/agdg/ - Amateur Game Dev General

>>165540212

W-we did it anons

Reply to this post I'm testing something.

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lighting's no longer broken

@165540667

hahaha no

>>165540667
shameless samefag

>>165540685
Thats cool

How did you do the lighting/darkness?

165540667

(You)

(You)

>>165540667
br?

>>165540685
neat

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>>165540212
0w0, what's this?

>>165540763
https://zackbellgames.com/2015/01/19/simple-lighting-surfaces/
although since I was already using a surface I had to jiggling it around a bit, but the code's all the same

How do you deal with players selling ingame stuff for real money?

>>165540983
hire a lawyer and take a cut

>>165540983
Why would you pay money for an item in a videogame?

>>165540983
can't say without knowing your game. either way, your game needs to be really big for that o be a serious problem.

>>165540983
every item gets a unique id
every item id gets an entry in a database table whenever it transfers to another account
whenever you catch a chinese item seller, you now can look at every item they've ever moved from their account to someone elses, and then you ban every single account that received an item from them

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>>165540212
What have you done

>>165540685
Great, now add some sort of transition / more interesting shapes / whatever to make it look less awkward.

>>165541025
It's not that big and i don't have a company so no.

>>165541085
Because it has an economy and items and grinding. They even openly discuss it in chat.
Buying/selling ingame currency/items from other players instead of buying it from the devs.

>>165541108
And when i shut the servers off because no revenue, people will say i'm the bad guy.

>>165541180
I know who is selling stuff. But i can't just ban them.
That would cause too much drama and players would say i'm banning for no reason and/or being unfair.

>>165541391

Wtf of course you can ban them. What's with all this pussy shit. They are breaking the rules and should be banned. Set an example.

>>165540983
whats wrong with this?

>>165541664
Diablo 3 Real Money Auction House

Though I bet with a less popular series no one would have given a fuck

>>165541729
there was nothing wrong with the rmah

>>165541832
>>165541729

rmah is a piece of shit but people WILL pay $ for ingame data. Hell if I know why but they will. A contentious company will facilitate it so players don't get fucked over by scammers. Also a greedy company will facilitate it and take a cut to line their pockets with

>>165541832
Blizzard did nothing wrong, he a good boy

>>165540983
It's their item they should be allowed to do whatever they want with it

>make carbon fiber tennis rackets
>sell them to scrubs
>scrubs who can't afford my rackets start screaming because it's an unfair advantage
>authority of tennis caves in and forbids the sale of my rackets

thanks scrubs

What's a good method for setting up a character with attributes, derived attributes, skills, perks, weapons, inventory, etc.

>>165542458
i'm not sure i understand the question because it sounds like the answer is "create a character object with attribute, derived attribute, skill, perk, weapon, and inventory variables"

>>165540212
t-t-that must be a powerful mecha

>>165540685
But I can still clearly see what's in the darkness.

Is there a point aside from looking nifty?

>>165543212
I'm not so sure it actually looks that nifty, what with torchlight passing through walls(?)

>>165541391
>I know who is selling stuff. But i can't just ban them.
ok then, when they log in they get a message saying
>You have been caught selling items. If you get caught again you will be banned. See our terms of use here: {link}

and if they do it again, then you ban them

>>165543289
Well, I'm biassed towards game boy color style pixel art.

But yeah, he could just strategically place torches. The middle one is sorta fine since the wall it's casting through is a downward slop but the bottom-right one could be moved so it doesn't illuminate the central platform.

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Vlambeer told me that all juicy games have screen shake, so I added it.

just a friendly reminder that you'll never finish your game

>>165543682
niiiiiiiice

>>165543684
>just a friendly reminder that you'll never finish your game
doesn't stop me from starting it i'm already hours in reading documentation instead of working

>>165543682
>motion blur
kys

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>>165543145
I'm positive, this guy has acquired abilities of the Dark Gundam with the help of AGDG!

>>165543749
where's (you)r game?

>>165543682
god damn
screen shake can even make an empty scene with a couple cubes look high quality

you'll never finish my game

>>165543823
because it doesnt exist

>>165543814
>screen shake can even make an empty scene with a couple cubes look high quality
dear i say, aaa?

