/agdg/ - Amateur Game Development General

Will releasing a demo with placeholder free music tarnish the first impressions of any potential players?

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What progress will you make today?

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Don't forget to vote in the poll:
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Rules:
> 1. You vote for the options which you don't want to win.

> 2. At the end of the round 50% of the lowest voted options make it to the next round.

> 3. If dropping out or getting to the next round is in question, that option can get to the next round. (for example, when an option which is outside 50% has the same amount of votes as some options which which made it inside the 50% lowest.

xpost:

in unity how can I wait to continue in a method until the Scene is loaded?

like
void Start()
{
LoadScene(scene);
//wait until scene is loaded
InitializeGameObjects();
}

>>169402034
Only call it a demo if it's the real game stripped down to necessities. Placeholder stuff is "Early Access", "Prototype", or "Alpha".

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Git question

I have finished working on a branch and merged it with master. Do I have any reason to keep it around anymore or can I just delete it?

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Quick, someone give me a relatively simple 2D game idea that I can get back into programming with.

But we can at least agreed 40 is way too old to be trying to gamedev, right?

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Post your dev stations

>>169402249
Tower Defense

>>169402262
Jonathan Blow is 46.

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First enemy is in! Well, almost. I still have to add animations, but atleast it looks good in the game.

>>169402262
If your arthritis is stopping you from using MKB, you have 10 years left until you can't be a dev anymore.

>>169402262
If a 40 year old makes good choices, one can dev for at least 40 years. Your brain works exactly as long as you use it. If you use it up to your 80ies then your brain will be as sharp as it was at 40 - not to mention what the medical sciences could come up with by that time.

>>169402363
>enemy
>cute old man turtle
I wouldn't fight him
either make him menacing or make him an ally

In December 2004, feeling inspired during a trip in Thailand, Blow made a prototype for a time manipulation puzzle platformer game. The demo had crude graphics, but featured the ability of the player to rewind all the objects on screen backwards in time to a previous state. Encouraged by feedback from his peers, Blow worked on the game from about April 2005 to about December that year before having the final prototype of his game, titled Braid. This version won the Independent Games Festival Game Design Award at the 2006 Game Developers Conference.

He continued work on the game mostly focusing on art and music while polishing some of the design until its release in 2008 on Xbox Live Arcade. By then, Blow was $40,000 in debt and had invested $200,000 into the game's development.

The game was released on August 8, 2008 to critical acclaim and achieved financial success, receiving an aggregate score of 93% on Metacritic, making it the top-rated Xbox Live Arcade game. Braid was purchased by more than 55,000 people during the first week of release. Blow recalled that he didn't receive any money until one day he saw a lot of zeroes in his bank account.
Anon, do YOU have any peers to encourage you?

>>169402535
>Anon, do YOU have any peers to encourage you?
I have /agdg/ for that.

>>169402535
I am my own peer.

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>>169402625
I believe in you!

Impostor syndrome (also known as impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome) is a concept describing high-achieving individuals who are marked by an inability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a "fraud". The term was coined in 1978 by clinical psychologists Pauline R. Clance and Suzanne A. Imes. Despite external evidence of their competence, those exhibiting the syndrome remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve the success they have achieved. Proof of success is dismissed as luck, timing, or as a result of deceiving others into thinking they are more intelligent and competent than they believe themselves to be. Some studies suggest that impostor syndrome is particularly common among high-achieving women.

Are you a fraud, anon?

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Reposting because I want people to see this.

I recommend reading some books. I'll note which of these I've actually read with an X (I realized the story thing would be years in the future so I stopped reading these for now and just let the story cook in my mind).

The ones I've read I know are very, very good, and I expect all of them to be

[x] Novelist's Essential Guide to Creating Plot by J. Madison Davis
[x] Character & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card
[ ] Conflict, Action & Suspense by William Noble
[ ] Notes to Screenwriters by Vicki Peterson and Barbara Nicolosi (this one was actually a gift so perhaps look into it a bit closer)
[ ] The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
[ ] The Language of Names by Justin Kaplan and Anna Bernays
[ ] Our Marvelous Native Tongue, The Life and Times of the English Language by Robert Claiborne

Two others which are probably just solid anthologies (perhaps not as generally relevant)
[ ] Mythology, Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
[ ] Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, The Quintessential Guide to Myth, Folklore, Legend and Literature (Wordsworth Reference Series)

The Orson Scott Card and William Noble books are part of a series, look for the other ones in that series. But particularly the two that I've read are absolutely fantastic. They will take you from zero to hero (and who'd've thought?). Take notes and highlight for reference. Joseph Campbell is a well known master of the subject and THwaTF is probably his definitive work from what I can tell.

>>169402262
What are you trying to justify with this, by the way? Why does it hurt you when someone older than you share the same passion as you do?

>>169402262
Your mom is too old for whoring herself out for cigs at the gas station and she still goes for it. Don't let anyone ever tell you you are too old to follow your dreams.

>>169402535
Thays all well and good, but what did Soulja Boy think?

Exactly.

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fixing soon

>>169402347
holy shit

>>169402804
Thank you anon, I will read them eventually.

>>169402801
I don't have any successes with which to convince myself I was unworthy of.

>>169402862
this game aint about nothin.

