Pony Games General #2 - /pgg/

Also, I've been thinking about trying a "question of the thread" or something like that to possibly help get some ideas out on the table to act as a discussion starter.

So, anons:
>If you had the official licenses from Hasbro to make a game using the MLP franchise, what kind of game would you make? Would you have a team or work solo?

>>30272620
Also clarifying, by "official licenses" and such, it means you can go nuts without worrying of any DMCA from Hasbro.

>>30272620
I wouldn't work for Hasbro if it meant saving the universe. But I'd happily murder them and take away their generic thoughtless franchises nobody wants and lock them away for good, like The Smurfs should have been or Alvin and the Chipmunks.

As for video game ideas. What the hell us so hard to just say a good 3D platformed adventure game featuring co-op and 6 party members at once? With some serious open world and replayability between those scripted missions.

And no, Unreal Engine 4 and Unity ate horrible for making such a game in. You're better off working in a Mario N64 editor than to struggle to optimize those overrated clunky shiny turds.

>>30272669
>work for hasbro
I never said you had to work for them, you'd just acquire the licenses it takes to make a game using their properties.

>with some serious open world and replayability between those scripted missions
I believe Horse Game might be something of interest for you, it's pretty solid, and it even runs in Unity. It has no multiplayer, as that's not their primary goal at this point, but it's got a demo out, with real time combat, exploration, open world, and platforming.

>And no, Unreal Engine 4 and Unity ate horrible for making such a game in
While I can't say myself for Unreal since I've never used it, you're wrong there. There's a good amount of open world games that use Unity, the aforementioned Horse Game, Zineth, and Sonic Utopia to name a few. And they all run decently on even the oldest hardware. I would know, since I'm running on a shit 2.1ghz dual-core integrated-graphics laptop from 2009 and all three of those still run good.

As for optimization, Unity is fairly simple in nature when it comes to optimization. In this day and age, you need a pretty shitty system to not be able to run a Unity game on at least 720p60, so optimization isn't the big key here. What you might be looking for is "no one is making it because it's such a massive project", not "no one is making it because optimization sucks in Unity".

Also, I only listed those two engines because they're free and have loads of tutorials and resources to get someone started in gamedev. Whether you like them or not is besides the point.

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Need to make some progress on this freeware-Wargus mod that makes it pony stuff... haven't touched it in a while.

bumperoo

I have a feeling that making this thread near the evening was a bad idea

>>30275228
interesting

Wha

>>30272146
Can anyone recommend a Java framework? It's a pain in the ass to write a game with the standard library

>>30279267
Lightweight Java Game Library if you must use Java/are too lazy to learn another language.

>>30279267
>>30281419
Shit I just realized it's not a framework. My bad.

I'd recommend using almost anything else.

>>30282596

Been working on a platformer/rpg hybrid akin to Paper Mario. Using GameMaker.
It's going alright. Lotta work for one man. Prototyping the battle engine right now.
Happy to take questions if you got em.

>>30283746
a) When you release an alpha, are you going to export for linux as well? You should. (So more people can play it.)
b) is it Hinterlands?

>>30283746
Main character?

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>>30283746
c) When are you going to have a FAQ page open?
d) Have you tried Unity and Unreal 4? and if so, how is gamemaker compared to those?
I'm aware I can google the answer to that question myself but I just wanted your own opinion anyway.

>>30284620
>a) When you release an alpha, are you going to export for linux as well? You should. (So more people can play it.)
I'll export to everything GameMaker can export to. No reason not to.
>b) is it Hinterlands?
I don't know what that is, so probably not.

>>30284631
>Main character?
Up to the player. The short version is you pick from a list of non-Equestrians.

>>30284641
>c) When are you going to have a FAQ page open?
When I release the game. And honestly, I doubt it'll have it's own site; I'll just package in a FAQ as a text file.
>d) Have you tried Unity and Unreal 4? and if so, how is gamemaker compared to those?
>I'm aware I can google the answer to that question myself but I just wanted your own opinion anyway.
I have not. Sorry.

>>30283746
>a platformer/rpg hybrid akin to Paper Mario
Which Paper Mario(s)? Are you referring to the first one, all of them, or just a select few?

>>30272146
I didn't know there was this thread. nice to know. I might post here my progress

>tfw can program but can't art so no game

>>30286084
Find someone who can art and team up.

>>30286084
Make a roguelike

>>30286084
Check out OpenGameArt in the OP post, anon, they've got loads of free art for you to use for anything.

