AGDG - Amateur Game Development General

>>167354736
Sounds cool.

>>167354732
There is no way in hell I would ever make a good tune and I don't want anything subpar
>>167354747
No music is better than chiptune music

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Hey are there any good guides/books on doing 2D isometric games in unity? I am thinking of making something like classic fallout esque

Not like Wasteland 2 or really low res Wasteland as both art wise and mechanics wise I didn't find them fun

Best games with relationships that don't just use generic dating sim mechanics?

>>167355192
Persona 4 is the best example of a REALLY bare bones good system, it heavily relies on writing but I like it

Anyone know of a good tutorial for texturing a humanoid in blender?

>>167355395
Isn't that coming to PC? I don't have a Vita.

>>167355475
Came out of the PS2, just emulate it.

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>>167354694
>Remodelling character slowly
>I dont know what im doing
Send help
https://youtu.be/XYjTtQopDPU

>>167355430
i would also like to know this
im >>167355654

Best tutorial for Unity 5.x?

Found a load of good ones but they're for earlier versions

I finally figured out what my game is going to be.

Over the shoulder 3rd person RPG, set in modern time. World spanning adventure. Your character joins a secret society and fights demons, ghosts, and other monsters from mythology. You are not a normal human though, you have magic power and can become supernaturally strong, fast, skilled and can cast magic spells.

This is gonna be great.

>>167356082
>setting
>setting
>setting
>literally no gameplay mechanics or technical information

Yea, you're on to a winner there, buddy

>>167356082
lol you're never gonna make it

>nobody complains about the OP pic
This is the agdg I know and love

I don't get agdg jams. Jam is announced. people immediately start working on it and posting progress. 2-4 weeks later Jam officially starts.

am I wrong or is that not how jams work?

>>167356219
It's not. But /agdg/ needs the extra time, because they're amateurs

>>167356219
/agdg/ jams are casual. We don't really care when you start.
Just like make game.

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r8 my future map.

>>167356219
I don't get it either. Like with Demo Days. What the fuck even is the point. They announce it 2 months in advance, there's not even any theme, and there's only like 3 days to submit a game. People just submit any old bullshit they're working on. How is this even a jam?

>>167356320
fine by me, but lets ditch the "Jam starts in x days!" bullshit. soon as jam theme is agreed upon, jam begins.

Reminder that googem is a literal nigger.

>>167356450
I always like the idea of the final boss being in view but you need to do so much work to actually get there. Its a good way to set goals for the player without actually telling him what to do.

I am going to start with my game in a few days. I am ill and want to chill and get more input.
Using Unity 2D jump &run with shooting (like megaman, just say spiritual successor if I get it)
Maybe 2D art, maybe 3D models, but most likely pixel I am not sure. I can´t draw so most important stuff right now is gameplay and coding

But my question is this:
How should I keep my dev blog/catalog or whatever? This is my first own software.
How do you guys handle it? Word document with : 1. Gameplay 1.1 mechanics 2. codes 3. Story 4. Levels etc. ?

>>167356483
The point is to make an event that people are interested in enough that they can provide feedback. The duration between the days is so that devs have time to incorporate that feedback.

There's no theme because why would a thread-event have a theme when the thread's topic pertains to all amateur game development.

>>167356450
area 6 seems like an absolute pain to get there
long corridor is kinda boring

>>167356657
Why is it a jam if it doesn't have a theme and people just keep submit the same games to each one?

>>167356829
Why do towns and cities have gatherings in their squares ever so often where anyone can sign up and attend? To draw crowds.

>>167356753
>>167356450
add tunnels / portals between distant zones

>>167357058
>fast track mechanics
this kills the game

>>167356921
>>167356829
Also, it's part of itch's lingo. There's no other noun for an event that's routinely hosted that showcases the products of a community.

All they've got right now is 'jams'.

>>167356158
>>167356174
He's being facetious, boys

>>167357058
comfyness ded

>>167357147
>>167357058
yeah, warping is just moving the problem around

>>167357058
>>167356450
To clarify: don't add a general warp system. just add doors between say, section 6 and section 5. Make the placement a bit unusual to encourage exploration. Reduce the longest walks, but still keep it comfy. Essentially make the world loop.

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Really figuring out the shortcut stuff now. So, there will be a core path through the game, that includes obvious shortcuts. The shortcuts divide the game into segments of increasing difficulty. And these shortcuts you can find without thinking too hard, they're obvious. But then there are extra short cuts, that are harder to find, and harder to remember how to use. But if you do put forth the effort then you save yourself a lot of work by not having to replay parts of a segment.

>>167357147
>>167357249
>>167357289
Doesn't every metroidvania have warp spots though?

>>167357147
>>167357289
As a longtime metroidvania fan in the original sense (SoTN and post-SoTN CV's), you'd have to be retarded to think that area warping negatively affects the game.

