How's your game going?

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This is a humble reminder that learning how to develop your game from scratch (that is, not relaying in game engines such as unity and GMS) will take you closer to deploying a game and beat your competitors.

Because games and game development are so popular, and you are competing against other games for attention, it is in your interest to use more performant tools that allow you to program your game without cutting any feature or depending on closed software.

If you are interested in defeating your main oponents (those using game engines, like the ones listed in the op poster), here are some tips:

- Use efficient and performant programming languages, such as c++, rust or nim.
* cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
* doc.rust-lang.org/book/
* nim-by-example.github.io

- Learn algorithms:
* coursera.org/specializations/algorithms

- Learn maths and physics:
* khanacademy.org/math
* khanacademy.org/science/physics

- Learn how to get the most out of your cpu:
* dataorienteddesign.com/dodmain/
* learncpp.com/cpp-tutorial/79-the-stack-and-the-heap
* fgiesen.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/why-do-cpus-have-multiple-cache-levels/

- Learn how to do graphics:
* opengl-tutorial.org/beginners-tutorials/

Good luck.

shit, nobody told me making games is actually for people with lots of capital to invest or people who know marketing. making an indie game is stupid as fuck. i am gonna go find a normal job so i can live a more decent life

Oh look it's this thread again
FUCK YOU to try to keep reminding me. I want to forget about it, but you needed to make your thread again, FUCK YOU!

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months away from release

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=877722790

check it out on greenlight if you want

>>372087897
>super monkey ball ripoff
i'm sure you'll hit the big time this time, timmy

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It's OK

>>372088095
That's not an SMB clone. The ball moves on its own instead of tilting the whole level to move. It just looks like an intertia based 3d platformer to me.

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working on zelda 1 styled mmo HTML5 game

really basic right now but i've only been working on it for a very short period of time

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>>372087308
>hurr durr meyk ur oan ngin feggit
Stop pasting this shit you absolute cock womble.

Time To Market is one of the top driving factors in any line of business. Rolling your engine (even for a 2D side scroller) is likely going to cost you 100+ man hours. And that's if you already familiar with programming. If not multiply that by 10 minimum.

>>372087308
If your game can be made in GMS with the end result being identical to making it in your own engine then why make it from scratch

>>372087308
For any new devs in here please be aware that this is shitposting/bait

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steam today

I'll start when godot includes support for C# instead of some useless lang.

>>372089293
You're in luck, Godot 3 will support C#. Release is still a 2-3 months away though.

>>372088930
>GMS
>not making 3D games
What are you some kind of dumb pleb?

I feel like dicking around and making a text adventure a la homestarrunner's Quest for Ye Flask (ie text commands plus simple graphical interface). What would you recommend?

>>372088930
Because making it from scratch will add at least 2 years to production!

I need more motivation

>>372089291
also failure today

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decently enough
added message box system

>>372089570
GameMaker, Godot, Ren'Py

>>372089291
Ah, I remember this from months ago. Congrats anon! Good luck with sales.

>>372089469
Will Godot 3 outclass Unity's 3D support?

>>372087897
Cool! Looks like it'll be fun

>>372087308
Where's your game?

>>372089791
Godot 3 has a completely rewritten 3D renderer, with modern PBR rendering and other fancy 3D stuff. So it's definitely on par with engines like Unity and UE4. It might not have as many built in materials as those engines though. But I'm sure some people will make some and release them on Godot's asset library.

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on greenlight.

https://youtu.be/oYLwFq8PZ2c

what do you think of it?

>>372088930
It's a shitpost. Probably, anyway, it could be sincere, but still. A lot of people don't believe in using existing engines because it promotes laziness and deprives you of an incredible programming challenge. Some hardcore developers can be pretty passionate about that too, and won't trust any Unity/GM game to ever be good unless it goes above and beyond... which might also go for your made-from-scratch game as well. These people can have extreme standards. I mean it's understandable, video games are massive undertakings in all but the smallest forms.

It's good advice for the person or team who are not only dedicated, but experienced. Having your own engine means you can have fine control over literally everything; if you have an error or some kind of other mistake, you'll probably always know almost immediately what to do because you know the insides like the back of your hand. However, or a shmuck with a day job and basic coding knowledge,I say please don't be crazy and just stick to Unity or GM. Fuck, if you know how to break the mold, use RPG Maker for all I care if you have to. The biggest obstacle in game dev next to unwittingly developing something not fun is the danger of overwhelming yourself. Don't make things harder than you have to. Cut corners when it doesn't hamper creativity, do whatever you can to make things as easy as possible without compromise. Minimize the coding focus so you can go all out on other facets if you're also doing art or music and the like.

Remember, the end user gives no fucks whether you programmed the whole thing in c++ or not. Don't think you have to please hardcore programmers when they try to rag on you for doing things the easy way.

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>>372090305
>gold nigga

>>372087897
>The spinning ball doesn't have a spinning dick to go along with it

Anon...

>>372090305
I'm sorry, but that combat looks fucking terrible and I wouldn't play the game because of it.

>>372090305
Combat looks like those shitty meet and fuck games I jerk it to

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Fucking awful that's what.

Trying to make a simple point and click adventure game but blueprints is beating me hard.

Anyone know why this isn't this working? And if not, how do I actually make something like it work?

Basically, I have a "Generic Object" blueprint with a variable for the mesh and one for the text that will appear when you examine it. And I want to feed that text into a widget so when the object is clicked it will use the objects text and make the widget visible.

Why is it so damn hard to edit variables from another blueprint, damn. I feel like a moron.

>>372089687
Thanks. Out of curiosity, does Ren'py allow for clicking on images to "search" for objects, or is it totally menu-based? This is not for a text adv. obviously, but still curious.

>>372091115
You have both of those things on input.

>>372089291
This looks really great, man.
I'm downloading it now, I'll toss some sheckels your way when I get paid on friday.

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Eh, doing alright, been working on cutscenes and all.
They haven't been proofread though so the english isn't that good at the moment. ( I'm not a native speaker )

https://aww.moe/2oh350.mp4

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>https://boustrophedon.itch.io/project-rocket
it is going okay. made a simple level to introduce a new obstacle

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>>372091435
Also this https://aww.moe/ed2noz.mp4

>>372091435
Not really a fan of the in-game graphics. They don't look consistent at all. the world is all blurry, the characters have sharp outlines, but blurry shadows, it's weird looking.
The sprites for the characters talking look good though.

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>>372091115
Well that spoiler got fucked up.

>>372091257
You mean I have two exec branches?
Even only using one it's not anything.

I think it can't find the reference or it can't assign something to something.

>>372089469
I thought it was gonna be early 2017?

