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Managed to sketch out the first letter of an idea for title screen. I wish I were better/faster, this took me nearly 4 hours.

Is there a free music composition software that allows for actual instrumentation instead of MIDI?

Is there a music composition software that allows for actual instrumentation instead of MIDI that I can get away with pirating for use in a retail game?

>>159009219
Where's G1?

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Still looking for a game idea i can make in 2 days

>>159010524
there's plenty in the previous thread already.
uses one of it or kill yourself.

>>159007032
Thanks for the advice but I'll leave it as it is for now. I intend to get rid of the 1-tile-wide walls altogether to make artstyle more consistent but I'm holding it off until after demo day.

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>>159009219
>> AGDG Chats
>discordapp.com/invite/0g6DnnHCw7KH2NzH
>steamcommunity.com/groups/vgamedevcrew
>webchat.freenode.net/?channels=vidyadev

>>159010524
game where you start out tiny and roll an object, it sticks to other objects within it's size range, and you keep rolling until you roll the universe.

>>159010921
>Not posting the real discord
https://discord.gg/Z9TTar9

>>159010524
A lockpicking game

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My progress for the day. Particles, new art, screen shakes, new health refresh target, added music. JUICE JUICE JUICE. Thoughts???

>>159012057
>pong
>pinball
>brickbreak
>asteroids
why no snake?

>>159012339
Hmmm I don't know if snak could work here... maybe...

>>159012448
I can't wait to see what you come up with
If you don't I will

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How do I compile engines?
What is a command line?
What is a PATH?
Why do I need to install a bunch of things to get it to work?
How do I uninstall if I get something wrong?

Why is it so hard to do something so simple?

>>159012695
Path is like a shortcut, so a program can say "I want to run the python executable" without bothering to know where the executable actually is. Theres just some setting in the OS somewhere that says PYTHON=c:\pythonInstall

i think

>>159012695
since you're asking about $PATH I'm guessing you're in the compiling-on-windows fucktown
my condolences

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Adding exporting.
XML as example, the format I'm going to use is just going to be a binary file.

>>159013525
>xml level files
>example
almost triggered me there

>>159011915
that's a good idea

>>159009861
something about the protag being a literal whimp is just offputting

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made a marginal amount of progress with the lighting and the sky today

having grouping issues in the stars though, I can't distribute the coordinates properly

This is the main code

int multiplier = 100000;

for (int i = 0; i < star_num; i++)
{
double x = rnd.Next(0, 360 * 6) * (Math.PI / 180 / 6);
double y = rnd.Next(0, 360 * 6) * (Math.PI / 180 / 6);
double z = rnd.Next(0, 360 * 6) * (Math.PI / 180 / 6);


double x_out = Math.Cos(y) * (Math.Cos(x) * multiplier); //cos of other number
double y_out = Math.Cos(y) * (Math.Sin(x) * multiplier);
double z_out = (Math.Sin(y) * multiplier);

pos[i] = new Vector3((float)x_out, (float)y_out, (float)z_out);
}

The problem is that it groups more stars at each pole. I know why that happens (sin and cosine are not normally distributed, they are slanted), but I tried to fix it for almost an hour but no luck.
Oh well

>>159012695
>How do I compile engines?
some engines include make files to easily compile them.

>What is a command line?
program used to execute commands

>What is a PATH?
think of it as a global string variable for windows. it makes it easy to run programs from the command prompt using path vars

>Why do I need to install a bunch of things to get it to work?
because complex things such as frameworks usually have a bunch of dependencies and such.

>How do I uninstall if I get something wrong?
delete it

>Why is it so hard to do something so simple?
this is why package managers exist, though i guess it'd be more of a pain on windows. it automates all that for you, so all you'd have to do is type 1 command and it'd compile + set everything up. actually faster/easier than running an executable if you're on linux

Kind of like the average American during an election, I cannot decide on my own and would like someone to decide for me.

Have an idea for my first major project. 2D game, ECS-based. I have the classes and functions figured out, now I just need a way to make those into a game.

Usually used Unity and UE4, considering tinkering with C++/SFML

Can you recommend the method that would give this type of game reasonable performance, without regards to difficulty in building? I don't care how complicated it is (c++ vs c#, unity vs UE4 lack of tutorials, etc.) I just want to finish a moderately complex game without major performance issues.

>>159014461
Spheres a re tricky. Read this:
https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/random-points/

>>159013134
>>159014731
If I install Linux will it actually become easier for an idiot like me to understand things or is this a meme

>>159012695
>How do I compile engines?
The same way you compile any other sort of program.
>What is a command line?
A means of interacting with a computer program where the user issues commands to the program in the form of successive lines of text.
>What is a PATH?
Basically what >>159012896 said.
>Why do I need to install a bunch of things to get it to work?
To get what to work..? PATH? You don't.
>How do I uninstall if I get something wrong?
How do you uninstall what, if something goes wrong with what?
Probably the same way you'd uninstall any other program.
>Why is it so hard to do something so simple?
Because you seem to be retarded.

>>159014881
It'll be easier to compile and run things from source without running into odd issues, yes.

>>159014881
You can compile things from source
The amount of hell I went through trying to compile things on windows is enough to make you cry, especially when it's a library you really need.

>>159014821
I don't know how to implement that correctly

this is what I tried

double x = rnd.Next(0, 360 * 6) * (Math.PI / 180 / 6); //getting the yaw in radians

double fp = rnd.Next(0, 1000) / 1000f;
double y = (1 / Math.Cos(2 * fp - 1)); //getting the pitch in degrees
y *= Math.PI / 180; //converting the pitch to radians

Quaternion q = Quaternion.CreateFromYawPitchRoll((float)x,(float)y,0);

pos[i] = new Vector3((float)q.X * multiplier, (float)q.Y * multiplier, (float)q.Z * multiplier);

The answer is completely wrong, naturally

Have you ever implemented that before?

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Artist got back to me with another illustration.

Warrior (Maharib), Queen (Malika) and Worker (Eamil) respectively. I'm really happy with the Maharib and the Eamil, but I feel something went missing between the sketch and the illustration for the Malika. I was hoping for something more arrogant, contemptuous and alluring.

Might do something about the veil and the expression, and maybe darker skin.

Thoughts and comments most welcome.

still looking for artists to help with my waifu creation project

email: [email protected]

>>159016581
are you a programmer? what's the game about? have any WIP screens?

