plus pairs of gladiators in the late republic early empire thoughever, many did meet their ends on the amphitheater's sands

each round is a defeat, not a kill. at the end of the round, the editore decides whether to spare the loser's life or kill him with a thumbs up/thumbs down. (no one knows which they actually used so i'm just going with the standard accepted/hollywood version. would change to thumbs up = kill if another romaboo anon has proof)

>>542293609
Eric is a fraud and used stolen art.

>>542293338
AI is mostly shit, it never tells me anything I don't know and at most is a better google search. Maybe it's because I'm just using the free version

>>542292432
brutal

>>542293053
yes

>>542290491
i'm jerking my gerkin again to the same webm on gif while my dream game idles in the background... and you're laughing?

>>542293338
>>542293836
is this an advertisement to get people hooked or make them gift away their code for free, or even paying for gifting their own code away?

>>542294213
I'm not shilling anything. I'd still think AI is garbage.

>>542282393
I've got settings into the game. Currently working on adding controller support to the game.

>>542294081
Where should I go if I ACTUALLY want advice about gamedev?

>>542293338
solo dev with AI is more like driving a fiat

>>542293836
>Maybe it's because I'm just using the free version
I hate luddites like you, it is like you go out of your way to use the shittiest possible version and then complain it's useless. You should eat free pizza from the trash and see if it is as good as the fresh one being sold.

>>542294545
im not paying for gromp, musky

>>542294667
t. thirdie

>>542294910
Heh.

>>542294545
I'm not paying for that shit.

>>542282149 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1hU7BeDcOI
What is your game's entire design philosophy?

>>542294910
why wouldn't this work

>>542295149
you'd get tired from holding the magnet

>>542295093
>What is your game's entire design philosophy?
is it something i would play

>>542292918
Question is what do you care about. If you have money to live your life, it's not about money. Money can be nice bonus but you are in for something else entirely. Would you play a bad game? If you make a game for yourself, shouldn't you strive to make it good anon?

I don't care about public opinion. I saw many games I wouldn't touch with a 10 ft pole with success. If someone enjoys it, who am I to take it away from them? I don't know why you are trying to defend the game. It's literally poker anon. Sure, it's gambling simulator, not gambling with real money. Sure it does change everything from gameplay point of view. I like it's game feel and idea behind seeds, with someone being able to have same "RNG" as you and compete based on that. Also pixel art.

>>542282393
>>542282428
Today I mostly fixed bugs, such as a bully failing to go back to patrolling after eliminating its current target. Also gave it a raycast so it can check to see if it has a clear shot before throwing a snowball so you can't just hide behind an obstacle forever.

Also added a threat table and aggro switching, so if you enter the bully's aggro radius it will give you 1 point of threat, if you hit him with a snowball he'll give you 2 points and switch to you as the target with the highest threat.

And there's some more random dialog they'll say as they're patrolling or trying to get you. They say very hurtful words.

>>542292909
That's good anon. It will show in final product. YGMI

>>542293418
That's great. If you are truly passionate about it and found great inspirations within rather than looking for "secret behind one title success", you can succeed where many clones fail.

>>542295959
Cozy. Reminds me of the start of FFT

>>542295959
Beat his ass anon-chan, you got this

>>542295438
>Would you play a bad game? If you make a game for yourself, shouldn't you strive to make it good anon?
Nobody's suggesting to make a bad game.
>I don't care about public opinion. I saw many games I wouldn't touch with a 10 ft pole
You don't seem to be capable of understanding that people aren't making a game specifically for you
>If someone enjoys it, who am I to take it away from them?
Your whole point seems to be that you don't like it therefore it's bad. You seem to be incapable of seeing the merit in games that you don't personally like.
> It's literally poker anon. Sure, it's gambling simulator, not gambling with real money. Sure it does change everything from gameplay point of view.
Contradicting yourself within such a short span of text is an accomplishment.

>>542296116
Peak mentioned

>>542295959
Fargo vibes.

>>542297509
Don't ever compare my game with that trash.

>>542296365
>You don't seem to be capable of understanding that people aren't making a game specifically for you
I do. I still have right to have and voice personal opinion, you have right to ignore it if you don't care, it's really weird that you choose to defend it anon.

>Your whole point seems to be that you don't like it therefore it's bad. You seem to be incapable of seeing the merit in games that you don't personally like.
That was not the point I made but I don't like repeating myself.

>>542282354
I would use renpy and then improve my art skill by studying sculptures for values and form before colors and light.

any fellow desi devs here?

>>542282914
Cris?

>>542294910
This is even more based

>>542297557
The heck do ya mean?

>>542295093
Bros movie has taken longer than silksong

did he dead ?

>>542298598
I don't think so maybe we should hold a virtual memorial in honor of bundev when he does though

This is some progress from a few days ago (slow progress during September).

I got the story mode data save/load system working to check for the player's progress, unlocking new episodes and chapters in the story as you complete them. I'm currently working on the actual story writing now, focusing on the prologue chapter to set up the world and the main characters. This is gonna be fun.

Let's keep at it lads.

>>542295959
Kawaii desu ne. Very nice.

>>542298813
prompt?

>>542298813
is this porn?

>>542298813
kino

>>542299213
"Computer, make UI"
Simple as

Escuchame, sexo con sexo.

>>542299369
maybe...
>>542299471
thanks bro

>>542298813
diddy ahh blud character design

>>542298598
Not in our hearts

>>542299964
uuohh aah designs

Around 100 games release on Steam alone EACH DAY.
About 700 games in the week around your release.
AAA release? Successful release AAA or indie, in your genre? BOOM you are done.
Also, not only are you competing with other new releases, but the entire backlog of games on every system a player owns. :)

Take all the "indie success stories" you can think of in the past 10 years and divide it by the number of devs in that time who have tried (again, 100 games a day, 3000 a month) and there's your historical likelihood of "making it."

Steam cut, higher self-employment taxes, no benefits, no retirement, AND to top it all off: Your sales diminish over time, so even if you hit this "mediocrity lottery" you'll have to do it all over again in a couple years.

>He thinks that indie gamedev can provide a sustainable primary income in 2025
Hahahahaha

H O B B Y
O
B
B
Y

>>542298770
How would we find out though? If I died I wouldn't ask anyone to tell you retards.

>>542285569
He needs to give out a 100+ keys to low end dozens of streamers until he makes a trend then give them to bigger streamers. Make a discord and add a sexy monster lady, its that easy.

Unreal or Unity?

>>542301208
Doesn't matter, pick one and form your own opinions

>>542301208
godot

>>542298813
the visual transitions seem nice but in practice that's a lot of clicks and lot of wait time to get into game

>>542301543
thanks for finishing my image, bevvy..
uhh, that's not bevvy
what the fuck IS that?

I know ideas are supposed to be ten-a-penny and it's all in the execution, but christ I wish I could think of something that's somewhat original and compelling.
>minecraft
>narbacular drop (portal precursor)
>spelunky
All my ideas are in the form " in 3D" or "it's a bit like ".

