AGDG 2016 Amateur Game Development General

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Reposting:

Did someone order a shitty mockup ridiculous chamber animation?
No?
Well fuck you, I did it anyway.

Don't respond to him.
Let this thread be shitpost free!

Let the first thread of 2016 be the shining example for the rest of 2016!

look at you, son. you're just admitting that it's you and that you're back here. you can't help yourself because you're whacked out of your head on meth salts, kid. get the fuck up out of here, you're a joke. fuck with agdg or devs from agdg again and you'll get fucked with, again. bitch. it might be hard to impersonate sourcefam considering so many of his braincells are burnt out but you'd be better doing that cause right now you're a straight busta and you've been busted. the fuck outta here.

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You were supposed to bring balance to the game dev not leave it in darkness.

>>127057096
I like it. Seems a little off though. The hand seems a little stiff when it's rotating.

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Did up a little title screen today.

First for 2016 is best 201x

2016 will be the year we all make it, I promise you. Unless you shitpost in this thread.

>>127057123
it's not even 6 pm but hey i guess all the alcohol abuse and adderall really did fry your mind permanently

>>127057312
Aww no fun.

>>127057123
amerilag pls, last thread was first thread of 2016

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>>127057098
Oh nice, that's an old one. Think that was the second animation I ever made.

>>127057192
Yeah as stated it's a mockup; that's just the basic motion. Lots of work needs done to it. Whether I will polish it to make it look good is the question.
My process always starts with shitty motion that I improve on as I work on it more. That animation is an early stage of that.

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>>127057218
you're a great artist and all but i cant say im very interested in your game

>>127057218
didn't you get mad at agdg and left?

literallyinsanefam is my designated shitposter tonight

reminder the creator of undertale is rich as fuck now and never has to work a day in his life

maybe you can make it one day too!

>>127057565
A good way to ensure that you won't make it is responding to the one we don't talk about. Tobyfox didn't and he's rich, that can't be a coincidence.

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>half the decade is already gone and you have nothing to show for it
Today is an excellent day to feel depressed

>>127057537
That's alright, will you still play the demo and voice what you don't like about it when it's ready?

>>127057539
No? I've just been too busy working on stuff that can't be posted here, for the most part.

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Here's to that one game. You know the one. You miss it. It misses you sometimes. Fate didn't want it to happen. Let's hope 2016 is full of devs, games, and progress.

>>127057393
>Implying anyone gives a fuck about Australians.

Still 10pm in bongland.

>>127057716
honestly I just think it's a boring concept in general, it seems to be just a platformer with an attack button, but not a particularly exciting one. There doesn't seem to be anything that sets it apart

>>127057758
I miss sleepy bones

>>127057758
D-don't talk about my game like that ;_;

>>127057758
We can make it!

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I wonder how should i do reloading. I need the ship to carry more missiles than just the ones strapped onto it, and i can't just do it like in the video and jut magically popping them under the wings would also looked silly.

It's not even 2016 yet you dumb nerd face

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we all just want to be free

>>127057903

Porn. But yes, his gameplay is very much inspired by Maze of Gailious but the actual combat looks really stiff.

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>>127058028
We can! Well.... some of us.

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>>127057758
it wouldn't be like that if God would've made art instead of programming easy

>>127058067
Have cannons instead of the actual missiles mounted to the ship. That way the reloading is implied.

so ive been semi paying attention to the shitpost arguing thing that happens this time of day for the past 2 days and i have a question....
how are you having an argument based around a personal conflict of personalities (dan, rotate, me somehow???) when the supposed arguers dont have identification of the personality theyre representing.... yknow like a name... im not really feeling anything from this whole anonymous arguing with himself claiming every anonymous is someone with a name thing. it's not even quality drama shitposting its just confusing and boring.

>>127058285
I considered it, but it just doesn't look as cool as directly mounted missiles. I will probably have to compromise

>>127058067
Maybe have hatches on the fuselage that they slide out from?
Door swings open, new missiles emerge and the door shuts again.

>>127058152
>but the actual combat looks really stiff.
This is what I mean, it feels more like a checklist of features than an actual game meant to be played.

That porn is SWEET tho

>>127058067
Why? It was always cool in games when you had a limited amount of missiles (but unlimited machine guns / blasters) and they were fucking worth saving.

>>127058364
27k free money

>>127058364
Welcome to months ago

I have no fucking idea what is going on

>>127058151
is that 'the years of rice and salt'?

>>127058629
uh huh?

>>127058679
i definitely wasnt paying attention then, i was balls deep in dev.

>>127058568

I've only seen censored gifs, so I can't say one way or the other.

Most porn games suffer from crap gameplay anyway.