REMEMBER TO TAKE ANY MINOR CHANGES YOU'RE NOT 100% SURE ABOUT BETWEEN 2 OR MORE OPTIONS AND MAKE IT INTO A PLAYER OPTION

EVEN IF IT'S THE POSITION OF THE HUD OR SMALL NUMBERS BEING SHOWN, ANYTHING THAT THE PLAYER COULD PROBABLY CHANGE TO SUIT THEIR TASTE AND NEEDS SHOULD BE AN OPTION

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Here's today's progress on my bow and damage indicators

The 40 was a "crit" and has a slight shaking effect and italics, but it's probably hard to see from that far
I might make the size slightly scale with distance from the player

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Progress
First iteration from Spread shoot finished.
Full upgraded ship with spread in the video.
I feel the bullets somewhat distracting

>>167356623
nothing?

>>167358123
>corgo
>timestop
yes

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Rate my bird.

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applying a timescale to one's game in game maker is much more difficult than i thought, specially if you're dealing with speeds and speed decays

>>167357682
did you softcode or hardcode those flags?

>>167358201
A lot of people just jot down a few ideas that sound interesting and go with the flow, continually adding future possible ideas and mechanics.

This isn't really commercial game design document territory.

>>167358123
>>167358212
ZA
DOGGO

>>167358436
I wanna shoot it.

>>167358714
I've never even touched that feature

What kind of things would it be good for?

>tfw programming is easy
>tfw programming is unbearably boring

>>167357147
Warp rooms =/= Fast travel.

>>167358436
why is it posed like that

is it giving a beakjob? Seriously I have no idea.

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>>167359297
>programming is easy

>>167359297
>tfw programming is easy

If you think programming is easy, then you're not good at it

programmer here

I was wondering what is the best tutorial or resource to learn pixel art to become good at it

Tile based or hex based movement?

>>167359230
slowing time, for example

>>167358123
That's a lot of shot!
It is a bit distracting, but I think as the player is upgrading they'll get used to it, plus it will feel pretty badass to have a ton of shots when fully upgraded.

>>167359297
>programming is easy
Adding numbers together in gamemaker doesn't count as programming.

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>another collab dead

>>167359297
>tfw programming is hard but it's still super boring

lets collab guys

>>167357987
I don't like how the arrow starts going down immediately

>>167359297
>programming makes my small brain head hurt

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now accepting emote requests for wizMud

>>167361031
can I request a playable version?

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>>167359297
>tfw programming is fun
>tfw programming is unbearably hard

>>167359297
im primarily a programmer and this post really gets me riled up

>>167360645
You're right, the gravity on it is a little too high
It shouldn't be hard to change, thanks for pointing that out

>>167355430
>>167355793
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFt_AvWsXl0fEx02iXR8uhDsVGhmM9Pse

>>167361201
all the real programmers I know who have programmed for 20 plus years all say programming is hard and it is not difficult. These are all professional programmers.

>>167361031
Laugh
Dance
Wave
Slap
Facepalm
Clap
Spin

>>167361031
dab

>>167361031
Air fap

>>167355930
all that work and it still looks like plastic. >muh speculars

>>167361031
low poly and pixelated shit makes my dick rock hard

>>167361335
Is this a Trump quote?

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>>167361031
This.

>>167361031
I don't think your hands are detailed enough for hand gesture unfortunately, so

breakdance
clap
become tiny & large
larger head
stroke beard

if hat is rigged:
rabbit out of hat
tip hat

>>167361474
that's just the normal map for demonstration, not the complete asset......

>>167361031
firefart

>>167359357
>anubisdev
might be

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>>167361031

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I can't fucking believe this somewhat works considering how simple it is. It's completely stateless except for basic physics data.
Still needs limb synchronization, and more angular movement that I had previously.

>>167358436
The thumbnail looks like yellow yoshi with his mouth open and looking up

>>167361201
Lets be honest, 90% of game programming is pretty much toddler stuff.

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>>167359297
I fucking love programming. I love it so much I got a degree out of it and made it my career.

Its always challenging working out new problems and making things efficient.

Its also hard if you don't have the right mindset going in or the knowledge.

Also pic related.

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>>167362203
This. It's hard, but that is what makes it fun.

>>167358819
I'm not sure what you mean. They're just tiles placed on the map.

>>167362067
You really should have your dude curl up tighter if you insist on having him flip through the air

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>all these 'devs' intimidated by programming
Why are you even pretending to be game devs if you're not good at anything?

>>167361031
tokusatsu hero pose

So if I wanted to make a horror game what enemies should I put in it?

I'm guessing zombies are too boring and generic to use.