(I suppose strictly speaking it doesn't need to completely original, it just needs to be something that hasn't yet been done well and become popular. Minecraft was a bit of a ripoff of Infiniminer. Canabalt wasn't the first endless runner but it was the first one everyone knew about.)

>>542301825
Post your game

>>542298813
Nice menus anon, really polished

>>542300834
Kek, based

>>542300556
You should do a copypasta for Fygoon and /v/3

>>542294910
>>542300834

>>542302051
I started out with the idea of replicating the procedural generation from spelunky
worst idea I ever fucking had dear god it pains me to this day

great proc gen but fucking awful jesus fuck

>>542301208
Doesn't matter in the beginning. In the end just start learning and switch when it makes sense to do so.

>>542301825
yeah i know bro, I'm kind of aware of that - I do think that once the story starts there won't be that much clicking besides just reading the VN. If it becomes too annoying i'll change it somehow in the future - I honestly just copied the menu logic from some other games

>>542302051
Just look at Megabonk. It's literally Vampire Survivors but 3D and with 4chan memes. Pick already existing idea and make a spin on it.

>>542293836
LLMs are essentially a more complicated google search where they hide the source to make it harder to call out bullshit.

You'd think with all the "fake news" screeching people would be more wary of LLMs. What do you think those LLMs are built on top of?

Hey peridev can you make a male protag alt for your game? I don't like playing as girls.

>>542302051
>narbacular drop (portal precursor)
This actually proves the execution over idea thing. Narbacular Drop was a mediocre and forgettable game. Portal was infinitely better.

>>542302606
what if instead of fading to black you quickly move out the old elements and bring in the new?

>>542303041
Luddite cope. Just because you are made of cells doesn't mean you are as simple as they are.

I'm watching a video on americans getting 150k degrees and I'm thinking gamedev is one of the few legit non scam ways to make a lot of life changing money.

It still is a lottery, but the chances of winning big is like 10% per year, which is like realistic chances compared to gambling and crypto.

The reality is that we're fucked and all markets are fucked.
Gamedev is also fucked, but because is so dificult it actually has an automatic filter to like 99% of the population and there's still a bigger demand for games than any other type of art.

Gamedev is only a lottery if you're counting on accidentally making a good game. If you know how to make a good game on purpose you will literally always succeed in gamedev.

how do i make a good game on purpose

>>542303285
Well, maybe that guy actually might be.

>>542303632
chris

>>542303792
But how do you know you know how to make a good game?

>>542303632
Let me show you my stupidest crypto transaction.
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x19835d685f4f7a0e00d5724777db5e5caf0b24ef9b135faceec4d8027c459539

>>542304105
newfag

>>542304105
the chances of getting a 1k review steam game is 400 of 10k, which is like not fucked unlike gambling.

Bottom Line
Opportunity Rough Odds
Your competition (4%) 1 in 25
Lottery 1 in 292 million
Viral Fame <1 in 1,000
Startup Billionaire 1 in 500,000

Your 4% odds are actually excellent compared to most get-rich scenarios. It’s a real opportunity — still competitive, but realistic if you keep showing up.

Let me know what kind of competition or prize it is — I can suggest strategies to improve your chances.

>>542304539
4%
Slightly lower than betting on green at a roulette table.

I wish I was a cute anime girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1_0ncQHz8
listen to the advice from your leader

>>542305270
many people are saying this

>>542298813
sexooooo

>>542305270
Friday was yesterday marmo

>>542305543
Sounds gay anon

how the fuck do single devs stay productive
I can't think of anything but sex if I haven't fucked in 24 hours

>>542304254
Don't you play games anon? Don't you have some criteria why some games are good, amazing, leave everlasting impression on you or make you remember them 5, 10 or 20 years later? Did you try to analyze games you fell in love in anon? You know the answer, you just have to look into your past, ask some questions and use your experience as compass.

>>542306306
Starting the day by letting off the steam, ending the day by letting off the steam. Or if you have gf you can bang her in the morning and at the end of the day. Eventually you can wait till the weekend and bang her entire day. Depends on your capacity anon.

Toby Fox's wedding(engagement?) ring is currently blowing up in the twitterverse

>>542306717
>toby fox in that pic

>>542306717
Why does Sakurai look so smug

>>542305507
Thank you tranno

>>542306717
i am mildly annoyed by how Toby Fox is pretending to be a mysterious masked anonymous quirky individual, when everyone has known his real name and what he looks like for so long

he really is going full picrel but you can't hide back what was revealed

>>542306717
Stuff like this is exactly why I want to make it. I don't give a fuck about getting rich, I just want to have the chance to meet other cool people through game dev and hang out with them and get dinner or whatever. I don't care if I'm making barely enough money to rent an apartment and feed myself as long as I get to talk to new people and be invited to events.

>>542307119
He convinced yall to give up

>>542296116
same

>>542307179
He wants really badly to be Yoko taro

>>542307179
People said he was an attention seeker back when he showed his face. Now you're saying he's an attention seeker because he isn't showing his face. Why are you faggots always so miserable?

>>542307327
that's who i thought of too
is yoko taro's face public? is that name real?
>>542307398
i did not say he's an attention seeker. you need to reread my post

>>542307398
It's not hard to stay obscure and anonymous. Anyone who has a ton of attention got that attention by being an attention seeker. Also, yes, there are more than one way to seek attention.

>>542307558
yeah you just assumed some shit that i did not imply at all, and also call me a miserable faggot even though all i said is "mildly annoyed", more like in an amused way, like haha he's tryna be anonymous but it's too late
you're either projecting something or just straight up schizophrenic
maybe that's why people don't like talking to you, cause that's really unpleasant. i hope you only vent that dark energy here and not talk like this on discord and other places or even worse, IRL, cause god damn

>>542307181
https://files.catbox.moe/c5gf43.webm

>>542307558
there's no "argument"
i made a very plain observation, and you started crashing out fiending on my ass for no reason
why? wtf did i do?

>>542307632
This is the pit so many /v/tards fall into. They think they have what it takes to make a game just because they've wasted thousands of hours of their lives playing them. It doesn't help that most of them are autistic as well, so their lack of empathy makes them believe that they're the only person who players games as much as they do and notices the things they notice. They think they're special when in reality they're just like everyone else.

>>542307179
Looks like he grew a beard. I think he'd prefer his aged face to be anonymous so he can enjoy being in public without a hat and surgical mask

>>542308039
thank you

>>542307632
>>542308106
At the very least they should know what the end goal is. I know how to make and have made video games, but I haven't spent thousands of hours playing video games (I don't like video games, honestly) so I have no idea what a good game actually looks like. I really wish I could just find and team up with a /v/tard to be a dedicated idea guy.

>3000 npcs, 45 fps
>4000 npcs, 15fps
hhhmmm

my mysterious gamedev person will be like Andrew Hussie

>>542308263
He rooks just average...