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N O T D E D

Score system is go, propably gonna tweak it a bit (harder enemies give more points?)

>>169402801
Arm-chair psycho-analysing myself, I would say that I may have exhibited that kind of behaviour in my past. Learning my trade I finished tradeschool with the equivalent of straight As for the complete theoretical half of my apprenticeship and a B for overall praxis.
On the other hand that wasn't really difficult though, because due to school policy only the literally dumbest and rudest people wouldn't get a pass, so I'm convinced that bumped up my grades.
Then for the final exam I basically cheated, because everyone had to do a project, but literally nobody did. It was just not feasable for the factory to allow that, and the exam was based purely on the documentation we had to create on said project.
So I am literally a fraud.

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Hey it's my first time in these threads.

I've coded before, but it's been ages, and last time I did it was with a game-specific language which will be mostly useless to me except in reminding me how much there is to learn.

What I'm making is an isometric RPG with out of battle controls like the first Mario RPG, and an in-battle like any given Breath of Fire but with a large emphasis on movement and team-strategy.

It's been a lot of fun making the assets, and I intend to code everything, knowing well in advance how much of a pain in the ass isometry can be. But I am curious what engine is best suited for it.

I've had both Gamemaker and Godot suggested to me. As for the language used, all I know is that I should avoid Python if I want to take it seriously as I really get in there.

>>169402262
If it's a hobby, who gives a fuck
If you have a sustainable income, who gives a fuck
If you're a NEET outcast in your parents' basement, you probably haven't given a single fuck your entire life, why would you give a fuck then

>>169402535
A more relevant question is, are your peers willing to fund your pixel platformer for $160,000.

[GaymerGate] Also helps to have your peers be part of the SanFranCircleJerk, invest in your company, and chair of the award your game wins.[/Gaymer]

>>169403574
>parents' basement
Have you ever had an original thought in your life sir.

I'm not just being a dick, I am actually asking.

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>>169402275
I just have my laptop, my mouse and sometimes I sit on the shitty couch instead of the chair.
I have a big ass TV that I have never used too but a single screen is okay for me.

>>169402078
Why is this retard who has never made a game still shitposting these polls?

Fact: The future of indie game making is in South America.

How did you come to terms with the fact that art is not progress?

>>169402347
He's also quit gamedev forever.

>>169404094
SEA is cheaper and has better traps.

>>169404181
Blow just released The Witness and is now making his third game.

You are probably thinking of Phil the Fish.

>>169404094
I think the monkey spamming these polls and a handful of other brilliant examples from agdg would prove otherwise.

>>169404252
In fact I was.

>>169402043
I'm not super sure. I think I'm just going to work on some content so that there's more for people to do on demo day

>>169404305
We know the poll spammer is from south america?

>>169403374
> As for the language used, all I know is that I should avoid Python if I want to take it seriously as I really get in there.

Memes and slander.

Python is the best thing to use when you want to code stuff without actually knowing how to get anything in your game to work. It doesn't constrain you like the "close-to-iron" languages and it is general enough to code a whole game. Python comes pre-packaged with features that you would have to code from scratch in C++. This is a major plus of python. In Python you can use advanced programming paradigms and abstractions from the get go and they are built to be like a natural part of the language.

My approach to devving:
1.Make a prototype build in python.
2.If I get most of the functionality into the game and all subsystems work, I analyse the code, draw diagrams and shit.
3.Then I port it over to a more professional language.

If you are making a game for which there are a lot of tutorials and resources for, you can start coding them in professional languages right away.

As for me, there is basically no resources for the kind of games I like to make. So, I have to figure out every single thing by myself. And when I am programming a program about which I know nothing in advance, I can't afford myself the pointless overhead that comes with the professional languages - thus, I code the first working prototype in Python.

>>169404305
Argentines don't count, they need to be nuked.

Is it normal in Unity to end up with like 5 singleton managers and a bunch of managers for different scenes? Feels like everything's managers, managers, managers..

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>>169402275

>>169404538
Indeed.

>>169403682
Give me an example of an original thought first

>>169404538
I'm from Estonia.

>>169404603
wow

>>169404562
Sitting around drinking and gorging themselves on beef all day for generations seems to have imbued them with some interesting personalities. And zero intelligence.

>>169404676
>the "just tell your boss that you don't want to work but still want to get paid" guy is also the poll spammer
HOLY SHIT FUCK OFF ALREADY

>>169404676
You're from wherever we say you're from, boy. Now take your polls and choke to death on them your shitty little menu simulator lite dino jam "game" doesn't excuse any of this retardation. You should fucking kill yourself.

>>169402262
>If you're 20 now you'll have 20 years to learn code and art to make game
>know within your heart that you're probably just going to waste away that 20 years reading the introduction of half a dozen programming books, making crap line art for your "game idea", and crapping on other people's games on 4chins

I might just rape this little nigga from Estonia right now. Who wants in on this?

How do I into music for games.

>game has stolen art
>game has stolen audio
>game has stolen gameplay
stop doing this

Please remove your bigotry from the thread.

>>169404603
holy fuck. and I thought a whiteboard with stacked books as legs was pushing it

>>169404603
neither of those towers are plugged in to anything

>>169405040
>get bucks
>hire someone

>>169405079
Looks like we got a snitch here. Someone get the duct tape.