Nice I've been waiting for one of these threads all day

So I actually started some shit today, downloaded godot and did tutorials for a few hours and tried to make my own thing but it is way more programming heavy than I thought. Should I keep trying? Try a different engine? Construct 2 was my next move

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>>372090620
it's blackadin you shitlord

>>372090708
>>372090746
why did everyone find it fun before but not now? did I fuck up the trailer or something?

>>372091274
1 retarded asian, 1 thicc, 1 'girl' and 1 nigger, to be exact

>>372091963
As a non-programmer Constuct 2 is the thing that has made me be able to do the most things the easiest.

But it being HTML5 only makes it kinda awful.

>>372091885
>You mean I have two exec branches?
I have no idea what that is, i only used UE4 blueprints for a day. You mean you want one of those things to influence the other, right? It seems to me like they're both on the "in" parth of the "SET" function, so basically they're both thrying to set something, but there isn't anything on the right side to be set.

Just my idea though, i don't know shit about blueprints.

>>372092098
>why did everyone find it fun before but not now? did I fuck up the trailer or something?
I've always thought it looked like compelte trash, but saw no point in commenting on it.

>>372092098
A tranny a (white) Asian and a retarded looking thicc girl but why the golden negro I don't get it

Last time I even touched gamemaker was early December. I remember trying to learn dialogue and it was the most confusing shit on mars. Feeling like getting back into deving but trying out unity this time. I'm assuming there's actual tutorials and up to date books this time around.

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>>372091759
Yeah I noticed it too, that's mostly because when I work on assets for the overworld I do it by drawing on photoshop with brushes and stuff, but when it comes to sprites I just make it via pixel art.

>>372091928
There were some delays from what I've read, and since compatibility is breaking with 2.x they're taking the time to add some other new compatibility breaking features, like a new and improved audio server.

From what I understand the new features are nearly complete now, alpha could be released in a month or so, and then it's bug fixing and polishing.

>>372091115
It'll probably have a useful error in your output log/message log

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>>372092259
oh, right, that makes sense.

>>372092415
the nigra is to parody crazy black evangelists, basically.

>>372092159
I was going to make a few small browser style games first anyway, so this seems like the best move... would things I learn using construct translate to other engines like gamemaker? Obviously I'd like to eventually make steam and console games

Thank you for reminding me how collosal failure am I because I haven't touched UE4 since before christmas.

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>want to work on games
>have no energy because I know it's impossible for me to actually finish something solo, it's not a valid means of personal income, and once I stop being a worthless neet I won't have any time to work on it anyways

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I write music. Working on a project with another anon right now; before I post those, some of my latest tracks:

https://soundcloud.com/ec2151/those-cursed-and-destined-by-blood-annabelle-investigation-theme
https://soundcloud.com/ec2151/enigma-of-the-shark-beachside-resort-fun-then-terror

I also write Sega Genesis music as a hobby:
https://soundcloud.com/ec2151/a-nomads-tale-ym2612-sn76489a
https://soundcloud.com/ec2151/demons-tilt-ost-lets-play-baal-main-table-theme
(^from a soundtrack I worked on last year)

I've been commissioned by somebody to write a Shining Force-esque track, which I am pretty excited about, since it's been a while since i flexed my orchestral muscles with the Genesis soundchip.


>>372092159
>>372091963
You can always try Construct Classic aka Construct 1, though it's fairly old, no mac support (lol) and can be buggy. But it has .exe support, which C2 never had, ha. It's a nice little program.

>>372092916
You and me both buddy
>>372092556

>>372092583
Well fuck I wanted to start on spring break.

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>>372087180
like dogshit
i upgraded my pc and came back to find a bunch of dumb bugs that I have no idea what's causing them, pic related

i ended up being able to fix this one but there are things about gamepad detection that completely fuck over some things I've done

plus I really need a GDD because I'm sitting on a pile of notes and I have no fucking idea what I wanted to achieve in the first place, i'm just sitting here fiddling with code with no game, no direction, and no gameplay

>>372087180
Animating butts.

>>372089291
Link? Can't find it.

>>372092216
The exec is the white lines/arrows. I.E, on event make X happen, so for me, on click, set text to this variable.

I'm not really sure what the right variable output does actually. But I can't find much that seem to help me if I drag a node off from it.

>>372092651
It does but due to my inexperience and general stupidity it's like reading moonrunes.

From what I've been able to comprehend it mostly just says "assigned to none", but I'm not sure how to assign it properly.

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>>372092561
Also here's a battle track recently finished.
Composed by this fella https://soundcloud.com/ultigonio

https://aww.moe/amwz4f.ogg

>>372092860
>would things I learn using construct translate to other engines like gamemaker?
Not too in my experience. I've never really bothered to properly learn GM though since I find the UI and workflow a bit annoying.

But I will teach you a bit of visual scripting that can be helpful I guess.

>>372092992
>You can always try Construct Classic aka Construct 1

There's also Clickteam Fusion, which is what Construct spun off from an angry developer. I have only used it a bit but I hear it has better performance than Construct 2. And native exe support.

>>372087180
Wrestling with a mesh for 2 months because I don't know anatomy or topology

>>372093125
The worst thing about that is that I have spend like 30 bucks on UE store for that Fist Person horror template (I had certain plans with it). Shitty impulse buy, I could have bought a new game with it instead.

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What do you think of this title screen?

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>>372093401
Maybe you should post the error message so people who are more experienced can interpret said moonrunes

>>372093134
GDScript is going to be mostly unchanged, just some new features, better performance, and a few name changes. Also the whole game structure, using nodes to make scenes in a scene tree is unchanged. So you could start learning the engine with Godot 2 and move to 3 once it's released.
Unless you specifically wanted C# or PBR 3D. In those cases I guess you'd need to wait.

>>372093795
It's fine, though the font for the selections should obviously not be arial.

It's hard to say anything else since it's not like we see anything other than some sky + menu options.

>>372093795
>Rebirth
Is this a Binding of Isaac mod?

>>372093401
What is set to none? Hud examine text reference?

What are you currently doing to acquire the reference to it?

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>>372087308
At this point you might think that nothing of this applies to you. Please, reconsider it:

- Data-Oriented Design (Or Why You Might Be Shooting Yourself in The Foot With OOP)
gamesfromwithin.com/data-oriented-design

- Pitfalls of Object Oriented Programming
.slideshare.net/EmanWebDev/pitfalls-of-object-oriented-programminggcap09

- common OOP game engine development pitfalls
bounceapp.com/116414

- Three Big Lies
cellperformance.beyond3d.com/articles/2008/03/three-big-lies.html

Think about it in this way: understanding how your computer work might not secure you success, yet it gives you a huge advantage in this race.

You might say that the latest famous indie game done in unity didn't put any effort into engineering at all, but this is only illusory. You cannot see how many hours, days and months the developers behind successful unity (and GMS) games had to put to work around its inherent limitations.

You can say to yourself "I don't need anything else, i'll relay in my luck" or think wisely and increase the likelihood of being success by expending some time learning more about computers.
Everything depends on you.