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>>159016517
REMOVE ELF

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How do yall think this looks?
https://my.mixtape.moe/vyisga.webm

>>159016775
>http://www.thewaifuproject.com/
>3d
>custom C++ engine

hell the FUCK no

>>159016775
I'm a programmer, the project is about VR simulation of waifus.

http://www.thewaifuproject.com/

Right now I'm working on the character sculpting system in-engine.

>>159017037
Is this bait?

>>159016985
seconding this

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>>159016985
>>159017072
>>159017108
well I guess I'll just keep working on it until someone is interested then

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>>159016985
>>159017037

Why the fuck would you need a custom C++ Engine for a simple waifu simulator?

Just throw it into Unity and be done with it in 3 months. Seriously.

>>159017202
what do you have so far? I didn't see any engine screenshots on your site

>>159017313
I'm working on the character sculpting system right now (which will be a little bit like z-brush). I'll post my progress as I'm going along.

>>159016517
Her color scheme is pretty drab. Try to make it closer to white, maybe add some yellow or red (tyrian purple)
And I'm not at all sure boob window serves her well when it comes to regal arrogance

>>159017369
so nothing, basically

maybe you should get a bit further along before you start recruiting people

Thank god for UE4 having Paper 2D.
So much easier than Unity, looks a million times better.

>>159017421
gomen!

>>159016439
Can you show how it looks with the algorithm in your post?

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>>159017253
>and be done with it in 3 months
Judging by his description, this seems more like something that would take years, even if Unity/Ue4 was used.

The fact he's recreating fucking zbrush already shows the scope of the project is beyond what any rational amateur dev/artist would want to do

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Doing some little SFW cutscenes for demo day.

>>159017494
source?

>>159017569
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RzNDZFQllA

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>>159017483
I get all sorts of weird shapes making slight alterations to the code (using cos instead of invcos, for example)

Stuff like planes, 3d parabolic curves, hyperbolic curves

>>159017494
I want to make a super high quality simulation of my waifu and I don't want to be fighting with unity when I'm making the custom physics and rendering.

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>>159017389

Thanks for the critique.

I thought the gold would off-set the beige, but it isn't working is it? I like the idea of Tyrian Purple - I'll give that a shot.

The challenge for the artist was to mix that regal arrogance with a flaunting of femininity (boob window/open side pants). I wanted to get that arabian dancer feel, while also exuding the image of an arabian queen.

Got any other ideas you want to share? What about the other two, the warrior and the worker?

So I'm in the Process of defining "jobs" for my people.

Basically I want to make something like cooking, cleaning, gardening, repairing, construction, and animal care all be able to be defined using the same commands.

So first I want a job to be broken into tasks and breaks.

Tasks can be "Check if we have (food)" and "Go to (location)"

breaks just mean that you've completed a single set of tasks, so you've made one meal, or you've cleaned a single spot.

So cooking would be something like:
Check if we have food
Go to fridge
Pick up food
Go to oven
Use oven (using food)
wait
take food (eat it or store it)

and cleaning would be
check if dirty tiles
check if we have broom
goto dirty tile
use tile (broom)

beak (during breaks the AI can decide if it wants to continue)

and then repeat

Is there anything I'm missing, any edge cases or odd jobs that I should think about?

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>>159018157
>super high quality simulation of my waifu
its 3d anime
you dont need state of the art rendering for that

if the nips have no trouble making their h-games in unity, then you shouldnt either.

see you in 10 years i suppose.

>>159018539
Anyone got the October 1/2/3 monday recaps?

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gameplay!

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rude

>>159017669
Look weird and cool.
Also, I'm not at all sure you're getting your second coordinate correctly. Shouldn't it be more like

>float radConv = (float)(Mathf.PI / 180);
>...
>float y = rnd.Next(0, 360 * 6) / 6; //getting the yaw in degrees
>y *= radConv; //converting the yaw to radians
>float p = rnd.Next(0, 360 * 6) / 6 - 180; //getting the pitch in degrees
>p *= radConv; //converting the pitch to radians

>Try to go for a cyberpunk neon aesthetic
>End up with a comfy, cute rainbow game
Is cyberpunk allowed to be cute or do I have to retheme?

>>159019225
post it

>>159018984
Now make them walk instead of teleport.

>>159019604
im gunna!

>>159019186
no, the algorithm in that link a few posts up describes how to have a normal distribution of points, but I think I did everything properly except maybe the quaternion, which I don't know how to test
I mean I already know how to get the dots around a circle it's just you have to offset your vertical points evenly

I suppose I'll just try another algorithm, there are always multiple ways to calculate these

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----[ Recap ]----
Game: Ctesiphon
Dev: Stomy
Tools: LibGDX, GtkRadiant, Blender, GIMP
Web: stomygame.tumblr.com
Halloween: witch hat
Progress:
+ Redid entire asset-loading system to use LibGDX's AssetManager
+ Map loading is now multithreaded
+ There's now a loading screen with a "Press Space to start" prompt

>depressed for a solid 6 months
>lose job
>shut-in doing nothing
>new shittier job
>didn't even go in today
>go to AGDG because I don't know what the fuck to do
>get spooked
>dev for the first time in months
>feel better than I have in a long time
Fuck you guys. You're all like an abusive boyfriend I can't help but love because he buys me cute stocking from time to time

>>159020210
post your progress so that we can tell you you'll never make it

>>159020210
Being gay is a mental illness I think that's your problem m8.

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What are the odds of these two numbers being the same? Is it an indication that only one person bought this?

rotatedev

c u t m e d a d d y

>>159020506
I imagine with a smaller playerbase it's probably not too strange. The larger you get the more insta dropouts you'll get, dropping the average a bit more (or weirdos who just leave shit always on...)

>>159020535
nudes?

>>159020535
post That Dick Pic

im pure

>turboshitter woke up
someone call his mom to put him back to sleep.

>>159020506
It just means the game has been bought an odd number of times.

>>159021224
confirmed for not knowing what average and median mean

>>159021003
>mom
no call daddy please ^w^

>>159016945
>skybox, small terrain with some shitty bushes, 2 wands and a particle effect
>drops to 48fps within seconds
Is it your computer or is it unoptimized as fuck?

>>159019682
Why don't you go straight to coordinates?

Here are three methods, this link is linked in that other article upthread:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SpherePointPicking.html

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>>159020535
he became a cute girl

>>159021807
i would

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More PROGRESS
The AI has been improved a lot, though there's still a lot left to do. They're good enough to make it look like a game though.
I think I'll be ready for demo day 11 this will be the last demo day I participate in.