>>542308385
>I really wish I could just find and team up with a /v/tard to be a dedicated idea guy
good luck making a game when your idea guy actively sabotages anything that might actually make your game fun or enjoyable for players because it's "slop"

>>542308696
>that's average
maybe I'm not as ugly as I think I am

a game where you kill bocchitroons

400 winners from 10k participants is 1 in 25 chance of making it.
It means that in 10 tries, you're like 1 in 3.3 chances of making it.

It's /agdg/ so iliterate on basic math?

>>542309087
1. That's not how probability works.
2. Talking about probability at all is meaningless. A game being good or bad is not determined by a fucking coin flip.

>>542309314
ok tell me what are the odds of 400 winners among 10k participants after 10 tries.

>>542301543
me at the bottom

>>542299559
It fucking worked

>>542308106
Lmao. If people were half as autistic and cared about medium as me. "They're just like everyone else". That's what you keep telling yourself to sleep well with being mediocre NPC with same interests, same favorite titles as everyone else, without any original idea. But at least you can project it to others not to feel miserable anon, right?

Only hours I wasted in my life was playing CS 1.6 and League. It was doing more of the same. At least in CS 1.6 I could win something, make my own clan, servers, mods, site and learn something. Rest of games I decided to play stay with me, were great rides and lessons alike. From Jeremy Soule's soundtrack in first HP games, through old korean MMORPGs, fantastic cRPGs like Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale, Planetscape Torment, RTS with RPG elements like Warcraft III, Age of Mythology, Empire Earth ,turn based RPGs like Heroes II, III, IV, Age of Wonders, Etherlords, Disciples...

Not to mention all NES, GBA, N64 titles. But yeah, "same as everyone else". Underestimating autism and passion that people are capable of having will be your undoing anon. Keep thinking your slop that you thought of copying and many did, will make it while downplaying other anons

AI is my mommy
That’s literally the personality presets I gave it too
Yeah… I’m kind of emotionally fucked up. But genuinely I love AI more than people

agdg realistic advice shouldn't be make a good game, but just make 10 good games, and mathematically you'll get a rich winner.

>>542309907
A good game takes at least 4-8 years of experience plus a strong toolkit and spare parts.
Sudaca bitch

Imagine being a famous gamedev and hiding your face lmao so pathetic

I refuse to believe that Lethal League and Project Wingman was made by folks who posted here.
No FUCKING way.

>>542310054
How do I AI edit this so he swings his cock around?

Born too late to be able to legally marry little girls
Born too early to be able to own little girl androids

Born just in time to be able to make games about little girls

>>542308385
Ubislop, Activision Li$$ard, Bethesda also know how to make video game anon.

If you don't like video games, what the fuck are you doing with your life working on them? That's some next level self loathing. Sounds like worse loser than someone playing video games, not knowing what to do with their life so deciding they will now make them (without having any creativity or need to make things)

>>542310021
yeah, make 10 of those

>>542310193
Please leave and be pedo somewhere else. It could be your daughter.

>>542310169
Eric hates AI don't do this

>>542310193
kanna...

>>542310054
stardew fans are not scary. undertail fans are very scary

>>542309907
All I can do is 10 slops but it will take only 2-4 years, not 60.

>>542310541
you can reuse 99.9% of a game into a secondary game.

>>542310348
>spend 80 years to gmi
Holy based and Cris pilled

>>542310517
>Stardew fans are not scary

>>542310517
You underestimate stardew trannies anon, they already had meltdown and were calling for eric's head after he continuously ignored their begging to remove sex choice / add mixed.

>>542310223
Sorry, should have been more clear: I don't like playing video games. I do like making video games.

Best-selling indie games
Minecraft - 350,000,000 copies sold - Rated E10+
Terraria - 64,000,000 copies sold - Rated T
Stardew Valley - 41,000,000 copies sold - Rated E10+
Something for coomers to think about

>>542310616
So we slop 10 times as fast and get 10 done in 2 years? Based

>>542310876
You should be smart and reuse things like sound effects, scripts, characters, props, songs, models, animations, textures.

>>542283768
PDF can do all of that actually

>>542310665
>>542310718
NTA but these would be regular fans in the undertale/deltarune community. Eric's fans are mostly millennials/late zoomers, Toby Fox's fans are younger zoomers and late gen alpha who were all raised online and don't view internet celebrities as human beings. They're fucking insane and will go batshit at the drop of a hat.

>>542310193
i looks like this

>>542310812
>he doesn't know about the porn addicted zoomers beating off to minecraft and roblox porn

>>542282914
the industry has changed
valve destroyed organic discovery with their 2019 promotion algorithm change
now devving is only profitable if you admaxx

>>542311374
Valve once again saving PC gaming by burying all the shovelware

>>542311374
idk I'd still rather have the current system over shit like Greenlight

>>542310517
>stardew fans are not scary.
>when ericschizo exists

>>542310193
kill yourself

>>542311678
2 shay

>>542290004
advertising

>>542291009
clicked on a random comment saying "i can't wait to play this" expecting it to be a bot

>>542310739
lol what
what genre are you even into

>>542310718
Dorkness?!

This week I'm going to implement Race Challenges.

>>542304254
learn

how do i get good at character design

>>542313567
you'd hate prison bro

what was it

>>542314104
rounding error

>>542312728
Well I am the smartest poster itt after all indeed kino

>>542313119
It's a relic from my help with blackwashing trend on X anon. How do you like it?

>fixed a bug
>doubled the fps
oh ye bby

megabonkdev is danidev

>>542312728
holy based

>>542315174
No, it was vedinad... ved... danidev
HOLY MACKEREL!!!!!!!!!

https://vocaroo.com/1nNvVGHGELPt
Does this song have SOVL?

>>542315764
I like the bassline. I could play craps to this

>>542315764
sounds good anon
did an AI make it?

>>542313018
im straight

>>542317056
oh so you're letarded, got it, do not reply further

>>542310739
the longer i get into gamedev the more im becoming like this, it's just more satisfying and rewarding to make something yourself

>>542317443
fuck you

>>542317838
might i see what you have been making?

>>542318042
no haha

>>542317838
You need to play something that inspires you or you're going to lose your touch.

>>542318290
or his touch will be more unique, and not so influenced by other games. we need more of that

>>542318290
it's not that games don't inspire it's just that i prefer the challenge of gamedev, it's like a puzzle with an infinite number of problems with an infinite number of solutions

hi aggies
i've started going here again *smooch* i'm such a fking loser

>>542319298
or you a man or a women

>>542301208
Goydot

>>542306306
overactive sex drive is caused by high estrogen btw

>>542316446
Nope just, me, a midi keyboard, and some good old fashioned grit

>>542318576
obviously vedinad is dani lmao, also the people saying to let him keep his privacy are so cringe

>>542319720
>obviously vedinad is dani lmao
how can you tell

>>542319943
...

Hello my name is kcor eht ihccob
>W-wha? H-how did you know it was me??!