>>372094049
It's not Arial, it's probably worse than that. But I'm very confused by fonts licensing so I won't touch that for now.
Just wondering if there's something about it that particularly stands out as crappy.

>>372094101
Nope, it's a standalone game

>>372087308
I think these are good ideas for continued learning. However, for those who have making a game as their main objective, instead of piling on all the things you don't know and spending ungodly amounts of time to "learn and understand it all just right" you should go at your own pace and find a nice spot to start off. Whether that be one of the engines or learning to script.

Don't worry about "learning the wrong way" or anything like that. Quite a bit of things will relate to one another.

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Working on a pixel art visual novel. Got the wife (male) doing the background graphics for it, coming out pretty well.

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>>372093795
Oh. Sorry 'bout that.

>>372094145
Hud examine text reference?
I think so.

I created a variable called "Hud_ExamineText Reference" in the Generic Object blueprint that points to the widget I want to edit.

Now that you say it the Default Value of it is None(and it seems to not have any valid values'). Never really noticed that.

Is there another better way to do it?

>>372093986
I don't want to learn GDscript it's a pain to learn another language, and this one is useless outside godot.
I guess I'll check how the engine works to start programming when they release the 3.0 version.

>>372094329
>It's not Arial, it's probably worse than that. But I'm very confused by fonts licensing so I won't touch that for now.

Just use one of the many free open sauce fonts like the Liberation fonts for example.

>>372094689
>furry game

honestly you should team up with the furry punchout dev here

>>372094689
looks comfy as fuck, anon
keep it up

>>372094689
Not bad. Not bad at all.

Remember to add an option for instant/near instant text scrolling. Fucking hate it when games force me to use a slow as fuck scrolling text forcing me to double click every single line of dialog.

>>372094727
>that points to the widget
How?

Just making a widget reference variable doesn't automatically set it to point at the widget, you gotta actually set it.

Where is the widget? Did another object create it?

>>372089291
>shill unique looking game, pique interest
>don't provide a name
what did he mean by this?

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how do i know the system requirements for my game?

i-it's not finished i just want to know.

>>372094154
Fuck off, making your own engine doesn't help you become successful.

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haven't posted there in ages but the tactical rpg is still in progress

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>>372095517
>Just making a widget reference variable doesn't automatically set it to point at the widget, you gotta actually set it.
Oh. Then I read that document wrong. How do I set it? Using the SET blueprint gives me nothing to work with.

>Where is the widget? Did another object create it?
The player character creates with widget with an Event BeginPlay. The actual widget works fine and displays the text from it's internal text variable(which is the one I want to edit from the other blueprint)

I really appreciate all the help anon. Sorry if I sound so uninformed.

The yellow coin and pillar are two generic object blueprints.

>>372093795
maybe have the options larger and side by side

>>372094154
You know who made their own game engien from scratch?
The 2 guys working on overgrowth.
And you can see how well it is working out for them.

>>372093795
>>372094049
Try it with this font if you've got the time.
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montserrat

I've made some buttons with it and I've at least liked the look of it. It's free of use in commercial projects.

Is unity a good engine to make a max payne like game? or should I use Unreal engine?

I want projectiles and not hitscan

>>372096429
Fairly certain they even abandoned it and gave it to some other people to finish.

>>372096253
So the player is firing traces at objects?

Surely it'd be easier to just obtain the text from the object you hit, and then let the player deal with the widget itself.

Going ok, making some NPC

>>372096546
Thanks that looks great, and the variations are pretty cool too.

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Anyone like to work on reviving dead MMOs? This is a game i've been working on for a few years now. The game is called RaiderZ and it was considered as a "TERA clone" for a while, the main development company behind it (MAIET Entertainment) went under about a year ago, and I enjoyed the game so I decided to pick up development of it where they left off. Pic is ingame, I'll post a pic of the servers running in a moment.

>>372096554
Unity is a bloated mess. UE4 is better.

Why aren't you learning 3D anon?

Do you really think you even have a remote chance of success making 8bit pixelshit like every other visionless programmer?

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Finally finished adding in Patches and Books akin to Paper Mario and M&L

>>372095558
Here you go, faggot. Protip: learn to use reverse image search.

https://panstas.itch.io/world-of-horror

>>372087180
Getting back into unity at the moment.
I suck ass at programming on my own but, then again I'm still practicing.

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Here's some enemy designs :) Hopefully I can make more as I make more levels.

>>372096686
>Surely it'd be easier to just obtain the text from the object you hit, and then let the player deal with the widget itself.

I think I tried that but I couldn't figure out how to make the player blueprint know what object has been clicked. Can you just use the Actor Hit as a reference?

I would be open to try anything as long as works.

>>372097123
I think UE4 is substantially better than Unity, but bloat amount is hardly it's strong suit.

>>372097141
Because 3D models are hard to make. And 3D programming is harder than 2D programming. I want to make a 3D game though.

Maybe you could post some helpful resources for 3D modeling, 3D math, etc, instead of shitposting.

>>372097425
>And 3D programming is harder than 2D programming.
If you're using an engine, it's hardly and different

>tfw been working on a VR game for months
>literally just My Little Inferno but in a tiny kitchen with a microwave
>called MicroDave
>weird shit happens in your kitchen
>gotta microwave shit to proceed to the need day

>want to make a visual novel
>in the process of the writing story
>cute light hearted romantic comedy
>reached a nice stopping point in the story where female protagonist achieves her goals and wins over her love interest
>only feasible way to continue the story is to destroy the relationship I spent so much time building up
>too attached to the characters and I feel really bad for even thinking about making them suffer

>>372097394
>Can you just use the Actor Hit as a reference
Yes.

You can take it, and Cast it to your generic object class, then Get the text variable from it, and set the information in your widget from your player.

IDEALLY you'd use an interface, but that's not particularly important for you at this stage.

>>372097392
They look pretty good but I feel like some sprites have too bright shadowing. Makes them look pretty flat.

Ita going fine motivation comes and goes. Im working on a small phone app just to finally make myself finish something before starting on any of the bigger project ideas i have

>>372097425
>Because 3D models are hard to make.
No they aren't. Difficulty correlates with quality in any dimension.

Creating a shitty 8bit sprite is no less difficult than modeling a minecraft or lego character. Drawing an amazing looking character is no less difficult than modeling one, and it's actually way easier to animate 3D.

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>>372093163
>you unlock dual wielding guns by upgrading your PC

>>372097081
1) is that legal?
2) i'd love to help but I don't know shit about coding/programming

>>372087308
It's nice bait, so I'll bite.

We have been living in the age of script kiddies for more than a decade. It's also a time where an artist with a modicum of programming knowledge can be quite competent without being an expert coder. So none of this is really relevant to them. What you're suggesting is good, but it's like trying to learn how to drive by understanding the internal combustion engine. It's nice to know, but there's just no need for it.

