/agdg/ - Amateur Game Dev General

>tfw glitch

I can't figure out my gimmick for my platformer.
Pls help.

>he uses unity
>he calls himself a "game dev"

Just stop, you're embarrassing yourself.

I can't figure out basic shit in Unity, I guess I'll go back to making games on Excel.

>>160425869
The only real-time 2D games I enjoy are ones that make use of physics like Gish and Hammerfight

So have lots of physics, maybe make everything destructible.

>>160425890
What you use doesn't define you. You can use your own shitty engine and you won't be a game dev unless you actually make a game

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>>160404946
It's alright Anon. When I first was learning how to use Game Maker, no matter how much I tried, I just couldn't wrap my head around scripting (more of a musician than a programmer). What I ended up doing was watching just about every single tutorial from Shaun Spalding and making a bunch of projects that I would end up dropping.

You won't get very far if you try to do this on your own because as a kind anon told me a long time ago "GML is about 10% knowing how to code and 90% knowing the built in functions". Watch/Read tutorials, read the official support document (it's very helpful and if you middle click on a word in the script editor, it'll take you right to its entry) and fiddle around with small shitty games, and never be too prideful to google your problem because you'll most likely not only find every answer you need, but also have them explained in detail.

Shaun Spalding's youtube (very good for absolute beginners): https://www.youtube.com/user/999Greyfox

Also don't worry about dialog for now. That's fairly complex relative to coding movement.

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>Not a single negative answer to the guy having trouble with GML
>Bob Ross OP

Thanks, guys, I needed that. It's worth returning to agdg after all.

>>160427358
Oy fuck off stop ripping off my BLOCKO game.

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Some accidental drifting

>>160428443
getting grindhouse vibes from this. I hope you add texas chainsaw massacre van to this

>>160428443
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NBw7k3XWjo

>>160428443
you better keep that in as a feature to rack up points. i like it

>>160428443
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgHu_WAyspI

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>>160428443
Looks slick, Anon.

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>>160428512
I have already made a chevy van unfortunately.

Is this dead games general?

>>160429643
>games
I doubt you'll find that here.

>>160428702
Carlos!

>he has entities run their own update or draw methods

fucking kek

>>160429794
?

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as suggested by an anon, lvl 3 whip is now a bone fist

>>160430989
That's nice.

>he rounds the price of his game instead of using .99 on the end

it's like you don't want money

>>160431285
>wanting your game's price to have floating point errors

>>160431285
>Wanting to lose thousands of dollars

>>160430989
BONEFIST

>>160431463
>ever using floats to represent currency on the backend in a financial system

What are some must haves for grid based tactics games?

Are there any games where the tiles you move on become your "territory" permanently that grants your units various buffs? I think that would add a cool element of territory control to these games

>>160431968
Like Civilization?

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oh god, using unique decks for each location makes the game feel much better

>>160432083
Never played it tbqh

But sounds fun

I want to make a fire emblem style multiplayer game where you also control the map

when you think of feeling claustrophobic, do you usually associate that with warm temperatures or cold temperatures?

i would say warm but i want to see what others think

>>160433336
warm

>>160433336
Warm

>>160433336
Definitely warm. Panic doesn't feel cold. Small spaces are easier to heat up.

>>160425890
This your new form of meltdown for the day sourcefam?
>literally has never made a game in 3+ years of camping in agdg
>somehow manages to get his anus twisted up about Unity and GMS
You're like that kid who talks shit about Chevy or FORD cars and rides a bicycle to the grocery to buy his mom her cigarettes. Actually on second thought - you are that kid. Kys.

>>160432123
Love it. Any idea when you think the entire game (sans post launch content) will be done?

>>160425890
>he has no game
>...

REMINDER THAT DINOSAUR JAM STARTS IN 11 HOURS

>got 99 ideas
>a game ain't one
Biggest issue is art.
Even the first lesson on drawabox is too hard. Is it supposed to be like this or am I just retarded?

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>>160434635
two demo days more, maybe

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>>160434714
Make everything using basic geometry anon

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The pull cube is a green cube you pull instead of push.

>tfw you play games all day instead of working on yours

how do i kill myself

>>160435176
captain toad but bad

>>160435176
Looks like a certain nintendo game but worse. You should also fix that clock color.

>>160435176
Remove the milliseconds. Everything else is so looking smooth but then there's some fucking useless digits in the corner spazzing the fuck out.

>>160435176
Your art is getting worse the more you post. Looks like your gonna have to steal more from nintendo.

