/agdg/ - Amateur Game Dev General

Remember that there is no GAME without GAY.

Anime is cute. CUTE

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Progress

Any composers wanna bear mccreary my shit up?

>>172218258
looking at how perspective looks

also thinking about removing camera lock for some rooms and only using it in combat areas

Why isn't there any good games made with Godot?

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>>172218373
forgot pic because i'm dehydrated

>>172218436
Look forward to My Game made by Anon.

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>>172218320
Anime is cute.

The "thing" in the OP is the ugliest Keyon though. Have some taste for once people.

>>172218532
Kill yourself, Mugi is the cutest and most perfect Keion

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>>172218532
maybe OP is black
>>172218569
ritsu is the patrician's choice because she's basically a boy with tits

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Made the main input and output objects in the same style as other objects and did a simple visual effect when they transfer signals + some subtle AO and the connection energy stuff, which i guess is a bit too flashy.

Opinions?

>>172218532
I like azunyan

>>172218258
Been awhile since we had a pedophile OP. Thanks!

>>172218606
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ritsusforehead

Loli jam in 5 days

>>172218258
>>172218320
>>172218532
>>172218569
>>172218606
>>172218623
literally who

>>172218797
keion

>>172218717
>>172218258
ah the OP is in honor of loli/pedo jam, got it
carry on

>>172218870
ok thank s

>>172218619
It's kinda hard to see the black donuts with all the flashy stuff going on, maybe make them glow when connected?

>>172218717
Loli jam is not happening

>>172219676
Yes it is, I'm looking for the right image to use as a banner on the itch.io page

I'm in development of a game right now and I kind of wanted to make a multi-party system where the player can control multiple characters, split them up, and have them travel around the map. Certain puzzles would require the characters to be split up among multiple rooms.

However, how big can I make the map before being able to split up the characters become less of a gimmick and more of a chore.

>>172219797
If you automate off-teams it could be less of a chore.

Like, if you give players the option to have them auto explore/grind/go back to town/whatever, it would take a lot of the "chore" feeling away. Power gamers could still control 1:1 if they wanted.

If it's puzzle heavy though, I imagine maps would have to be relatively small (or perhaps you just keep your team whole 99% of the time)

>>172219797
Well, remember that when you're dealing with multi-room characters, eventually those characters are going to have to meet up again, and all the fun of doing the puzzles is marred by the constant trudging back and forth just to assemble your party.

However, if you have elements to mitigate this effect, like a warping crystal that brings the party together or the puzzles that are solved create new paths in each room that lead to a central "hub" area where the party can meet back up without having to retread existing ground, you can extend your spread of party members.

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>>172218942
Something like this?

>>172220227
>>172218619
Your thumbnails look like AMAZING pixel art.

... just thought I'd mention that.

>>172220227
I think a continuous glow would work better since I assume it's a continuous connection.

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>>172220428
We can go pixel, man.

Good morning /agdg/! It's a beautiful morning, what progress are you planning to make today?

>>172220705
lol, that's neat

>>172220737
I paused my progress to learn Godot.

Am I a nodev now?

>>172198597
https://twitter.com/sy0sa/status/845932073181339648

>>172220775
Learning to use a game engine is the work of yesdevs, even if you aren't producing anything right now.

I want to make a top view rpg like all this rpgmaker shit with smt combat and pop-up text, maybe combining skills into new stuff.
I want to also include weapon wear and some sort of social links. Should i use gamemaker studio or some sort of RPGmaker?

>>172220982
Depends on how much game development means to you.
If you just want something quick and dirty then RPG Maker is enough, but if you want to learn programming concepts that you can carry on to future projects then GameMaker is the way.

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>trying to find a solution online

>>172220982
RPG Maker (at least the older ones?) is quite restrictive. Most games have a strong fucking RPG-Maker feel.

If you go with RPG Maker you'll be able to make your game 1000x faster, though. You should do your best to break out of that feeling with scripts and whatnot.

>>172221113
lmao

>>172221113
i bore witness to the very best
>"i figured it out myself, you do X Y Z"
>all the replies telling him his solution is wrong and stupid
>he was absolutely correct and im one of the few who will ever know

>>172215475
Yes, there will be all ethnics in the game.

Where can i find tutorials on Game Maker 2? It seems that most of them are about the older version and im having some difficulty moving beyond yoyogame`s tutorial series

>>172221497
Can't wait to try it out

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testing out the new speech boxes

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>>172221113

This is actually accurate if from the perspective of the person posting the problem.
>Not intelligent; having it answered for you
>Intelligent; having the thread closed because nobody could answer or had to find answers elsewhere
>Really intelligent; an expert user has to send special information to fix the issue, possibly too technical or personal to show publically
>Most intelligent; figuring out the problem yourself and posting it online that you no longer need help

>>172221690
What exactly are you having trouble with? It shouldn't be too hard to follow old tutorials since the engine is still basically the same.

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>>172221113

>>172221942
>hyper intelligent answer: Figuring out the problem yourself but responding to your own original query with a fake profile and incorrect response so that anyone that finds your question is further confused and misled so as to put you one above the pleb-programmer competition

>>172221962
I have been transitioning between Game Maker 2 and Stencyl to see which i liked better.