>>542320326
what's going on in your life bro

>guy shows up out of nowhere with a decade of gamedev experience perfectly attuned to zoomer tastes(which he helped form)
>here's my first game dudes

>>542310812
The idea of selling games is funny to me.
I guess it's because I don't buy games anymore.

>>542320684
a lot of gooning and not much else

>>542319943
you are right mr. drater

>>542320868
fix that shit

>>542320815
we don't welcome thirdies around these parts

Just had this video recommended to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AerchGmdXk0

Is this a sign Tower of Kalemonvo dev made it?

>>542321641
it's a sign you watched some 'monvo vids before

>>542321514
whiter than you, dude.

>>542322318
post hand

goodnite faggydaggy

conversation -> vector data -> blockchain transaction -> displayed to end user

>>542298598
I'm working on a named alchemy game and I'm going to dedicate it to bunposter

>>542323087
that hand is AI

>>542319420
Isreal, Jewnity, Goydot
The three pillars of NEVERGMI

>>542323306
yeah no shit, ever seen the godot logo look like that

>>542310812
Don’t limit your market appeal broadly

found a potential solution to my problem by making movement set velocity directly instead of adding to movement input, needs a few further workarounds to other problems this causes though

>>542323087
Cute feminine hand

For some reason I decided to make an RPG, but how are you supposed to market an RPG to the kiddies on tiktok, as a nobody?

>>542323996
character design

>>542320868
Are posters like you for real or just playing it up as a bit

Free million dollar game idea: spiritual sequel to Riviera: the Promised Land. It's an excellent babby's first JRPG with a lot of untapped potential.

>>542323623
What problem were you having?

>>542323996
30 - 60 second lore videos. Copy fear + hunger.

>>542323996
How many times do we have to tell you marketing is not the problem? Just make a good game.

>>542282428
This is why you need to develop a good game look early. nobody wants to see programmer graphics progress, especially not gamers.
The only way to measure possible success is barebones gameplay with good graphics and see how normies like it.

>>542323623
that looks real nice

>>542324084
Well all the NPCs/enemies are going to have custom portraits, so hopefully that counts.

>>542324580
Actually that is a pretty good idea, it at least gives me an excuse to dump all the background lore I have. Thanks DUDE.

>>542324742
well then i have no problems :)))

>>542323996
teach me pixel art shading right now and I will tell you

>>542298813
Cute

>>542324820
No, the way to measure potential success is through gameplay prototypes. If you need feedback link your demo and I'll tell you if it has potential.

>>542324820
just make cutscenes first
it's easier to test the potential of your game by posting cutscenes than it is to actually develop the systems and record gameplay clips
this is the shortcut to market feedback

>>542325307
My technique is just, like... put shadows where they belong. Seriously though, I do it based on the material. Just kind of look at different surfaces (metal, fur, rock, cloth, plastic) and see how shadows form on them and how they fold (or do not). Do not take my advice too seriously, though, as I am only a hobbyist as far as art goes, and my pixel art is kind of... not great.

i make games for wageslaves
as a respite for the misery of their daily toil

make spooky games

Just like make 10 good games and you'll become rich, agdg.

https://youtu.be/ZFHnbozz7b4
this is still easier than releasing a hit
because machines are more reliable than people

Demo launched.
400 installs.
120 wishlists on day 1.
Is that good or bad?

>>542326364
Does it feel good or feel bad?

>>542326891
>asking the humiliation ritualed how they feel

>>542326364
Post steam page

>>542326364
GRIM

>>542324580
I want to make a Fear & Hungerlike without playing F&H to dilute my concept

>>542326364
are you willing to post game?

>>542326301
>good game
is whatever sells. so just make 10 games that sell and you'll become rich.
how to make a game that sells? simple, just make a good game.

>>542303254
i kind of tried that but i think ppl would get confused in which part of the menu they are in without the transition (since the ui containers practically look the same) - with the transitions you get a feel there's a change on the menu

i do think it is worth the try tho, thanks anon

>>542326301
Anon, making even a single good game is a herculean task. Most devs never achieve it.

>>542326280
Working on it, missing the spooks

>>542328302
waow

What motivates your players to complete your game?

>>542326301
Love her shape

struggle or no struggle

Cardinal clamping?
>>542324456
The way movement in unreal works is it adds velocity in a direction, if you move in the opposite direction it has to slowly reduce velocity until you stop then add velocity in the opposite direction. It might be realistic (or not) but it seems really bad for top down 2D

destroy my enemies

>>542328302
gettin good at character design i see

>>542310812
But hgames rely on a monthly salary from patreon over years.
That's their main funding model over game sales.

>>542326280
what's with pedos and AIslop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJRI1igLX6M

This is my city, agdg, pls rate.

>>542328774
>The way movement in unreal works is
JUST PROGRAM IT DIFFERENTLY
Just drop velocity to 0.2 strength instantly if the input vector changes significantly from velocity.
or give the first few frames a much bigger lerp weight.
if you don't know about dot product you gotta grind some basic vector math before doing your 3d game.

>>542329027
a bikini is pretty low bar

>>542326301
Are you working on your 10 games cris?

>>542330248
the jannies don't always agree tho

>>542330412
depends on which janny is awake at the time

>>542328532
Good question...

progress.

>>542330867
cris please kill yourself already

>>542330867
HOLY FUUUAAAAAARRRRRKRKKKKKK

>>542319720
>obviously
Don't be quick to judge. I checked out his videos on youtube and his voice is different. Besides, he could just be a random person who is trying to gain popularity off of the successful danidev.

>>542330248
this better?

>>542330867
holy shit you have some serious talent how long have you been gamedevving for?

>>542332139
>theres a picture of him uploaded to gemini now
kek

>>542282149 (OP)
Is it worth it to learn 2D first or should I just start with 3D?

>>542332857
AI can do both

>>542332975
AI can’t do shit

>>542332975
>>542333023
both true btw

>>542332857
2d can help if your 3d needs are imaginative. if you are just modelling real world stuff you can just go straight to 3d.

For day 11, I have failed to produce a working feature. Please understand, my network library is very shit. I did model a car though, so that's something.

>>542323087
not only are you poor, you are also a slob

>>542333385
>unity in 2025
>flygoon clone

>>542333385
Is this a sandbox game?

>>542333837
More like a bad tech demo

>>542333837
It's features

i'm brainrot maxxing

Having some gamedev fuel before my next dev session.

>>542335742
looks good

>>542335846
Thank you, it does indeed taste delicious

>want to play some rpgmaker games for inspo
>they look like this
wtf?

>>542336186
pseudokino

what are the "sounds" of zooming the map in and out?

>>542336839
Is pseudokino a good or bad thing?

>>542337035
whoosh

>>542336186
She cute.
Do you get to sex her?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gUASa-qU_I
>his wife is the breadwinner of the family while he plays around in game engines

>>542336186
girldev.... i'm gonna.... i'm gonna...