>>30285284
Pretty much the first two.

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>>30286232
We got an anon already working on that.

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>>30286084
So do really simple, retro graphics, like the ZX Spectrum or something. It'll give your game a unique look and identity, and you won't have to rely on existing art, or teaming up with an artist who you might have to pay, and who might not be reliable or easy to work with.
Plus doing the graphics yourself is art experience you can bring to another project in the future.

>>30288580
Link?

>>30291240
>>30288580
ma boi!
but seriously. link?

Weird I don't know why I misread "192 posts" for this thread. Has anyone tried the latest Day Dreaming Derpy update? Did he add open world or something for replay value?

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I finished the first version of my dialogue system!
is not pretty to read, is not fast to set. but it's good enough and works as intended

>>30295219
Nicely done, brother.

should someone start a blog about the game is developing?
I know a couple of anon that wanted more informations about mine but I don't know how to reach them

>>30299822
You could definitely start one. Lots of games use Tumblr for hosting updates and releases.

What happened to that guy working on Everfree Chronicles? He said he'd be free this summer.

>>30300437
I'd like to know it too

I have the urge to make a small pony arcade-style game for browser/HTML5

Any ideas that you anons think need to be made into something small? Can't do networking very well, so perhaps rule online multiplayer games out.

>>30306373
how about a small detective game as a graphic adventure

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Hi guys!
I finished to encapsulate as many features as possible and to untie my spaghetti code
I'm ready to work on the combat system!
I was wondering if is possible to use the special system without being killed by bethesda lawyers.
I'm not planning to make it a commercial product but if I manage to finish even just a level I'd like to post it online
what should I do?

>>30299822
I have another blog in mind for you.

mlpgamereviews.blogspot.ca

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>>30307054
>>30307054
Not drunk enough for this.

>>30306373
A game about protecting your farm from enemies.
But try to not make it a chore like the vampire fruit bats game.

>>30275228
What is this? Zoo Tycoon?

>>30307366
It's an open source version of Warcraft that has pony stuff. One already exists, but requires the Warcraft CD to work, whereas this is built from a fan-mod that makes it freeware.

>>30307054
>last post 2014
needs some updates, anon

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>>30272146
im working on some shit. usually post in the content creator thread so nothing new since these days im too busy wasting my time on pixelcanvas.

I realy want to finish my code refactoring this month so that I can start with actual content creation again.

>>30307517
it's a sort of sim?

>>30307523
its a top down minecraft like crafting game with lots of RPG elements, plus a town management/RTS aspect where you have to defend ponyvile in a tower defense like style with a dialog driven story where your interactions influence the actions of other ponies which result in different endings heavily inspired by dwarf fortress, teraria, and the elder scroll series.

Anyone here played the Harry Potter series, what games did you like best and what parts did you enjoy the most?

Vump

>>30308155
the only harry potter game I played was for the ps1 when I was a kid
I don't even remember the title

Is there another download for the sound effects?

That on eisn't working

>>30272146
yeesh. have a bump and develop something.

>>30307054
>Taking those lasts bits of hope and decency and telling you how much they suck ass in reality.
Tha-thanks angry horse game reviewer.

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>>30310139
The first link on that forum post is dead, but the second link is still up.

>>30307054
There's a certain feel that AVGN (if that was the inspiration for that blog) has which this blog doesn't have. It honestly just feels like I'm watching Leafy video before Leafy was a thing.
>calling things cringey
>the fanbase has 0 talented game designers
>everyone uses the same KP-ShadowSquirrel horrible quality 3D model ponies
The author just straight up attacks people, using some failure of a blog site to express how they can't do anything for themselves so they try to made an awful attempt at humor-induced, rage-based critiques.
It's a shit.

mini bump for dev horses

>>30272146
Anyone thinking of contributing something for Lyra's List?

>>30313694
I don't know
If I finish the basic mechanics of my game I could do it

My Little Investigations when?

>>30306959
I just finished the first prototype of the combat system. setting up turns and cycle to pawns when they can't do any more actions.

I don't know if this is the place to ask this, but did that Fallout Equestria flash game get any updates?

>>30315365
the platform 2d?
yes, a lot of updates if I recall correctly

Any news on Ponyvania?

>>30316143
Someone is making a Castlevania game?

>>30316540
I heard of it but I'm not a metrovania guy so I don't know much about it

>>30315986
Neat! Where can i find it? I don't remember the name..