I found Stencyl much easier to learn but everyone keeps telling me to go back to GM2

So i watched yoyogames tutorial but still feel really lost in how to go from there on.

Also, i dont know how to "translate" GM 1.4 to GM2, by that i mean if the dude in the tutorial is doing something that i cant in the engine i get lost and cant proceed

>>172218258
Are there any guides how to create your concept? What I mean is that I have some ideas floating in my head and I wan't to make them into something more ordered.

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wtf i cant believe someone actually made these

>>172221347
Where is your game?

is making progress monadic?

Provide a proof or counterexample

>>172222324
Looks better than most sprites posted here.

>>172217641
>>172217692
Ok, so, this is my brainstorming so far:

You're at school when it gets invaded by werewolves.

So then you gotta sneak and kungfu werewolves.

BUT the werewolves are actually really cute kemonogirlwolves!
...So you get a boner.

So now you gotta sneak and do kungfu WHILE trying to hide your boner, if anyone sees it, everyone will laugh at you and the whole school will think that you are a furry!

Mechanics:
The more you see and touch the werewolves(and especially the more they touch you) the larger your boner becomes.
The larger your boner, the harder it is to hide and the more awkward your movement and combat gets as you try to hide it.
Breaking the line of sight makes the boner smaller but the game's ranking will rely heavily on continuous and fluid action, speed bonuses and dick stealth.
SHAMELESS desperation mode gives you a temporary power boost but it is a high risk move that momentarily leaves you with no cover for your swinging chubby.
Different kinds of gear you find could affect the boner mechanics: tighter pants could make it swing around less but make it more pronounced, baggy pants hide a small one really well but a larger one will swing around almost freely, some weapons would take less hands to use, and etc...

My game is going to have hundreds of items. Is there any disadvantage to just having a c# file with all of them listed, rather than just using something like xml?

>>172222438
There are significant disadvantages to using c#, yes

>>172222421
>So you get a boner.
urgh
>Mechanics
>The larger your boner, the harder it is to hide and the more awkward your movement and combat gets as you try to hide it.
so the more you play the game the more the game punishes you?
terrible idea

>>172222438
>Is there any disadvantage to just having a c# file with all of them listed, rather than just using something like xml?
It's quite stupid and you need to rebuild your game any time you make changes.
It's like storing all your images in binary arrays and compiling them with your game.
Don't hardcode, keep your data outside of your code ffs.

>>172222542
In combat the growth would be there but on a manageable level, it would mainly punish you if you were being too slow and getting hit would be the larger punishment.

>>172222324
are you saying that because you think all pixel art is shit regardless of quality

No question mark because that's what you're doing lol.

>>172222185
You could download the old version just for learning and it shouldn't be too hard to find your bearings once you migrate, the free version of GMS2 has some pretty strict limits too like only 15 objects max which would probably kill any attempts at following tutorials that aren't super basic.

>>172222763
>getting hit would be the larger punishment.
we have a system that punishes you for getting hit, it's called health
>it would mainly punish you if you were being too slow
so damage over time? terrible idea
>In combat the growth would be there but on a manageable level
if it's already managable ie. it doesn't matter why put it in at all?

>>172222598
xml it is then, thanks!

>>172220982
Will weapon wear make your game more fun anon?

>>172222438
At that point you should be making a quick tool to edit/load/save item data. You shouldn't be touching the data file directly, so it doesn't matter as much what the format is.

>>172222870
>fun
ahahah come back when you've gotten past your delusions that that word is useful for gamedevs

sent you the solution :-)

>>172222861
Manageable if you're gud.

>>172218441
you need to tighten your hitboxes, the more low res the art, the more precision people expect from the game.

>>172222997
>Manageable if you're gud.
shitty mechanic for a shitty game idea

>>172223087
:(

>>172221113
you forget "no, don't do it, I don't like this idea", a local specialty at stackoverflow.

>>172223087
>shitty
I'd say it was a bit dorky of a game idea.

>>172223385
it's pornographic and not even fun

do you people even know what fun videogames are like

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My first human head model and it's fucking creepy looking. Not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing, since it's meant to be a horror game anyway.

>>172223531
>fun

>>172222421
Sounds like a health reskin.

I'm not saying it's bad, it actually sounds pretty hot and funny.

>>172223719
SUCC

>>172224006
>>172223719
how many layers of fear are you on

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>>172223927
>it actually sounds pretty hot and funny.

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>>172224073
Heh, oh you guys.

>>172224209
Don't hate the player.

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>>172218441

>>172220705
Just like the good old days playing dungeon keeper.

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>>172224372
it's not a game so it doesn't have players
>>172224407
looks suspiciously like this

>>172224521
Memes will live as long as humankind.

>>172224521
Name your least favorite memes and I will do my best to not use them anymore.

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>>172224450
You mean this guy?

>>172224521
Meme-scientists have calculated the death of the internet meme culture to be around 2025

I suddenly wrote a 2.5D sdl/opengl/c++ engine. What should I make on it faam

>>172218258
Just wandered in from /v/, I don't get it, what does fucking children have to do with game development?