>>159021958
is it me or do all this space sims look the damn same. i cant tell who's who anymore. they all do the same shit

BORING
O
R
I
N
G

GIVE ME SOMETHING FRESH

>>159021807
SAUCE

>>159022041
They are the same. You float in a black/blue/purple background and shoot at other things floating in black/blue/purple background. That's the extent of these games.

It's basically asteroids 2.0.

>>159021807
wow qt

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it was terrible and boring, but I found a sound effect for all 20 spells
tomorrow I guess I will try to get enemy sounds, but I'm not even totally sure how I want to do them yet. there could be 8 enemies attacking at once so do I want them each to play a sound every time they attack? do I play a sound each time they get hit, or do I play the sound the first time they get hit and ignore the rest of the hits until the sound finishes?

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>>159022367
You probably want to limit it to only 3 or 4 sounds. Don't start a sound if another one started just a few ms beforehand. Otherwise if the limit is full kill on of the old ones probably. For other sounds you would want to bias it the other direction though, or even have the sounds fade in and out if they are very long sounds. I also would recommend adding a slight variation to volume and pitch, and ideally choosing the sound randomly from a few very similar variations.

Unfortunately you either have to get middleware or code this shit yourself which gets annoying because basically every game just needs the same shit and its a pain in the ass setting up data formats.

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I remade this enemy in blender. It's not that spooky.

>>159022982
probably the most spooky enemy ive seen on agdg

what happned to gdfg?

>>159014765
If you want to do strict ECS then you should probably use your own engine. Unity is not suited for it because dependency injection is not possible with any objects serialized by the engine.

You probably do not need to worry about differences in performance between the engines. Neither is very suitable for 2D games though, so if you want an engine to save time probably look into a 2D specialized engine.

>tfw even thought i put way more work into my spooky jam game it got only 1/4 of the downloads my lewd jam game got
the meme is true, porn games are way easier to succeed with... it's kind of paradoxical, people play the porn stuff for like 10 minutes before they cum all over their keyboard and then stop, (same way as you don't watch a 2 hour porn movie) yet it's easy moddo anyway
but i don't want to make lewd games for a living ;_;

>>159023373
I enjoy playing lewd games for both the lewds and the gameplay.

just hotglued one of my gpu fans into place
hope this works

>>159023456
lewd

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Anybody have a resource on rigging advice they could suggest to me? I want to learn/improve my stuff, but I'm not sure of where to look. Thanks devbros.

I'm making a single play collectible card game focused on drafting a deck then facing a sequence of opponents, slowly upgrading your deck as you go.

At the moment you play every opponent once. If you beat them you can move on. If you lose you lose a life and get to try again if you haven't lost the campaign. Beating several opponents without losing restores life.

I'm thinking of making every match a best of 3 to fight swinginess and pad the length of the game. Do you think this is a good idea or is fighting the same opponent several times boring and has no place in a video game?

>>159023790
I dunno, I worry that unless you make a rather dynamic card game it will be dull to fight the same person 3 times. The matches will have to be quite variable in how they play, or they'll have to be pretty short, or something else which makes it interesting/worthwhile to play the same person multiple times.

>>159023373
It's like the artists' dilemma. Either you end up a failure with no commissions, or you do furry porn for easy mode cash.

I want to have certain sections of my game to play out like a VN. But what I'm worried about is by doing that, I'd be removing the replay value from my game (or at the very least, making these sections more tedious on subsequent playthroughs). I honestly don't know too much about VNs besides Phoenix wright and that's not exactly a model for replay value. Is there any way to keep the VN sections fresh each time you play?

>>159024669
well VNs are entirely defined by their dialogue, so I guess have a lot of different ways to get to the end goal so that there are multiple conversation chains to try out on subsequent playthroughs?

A lot of text-heavy games give you multiple options but only let you choose them if some value is high enough. But that's boring, make it a minigame instead where you have to work to get the disired answer. Like it's a challenge but you can raise your charisma and make it easier or something.

>unity's drag and drop event system is shit
of course it is.
How's Godot's UI system?

>>159009867
>Is there a free music composition software that allows for actual instrumentation instead of MIDI?
Any free DAW like LMMS
>Is there a music composition software that allows for actual instrumentation instead of MIDI that I can get away with pirating for use in a retail game?
FL Studio

>>159025115
>FL Studio

Tell me more. Can I release the game and then buy the FL Studio license?

Hello /AGDG/
I have idea for plot and mechanics for isometric cRPG and I need to find someone to code that for me and some graphics.
Where should I start looking?

>>159025209
Nobody is going to ask you whether the software you used to make your songs was licensed or not.

>>159025219
Look in the mirror my dude-man

>>159025219
In your wallet. Nobody will do it for free.

>>159025265
stole my post

Most people here encourage a one-man approach.

I'm curious though, how did the teams that post here meet? Anonymous posting doesn't exactly lend itself to developing rapports/partnerships.

>>159025265
shite, I lack skill to do it. What if I write script and concept art to some guy and write legal agreement with him that i supported writing, concept, quest and all content while he gave code, and we split any credit obtained 50/50?

>>159025353
WTB cheap programmer

>>159021417
Bro it's a VR game and he's running screencap.

>>159021807
Is that actually rotatedev?

>>159009867
>actual instrumentation instead of MIDI?
What does this mean? The only sensible way I can interpret this is you want to record real life instruments but somehow I don't think that's what you mean.

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>>159016517
islamic elves is a pretty good idea that could lead to interesting designs but so far it looks like generic concept art elves with super bland color scheme, especially the armored guy and the queen (shoes and jewelry is good tho)

worker is pretty good, for a worker

>>159022041
>>159022204
>devshaming
Where's your games? Is it a game where you float in no background and do nothing with your life for the rest of its duration?

>>159025219
Not here sadly, there is plenty of people looking for a gig at the tigforums, don't choose someone without a portfolio
Alternatively just get a programmer and buy shit from the store if you want to be cheap

>>159025458
That is way too little. An idea guy always deserves at least 80% of the profit or more.

>>159020154
May I ask how "Ctesiphon" should be pronounced?

>>159025858
>dev shaming
im just giving my opinion. the dev isnt going to delete their game from 1 bad comment. theyre a big boy

>Where's your games?
why do people always say this? as if someone is actually going to post their game when being called out so that they can inevitably be told its shit due to the person being angry.