I think the expert coders need to work harder to contribute positively to the industry. For example, make a more optimized AI package and sell it as an asset. Make a more performant engine that other can use, etc.

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>>372097884
I want to make mecha that look sort of like this.
How do I get good at 3D models to make this?

>>372087329
dat calm ragequit

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>>372097141
I like making 8bit pixelshit

>>372098810
You practice a lot and get good art art design or else even if you learn how to make low poly 3d models you 'll find yourself making bad looking stuff.

>>372098125
kek

>>372097748
there's some filters that boost the contrast, but thanks for the critique, that's something I could improve

>>372098882
I want this pixel art to do naughty things to me.

>>372097081
What's the current status? Do you have the source and assets?
Maybe I can help here and there, but I can't commit to anything big.

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>>372097392
I get a Super Metroid feel from a bunch of these

>>372099164
You're in luck, it just grew two more vines

>>372098810
That's a low res model without normalmapping. It's not nearly as difficult as you might think.

Start with the basics: watch Blender Guru and BornCG's beginner tutorials for Blender:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLda3VoSoc_TR7X7wfblBGiRz-bvhKpGkS

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjEaoINr3zgHs8uzT3yqe4iHGfkCmMJ0P

After that, move onto the more advanced guys like Darren Lile, CG Geek and Oliver Villar.

It should only take you a month at most to develop your skills to the required level. Once you understand how to use all the modeling and rigging tools, your workflow will get much faster and it will become more practical than 2D.

>>372099248
that's a good comparison, I'll take it

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>>372098395
The trademark is abandoned so I would say its legal
>>372099238
Yeah, I have full source code and model/animation exporters for the game

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workin on some more bosses making some concepts

>>372099573
Where can I access it? And what are you planning to do?

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>>372098882
>>372099164
>>372099248
>>372099547
>not recognizing the top part of a gen1 Pokémon sprite
Fucking retards

>>372097392
I get a real Euro-PC vibe from the enemies, especially the large ones. I think they look quite nice. Though you might want to consider this anon's suggestion >>372097748 in using *slightly* different or more contrasting shades for the shading on some of the smaller enemies (like the guard or gargoyle).

>>372099248
>>372099248
>you made this?
>yes
>...
>I made this

Quick question: If our studio releases a game that is essentially "Smuggler Tycoon", would we be able to recuperate from controversy/backlash afterwards and make different content, or will we get stuck in perpetual edgydev territory?

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>>372095864
Well you can run it and see how much memory it takes up and go from there.
Alternatively you can test it at different resolutions and rates to see what happens. Same goes for other computers.

>>372099461
Thanks anon, I'll start watching and learning.

>>372087897
the animal inside the ball needs to stay right side up, as it runs inside the ball, otherwise what drives the ball? physics need to make sense in the 'lore', m8.

>>372099893
Vileplume has five parts, not four

Also this doesn't actually line up with any of the existing Vileplume sprites that I can see, although that guy clearly used the Vileplume sprite as a VERY heavy reference (bordering on distastefully)

Try again mein neger

>>372097706
I sort of feel like I'm falling into the same problem as I had before. How do I get my widget to read the variable from my first person character?

I have the variable bound but now it's just blank.

>>372099573
>The trademark is abandoned so I would say its legal
Doesn't make it legal since someone out there owns it. Quick google says
>In 2015 they closed their doors after selling all of their game rights to Masangsoft Inc
Probably doesn't matter since they don't even list it on their mainsite. They just wanted gunz

>>372100008
Why would it be controversial?

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Here's a rousing stage theme:

https://clyp.it/bjpubrmh

And my hard-rockin' boss theme:

https://clyp.it/x1jzxcgo

I still need to iron out the loop point on the boss track, but it sounds nice to me otherwise (minus a few changes dev asked for).

>>372100590
>muh racism
>profiting off exploits of poor victims of drugrunners

>>372100493
Can I just check, have you made a widget with the Create Widget node?

You should be able to grab your widget reference and set the value of the variable you have bound.

>>372100892
Why are you making a game like that if you're worried about it?

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>>372100583
https://trademarks.justia.com/856/65/raiderz-85665215.html

This doesn't show the trademark being transfered to masangsoft so I don't think they purchased the rights to RaiderZ, just GunZ and GunZ2

>>372099851
https://github.com/fraiderz/Raiderz_Public
Here is a github with the source. I am going to first fix up the vanilla version, then continue work on my own personal custom version of the game.

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>>372101065
>have you made a widget with the Create Widget node?
To my knowledge I have.
But I can't seem to get a reference of it.

>>372091579
I got a name for it
Jetpack Jerry.

>>372101886
return value is the pointer

>>372087308
I might make a dedicated engine one day but not before making prototypes in a game making framework.

You gotta know what your end goal is gonna be when you start designing the engine.

>>372092098
I think the game looks like trash but I'll still buy it to support a fellow anon.

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>>372102440

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>>372099893
It's just based off the same type of flower.
Vileplume looks totally different though

>>372101886
Yeah, now grab the return value, and use it to Set your reference variable.

Then get it, and set the value of your widget's text.

>>372100204
>although that guy clearly used the Vileplume sprite as a VERY heavy reference (bordering on distastefully)
I wasn't even thinking of Vileplume when I made it.
I have a jungle area in the game and I thought Rafflesia flowers were cool.
It's merely a coincidence they're based off the same thing.

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I'm burnt out, but I've gone too far with the game I'm making to stop. My game is on steam, but it is missing one of the core features that it needs to be called 'finished'. It needs a multiplayer mode, but I'm really bad at network programming.
If I could hire someone to work on the multiplayer, I could continue fixing bugs and improve the other parts of the game, but I don't have that much money. Finding someone who knows network programming is proving to be impossible.

>>372087897

Does it ever, well, go slow?

That was always the best part of monkey ball.

>>372102064
>>372102649
Oh. The return value. That works now. Thanks. That's progress! More progress than ever before.

But I can't seem to actually get the damn text from the Generic Object. Actor Hit only gives me cast to Generic Object and from there nothing.

Sorry for being so stupid anons.

>>372103356
cast the obj to the class you want

>>372103302
Maybe try finding/hiring someone on contingency?

>>372103356
From the cast value you should be able to find your text variable.

>>372103302
>it needs a multiplayer mode
if its a functioning, selling singleplayer game why do you need online multiplayer?
explain yourself.

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Very early prototype. Started working a week and a half ago. I'm not even sure if I should keep going with this concept.
I made it because a game dev out in Cali wanted to test my mettle, but now that I've submitted it I still have a lot of fun dicking around in it after the fact. Would /v/ play a VR game like this?

>>372099897
good points, thanks

>>372097528
Post webm? I wanna see what it looks like.