>>172224945
What does shitposting have to do with game development?

>>172224945
most of us don't know either

>>172224945
>not the first post from this IP
Are you bored?

i just solved typing in vr

what have YOU done today?

What engine does /agdg/ recommend for card games?

>>172226334
singleplayer card games? use whatever
multiplayer? just don't make multiplayer games

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i really liked this new level

>>172226334
Desperate gods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WD0gMu0LDU

>>172226334
I wouldn't know a specific engine but YGOPro uses Lua for programming the cards
https://github.com/Fluorohydride/ygopro-scripts/blob/937e833a299591a46c339695a4c62e0b2af1694a/c1224927.lua

>>172226334
Not unity.

>>172226715
Hearthstone is made in Unity.

>>172226754
You just proved his point

>>172226220
Jerked off to poju

>>172226334
you can use unity for every genre

>>172226525
Are you not the dev? Anyhow I'm gonna drop this on you:

The warning markers for the mines are confusing. They should probably always show the max range. As is it looks like you can dodge them when the indicator is shorter... but you can't, you always have to be further away.

Either that or the ping effect should be faster.

>>172226884
You can also use brainfuck for any genre, doesn't mean you should.
Unity for 2D is the worst meme.

>>172226995
unity being bad for 2d being the worst meme is actually the worst meme

unity is the best meme, only contrarian children would argue otherwise

>>172227034
My main character is the player
I can think of a couple NPCs who might go for that though

>>172227034
Funny you said that because I was about to model feet.

>4 fingers
Gross.

>>172227363
>no pixel perfection
>literally just 3D with a fixed camera
LOL

>>172227363
>>172226995
Unity seems like the most versatile engine to me. Everytime I finish a game it has that "made with Unity" shit in the credits and I never see it coming

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>>172227487
>fingers

>>172227487
Toes I mean. But four fingers are equally disugusting.

>>172226995
Unity works fine for 2D.
mixing 2D and 3D for oldschool result is kinda muddy though.
Also it's terrible for composite sprites where you'd need to change the weapons and armor of a large number of units. The sprite animator itself isn't rich enough to work well on pixel precise stuff.
My biggest complaint overall is the UI, because working with fractions to put things in place is tedious when you work with photoshop mockups for the design. Not having an implicit way to tell it to fucking resize depending on the resolution is also really annoying and time consuming.

>>172227564
Really?

I don't think I've ever played a Unity game without knowing it's Unity

>>172218450
So you are making Journey ripoff
Nice

>>172227495
>>literally just 3D with a fixed camera
been the standard for 2D games for nearly 20 years, the fuck are you on son.
"pixel perfect" is a fucking meme in HD era. Only emulator fags too busy taking screenshot of mario 1-1 world to compare instead of playing care about that shit.

>>172227605
I did mean toes but if you count the fingers in the picture I'm refering to you will see it's not a incorrect deliberation either.

>>172227846
Uh, no.
The standard for 2D games has been GameMaker which is true 2D.

Name one good "fake 2D" game.

>>172227820
Maybe it's just cos I'm relatively new to devving and haven't really looked for Unity's tells. But it always got me

>>172227840
it's 2D you shit how can it be a ripoff

btw minecraft is an infiniminer clone, undertale is an earthbound clone, etc.

>>172228109
Almost nothing is truly original these days. Y'all gotta embrace inspiration like >>172227840

>>172228196
Whoops, swap those post numbers around

>>172228109
>it's 2D you shit how can it be a ripoff

So I hitted the right spot I see ;^)
Maybe someone who played original would feel nostalgia and would came across your tottally not ripoff game and would think that it remind him of Journey just by accident and would buy itor pirate ;^)

>>172228196
Nevermind that AGDG is a buncha salty cunts who have no mind for nuance. Just vaguely looking like something doesn't make your game a clone

>>172228323
are you a fucking slav or something because i read this in a russian accent

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>>172228323
>he replied
pic related, it's you

>>172228392
>Just vaguely looking
>>172218450
>same character design
>same color scheme
Nah, brah

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>>172228323

>>172228525
so first it's a hyper light drifter ripoff and now it's a journey ripoff?

just admit that characters wearing large red cloaks are common in videogames

>>172228450
>are you a fucking slav
pretty close but No

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Going with the popular opinion, I'm reworking the trailer to match the new song
https://streamable.com/iz0sd

>>172228607
Nah man it's a Risk of Rain ripoff

You see, it has pixels.

>>172228607
>just admit that characters wearing large red cloaks are common in videogames
More like characters from game A with artstyle of Game B

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>>172228743
please point out the similarities between this and my sprite

>>172228901

>red cloacked muslim person with glowing eyes is not enough

lmao

>>172228901
I'm not even the shitposter but the similarities are obvious.
>cloak
>color
>black face with white eyes
>no arms
>pointy legs
>desert setting

>>172226950
you're right

i'll make the ping effect faster

>>172229057
the colour and proportions are completely different
>>172224450

>>172228607
Protip: Ignore em

>>172224450
Protip: AGDG will sperg on you less if you don't include the goddamn references in your art posts

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>>172229057
I think you'll find its a shameless rip off of this classic character

>>172229182
> proportions are completely different
That's because proportions rip offed from Hyper Light Drifter
Lmao
>the color is different
It is just a different shade

>>172229284
I already told him that but he's either just a falseflagging troll or just plain stubborn and easily baitable.

how do I make a melee attack in unity?