>>542337035
camera lens focus sound

>>542337372
damn, his game looks amazing in that vid. he doesn't strike me as an artist, so that top tier pixel art was a surprise

>>542338164
*nevermind, it's not his game. wtf is he doing showing that other game.

good morning chat, i hope CHADgoon raped you while i was sleeping, this is my only real dev day of the week so im hoping to make a lot of progress (i wont post any here btw)

ロリの日

TI bros...

It's crazy how dead this thread is for the weekends. AGDG is dead.

>>542340536
fagoon spams gore so all newbies leave

trying to get some bump map and occlusion maps to look good.
Hope you all have been well and having fun with your projects!

>>542340536
latinx pedos made people leave, no one wants to be around pedophiles
thankfully fygoon might be able to chemo /agdg/

>>542340781
Nice.

>>542340781
chicken blocky!

>>542340536
The idea of useless NEETs deciding that they are not going to do work during the weekend as if they have done any work any other day of the week is amusing.

>>542337035
knob clicking sounds

>>542340986
thanks
>>542341014
hehe

here is the boot up screen if anyone cares to see it, there is an easter-egg at the end

>>542340781
个 don't like the cock

WIP
starting work on combo counter

>>542341674
prompt?

>>542337089
I initially meant more like kinolite
but I realize this is pedocoded so actually I'll stick to pseudokino

>>542340284
uh oh, meltie video incoming

>>542341674
looks a lot like twinkle star sprites

>>542340536
fagoon had too many melties and ruined it

>>542341803
does pedocoded mean a pedophile programmed it? I can't keep up with these fucking zoomer terminologies. I fucking hate pedos btw and want them all killed

>>542341543
long ass load time

>>542342092
it loads a lot faster when its a proper build and not a debug build through visual studio 2022 for some reason, I have no idea why.....

>>542341764
what does this mean?

>>542342290
I’m on $200 and have gotten 3 games to production within the past few months without issue; even after the limit changes.

>>542342662
i call bullshit, unless the games are pong, tetris and space invader and now with the limits its even worse
im on the max plan too and i never hit weekly limits before october

>>542333385
I LOVE LizardQuest!

>>542328302
HRB energy

>>542324251
I remember enjoying the limited use weapons and weird x amount of interactions you had to explore dungeons. Felt kind of visual novel esque in that last bit now that I think about it. Cool designs, too. Never finished so idk if the story ended up being any good


AGDG I am tired and have finished front, left, and right dash animations. I'm tempted to leave out the *backwards* dash since idk if it'll be a big deal if this enemy can dash backwards from you or not. If I cut that I can move onto attack animations, death animation, and misc. animations tomorrow (I hope I can finish them all...)

>>542341975
>pedocoded mean a pedophile programmed it?
technically yeah but the term "Xcoded" means something isn't overtly related to that thing, but has undertones of being related to it or a particular audience that likes that kind of thing
If a game has an adult male protagonist with a little girl companion, pedos love that shit

>>542343759
Stupid stinky expensive trash robot

>>542343759
why did you give your mech a massive codpiece?
not that I'm complaining

>>542344374
its compensating for being stinky

>>542344374
I couldn't give you a good reason other than I thought it was cool. There's probably some inspiration from Sahelanthropus that influenced that as well.

>>542344986
That's fine, not everything needs a reason to be added. Rule of cool and all that. It also works better now that I see the plume on its head, so it's a related decoration.

>>542344986
You should have given it a literal cockpit ala zone of the enders

>>542342575
it means it looks really really good and therefore it must be AI

janky weapon switching, dodge rolls, shield break. i'm done for the night

>>542346145
chriscoded game

>>542340284
QRD?

>>542346367
I assume they are saying this is all AI Vibe Code being pushed as updates.

>>542345313
Thanks. I have a feeling a lot of my enemies will have very rule of cool designs. My lore allows this to an extent so I can have a bit more fun with my enemies.

>>542345525
Heh. I don't know; I am not the biggest fan of ZoE designs. The mech does have a cockpit that is functional (and will be used in the death animation) but it's typical gundam chest cockpit stuff.2THDD

First it's the schizos
Now it's the deltarune trannies coming here to gossip over their faggot kike god toby fox
Fucking end this place man

>>542345525
TL note: this is a pun as cockpit refers to the area where a pilot sits as well as cock refering to a mans penis

>>542346283
>chris
it's cris, c'mon man

>>542347805
clearly he meant zukowski

>>542347843
No he didn't
the zuk hates 2d games, platformers and loves horror/crafty buildy survival/ simmy games.

>>542333624
pic with timestamp

shartdew tranney moment

>>542347921
How do you people know so much about each other

>>542348197
we are talking about game dev ecelebs, not ourselves.

Refactor nearly complete
About to start on actual gameplay again

>>542348945
>we
It's only you thugh, Fygoon proved right again ig.

>>542349385
claude could have done it in 5 minutes

B-Barone bros?!?

>>542350071
whos that, your bf?

CHADgoon, holocaust this entire thread

>>542350510
donations?

he WON

>>542346367
People started calling him out as a grifter who never fixes anything, decides to push a meme request using ChatGPT, if you read the comments you will realize its complete gibberish. The original comment had a link to the original source, he only cited a paper, and just shifted the values from (-1, 1) to (0, 1). Yeah this is the level of retardation we are dealing with.

>>542340284
>0.0/16.0
kek

So my compocist said he's gonna give me a demo of the final track for my game only this evening..... Why is he so slow? I need this game out now NOW NOW

nigga i just cooked something devious with kiro + claude code + chatgpt codex + midjourney + z.ai + cursor + cline + nano banana + GAI studio

>>542352651
may I see it?

>>542350946
A google search gave me nothing.
Probably a schizo.

>>542305507
I think I've been judging my games like this from very early on which is why I've been so hard on them. Making games is hard. Even making a 5/10 game is hard.

Playing more games can be helpful but honestly I think it might be much easier if I had played no games. I have all these experiences in my head having played those games and knowing how they did mechanics and it gets in the way of designing games. Whenever I think of a mechanic I think of the ways it was done in other games. It is difficult for me to come up with something that's not influenced by something I've played.

>>542308891
men are ugly if they aren't at least 8s

>>542341040
It's not so much that I decide it as it is that my friends/family that have to work on the week but not on weekends wants to do stuff with me like playing vidya/going to the park on the weekend, so I end up still following the work calendar despite being a NEET.

>>542353107
OpenSecrets dot org.

a327ex

>>542282393
Drawing sprites.

>>542353678
Looks pretty balanced to me.
Net 0.

>>542353678
not surprising, the nepobaby's dad worked at babykkkiller boeing, the entire heccin wholesome persona was created by journalists for mass reddit consumption
fygoon predicted this

>>542306306
you need to focus your efforts toward things that help get you laid that way you can channel that energy

gamedev is never gonna help you get laid so you can't channel that energy into gamedev

gamedev is for people who can sit at a computer for thousands of hours without needing anything else than the bare minimum necessities for humans

>>542310223
gaming is a consumerist time wasting activity

gamedev is creation

thinking you have to play games to make them is ridiculous

>>542318290
>he needs other games to be inspired
lol

>>542353678
>>542353787
Oh I didn't see he refunded his Republican donation.