>>160435176
Why is the timer text cartoon vomit green? It's hard to read and looks awful. Also this: >>160435373

>>160435495
That's mean. Also funny.

>>160435176
>nintendo rip-off
hope you are not going to sell it

>>160435176
FUCKING SHIT ART FUCKING SHIT NINTENDO CLONE.

Am I cool yet guys? Am I doing it right?

>>160435176
toads like worse, but captain look

In GM:S, do scripts called from an object have access to the variables of the calling object?

As in, if I have an object obj_player with a state machine defined by the variable currentState and the enum STATE, and I call a script, could the script change say "currentState = STATE.jump" without my having passed those as arguments?

Variable scope is the fucking worst.

>>160435715
calm down kid

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guess what I am making ;)

pic related.

>>160435176
Am I the only one that admires he still works on this game and posts here while constantly getting shitposted for like 6+ months?

Nintendo clone.

>>160435176

haha nice man, that rolling animal kills me everytime.

>>160435873
This was okay pretty much every time I tried it. Still not sure what caused it to fail the literal only time.

So, yes, basically.

What do you think about my Breakout game?

>>160435987
>it works, except when it doesn't
That's GameMaker for you. Fuck me.

Thanks, anon.

>>160435909
well fuck enjoy your 30 million

>>160435715

no, you should talk more about how you have no ideas for a game and how you spent more time doing nothing than actually working on your game.These are the only acceptable posts for this thread.

>>160435268
>>160435324
>>160435495
>>160435561
>>160435715
>>160435762
what the fuck? dont bully

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>>160435928
>everyone hates useless source posting shitposts.
>everyone posts useless shitposts at bokudev. Every-time he posts progress.

fucking agdg. What kinda posts do you even want here fuckers.

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Repost from old thread.

I added combo system which rewards from keeping the combo up by upping the power of specials (fire balls has different levels for example, where on lvl3 they go through enemies). When getting hit, player loses one level and the levels decreases to 1 over time.

Now there has been debate whether the levels should be determined by this system or be tied to current HP of player.

I think the former is more interesting and dynamic than the latter, but latter works better with slower weapons and some weapons that has more interesting gimmick than just projectile. The latter is still somewhat dynamic as it does encourage to not get hit and PC can sacrifice corpses to regain HP, so it's active part of the gameplay.

Does anyone have any opinions on this?

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>>160435909
>>160436128
Some more sneak peak ;)

pic related as well.

>write a parser for external UI styles for my game because maybe that one player will eventually want to edit the UI style
>worry about it taking a significant amount of startup time because a lot of string comparisions and what not
>runs in about 500~ μs

o-okay

>>160436220
source fags and shitposts

>>160436220
>>160436154
>>160435176
I fully believe there is a hidden agenda within agdg to shit on 3D games and keep attention on 2D pixel shit ones.

A 2D cult if you will.

>>160436331
very nice

you could also keep the combo system but lock the player out of level 3 if he's too hurt?

>>160436331
> memepixel platformer with reddit combat

oh wow...

>>160435176
>people talking about captain toad shit
>have no idea what it is and check it out
other than totally stolen aesthetics (even the boss is a bird) it's not that similar

>>160436868

i just got here but i don't know why everybody is being so hard on this guy, it looks awesome tqbh

>>160436331
Slower weapons build more combo per hit to compensate for their playstyle

>>160429794
>>160429901
#justOOPthings

>>160436220
Because he has good basic program but he doesn't do good things with it. Also his color palette is shit. There should be more warmer pastel colors

>>160437163
Dev was targeted by our shitposter some time ago.

>>160437163
Its the new hit meme to bully him clearly.

>>160436820
>reddit combat
what's that?

>he doesn't know Clarent
What does it feel to be new? First day on agdg must be exciting!

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I'm new here and i think that rotating block game looks pretty good.

>>160436331
I would do it by health as your game doesn't seem like the kind of cuhrayzee meat grinder that is conducive to combo multipliers and whatnot.

>>160437381
>>160437163
>>160436868

Its sort of this
>>160436604

There is a circlejerk session within the agdg discord of a few bullies that hate the devs guts for some and constantly seem to shitpost him and end his feedback loops here.

Pretty disgusting when his game looks better than a lot of the 2D shit here.

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>>160437701
fuck off twink

>>160437402
> if you hate Clarent you must be new
> We must all suck up to him

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fucking bonefist was the best idea ive been gifted. i love it. ignore the whip level on the ui. it hasnt been implimented yet.