>>165543730
>hours in
>reading documentation
Get on my level.
It takes me at least 10 hours of shitposting before I even consider thinking about my project.

>>165543682
>>165543749
>>165543801

the default UE4 motion blur looks pretty bad

>>165543768
>tfw I wanted to make a Christmas game that heavily parodies Metal Gear, and references things like god of war, G-Gundam and a slew of other stuff
>someone beat me to it with merry gear solid.

Mine would've been a lot different but now it's just going to be called a copycat.

>THIS HAND OF MINE BURNS WITH CHRISTMAS CHEER

Should I contact black shill media to advertise my game, and does it work?

>>165543823
i'll never finish your game

>>165543936
Haha I wonder how THEY respond to cold emails.

They work alright if you're fine with them bundling your game left and right for pennies.

congratulations world of horror for being the most popular demo

>>165543936
Nope, they're a scam. You'll actually do better just shilling on twitter and tumblr with #gamedev #indiedev, etc tags. Post almost every day with flashy screenshots.

>>165544091
The point of a publisher is not have to do that.

Idea: First person shooter with dating sim elements

>>165543684
I don't have to

anything that can exist at this very moment in this very universe does exist. anything that can't exist at this very moment in this very universe doesn't exist. everything that can exist couldn't exist at some point but, not everything that can't exist could exist at some point.

everything that can't exist and can't exist at some point is impossible. everything that can't exist but can exist at some point is probable.


do you realize what this means? really makes u think.

>>165544145
hdoom?

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>>165543936
The way they "advertise" games is by spamming everyone, no one will buy your game because they'll think it's shitty shovelware.

Don't contact those fucks, go it solo, things will go slow but ultimately better than if you sold your soul to those pricks.

>>165544137
this particular company wont do any of it, though
all they do is collect a percentage of your sales

>>165543684
A finished game is a procedure, not a result.
Therefore the state of being finished does not exist. A game can un-finish itself.

>>165544137
And they're a shit publisher.

>>165544290
Well sure, but as far as shit publishers go, they're alright.

Naturally if you think you can get by on Steam alone, or get published by someone like Chucklefish, then sure, go for it.

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>>165543871
>>165543881

Did someone say AAA?

>>165544529
Make sure when you take damage the entire screen is tinted red. Then this will be perfect!

>>165544137
Shilling a game isn´t publishing

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>>165544347
>blackshellmedia is in this thread.
>RIGHT NOW

SHUT IT DOWN. SHUT IT DOWN NOW. ABORT ABORT

>>165540667
ok

>>165544625
it kind of is if your game is digital only

>>165544723
Even if publishing consisted completely of shilling, Black Shell Media doesn't even do that. So they're not even "alright" publishers, they are a complete waste of money.

>>165540667
I love you, anon, and I hope your experiment is going well!

Just look at this shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N5BrX3NNRE&feature=youtu.be

>When you are a developer creating an awesome game is what you do.
>But when it comes to spread the word and get download, sometimes having an awesome game isn't enough

Or maybe your game is just shit, otherwise it would spread word by mouth

>>165544878
Jesus fuck, even the YT thumbnail looks soulless as fuck.

>>165544878
>otherwise it would spread word by mouth
this is akin to buying one lottery ticket and actually expecting to hit the jackpot

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>using a publisher
>using social media
>using an engine
>using outside help at all
>not being a free as in freedom dev

>>165544954
your computer has proprietary hardware in it

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>>165544723
Look at all these amazing games that they have helped make famous, how can RoR even compete?

>>165545029
I build it from raw silicone

>>165544878
>click on their channel
>see which games they've supported
>I haven't heard of any of them

kek

>>165545054
The top 3 were relatively popular.

>>165545129
>average views are less than 200

yeah, I be better off shilling my game on /v/

>>165545129
More like
>Click on their channel
>4k Subs
I know dedicated shitposting channels that have more subs.

Hell, I have a YTchannel that has more subs. The whole point of going for a "publisher" as an indie is for free marketing and when you can market better than a company then it's not worth your time or effort.