>>167362365
I always wondered what kind of person do you have to be to save a motivational anime image

>>167362389
You don't like my placeholder crawl-flip?

>>167362719
Weeping angels type enemies are the latest meme

>>167362719
skellies :DD

>>167362748
A good one.

>>167362748
The best kind of person

>>167361031

What the hell game is this?

all the real devs post progress

>>167362203
>>167362365
These. The sense of accomplishment it gives is amazing

>>167362719
Hurting the enemy hurts you

>>167362813
>>167362831
In my experience those that post motivational pictures on social media are never the kind of person you'd want to be

>>167362719
try some frankensteins, some draculas, all that scary stuff

>>167358123
Sexy Gradius font, famalam.

>>167362719
Shadow people, kinda like what you see in sleep paralysis. Which is scary.

>>167362795

zzz

>>167362807

Maybe but they need to be something you could actually shoot with a GUN. Also skellies seem like a nightmare to model with all those bones and shit.

>>167362986

Also kind of generic. I could see it for a Monster Madness type game.

>>167362970
(this is a jojo reference)

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>speedy thing goes at 15 speed with 0.05 speed decay
>travels a certain distance in a second

>put speedy thing at half speed and half speed decay
>expect it to travel the same distance in double the time
>mfw it travels a fraction of the distance in the same amount of time

what the fuck

>>167362986
>try some frankensteins

Mad Scientists aren't scary m8

t. tedious pedantic cunt

>>167362976
Luckily we're on 4chan and not facebook

>>167363113
Your last two statements aren't mutually exclusive, as long as "the same amount of time" refers to the time it took to travel "a certain distance" before thechange.

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>>167361105
next couple weeks

>>167361360
>>167361439
>>167361471
>>167361617
>>167361727
>>167361908
>>167362617

keep em comin lads

>>167361626
yes, perfect

>>167362909
wizMud, virtual hang out spot

>>167362780
No, I love it.

>>167363315
how did you learn to do that pixel art?

>>167362203
What is the right mindset?

I don't find programming particularly difficult, I just don't enjoy the process of figuring out frameworks and libraries. I constantly feel like I'm doing something the "wrong" way, and there's some mystical "right" way out there which would save me a ton of time if I just knew more about the framework

>>167362780
It's unintentionally hilarious, and it's been amusing this whole time, but I don't think that's your end goal for this game, is it?

>>167363124
remember frankenstein he is that big green monster with like the bolts in his neck

>>167363453
:^)

>>167363052
>nightmare
it's a horror game dude that's the POINT

>>167363530
So
>modeling skeletons for a video game
should be an enemy in a horror video game.

>>167363443
It takes some time to become familiar with a library or framework. Usually I like to see a high level view of all the things it is capable of, and then figure out the details when needed. Also sometimes useful to just go through it at a high level if you're facing a problem, seeing if it has any tools that would help solve it.

>>167363452
I can always make it a totally unintentional bug that will happen in some cases.

>>167363647
yes. the real horror should be 1MA enginedevving honestly

what engines or tools does everyone here gamedev with?

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>>167363275
say it should travel 300 pixels in a second
i expected it to travel those 300 pixels in two seconds

but it travels 150 pixels in two seconds

>>167363880
What do you care?

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this is a squirrel watching a blank TV

>>167363880
Superpowers

>>167363947
cute!

>>167363880
LWJGL

>>167363947
how did you learn to do good pixel art like that?

>>167363880
Yooni Tea

>>167364069
It's not mine

>>167363947
Is she a free open source girl?

>>167363980
Is this for Squirrelsphere?

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>>167364224
The girl yes I think
The art no I don't think so

>>167363443
I noticed throughout my education (Bach in Comp Sci) that some people are not cut out to program. They just don't get it. I have a strong background in mathematics so it helped me quite a bit to understand how to go about these.

I also think to be a good programmer you need to THINK like a computer. This sounds weird, but hear me out: You know the quick inverse squareroot that came out of Idsoft? With the magical numbers? A programmer that is good at their craft should try to program like a computer would write its native "tongue".

Its a weird mentality but I always try to get rid of common sense and logic at programming and really think about what I am trying to do.

On the idea of the "wrong way", this is very natural. One of the main problems I had when I started to do this game deving as a hobby was that I never knew what was the right way to organize and to break my code into sections and etc. I eventually realized that I should just do it and see if it worked. If it did that's great. If it didn't then I know more about what is the right way of doing it afterward.

Always remember: Your code will never work the first time.

Shit this was long.

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Progress, my dudes.
I did (and stole part of) all the math needed for raycasting. I even got the "walls are 1-sided" effect I was looking for without a lot of hassle.
Next is a camera.

>>167355930
>Cage
Why not just for once... unwrap properly, so there is no extra set of UV's randomy garbaged somewhere?
3 is still very bad, and the UV clutter makes it worse.