>>172227956
>The standard for 2D games has been GameMaker
fuck off, retard

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>>172229341
>you don't include the goddamn references in your art posts
there are no assets ripped from or inspired by journey in those posts

i got the sand from an actual picture of sandstone
>>172229369
no they are ripped off from starbot
>>172229383
i'm bored

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7dmM-QMkmg

>>172228634
Anon, you always say "I only use MSPaint", but to be honest, I have hard time believing that. Don't you think some sort of live streaming of a drawing session, or a speedpaint video could serve as a form of promotional material, while also being a short tutorial on how to git gud in Paint?

>>172229657
Holy shit you're so fucking annoying. Please just fuck off already. You're not getting anything out of pretending that your graphics don't look exactly like Journey and/or Hyper Light Drifter. Your """game""" looks like shit. You're a fucking prick. Just leave.

>>172229805
>low effort "trolling"
hey at least i put some effort into my posts you fuck

>>172229657
>there are no assets ripped from or inspired by journey in those posts
how about Hyper Light Drifter from the goddam post I quoted

>>172228634
I think you should really consider if that scrolling text is necessary at all. Show, don't tell.

>>172229943
and you can see they look entirely different so what's the issue

>>172229657
From now on You will be known as RipOff dev
Apply your new name to the right field

>>172230008
I personally don't care but it's pretty dumb to include them when posting to AGDG

>>172228634
Way too much going on and way too soon, I don't know if I should be looking at the text or the pics scrolling everywhere.
It also doesn't help that the text blends with the background making it hard to see if it changed unless I keep my eyes on it (thus missing all the pics).

>>172230081
but when it proves my point that they look entirely different it's not dumb at all

>>172230198
Nah. But please do continue to be completely baffled when people reply to you in this way!

can someone answer me this:

Is the key to make a melee attack in unity to make the attacks a trigger?

>>172230718
Multiple traces are generally the best way

>>172230867
what's that?

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>>172230881
Firing traces/raycasts along the path of the weapon to check if it hits something

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Made some more sprites.

>>172231021
yeah, but I want to make a version with hitboxes, like a fighting game.

>>172231057
but where's the gameplay

>>172231057
Niec

>>172231057
What for?

>>172228607
just realized my game has a mc wearing a large red cloak, whelp, guess I'm making a journey/hyper light drifter clone now

>>172231123
>>172231184
There's literally zero gameplay coded. I've got 3 games on Steam so I'm not to worried about seeing it through!

It's going to be a roguelike where you have to use tools and lewd skills to make your opponents cum first.

>>172231123
Post you're gameplay

>>172222438
There's a disadvantage to doing it in a regular source file which is that you need to recompile and rerun to see any changes. There's a disadvantage to doing it in XML because XML is shit. A much better solution is to do it in C# but with hot loading. At least during development, you can either interpret the file using a library that lets you load C# code at run time, or you put it in a separate project and load the compiled assembly from your game project at run time.

>>172231261
google 'gone home'

>>172231250
>It's going to be a roguelike
urgh
>lewd skills to make your opponents cum first
sometimes i forget these threads are on 4chan

first the guy who made vtech massacre now this

>>172231362
Retard that's your game's gameplay POST YOU ARE GAMEPLAY

>>172231057
Are you the guy that made osama bin bobben

>>172231250
Will there be lewd sprites too?

>>172231112
I never made anything like that, but assuming you want anything like skyrim/for honor/whatever, i'd just slap a collider on a weapon, OnTriggerEnter check what you hit and if you're bool attacking and go from there.

>>172227820
dumb liar detected

what gave hearthstone and pokemon go away

>>172231434
No but that was mildly funny. Enjoyed the shitposts that always went along with his progress posts. Shame he was underage/retarded and didn't see the project through.

>>172231446
I dunno, maybe. That's a lot of goddamn drawing. Probably stupid to make the game without lewd stuff, though...

>>172231520
I didn't play them

>>172231520
The terrible performance.

>>172231518
yeah, but let me see if I understood.

I simply have a rigidbody with a collider, right?

Then the attack simply has a trigger on some frames, right?

Then you code the reaction when the trigger enters the colision with the collider?

>>172231112
>>172231518
Note that you'll probably want to set the flag for activating the hit box using animation triggers.

>>172231518
The trouble with this is that it can skip through objects if they are thin, the framerate is low, or the animation is very fast, that's generally why people use traces.

You can probably improve a collider with CCD, not sure to what extent that would fix the issues.

question

How do you make 3d environments in Blender like the background for your game?

>>172231921
for fast slashes you'll want to spawn a box that's as big as the entire slash area for the duration of the slash animation

How do I get started in music composition?

I'm working towards a demo and want to have a "finished" level.

>>172218352
That's fucking amazing

>>172233202
I wish I knew
My music never comes out sounding how I imagine it and anyone can tell I'm not a musician

>>172233202
read the following:

TL:DR musician (it's a noob introduction to music)
Composing music a new approach (a composition book filled with exercises to noobs).