>>30317738
I don't know what the new changes are, seeing as I barely have played through it. You can find it on the front page of EquestriaGaming. I'd link it but every attempt to do so gets fucking spam filtered by this shit site.

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What was the last pony game you played, be it a flash game or a hack that turns the characters into ponies?
What's your personal opinion on it? Something you'd recommend others to try?

>>30320940
does pony's island count?

>>30321023
Does it have mlp in it? If the answer is "yes", then yes.

>>30319174
Thanks a lot man! Love ya -3-

bump guys

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Which menu style looks the best with >>30307517?

left is more pixilated, 1 'pixel' is 2x2 pixels, straight lines, neat and easy to make.
right looks more like something from the show.

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>>30323268
animation of left

Im working on a relatively big game atm, and I had the idea of testing my code by using it to make lots of smaller games.

For example it would take almost no extra code to make a small tower defense game in my "engine". if I release that I can release it as a complete game instead of an alpha, test my UI, input, character control, projectile system and more.

Has anyone tried this type of testing before?

>>30323268
I'd say the right one
I really like the show style
the horn used for the cursor is so cringy

>>30323301
...you haven't tested your code during development... how? why?
testing is a thing that should happens as soon as you finish a feature
still, try it. it could be a good way to encapsulate different aspects of your game

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>>30320940
Used to play Everfree Outpost
I loved it back in the day, and would recommend to any horsefucker

''Painting needs darkness so it can shine. Just like real life. Sometimes, you need a little bit of sorrow, so the good times can pass by''

>>30323268
They're both so plain looking. The UI looks unfinished.

>no porn game 2017

>>30323498
Is everfree outpost dead? I've wanted to play for a while but have never been bored enough

>>30324486
Go check out that other current 2D mmorpg. Ponyage Chronicles. It actually has gameplay in it. It's not a walking simulator, sandbox, chatroom and any similar garbage.

Any news on the Rayman game? Raycord.

https://pastebin.com/t1SvsZKg

nerds

>>30326258
Geeks, actually.

Nerds are actually successful. ;_;

>>30323629
they are unfinished. I just want ti know which over all style looks best.

>>30323448
>the horn used for the cursor is so cringy
i know, i just dont have a better idea yet, and the curser will depend on which style of UI I go with.

>>30323475
If that was true, no game would ver be released in alpha/beta, or contain bugs.

Im actualy working on my game today, its amazing

>>30327153
Games are always tested. But no one said that every bug must be fixed. If you find a bug, is high likely that the studio knows it too. And if it isn't fixed after some time the studio said that was too expensive to do and the time used to create more content would bring more money than fixing that big
if you think that any kind of software doesn't get debugged during development you're going to have a bad time

Why are poby related video games on the bottom when it comes to popularity and interest? They're dead last, right after the fan fiction.

>>30331165
It probably has something to do with the investment it takes to make/play a game.
People are likely just "oh, neat there's a Fallout Equestria game" then just play it for a little while and pass it off. Same as fanfiction.
Making a game is a bit different, but can be a little demotivating when you realize fans don't really care for pony games it seems.
At least, unless it's a dirt-clicking simulator with nothing to show for it other than people dicking each other behind trees.

>>30328347
grats

>>30327148
Maybe try the quill/feather that spike uses for letters?

>>30333950
if I go with the right side style, ill do that.

Surely someone here must have played some pony games that they want to talk about a little bit?

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>>30337473
200 Bit Fish is a pone game
and it makes me want to punch my wall for how hard it is
>inb4 you're just bad

sauce
>http://vendalenger.x10host.com/contents/fish2/iframe.html

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making the combat turns system is way harder than what I imagined
I guess is because unreal engine was developed for first/third person shooters, so in-engine tools for time temporisation between objects in game wasn't a thing to think about it
but now I have turns! I can move as long as I have action points and I can pickup items during combat time spending action points

>>30337790
>temporisation
I'm stupid, this isn't a word in english
and the direct translation to "timing" lose the original meaning
probably "synchronization" is a better choice but still unclear

>>30331165
There's not many playable ones to compare your enjoyment of to the other categories.

>>30337473
I enjoy these ones, I only wish he hadn't stopped after the Colgate one.

Still this game series lacks a lot of gameplay elements that would make a proper game. So far it's a bare-bones platformer with some serious problems from player character to boss balancing.
http://www.dragon-mango.com/ponygame/

>>30341136
Minty Fresh Adventure was quite a nice little game.

>The MC in the last game you played has now been replaced by your favourite pony
>How would things go for the pony?

>>30328347
Is it going to be a fun game?