>>159025987
I do not care about money that much, and I will only provide concepts and plot, coders will be the real heroes here, actually doing work putting my thoughts in a proper form

>>159025867
tigforums, eh? I'll check it out

>>159018443
i dont know man, considering the backstory relate to saudi govt,
>wahhabis caused women wear black burqa covering their faces
>a lore where far descendants wear lewd outfit

idk.

>>159025458
>shite, I lack skill to do it
That's exacxtly the point of this thread. Learning.

>>159025219
Most people have ideas. Most people are capable of writing shitty story.

You're what we call an ideaguy. You're lacking the relevant skills to actually engage in gamedev so you want someone else to make the entire game for you. Unless you're willing to pay them then that's not going to happen.

>>159026225
So you admit to hiding behind a veil of anonymity? Why should your game not be hold to the same standards as the ones you're criticizing?

Sounds like you're just a big pussy who likes criticizing but not ever being criticized himself.

>>159009219
>That endorphins rush when you wake up after your first night of sleep in 3 days
Plus I'm really fucking lucky since this is the vozyest rainy morning ever

>>159026220
You ignore the 'C' and pronounce it Te-sif-on

Blame Greeks for putting the useless C in

>>159026682
There is no correlation between hiding in anonymity to criticize and not having your game be criticized as long as you dont admit you would have done so only to get revenge not because it was a bad game

>>159026682
So it's either circle jerk. "All our games are so good, yes yours too anon, it's the best!"

Or it's. "Your game is shit. No your game is shit. No your game is MORE shit. Fuck you!!!"

Sounds great, why am I hear again? I don't know.

>>159026659
I'll do that then. I'll earn enough money from my day job to make programmers, graphics and 1 music band work for me.
I'll make it happen, and then I'll pay more for some fuckers to sell it on DVDs
because we deserve some good vidya from time to time

what drives the potato man?

>>159026912
My dick

>>159026775
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesiphon
Now I get it. I learned a little ancient Greek years ago, and now the sounding of the name has a totally different vibe reading it like that.

>>159026861
because you cant tell the difference between here and hear

>>159026881
>then I'll pay more for some fuckers to sell it on DVDs
Is this 2005?

>>159026861
Imagine painting a picture. And always posting your progress of it for validation that it's going to be good. And people recomend changes for the painting, and the artist also does the changes even when it's his art.

That's how I feel about AGDG, it's kinda stupid.

There is no good or bad. It's more an art than anything. The only thing that's not art is the programming part, but those two are entirely different things.

>>159026975
No, I just do not want to put whatever I make on Steam or whatever
I want players to have a physical copy

>>159026936
i see. thanks.

>>159026861
You're the one hiding from harsh criticism. You're the one who only wants to hear good things about your game.

Why the fuck no one comments on my progress

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>>159026364

Yeah, the whole idea was a big 'fuck you' to islamic/saudi culture.

Warriors (Maharib) who wear black head to toe (like a burqua) and have a masculine figure. Queens (Malika) who rule over the society and flaunt their sexuality, and Workers (Eamil) who are just biological machines that live to serve (genderless). It's a subtle political stab at middle eastern culture.

And fucking brown elves. How could I resist putting brown space elves into my game.

>>159027364
You're a bully endorser

>>159018443
Sorry, was away.
If you have islamic elves as anon upthread said*, google traditional clothes of islamic countries. Those are fascinating as long as you aren't looking at bedouins (which is what modern crazies copy)
Also, remember that arabian dancer is a servant, not a queen. She's not supposed to look regal.

The other two are fine, though the warrior is a bit generic. What did you try to show with him?

*Makes sense, given the name

>>159027364
its too early, you should have posted it later in the day.
For people who dont work agdg sure is busier after hours

Why did no one stream the halloween jam games? Fuck.

>>159027243
I think I'm my own biggest critic. It's hard for me to make a game I would enjoy, so why would I bother other people.

>>159027456
>Also, remember that arabian dancer is a servant, not a queen. She's not supposed to look regal.
Elaboration: I'm saying that it's hard to make an enticing dancer regal, not that it's bad and wrong and whatareyoudoing

>>159027391
>that picture
My dick

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>>159025826

Thanks for the critique.

Do you have any ideas to make the designs more original?

I want to keep the Warrior black. My inspiration was a black wasp. That kind of like a insect carapace, with a small slit for the visor (to add contrast). I'm going to add some markings, but I can't really think of anything else that will detract too much from that simple blackness.

As for the queen, I'm thinking of some royal purple to add contrast. Maybe some different coloured gems (blue, red, green) on her jewelry.

>>159027060
Why post here if one's not looking for feedback? Obviously people will be pointing out the stuff that look off to them assuming they give enough shits to bother to post that.

Posting critique as anon makes it so that the person has to consider the critique as it is and not be able to blow back on the guy who wrote it and go "but your game looks like shit so I don't have to take that from you".

How does the game I'm working on have anything to do with the feedback I'm giving someone else?

>>159027364
Post it again in like 8 hours. Right now is dead eurotime.

>>159027687
With that waist the warrior looks pretty weird. You might want to either make it wider of his legs less massive. Bits of the helmet under the visor also look more mandible-like in your sketch, which is damn cool. Maybe make them protrude more in the cheek region and sharply taper down

IMO, of course

>>159027714
It just looks like the games made here are not made by the person but by the agdg conscious.

>How does the game I'm working on have anything to do with the feedback I'm giving someone else?

You are right. It has nothing to do with it.

>>159027714
Just post your game so we can shit on it. What are you, a coward? Don't you want people to bully you and call your game shit and make a meme out of you? You're not a real dev if you don't let us feel smug superiority. Your criticism has no value unless you let us shit on your game, this is basic creative logic.

>>159027974
If his critisism is honest and loving. It stands on it's own without posting his game, if he got one.

Why is he not allowed to critic from a player's point of view? Because this will be your guys audience anyways, right? Or will only gamedevs play your game?

>>159027948
>It just looks like the games made here are not made by the person but by the agdg conscious
That depends on how much input the dev takes from the threads. Nobody goes step by step and includes aggydaggy in every second of the process.

>>159027974
Did you consider that I might've already posted my game in the thread? Also I just hopped into this discussion with >>159027714. Someone else wrote the stuff before that.

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Cleaned up the sliding code because it was a little iffy but now it works flawlessly. Also added some dust, I'll add more types and make it fancier later. It only appears if you're going a certain speed so if you go up and hill slowdown and then go back down the slow transition wont make dust.

Can someone redpill me on taking caffeine pills to help my dev?

>>159029523
You don't.