>>160435176
hey, your shaders are really nice! i remember when everything was way too bright and you couldn't get it right. i think you hit the sweet spot.
keep up the good work

>>160436331
looking good. just be careful since its very easy to use the infinite combo so make sure the combo system isnt too rewarding/easy to get. due to this i think dropping a level when hit would be better balance. maybe heavier weapons should give more combo/charge/thingy than faster weapons to compensate?

>>160437824
>posting the devs profile picture will help the bully meme.

You should judge him by his work instead of maturating to his faggot looks.

>>160435176
>showing off a new feature
>webm has several seconds of just getting there
>webm cuts off a fraction of a second after the new feature is revealed
???

>>160438135
>gay looking dev
>gay looking game

>>160434123
Stop posting.

>>160438197
>no dev
>no game

>>160438197
Get the fuck out source poster

>>160437995
He was talking about not knowing Clarent isn't meme not about hating or liking

>>160437824
If that is his girlfriend shes kinda QT. I thought he was a hot Asian trap into boys though does this mean I can't try to be his boyfriend?

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Finally finished my game and I'm really proud of it.

https://boustrophedon.itch.io/you-are-a-torpedo-ai

I'm selling it for the very reasonable price of PAY WHAT YOU WANT.

-------
>pic
It took me 33 minutes to complete all 91 levels. The last 16 are really really hard.

>>160438642
>she
you're in for a surprise

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>>160435373

>useless digits

those digits show you how much time you have in between seconds

>>160435176
Good looks good. Now here is the important question.

How many poly's bokudev?

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>>160438662
OMEDETOU

>>160438909
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT
;_;

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>>160437824
>>160436154
>>160435762
>>160435715
>>160435561
>>160435495
>>160435324
>>160435268


No bully him plz!!

But Bokube does look like Captain Toad just with clunky grid-based movement and a camera that snaps to 90 degree angles.

>>160438909
wtf happened to your image

>>160438662
Congratulations, anon! You have all the rights to be proud!

But didn't you say you will put it on Steam and only keep a demo on Itch?

Just out of curiosity, how long have you been working on it? As I see you finished the basic mechanics early on, and then worked on level design. Did you do any marketing of some sort other than tumblr and /agdg/?

>>160438798
too many.
https://i.gyazo.com/a6ad950c380c52ccb6ad12599c7c28ee.mp4

posted gyazo link and not webm so sorry I want 100 shitposts

public SomeClass classProperty { get; set; }

why is this null? thought C# auto generated that shit for me

>>160439025
boku don't deserve actual bully desu
it's a pretty solid sokoban clone

>>160439583
It's null because you didn't initialize it with any other value.

>>160439514
Fuck me I meant to say I dont want 100 shitposts when I post a webm

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>>160439640
Anon from previous thread about save system. What would be the best way? Talking about UE4/Unity, binary files, custom file extension. I don't want to use the registry (Unity PlayerPrefs).

>>160439640
well that's an issue, I don't have access to a constructor in Unity and things might use that property before Start or Awake is called

rip encapsulation

>>160439852
Yeah, it's not ideal but
>things might use that property before Start or Awake is called
shouldn't happen in that case.

>>160439852
I think you can make a script or constructor load before Awake or Start, using the Editor's script execution feature.

>>160439819
hero core?

>>160439819
I saw this room in the demo, the portals are pretty cool.

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>>160440114
>>160437643

Forgot the text: I think it looks great, too.

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I want to make a game that players (yes, all three of them) will talk about. Is there anything wrong with that? Genuine question. I'm worried that's overly ambitious or even egotistical.

Thoughts?

>>160440252
>I want to make a game that players (yes, all three of them) will talk about.
Just add a waifu

>Foo: Do X to one target
>Mass Foo: Do X to all valid targets, costs more
Is this boring or valid?

>>160440364
Depending on the mechanics you can try to be a bit cleverer with it.

Like a mass lightning spell bounces to nearby targets rather than just hitting them all.

>>160440252
make it super sjw.
some tards will shill it
some tards will go ape shit

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>you will never be toady, achieving satori through developing a single game your entire life

>>160435176
Looks like ass, Wii shovel-ware shit.
Oh I was late..

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>>160440673
That is my plan all along, anon

>>160437996
he's using the unity default shader...

>>160439826
Depends on what you want to save and load; there is no real one-size-fits-all solution (because that is precisely the problem with serialization). In any case, it's conceptually the same as parsing, except of course that it's not textual (e.g. you read an integer, not by parsing a decimal number string, but rather by loading the next 4 bytes of the file into memory).