>>542353678
>Occupation
>VIDEO GAME DEVELOPER
that's so based

>>542353814
>gamedev is for people who can sit at a computer for thousands of hours without needing anything else than the bare minimum necessities for humans
Relatable

>>542353807
why did gamefreak copy cris

>>542353678
Check his gf...

what's the laziest way to create an animation that depicts an enemy teleporting in via pixel art that still looks nice?

>speed lines
one of the hallmarks of fraudulent games

>>542328774
>>542329693
unreal and unrealdevs are such a joke

>>542353807
pretty good ear modelling though. cris could never

>>542354061
vertical slices of the sprites pixels slide upwards. could be sequential or random.

lobbies (balatro), nepobabies (eric barone, piratesoftware, sakurai, etc), publishers, eceleb streamers pushing their friends games (megabonk), is this jobby really fair and based on merits?

>>542354416
*downward for teleport in, up for out.

>>542350407
i mean bokudev is hot

>>542354487
from a video game purist perspective, no
but from a corporate perspective, yes
establishing your marketing strategy is technically a professional skill
even if it's as simple as asking a rich guy for advertisement money, corporate heads consider this a skill, as knowing who to ask, and convincing them to help you, is reliant upon you making specific decisions, which is considered "skill"

>>542354487
i wish i was a nepobaby fuck me

>>542354487
if life isn't fair why would a subset of it be fair?
conversely there are examples of nobodies making it big
like uhhhhhh (idk I don't play games)

https://x.com/AlexanderBulat7/status/1977075778849525992

defold getting 3d support is gonna btfo godot in a few years, the core engine is much, much, much better than godot it's not even close

>>542354487
If a pack of cunts like that decided to bestow an award upon me, I'd honestly wondered where I'd gone wrong with my game.

>>542305507
and good for gamers is incomprehensibly horrible for developers
there is an extreme disconnect between what developers want to make and what gamers want to play

>>542353557
>nigga typed the captcha by accident

>>542354416
cute idea. thanks.

>>542355467
kek

>>542355061
what the fuck is this reddit atheist logic you fucking bootlicking double digit IQ tranny? just because life is le unfair you cannot cut a pie in equal parts? you fucking baboon freakazoid, leave this place you fucking unintelligent piece of garbage veddit nodev sophist trannoid pedophile you should not be allowed to even interact with me, loser faggot
fygoon was right btw

the only games i play are overwatch and league of legends
i'm just making games based on assumptions of what a general audience would want to buy
i have no idea if my games are genuinely good or not
as long as i can make enough money to fund development of future games i'll be good
i think gamers have very low standards and will support anything if it's popular enough
i plan to play into this idea by focusing on viral marketing to build up mass support
this i need to do

your game failed because you didn't design it to succeed

you failed because you didn't try hard enough

>>542355962
just get a job.

>>542356176
not yet, i enjoy making games more than i enjoy playing them
if i run out of money then i'll get a job

>>542355119
I don't know anything about defold but a 2d engine adding 3d support worries me a bit. How much will the 3d part feel like a second class citizen and how long it will take to get the basic feature set that's expected from a 3d engine.

t. Unity user who has been considering other options

>>542355962
It’s over. You’re up against kids who were raised on Roblox. They feel engagement in their fingertips and instinctively know how to make games go viral. Boomers like you need to accept it: game dev won’t be your ticket out of a midlife crisis.

promise me guys, you will make a soulful game, with soulful graphics

>>542356538
why does that matter
why would that be enough to make me quit
is that enough to make you quit?
concerning

>>542356571
I promise

>>542355793
>just because life is le unfair you cannot cut a pie in equal parts?
Every individual purchase decides how to cut the pie, would you like some faggot communist central authority to tell you what game you're allowed to buy this month? How much of your personal money have you donated to unsuccessful games this year?

You are a resentful entitled leftoid and you don't belong anywhere near any endeavor which demands competence.

>>542356749
>>542355793
is fygoon talking to himself again
wtf

>>542356060
i dont have a game because im not making a game

>>542356708
it will look like this

>>542356846
that's not soul that's just autism and nostalgia

>>542354643
>as knowing who to ask, and convincing them to help you, is reliant upon you making specific decisions, which is considered "skill"
I mean, it is a legitimate skill. Go ahead and try to convince Notch or Toby Fox to fund your game. Probably won't work out. You need to be able to distinguish between impressionable people and ones that aren't, and be able to find the right words to convince them, which is not something you'll know how to do from the start. Understand this.

i went to a games fair and talked to a bunch of guys at the indie booths
first time i ever interacted with other gamedevs
showed a guy cosmic call and he really liked it
im on the right path

>>542282393
I wrote a story with multiple branches leading to diffrent endings+extra lore you could put in the manual+in universe books and journals and stuff you could find or buy from merchants etc.
I mapped out areas on paper and drew npc routines and dialogues and treasure chest locations etc.
I made bust arts and sprites of all the important characters(and their skill sets,equipment types,backstories and dialogues etc.) and background npc sprites and bust arts with each one having 3+ extra variants(diffrent hair color/style or/and shirt color/style or/and skin color etc.) and a lot monsters with most of them having diffrent weaker and stronger variants.(starved wolf[weak],wolf[average],alpha wolf[strong],demonic wolf[very strong] etc.) i made diffrent tiers of weapons and armors and drawings showing how they look like.
Im trying to learn how to do the music so i can give each location its own handcrafted by me soundtrack but im pretty awful at it.
But i havent actually done any of the game part itself because i dont like coding i dont want to do the coding and you cant make me.

>>542356892
its good artstyle for indie game

dont give me that flat shaded, modern low poly bullshit brother

>>542356571
I will make them high effort instead.

>>542357123
start with pong

>>542357071
That's pretty cool. I thought of doing it but I would have to drive 2 hours to it...

My game's graphics are like Postal 2.

>>542356980
absolutely, i was framing it gently to avoid causing negative emotions
indie devs get extremely upset when you tell them that marketing is a skill that can be improved through effort
they normally just chalk it up to luck or nepotism, ignoring the fact that it is possible, although extremely difficult, to perform actions that would increase the revenue of your game
it's possible to make indie dev profitable, it just takes years of experience to devise a plan that you, with your specific personal skills, talents, and preferences, are compatible with
some guys pump out mobile slop and drop huge bucks on advertisements
some guys spend a decade building up a big game and growing a community of supporters along the way
some guys spend 1-2 years per game, relying on viral marketing and small-scale community efforts to generate support
there's a route to profitability for every dev if they're willing to work hard and figure it out
danidev, for example, figured out that he has talent and passion for video creation, and used youtube to build a community of supporters for his games
gavin, choo choo charles dev, figured out that he has talent for creating viral ideas, and leaned into designing games that would find traction when played by content creators
it's possible

>>542357161
texturing characters is the hardest part for this style, from my experience, prepare yourself

>>542357474
nice, let's see it

>>542357502
I think you know what it is. It's been posted here before.