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>>372103564
Just finding people who can network program is hard enough, but what do you mean by hiring on contingency?
>>372103928
My game is a team based game where players fight each other with spaceships. Right now I'm using AI bots, but a multiplayer mode would add a lot more depth to the game than what an AI would be capable of.

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are you ready for the return of fun FPS games?

>>372103937
Woah that's fuckin dope! I want a VR headset now.

>>372104258
> what do you mean by hiring on contingency
Sorry man, i spend too much time on /legaladvice/, it's a lawyer term, means someone agreeds to represent you and get a cut of the money if they win the case.

In your case it would be your network programmer getting a cut of the money from your profits.

>>372104337
Looks a bit cluttered from this screenshot. Now, if some of this were destructible, that'd be a different story! Please tell me I can 'splode some of this environment.

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>>372103937
Looks cool. Like DBZ in VR.

Would you mind adding voice control so that screaming makes the energy ball charge?

>>372104337
That looks like a mobile graphics engine showcase.

>>372104369
Thanks, man. My idea is to make the player feel as powerful as possible while still giving them an equally powerful foe to fight.

>>372100809
I love this anon
What software do you use? I use FL studio and I wish my songs sounded nice like that

>>372104337
squirrel billboard is cute

>>372104719
>Thanks, man. My idea is to make the player feel as powerful as possible while still giving them an equally powerful foe to fight.
Thank god there other people in the world that realize this. You can have power fantasies without trivializing enemies.

>>372104258
as someone who has an online multiplayer (only) game on steam... it's not worth your trouble to expand a working singleplayer game, especially if you're expecting more than 2 players.
making the game work online might be hard if you havent prepared for it throughout development but thats not even the hardest part, community management is the cuntiest thing in existence.
that is to say even if you make it the vast majority of your players are never going to touch it since they have a singleplayer alternative.

how about just making the AI better?

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>>372103541
Wait, you mean, cast to generic, and from that, cast to generic object class?

>>372103652
Am I on the right track or way off, because this ain't doing much and I'm not really sure what to do with the execs to make it not give me an error.

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Bringing back food levels, the most underrated trope of the 90s. Not much going on apart from that because I haven't put any enemies in it yet

btw what webm converter/recorder do you guys use?

>>372087180
Which engines are the best for 2D action games?

>>372103937
I would play if it it was non-VR.

>>372104668
I did consider it, but I'm unsure of how to make it reliable. What voice recognition script would you write such that it would recognize "screaming" such that it would be able to differentiate between the desired "scream" and the player whooping and hollering just because they're having fun? Ya know?

>>372104968
I hear ya. Lookin' at'chu, every Kirby game ever.

>>372100809
>>372104739
Speaking off, is there any really really really simple music making programs that us retarded people can use(and you know, still make fairly unique songs)?

I'm not looking to make symphonies or anything just some simple bleeps and bloops and what have you.

>>372105408
Yes exactly, but the exec needs to run through the the cast

>>372105462
Nice sprites.
what engine you using?

>>372104739
Ha, I use FL Studio as well!

The two biggest things are:

1) what instruments you use
2) filter effects through the mixer

And of course, experience; I've been using FL since 2007, and while I still don't know how to do a lot with the program, I've come quite a ways.

As for #1, I've purchased for myself lots of virtual instruments and sample libraries over the years: typically I keep an eye out for the holiday/summer sales on Native Instruments. Kontakt's libraries are essential... for me, anyhow (Kontakt 5, Retro Machines, Drum Lab, FM8, EVOLVE, etc. - all purchased usually at a rate of 1 or 2 per year). Plus other NI-compatible instrument-software. While there is plenty of good free stuff, you will have to spend a bit of money to get the higher quality.

There's also good cheap stuff. I recently bought Korg M1's VST for $50.00, because I had heard a whole bunch of sample sounds from demos and they sounded really good. I used some of them in the tracks above.

As for filters, it stemmed from experimentation. Typically you want reverb as a base minimum for sample sounds, and then you start experimenting with FL's effects, like delays, phasers, flangers, and so on until you get sounds that sound rich, full, or unique.

Also, if you want to learn more about mixing/EQ, check out these free tutorials, they are very helpful!

https://pae.izotope.com/

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>>372105716
When I do that it gives me this.

Even tried making the actor hit a variable and plugging it into the object but that didn't help.

Quixel Suite or Substance Painter?

>>372090305
That is an awful name, anon. You should really beta test these names. Also the combat looks like a flash game.

>>372105613
I'm not an expert on voice recognition but you could try something simple like just measuring the power of the human voice band of frequencies in the spectrum while the attack is charging.

If the player wants he can make fart noises what's important is being loud at the right moment.

You could also record the player at the time and play back his voice with added reverb so he doesn't realize how pathetic his yelling sounds.

>>372105710
it's quite formidable at first, but I'd probably recommend learning a tracker program.

There is stuff for specifically chiptune (Deflemask is now pretty robust and popular, plus being donationware - but there are also Famitracker and VGM Music Maker among others), with Renoise being on the higher end of professional tracker software. It will take you some time before music sounds good with trackers though. At least for me it was difficult to understand the interface: its benefits though are that it is very logical to see where each note and sound fits into the larger song, and you have a very precise control over instrument effects that you don't get in normal DAWs.

I'd recommend looking into Deflemask, Famitracker, or something like that. Protracker has some nice tutorials on youtube, and Deflemask has a fairly active forum.

>>372105479
Unity is good for beginners.
Lots off support lots of tutorials and easy to use especially for 2d projects.

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>>372105317
The game is complex enough that I don't think I could make an AI that's good enough to match a player.

thank you for your kind advice. I'll check that website soon enough.

here's something by me https://vyello.tumblr.com/post/158940579056

I am a too poor for the high quality vsts so I'll stick to soundfonts and bleep bloops.

>>372106125
Ignore the last one

The issue is the order, you want to cast the object, then call the functions.

>>372106802
meant >>for 372105779

>>372087180
>unity
>games
choose one.

>>372106686
players are stupid, stop posting magas and lemme see your game.

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>>372105774
Unity (inb4 laughing homers), it felt like overkill to go full enginedev on my first game but at the same time I just can't learn to love Game Maker no matter how many times I've tried.

>>372106835
Wait. I though that was what I was doing?

Raycast > Generic Object > Set Text

>>372107279
gorgeous, i'm a sucker for 32-bit style effects
any twitter/tumblr?

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>>372102676
Stop lying on the internet

>>372107294
In that image you're using the result of the cast, before it has actually been cast

>>372106424
I dunno. I think having VR in the first place gives the player enough presence in the world without having to blow out their vocal chords. I think the ability to fight human-sized enemies and especially the ability to plain old punch them would add a lot. Also, the ability to choose your beam color would be a neat, eh?