>>169405193
Those screens are connected to the broken laptop on the desk

>>169404554
Do you happen to have a throwaway email or something?

>>169402535
>do YOU have any peers to encourage you?
I have fans. Worth a lot more than the "peers" here or elsewhere.

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some small improvements.

>>169405473
Whoa weird.

How do the controls work? I'm trying to figure it out just by looking an I can only guess that's all mouse and WASD and that double-tapping does the speed thing.

>>169405271
That's a wacom, not a laptop.

>>169405697
Look on the left dummy

>>169405617
>doubletap to dodge

this should never be a thing

>>169402235
I will second this question. I've never used branches aside from master (new to git), but I would guess you're supposed to delete the branch if you're not using it

>>169405271
>The keyboard is a laptop with no screen
Fucking kek

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>need help with something
>anon links a 200 page PDF

>>169405013
You are welcome to come. My wolfhound is getting bored out of his mind. He only gets to chase and bark at the same old tresspassing bears, wolves, boars and elk. I think he already knows a couple of them by name.

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>>169405617
nah, dash is its own button.

also realized bombs should disable lasers/lightning.

>>169405445
Yea sure, you can contact me from here [email protected]

>>169404980
You could probably still get good at either programming or art in that timescale, just not both.

>>169406031
>wolfhound
Little bitch breed.

>>169406031
can I fuck him

>>169406064
Neat!

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>>169406504
>fucking horse sized dog
>little bitch breed
what did he mean by this?

>>169406567
I think he blew a load into one of the she-wolves last month. So he is out of heat.

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Q U E S T I O N

Is a native resolution of 960x540 too much for a pixel game? In other words, if I make a background for a stage and it's 960x540 and I want to view the entire background at all times, would I be too busy with art to maek gaem?

Looking at images of that resolution it does seem like there's too much detail to them and I would never get anywhere.

But when I look at half that res, 480x270, it just seems like all the detail is gone and I approach "pixelshit", characters without faces or 1 pixel thin legs. Also, there are less pixels to work with and movement is less fluid.

Do I just have to deal with the shortcomings of 270p or the increased workload of 540p and just liek maek vidya?

>think of game you want to make
>start writing up a design document
>browse steam
>someone released the same game on early access three months ago

kill me

>>169406823
god i wish that were me

Engine deving is for _____

>>169406925
having engine

>>169406765
Little bitch men get a wolfhound and then spin tales about how their mop donkey is descended from ancient warriors and blah blah. There are many breed stronger and just as big. A wolfhound is just a shaggy overly anxious doofus who will get wrecked by a more majestic Mastiff or Great Dane.

>>169406880
What game?

I have countless text files in a folder called "Game Ideas". All are either amazingly shit, entirely plot and not gameplay, or slight variations on existing games.

If it's even a little bit different or you think you can make it a little bit better I say go for it.

>>169404554
what sort of libraries do you use for graphics in python
what is your opinion of things like unity / unreal

>>169406860
>Still making pixelshit games.

If you want the visuals to be an highlight of your game, you're gonna need 540p. If your gameplay can carry the game, you can risk the 270p.

I'd go with the 540p either way though, mostly for the issues with 270p you just mentioned.

>>169402804
>>169402915
>friend gives me the book "Getting Things Done"
>I keep putting off actually reading it
>procrastinating instead of learning how to stop procrastinating
Thanks for the recommendations, anon. Those sound genuinely interesting. Maybe even enough to overpower the fact that my eyes glaze over instantly when I start reading non-fiction.

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>google "wolf"hound
>it's actually just a shaggy dog that looks nothing like a wolf

>>169406880
This is why you need to hire a professional ideas guy.

To anyone done melee in a 3D game, how did you manage it?

Im thinking either making a cone like hitbox to check or a small wide ranged projectile that lasts very short amount of time.

>>169404181
>He's also quit gamedev forever

wat, within the last few weeks? because:

>4) No, I never came anywhere close to quitting, because I knew this was always the best thing I had ever worked on.
>5) We will see! I have some ideas for games that explicitly involve being fast, and other ones that don't.

>>169406880
shouldn't stop you desu

I mean, that seattle guy made harvest moon clone

>>169407228
thanks for the input

I've already made my decision for 540p but I needed an outside opinion to calm my autism

>>169407117
http://store.steampowered.com/app/455980/?snr=1_7_15__13

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In Unity2D, is it possible to have physics objects within physics objects, that are behaving according to different physical forces?

For instance, a ship flying around according to one set of physics, with people walking around inside it according to another?

How would one do this? Layers? Kinematic objects? I still don't fully understand all the physics options available in Unity.

>>169404181
>SEA is cheaper and has better traps.
mah nigga

>>169407335
If you'd followed the comments more closely you would've realized they meant Phil Fish.

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>>169407228
>540p
>mfw my characters are 300 pixels tall

How long until the popularity of retro pixel graphics gives way to a resurgence of early polygon 3D?

>>169407462
>another generic survival management game
I don't know what you expected anon, they are probably hundreds of these.

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>wizGame has porn
GOTYAY

>mfw this shit is literally the best game I've tried in a long time

>>169407082
My hound is not of any breed. A family next door had a big ass quard dog. Did't look like any kind of breed, she was huge and had thick fur (looked kinda like bear). A he-wolf had sexy time with her and soon there were puppies. They gave one of them to me. So, he is just a wolf hound.