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Should I make a cyberpunk final fantasy tactics clone?

>>160441150
so? it looks good.

>>160439471
thanks anon

my greenlight failed (17% yes), so i kinda gave up the idea of putting it on steam.

I started working on the game in january, just as a hobby. I was finishing my master's degree back then.

That's exactly what happened. If you play the first demo I released and this final version, there's not much difference other than the number of levels.

I posted on /agdg/, tumblr, tig, game maker forums and reddit. I'll create a twitter account and a facebook page for my next games.

>>160438662
Looks like trash and you wasted your time.

>>160440252
give the characters sad backstories. it doesn't even have to fit in, so long as players know about it.

>>160438662
wise move, looks like a decent freeware from mid 00's, it's not a bad thing though
good job anon

Are there any cool tools I can use to design my game concept before I start programming?

I was thinking of flowcharts/ui mock ups/ER-models etc.

Thanks in advance!

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>>160441349
didn't work for mgs4

>>160441519
Yeah, it's called prototyping.

>>160441196
No, make action games.

>>160441196
source?

>>160439025
No OP with bob ross in it should welcome this much bully.

>>160437996
How did you do that transition effect?

>>160441570
yea I know, I was wondering if there are recommended programs for that

>>160441912
Your game engine of choice.

>>160441514
thanks anon, i appreciate that

>>160441912
>>160441978
>inb4 the "before I start programming" bit
All those are going to be a waste of time because they produce nothing that will tell you if the game is fun. Make a prototype with the knowledge that you can write shitty code since it will all be thrown away if you end up promoting the idea to an actual game. Then you might as well just start instead of biding time playing with flow charts and design documents and what not, especially since you're probably a 1MA.

>>160441563
>implying
i meant more like how nuclear throne and overwatch did it

Does your game feature any disability-related options?
>photoepilepsy warning at the start
>colorblind blue/green UI options

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>buy a simple database addon in the Unity asset store
>been using it for months, fill it up with lots of data
>it begins to sink in how limited it is, ie it cant store certain types of objects that i want
>start to consider switching from this database to purely Unity's built-in scriptable objects
>it will take me weeks to restructure everything

It's these kinds of roadblocks that make me want to give up on vidya dev and just kill myself now.

>>160442676
Yes, easy difficulty.

>>160442832
Very good joke, anon!
Just kidding, I expected it to be the first reply, you cockmongler.

>>160442676
cant get those sjw bucks without it ;)

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>>160441858
its semi hard-coded (feel free to laugh at me)

there's a next room object that when touched deactivates all objects, runs this code, then goes to the designated room set in the creation code. for the fade in, it has its own room, runs this code but backwards essentially, then goes to the real room.
i originally had it go to the real room and fade it in, but i was having issues of instances still being created and running after i deactivated the others, so i made a new room instead. its a bit of a process but its not too bad since i have template rooms that make it go faster.

if my game was nonlinear/more complex this system would need to go ASAP, however.

>>160442713
>he didn't write an interface between his front and back end

rookie mistake junior, always encapsulate

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>>160443075
>that switch statement

>>160442713
If you were hoping to get everything right on your first game, youre out of your depth
You learned a lesson, and I reckon you will learn many more others till you finish your game.
But just like the hero's journey, when youre done, you will be the master of two worlds.

>>160443075
>>160443206
Easily fixed with some math, and why even have the weird order of things and the separate variable?
>draw_set_alpha(round(fadeAlpha * 4) / 4);

>>160443206
>>160443507
yeah i tend to think of complicated solutions rather than simple ones. it worked though so im not complaining.

thanks for the tip though.

>>160442101
Just make a word document of ideas, or a notepad of sketches and notes. Most people won't complete their projects because they plan too big, making unrealistic or unachievable goals. Making a prototype is fine, even if you end up cutting a shitload of things out of it it's still experience.

Left for Dead started as a fairy magic mmo before being overhauled. The original zelda dungeon levels were drawn by hand on grid paper.

Otherwise, powerpoint, excel, word, and photoshop exist for a reason.

>>160443645
Also, instead of making a copy of the room, you could just create the transition object in the same room and deactivate/destroy all other instances (I assume the ground is made out of tiles).

>>160435176
How can I get so many (You)? What is your secret? I find this to be the most aestethically pleasant zone.

>>160443961
yeah thats what i originally did, but i would still somehow have objects being created and activating even while everything was deactivated. so i got frustrated and made a work around. its fine though since while its very intuitive, its still manageable for me and nobody else has to deal with working with it (thankfully).