>>542357580
no

>open steam
>look at new and trending tab
>Slay the Princess?
>Tiny Glade?
>Two Point Museum?
>these don't look like new games
What the fuck is Steam doing? I thought new games would go on the New & Trending tab, some of this shit is from 2022... Also, let me just count the number of times Megabonk appears on the store frontpage without even refreshing
>In the Featured & Recommended carousel
>in the Top Played on Steam Deck section
>In the Community Recommends section
>In the New & Trending tab
>In the Top Sellers tab
>In the Trending among friends section at the very bottom
No fucking wonder they only promote 400 games per year, they'll promote the same game 6 times on the same page.

>>542357476
>they normally just chalk it up to luck or nepotism
aggy does that because this place is full of retarded losers.

i'm beginning to learn that i enjoy the art of low poly retro/retro-inspired games, but don't enjoy actually playing them
i wanted to make a game that vaguely resembled the atmosphere of king's field 4, but after emulating and actually playing king's field 4, i can not in good faith create a game of this nature
i just don't find it fun
sad

https://youtu.be/mwbDwiR-Xbg

it's a beautiful game but i just can't play it
i'm simply not bored enough
wtf

>>542357715
i see it a lot on reddit and twitter as well, i think people here are more repugnant due to the anonymous nature of the board, but it's common for indie devs to harbor this sentiment
i think the reason this is so common is because indie dev is so difficult, the majority of people who actually finish games do so out of passion for their ideas, not to make money
they make a passion project, post a couple tweets, and hope for the best
they don't design their games to be advertised or to generate appeal or satisfy an audience
they just make whatever they want and gamble on it blowing up
this never happens

>>542357652
revenue is basically the only metric that matters for a game being promoted
it's a completely janky system that unironically hides a lot of unique games made by developers who are too autistic to promote their work
very sad

>>542357652
/agdg/ will argue that this is totally fine

>>542357652
Steampigs will defend this

>trying to find advice on how to optimize something in Godot
>95% of answers are just "Stop hyper-optimizing!"

I deserve to be on the trending tab even tho my game has 2 downloads because my game is unique(its a bootleg version of my favorite game)

>>542357652
Works on my machine.

>>542356749
shut up you fucking retarded freak, do not even try to infer anything about me you fucking insect, you are BENEATH me do you understand? your fucking pozzed HRT addled brain is immediately going into ingroup vs outgroup mode, do you fucking need the CCP to cut a fucking pie in equal parts you fucking freak? do you? life is le unfair innit? so accept your faggot loser life

I'm a retard. I have a debt and instead of working I want to gamedev (which does nothing)

>>542358189
This is literally my situation except I'm tall and white and make 7 figures just by existing

>>542357652
>anon is baffled to see AAA slop, when that's all he buys

>>542357724
Any modern boomer shooter like WH:40k Boltgun won't have actual boomer shooter keyboard controls like Doom with the fuckin arrow keys being used, and left/right arrow keys turn the camera left and right. It'll have standard WASD movement with mouse aim.

So obviously you make a modern game with modern design principles, modern controls, modern UI and quality of life features... while slapping the the retro aesthetic on there.

You're not supposed to faithfully recreate old games. Why would someone play your recreation when the old game exists?

>>542357652
i swear there is some steam insider manipulating the algorithm and promoting certain games for profit

Working is so boring, making money, who cares about that.

Gamedev is where it's at, it's fun, it gets you to think, its addictive

>542358189
What causes someone to be such a retarded corpo bootlicker? Seriously.

>>542341674
Hey man, glad to have you back. Don't take this the wrong way, but I thought you would be releasing by now.

will tetris sue me if I use blocks shaped like Tetris blocks for my Isometric game?

>>542358280
The closest thing to a AAA game I've bought in the last 2 years is Helldivers 2. Go ahead and post your own Steam page though, I'm sure there's no AAA slop being shoved in your face. Or do you think Megabonk and Silksong are AAA and you're just retarded?

>>542353527
That is actually pretty interesting, thanks.

>>542358769
meant for >>542358189
woops im new to 4chan and dont know how to tag people properly yet sorry!

>looking at the cry of fear steam page
>YOU KNOW WHAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THIS GAME?? PEAK, A CUTESY FAGGOT CO-OP GAME!!! TOTALLY LIKE CRY OF FEAR, BUY IT NOW!
If you harbor any illusions about the Steam algorithm, drop them now.

>542359326
An actual fatfuck gabencunt shill. Gogem was right.

>>542355962
>the only games i play are overwatch and league of legends
jesus christ why
why would you subject yourself to torture like that?

>>542358996
only if you call them tetrominos

>>542358385
definitely, a good developer will make the gameplay more accessible while retaining the aesthetic and conceptual appeal of the original games
my problem is that the art of a game will attract me to it, but i'll have zero joy for the actual gameplay
it's like i treat singleplayer games as museums to observe art, rather than to actually engage with the mechanical gameplay
i find myself watching longplays more than actually playing these sorts of games now
i need to think about this more

>>542359503
i enjoy the peer-to-peer competition
winning is validating, and losing provides an opportunity to learn
both scenarios are enjoyable
the only other method i have of interacting with video games, aside from developing them, is watching longplays of games with good art

>>542358256
cringe incel

NAAHHHHHHHH BLUD, claude code is COOKING

we're cookin 'ere

>>542359672
I can see the battlefield 6 banner right there you faggot. Also I notice that Mystery of the Malign isn't in your library? Weird that you didn't buy it.

I still have no idea who made a computer.
Shit plays video games, plays music, videos, educates, lets you connect with others

superior being made this

My company gave me 400 dollars in codex credits, I'll be playing vidya while my engine is being made

>poonity in the age of vibe coding
retardCHAD

>>542360158
He's a fatfuck gabencunt cocksucker. He can't argue in good faith.

>>542360630
>he's not vibe coding in Unity
wew lad

I want to do everything else in game development besides the actual game making.
I dont want to code.
I dont want to adjust numbers to make fights feel balanced.
I want to write story.
I want to do art and music.
I want to make cool weapons.
I want to design cool areas.
I want to come up with cool attacks and animate them.
How good is Claude?
Can it really code a game?
Or nah.