>>127058364
yeah I've stopped caring whether it's actually danny or not, it's just funny to see the meltdown either way whenever the name is mentioned

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Welp 2016 in 18 minutes. Everyone is happy and partying and i sit here depressed with another year of crappy miserable existence with nothing to show for it. One more year closer to death as well, what is tehre to celebrate? Your body getting more frail and your mind more foggy? God damn those, i envy all those oblivious drunken sheep dancing across the street.

>>127058629
loled

>>127058785
>God damn those, i envy all those oblivious drunken sheep dancing across the street.
*tips fedora*
just kill yourself man

>>127058623
Limited yes, but having only like 4 just isn't enough even for small battles.

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Goal condition and placeholder animation is set in, next is level transitions, game over level resetting, and actually making levels for demo day.

>>127058364
Do you not understand what "literally insane" means? Let's just stop acknowledging it for a change. A new year is dawning.
>>127058782
It's not. It is funny I agree... sometimes. Once it starts happening everyday for months on end though it becomes less fun.

>>127057701
speak for yourself nigga i moved out, got a job, and finally got started on garrys mod content

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>>127058151
Freedom is just another prison, anon.

>>127058978
lewd

>>127059062
I was speaking for myself, thank you.

I'm glad you're doing fine, good job man.

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>>127058997
>pretending anyone here is insane but him
shut the fuck up, MothDan.

>>127058785
Just get drunk and dance with them senpai

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>>127058785
>2016
>nothing but a list of bad failed games

and to think i actually put them online thinking they were good

>>127058152
>>127057903
Does sound pretty lame when you put it like that. I think there are more nuances to platformers than boiling it down to something that simple, since I'm always trying to find new ones to play.

Hoping that people like the exploration aspects of the game, finding treasure and all that. That was always my favorite part of MoG.

>>127059379

If you can, please make your character's attack a slash rather than a stab. Just having a straight horizontal sword attack makes it very stiff.

Do you have anything planned for extra weapons, tools, or abilities?

>>127059105
As long as we're with ourselves we're imprisoned.

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so this... is the power... of Unity...

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>tfw no googum postcard

>>127059901
What does Googum look like? I've always wondered.

>>127059309
I broke you. It's up to you to either fix yourself or remain "that crazy guy who talks about mothdan everyday". Best of luck to you in the new year, friend.

>>127059574
There are sub weapons in the game which are various projectiles that use up spirit ammo, plus various pickups that give boosts to one thing or another. Like letting your shield actually deflect attacks. But no new movement abilities or anything like that, no.

I'll keep the idea of a slash instead of a stab mind if people complain about the attacking, or if it's too simplistic. Can never be too sure of how the game plays when you've been staring at it constantly for months, eh

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>>127059956

>>127060048

Just to give a fair warning, Anubis dev, most people that play porn games play it for just the porn, and I certainly know that if the gameplay drags on for too long I'll drop the whole thing in favor of finding gifs/videos of other people who got to the good parts.

Which is why I'm a firm believer that porn and video games don't really work well together.

>>127060750
Literally Hitler.

Stop responding right now.

>>127060853
no

>>127059973
>I HAVE WON THE CRUSADE, VICTORY HAS BEEN ACHIEVED....., BY ME

Nah dude you're just a schizophrenic shitposter who isn't even liked by his home board

maybe you should try /biz/ again

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got following working but it's glitchy

New year resolution is to make a game.

Next year resolution would be to become a full time indie dev.

Wish me luck /agdg/

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>>127060853

Okay.

wait fuck.

>>127060778
After playing a bunch of lewd action games, that's partly why we came up with the system of rewarding the player with the content after a boss fight instead of when the player dies. Hated the typical method of having to die a variety of ways in the hopes of getting a reward.

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2016 will be the year I finish a fucking game, I swear it.

He's going to keep losing his mind until there's nothing left.

Ignoring him, reporting him and filtering him will speed up process.

Thank you for your cooperation.

>>127061187
Definitely F

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>>127060812
2007 memes

>>127061187
G. That's some hardcore "spot the difference" difficulty in that image though.

Looking at a january release, yee bhoi. Though it's only at 34% towards greenlighted so I guess it's itchio for me.

>>127060778
This, though it could be an opportunity more than a problem -- making it more boss and puzzle based rather than having chump enemies to dodge in simple platforming rooms would be an easy way to keep a pent up shota lover engaged in the game part between porn sequences. Because really, as it is, it's kinda stiff (heh)

>>127061149
that is a good idea and kudos my man

>>127060998
my new years resolution is to find people to dev with and new people to show off my work to, fuck aggydaggy. easily the worst general on the board and completely useless

even cripplechan is better

>>127061621
Post a video link here
if you don't have a video then why the fuck are you greenlighting. That's impossible

>>127061621
Game???....

>>127061621
Who are you? Which game?

>>127061621
You realize not being on steam literally means no one will buy your game?