If you want a complete musician book about college education, get the Complete musician.

there's a subreddit about music theory with a FAQ for begginers.

>>172233673
>subreddit
Please learn to love yourself. You will have a better life.

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progress.

>>172227956
Enter the Gungeon

Yes, it's fake 2d
And yes, it's made with unity.

>>172233202
find free audio and loop it
>>172233827
make him look more like popeye

>>172233202
music is kinda tough to break into making. imagine as if you had never drawn an image in your life and you wanted to be an animator. but i can line out some basic steps i guess:

1. learn about music composition (writing a song). You can youtube this or youtube any video about "basic theory" theoretical concepts kinda go down the path of rhythm>melody>bass>harmony. if that sounds like gibberish, just youtube how to make a song. also it is best to maybe have a piano, guitar, any instrument in which you can just trial and error and experiment for a couple hours.

2. find a music making software. Most ppl around here recommend FL studio because it's easy to torrent and cheap if you wanna buy it. THere is a different kind of software called Famitracker though which essentially gives you NES sounds to play with.

If you end up wanting chiptunes in your game you should really just download Famitracker and look up tutorials on how to use it. If you have never done music before it is probably the easiest way to get to do music.

>>172233960
I have a Novation Impulse keyboard. I also have Ableton Live.

>>172233960
you need to have a basic understanding of at least scales, keys, how a chord progression works and basic four voices harmony.

music isn't as hard to make, but musicians spend too much time making it seem like vodoo shit when a pop song is the most generic shit to write.

>>172234118
agreed

music, art, programming, math, level design, and everything else is easy as fuck to learn all you gotta do is learn the basics and practice anyone can do it

>>172234318
what most people don't tell you is that learning the basics is really fucking hard

>>172233445

>>172234804
no it's not wtf lol

the hard part is practicing everyday

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can someone explain what are these gray arrows?
what do they mean?

>>172234118
i agree, but if you wanna shit out something quick (like the way ppl do at coding bootcamps) at least u have something u have made. ppl often learn better when they make a shitty/makeshift thing and then learn the strong basics after. plus if he youtubes "how to make a song" a good tutorial will illustrate basics of scales, harmony, etc. stuff like four part harm can come later out of necessity/desire.

>>172234028
nice, all u gotta do is look up tutorials on how to write song/use theory and use ableton. a fun way to play around is to put on a drum loop or any kind of loop (if they are available) and just play with a cool instrument sound like a piano or synth.

>>172234909
You wont learn the basics unless you practice the basics every day for a long time and it's hard and it sucks. That's why you see pros doing basic mistakes all the time.

>>172234909
only retards who don't have any discipline can't practice everyday. Didn't your parents teach you good work ethics?

>>172233960
>>172234118
music theory is overrated.
music when it comes down to is just sounds forming a sequence that you enjoy. if you know how to enjoy music, fumbling your way through the feeling of slapping sounds together into music is probably the best way to get into it.... not best as in most efficient but as in not losing interest and coming up with cool stuff.
i'd point someone towards music programs and vsts long before music theory.

>>172235256
>automatically associating the "hard part" to something that can't be done
Not gonna make it

>>172235386
practice is more important than music theory, but learning about the basics is important.

just like you can draw, even while your fundamentals suck and you're stuck in your style for ever.

bad advice.

>>172235256
surprise most people don't have discipline what are you some kind of pleb not knjowing this

>>172235252
you can learn the basics of programming within a month and then be able to write decent code not doing it everyday and of course you will mess up

>>172235386
what music programs do you recommend

>>172235536
practice doesnt matter that much if youre not playing an instrument, i mean you pick up rote things but theyre not that helpful because...
experimentation is the most important aspect of making original music

>>172235654
for the general DAT it doesnt matter too much, i use Sony Acid FL is popular, etc
but for specific instrumentation/sounds/effects, depends what you're going for.... i use a fuckton of shit - Reason does alot, tons of different VSTs for orchestra and synths, musagi for chiptunes, paulstretch, izotope and waves have the best effects.

>>172236168
Damn, where did you get the money to buy all this stuff?

>>172236168
Improving in art is basically:

>Learning from masters, copying their work
>Practicing your fundamentals
>Doing original work

There's not secret.

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>>172236238
>buy

>>172236339
Surely gogem isn't selling games made with stolen software?

>>172236238
from all his successful gamedeving and yesdev videos of course

>>172236238
youre a funny goy

>>172236274
music composition is so basic it isnt worth learning the fundamentals, most popular musicians of our time never learned how to read notation.

>>172236501
well, we disagree.

my goal is to be a professional, not just some amateur.

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>>172236501
>most popular musicians of our time never learned how to read notation.
Not this shit again

Hey goog, I think you will like to know that Godot has a pretty nifty keyframe-based animation system.

Maybe you can finally ditch Flash and learn a decent engine, I say this as an old Flash user.

>>172236501
I agree the most popular musicians play by ear and are naturally talented at the gift of music

Last Monday's recap is kill?