>>169407629
polyshit is already pretty popular and it misses the point of early poly just like neopixel games miss the point of pixels

>>169407536
>>169407228
what should I start reading/googling to figure out what to do for my pixelshit resolutions or whatever, I know literally nothing about the subject and so far I just made 32x32 character sprites at 544x412 because that's how it is in rpg maker vx ace

Daily Reminder

I hope you all succeed at all your games and become successful before me

Goodluck on your games Anons

>>169407813
bi-minutely reminder that you could be working on your game instead of making this off topic post

but thanks pham

>>169407269
>being this retarded
A hound is a dog bred for hunting. A wolfhound was bred to hunt wolves. Hence the name wolfhound.

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>>169407813
>before me
why?

>>169407713
I want wolf puppies

>>169408091
then call it a dogthathuntswolves

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WIP and shit.
Gonna have a diagram to show the weapon bits you want and perhaps a second box for stats.
Menu work is soul destroying.

Fuck programming is hard

hello
is it ok to post what I am working on?

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>>169407362
No problem. We all have a bit of autism to calm from time to time.

>>169407493
Anything is possible, but Unity is definitely not made for those kinds of complex system of reference shenanigans. You'd probably have Ship gameObject and any movement the people would be doing would be in the local reference, and they'd be children of the ship transform.

>>169407781
What's their point beyond technical limitations?

>>169407793
Just go with multiples of two and you'll be okay dude. I've never done pixelstuff, I'm a shit artist, I just take the assets my friend gives me.

Also, I feel like I'm getting better with cycles and all that, but they still feel somewhat choppy. How to fix? More keyframes? Or is there a transition parameter I'm missing?

>>169408324
That's the point of this thread, yes.

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16 hours of dev time today
2 entire work days
im goin to sleep now

>>169408332
thanks, Patrick

>>169408458
お疲れさん

>>169408458
>he posted an anime instead of progress

>>169408458
do you at least have something to show for it?

>>169408458
Call me after a 96-hour amphetamine fueled suicide run, pleb

>>169408667
>he uses a text-based programming language instead of one based on anime girls

>>169407212
In python, I use mainly Pygame. It gets the job done, nothing really to bitch about it.

As far as I have used Unity/UE, I'd say that these are catered towards a certain kind of games. You know, the kind of games which have levels and actors within those levels. They are suitable for action games or any other game where you can boil down gameplay elements into levels and actors.

I usually get bored to death whenever I try to make such a game. But those games that I like to make, don't like to bend into Unity/UE mindset. So, I simply don't use them.

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>>169408871
>anime-based programing

>>169408332
I feel like most of it is fine but it is only the arms that are snapping into place in the last frame of the cycle. Maybe if they had one more bit of movement between where they 'were' and where they 'end up'

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>>169408871

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>>169408871
>24 hours dev marathon on stream
>equivalent to 6 months worth of work days
one heart attack later, i'm proud to say i can go to sleep now
pic related is my code, i'm unfortunately not using a programming language based on anime girls

>>169408332
Try making the arms out of sync with the legs by a small amount, the small bit of delay will probably make it look more natural compared to all appendages being at the peak of their movement on the same frame

>>169409153
nice font render

>>169408332
>What's their point beyond technical limitations?
I think he means how pixelshit games tend not to emulate those limitations, like how they have mixels and rixels and all that

>>169408332
Also there seems to be too long of a pause each time a new step is made, it helps if you have a grid underneath the character that is moving at the speed your walk cycle is meant to be (so you can keep track of foot sliding and fix things accordingly)

Why is watered down AI the norm nowadays?
Every article about it tells you should make your AI as dumb as possible, this is retarded.

>>169409504
for real?

>>169409504
The purpose of AI is to provide interesting problems to the player, not to be smart.

>>169409504
I have more fun in games with dumb AI

>>169409686
Then why are multiplayer games so popular?

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>>169402275
Need better cable management for the desk, I know. I was thinking of getting a monitor to place vertically on the left for code purposes, but that might clutter up the desk too much.

>>169409504
Smart AI does not inherently make a game better, and dumb AI is easier on the framerate

>>169409859
What does that have to do with AI?

>>169409686
Why do you think those things are mutually exclusive?

>>169409504
I can hardly think of any game with notable AI.

only one is Alien isolation.

and shit even some of that is reliant on level design.
which every other "notable" ai relies 90% on.

>>169409859
Did you forget we were talking about intelligence?

>>169409504
Well, having your AI as dumb as possible is technically the most optimal design option. AI too smart can tend to not make sense from a human perspective, can be more frustrating, requires a lot of man-hours to create and is a drain on performance.

>>169409065
>>169409332
Good tips, thanks, I'll try to implement those.

>>169409445
That would help a lot! Do you know how I'd do that easily in blender? Can I have armatures from multiple meshes moving at the same time?

>>169409859
Because people are dumb

>>169408227
Neat. A diagram will definitely break up the blocks of text, though, in a good way.

>>169409964
Because "smart AI" doesn't really mean anything. It's a buzzword and nothing more.

>>169409504
AI that tries to be smart and fails looks bad.

Whereas dumb AI looks good when it manages to succeed through sheer luck.