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>>127061401
ftfy

POST DEVLOGS
RECEIVE a new follower

>>127061710
>>127061734
>>127061750

I haven't posted here much about it (just lurked)
so I don't want to shill it, just wanted to bring a bit of positivity.

>>127061785

Yeah, but that's life. It's my first game so it isn't really the alpha and omega of gaming.

>>127061947
You can find my personal blog at www.4chan.org/vg/agdg

>>127062060
Just post it. You have my personal permission.

>>127061187
F+H

move the title / name so it's half over the portrait, not flush like in H

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>>127062267
>>127062064

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>>127061334

>>127062064
>>127062267
Can you fucking not?

>>127062395
>>127062474
no

>>127062267

That wouldn't be moral, and yes I'm serious even though I know how retarded I am by saying it. I haven't contributed shit to this community. Perhaps I'll be more active here when I make my next game, but I'm horribly asocial and also worried about idea-theft however unlikely it is.

>>127062743
Or because you have no game you fucking nodev shitposter.

Kill yourself.

>>127062791

Oh but I have. Took over a year too. But now I'll stop shitting up the thread.

Don't reply to m* please.
He'll keep at it until you stop. He needs his rush of anything responding to him.

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This is past the point of getting out of hand now.

>>127062875
You can fix your wrongdoing by just posting your game.

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reminder that anyone going on about "nodevs" or shitposting crusades or whatever is the guy that made pic related and thinks he's an AAA developer for it

>>127063179
>reminder that everyone here is danny
Thanks literallyinsanefam we'll keep that in mind.

>>127058978
I thought your game was innocent, but now it's about sneaking into a little boy's bed?

Don't reply to him. He's just gonna keep going nuts until you ignore him.

>>127063315
Where is your game?

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>AI only spins around

send help

>>127063384
>>127059152
I can see the misconception here:
The goal condition for the game is a bed, your shadow leaves you to have adventures which is what your dreams are comprised of, so your adventure ends when you get back to bed.

What's a better way of conveying this then?

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>>127061187
???

>>127063551
Like an astral projection kind of deal, but it's your shadow? I don't think you have to worry about conveying it differently, I was just taking it out of context for a joke.

>>127063551
You only need to show the "shadow" going out of the character and the beginning and it can be inferred from that.

>>127063439
Spin with him.

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>>127063551
Maybe the rape scene would be more tasteful with a blanket over it?

>>127061187
F is perfect. Anyone who says otherwise can kiss my ass.

Should I add AGDG easter eggs to my game?

>>127064041
That was the best scene. Dennis nailed it.

>>127063645
That actually looks pretty nice.
One of the goals I have is to allow for no portrait or a portrait, though I could have the no portrait have a more centered text box while the portrait has the offset on like that

>>127063750
I see, and yeah basically. Thanks for clarifying I thought that was the case but I felt the need to clarify now before that becomes the expectation people start to have.
>>127063876
Good idea.

Thanks guys for the feedback guys I'll report back with the next goals completed and these things put in.

>>127064164
You don't need a floating name tag box thing, going with what I did keeps everything tidy and legible.

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>>127064131
always

>>127064131
Anyone got that video of the lets player commenting on the AGDG logo in RoR?

>>127064490
>dedgames.png
dedgame girl is so meta

>>127064490
rip

>>127064490
lmao none of this shit is relevant anymore, even to aggie dag

>>127064131
no this place is a shithole

>>127066385
>:( !!!

how is 8ch /agdg/? I remember it being alright several months ago, but the place seems ded now.

happy new year aggy daggy!!!

>>127066752
Better dead than what this general has become tbqh familiatachi.

>>127066752
If it seems dead it's probably dead, unless it's a creature that's very good at feigning death.

>>127066752
>last timestamp 12/31/15 (Thu) 07:45:47
So there's at least one person who checks it daily

>>127066752
It's slow but pretty okay as an actual forum

they still have jams and shit for educamational purposes afaik

at least it doesn't descend into psychotic shitposting fits every ten minutes

I'm watching videos on UE4 blueprints familias

I wish there were more written tutorials/documentation for this stuff, I feel that if UE4 is underutilized compared to other game dev tools it's because of this reason

>>127054934
if you don't know why undertale was so successful then ask yourself why people donate money to people they never met just because they record themselves playing so everyone can watch it

the answer: no reason at all, you don't need a reason for things to happen

>>127067008
there are still people there, but it seems to have shrunk significantly from the last time I visited. 70-90 active users compared to the ~15 now.

>>127067073

Instead, every video is HERE'S MY THING ON DA EPIC MEGABUX STORE BUY IT NAO

It's not much of a community

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why do so many people use anime art here?

>>127067073
That's the boat I'm in right now. I have no problem learning from documentation, but the documentation for UE4 isn't that great. A lot of what I've learned I learned from dicking around with the software.