>>172236963
>naturally talented
just jump off a bridge already

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Sorry I vanished again. It was a weird week.

-------- AGDG WEEKLY RECAP --------
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>>172237074

it's true some people are more talented than others and you cannot deny this

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>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: NipNip
Dev: Cilerba
Tools: Unity
Web: https://cilerba.tumblr.com/, https://twitter.com/cilerbaa
Progress:
+ Tomatoes finished
+ Some new UI sprites
- Contemplating cutting the game short so I can just finish it and move on after release

>>172237112
haven't seen half of them in over a month

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>>172218258
getting nostaligic about games i made in the past <3

>>172237620
I remember this

>>172237680
it was jolly, but a bit too demanding for its time for a mobile game
i should of just used an engine

How is your underwater game coming along?

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>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: Cybervania
Dev: Discmach
Tools: PS, C2
Web: http://dissociativemachine.tumblr.com/
Progress:
+ implementing feedback from demoday
+ working on background art for new areas
- day cannot come soon enough that I hire an artist for this shit.

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>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: 23/Prometheus
Dev: GrandFaker
Tools: GM:S, GIMP, FL Studio
Web: 22verse.tumblr.com, twitter.com/GrandFaker, grandfaker.itch.io

Progress:
+ Added two new skills
+ Minor fixes and updates
- Did not much

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Daily reminder to not do this.

>>172237112
>All this pixel shit
Nobody is gonna make it

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>>172238207
ANON

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>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: Ironmash!
Dev: Norby
Tools: Unity, Paint.net, Inkscape
Web:
Progress:
+ More units
+ More skills
+ Animations when damage is dealt
+ About to figure out multiplayer
- Animation events can't be implemented in the way i made the animations
- Dreading the time when I can't postpone making the actual art and music anymore

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>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: Monolith
Dev: Team D-13
Tools: GM: Studio, Paint.net, pxTone
Web: https://monolithdevs.itch.io/monolith, https://twitter.com/MonolithDevs, http://monolithdevs.tumblr.com/, http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=803820311
Progress:
+ ALL FLOOR 5 ROOMS DONE
+ a thing happens when you finish floor 5
+ final boss, mid-work
+ some item and item pool reworks - rooms can reward 1 hp, small ammo gives money if you hold no weapon
+ game is theoretically playable in TATE mode, also switched windowed mode to borderless
+ bunch of enemies have been nerfed
+ tutorial now supplies you with bombs, acts as a pick-up tutorial too i guess, pickups themselves visibly shatter on room leave
+ large overhaulf of weapon UI, new weapon icons, basic/vulcan no longer share icons, switching weapons notifies you that you salvage the old weapon, which grants health and also debris based on how much ammo was left
+ ammo now displays a line under the number, to imply the total of ammo you currently have
+ bunch of map icons patched up to be less transparent
+ razors and shrapnel made darker to distract less
+ stealth nerfed
+ fixed some of the (now) erroneous of kleines' advices, tweaked a bunch of enemies and fixed some more things

>>172238313
I have the same problem in my game. How do I fix this? GameMakerS

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>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: Space Dementia
Dev: rez
Tools: SFML/C++
Web: rezydev.tumblr.com
Progress:
+ Made zoomed minimap screen
+ Added blur and glow effects
+ Jumping now pushes down object under you
+ Added arbitrary constraints to physics movement
+ Lasers now shoot out of your visor and have recoil to work like a jetpack
+ Fixed some bugs

>>172238708
you mixed up Game and Dev

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>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: MoGiSho (Moth Girl Shooter)
Dev: WRIT
Tools: GM:S
Web: http://thirdkeyofsun.tumblr.com/, https://twitter.com/thirdkeyofsun
Progress:
+ Finished implementing Sana's basic gameplay and Burst mechanics
+ Added Sana to all current stage dialogue switches
+ Redid character select stats to be easier to read and more informative
+ Added 'quality of life' Hitbox always visible option
- Need to adjust powerup/item drops from enemies to be beneficial to Sana
- Help me I am about to add a third (and final) moth to play as for shot type and mechanics/gameplay variety

>>172238278
Do what?

>>172238313
screenshot from photoshop, she's in it as a guide for size reference.

>>172238834
Thank you, anon

>>172238994
Release shit games. Specially EA.

>>172238834
>tfw you become your game

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>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: Infraction
Dev: foxar
Tools: SFML/C++
Web: https://foxar.itch.io/
Progress:
+ Life and Sprint warning signs.
+ AI sound detection
+ Sound system
+ Ambience
+ Increased difficulty, Alert Phase length and AI distance for pathfinding.

i'm thinking about removing all combat in my "game" and going full walking simulator

what does /agdg/ think of this?

>>172239703
Sunset/10

>>172239703
Good luck competing with all the other walking simulators. Good luck making a worthwhile "experience game". Good luck making money. Good luck making people care. Good luck giving up on learning to program actual game mechanics.

>>172238312
Ain't called amateur for nothing.

>>172239084
Just a little payback for being a nice dude.

>>172239172
A good reason to try your best.

>>172239703
I read wanking at first and I'm disappointed. I advise against it, unless you can make some puzzle, racing, rhythm, platforming or any kind of actual gameplay to replace the combat.