>>169410018
>Do you know how I'd do that easily in blender?
Not really. In maya you're able to keyframe the transform of regular objects (so you can move a giant cube on the ground without the need to rig) but I have no idea if that functionality's in blender too

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I'm trying to import a spritesheet into Aseprite and I must be missing something fundamental.

I have tried a couple different things, including a horizontal strip with 20 px spacing.

When I try to import the spritesheet into Aseprite, I always run into one of these sprites being cut off.

It's not the biggest deal, but shouldn't I be able to import these all without that issue?

>>169404572
Sounds about right. I can't say it's good practice, but it's worked out for me so far.

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>>169410123

what about "folksy" AI? You know, like really intelligent AI that pretends to be less intelligent so stupid people will like it more?

>>169409964
If you've got a generic baddy walking around, it doesn't need to have a neural network to make decisions. It just needs to be smart enough to fire at the player and maybe find some cover.

Even for something more complex like a strategy game AI, it still doesn't need some complex neural network bullshit to work.

Anyone who thinks a more complex and smart AI will improve their game are wasting their time. It's not going to improve your game at all.

>>169408332
You have to change the tween parameters from curve to constant or something like that, it's been a while since I animated in Blender.

>>169410414
The import only works as intended if your spritesheet is sorted properly to begin with.

>>169410460
Any AI with limited cone of vision for example is already folksy.

>>169410414
Those sprites aren't spaced exactly the same. Aseprite imports sprites that are exactly the same spacing.

i don't live in my parents' BASEMENT it's a converted shed so FUCK OFF

>>169410460
I prefer pretentious AI

plebs will think it's retarded but it's actually just trying to make a statement. people think the sega Tales game had really bad AI but it was really a meditation on the iraq war

>>169408332
>>169410526
Looked it up, it's actually Linear setting, my bad.
http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/1579/how-do-i-make-animations-a-steady-speed

>>169410952
nice

>>169411082
thanks

>>169410834
what

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Developed """"baked"""" environment lighting by modifying blender's obj output script to include vertex color and modified my GM model import script to include that vertex color.

Does this look acceptable for a PSX game's lighting or should I scrap it and just develop a GM system to load lightmap UVs?

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>have unique game idea
>will take me years because its stupidly big
>try smaller games instead
>once I get basic gameplay I lose all interest because I don't love the idea
>pick up new small game
>repeat for 2 years

Should I just start it already? I'm not NEET anymore so it will probably take me at least 10 years to get it anywhere near complete, but should I do it anyway?

Alternatively, any idea devs want to give me some free ideas?

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>>169410578
>>169410658

I've been using this to generate the sprite sheet:

https://draeton.github.io/stitches/

Am I using this wrong or do you think this is a bug in the software, given how these monster sprites vary in width so much?

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>>169410871
Jesus Christ. This your fault dude.

brb dipping my eyes in bleach.

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>>169409920
what is that foot thing under your desk used for?

>>169409504
Because randomness is addictive. A dumb illogical AI is more fun to play against than an intelligent, methodical AI that always makes the right move.

>>169411385
making a mechanic shouldn't take you that long.

otherwise it's not the mechanics of an idea but the grandious of it.

in other words just think of something you can make within a day.

>>169411456
For long term sessions it's more comfortable having your lower legs and feet not perpendicular to your upper legs.

>>169411445
>remember the end of Akira

>>169411445
>TETSUOOOO..!
>KANEDAAA..!

>>169411390
That's actually generating a texture atlas, presumably the CSS has the information on where each sprite is placed inside the sheet

How do I stop myself tabbing out and asking questions in /agdg/ instead of making progress?

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>>169411445
TETSUUOOOOO

>>169411638
>>169411595
KEK

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>>169411456
>>169411583
Yep, it's just a footrest. The angle can be adjusted as well.

>>169411691
Disconnect your wifi.

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i made this short loop for fun

https://clyp.it/4z510ggy

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>>169402363
honestly your art style is really coming together. i wasn't totally sold on it when i played your demo a few months ago but i get your aesthtic now and i think it has a lot of potential. your use of colors is top notch and your modeling is getting really good. with the right lighting and filters this could end up being one of the better looking games in these threads.

you have this great tim shafer/media molecule/rayman 2 look and i think that's the direction you should continue to go in, it looks fantastic.

>>169411445
Kek, the fuck. Well, I can tell it was looking better from the start but shit. Maybe Blender is more bugged than I remember.

>>169411350
Looks good enough.
Keep up the good work.

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>>169402363
>rigged and textured overnight
>I still can't finish a single model

>>169411349
>wat is joek

>>169402801
I have a degree and I don't think there was a single class that I didn't try to plagiarize in. The classes where I didn't plagiarize were the ones that were too specific for me to find things to copy online.

It's not a syndrome for me, I am actually a fraud.

>>169402363
Is that the Nerevarine

>>169411385
just like make a prototype man and show it to aggy daggy

>>169411595
>>169411638
>>169411724
Lol, perfect.

>>169412037
It's fine, it only does that if I move a thing full of lines. I think it's close enough for now, I'll improve it some more later if I remember to. Thanks for the help.

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>>169411350
>A Megaman Legends-like game
YOU BETTER MAKE THIS A THING BOI
And imo it looks pretty gud to me, kinda getting a Resident Evil feel with it though.