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>>372107185
http://store.steampowered.com/app/565490

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A dude showed me a copy of this book he got, and I skimmed it. Honestly isn't a bad read. The school of video game design is basically comprised of concepts that seem obvious and make perfect sense when read or discussed, but one may not think of on the spot of the need be, specifically regarding the dos and don'ts. That said, I would recommend this at least as a light pleasure read. Wouldn't buy it (I think it goes for around 40-80 depending on where you get it) but I'd say it's worth a torrent.

I want to make a free game, but not sure what I want to make.

I'm not sure if I want to do a Dungeon Crawler RPG, a sidescroller, a 2d fighter, a Lite Harvest Moon, or a typical RPG.

I was wanting for whatever reason to do something either about 4chan, or Chris Chan.

>>372107531
Yeah, all of those are much more important than voice control since it's just a gimmick and those are big gameplay enhancements.

>>372107797
it doesn't matter, a moron like you has no hope of making it

>>372107797
a CWC knockoff of 2d Sonic style would be funny

>>372107652
i have no idea what im looking at so already any AI would be better than me.
what's so complex about shooting?

>>372107279
nice, but the middle of the player ship explosion is not matching the rest of the style. clashing very bad

>>372103928
>gogem shitposting on /v/ threads too
Please just leave.

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>>372097392
>MFW I recognize that sleeper

honestly, looking at everything posted here, it's clear you're all shitdevs with no talent

>>372107851
Some would argue that the VR platform itself is a gimmick, so yeah. Keeping the mechanics and balance as technical as possible while still being VR would be the best course of action, methinks.

>>372107902
Gotta have a level where he meets the bear.

>>372108094
Thanks for the feedback! May we see your game?

>>372107652
Holy shit, I used to like your game but the fact that you kept posting stupid wolf girl maga shit now I hate you.

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>>372107486
How do I "delay" the results?

I feel like I've tried plugging it into anything and everything an every order.

>>372107797
Make pong. I'll see you in a couple of weeks.

>>372106802
>>372106909
No problem. I've heard your work before in these threads. It's a nice blend of chip+midi instruments with some nice composition in several pieces. Keep at it!

As for the money sentiment, I was there for many years myself. I still might recommend the Korg VST as an eventual purchase, since it's 50 bucks and has hundreds of instruments on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CosX9AzVpSc

>>372108207
The exec wire is the order it happens.

So fire trace > cast the result > plug cast result into Examine > Set text value
And make sure the Hit Actor is plugged into Cast

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Alrighty.

>>372107902
I'll fire up the ol' RPG Maker this weekend and give it a go.

Should it be "The adventures of Sonichu the comic tm" or "The life and times of Christian Weston Chandler" the game.

If I go with TAOSTC tm, it would pretty much be the comic in RPG format.

If I go with TLATOCWC, it would pretty much be CWCiki; the game. I could also do a CWC art styled Love Quest Visual Novel, since I have Tyrano.

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>>372107909
Some basic problems I'll need to solve include:
>having AI move in groups to defend against massed missile attacks and be able to maintain formations
>preventing the AI from crashing into objects - particularly ship debris as they never despawn
>making sure the AI can make FTL jumps without hitting anything, while staying in formation
>having the AI use the gas/energy fields to their advantage somehow; this would require higher level thinking
>adapting the targeting algorithm to hit more often and when projectiles are under the influence of black holes, see webm related
>having the AI dock with space stations to refuel; right now they have unlimited fuel/ammo because this problem isn't solved

>>372108172
it's still in development, it's still far better than any trash you will ever make

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>>372107406
>gorgeous, i'm a sucker for 32-bit style effects
Thanks! That's exactly what I'm going for, every level is going to have a different 16/32-bit style rotation/parallax/BG gimmick. For the food level it has the tunnel background, water level has the mode 7-esque water and other levels will have things in a similar vein. I'm not quite ready to make the leap to full 3D yet but I think plain old NES and early SNES style 2D has been done to death so I'm trying as hard as possible to avoid standard flat graphics where possible

>any twitter/tumblr?
Watch this space

I'll probably be making social media accounts for this stuff later in the week, game is only just coming along far enough for it to actually feel worthwhile. It still doesn't have a name and I haven't found a recording software that I'm happy with (and that will run on my toaster) so those are my priorities before setting up some kind of real internet preference. I'll definitely post it in this thread when I make it though

>>372107962
When you say the middle, do you mean the white part of the explosion or the fire/smoke part? I'm not actually a huge fan of either part at the moment, I haven't really settled on how it should look because honestly I'm not entirely sure, explosions and general visual FX aren't really my strong suit

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>>372107448

>>372108581
Still in development, you say? Well guess what? All of these games are still in development. That's what this thread is about. So either post your progress, or fuck off.

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>>372108203
That's kind of sad...

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>TFW all you know about python is assigning values
>TFW R3ddit only has shitty game sites and deadlinks to books

How to python for programming newfies?

>>372108581
Post screenshots

GIVE ME TECHNOLOGY IDEAS, YOU NERDS

>>372108929
There really isn't any good engine that uses Python. But you could try Godot, it has its own language GDScript, which is pretty similar to Python.
I also only knew basic Python before I started gamedev, Godot has been easy to get into.

I've been contemplating something about environment design with games. So say you have a game where the backgrounds/environs change between world to world. How do you create interesting and memorable worlds? Is it conceptual, and making a complex multi dimensional world takes more than the "desert/beach/jungle level" kind of schtick? An example I can think of is Twilight Town from Paper Mario tTYD. It's coloring style and npc designs made it more than just some creepy forest village level.
Or is it more dependant on the way the environment comes across as a whole; map, music, enemies, etc all coming together? Can something as basic as a "jungle level" for example be great from an environmental perspective if all its components were well designed and sort of clicked with the player? An example I can think of is Gloomy Galleon in Dk64, an ocean grotto/pirate theme is by no means rare, but the music and colors used in the level really gave it life.
I'm sure both are viable, but does one approach seem better than the other, or are there any other approaches that are worth noting?

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>>372109035
Here's a screenshot from the final boss QTE.

>>372103327
yes, fast and slow, depending on the level/obstacle/precision

>>372108527
>flocking
>if you can do flocking you can do this easy
>literally a raycast
>pathfinding and a basic needs state machine
>math
>see the > above math

>>372109228
Why don't you consider Godot a good engine? The only reason I'm learning Python is to be able to do all I can in it. I dont want to waste my time ha

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>>372109363
The thing that makes it harder though is that I'm using unity's physics engine, so things don't always work perfectly.

>>372104530
a lot of that glass, and those cubes are destructible. but, im not sure what ill add / keep destructible

>>372104870
thanks

>>372109240
>Or is it more dependant on the way the environment comes across as a whole; map, music, enemies, etc all coming together?

I'd say it's this to be honest. You can take the general cliches and make them fantastic with impressive visual design, music, and layout. Personally I'd say landmarks are what player's are most likely to remember so having one defining landmark within each area would go a long way with making them memorable.