>>172238337
this is the only game so far that looks like it is going to make it

when is it going to be finished?

>>172237112
Hey there recap guy. I was worried about you. Good to have you back.

>>172239857
>Sunset
>My game sold poorly 'cause white peeple be racis' yo

>>172240063
dev 2 has a friend who hooked us up with some guys who are gonna help us release it. they already had sone game that was gonna release mid-may, so we've been pushed to start of juny.

guess the feature creep starts here.

>>172239703
i like walking sims but they have to do something interesting. also i only play free ones

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>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: Project M
Dev: Adam
Tools: Unity, Blender
Web:
Progress:
+ finally have time to work on this again
+ reworked the movement system
+ replaced lots of old shitty code
+ made progress with melee combat
- animating is hard
- have to come up with a coherent melee system

>>172239907
>unless you can make some puzzle, racing, rhythm, platforming or any kind of actual gameplay to replace the combat.
that's the problem i recognised too

right now i'm thinking about just making it like riven and dark souls 1 as in the areas have lots of hidden routes to discover
>>172240443
>i only play free ones
what games do you buy

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>>172239703
Gameplay consists of opportunities for choices. A game becomes a walking simulator when the only choice you can make is where to walk. Not every game offers you the choice to kill things. That's fine. However, you should give the player the opportunity to do something fun.

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>>172240505
>mecha-lance
Sweet.

>>172240552
Not that anon, but I buy games with gameplay. not glorified movies where I have to do the work of discovering the plot.

>>172240552
not many. i pirate aaa games and buy indie games from devs i follow. you know how people like social proof before they buy things? for some reason i need that. 3 diiferent sources need to mention something before i buy it

What if I made a walking simulator with actual THINGS happening instead of just being a static world like all other walking simulators.

>>172240505
>dat green health bar tho

>>172240606
>>172240641
well what i'm thinking about doing now is keeping in the combat but reducing the amount of it in the game and keeping it confined to a few areas

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>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: Skylarks
Dev: Mako
Tools: Rust, Blender, Logic, SDL2
Web: -
Progress:
+ Made the render system selectively skip layers based on the current scene, so the ship HUD, stars, etc. will no longer appear in VN mode
+ Fleshed out a bunch of lore for different factions and certain planets
+ Wasted some time storyboarding an overly complicated title screen animation that will take ages to make
+ Added several new leitmotifs to the title music just to make absolutely sure that I'm in way over my head with this bullshit
- Remembered that I have no idea what I'm doing

>>172240505
>- have to come up with a coherent melee system
Zone of the Enders's system was simple but effective. Hit enemies, some enemies can hit you too, you can block or grab an enemy and throw him.

>>172240552
harsh words but unless you make some incredible atmosphere, graphics and design, no one's gonna give a shit.
And even if you did those, people would care a lot more if you had gameplay.

>>172240776
Wow man those sure are some great criteria for determining a purchase and your explanation of why you apply them leads me to believe you are likely a smart (and also probably handsome) individual.

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>>172240776
>social proof

Anybody need art for their game? Last project fell through when the programmer ghosted.

>>172241016
sure post art friend

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>>172240853
>unless you make some incredible atmosphere, graphics and design, no one's gonna give a shit.
say no more

>>172241102
>but [meme excuse]
There we go, exchange concluded.

>>172241016
If I had four artists working under me for a couple years I could get my game >>172240809 done before I die
Do you feel like doing character designs for now

>>172241148
no memes post your art if you are serious if not that is cool

>>172241016
Love this meme

>>172241149
Sounds p cool. What's your toolset look like?

>>172240776
So... if tree sources said you should suck cocks for a living, you might feel compelled to oblige, intredasting...

>>172241468
yes - infiltrate my twitter and post traps

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What are some mini-games for disgusting little paypigs who buy Mistress's game?

Uploading pictures of them in their sissy bitch panties? Setting up an auto-donate for some kind of winning/losing trigger?

>>172240853
Not even harsh words. Unless your game is highly memeable then no one will give a shit about your indie project. Look at Hollow Knight. That's a gorgeous game with deep gameplay and a large amount of content, but no one outside of hardcore gaming circles gives a shit.

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>>172241460
It looks like this language I made and I don't care if I'm being memed

>>172241650
I want to venture into the realm of DSLs and whatnot so this greatly interests me!

>>172241650
I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in working with custom engines, but your game sounds great, good luck!

>>172241801
what engines do you even like?

Reminder, do not respond to obvious bait.

If you really do need art, let's talk

>>172241616
>Hollow Knight
>Deep gameplay
Outline some of the depth of its mechanics for me, if you please.

>>172241907
He's a memeing shitposter. Ignore him.

>>172241616
The game's amazing but
>deep gameplay
Come on now.

>>172241926
Well uh. I guess there are a lot of mechanics. >>172242003
Tbph, I'm just mad about the game not doing particularly well. It's a 15 dollar game that I've put 20 hours into. Im just regurgitating its praises at this point.
TL;DR nobody's gonna make it

>>172241780
Rad
Were you here the other day when I posted these
http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2017/adventures-in-jit-compilation-part-1-an-interpreter/
http://www.craftinginterpreters.com/contents.html
Also if you want you can download my DD13 build and mess around with the files in data/scripts

>>172241917
>If you really do need art, let's talk
OK

where is that frogdev guy?