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may this be a year full of progress

>>127067369
>4chan
>chan
it's an animu image board ya dingus

>>127067391

Why doesn't Epic have a written, step by step blueprint tutorial showing people how to make a fairly featured mobile simulation game with explanations for how things work and how things are structured etc

I feel they'd be able to rake in the megabuxxx if they did something like this

>>127068034
its not an engine for 12 year olds

>>127068223
but it's used by 12 year olds

>>127068223

But they want the mobile market

They want people to get into their program and not go to unity or gamemaker instead

>>127067409

how much gbs we're talking about?

>>127068342
no they already have established clients
they don't need your pinball mania revenue

>>127068342
Epic is pulling in money from games like Kingdom Hearts 3 and Street Fighter 5. Inide pixel shit #5320 isn't high on the priority list

>>127068034
idk about that, I just wish their documentation went more in depth on how certain elements in UE4 interacted with each other.

As it is the documentation is mostly just "HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO APPLY IT, GOOD LUCK" it doesn't really explain what it is. Take material layering, for example. The documentation is just a quick example of how to use it and doesn't really go into depth about how it works.

>>127068443
some hundreds of hours of savegames and screenshots
this is not the first shift-delete of 2015

>>127068449

That's why the front page when you fire up epic games launcher is a mobile game, right? lmao

>>127068530

Well, it needs both

It needs both step by step examples for lots of common ideas AND unity's ctrl ' for more in depth docu

>>127068034
You need to pay for the season pass to get access to the real documentation, tutorials and support.

>>127068530
>>127068758
lol most of the engine is just right clicking shit and typing what you want in the search bar. its easy as fuck

I've resorted to using thesaurus.com for naming my prefix and suffix loot modifiers.

There's too many names.

>>127068930
Having access to functions doesn't help much if the documentation doesn't explain them. I can't say "I want to do X so I need to implement Y, Z, and Q." without readable documentation.

>>127069197
Just look at the source : ^ )

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More progress. Damage counter temporarily in top right corner. Running into enemies knocks you back and does a point of damage. Air attacks are implemented. xbox controls are functional.

Apparent non-smoothness of movement is because the game is at 60 FPS and webmcam is only set to half of that.

Now to make the enemies move.

>>127069442
There is no real progress until you drop Clickteam Fusion.

>>127069442
Did you fix the collision error?

>>127069442
Hey I remember you you made your first progress post last night. Good job.

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Has a 3D model doodad for the artistically retarded been made yet?

>>127069697
Yep! Though I just did it by replacing the collision behavior with overlap, so that if they overlap for even one frame, the player sprite gets knocked back and damage is dealt.

>>127069973
Thanks.

>>127070002
I don't understand what you're asking. Is that just a random picture? Because that's not 3D. And what do you mean by 3D model doodad?

>>127070002
If rigging and importing wasn't physically painful, it would exist already.

>>127064490
>people making fun of that image and saying that they are irrelevant
Off to a good 2016 nodev agdg start I see.
This place definitely got worse.

Hey, AGDG. What's the minimum screen resolution I can be reasonably expected to support for a game designed to be played on a PC?

>>127070521
don't blame the nodevs blame the shitposters

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>>127070205

Picture is what I've been working on, meandering between platformer and top down with no real progress

But easy 3D would totally fix my lazyness

Are Star Warsy games going to boom?

>>127072243
Actual Star Wars games will be popular. Star Wars-like games probably won't because there's so much licensed shit.

>>127072036
>>127070002
oh hey it's the guy who's refused to learn anything about art because he's hoping that 3D modeling will do everything for him

well that day still hasn't come but your shit still looks like shit

>>127072243
are you making No Man's Sky?
if yes, yes. if no, no.

>>127071950
640x480 maybe

>>127071950
1024x768
Because 1200x768 monitors exists
Inb4 i fucked up

>>127072036
It's a new year anon. Now is the time. Now is when you will learn 3D modeling!
It's what I plan to do this year, I want to start learning 3D modeling.

>>127072332

/agdg/ should make Kotor 3 before someone else does

Is the difference in efficiency between using a sprite sheet and uploading a bunch of individual images enough to matter?

>>127072243
We need more awesome space and spaceship games. You can't make a Star Wars game of course. But make a Sci-fi space game, it'll be fun.

>>127072758
Yes.

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Happy new year agdg, I hope you manage to finish your game this time

>>127072893
The real yesdev timezones haven't gotten to new year yet.

>>127072893
I'm thinking I will this year. I'm in a good position.

>>127071950
Why don't you support any and all resolutions?

