How's your game coming along, /v/? You ARE making

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I haven't had time to develop it due to college.
I've also begun to lose inspiration because of depression.

>>388275591
Focus on college and work on it as a hobby afterwards

I enjoy messing around in rpg mx but i'll never actually make a game. No one would play it.

Can't settle on a single idea to run with so I keep looking for excuses not to bother with any of them.

>>388275591
Think of game dev like actually playing games and it becomes a lot easier to do.
If you don't enjoy it as much as playing games then don't bother.

lack of food means no energy to dev. I was on a roll too. I might get some tomorrow.

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I'm learning Java for university. Is there any chance I could use this for a 2D game? Is there any chance that game could be good?

>>388275901
I really enjoy it but right now i don't even feel like playing videogames, I just stare at the screen or come here to shitpost these days.
Guess I'm gonna get over it by the end of the semester.

I just got back into working on my game during the summer. Today I made some liquid pepperoni pizza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnqZ8u8_hDo&feature=youtu.be

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>>388276016
Learning OOP will be good to handle yourself better in a game development environment despite the memes saying OOP is shit (which is only really an issue when you're developing high tier software for analytics and shit)

However there's no chance your game will be any good whatsoever.

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Just a few sound effects left then it off to build levels. Also working on the museum where you put your collectables and shit.

got GM:S on the recent humble bundle, and making good progress for not really knowing how to code for serious. The severe lack of in-depth tutorials on how to create menus in GMS is the only thing currently working against me.

>>388276495
oh crap that looks cool. You've made the sprites?

>>388276880
All hand drawn in Aseprite. That program has been a godsend.

>>388276756
Yeah there are many ways to make a menu, just to give you a clue, make a variable that changes its value on a button press, then when you press x button you activate an if cycle that executes whatever action you want to do. The rest is only decoration, though that should be pretty basic (if you can't figure that out you should try to git gud).

My friend and I are trying to get feedback for a game we're almost done with. It's a pretty simple autoscroll game but we're trying to gauge the difficulty before we release on steam. We suspect that it's too hard.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRF9fGNo9oRxwN6YQ7shvssjMHxty2pw-TOCbSfn2QJqjtOxifKBApYPxdijGGBTQu8vU7GrB6eViJd/pub

If you have time, we'd love to hear from people about it.

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not even sure if im making a game anymore. I'm just dicking around.

The anon that was working with me abandoned the project due to creative differences and wasn't willing to compromise with me so w.e

If anyone wants a 3d artist to make something with, hit me up

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>>388277783
oh gosh that's so cute

>>388277783
Is that a Camerat?

>>388277046
I can do the simplistic stuff, like title menus (options, save/load, new game, quit game, etc) What i'm trying to learn is how to make menus appear aesthetically pleasing.

Working on a semi-idle game that's like a 2d version of Wii's FFCC: My life as a king.

Right now, just trying to figure how to utilize scripting to make things look like those aesthetically pleasing shop menus, not like the shopping list written by a three year old with the shakes that I have now... After that, it's all jelly!

>>388277962
yeah, think of it like the lakitu in mario
you typically cant see him unless you see a shadow or mirror

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>>388275901
>tfw don't even play games because of dev

>>388275901
>spend hours "playtesting" my game to the point where it harms my productivity
I wanna say that it might mean that its fun but I may just be autistic

>>388277224
It's not really that difficult, though I would sell a game like this on android or iOS instead.

>>388278436
don't worry, I do it too. It seems like it's an actual problem because we got way too good at our game and now we are struggling to make a fair difficulty curve

>>388278512
how far did you get?

>get Game Maker cheap in that bundle a few weeks ago
>want to learn to make a fighting game
>only tutorials I can find are "here's how to make a screen that looks vaguely like a fighting game but has no actual gameplay"
So now I'm making a generic platformer instead.