>>160444207
look like a tranny and actually not kill yourself while keeping up progress on your game.

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>>160443958
>Most people won't complete their projects because they plan too big

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>>160425773
>Super apathetic lately, barely any deving.
>Also
>Inventory systems are annoying

>>160444553
that's some interesting collision

>>160444553
Gamemaker is a mess
Ive no doubt its a good engine but unity is so much more simple to do stuff like this its not even funny

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Objects feel wrong and i just dont know what to do. Maybe im being paranoid and they are fine. Lightning also made it look worse when i put it.

>>160444685
Yeah, the collision works but webm for some reason records things like they're glitchy.
>>160444778
B-but everyone here has always told me that unity is shite for 2d..

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>>160444778
I started with GM. In hindsight I probably should have started with something easier

>>160444490

Awww, don't cry pal. He's talking about all those slack jawed fools who lack the determination to finish what they started.

That's not you an me though. We're in this for long haul. Amirite ?

tomorrow i'll do it i swear

>>160445118
Bullshit. Unity works for everything.
Thats not to say its a perfect engine, because it sure as hell isnt, but it works just as well for 2D as it does for 3D.
>>160445154
I also started on GM. It was good to teach me the basics of scripting, and I also liked its portability so I could dev at work, but holy shit the UI was fucking atrocious. I havent used it in some years though, maybe its gotten better but still, if I leave Unity its to get into UE4.

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>>160445516
I wish. I spend more time watching gaming development videos and reading checking other people's progress than working on my own game

Not giving it up, tho

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>>160430989

YOU ACTUALLY DID IT, YOU MADMAN.

That was a good suggestion, I hope it rolls well with the rest of your game

>>160445575
But theres plenty of time left today

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>>160445575
But...you could just uhh, do it now friend..

>>160445578

how hard is C++ to get into coming from C# ?

i guess that's my main concern for not using UE4.

a)that and the fact that b)Unity is so well supported and c) You have to pay 30 % of what you make if you use UE.

>>160445076
dude they look fine, they just look out of place for you because you placed them.

>>160445989
>You have to pay 30 % of what you make if you use UE.
5%

>>160445989
>30%
What the fuck, what time do you live in?
UE4 only takes 5% when you make $3000 per quarter.

>>160445989
Not that much, really.
At the end of they day, if you know programming logic you can learn any language. And in an engine you will likely be using their own functions to do stuff so intricate knowledge of the language isnt always necessary

>>160446090
>>160446089
not him but I also picked unity when I started because the bullshit money /licensing thing from UE back then

I don't want to start a flame war or shitpost on what engine is better, but given the cons on Unity's networking library, I'd prefer UE4 for making games with MP than use Unity for that. I'll stick to single player games if I want Unity.

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added damage modifiers for the different whip levels. lvl 1 does 1 bar, 2 and 3 do 2 bars. i think i need to rebalance the boss now since even 2 bars for the lvl 3 whip kills too fast.

>>160445751
thanks. i think thats gonna be his signature weapon now

>>160446089
>>160446090

> $#$!@$#1$@ !!!
> only 30% !!!!!
> ^&*%^$^&*#1@#!@# !!!!!

Okay, okay but still Unity's payment plan still seems better in my mind.

>>160446386
So what are you using now?

>>160446289
CryEngine was worse, I think everyone agrees on that. They now went "royaltyfree". Haven't had time to look and search into this further.

But basically:
Unity >$100K/year no royalties, but requires Pro after.
Unity Plus >$200K/year, requires Pro after
UE4 >5% $3K/per quarter
CryEngine >"royaltyfree" supposedly (Their SDK version of it, Crydev)

>>160446407
Sweet. Couple of questions.
What does the B F and T stand for?
Is that boss using a 300-400 px wide or is that ball and chain separate?

>>160446407

Need a cooler name though. It's pretty hype watching this come together.

>>160446386
For someone who've tried Unity's networking it is actually decent.

But it's Unity's fault for attracting retarded devs that don't know what the fuck they're doing.

>>160446434
>Unity devs

idea guy here

alien world which is about as technologically advanced as us. the problem? they never figured out that them pumping co2 into the atmosphere would cause their planet to turn into venus.
UNTIL TODAY!
follow john, a generic scientist who has just made the most important discovery of his race. can he convince his fellow aliens of global warming or will his efforts be in vain?

>>160446027
Thanks.