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>already made good progress in 2016

>>127072243
>FPS
>TPS
>RTS
>Racing
>Flight sim
>Dancing game
There have probably even been Star Wars characters in fighting games. Is there any other franchise that has a game in so many genres? No Star Wars VN at least.

in 2016 I will get a girl dev gf

>>127073449
i'll be ur gf

>>127072036
Anon, if that is your art then it is passable. Don't wait for a tool that will never be created. If you are dead set on 3D, start by flipping assets (PROTIP: even AAA games do this to some extent), or put in the time and effort to learn to sculpt and paint.

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Trying to get the roguelike lootfest part of my game down and I just can't quite pinpoint the algorithm I want to use to generate levels. I went with cellular automata methods instead of building rooms and corridors but I'm not too happy with the results so far.

>>127073784
Reminds me of ToeJam & Earl for some reason

>>127072690

I must finish my sad Fez clone

Blender makes me cry on the inside, but I wish you luck

What's an acceptable free spriting tool? Asesprite looked interesting but it's paid.

>>127072893
>Finishing my game has been my new years resolution like twice in a row now

College just won't stop wrecking my schedule. At least I'll be done with that and can focus entirely on game dev after the summer.

I did manage to get a lot of progress done this winter break but I haven't posted in these threads in months.

>>127073935
I think it's the colorscheme and thin green levels. I'll get a real graphical tileset once I've decided on a theme and a good algorithm.

>>127074085
>but it's paid.
If you're a pleb.

>>127073447

When will Luke-senapi notice me?

>>127074085
Compile it yourself and it's free. Literally open source with free source code and makefiles.

If you can't compile it, maybe you should stop relying on commercial engines and start enginedeving so you actually learn something useful.

>Haven't missed any progress days in 2016 yet

WE ON A ROLL

>>127074680
>>127074797
Oh wow, didn't see it was open source. Damn senpaitachi, I feel dumb now.

who /maybedev/ here?

>>127074085
It's literally 10 dollars.

How poor are you?

>>127075185
I'm from a 3rd world country actually.

>>127071950
1366x768 is the size of my laptop screen, and it's barely large enough for me to do regular activities on, not to mention games.

>>127075264
I'm very sorry, this won't happen again I promise.

Please help me out, /agdg/.

http://strawpoll.me/6417103
http://strawpoll.me/6417103
http://strawpoll.me/6417103

>>127075314
I know, you should've genocided all us 3rd worlders when you had the chance

>>127071950
800x600 is still the standard, I believe. Laptops are still pushing 768 and that's a large portion of your audience, so you can't really do much more than 600.

>>127075505
I don't even know which one to pick...

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Ayyy lmao.

I'm starting to feel like i'm not cut out for SFML. Do you get more used to it as you learn more, or is it just constantly smashing your head against a wall until something works?

>>127075505
>>127075660
Cyberpunk is the best and only option

>>127075689

Cyberpunk Star Wars

>>127075673
If you've done 2D before, SFML is probably one of the easiest to use.
If you haven't, then your problem isn't SFML but learning graphics concepts.

Have any of you ever bough something off the unity asset store? Is there anything important I should know?

Its for a third person camera tutorial/setup.

>>127075845

I've never devved before. Should I just start out with GM and work my way up from there?

Speaking of resolution.

My pixel art game is at 854x480 resolution.

Now the question is when people play it on their 1080p monitors what do I do:

1. Scale the game 5 times.
2. Keep the scale and just expand what the player can see on the screen.
3. Black Bars.

>>127076058
nice dark souls clone

>>127076090

>Scale the game 5 times.
Do this if it doesn't make the game look complete ass.

>2. Keep the scale and just expand what the player can see on the screen.
Might break the gameplay.

>Black Bars.
Not unless you want angry people.

>>127076090
Scale the game pixel perfect and use black bars to maintain aspect ratio.

>>127076082
It's all the same honestly, whether it's SFML/SDL/XNA etc. It's just loading images, clearing the screen, drawing the image at a point (x,y)

GM might be easier to start with

>>127076090
that really depends, in some games inreasing the size of the visibility window can have an impact in the gameplay. if it doesn`t then its the best option.
otherwise scale 2x and use black bars

What does Game Maker Professional have that the free version of Game Maker doesn't? I figured it had more export options but it seems that you still have to buy those separately too.

>>127076113
H-how did you know!?

>>127076498
I think the differences are YYC, texture groups and the "made in Game Maker" splash.

>>127076058
In general the code up there is crap but most of the people buying it don't notice. You may have to fix bugs in it or update it to be compatable with new engines if you update the engine version (which is extremely risky in Unity). Never buy anything that does not come with source code unless its from a company with dedicated support channels and even then know that your product may be at their mercy.

can someone clarify something i can't find a clear answer

in c#, bool[] bools = new bool[50] creates an array of 50 bools which are all false right

>>127076687
So if I don't give a shit that people know it's made in Game Maker (and in fact think it's cool that Game Maker can make such cool games if you use GML and put effort into it) is there any real reason not to just use the free version and upgrade when my game is done if I want it to run on different systems?