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>>388275442
FINALY fucking finished all 90 stages, each one slowly getting harder than the next one
completing one unlocks the next one
completing all 10 unlocks the next world

all saves, stay after you close the game, and completing older stages do not unlock new ones anymore

so its going fine

>>388278625
2nd world because I personally got bored :^) though I guess in the later levels you just put more color switches in faster progression. It would keep me hooked if it was a mobile game (though you probably would have to reduce the amount of colors due to the input).

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it's coming okay
added a new part to the first stage, also a lot of behind-the-doors tweaks

enemy pretzels have been edited after recording to look more like enemies

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>>388279114
yes the first few worlds aren't terribly difficult. We expect the problems to start on World 4. For reference, here's a clip of a very late level to give you an idea of how tough it gets.
I hear you about mobile, but we're not really interested in turning it into a mobile game. Thanks for giving it a try.

>>388279345
I really love this anon

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I'm working on a map/level/building of sorts.
I really like these old classical architecture styles, but I've come to accept the fact that I'll never get anything done if I try to faithfully recreate even half of it.
I just hope it doesn't look like shit by the time I'm finished.

>>388279345
>you can try too
:3

>>388278950
Gotta start somewhere I suppose.

>>388279453
That's so dark and the flashing is so jarring

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>>388275442
Looks and feels janky as hell but it's playable. Multiplayer is actually almost up to par with single player now. Soon: more leveling content, a dungeon.

>>388279770
that's the point

it's a thunderstorm hazard that shows up in later levels. it's not typically that dark.

>>388279453
Yeah now that i look at it that does look difficult, but only because you're overwhelming the player with mechanics, not that i would reject the challenge (you'd attract a pretty niche userbase) but keep in mind that the human brain can at most keep track of 6 things at a time so maybe you should reduce the amount of colors a bit. Also, make the panels brighter in that level so the players don't struggle trying to see the stage too.

>>388279476
thanks

whats the best engine to learn for 2d sprite games?

>>388280864
Game maker is easiest.
But 'best engine' all depends on what you're looking for.

>>388280864
LÖVE if you want to actually learn programming practices that will help you later (even with Lua being as simple as it is)
GameMaker if all you care about is making a playable game and nothing beyond that

>>388280936
whats one with the most options without being to over the top.
i have doen some java, html, php, sql and arduino coding before but nothign to do with game coding like c++ or what ever they use now days.
im willing to learn just dont want somthing thats hard or complex just cos sit can rather then it has to be

top tier job bois keep it up.

That guy from reddit today that complained about devs in this thread, if you're here I will fite you

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Just got some animations in for my intro and between-scene levels. I'll be releasing on Sept. 19th. See you on the other side /v/

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How do I into 2D tile grass? I'm making the repeating pattern too visible

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>>388281253
Got the trailer mostly done too. I hate making the side stuff. It doesn't give me the same satisfaction that making games does

>>388281053
Unity lets you use Unityscript, which has the same syntax as java, and it's fine for 2d games as well.
As far as 2d games go, I'd say what you can do with either Unity or Game Maker is probably about the same.
Just pick one and stick with it, engine choice really isn't that important if you're just getting into things.

I'm not making a game but I'm doing a major texture, model and audio mod for Return to Castle Wolfenstein. I'm basically revamping the campaign to make the main character a German soldier trying to escape a Russian Deathcamp and it'll escalate from there.

>>388281546
It's like Javascript, and it's not around for long.
https://blogs.unity3d.com/2017/08/11/unityscripts-long-ride-off-into-the-sunset/

>>388281546
no do not listen to this person

UnityScript:
- is not like Java
- is unsupported and actively being phased out
- is objectively a poor language
- spreads misinformation and poor practice in newcomers

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I'm brand new, love games, have no coding experience, have no match exerience, have some small very limited 3d modeling aya, texture photoshop experience. What are my bets bets for making a simple game? Where do i start? and can i even start? or do i lack the required skills? (looking for something simple like 2d tetris to start)

>>388279345
Kurwa it's reaply. Tell tree and masque I've been busy with my baby and I'll login some time in the near future.