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>>169412669
NP. One more word of advice, maybe look into animation keyframe guides to learn how to time easing and pacing for a more natural movement. I'd like controlling that manually than using tweening programs as it tend to make things look "robotic" for me personally. Glad I could help.

>>169402103
ive never sued unity but couldnt you use a bool variable once every part of the scene then just do

while (sceneNotLoaded) {continue};
InitializeGameObjects();

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>>169412680
>>169412197
Thanks! I really didn't want to make a lightmap system.
I totally intend to finish this. Legends is my baby. I'm glad you get the spook vibe because I really wanna emphasize the fucking creepiness of the ruins in MML.

>>169411840
i like it! can i use it in my game?

>>169411350
>>169413215
Hey I'm actually interested in talking shop with you and what you seem to be going for. And I'm this guy. >>169403374

Do you have a throwaway email? Or a skype, discord, anything like that?

>>169402103
SceneManager.sceneLoaded
is an event that fires
you'd be forgiven for not knowing about it since its not listed in the manual. You can get to the reference page for it by hacking the url a bit, but it still doesn't give much information

>Unity in charge of documentation

>>169413520
you're welcome to message me on twitter @wild8900

>>169413516
sure

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>he thinks he can maek gaem as a career
Smart move! The market is so thirsty for indie devs. There's a huge lack in supply of games in 2017

This is definitely a sustainable decision and one that will pay off for you as the decades go by

>>169413794
>@wild8900
no way

>>169414223
Not like the skills you get with gamedev aren't very employable in case it doesn't work out

>>169414223
Welcome to /vg/!

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>>169414334
>thinking gamedev """math""" or gamedev """programming""" or gamedev """art""" means something next to the hordes of applications with CS degrees

>>169414223
Independent game development is one of the few careers that still has a great pension scheme.

>>169414334
Really depends on what games you code, though. 2D sidescroller #1481941 doesn't teach you a thing about database management.

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>>169413794
Of all the possible messengers in the world..

And you aren't privately accessible. The person who wants to speak to you, would need to be a mutual follow.

>>169402363
Can you link me the demo for you game?
I never got to play the one people have mentioned in here.

>>169414493
>twitter
>messenger

>>169414470
>implying lack of CS degree

>>169414602
"Method of communication"

A follow up reply, just for you, the biggest pedant in the entire galaxy.

>>169414470
>Porque no los dos?

Although CS is just my minor, my actual degree is real engineering.

>>169414675
>twitter
>communication
All it's good for is linking to somewhere else.

How advisable is it to quit my job and just dev fulltime? I just know I could make a good game

>>169414473
I just lost a job opportunity because it required experience with unity game development

>>169414493
>>169413520
If twitters a big problem then my discord is @Tetra#2631
>>169414294
Don't tell me I know you...

>>169414786
Do you have any savings you can live off for 5 years?

>>169414919
No that's why I want to make a good game and sell it. I just know I could do it if I devoted to it fulltime, like Notch or Toby Fox

>>169414859
Was that job opportunity outside the vidya industry? I doubt it.

>>169414907
If you are who I think you are, then yeah.
Let's say I knew you before.

>>169409097
Reminds me that code I came across once. It was a complete z80 emulator in C, in less than 1000 characters.
Both insane and impossible to read.

>>169415069
It was developing educational games for uni

>>169414786
go to china live cheap and make games there and get money from patreon.

>>169415064
I hope for your sake that this is some bad bait.

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Would you play as THIS?
Also does she look like a witch to you?

>>169414786
You should absolutely drop everything to follow your dream, or you'll spend the rest of your life wondering what could have been.

>>169415097
message me, dont keep me guessing!

>>169415226
no because I don't play a png.

what is the gameplay.

>>169415226
Depends on the game
Also, no

>>169415156
>educational games
>uni
wot?

>>169415226
She looks like a upper-class kid, honestly.

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>>169415226
Yes.
Yes.

Please, make it happen. Let me know if you need a code monkey.

>>169410414
is there no basic "find blobs of non-transparent pixels" function?

if not, then there should be one.

>>169415226
Looks more sundress-y than witch robe-y, but if the game told me I'd believe it.

>>169415226
no thicc enough

is agdg any good at css?

>>169415360
Think Big Brain Academy, but with differential equations and proofs in group theory

>>169411445
this triggers some ancient reflex of disgust in me

>>169415480
Webdev is suffering

>>169414786
Unless you have enough to live off for at least a year, no it's not advisable. By that time at least you'll have an idea if it's working out for you without starving

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>>169415503
>tfw somehow shitty Brain Age took the spotlight for that type of game, but Big Brain Academy is 10000x best

>>169415480
I'm pgud at it but I hate how trial and error it feels sometimes.

>>169415331
>>169415359
It's a mix between Animal Crossing and Atelier
Well it will be, anyway

>>169415480
I am

>>169415736
This.

>>169415736
>trial and error
That mean you don't know your shit.

>found centipede on dev station
>too scared to go back
So this is how it ends

>>169416010
I would never return.

>>169416010
Go back and eat the centipede. Gain its powers.

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>>169415736

>>169416010
Goddamn what a faggot
Just buy another dev station

>>169416179
It makes me so mad that retards always post that gif, when the actual problem is that they're incompetent.