>>127076831
No, it creates 50 bools with randomly assigned value.

>>127076831
Can't you just run it through the debugger and see what it gives ya?
You're not on Linux, you can figure out stuff without needing a man page for every little detail

>>127075673
Is there a screamer in your game?

>>127076831
>which are all false right
I'd assume so
>The default values of numeric array elements are set to zero, and reference elements are set to null.

>>127076982
No it doesn't. In C, yes, not in C#. All variables in C# must be assigned before they can be used.

>>127076831
It'll have default(bool) which is false, it takes 2 seconds to test you shitter.

>>127076831
The array will set all entries to default(T), which for bool is 'false'. Most value types the default will be whatever corresponds to binary 0, and reference types typically to null. However, it is possible to override this behavior in your own types but that is rarely done.

>>127076982
You are correct for C++ but notfor C#.
> If you do not initialize an array at the time of declaration, the array members are automatically initialized to the default initial value for the array type.

>>127076982
>No, it creates 50 bools with randomly assigned value.
This is c# though, not c.
I bet you anything it holds your hand and initializes everything

>>127076903
I don't think you can sell them and you'll probably find yourself wanting the YYC, but I guess you could do that.

>>127077034

shitty snake

>>127076765
The one im looking to buy is for 5.1.1 and higher and Im in 5.3. Its only 5 bucks and it comes with all the scripts commented.

Im just hoping I can use it for learning and less "Im just the addon that does it for ya dont worry about it"

>>127077034
It's been a while since I've seen that brought up.

>>127057218
shape work: good
that flash: delicious
the still frame shading: dog shit awful

>>127077418
Its probably fine to get.

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>>127077540

>>127058283
Programming is easy like art is easy. You can put something on the canvas right on day one! Can't get much easier than that.

What's the point of using Game Maker when Unity does everything GM does and more?

>>127059901
lol that ribcage/sagging tits

>>127077795
No bloat. Unity file sizes are horrendous.

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>>127062954

>>127077795
Much cheaper license. Easier for people who cannot program. Built in sprite editor and tile editors.

>>127077795
Programming shaders.
Just a fucking shame Shaders is very late in terms of when you learn stuff.

>>127077795
If you're considering Unity for 2D, please consider suicide

>>127078072
>egg posts are filtered
Why?

>>127078072
>snaggletooth
lel

>>127078072
>filtering mixels and rixels
but those are the only good memes to come out of this place and are difficult to abuse

>>127078268
I get sick of repetitive shitposts. There was some guy choosing random progress posts EVERY DAY and telling them to fuck off to there.

Are there any good programs besides Game Maker that are made specifically for 2d games, have built-in tile editors and let you lay things out graphically, and have built-in scripting capability like GML?

Ideally something I can download cheap or free, and if I have to pay, I don't have to pay until I start selling shit.

>>127078473
whats wrong with gamemaker?

>>127078473
>built-in tile editors
You should not even be thinking of using Game Maker's room editor you create levels outside of beginner projects.

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>tfw you want to use UE4 but can't into C++ and blueprint looks confusing as fuck

Guess I'm sticking to gamemaker and 2D land...

>>127078672
Why is that? I am not very familiar with the engine and I always thought that the tile editor was a big draw to it.

>>127073971
thank you, I've slowly been getting a bit more comfortable with Blender. But it will take a while I'm sure.

>>127078650
I've been told the free version a shit.

>>127075505
Cyberpunk Zelda-like
MAKE SURE TO ADD ROBOTS AND/OR MECHA

>>127078698
Blueprint is used by artists, designers and other uneducated devs all around the world
It can't be that confusing for a non-programmer

>>127078115

>Cheaper license

Unity is free unless you're raking in dosh lmao

>Easier for people who cannot program

how

>>127078072
f.am f.am f.am f.am f.am f.am f.am f.am

>>127078968
One off shitposts are fine
Interesting shitposts are fine
Same shit every day all day, not so fine

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>>127078698
>>127078941
>blueprint is confusing as fuck
It is literally dragging from one point to another

LITERALLY. GOOGLE THIS SHIT, IT AIN'T HARD.

>>127079136
But you forgot to link the false branch with the statement and the editor gives you no warning about that

See? It's like some bastard data-driven visual functional C

>>127078952
I don't consider licenses that force "made in x engine" splash screens viable for releasing a game with.

Gamemaker has a visual scripting system. Unity has none. Personally I prefer C# to GML or game makers visual scripting though.

>>127079136

blueprints not so bad at first, it's when they start getting large and complex and need to start talking to each other things are like wut

>>127079360
Thats why you use it for smaller things like scripting encounters and leave the systems work to programmers. I wish we had something like this in Unity because it would save us a shitload of time that we spend making shittier design tools.