I also love how it ignores bevelling.

>>167364508
The real problem is it takes time to learn the way to think in terms of how to program which most people don't put in the time and effort and dedication to learn how to think that way

>>167363413
its 3d

>>167363315

no weebs are allowed to hang at wizmud sorry (jks)

demo comin soon gang cant wait to hang out with all of you <3 follow our twitter to stay updated but im sure the art guy will be hanging out here too

https://twitter.com/wiz_mud

--dvd of wizmud

>>167362719
Ghosts.

There's not enough good scary ghost games outside the Fatal Frame series.

>>167364508
>Your code will never work the first time
sounds like you need more experience, or you program too cleverly
my stuff just about always works the first time

>>167364508
I'm a CS graduate and even though I always managed to easily complete my assignments and my thesis in uni, as well as programming at work, when I'm at home I can't program at all. I become paralyzed with the idea of the growing complexity of a program that I will have to deal with by myself and dread sets in, I end up not even starting most of the time. I tried joining in on some OSS projects, but the only ones that interest me also feel like they're way beyond my level.

I feel inadequate as a programmer to be honest, most people in uni were programming since their teens, I only learned to program when I got into uni and even then I hardly ever did it outside of assignments and uni projects. Dealing with those people that knew a lot more than I did made me feel like shit, and of course it gave me a desire to improve, but whenever I seemed to catch up with them they had already moved on to greater and harder things and I was always left behind, feeling like a dumb retard.

It's probably all my fault though, I only went into CS because I never really got into anything in my pathetic life other than using computers, even though I was never proficient at it to begin with, I only used computers to play video games.

Sorry for the blog.

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>>167364603
There we go, enough rays for an actual camera.
a FOV of 90° is ok for a 4:3 resolution, right?

>>167365753
dumb shillposter do not respond

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>>167364275
yea, just menu icons/buttons

>>167365886
Sweet effect dude.

I think a 90 degree fov is pretty low for any topdown game unless you're going for something like Duskers or Deadnauts where limited visual feedback is used to create tension.

>>167365985
>lalala i can't hear you i will only listen to circlejerk praise of my special snowflake "game" from my fellow failing "developers"

>love2d
>lua
lol... give up

>>167366115
fuck off with your aggressive bait

>>167366125
this, what do you even think you're doing

>>167365753
duuude stop being so negative. we all gonna make it

>>167363443
CS / English Comp dual B.S. here. The correct mindset to go into programming -- hobbyist programming, professional programming has a lot of compromise due to time constraints, etc -- is to be in a creative mindset. I find that a lot of people go into programming wanting to do things the "right" way, and get hung up on making sure that their code is """"correct"""".

The reality is that, especially in today's age where you don't need to work with ridiculous hardware constraints, you need to cast aside the notion that there is one right way to do things and everything else is inefficient. Just like there are a hundred ways to tell the same story, there are a multitude of ways to correctly architect and program something.

Instead of letting the fear of doing things incorrectly paralyze you, you need to let the excitement of architecting and implementing a solution energize you. You need to embrace creativity in coding in order to enjoy it. There's an art to it anon.

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>>167366190
you should check out the video though it's good, healthy advice

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>>167365871
You basically described how I was in university. I also couldn't get myself to do anything after school related to the field. I also had friends who did weird shit like fuck with kernels or set up a server, etc. These guys are a minority in the long run.

I only was motivated to program when I finally got a job. Even the game Im deving right now takes effort to get anything done every day.

In the end your degree will mean nothing in the long run, only your accomplishments. Find a job and start working, even if its front end html or some shit. Even QA is good to get into the field.

And the hard part: do programming on your own. A project that you made and you accomplished on your own is a huge sign on your CV that says this guy gets shit done. I helped hire at a company I worked at and we all knew that a degree meant shit, its what you did hands on as a programmer.

>>167364508
>I noticed throughout my education (Bach in Comp Sci) that some people are not cut out to program
I'm always surprised when I see that some people are just incapable of applying basic programming knowledge to make something slightly more complex. Like some of my uni friends still don't get the point of functions or even loops. The only thing they learn is to copy a fully written program and compile it to be honest. Pretty much 'hello world!' level shit.

>>167366391
i'm not going to click your shitty video if you're going to smear shit in everyone's faces while shilling it

>>167365886
Your raycasting doesn't hit the corners it looks like. There's still yellow when you go over a corner on the inside.

>>167366104
It's going to be a first person camera, I'm just doing maths on 2d.

>>167366484
Yeah, you're right. I'll probably have to cast an extra ray to every polygon vertex, just in case.

>>167366392
Does programming games count for something in a CV? Or do people expect more serious projects?

>>167366789
Nope its perfect. As long as you coded it then its fine. It just shows initiative to do things on your own in the field. They like that shit.