>>159029523
enjoy your minimum wage job at mcdonalds you fucking junkie

>>159029694
What did he mean by this?

>>159025784
rotationdev.tumblr.com

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>>159009219
Why isn't the Dino Jam page in the OP?

>>159028241
Your constant updates are both exciting and inspiring. Keep it up anon. You're making me go on.

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Reposting first progress from yesterday. Just a tank control and static camera test. All these assets are just placeholder free UE4 shit.

Its going to be an old school survival horror. Setting and shit isn't fleshed out, so idea guys, run wild.

>>159030140
make abandoned city where monsters chase two school girls

>>159027687
>>159016517
Honestly, if you cut out the power armor guy, the other two characters could seamlessly slot into a generic fantasy rpg.
Personally, I'd bin the entire aesthetic and start again with a different idea, because the current one is dangerously bland.

>>159030140
>1280x720
Usually 960x540 is big enough to convey all the detail necessary.

>idea guys, run wild
Antichamber-level mindfuckery with worldportals. The monsters chasing you are yourself from the psat and future. Touching them breaks the space-time continuum.

Redpill me on how ads work agdg.
I want to keep my game free, but making money out of it is not a bad idea either.
Does that only work for mobileshit and browser games? Would it work for a normal pc game?

>>159030524
>Would it work for a normal pc game?

Only if your normal pc game is a freemium mmorpg with shtitons of players

How does the UE4 license work with Patreon?

Lets say I want to give out my game for free to all my Patreon contributors, do I have to give Epic a penny?

>>159030524
Only facebook games that might as well be mobile games can make money from ads, and only if you get godzillion players for it. Otherwise you'd make more profit begging in the street.

>>159030524
You get like 1 penny every 10,000 views.
Good luck anon.

>>159030572
>>159030782
>>159030854
Well shit. Thanks I guess.

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>>159027687
>Do you have any ideas to make the designs more original?
i wish i could answer this for myself, making good mech/armor is a skill in and of itself i think the main issue is that the silhouette is a little to blocky and balanced if you're going for a wasp inspiration, here is a quick ref to show maybe a more interesting silhouette for a wasp power armor but it's not like yours is bad it's just a little "generic portofolio work" (no offense) but maybe it fits the game i don't browse the thread much so i have no idea what your game even is and in the end it's up to you to "art direct" your game

the queen sketch looks good so the culprit is definetly the bland color scheme

ps: if you're interested in mechas you can get john park's courses (i think they're on cgpeers)

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>>159027687
>it's the concept art chapter again

>>159012695
>How do I compile engines?
Makefiles
>What is a command line?
A place where you input commands
>What is a PATH?
a list of variables, which are shortcuts
>Why do I need to install a bunch of things to get it to work?
Because having them all in the same package means bigger filesizes, redundancy, and bloat
>How do I uninstall if I get something wrong?
just remove the files and start over

Use linux. Makefiles are easy to execute, $PATH is set up for you most of the time, dependencies are installed for you as well, and .deb/.rpm packages are easy to uninstall.

>>159027687
>Do you have any ideas to make the designs more original?
Not him, but the armor could have some organic-looking parts near the joints to make it look easy to move in. For example, behind the knee and the other side of the elbow. It just looks too bulky right now.

Also, the visor could look less like star wars/halo.

>>159012695
Consult Stackoverflow.

>>159014461
comfy game anon

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>>159027924

I'll see if I can make him chunkier. I like the massive legs though, makes him look like an insect or Kenyan sprinter. I'll definitely take the mandibles into consideration.

>>159030325

I think Islamic Elves is pretty original. I'm going to do some more work on their costumes though.

>>159030987

fleettacticalcommand.com if you are interested.

I see what you mean. I'll have a think about how I can change it.

>>159031035

Not just concept art. It's marketing art and goes into the final game for portraits and items.

Art makes or breaks games. Take League of Legends for instance, it would have NEVER taken off if it wouldn't have had good art and character portraits.

You can jerk off to the eloquence of your programming all day, but all people care about in the end is how it looks.

Why are you so bitter and unhappy, anon?

Game dev is fun, you should have a great life.

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>>159031932
>I think Islamic Elves is pretty original. I'm going to do some more work on their costumes though.
Yeah the idea is good but the execution is lacking, I think Infinity is the only game I know that uses futuristic Islam as a setup.

>>159027687
Easiest way to make design original is to mix concepts
For example the big bulky guy in the mexh suit could be a magic user and fight with spells and speed
The monk could also be an assassin
And the space could be toxic

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>>159027456
>>159027551

This was the design brief.

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>>159031932
>Take League of Legends for instance, it would have NEVER taken off if it wouldn't have had good art and character portraits.
>LoL
>good art

>>159032805
>just steal a little from everything and no one will notice

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>>159032805
>that backstory

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>>159031932
>I think Islamic Elves is pretty original. I'm going to do some more work on their costumes though.

Islamic elves is basically just maintaining the core concepts of generic elves (traditionalist, exotic, mystical, religion-centric) with Arabian nights wallpaper. If you google or pintrest "desert elf" you will find a substantial supply of Islamic and Bedouin elf concepts.

Either way, your current costumes are not Islamic inspired in any conceivable way. The reason that I said that your queen and worker could effortly slot into a generic fantasy rpg is because their costumes look like generic 'sexy elf' and 'medieval peasant' garb respectively. Futhermore, the queen's costume is essentially the anti-thesis for Islamic beliefs about how women of worth (i.e. not courtesans) should dress and would never have been permissible for a queen in any Islamic culture at any time in history.


Pick literally any other elf concept that isn't inspired by medieval Europe, Arabia or the orient and you're already half way to having something interesting and eyecatching. What you have now is boring and you're wasting your artist's talent and time on it.

>>159012057
Need more juice, but look pretty interesting thou.

Keep it up Anon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e83d3W-2riY
Been working on my new university project. It's a co-op game where one player ("The Agent") walks around a map but can't see the enemies, while the other player ("The Hacker") can see them and must guide them around the map. I've been working on most of the sound and shaders in my group. We're allowed to use Unity this year, but Cg is so retarded compared to OpenGL I had more functionality in my last game. I haven't used any prefab shaders (Not even sure if we're allowed to).
Currently has a simple AI but we're working on implementing a neural network for maximum spooks.
Feedback would be greatly appreciated.

>>159033519
>University project
>Looks far worse than most amateur games here made by people with no education, in their spare time

Game design degrees really are a meme, aren't they?