>>169416240
You're a strange person then

>>169415736
>css
>doing it by trial and error
pls delete yourself from life

Reminder that CSS is Turing complete

Where's your CSS game?

>>169416240
Pic is accurate. Not even tutorials are any help.

>>169416389
google counter strike source

>>169415647
As it should. That's called your survival instinct.

>>169415660
>>169415736
>>169415838
Could anon take this
https://startbootstrap.com/template-overviews/shop-homepage/

and modify its shop-homepage.css to make it look like an over the top cyberhacker darkweb marketplace?

>>169415986
>>169416370
>>169416240
Cmon don't act like you can perfectly visualize every change you make to your code. There is some finicky ass shit in CSS.

>>169416575
Not to mention browser inconsistencies.

>>169402878
progress on this seems to have slowed down to nearly a halt over the past few months

>>169416560
>comments
I need to stop reading that shit.

>>169416560
I could. Not gonna do it for no reason, though. Long day of webdev behind me already.

>>169416575
I can visualize every change I make into my code. I'm not acting. CSS might be "finicky" to a point, but when you've worked with it for years, it's ultimately predictable and deterministic.
>>169416683
You're a novice, if that's hindering your understanding of CSS.

>>169416852
where's your CSS game, webmaster?

>>169416475
>tutorials
have you read the actual documentation? as in, fully? did you understand it? stop blaming the thing you don't comprehend

>>169416575
just because you got along doing guesswork doesn't mean everyone did

>>169416930
I made a shmup with frontend webdev languages about... 7 years ago. Don't have the source anymore, I think. heh.

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Looking through my game idea notes and I found this gem alone in a seperate folder titled "New Folder".

---

Each event contains:

A variable for good/bad/neutral

A number for good/bad

This means that every event result will either be
positive, negative or nothign changes.


ID = Used to identify the event


IDEAS:

Split Events and Results into two tables

Events contain:
- ID
- Name
- ResultNumber
- ???


Results contain:
- ResultNum
- EventID
- Stats (one for each person stat, will mainly be 0s)

this means I can match an event to a result by:

- For each event, count results with that EventID
- Grab one of them "randomly"
- Print text,


if a is more than b
- roll for one of the positive results
if c is more than d
- rolld for one of the negative results
if e is more than f
- roll for one fo the neutral results

---

The only other thing there was links to file reading commands/tutorials and the words "no matter what i do all i think about is you" which is apparently lyrics to a Nelly song.

I rember absolutely none of this.

>>169416956
>just because you got along doing guesswork doesn't mean everyone did
sounds like it tho
>>169416852
I am truly honored to be in the presence of such talented grand masters of CSS.

>>169416956
>read the actual documentation
There is no excuse for an high level interpreted language to not be intuitive and self-documenting. Take Javascript, or Actionscript for instance. It's easy to program in it even without reading any tutorials, documentation or books.

>>169417203
And I'm disgusted to be in the presence of such amateurs of CSS. I'm a purist, who learned CSS the hard way.

>>169416560
Images for banners/items
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_7YvqK2DszcRzJ5TXJsYWxfZ1E/view?usp=sharing
click the download arrow in the top right
inb4 >lostboy.exe

>>169408332

Walks like a machine. Looks like the Terminator.

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Just implementing more attack animations and hurtboxes/knockback. Where before I hated doing this, it's now sort of my go-to when I don't know what other progress to work on. Hopefully that mentality stays.

Also, y'all, this combat system is more fun than it has any right to be. I already like it more than Mayhem League and I don't even have all the neat shit like bullet time and active reloads in it yet. Something about pinballing dead enemies around the level like Loony Tunes shit is just hilarious to me.

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>>169417380

What's the best gamedev framework in CSS?

>>169417562
>using CSS frameworks
Fucking disgusting.

https://codepen.io/elad2412/pen/hBaqo?css-preprocessor=less

>>169417450
Hmm, I was going for flesh-beast punished "Patrick" the hellstar, but Judge Mecha-patrick T-1000 might work too. Thanks for the suggestion.

why everyone are so bitter and angry?

>>169417971
just bants

>>169417971
i know you are but what am i?

>>169417971
If I can't be successful nobody else should be.

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Found an old chiptune I made for someone here who then dissapeared.

https://clyp.it/nen3p3zy

>>169417562
http://keithclark.co.uk/labs/css-fps/nojs/

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What's a good way to structure a tutorial? I'm thinking a brief overview should be enough, just something quick to let users get a rundown of the mechanics and then let them figure out the rest naturally. Any other thoughts?

>>169417534
I like how the wings fall off. Looks pretty fun but I think I wouldn't want to stick in each fight for the ~5s every time. It does look fun to make though

>>169418295
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpigqfcvlM&t=425s

>>169418196
M-MASAKA

>>169418295
what is this new meme man i see posted around here
clue me into your sekrit club

>>169418486
Are you asking for a quick rundown on this guy?

>>169418295
Depends on the game.
Overall you should let players skip ahead if they already know how to use WASD for movement or to use mouse scroll to zoom in with the camera. Don't make the player wait for Mr. Exposition to finish his monologue.

>Made a game and only made $50 after 5 weeks of it's release

I thought gamedeving would be good for making money

>>169418520
either that or just links/keywords to look up

>>169418572
Was it free or what

>>169413794
Dude, look at this fucking Twitter.