In my opinion, games are some of the most complex computer programming projects one can make. It combines all sorts of different aspects, physics, art, lighting, graphics, gameplay.

>>167366789
As long as you have an example showing your work, it's good.

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Added eye unit back in.
Added in some simple UI. Maybe there is a visual way to communicate some of this.

This is also a match starting from the beginning

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I'm working on a female character model. First time I've ever tried to make something other than guns in Blender. Opinions?

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Transitions are in.

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>>167367110
Somethings wrong with the shins. Also her breasts are... not normal.

Pic related.

>>167367265
Thanks, that looks really helpful.
Do you mean the skeleton clipping through or anatomically?

>>167367110
Don't be afraid to let the breasts spread out beyond the ribcage. They look constrained by an invisible bra there. They also feel a little low on the chest.

Hips and legs are looking good but the shoulders are a little wide unless you're looking for a more androgynous look.

Also, mind the thickness of the arm as it transitions into the wrist. Her arm gets a little too thin - or the wrist is a little thin. Either way, it doesn't match the proportions of the rest of the arm.

The shin area is a little odd too. On the outside line, it should be pinching in with the knee but you're showing it as bulging outwards and staying flat by it.

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Shit. I'm getting some fish-eye camera kinda shit. I probably lost a cos() somewhere.

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>>167366392
>tfw want game to be a resume builder but no one will give a shit until you actually finish it

>>167367357
Oh I didn't realize what that was, my bad.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmwbYl6f11c

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>>167367265

>>167365871
I have exactly the same story. Like, exactly.

It's weird how useless a programming degree is on its own. All of the basic knowledge you get of algorithms and how computers work will make you a better programmer, but it won't teach you how to program. Now I'm trying to get a job after graduating and employers are just as aware of the deficiencies of the education as we are, and so I'm having to work on a portfolio which I should've completed in college in order to get a basic entry level job.

And it's fucking hard. When you had to program something crazy in school, they lined it out for you. They told you the functions to use and sometimes even the order to use them in, and they just let you sort out the details. Most importantly, you always KNEW it was possible to do what you wanted to do with the tools you had. So, they were good exercises for understanding the concepts, but they didn't teach you how to program.

There's just this major expectation/reality mismatch with a programming degree. Not like I regret my time in college, but I think that if you want to be a programmer and you're resourceful enough to self-teach, you're better off doing it that way

>>167366969
>>167367012
Nice. Thanks for the words m8s.

Now I can go back to devving a bit more at peace with myself and my choices.

>>167367435
beastie boys video simulator when

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>>167367110

>>167354694

If I want a slo mo effect in my game for game maker can I just use a global time variable set to one ? will that fuck up alarms??

>>167367435
Check section 3 of this: http://www.playfuljs.com/a-first-person-engine-in-265-lines/ it explains how to avoid that

>>167363413
full sail

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>>167367869
this is a blue board anon

>>167367982
Thanks dog, I'll try to adapt this idea to my mathmagic, which is extremely different to the one in this article for some reason.

>>167367949

most the people in this thread are nodevs who don't know

I asked this same question ages ago and just went with it, no issues so far

>>167363113
>change both first and second derivative of a position function
>the position function isn't just a linearly scaled version of the original
Well yeah.

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Post your HD concept art

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Torpedo Dodger - all there in the name

this week and last:
-implemented separate hit boxes for bow, aft, admidships
-fixed lots of broken and stupid shit and implemented some dedicated debug functions
-learned how to do version control
-implemented echelon torpedo pattern
-improved torpedo hit detection
-implemented 'tactical ring' to notify of incoming offscreen torpedoes
-ship movement feels more shiplike
-found myself enjoying challenge of test scenario

The tactical ring thing is the first thing about this game that seemed legitimately cool and video-gamelike. I know that mathematically a circle and a line segment may intersect, but seeing it play out in real time, updating every frame, is amazing. I'm not a particularly experienced programmer so it's sort of like magic.

>>167367792
You're absolutely right. Especially that last part there, some of the best programmers I met were self-taught.

>>167368565
This is giving me some crazy Navyfield flashbacks.

>>167368175
>>167367869
Nudity in reference material is fine though because its not considered sexual content.

Been taking notes from Wipeout HD's Zone mode.
https://youtu.be/E9Uovb35LW8?t=133
I just love these shaders. But I can't figure out just what they're doing as screen-space and what is a fragment shader. There's clearly tons of depth buffer value usage here. But I'm starting to think that they also use the normal of the geometry to determine the strenght of the fog (the [insert color] fade effect on practically everything).
I'd like a slightly cleaner look.

Also I wonder if they intentionally left anisotropic filtering off for this mode or if that's just what they did in general. It's the PS3 afterall.