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>>159033519
>but we're working on implementing a neural network

>>159033519
Kill yourself

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>>159030140
>Setting and shit isn't fleshed out, so idea guys, run wild.

>Not having a full design document before even touching the engine

>>159030443
>Usually 960x540 is big enough to convey all the detail necessary.

Do Sony ponies really believe this shit?

>>159033891
I'm talking about unnecessarily big webms on the 4chins, but good on you for stirring up bullshit topics.

>>159033812
You idea guys are adorable. Is this how you justify no progress?

Stop neglecting sound effects

>>159033985
>relying on 4chan idea guys to come up with the meat of your game

>>159034026
>Literally just started a tutorial video on implementing sound effects.
Spooky.

>>159034026
But my game has a deaf protagonist, and the lack of sound cues are built in to the mechanics.

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http://www.strawpoll.me/11550861
http://www.strawpoll.me/11550861
http://www.strawpoll.me/11550861

>>159034197
>Let's post a poll about the next jam at least every hundred posts.
Kill yourself.

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----[ Recap ]----
Game: Unnamed Pixel Platformer
Dev: Anonymous
Tools: C++, Code::Blocks, SDL2, Aseprite, Tiled
Web: N/A
Halloween: Cat
Progress:
+ Added a magic bar to the hud (and removed stone counter)
+ You now regain magic power by killing enemies
+ More experimenting with new attacks
- Still not sure what kind of attacks I want in the demo, and no new sprites yet
- Encountered a crash I haven't been able to reproduce

>>159033773
With all of our other classes, it's hard to find time to actually work on the game. If you thought this one looks bad, you'd hate to see the other groups.
>>159033793
I don't doubt that my friend will be able to pull it off, he's some next level shit when it comes to programming.
>>159033810
Nice feedback.

>>159034197
>http://www.strawpoll.me/11550861
You need to add a "none of the above" option, because all of those are boring as shit.

>>159034376
Where's your jam?

>>159033295
>Futhermore, the queen's costume is essentially the anti-thesis for Islamic beliefs about how women of worth (i.e. not courtesans) should dress and would never have been permissible for a queen in any Islamic culture at any time in history.
According to >>159027391 that was his point.
Also, it might be good that it's not immediately obvious that those are arabelves. That's when it's being inspired by instead of ripping off

>The call is ambiguous between the following methods or properties: `UnityEngine.Vector2.operator +(UnityEngine.Vector2, UnityEngine.Vector2)' and `UnityEngine.Vector3.operator +(UnityEngine.Vector3, UnityEngine.Vector3)'
IF I SEE THAT FUCKING ERROR ONE MORE TIME

>>159032805
Then why is the armor so jagged if it's supposed to look like it's grown instead of built? Also, it might be good to keep built in weapons like in the brief

>>159033295
I think that your criticism is valid but you can't blame people for pandering to the lowest common denominator by making female character hot even if it doesn't fit the theme

>>159034371
>With all of our other classes, it's hard to find time to actually work on the game. If you thought this one looks bad, you'd hate to see the other groups.

I wholly believe that yours is the best out of all the groups. That should tell you something. All of your games are shit. Switch majors and get a useful degree while you still can. You are literally paying money for a degree no one cares about, and all the skills you are building you can learn for free from youtube.

You will be far better off to get a degree in CS or Math if you really want to go into game dev.

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Reminder to vote for Generated Jam for maximum fun having.
https://videogamena.me/

still working on it. thinking now about backing up and making it go through very specific steps. were I just wanted it to kinda dynamically work. But I guess I can hard code all this stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngcotxUZA9E

>>159032805
>KEEP THIS STYLE
kek

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>>159027687
Reference pictures mate. Being original doesn't mean you should completely do everything on your own without learning from the work of others. Before you can do something out of just your head you need to find the essence of it, and that's hard as fuck. Artists who want to make medieval armor for example go through books and books of history, and then look at hundreds of fantasy pictures until they get the idea. There is no problem with adding existing design ideas, change them to your liking and mix them up to create characters. As long as you don't blatantly copy shit 1:1 it's still your idea.
I mean took a look at half-life, they copied the headcrab from alien, and the antlion from starship trooper and no one is giving a shit about it. The endproduct counts.

Go on pinterest or google or similar and first of all search the shit out of sci-fi armor pictures, then create a basic idea of an armor based on what you learned, and then add the colors and characteristics of a black wasp to it.

Pro-Tip: Do everything with 45° corners. and read this.
http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/primary_secondary_and_tertiary_shapes/primary_secondary_and_tertiary_shapes.htm

>>159034924
This.
I wanted to study some meme game dev and start new Blizzard by myself, but thankfully noticed that this is shit you can learn from YouTube with minimal level of dedication.
Right now I'm studying Mechanical Engineering and Applied Computer Science and still have a lot of psychics and math but also practical skill in designing machines and working with metals, so I can get a job in heavy industry as well as with computers.
But in the end the choice is yours and its your life. Good luck

>>159035145
whats this gonna cost me 200 lines? you run a hard bargain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFa1-kciCb4

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Today's work is done.. time to play video games!

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I should do something about that placeholder hair.

>>159035556
Inspiration and stealing are different things.

Just be honest and say it was inspired by "this" and "that" or medieval armor in general.

As long as you don't lie, it's alright.

---

It's ok to get inspired and create from that something beautiful.
It's bad to just rip cool things cool things and make something shitty, based solely on the thing you riped off and bringing nothing new or good to the table.

>>159035713
Work is never done, anon

>>159034924
>>159035619
Most game development courses are complete dogshit yeah, but the one at my university is actually decent when it comes to getting a job afterwards, with some students getting job offerings just before they finish. The 1st year culls the retards that think game development is easy and 2nd year annihilates anyone who can't program. (My year is an exception, since the prof who teaches the 2 hardest classes was on leave that year)
The important distinction is that it's not a game design program, but game development, we have classes for every part of development.
Computer Animation/Graphics, Modelling/Animation/Rigging, Networking, Artificial Intelligence, Sound, even Business.
The thing that's interested me the most at the university are the resources, the prof I mentioned earlier let me borrow his personal Oculus Rift for my game this year. Last year I learned how to do stereoscopic 3D and that was sweet.

>>159030070
At least he's kinda cute I guess, still a shit person though

>>159036164
Can't say that's wrong, but for today I'm happy with what i have achieved and think it's okay to treat myself with some video games.