>>160446562
Unity, starting with single player games, moving onto multiplayer when I have a some more experience and some good MP game ideas.

>>160445076
The lit part of the wall looks like it's a shaded part of the ground going deeper into the background, the power panels look like cabinets standing on that "fake" part of the ground instead of being attached to the walls.

First thing you should do is apply the shading to the power panels too, might make it less confusing, but the whole "wall looks like ground" thing you'd have to use different colors to fix.

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i love dem progress

>>160446659
Honestly, been working with Unity since 3.0 and the networking is still shit in 5 to me.

Since 3.x
>socket support where?
>silly workarounds
>some hacks here and there for proper serialization and RPC calls/
If I used Unity for my MP games, I'd use something like Photon or roll some other middleware.

>>160446608
thanks! b stands for bottom, t stands for top, and f stands for floating. the solid objects auto assign themselves so that the player collision doesnt have any strange behaviors.

>>160446637
thanks anon! i kinda like hellaton though. because its a combination of hell and skeleton im so sorry

>>160446832
Binding of Isaac, huh?

>>160446832

I love that green.

Does he throw those tennis balls towards the mouse pointer ?

>>160446717
setting a 2-player multiplayer in unity became really easy , just changing a few lines in the player/gamecontroller scripts, put the backend in a host and it just werks , now if you want several players...good luck

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JOIN DINO JAM

LET'S MAKE DINOSAURS GREAT AGAIN

>>160447272
My modeling skills are subpar :(

>>160447272
maybe if I can think of something fun or find someone nice to collab with

>>160447272
>LET'S MAKE DINOSAURS GREAT AGAIN
by giving them feathers!

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>>160447365
I can do the models for you.

>>160447215

what about something like a chatroom where players can talk trash and look for matches before joining a 1v1 match ?

>>160446954
Actually itll be more of a smash tv kinda game

>>160447109
Sadly everything is a placeholder , so nothing of you see will be final , only gameplay

>>160446928

I was talking about for the whip name man. Gotta have something iconic if it's his signature weapon

>>160447717
oh, yeah. youre probably right about that.

ill brainstorm on some names later.

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>>160446808
Outline didnt work though.

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>posting uninteresting placeholder progress
>thinking someone cares

>>160448083
Speak for yourself, shit poster. Seeing other people's progress is one of the best things about this general.

>>160448231
it's literally the only good thing about this general
without progressposting all you're left with is stale shitposts and losers trying to reignite old drama

Is a action co-op rogue-lite with a game master trying to fuck players up a shite idea?

>>160448231
There's good progress, then there's bad progress of games that will never ever leave the concept phase

>>160448580
There are no shite ideas

>>160448580
People wont even notice the game master

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>tfw you figure it out

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>>160448580
What do you mean by a game master?

>>160448379

Agreed!

>>160448580
Only if it's multiplayer only.

Gotta give the loners some love.

>>160447405
give me ideas for dinosaur game please

>AGDG doesn't care about placeholders progress
>>160448083

I'm going to screencap and remember this. It will definitely be of use.

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>>160448781
>my one eyed brother

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>>160448918
You're a lone dinosaur in an office full of humans simulator

>>160449014
One guy isnt agdg

>>160448918
Platformer where you transform into different dinos with different abilities
>velociraptor can sprint though falling shit
>brontosaurus can grab items that are high up
>t-rex can eat enemies
>stegosaurus can roll into a ball
>triceratops can destroy obstacles
etc

what happened to all the lewd devs?

>>160448803
a god-like player that can spawn enemies, make traps, modify rules of the game and such to a limited degree to make the convenctional players lose

>>160449107
and you have tiny clumsy T-Rex hands? I'm sold

>>160449292
Excellent, bring us frequent updates.

if I didn't already start a dinosaur game I would have kept it for myself.

>>160449014
>uninteresting placeholder progress
there's a difference between that agdg dev's castlevania-like game with interesting combat and bosses which has no art whatsoever and 'hey guys, I just made my first hello world program and my square can now move when I press W'

>>160449384
I don't see it, they're both making games. Unlike you.

>>160449381
let's do it together~

>>160449192
I see. Thanks for the explanation.

>>160449640
I'll gladly contribute in one fashion or another!

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>>160447406
>>160447272
Who is gona make this game?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3vr6u9yjJY

>>160449856
You are.