>>167367110
for realistic looking breasts, add a SandBag modifier

>>167368490
glad someone elses design documents are as bad as mine are

>>167368490
Do you a lot of you have actual environmental and character concept art?

>>167369001
I am become Chicken, scratcher of pen

>>167369135
I need to have some sort of structure so I have a notebook and a half of little sketches and ideas. Surely you write something down?

>>167369135

I imagine if one were working in 3d it would be essential. I know when I make 3d stuff I have sketches in hand.

For 2d it's the same, but the sketch simply becomes the final thing in a smooth process.

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>>167369135
I have character concepts for four of my main characters and like one environmental sketch for what's being made for testing. Not much else, really.

>>167369509
teach us to draw as good as you

>>167369612

>>>/ic/

>>167369612
Something something 10,000 hours of practice

>>167368885

I've literally asked people for reference material in these threads and seen them banned minutes later

>>167369719
>/ic/
ruh roh

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>>167369612
Haha, I wish I was able to draw that well. That is just an artist I paid to do some concepts, I draw like shit in comparison.

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Thoughts on this?

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>>167369612
Not him, but have this

>>167369782
nice nipple reflection tho

attention to the details that truly matter

>>167369856
Looks like a pretty retarded guy.
About as good as I could do, keep it up senpai

>>167369747
typical janitors being fucking stupid
THE DO IT FOR FREE

>>167369856
Halo 64?

>>167370026
Thanks anon.

>>167370134
Hah, its a hotline miami/alien swarm clone. But I can see the MC influence in the helm.

>>167369856

Lower the top of his boots, raise his belt. If he still looks disproportionate, take a drink.

>>167369883
>Those Cirnos
Holy shit. I was thinking that 2nd and 3rd mastery are acceptable, but anything over that really good.

Does the guy have any other tutorials?

>>167369856
pretty good space ship

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>>167369957
I tried to make her kinda lewd for waifubait when I designed her. I think that's a bit different now, since this is her final design. Do you guys think this is lewdish?

>>167369883
pretty helpful tutorial I am stuck on the yellow fourth one I have trouble with perception in drawing

How do you check if a number is odd or even in GML?

Is there a faster way than using mod?

>>167370407
nice neptunia character

>>167370256
Done

>>167370393
You sonuva bitch

>>167370606
?

>>167370516
Does GML have bit operators? You can check the first bit, if it's on it's always odd, otherwise it's even.

Mod is a better solution though.

>>167370516
Why do you need something faster than a mod? If it is an extremely trafficked operation, that is somehow causing stress on your code, you can use a lookup table for even numbers. This assumes the numbers will be within a sane range.

But it's extremely unlikely that the mod operation is actually having any performance impact whatsoever.

>>167370516
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+do+you+check+if+a+number+is+odd+or+even+in+GML

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>>167369856
nice spartan/doomguy/biker you got there

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>>167370806
As I am programmer, Ill take it that as a compliment.

>>167370705

What did you drink?

>>167369135
Sure I do. Nothing amazing though.

The enviro-art I did for O:TS (along with some character pieces) http://imgur.com/a/VvyC4

What my character art understand looks like these days http://i.imgur.com/GppcOXz.png

What my character concept art looks like
http://i.imgur.com/7uMLW85.png

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>>167370952
I actually fixed it and it looks a lot better.

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>when you make flipping animation but end up with feels

>>167371096

At least you can take instruction, programmer-kun. Just like a computer!

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Combat is quite a bit tougher now, since i worked over the AI and animation blending.
Actually two of these guys can currently badly wreck your shit.
Still need a stamina system for enemies though. That should balance it out greatly.
Also gotta tweak the player stamina, since block breaking attacks currently don't work the way they should.

Oh yeah... enemies are also supposed to block. Current AI is cheap but okayish. Still gotta implement some kind of sensory system for stealth.
Also a patroling state would be nice.

>>167371185
I know you have the wrench as a starting weapon, but how's the weapon system gonna work in this game anyway?

>>167371185

More game protagonists should do this.

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>>167371185
I fucking kek'd.

>>167370485
>>167370381

I just got this from the /jp/ drawthread. they have plenty of tutorials and they are helpful to newcomers

I need a name to use on my new twitter but I have no idea and I don't want to use any variation of my real name. Throw some cool names at me and I'll pick one to use.

>>167371762
Yaoi Hunter

>>167367949
>>167368335

that can work, but you will need to be able to adjust the time on active alarms if the timescale ever changes.

if you dont, and say an alarm is set to count down at a time scale of one, and then the timescale changes, it will still be counting down at normal speeds and not the adjusted rate

>>167371460
I still have lots of prototyping to do, but so far:
Melee and pistol as base weapons.
Pistol has limited ammo but only gets weaker after it runs out (it's needed for puzzles, I will either add pickups or remove ammunition).
Then you have other weapons with limited ammo/usage but more power.
Also there is secondary weapon slot for harpoon, shield and usable items.
There will be few weapons, but lots of upgrades for them.

good programmer here willing to write one function for your game

>>167371762
XxX-Sephiroth-420-XxX

anyone here devving with rust

>>167371301
I love when enemies disappear like that.

excellent programmer here willing to write TWO functions for your game!!