>>159035953
I can fap to this

>>159036717
>he

>>159034026
But I frequently play games with the sound off

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>>159037394

>>159034026
Sound effects are usually left for near the end of development, since they depend heavily on the visuals and making them before visuals are finalized will waste a lot of work. For things that are useful for gameplay info you might put in placeholders but I don't recommend spending a lot of time on them yet.

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>>158989987

Yo comfydev you gotta make your guys arms a bit shorter. His scarecrow arms are freaking me out.
Don't worry I already made an excellent MS paint mockup for you.

>>159037519
ランキーコングだよ。

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Based on feedback.

Thoughts/Comments always appreciated.

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>>159034727
>>159031932
It's perfectly fine to pander to sex appeal, but sex appeal and islamic women don't go together. You can't even tell that the Queen elf is supposed to be islamic, because she's the exact opposite of the values that Islamic women ascribe to. Islamic women are modest, virtuous and asexual in public; calling that character 'islamic' would be like drawing a dog and saying it's a cat, it doesn't make sense and nobody will understand unless you explicitly tell them.

>>159027391
>>159034616
Yeah... that idea doesn't communicate through those character designs in the slightest, not to mention that it's not a very astute commentary on middle eastern culture unless you're paraphrasing your idea a lot.
If you wanted your mech suits to draw allusions to burkas, then they would actually need to look something like a burka. Black, hyper-masculine power armour with a small visor slot just looks like generic space marine concept #7869; I would never, ever, ever made the mental leap to "burka" with that character.
Secondly, a society of dark skinned elves who are ruled by females that flaunt their sexuality with revealing costumes is arguably the second most common elf cliche and you can expect your players to assume that your elves are Drow-in-space.

Satirizing Wahhabi style islam and middle eastern culture is an pretty interesting idea, but the way you're going about it is too opaque and misguided for anyone but you to 'get it' and you will end up misfiring catastrophically.

At any rate I would recommend looking into how the honor/prestige system of middle eastern cultures causes all manner of institutional buffoonery, especially in military organizations.
Exploring that sort of thing about be a lot more relevant and obvious than that you're trying to do re: sexism and the hypocrisy of the saudi monarchy.

Here's something interesting to read about how arab culture and military culture clash:
http://www.meforum.org/441/why-arabs-lose-wars

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I added regions that can shower bullets on the player. The player helmet protects from them but the larger bullets from other enemies can still destroy the helmet. This way the player can either protect the helmet or let it die and then either try dodging rain or killing enemies quickly enough. This test room is probably too hard though.

>>159039201
Why the bald midget has 17:15 on his cloak? More like clock lmao

>>159016517
>sex elves
yes

>tfw lowered the scope of my project 3 times what it was before

I just want to make it.

>>159039731
cut more, then release it. i promise you will get more from it that way

>>159031903
Oh I see my error now, I was getting polar coordinates and just assuming I could plug them straight in

Ah, this is taking longer than I hoped. Still no closer to making it into a seamless box. I think I have to make it perfectly square and orient my FOV properly for that

Rendering 5000 stars is not so nice on the GPU so that'll have to be compressed somehow, even if it's spritebatches or whatever. Although that is prematurely optimizing so maybe not.

this stuff takes forever to work out

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>>159039201
The legs look really heavy and hard to move in. The weight on that armor doesn't look very well distributed.

Also, break the monotony a little more. Experiment with adding some yellow lines here and there, like under the armor or the insides. As it is, that visor is a perfect "Arrow goes here" marking since it's the only yellow thing there. It'll also help with showing that it's inspired by a wasp.

>>159040031
>Rendering 5000 stars is not so nice on the GPU
>that is prematurely optimizing
It's not premature if you already know that it's significantly inefficient.

>so that'll have to be compressed somehow
Easy enough with instancing (either with hardware or with a geometry shader).

>>159039201
Are you drawing it? Are the red lines indicating what you want to change or have changed?

>>159039201
Will these be translated to 3d?

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>>159039419

The factions backstory is here, if you are interested.
http://www.fleettacticalcommand.com/2016/10/new-faction-almakhtar-chosen.html

They aren't Islamic, but I have drawn inspiration from Islamic culture (golden age).

>>159039482

It's 016028. It's name.

>>159039549

YES.

>>159040129

I was thinking of purple instead.

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I don't really know how to do the climbing up a ledge. I tried to lerp to a position but I haven't gotten a consistent position.

I'm trying to make it so the position of the character is equal to the raycast that hits the wall (there's two raycasts, one that checks if it hits and another above that checks if it hits nothing to determine if there's a ledge. which maybe isn't the best way but it was the only way I know how I could do it and make it very modular. The next problem is getting onto the ledge itself which I think I might just move the position instantly once the climb animation finishes.

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>>159013525
>>159013692
>everyone hates XML except me

>>159041356
>Not using JSON which is superior in every way

>>159041356
>not hating XML
I bet you are a filthy web developer

>>159041356
It's a bloated format, no real reason to use it when JSON and others exist.

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>>159041382
I actually am using JSON for my game, mostly because it's the 'hip new thing' but also because is it actually easier to parse.

While I enjoy the readability of XML, and the datatype enforcement of xsi sheets, aand the transformations you can do with xslt to present the data in a nice way with little effort.

>>159041464
>>159041662

>>159041382
>JSON

I love this meme.

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Put some juice on the mounted machinegun

Gonna make a mounted bazooka now, maybe a mortar

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>>159040228

Red lines are what I want to have changed. I just put together the specifications and the artist draws it, then I make changes, and the artist draws it, and so on, until I'm happy.

>>159040502

No, these are just illustrations for marketing and game purposes. I'll make portraits out of them, which go on items, or use them as background images, or plaster them all over my website/blog/social media.

Pic related, the other faction.

>>159042315
Needs tracers

Press X to JSON

>>159042278
In my experienn the case of java, ce JSON works great for dynamically typed languages.
Obviously javascript being the best language to use it in, since it's literally javascript, there's no overhead.
PHP and python work well with it, as well.
In the case of java, I had to make classes to modeled after my json file, which was a bit of extra over head for me. Kind of annoying, but that's java for you.

>>159042497
as a java dev I wish it was that simple ;___;

So imagine for a second that you're playing a text adventure.

You see a book on a table. You want to look closer at it.

Do you
>>take book >>examine book
or expect to be able to examine it without adding it to your inventory first?
Similarly, should the book have to be in your inventory before you can read it?

>>159042742
I would expect to be able to examine everything in my immediate reach.

>>159042742
It's your choice.

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Am I just retarded or this makes no sense?

>>159042742
Really depends on your game.
Is the book going to be a key item or sellable?
Then examine should prompt take or take and read.