>>160449179
all lewd energy was spent on lewd jam

>>160449179
they went to patreon because lewdjam proved pandering to you was not profitable

>>160446608
>Is that boss using a 300-400 px wide or is that ball and chain separate?
whoops completely missed that one. the ball and chain are one object separate from the boss. the sprite is 272px wide (easier to sync up with the boss sprite that way), but the collision mask is a separate sprite so that the chain doesnt hurt the player.

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Enemy progress. His name is Buer.

>>160449856
I wish I could pixel art :/

>people still use inheritance

wew lads, it's not the 90s any more

>>160450619
>Buer

Nice Castlevania ripoff :^)

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fuck sprite animation, I like 3D better
though its my fault for doing 16x16

dino jam progress, I disabled the falling volcanic ash effects for webm because it compresses awful.

going for a silent hill vibe, gonna have some ash demons/zombie as a primary enemy for now. I'm still working on pallete + environment textures

I probably won't use the 3d movement unless its for a small room. 2D for outdoor platforming/combat and maybe 3D for small a small indoor exploration/puzzles sounds doable.

>>160449179
this >>160450260
it was a cleansing jam

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>>160450771
Thanks famalam!

>>160450619
is that an ophanim

the bible is fucking spooky

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>>160450619

>>160450990
a cute!

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>>160451024
>ophanim
>some circle thing with wings

Fug.

I-It's Buer, ok?

>>160451117
S2 WHEN
I need more Cla-ring

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>he's making a game in C++/OpenGL

>>160451448
I don't think there is anyone here making a game in C++/OpenGL

>>160450990
jojo reference?

>>160451884
while a volcanic stando would be pretty great, I just hooked up the controls to both for a demonstration

fuck that's a neat idea though

>>160451448
Oh no!

Someone seems a little but hurt about someone else's ability to actually program

It's ok. You can learn too! :^)

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How do I apply concentrated forces for rigidbody simulation in Blender? All I see are force fields and shit that's more geared towards particles. Pic related is gonna look unnatural as fuck if I just try to keyframe it manually.

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>when you finish refactoring and start building out the new systems

I'm using Unity and I want a method to return a Vector3 struct. How can I do this?

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Just posting my model Progress so far with my "Dumbest Character Design" Project. (I've started with the Art first so you know this will crash and burn)

>>160452329
Don't use physics simulation for game assets, are you completely insane? Just keyframe it

>>160452548
return YourVector;

? ? ?

fuck unity's shit UI tools, is there an easier way to do UI in unity?

>>160452641
Rad/10, would pick in an 50's style THPS clone

>>160452720
Buy an asset goy!

>>160446090
>UE4 only takes 5% when you make $3000 per quarter

did they change this? I thought you had to earn much higher than 3k before you pay.

>>160452707
It's gonna be pre-rendered, in case you're wondering.

>>160452815
Where's your game please?

>>160452720
describe your issues, I found it to be relatively straightforward.

unless you need to do pixel perfect stuff, then you gotta really get into it deeper.

>>160452714
Vector3 is a struct though and I can't return structs.

need idea for a 1MA game that is 3d and not some kind of shooter. i'm counting on the ideaguys to not be completely useless here

>>160452983
what the fuck are you talking about

>>160452835
It has always been that as far as I know.

Bare in mind that $3k doesn't roll over between quarters, so you can make $12k without paying anything if it's spread evenly.

>>160452923
Yes, I want to do pixel perfect buttons and text, not blurry shyte

>>160452983
unless you put it in a struct, Vector3s can be returned from functions

>>160452984
pick your favorite n64 game, remake a couple levels of it with your own characters

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>>160452984
dark souls combined with lawrence of arabia

send me royalties when you're done

>>160453165
this is actually quite a good idea

>>160453132
well I can't help you with the pixel alignment part because I'm about to try that myself, but just make sure to make your own sprites for all the UI elements and keep the filter to point (no filter) to keep everything sharp. As long as you keep everything the same scale and PPU they should work well together

then its just a matter of keeping it the same size no matter the resolution

>>160453462
thanks fa m, I'm digging into it aswell right now... but it shouldn't be this complicated

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>>160453132

I know agdg always shits on unity for pixel games but is unreal any better?

>>160453649
Unreal is probably worse honestly.

Just use Game Maker.

>>160449292
help, I don't know how to turn this into an actual game mechanic

>>160453649
No

>>160453649
It's overkill.

>>160453649
just use gamemaker for pixel shit. stop making it complicated

>>160453649
Maybe instead of using engines dedicated to 3D, why don't you pick something made for 2D?