>>372109674
Trees. Make the trees catch fire.

>>372109527
Sorry if I confused you. There's no good engine that uses Python. Godot doesn't use Python, it uses GDScript. Godot is a good engine. If you know nothing about programming learning Python can be a good way to get a basic idea of how programming works. Then you can start playing around with Godot.

>>372108694
the orange fire part

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Making a generic cover based shooter, with some suppression/shield mechanic that slows the game down.

>>372109608
off the rack physics is definitely bullshit but its the same for players right so what's it matter if the AI fucks up sometimes?

What should my GDD look like?

>>372109962
Looks very tight. I imagine in high-level play there will be no room for error whatsoever. In other words, it looks like the Melee of shooters. Nice.

>>372109608

What game is this?

>>372108513
I'm not really sure what you mean by cast result.

>>372109904
H-oly shit. Some anon a few threads ago told me to learn Python for Godot. This fucking place, I swear.

>>372109906
Oh okay then, the orange fire part won't be sticking around for very long anyway. It's a placeholder particle effect explosion from very early on in the project, I did the Megaman-style "white pop" animations later on once I had a clearer idea of what the game should look like but wasn't sure which one to keep. The whole animation will probably be changed anyway but that part in particular was definitely never intended to make it into the final project

I'm talking like I actually know what the final project should look/play like but actually I'm just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks, nodev limbo here we come

Everyone should go Settings > Filters & Post Hiding and add gogem.pro to your filters.

He's by far the biggest shitposter on agdg, and he starts shitting up these threads when he finds them. He's a nodev, a shit artist and a shit critic.

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>>372110178
http://store.steampowered.com/app/565490
>>372109965
I'd like the AI to be good enough to not fuck up at elementary things.

>>372110223
If he told you the engine used Python, then yeah, he was wrong. But like I said, it doesn't hurt to learn Python, it can be useful to know basic programming before you move into any game engine.

Here's a page on GDScript, you can give it a read to learn it. http://docs.godotengine.org/en/2.1/reference/gdscript.html

>>372108094
http://store.steampowered.com/app/519930/

eh

I'm not a dev or anything but people don't seem to like your game

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This is gogem.pro's "loli sim" art.

>>372109240
It really depends on the game.

And I think the other anon nailed it, what you want to do is to create something memorable.
Everything has already been made so the only real choice you have is to make it stand out through other means.

Take metroidvania games for example, landmarks help the player to orientate himself without having to look at the map and make the world seem more real. Statues, posters, sign and what have you. Take a look at Hollow Knights level design. Aside from making each area feel very distinct, it has a bunch of landmarks.

>>372109712
I suppose you're right. I mean people enjoy beautiful sceneries and all, but I just can't help but notice how the ones memorable to me have a good amount of effort in them to have each element synergized with each other.

>>372110552
>I'd like the AI to be good enough to not fuck up at elementary thing
well then get to work.

>>372097282
Nice "game"

Not making a game, but whenever I frequent these threads I think that there are too many shitters trying to make a game. If 10 of you shitters formed a team to make one game, you might actually make something I'd want to play. You guys should consider it, seriously.

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>>372110749
>this is the person that constantly critiques peoples art
You can't make this shit up

>>372110749
How is that a loli?

>>372110709
ahahah oh wow

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I've started working on core animations for the second class of melee weapons (swords) and I'm really enjoying how easy it is to slot melee attacks into the existing combo system and have it Just Werk... compared to the clusterfuck of set-up that it took to add weapons/animations in Mayhem League, at least. I worked really hard to make the Dixie system more modular and I'm happy that it's working the way I wanted it to; it's a good feeling when you plan something and then it pans out exactly how you expected.

Also, added a belly-slide as the new double-dodge function, since the old one (a little dash) was just boring to use. If you haven't unlocked double-dodge, dodging during a dodge auto-triggers the cooldown animation AND prevents activating Zen, so the belly slide (despite having some movement restrictions and potentially messing up melee flow if you're a dodge-masher) should be a straight upgrade, rather than a Crow-Within-tier monkey's paw of an unlock. Granted, I did that in a sort of bullshit way (by gimping you if you dodge-mash anyway, so that having the dive doesn't gimp you more than not having it) but still. You shouldn't be mashing dodge anyway.

Also Dixie's gotten a slight recolor/redesign based on /agdg/ feedback. She looks a little more Mario-esque color wise but overall I think the reduction in texture complexity makes her read better and suit the N64 aesthetic more appropriately.

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>>372110971
I really don't like this forced snowflake style

>>372103937

Damn that looks like fun. Throw in some Kaiju or some heros.

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>>372110210

>>372110869
You assume that working as a team increases productivity. That's rarely the case. Two people working together does not double production. Ten people working together does not make production 10 times faster.

In some cases, depending on the people, working as a team will slow them down.

>want to make video game
>work consumes most of my time, all of my sanity
>ass-backwards at coding
I did a thing in RPGmaker a while back while studying at university but it never even got half-finished and it was still a generic RPGmaker game. Now that I have a full time job I have no time to do anything even remotely enjoyable with my life except play videogames for a couple hours a night and browse 4chan when I should be sleeping

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Remember to eat dinner to fuel your yesdev!

>>372110709
I assumed his whole shtick was that he intentionally made bad art, bad games and then went around shit-talking everyone else's stuff. You know, as like some kind of post-modern critique of how petty the indie dev community can be, and how all publicity is good publicity in the current Steamshit economy.

Or something. I was probably giving him way too much credit.

>>372111282
Cry about it, why don't you! I work 50 hours a week and I have time to work on my game every single day.

Unless you mean working full time AND studying at uni, in which case I get it.

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Any racing games being made here?

>>372111417
he seems to be one of those literally who's who somehow manage to think that what they have to say is important, well judging anyway by how he keeps telling people here how they should do things

>>372111163
I could be into putting in Kaiju, yeah. Thanks.

>>372111071
>Dixie Anon
Good to see you again. Looks like combat has gotten a lot more refined since last I saw it. Back then combat was entirely reliant on that black goop and hitboxes were huge. Looks like now things are a lot more technical! I like it a lot. Can't wait to start beating down baddies.

>>372110971
>>372110981
>>372111128
none of you can do any better

>>372088448
thats the shit, i need some shitty browser based games to fuck around with.

die2nite and mush were good, but not good enough.

>posting my art is supposed to be trolling me
if you guys werent nodevs you would be better at trolling me

>>372087308
How come a self-made engine by a novice will compete with shit? Also if the game is shit no matter the engine, it'll be shit. Stop shitposting this form the thread on /vg/.

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>>372111751
Even this crappy sprite I shat out in 5 mins for someone in these threads is better than anything you can do

>>372111947
How does it feel having the worst art than Shad?

You are the most trash artist I've ever seen here.