>>127078072
Might I ask you why Engineering Games General is in your filters?

>>127079938
see
>>127078412

>>127078760
A room transition deletes all your instances and variables and gets hard to call the reference when you've got more than a handful of levels, because each room needs to be referenced by its unique identifier instead of a string.

>>127078072
Use /(ha)+/i for the hahaha filter, it will filter any amount of "ha"s

>>127079532
Plenty of visual programming plugins for Unity.

>>127080136
I don't have a problem with laughing, it's specifically that one "hahahahaha" and nothing else shitpost that's been going on every day for years.

>>127080269
I have never encountered a Unity plugin that was not shit.

>using filters
How casual can you fuckers get.

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>>127079312
>no warning
Because it shouldn't? This is the same as writing
>if (X == 1) then {bullshitnonsense}
the editor's not supposed to tell you "hey fucktruck, you "forgot" to put something if X==0".

>>127079360
>>127079532
This. Even for larger blueprints it's not too bad if you make everything neat and organized, not be a lazy chucklefuck and make things like pic related.

>>127080269
99% of the shit on the asset store is pure shit not even worth pirating

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trying to replace my placeholder character with a real one
was thinking of some sort of winter frog viking with a giant battleaxe, does it need work?

>>127080547
Nah, the shitposting here has gotten so strong. Generally I'd agree "who gives a fuck" for ephemeral threads and never filter anything.

If you want to wallow in the cancer though, power to you.

>>127080653
>winter frog
>in the (hot) desert
ok

>>127080653
Isn't it a desert? Why a winter frog viking?

>>127080801
>>127080780
whole game isn't a desert and i'm not making 100 costumes ):
its a beach anyway

I want to learn programming. What's a good language to start with? I was thinking Java with the goal of making a game with libgdx, but I know how much you guys hate Java for some reason.

>>127080780
>>127080801
easy way to pander to the lol so random audience

>>127080921
>its a beach anyway
And so is ur mum lmao

>>127080921
>):
faaaaaag

What do you guys think of this hot opinion: http://www.dinofarmgames.com/a-pixel-artist-renounces-pixel-art/ ?

>>127080653
So that hat was the face and the fur wasn't brows... :)

I think the eyes should float a little bit more and the legs should imitate a frogs whereby the leg is thin but the foot is wide. Also, raise the head a tiny bit.

>>127080946
>picking a strictly worse c#

I've been so motivated, I haven't stopped deving for anything. Not sleep, nor food, nor even to use the bathroom.

But now I have a problem. I've been holding my poo in for so long now, when I finally went it clogged my toilet. It's overflowing and I've been trying to unclog it for two hours now.

Help /agdg/, I just wanted to make video games.

>>127081056
1) He's right, indie shitters have killed people's opinions on pixel art with faux retro trash
2) He's a little bitch

>>127081056
It's a shame that people are retards but I prefer pixel art so I'm going to keep doing (shitty) pixel art even though it basically ensures not many people will play my game.

>>127080653
What are the yellow bits?

>>127080946
Java is a good language to learn as a beginner, but is poor for making games. I would advocate C# because its similar to java but is actually sometimes used for games. If you want good fundamentals then learn C and then C++ but that is usually hard for a beginner.

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>>127081237
his parka, maybe his colors don't read too well?

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>>127081238
>>127080946
Java is actually -quite decent- for games now. That Anon is using outdated info. Computers are powerful enough that you should just use whatever.

That said C# is still a decent recommendation

>>127080946
LibGDX is great if you want to make your games for Android as well as PC. Java doesn't deserve the bad rep it has. It is far more optimised than it used to be so for any 2D or not-AAA 3D game it should be fine.

>>127080946
Because it's C# for retards

>>127058785
We're all fucking miserable mate, that's the best part.

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>>127080946
AGDG hates on literally everything. Any given tool you use will be shat on. You'll be lead around forever with everything you do being shit.

>>127081401
Those thick outlines and the resolution makes it look like
>I don't want to make pixel art
>I also don't want it to look like flash vector art so I'll just draw it with a pixel brush
Also the red shading for the purple face does not work at all

>>127063439
IT'S A LEGITMATE STRATEGY, ALL THE PILOTS GIVE ME SHIT FOR GOING IN A CIRCLE AND FIRING GUNS, FUCK THEM, I'VE KILLED LIKE SEVEN PEOPLE, WHAT THE FUCK HAVE THEY DONE, ACADEMY TRAINED PRICKS.

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>Jam Wars: Episode XVI: A New Hope

https://itch.io/jam/fresh-start-jam
https://itch.io/jam/fresh-start-jam
https://itch.io/jam/fresh-start-jam

Here's your chance, nodevs. A two-week jam starting at midnight EST to develop something, anything to completion.

>>127081808
Yeah, no.