>>167372248
Can you map the input range [0,1] (float) to [0,255] (int)?

>>167372254
aye

>>167372432
sure, what programming language?

>>167372432

Dammit. I was going to ask him to do basic algebra as well.

>>167372517
teach me your ways

>>167372248

write me something for a camera that shifts focus to nearby threats

>>167372432
ANSI C

>>167372631
which gaming engine you use?

>>167372820
game maker

>>167372606
just like use ownership and borrowing appropriately

>>167372248
write pong in one function, please.

>>167372385
can you write tetris and also snake?

>>167372863

Cool, nm!

>>167364521
I miss Sugar

>>167371762
Progress_Forever

>>167372385
steering for an agent

Any tips on handling scope? My projects seem to snowball out of control and self-destruct. It doesn't come down to feature creep, just managing the amount of content for a project. I end up with a blueprint so large I would never finish it by myself.

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some more UI improvements - units that are completely out of moves are darkened

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>>167374509
Just like make game

>>167374509

Start with something that sounds like it would be easy and stick to it until it is a complete? It's always harder than you think, so why not start with something that doesn't sound hard.

>>167370407
what's with the moonrunes

I know GMS's 3D features are shitty but I want to do something akin to the style of FFT with very minimal 3d elements (mostly based on very basic shapes) with sprites for the characters

Should I stick to GMS as it "does the job" or switch to Unity?

>>167366413
I'm a firm believer that they would be able to understand if they actually tried to acquire literacy in the subject. They just haven't been around the process enough.

I didn't start programming until like 2 years ago but I don't think I'd know even a portion of what I do know if I didn't play video games so much, mod(as a user installing mods and troubleshooting some issues, not actually making mods), and do random stuff in games that kind of had to do with programming.

>Setting up work orders and job management in dwarf fortress, using built in workflow systems
>Doing redstone/piping/complex automated systems in minecraft
>Setting up my own UI/Macros in WoW for certain stuff even if its just simple shit like tinting the screen blue if my mana dropped below 75% and water shield wasn't up.
>playing tabletop games like D&D and Magic the Gathering. These might seem unrelated but the simple literacy of having stages in a process kind of helps. DRAW PHASE, UPKEEP, MAIN PHASE, BATTLE PHASE is similar to program lifecycles and simple Update() Draw() execution, or separating ideas into different code blocks with event based programming being kind of like instants that can happen in any phase.
>Seeing mods, dealing with load orders(oblivion/skyrim), dealing with the concepts of assets and scripts, models, animations etc even if its just seeing the different filetypes, even if its just understanding that through mods you can switch out a texture or alter a model and the animation/texture are completely different parts of the program is a literacy that might not exist.

I could see programming being very hard to understand if you just haven't been exposed to any of these things and therefore don't develop a familiarity with any of it. But I just refuse to believe that "some people just can't do it". The same goes for drawing and art. I remember when I couldn't paint warhammer models for shit. Understanding layering changed everything.

>>167375274
Friend is fluent in Japanese, so we make the character design info in Japanese as well to appeal to the Japanese fanbase since we might localize it for them.

Also I'm just a huge weeb.

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Any AGDG games make it to Steam recently?

Artist available for free

Just one small thing I need

Free game idea:
Minecraft + Pokemon Go + Mario Kart

>>167375446
aliens go home run made it i think

>>167375570
I'm not licking your toes.

>>167375592
so
pokemon snap

>>167375446
You could go vote for You Are a Torpedo AI on greenlight since that never made it.

>>167375596
>he kept that shit name
goddamn it

Aliens Go Home! ... .... ... Run

>>167375285

Maybe some credence to this. Even a basic bitch nerd goes into it with more background than a normalfag who up and decides that he wants to program computers to do his bidding.

But the problem, after that, is getting the normalfag in question to lay aside his pride. That's probably not going to happen.

>>167375668
What?

>>167375285
Congratulations, you have talent. Protip: Not everyone does.

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Progress on my Rogue-lite like Grand Strategy game is going well.

Got generation of countries starting points ready, now I'll be simulating their growth, so there won't be any neutral spots left.

>>167375570
design me a protagonist

>>167375961
Sure, tell me about your game

>>167375932
I want to play

>>167375932
i've always wanted to make this, you better finish.

>>167375860
I don't have talent.