If it's not, examine should prompt read if the book is readable, else a vague description of the outside and lettering maybe.

>>159042742
an argument can be made for both methods, but the most important thing would be to be consistent

If you want to require having the book in your inventory, just add a little message saying you take the book, then read it.

>>159043012
I believe you forgot 2 points on the top and bottom corner.

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How do you like my lowpoly revolver so far anons? 400 triangles is lowpoly right?

Also, UV mapping can fuck right off. I hate it. But I did do well, right?

>>159042315
>that camera
>that motion getting into the turret

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>>159043012
the texture os just overlaying each other

>>159043012
It's because of the seam you have going from corner to corner. The short one. Remove that seam.

>2016
>look at all these low poly mad skillz mang it is so cool yousonuvabitch
Is toaster platform your main target audience?

>>159043012
>ngons
yes you are retarded

>>159043505
lowpoly is often chosen to save time spent in making the assets

>>159042318
>Literally Archer and Faye Valentine
You're not really trying are you

>>159043179
>400 triangles is lowpoly right?
If your game is going to consist of talking guns, sure.

>Also, UV mapping can fuck right off. I hate it. But I did do well, right?
No.

>>159043505
Yes.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g9GT-D4pK8

i wish i would find any game nowadays that will give me nostalgia in 5 years. yet i'm still drowned in the nostalgia of games i played 10 years ago.

>>159021807

Does rotate ever make game or does he only talk about drugs and "xD so drunk" in the discord?

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>>159043119
So you're saying something like this would be acceptable? that would be nice since it's the easiest solution to implement

>>159042930
That's my eventual goal. It's going to be possible to examine everything of interest that is not "take"-able

>>159043649
you can be nostalgic for my games in 5 years.

>hmm the thread is going a bit too well for my liking better bring up rotatedev by replying to a 7 1/2 hour old post

>>159043505
You're right. 3D games should only be made with high resolution realistic 4K HD life-like aesthetics.

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>>159043505
as someone who does both lowpoly and highpoly i can tell you that lowpoly is harder if your texturing capabilities are not in check

you have so many styles for lowpoly look, and it involves using old techniques that are forgotten

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>>159043597

I didn't draw them. I just did the specifications.

The names were inspired by 2001 Space Odyssey and Cowboy Bebop.

>>159043845
That would have been much easier had you modeled it highpoly first and baked it down. We have the tools to do that now.

>>159041131
why can't i hold all this progress, good work anon

>>159043845

>and it involves using old techniques that are forgotten

What kind of texturing styles are forgotten?

>>159043936
chiseling in stone, obviously

>>159043936
Look at his texture

>>159041131
You should look into root motion.

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>>159043492
Removed it and still the same, it might be relevant to say that I am using follow active quads to straighten up the fuselage.

>>159043304
Yeah but I don't think it needs to do that with the way I sliced the seams.

>>159043149
I didn't get it, could you mark it on a screenshot?

>>159043584
This isn't going to deform in any animations, and it's going to be pre-rendered, so I don't think there's any problem using n-gons. Also what you're looking at is I'm pretty sure the only n-gon in the whole model.

>>159040031
5000 stars is fucking nothing, and why not just have it as a skybox texture

>>159044059
That's a lot of edge loops for what appears to be totally flat surfaces

>>159043936
mostly clone painting,or painting on UV's directly. some retouching in photoshop.

photoshop was a big part of texturing back then since you had to do lots of manual work and color correction

>>159044059
and the uv map strangeness happens right where that ngon is
coincidence?

>>159044025

Like what? It's a photosourced texture made with projection paint. That's not forgotten.

I thought you were going to tell me about some old and long forgotten technique and not the most basic texturing there is.

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>>159044059

>>159044127
Thanks Sean

>>159044221
learn real graphics programming instead of that gay enginebabby crap

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>>159044059
just weld those two fuckers

>>159044207
well i haven't seen anyone in agdg who utilize it.
the dominant lowpoly style here is handpainted which usually involves some flat colors

If I experience pleasure building architecture in Minecraft, will I get any pleasure out of 3D architecture in Blender?

>>159043740
i haven't devved in a while
becoming a girl really fucked up my motivation

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A quick tour of some of the playable animals and their robot counterparts

note that the user can swap between any biological animals, while the robotic ones are enemies

>>159044335
>weld
MERGE

>>159044450
Only if you make everything out of fucking cubes

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MUGEN IS AN ENGINE!

ILL SHOW YOU ALL!

>>159043740
He used to.
Is first game that I remember was rotateguy, then lolivania.
He stopped doing rotateguy since it was just a learning thing, and then left his artist high and dry for lolivania.

There was something he was doing with a neptunia model, but I'm not certain what it was supposed to be.

But that was over a year ago I think.

>>159044450
Most likely yes.

Level design is probably more similar though

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I got enemy pooling working for some enemies (pooling is a pain to add because its easy to miss things and make bugs). So I added some enemies that are weak but spawn and move quickly.

>>159044214
Just remove that seam and stop posting the same shit over and over ffs.

>>159043610
>No.
Care to elaborate, Anon? What exacly did I do wrong here? I want to improve it.

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>>159044158
The hell are you talking about? This is the n-gon, everything around the strange part is quads.

>>159044039

oh I didn't know that. I will try it tomorrow. If it works like how I imagine it does then this should be a super simple thing to do.

>>159043753
>So you're saying something like this would be acceptable? that would be nice since it's the easiest solution to implement

If you're consistent about it, that is acceptable, but I was thinking more

>examine knife

>"You take the knife"
>"It's a low quality knife made of a soft steel. The blade is an impractical shape, something an urban shopping shinobi might admire."

Just a small quality of life thing, but some people might be annoyed by everything they look at being pulled into inventory

>>159044619
okay that does it.

do you not know how to read a UV grid?
if one number is in different resolution than another then you have to adjust the UV's.
you probably know this so why you keep getting baited by perfectionists who never modeled in their lives

>>159044619
Drum should be single UV surface, so should be the grip.
Really, everything is fucked. Way too many seams.

>>159044552

Why is he mentioned all the time? All he made was some generic infinite runner.

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>>159044584
But pooling is really simple.
Good progress though, I think your screenshake is too much, or at least too frequent.

>>159044760
>perfectionists who never modeled in their lives
Projecting is bad for you, anon.

>>159044896
i could model 3 revolves like this by the time you finished giving him advice on how to keep a 2 nanometer distance between every UV island