>work as a software engineer
>much more comfortable in the backend, since I suck at making things look good
>able to work like a machine with laser-sharp focus at work
>tfw can't focus for more than a couple of hours on a personal project before dropping it permanently and don't want to be an engine dev even though I kinda suck at making things look good.

I swear it's the same idiot constantly asking the same stupid questions and the same idiots constantly replying to it.

>which engine best engine LOL
>is unity pixel LOLOL
>unreal better >D
>ue4 xD

>>160453609
"Force elements in the canvas to be aligned with pixels. Only applies with renderMode is Screen Space."

There is a lot of side work to make it actually useful, and it doesn't prevent scaling and stretching of UI elements

>>160453690
>>160453696
>>160453740
>>160453750
>>160453798
That was kinda my point, everyone shit on Unity for being bad at doing pixel stuff and I don't understand why since being a 3D engine it's obviously not made with pixel stuff in mind, just like Unreal.

>>160453971
What do you want people to say when someone asks if Unity is good for 2D?

Lie and say yes?

>>160453934
I will send you 5$ on paypal if you prove you're not a nodev. I swear every single of these posts is made by nodevs.

>>160453908
>I have a skill concerning gamedev but suck at other aspects
>Instead of looking to collaborate with a team of people who can fill those gaps, I'll blogpost in agdg
>Nothing changes

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>>160450619
And another new enemy - cute naked fish

>>160454052
Of course not, I'm just saying that people say it s if it's not normal for Unity to be bad at pixel stuff, that's all. I'm a 3D dev so I don'r care about this kind of thing anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHFlIpN0ROw

>made with unity

>>160450619
Sweet

>>160454230
I could tell

because it looks mediocre

>>160454230
Looked good when the environment was nothing but rocks.

After that it is meh

>>160454230
That's some nice non-game footage.
Would have looked better in UE.

>>160454471
I guess your game is made with Unity too then.

Oh wait, you don't have one!

>>160454230
And? Assets are fairly engine agnostic, you could stick those same things into UE4 and it would look better.

That body bouncing like a rubber ball after falling from the cliff was hilarious though.

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>>160454530

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>GMS overwrites the save file every time you click the play button
Is this real life?

>>160454694
I rest my case.

>>160454083
Wew lads

anyone know what the acceleration/deceleration values mean in UE4? default is 4000/8000, is that units per second?

>>160454718
https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/001_advanced%20use/source%20control/using%20source%20control.html

>>160454896
SI Units

m/s^2

>>160455078
>>160454896
Wait, no.

It's cm/s^2 for whatever reason

>>160455196
That's the units UE4 uses rather than meters

Im comfy with macromedia as2, should i learn GM code instead? does anyone knows the differences?

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/agdg/!!!

Time to post gamedev music that you procrastinate with instead of actually deving to !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LWCPzwiN28

I bought RPG Maker awhile back but have never really used it for anything.

What's a good website that teaches you the basics? I'm overwhelmed right now.

>>160455629
I think you should learn more languages regardless.

Once you have the concept of programming down, learning new languages is ez

try C++ and/or C#, it really expands your possibilities.

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>>160452983

vector 3 is made up of 3 floats

why not return three floats ?

>>160455857
>>160449095

>>160455824
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLRxuEheG-M

>>160455824
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rA5T2S2SwI

I'll never understand how are some people able to work with bangers blasting in their ears

>>160452983
You can

>>160455980
Thanks my dude.

What's the recommended way to make a webm for 4chan?

>>160456456
Record with obs/fraps and then use webm for retards or ffmpeg directly if you're a madman

>>160456456
Fraps/shadowplay/obs -> ffmpeg

>>160455824
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u3wnRuJccE

>>160456456
WebmCam

>>160453690
>>160453750
>game maker

If you're doing 2D, just use Construct 2

GM is only worth using if you're already familiar with it, otherwise learning it nowadays is just silly when better alternatives exist

>>160456456
ffmpeg if you're a leet hacker

>>160456595
>Construct 2
Literally who?

>>160456595
>html5 games
C2 a shit

Hey guys, what program should i use to make a mobile 2d fighting game?

>>160457040
Nothing wrong with being HTML5-based, their engine is top notch (most likely better than GM's runtime in terms of raw performance too) and you can make desktop builds etc just fine.

Relevant reading:
https://www.scirra.com/blog/ashley/28/the-case-against-native-engines

>>160457203
yuneetee

>>160457203
>mobile 2d fighting game

Unless you're literally making a Divekick clone with two inputs max, why.tiff.bmp.exe

>>160456569
this is toooooo cute. holy shit

>>160457203
game maker\