>>388281341
Make more "who wins" threads with cute beastmen and I'll tell you

>>388281834
Game Maker, but you'll have to pirate it because it's no longer free

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Been working more on animations

>>388281760
>>388281831
I mean, I've always stuck to CS, but I've never heard any complaints about unityscript before, so I just figured it was fine.

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>>388281341

I make 4 different grass tiles, some with small flowers, and set it to random as I lay them down.

It also helps to make ground patches or grass patches on ground.

>>388282118
No point in pirating if he can't legally publish whatever games he makes.

>>388282151
how are you making this? which engine or program?? i'm this person >>388281834

>>388279345

There's not enough mixup in that segment after the initial attack. to keep it going for 3 cycles.

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>>388275442
I'm making several. This was a mistake.
also I'm in the same boat as >>388275591

got a game I'm doing in GM, got a game I'm making for the SG-1000 with devkitSMS, and I've got this one I'm working on for the Saturn, it's a flight racer
need to go talk with the jo-engine dev about what's wrong with getting it to run with the updated version at some point blah
could be entirely my fault, but hey
it's not even close to done, I'd just got around to implementing 3d collisions

as a side note, yabause kind of sucks, but having that vdp1 debugger has made my life so much easier

>>388275901
really, I enjoy making games almost more than playing them at this point

>>388281035
GML is as awful as javascript as a teaching language, with even fewer good parts.
eg, Javascript's actually amazing handling of functions doesn't even kind of exist, GML doesn't even have proper functions -- although I'm still stuck using GMS1 since I can't be arsed to go buy GMS2 when I tried it out during the beta and the UI was a hideous fucking pile of ass
you can still just accidentially ruin everything (eg, I once had a horrible set of bugs in a game because my loop counter ended up having object scope, so it'd get clobbered constantly, and it took me ages to realize because the thing mostly worked except when it broke miserably)

>>388277783
whats your discord, wanna chat?

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>>388275442

Working on the UI. Might not look like a whole lot but the little boxes represent status effects.

How Unity handles UIs is horrible though. Like damn this is stupidly bad.

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Finished serialization and started setting up achievements and leaderboards. Feels like the list of things I need to do keeps growing.

>>388277224
Jesus christ, 4-2 sure ramps up the difficulty. Will you be informing people when the second round of testing begins?

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>>388282329

Unity, using C# for code.

Tiled is the program I use to make the map but I wrote my own collision system and world loader for maximum efficiency and a challenge.

You'd do fine with the built-in ones though.

>>388275442
I'm making a moeshit JRPG. Been making some nice progress and will be putting it on Steam soon.

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>>388282136
Looks fun! Kinda like paper mario, I love it!

>>388281954
Kek how did you know it was me, maybe I'll make another one some day

>>388282151
Those are some good ideas

>>388283026
if you fill out the form linked in the google doc with your email address, we will get a hold of you when the time comes.

Thanks for playing, we appreciate it! Keep trying, you'll get through it :)

>>388283026
also, cubedoku looks pretty neat. Will it be a mobile game?

>>388282136
Really cool, I love seeing your updates in these threads. Keep it up!

>>388275442
Why is graphic design so diffficult

>>388275442

As of this morning I'm working on Half Life 3. I'm not very good with 3D animation or, indeed, coding of any sort. So it's going to be a VN.

>>388283863
Just filled it out. Reminds me that I need to start making forms for my beta testers to fill out.

>>388283984
I might consider a mobile port, but I'm looking at Steam first and foremost. This project is meant to get me acquainted with the development and publishing pipeline that Steam has as well as start getting my name out.

Also I'm planning to do some cool shit with the cube and I don't know if phones will be able to handle it.

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>>388282850
Pandan#7422

I finally have an idea that I'm committed to!

And zero programming experience, I guess I'll download gamemaker

>>388284260
It's not that difficult, it just takes a lot of practice.
Something that's difficult is something that takes a lot of practice and a lot of problem solving.
Art is one of those nice things where the vast majority of the time the problems with your work are immediately visible.