>>127081683
I agree about the red on purple but the other part reminds me of Yoshi Story, in a good way.

>>127081401
I thought he was wearing armor or something and it was a cloak. I think it's mostly because I didn't realize it was a big zipper.

>>127081923
Post progress.

>>127081808
>no banner
>Forte
>literally who host
>yet another jam
And we have demo day in 8 days m8

>>127081683
>>127081931
>purple face
oh god is my monitor fucked

>>127081943
ah, i think that's something that'll become abundantly clear in animation

>>127082036
I already did today.

I'm not going to spam the thread.

>>127081401
You should post concept art more often man, I like your style.

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>>127081423

>>127082098
Then link to it? I'm not even hostile. Just curious.

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>>127082125
i hate it

>>127082183
So you can start shitposting my progress because you're mentally ill?

Nah.

>>127081808
>A member registered 17 minutes ago
ok m8

>>127081808
I appreciate the intent but you really need a specific theme. Somebody a few threads ago was talking about Strawberry Jam (get it?) and I'd make a strawberry-themed game if that was what the jam was about.

>>127082056
I'd call it dark pink before purple.

>>127082226
Could've done it like Shantae instead of pixel art
Would've worked well with your style

>>127080946
You shouldn't give a shit, I literally use JavaScript, which is seen as even worse than Java by the niggers in this place.

Watch me not give a fuck.

>>127082338
i tried a handful of styles before settling on this one semi-accidentally
originally i tried emulating spelunky style but it's really tough

i may try shantae style maybe just to see how it goes

>>127082226
Why do you hate it?

>>127081808
We just had Winter Jam, we're about to have Demo Day. This is a bad idea.

>>127082226
Are girls always this self-depreciating?

>>127082570
Yes, but vine is not a girl

>>127082492
i just want to be like 10x better is all

>>127082379
>language hackily made by non-engineers for fellow non-engineers to just barely get shit done
>slowly adding more janky shit by non-engineers over the years
Yeah it's shit and has set browser games/apps back so goddamn much. Doesn't matter that it's shit though, continue to jlmg Anon!
not even sarcasm

>>127082912
That's the spirit

>>127082932
I'm fully aware of how shit JavaScript is, the new ES specifications are slowly fixing it though.

Really basic shit like block scoping and whatnot, it really makes things a lot easier.

I don't know where else to ask this, but does anyone know of a program I can use to write branching dialogue in that gives a visual map of it?

>>127082226
that's nice concept art
wanna work for me

>>127083126
how much u payin :)

https://soundcloud.com/yarnfox/loop-1

(semi-)daily "please give me pretty game to make music for" post

>>127081401
>>127082226
Some Awesomenauts vibe from that concept art tbqh.

>>127083105
there is a program that does exactly that but i forgot its name
damn

>>127083105
>>127083225
https://www.draw.io/
like this?

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>>127083105
You mean like a mindmap? I like freemind
freemind.sourceforge.net

>>127083147
20-30 dollars per turnaround sheet
don't have to turnaround just original and have the char in perspective
i pay upfront if you had any clients that can vouch for you

>>127082912
If my art got 10x better I'd still be shit because 0 x anything is 0

>>127083286
I think he's talking about specific to script writing, not a generic flow chart app.

>>127083105
http://www.chatmapper.com/

>>127083286
>>127083381
>>127083474

Thank you. I'll try those.

There's another one I'm trying to remember the name of. I just know that it was used for a pixel game where you could choose to have one person at a party die, and it would change the future of the country. If I could remember the name of that game, I could find what the software was.

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>It's another rogue-like

>>127083792
Twine?

>>127084030
What's wrong with rogue-lites? They're pretty fun if done right.

>>127084030
Where's your game?

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>>127072690
Not him, but every time I try to get into modeling I always get restless. All the tools are annoying and you have to do weird shit with the vertices that doesn't make sense from a sculpting perspective. I just want to carve out my shit like irl but digitally, not accidentally right click the wrong vertex then go through mini menus just to split the sides and then do some tedious stuff with the material editor menu...it's so...ugh. All this scrolling and looking for the right editor tab and typing in exact values and then not finding another quickly and then redoing it for the next shape. How can something that looks so fun when it's done be so boring when you're actually making it. And then all that time I spent on it and it looks like shit. And don't even get me started of texturing and unwrapping. Wtf who the hell came up with this bullshit. Why can't I just paint the texture on the model in photoshop or something. Fucking unwrapping and then having to fix the seams.

I can't wait for VR to hit mainstream. I'll just shape that shit into what I want it to look like with my bare hands, and then carve out the details without having to worry about excess clay getting in the way like irl. Don't know how irl sculptors and 3D modelers put up with all this tedious bullshit. Digital drawing takes a fraction of the time you just spent fiddling through menus or cleaning up the mess you made.