>>167375596
Is it an agdg game? I have seen it on all demo days, but haven't seen one single post about it here.

1. Tell me what engine you use
2. Free art

It's really that simple

>>167376646
i have to post the art or i gonna get free art?

>>167375387

Don't bury the lede, mate.

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>Reading the catlike coding hexagon map tutorials
>Don't understand the math behind offset and radii at all
>A-at least it works..

can u guys rate my gamedev site.

is it too simple, too messy, etc?
I wanted to avoid making separate pages for each game

http://www.surrealdistractions.com

>>167376736
?

I was going to say "your contact info"

>>167376915

What if it breaks though? You'll have to understand it then. Put up the work upfront.

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>>167376915
>offset

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Any idea guys here?

I've been starting to make a really, really small Metroid Prime like and due to my art skills I need cute item/weapon ideas. Als even setting ideas would be appreciated.

>>167377632
A game where you outsmart your enemies

>>167377632
I meant to say that due to my art skills I can only do a cute aesthetic.

>>167377306
I understand how to use the math it provides. I don't understand where the math itself comes from. To my knowledge the Pythagorean theorem is a^2 + b^2 = c^2, and I have no idea where he gets e((sqrt(3)/2) from that. Because I'm fucking awful at algebra.

>>167377632
>Metroid Prime
>cute

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Holy shit, new version broke records

Today was a good day,

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I think my Unreal is drunk.

>>167376915
>>167377748
>using code you don't have complete mastery over
>ever

>>167377748
sqrt(3) / 2 = cos(30 degrees) = sin(60 degrees)

>>167377821
Cool effect.

>>167377804
>purchases ZERO

>>167377821
>signed meme fields

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>>167378159
>selling a non finished product
who do you think i am?

>>167378042
So a^2 + b^2 = c^2
c^2, being the hypotenuse, is the radius of the circle of my hexagon.
Since I'm splitting the triangle in half to us PT to measure the halfway point, the get the inner radius, I know that a^2 is the radius / 2.
So if I want to make a hexagon with a an outer radius of 5, I know that:
(5/2)^2 + b^2 = 5^2
b is the inner radius I need to find, so I can use basic algebra:

c^2 - a^2 = b^2 --> sqrt(c^2 - (a/2)^2) = b

I-is that right..? That seems like where it comes from.

any of you guys make any money from your games yet?

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guys i'm starting to think I can't do it

I know I can, but when that feeling starts clawing at the back of your mind, you just can't let it go.

>>167378284
i am like you, i disabled the purchases on my demo
however i can't shake off the feeling of being a cuck

>>167378637
>asking this in an amateur gamedev webring

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>>167378536
No, it doesn't come from Pythagoras at all.

>>167364508
I'm Comp Sci too and graduate this semester. From my perspective the only ones that actually "get it" and program intuitively are the ones that either think that way naturally or do passion projects on their own. At least that's how it is for me.

I wanna make an RTS kinda like star craft but with a little spin to it. What's the best engine to use that requires just a bit of programming?

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>>167378780
Fuck, I thought I was measuring this?

>>167378997
I don't know what you're trying to do, I'm just explaining where sqrt(3) / 2 comes from.

>>167378637
Sure, all of these guys: http://homph.com/steam/

>>167377632

Unexpectedly, good idea guys are actually a rare commodity. In the industry they command high prices.

Any you're likely to find are probably going to be on the same level as a coder who does it for free.

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>>167379045
This is how the tutorial explained it. Fuck, I don't remember anything about trig and geometry in general from college.

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>>167375278
I'm making my game in GM:S. Ask me whatever you like. FFT uses 3d environments and sprites right? that would definitely be easy in GM:S

trying to start developing games
i am alright with c# and java. trying to make 3d games, maybe 2d
is unity the best option? learning other languages is no problem for me

>>167378701
I had a day like that a few days ago. Just gotta tell your brain to shut the fuck up, break your project into smaller workable parts, and JUST FUCKING DO IT SENPAI.

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>>167368490
first time I'm posting anything from this

>>167379170
e is just the side length. And yes, now I see what you mean, the inner radius is indeed e*sin(30 degrees) = e*sqrt(3)/2.

>>167379439
Concept art is cute.

>>167379529
So just different ways of getting the height of the triangle. One by using the angles and one by using PT?

>>167379439
/r/ing that cat getting fucked

>>167379439
shoulda given it 5 barrels in the shape of a paw print. shakes my head

>>167379619
Yeah, I guess.

>>167379629
you can't fuck the cat

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>>167379649

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Some Options QoL changes.
Now they stop the rotation behavior when the player is shooting.

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>>167379629
TOO SOON

>>167379646
if I decide to add one more shot to it it might become reality

some gun sketches also

>>167379439
you even included a shitty little meme how adorable

>>167379285
pls help