>>372112148
I have a feeling that there's no point in fueling him with replies

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>>372111646
"Black goop" is still around, anon. Her hands are covered in those obsidian shards, which is also the material from which she summons OTHER hands; her "Wicked Weaves" are all made of this stuff, so every weapon will eventually have them in the strings in some capacity, on finishers and Combo+ attacks.

They don't appear in that webm because I don't use any finishers (except the Ground Pound)

The game's about as technical as it's ever been; I've added in some high-level tech stuff since last I posted on /v/ in the form of Block-Stocking, but I'm not really showing that off here.

I don't know what to tell you about the hitboxes, they haven't changed a bit.

>>372111224
Two people working together does double production if you two get along and share a vision. Obviously that is what I meant. And don't tell me there are no two people in these threads that could do this if they tried.

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>>372112240
probably not. I just like posting sprites

>>372111947
You're not being trolled. You're comic relief. You're a laughing stock. Your art is what we look at to remind ourselves to laugh a little.

Please do not reply to bad anons.
Post games.

>>372110749
Is it wrong if I kind of find it cool?

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>>372111947

complete delusion

>>372112254
Jesus H. Christ that looks fun.

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>>372108772
hahaha you have to remember we got a lot of hillary loving tumblr fags on /v/ now.

i mean we always had furries here, but now we got reddit and basically a lot of big fucking babies.

dont be surprised that expressing a small opinion will make a faggot do his little dance.

"WOW YOU THINK THIS? WELL THEN YOU ARE BLOCKED SIR, YOU HAVE LOST RESPECT FROM ME!"

jesus.

>>372112382
cute whaledog

>>372112483
that's a normal reaction, 100% of these shitpost (including the ones with my website on it) is just one butthurt AGDG shitposter who will shitpost for eternity

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>>372107667
>book on level design
>picture of a procedurally generated game without levels on the cover
>the game wasn't even a success

>>372112571
>someone took the time to type this
Bro, relax, go make a video game.

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It's going alright. skeletal animation is hard

Tight corridors before the boss area.

>>372108694
Ullillia?

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sorry but this is the opposite of 4chan our guy material

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>>372112769
>mfw i just noticed the cat

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>>372112909
>what ca-
What the fuck
I have never seen it before

>>372112759
>liking my art is a normal reaction
>everyone who doesn't like my art is just one boogeyman shitposter

>>372112759
I just saw your comment elevating yourself to some snowflake pedestal and then I just checked out your game and turns out people didn't like it

>>372110752
There is nothing new under the sun, can't argue with that. The effort people put into environments that we remember fondly today is very exceptional, so instead of making an overly complex image, putting in detail and effort sounds like a good idea on principal alone, but also sounds like it's a good way to go.
Though at the same time, doesn't the same old setting kind of take away from it?

>>372112901
The guy is an actual idiot.

>>372113023
>a butthurt shitposter samefagging on 4chan is a conspiracy
you actin like i said some Alex Jones shit.

I want to make games in GameMaker. What's some good material for beginners? Youtube tutorials? Some ebooks or written tutorials on internet? I don't want to halfass things.

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>>372112531
Thanks so much! The combat is only like 50% of the game, though. It's really structured like an N64 collectathon, so I'm spending a lot of time developing movement mechanics and building levels around platforming challenges, exploration, and NPC conversation. A lot of the combat is just filler, which I fluffed up to be more interesting; enemies can be juggled more or less indefinitely post-death, so a lot of fights when I show off in webms stretch out much longer than they reasonably need to. You could run-and-gun your way through and never stop to punch for the most part.

Except when you get to the Showdown Zones, which are segments of the level that wall you off and force you to fight waves of enemies in more traditional Bayo/DMC style to earn a Power Core (think Jiggies), which is where the combat mechanics are hopefully more worth engaging in.

>>372112769
>procedurally generated game
But you're wrong, that game had hand made levels. And the levels affected how you played the game, and how difficult it was.
>the game wasn't even a success
But it was successful. ~300,000 owners

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>>372112759
yeah man, when I see art like this, it just makes me go wow, you know? just wow

>>372113347
You know there's more than one person that doesn't like your art, right? And not everyone that doesn't like your art is a shitposter.

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>>372087180
did a bunch of interface improvements and painful fucking TATE mode implementation recently.

>>372113428
>But you're wrong, that game had hand made levels. And the levels affected how you played the game, and how difficult it was
To be honest, I only played the first free version of the game. I thought it was pretty shit.
It's just an insanely basic RTS, where the """"levels"""" and """"level design"""" consists of flat circles placed haphazardly in a void.

>>372113509
>those nose proportions
Fucking hell

>>372113561
>implying the shitposter doesnt love my art
then why cant he stop posting it?

>>372112856
>Ullillia?
What?

>>372113208
You'll never be able to please everyone, and settings are just as subjective as everything else. Like, what if I can't stand fantasy at all? Dragons and fairies? Gay as fuck. Now, no matter how exceptional your game is, I won't like it and probably not even play it.
What if I used to like fantasy games but I'm burned out? Maybe your game gives me renewed interest?

The bottom line is: you can't really plan that stuff ahead and people will always find reasons to dislike it. What you should worry about is what you want to do and what it is you want to show.

>>372113712
yeah it's fucking amazing, truly something different, it's just wow you know

>>372113414
Get this on kickstarter. Really wtf are you doing. This is magnitudes better than yukalaylee.

>tfw I have to make a Unity game for class and its due in one week

help me /v/

what kind of game should i make that's both engaging and easy to make?

>>372113904
Triple Triad

>>372113728
I only posted your loli pic, which goes to show you have no understanding of what a loli is.

You embarrassed yourself on agdg enough, are you going to dig yourself deeper here?

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Good. Finished the inventory section of the interface, which knocks out the hardest part.

>>372113696
I agree that it's a super basic game, but the planets aren't placed haphazardly. It still has level design. And the fact that the game is super basic probably makes it a great game to look at to learn basic level design, because there's nothing complex that anyone needs to know.

>>372109240
This is actually something I'm sort of faced with in my game, and I think there's nothing wrong with going back to the old "biome" staples. I mean, the world we live in is partitioned into jungles, grasslands, icy tundras, lava fields, caves, deciduous forests, deserts, and metropolitan areas. It's not a weird thing at all to design the "regions" of the game in a similar way.

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>>372113414
>That momentum
Some Bayonetta, some Banjo and a sprinkle of Sonic. I can 100% get behind this. I think one thing that stands out to me isn't your webms, though those don't hurt, but your descriptions of things!

You've given everything a name:
>Showdown Zone
>Power Core
>Obsidian Shards
>Block-Stocking

This shows that you've clearly put a lot of thought into the world and how it's put together. Well fucking done, bud.

>>372113904
>Unity game for class
Good lord, please tell me you're not paying for this class.