>>388281546
Use C# please

>>388283207
I think the guy is going for more Mario and Luigi

>>388279345
does this have a name yet
I keep seeing it in these threads, shit looks fantastic.

>>388282138
the only people who used unityscript have been writing JS forever

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>>388284417
thanks for reporting that bug btw! It's a sneaky one.

>>388285032
Oh, there's one I forgot to report. When using an xbox controller and pausing the game, hitting 'A' to resume switched me to green.

I'm not sure if it read my input for an extra frame or if I accidentally tapped the button twice, but it might be something to look out for.

Good luck with the game!

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I finished some player animations

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>>388284972
It's actually a little of both! Skills wise PM and WarioWare and everything else M&L and Mother 3

>>388285962

holy shit, I really like that.

>>388286157
Oh shit, the effects look so nice and even make me feel like they really got impact. Also got a cute character.

>be artfag
>no motivation to art on my own anymore
>looking to art for other people
>being paid might be nice too
Anyone else in the same boat?

>>388285962
how do you make this? what engine or program?

>>388285962
I'm not sure I like the actual sprite itself, but the animation is pretty damn smooth and nice.

>>388286680
I want art for my game desperately but I'm basically never going to pay anyone for it since I have basically negative budget.

>>388282329
don't focus on engines/language. just find something with decent documentation.

>>388287125
well my art doesnt really deserve money. can you tell me about it or give me a website? I might be interested.

>>388286680
Yeah, I think about what kind of work to do, but I'm not really sure. UI work seems plausible, maybe moving into sprites since that's making a comeback. Game assets too, but I don't know if indies hire for that often. Character Art and BGs seem really like they won't hire you unless they like you.

>>388287867
what have you looked into? I'm curious.

>>388285962
That's really good, what'd you make it in?

>>388287125
What kind of art, anon?

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Just need to finish making the buttons actually do things in my inventory. The collision is working just actual functioning is tied to keyboard inputs atm. Shouldn't take much longer. God I hate making ui and buttons.
And than I can finally move back onto actual gameplay. Had to finish a basic inventory setup first. This is all just filler sprites atm.

>>388290510
Did you make that sprite?
Also cute hand written text

>>388290586
Nah I wish I did, it just fits the mood I'm going for. I found it on google along with some portraits I can use for different emotions for dialogue. Oddly enough there was another guy in one of these threads using the same sprite a few weeks back.

Think harvest moon and you are a witch/warlock growing magical crops. Plan on having lots of atypical crops like things that will eat you and require flesh for food or have special needs. Like how Mandrakes can kill you if you harvest them incorrectly.

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Jeez anon, why would you ask this so suddenly?

>>388290947
That sounds like a pretty good game, looking forward to it. I like farming and that's a concept I haven't been met with before.

>>388291160
what am i looking at here?

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>>388291467
Actor that autocorrect your velocity into a point; You put them in a window or just about any point you want and it'll smooth out your movement, so the player doesn't have to make miniscule adjustment to get smoother movement.

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Been preplanning a game for nearly two fucking years on and off now and Its just occured to me that I don't know how to code.

>>388292731
Easy, just drop a design document somewhere and people who do know how to code will work on it for you if they like it enough.

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>>388291160
>>388291678

>Making a lowpoly game in Unreal

why tho?

>>388292731
Don't listen to >>388292792, he's setting you up. Just keep working on the design document for years in secret, and die of regret without ever having made your game.

>>388275442
Today I Improved the Fps , it used to run on 24 fps, now it runs on 150+ fps...

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>>388292947
What's wrong with it?

>>388275442
Forced to take a break while moving, but getting back into it is gonna be real tough cus I have too many glaring flaws in the game to go and make content

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>>388292792
I feel like I'm too unreliable to work with someone else since my crippling fear of rejection and habit of spending all my free time on the internet keep me from doing anything productive.