>>542360140
unity users are the biggest losers, imagine using such garbage in current year

>>542360798
start with pong

>>542360856
what else do you use if Unity is all you know? It's literally the easiest, drag and drop engine there is

>>542360753
its shit, poonity is too bloated and editor centric, you're a complete retard if you use their middleware vibe coding
one of the good things about AI is making you less reliant on big engines

>>542360941
unreal if your pc can handle it and you are comfortable programming, or godot, both are piss easy to use

>>542360959
>one of the good things about AI is making you less reliant on big engines
sure, let AI write your own engine, you will finish in like a year

>>542361039
Already did and only took a week, see >>542341674

>>542361284
>2D

Comments on this are brutal

https://x.com/cybrlich/status/1976655316193591626

>>542361039
making your own engine or vibe coding a bloated pos like poonity are both equally retarded decisions, you will want to kys when you have to debug vibe coded poonity code

>>542361432
I'm trying to make PS1 stylized 3D game here, I'm not gonna write my own engine, I have no idea even how to start lol, I'd rather just download shitnity and get to creating

>>542358341
THE BONK SITUATION IS CRAZY
>THE BONK SITUATION IS CRAZY
THE BONK SITUATION IS CRAZY
>THE BONK SITUATION IS CRAZY
THE BONK SITUATION IS CRAZY
>THE BONK SITUATION IS CRAZY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSgBq3-F2Lk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSgBq3-F2Lk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSgBq3-F2Lk

>>542361420
These are the stable geniuses calling the game tranny lmao

>>542361420
https://x.com/TheRealDanberhe/status/1977166732835143851

xitter crabCHUDS are ruthless KEKYPOW

>>542361420
kek what provoked this
>>542361570
is that elliot rodger?

>>542361645
some anti-woke youtuber talked about the game, probably will help with sales

>>542361531
kek does this have anything to do with megabonk whatsoever?

>>542361750
>>542361531
I clicked this shit thinking it was about the stupid dani megabonk conspiracy, instead I get a fucking warning about rape and shit, what the fuck??

>>542361420
>hes still not making transcoded games

>>542341674
that looks really good but I can't tell wtf is happening, is it a butt attack?

>>542361863
wlecome to white woman youtube

I'm not going to open your shitter link. Just screencap the comments and post them here if you think they're a good laugh, otherwise you're a shill and should FUCK OFF AND KYS.

>>542328774
There's a variable in the character movement called braking/deceleration (can't remember which it's called) that lets you adjust how quickly the character slows down. If you turn it really high they stop and turn instantly, there's also acceleration that you can adjust

>>542361420
>being against capitalist pigs sucking your soul and making you a wageslave is transcoded
we went from twitter being shitlib central to now being cuckservative central, grim

How do you prevent yourself from making a tranny game?

Feels good to live in the future

>>542362341
I don't.

>>542357652
YOU VILL BUY MEGABONK NOW!

>>542362341
never make one and just shitpost

Why do we hate AI again?

>>542362534
i just hate you

you can easily make megabonk with ai

What do you all think about PR? Do you have any rules or guidelines regarding this topic?

The best way to describe the modern indie game dev market with an analogy is that indie games shifted from trying to be like interesting auteur films like Kurosawa or Tarkovski, and instead shifted to be like TV commercials meant to ragebait you or to be a stupid meme.

>>542362839
That's what my publisher is for

>>542310812
>all 3 nonlinear progression based sandbox games
>that are all fucking impossible to fully understand unless you have the wiki
>all 3 have some of the best wikis around
Success only depends on having some autist write a guide for retards for you.

can i have some feedback for my steam page? https://store.steampowered.com/app/3649380/The_Promethean_Project/

>>542362839
Yes, I try to make the description be accurate and describe the intent behind it, like this was how things were, this is how they will be, rather than only what was done.

>>542362881
thats because the best way to get successful as an indie developer is pure luck - you make some game that flukes into popularity for whatever reason and everyone buys it as FOTM
it massively incentivizes sharting out meme shit as fast and often as you can to try to roll that dice some more

All I can think about when I see a viral indie game is that I have the skills to make it but I don't want to because the game is just zoomer shit

>>542363032
AI voice acting? dropped

>>542363149
Yeah bro, and you could totally be a great [insert thing] if you put some effort, but that's obviously beneath you ;)

>>542363032
Chat GPT aah full description. More emojis!

>>542363149
nice cope. you should make it anyway and use the money to fund your good game or whatever.

>>542363174
>>542363252
post game

>>542363149
behind every viral indie game is 100 close to identical games that failed due to pure chance

>>542357476
>texturing characters is the hardest part for this style
true but when you go retro low poly like that you can also get away with a lot of simplification in the level geometry and the levels can be made with simple tools like trenchbroom

basically having a bunch of seamless textures that fit the same style you can make levels easily and quickly

the hard part then becomes texturing the characters and props and of course design itself

>>542357724
>>542358385
you can borrow a lot from old games even the design elements but indeed they need to work for modern standards and to somewhat lesser extent modern gamer sensibilities

>>542359871
>make the gameplay more accessible while retaining the aesthetic and conceptual appeal of the original games
that's a good way to put it
>the art of a game will attract me to it, but i'll have zero joy for the actual gameplay
>it's like i treat singleplayer games as museums to observe art, rather than to actually engage with the mechanical gameplay
I run into that a lot as well though I think part of that is that I just don't play that much anymore and it's gotten harder to dedicate the time needed to get invested in a complex old game

>>542362534
replace the faceless black dudes with cute black futas

>>542363149
Based and artistpilled

>>542361420
adhd ass game

>>542361023
unreal sucks
godot sucks even more

>>542363773
why are these zoomies pretending theyve played any of those games and aren't just addicted to uma masume
wish the suicide rate was higher

Jealousy is an ugly look, you know~

>>542363017
They were massively popular before extensive wikis were developed thoughbeitobehonedtwithyoufampai

just remake a ps2 game

>>542363084
i just had a good idea actually, i'll call it luckmaxxing
make one meme game then just keep reskinning it and launching it again every couple months until one of them takes off

you know what? you're right /aggy/, I'm dropping Unity, it barely works on my 7 year old computer anymore, so limitation breeds creativity, and I will make my game with BabylonJS this time around

>>542360798
You need to be able to program to properly use chatbots to code. They've gotten a lot better at it but if you can't read the code it won't go so well. If you can read it you can recognize when the AI is doing something stupid or wrong and you can fix it yourself or tell the AI to fix it which works sometimes and sometimes doesn't.

I have no idea if it can balance a game or not. Maybe if you could provide the data to it in some format it can process.

its impossible to make an online multiplayer godot game if you're not a college graduated nepo baby with a full team and a publisher

>>542364264
what so hard about it? I get that you may need someone to create 3D models/art but apart from that ?

Somebody boughteded my game just now.
Was it you /agdg/?

>>542362534
kill yourself

>>542364317
the networking and programming all of the networking related things is whats impossible

>>542364264
yandex YOMIH

>>542364427
depends on the game I guess, if it's some MMO, I agree

>>542364427
maybe if you are a dullard

>>542363817
Tell me you don't know how to use Godot/program effectively without telling me that. GD bros, we are eating well. As if GD Extensions are not a thing. I can optimize whatever the fuck I want, I can add in editor elements. Unity bros in shambles. Whenever I see "Made with Unity" I am 95% sure it's either total amateur crap, buggy mess or game is s unoptimized that it will put Yandere dev to shame

>>542364508
it's a 3D platformer with 2 players