I want him to post progress daily!

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>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: shitgame
Dev: shitdev
Tools: GM:S, GIMP
Web: n/a
Progress:
+ The dialogue system is in and working.
+ All kinds of dungeon related stuff (different puzzle blocks, locks, traps etc.) have been added.
+ Could probably build the game world with all the current features.
- Still no idea what, why and where.
- Placeholders, man.

>>172242152
>art
Ahh, that's awkward but I meant in general. I'm not interested in enginedev at this time, but I have only the highest hopes for you and your game.

>>172242346
All right, this time I actually laughed
Well played, anon

>>172241917
I can't wait for the day when this shitposter registers a dummy email, tumblr, and discord account and actually takes the shitposting routine out of the thread

>>172242148
>I'm just mad about the game not doing particularly well.
It's not? I've only heard good things about it and the game is great
/v/ loves it too

>>172242148
its not doing particularly well because it chose to release itself post-dark souls ennui which combined with its metroidvania choices means that it will struggle against a myriad of similar games

>>172242436
And finds himself making original art

>>172242436
I honestly thought he was serious because some of the posters here are serious in collabing and usually post their art if they are serious or leave contact info etc

I just decided I will not be having Jontron as a voice actor for my game.

>>172242659
shocker

>>172242542
skylarks dev please stop embarrassing yourself

>>172242659
I just decided that I will be hiring jon tron for my game

>>172242497
Yeah, gaming and niche communities love it because it's a great game. But it's not getting the buzz that other Indie GOTY candidates do. It's not even a blip on the radar of the Gen pop. >>172242517
Lot of dumb decsions on the marketing side of things, yeah.

>>172242542
>I honestly thought he was serious
You have to had seen the meme by now.

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>>172242325
Why don't you post progress then frogdev?

this sucks I have to either make a meme game with retarded physics or a lewd game if I want to make any serious money and then market it everywhere related to those toxic communities if you want to be successful in making money where as I just want to make a good unique game but it won't get noticed at all

why is gamedev suffering?

What other 3D programs should I know about other than SpeedTree and Substance Designer/Painter/Etc?

>>172243039
free idea: make a meme physics game with EXTENSIVE jiggle but technically sfw, sell it on steam

>>172243039
Gamedev is not supposed to be fun if you're looking for monetary gain. It's a job, not a hobby.

>>172243039
>not making your dream game
Why are doing it to yourself

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rate my AI.

>>172243404
clean easy to read code that I understand it

10/10 code

>>172243356
>tfw no dream game

>>172243356
>Quit Job
>Make a cool demo for your dream game
>Create a moderately succesful crowdfunding campaign.
>Release your dream game to the masses
>Sell 500 copies max
>Hang yourself midway through the development of your next project

>>172243356
>>172243552
>tfw my dream game IS a porn game

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Progress: Headlook put in, as well as joysticks that are based on your input.

>>172243648
same collab?

so i think i've finished this off mostly, accepting last minute advice for mixing and whatever.

also please come up with a good name for it because i suck at that.

https://clyp.it/fmueqx3v

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Lets try that again without quotes

>>172237112
----[ Recap ]----
Game: BLOODRUSH
Dev: Liar-bird
Tools: gamemaker, paint
Web: no
Progress:
+ Did some sprite work and animation for my beetle jump pads, also made a little introductory level for them
+ Overwrote Gamemaker's view movement code to better work with the screen rotation caused by World-Lines
+ Rewrote some surface drawing stuff to better work with the aforementioned screen rotation
+ Levels now have to be unlocked: game starts with 12 playable, every 4 beaten makes another 4 available.
- No idle animation or sounds for the bugs

>>172243581
>Hang yourself midway through the development of your next project
You basically reach happiness here, because each path is a suffering

>>172243712
what engine are you using (v:

>>172243795
i was serious oh well,next

>>172243689
Are those custom assets? What is this game?

A game that's df + homm3 + maniac mansion

>>172243863
So am I. I need to know if our workflow is compatible

>>172243863
i actually am making a porn game but i want to wait until i have something to show to potentially collab

it's 3d and monstergirl if that cuts down your interest.

>>172243712
Not that shitposter but what kind of porn?

>>172243902
They're made by https://www.cgtrader.com/msgamedevelopment

But the used models are exclusive for my 'game'.

My 'game' will be a "Space Combat Kit" for Unreal 4 - a package to get started making your own space game, but it will work as a full game in it's own right (launching from capital ships as fighters and trying to destroy the opposing teams turrets and capitals)

whats a good sound effect for you picking up a item?

>>172244151
Brrrrrraaapp

>>172244151
A 15 second theme that freezes your character in some gay pose.

>>172244062
>monstergirl
Interesting. Is this something you personally like or are you just looking at it from a business angle? What kind of monstergirls?

Why hasn't the next jam been decided yet?

>>172243717
great wide world

can i steal this song btw
>>172244151
wahoo
girl orgasming