There's like a 90% chance this person is an insane MTF tranny attention whore.

>>169418371
With the exception of 5 Showdown fights (which wall you off until all enemies are dead, DMC-style) per level, every enemy is 100% skippable if you feel like it.

Going back to play Mario 64 I know I don't make a point of killing every Goomba, the combat is largely optional.

>>169418572
How often did the game display a link to your Patreon?

>>169418664
yeah it was for free

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I'm just gonna pretend this is progress and go to sleep. See you faggots tomorrow.

>>169416179
How the fuck do people have trouble with css? Jesus fucking christ it is not that hard.
>What is scss
>What is caniuseit
>Woah that was hard

>>169418010
its JUST A PRANK BRO :^)))))))

>>169418776
Maybe something in between the long-fights and entirely skippable? Like a quick stun and toss?

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is gamemaker a good tool to learn or am I just wasting my time?
I got a license last year from humble bundle.

>>169419046
those aren't mutually exclusive options, huh

>>169418637
it's bog

they're basically the Rockefeller on steroids.

>>169418637
quickrundown.club

>>169419046
a lot of 1MAs have become wealthy using GM.

>>169419141
>>169419172
merci

>>169418637
Rothschilds bow to the Bogdanoffs
In contact with aliens
Rumoured to possess psychic abilities
Control france with an iron fist
Own castles and banks all over the world
Direct descendants of the ancient royal blood line
Will bankroll the first cities on Mars (Bogdangrad will be be the first city)
Own basically every DNA editing research facility on Earth
Published theoretical physics papers in scientific journals over 200 years ahead of their time. Scientists are still unable to understand the complexities of their research.
First designer babies will be Bogdanoff Babies
Both brothers said to have 200+ IQ
Ancient Indian scriptures tell of two angels who will descend upon the Earth and will bring an era of enlightenment and unprecedented technological progress with them
These are the Bogdanoff twins
They own Nanobot R&D labs around the world
You likely have Bogdabots inside you right now
The Bogdanoffs are in regular communication with the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, forwarding the word of God to the Orthodox Church
They learned fluent French in under a week
Saved Europe from destruction with a single phone call
Nation states entrust their gold reserves with the twins. There's no gold in Ft. Knox, only Ft. Bogdanoff
The twins are 67 years old, from the space-time reference point of the base human.
In reality, they are timeless beings existing in all points of time and space from the big bang to the end of the universe
The Bogdanoffs will guide humanity into a new age of wisdom, peace and love

>>169418725

Why are all the best Game developers trannies?

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What was it like to program games on the NES? What language did they use? What devtools?

>>169419330

xDD bogpill xD lawl :P P I juuuust wuuv /pol/ memes SIEG HEIL lmao!! xD

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>>169419016
I mean, you always have your secondary weapon which is 100% run-and-gun without slowing you down, whether it's a proper gun or a melee weapon. You can always just suppress and attack while moving through a space at full speed.

Remember also that enemies which are dead (as in, have 0HP) can still be combo'd indefinitely unless you use a finisher on them (using one when they're dead is what sends them pinballing around). If you wanted to fight with 100% efficiency a simple PKP or PKK on these guys would be enough to probably kill most of them quickly, and while this is the first level the unarmed fists are also among the weakest I plan for the game, so...

>>169419531

Python and MsPaint

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>>169402275
ok

>>169419223
>a lot

>>169419330
>Control france with an iron fist
That's a bit exagerrated. At most, it's annoying to see them on television twice per year when they release a new book.

>>169419563
I'm just the messenger bro

after collecting a ton of information for all over the web I found the most successful number of 2d games have been on game maker studio and for 3d unity for the most amount of games that have made revenue

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>start first project
>horrible code, art, everything
>having fun
>drop project because of unmaintanable code
>2 years pass
>keep dropping projects
>nothing sticks
>nothing is fun

why does it seem like every gamedev out there is fucked in the head? do I need to be insane in some way to be a successful dev?

>>169418725
But I don't have a single post that mention anything like that, nor do I talk about anything but game dev here. Whats the problem?

>>169419731
Everything else is totally accurate.

>>169419849
They're the ones you pay attention to

>>169419849
the gamedevs that aren't fucked in the head simply escape your attention
it's easier to notice a complete fucknugget in the crowd than ordinary people

>>169419849
not true

knightdev is pretty normal

>>169419706
more than unity and enginedevving combined
let's say wealthy is > 1mil

How do I make 2D platformers not feel floaty and shitty in GameMaker? I used the official GM tutorial and tried changing its variables around but it feels kind of fundamentally wrong.

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>>169419823
>implying I'm not an outlier, a wildcard

Do people actually do free advertising here for devs they like, or is it the dev themselves posing as anon?

>>169420158
more gravity? Go study a platformer that doesn't feel floaty and study it. The jump height, how fast you fall, if there's acceleration, etc etc.

STOP MAKING CUTE GAMES. WHY ARE ALL THE GAMES HERE SO CUTE? WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE SERIOUS GAMES?

>>169419823
>recommendations for beginners are GM and Unity for 2D and 3D respectively
>surprised that the most games are made with the tools most used
>surprised that the most successful indie games are made with the tools most people use

>>169420385
It is unfortunate but I've only been gifted in the arts of cute