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>>165544878
This entire video is so soulless and cheap, I'm fucking baffled that anyone would trust these people.

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>>165545054
>dungeon souls shilling thread popped up in /v/ a few months ago
>blackshellmedia shill here too

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>>165545054
>sanctuaryRPG is published by them
Really?

>>165545312
No, we aren't.

you can work with companies like that if they accept performance based terms. bring your lawyer and negotiate milestones. for example, less than 10k copies sold, they get nothing. less than 100k sold they get 5%, less than 500k sold they get 10% etc. the numbers i've used are absurd and are meant to illustrate what i mean.

>>165545312

/v/ is usually good enough to spot shills and those threads get deleted rather quickly.

That's why agdg has some advantage because /v/ knows about our shitty games already,

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how can i manage my sleep? I don't want to sleepydev.

>>165546160
>how can i manage my sleep?
By being a fucking responsible adult, if you don't get tired by the time you should be in bed then you don't get enough exercise throughout the day

>>165546160
Don't consume caffeine ~4 hours before sleeping. Not only does caffeine make it harder to sleep (which I'm sure you knew) but it also degrades the quality of your sleep.

Set an alarm and move to your bedroom (with no smartphone/laptop/tv) at a regular time every day.

Regular exercise / healthy diet helps you fall asleep faster.

Take powernaps when you feel your brain getting groggy. 15 minutes is literally enough to knock that shit away.

>>165546324
>JUST GET GOOD
Nice advice. You should become a counselor / private trainer.

It's an information problem, not a self control problem.

>>165546160
cold shower before bed

>>165546360
>It's an information problem, not a self control problem.
>It's an information problem
>information problem
>how can i manage my sleep?
How did you grow up?

>>165546360
she literally gave you good advice

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gms question.
when i wanna do level design like pic related.
where do i put those non-interactable background img/sprites?
do i put them in background? tiles? or as an object?

>>165546458
I don't get why someone who has English as a second language would weigh in here.

>>165546570
better discard my responses then

>>165546501
As an enginedev, this is the kind of question that I find most humorous.

>>165546160
>>165546360
fuck off to /adv/ you human garbage

>>165546764
???

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Just watched this talk https://youtu.be/xHG3-Nwc4VM and made some notes:

Design what the player can do first, what are his movement options? Offensive and defensive combat options?

After designing what the player can and cant do, design enemies with skillsets that complements the players abilities.

Always give the player incentive to to use his different abilities, but also give him a reason to not use them(by making certain enemies counter them, or by having enemies with resistances.)

The talk is pretty good, it can be a bit cringe, but the guy knows what hes talking about.

Learned something/10

>>165546501
Tiles if they are not animated, sprites if they have movement.

how do I wake up refreshed and ready to work? I currently wake up nearly as tired as I went to sleep

>>165546501
objects are heavy and using static images as an object is a waste of resources
you can get away with it if you have one or two of these but it's not preferable
backgrounds are better for simple repeating patterns, you could use them if you don't have many of these static images to place though but last time i checked you have little control over built-in backgrounds
consider using tiles since you can place them on any depth
>>165546160
>>165546939
this is not gamedev

>>165546981
>he doesn't realize how discipline/motivation management is highly related to gamedev
hahaha. fuck, man

>>165546939
I wake up tired
I'm tired throughout the day
and by the end of the day I'm so tired I can no longer focus my eyes

>>165546883
I'd call that the basic interaction, what is the primary way the player interacts with the game? if that, by itself, is fun, then you already have a game

e.g. running and jumping with mario, gliding and charging with spyro etc.

>>165547080
>sleeping schedule is gamedev because it's directly related to psychological state and therefore your performance in gamedev
>healthy diet is gamedev because it's directly related to psychological state and therefore your performance in gamedev
>getting laid is gamedev because it's directly related to psychological state and therefore your performance in gamedev
>"post your favorite anime soundtracks because i need devmusic" is gamedev because it's directly related to psychological state and therefore your performance in gamedev
>dealing with school bullies is gamedev because it's directly related to psychological state and therefore your performance in gamedev
>responding to shitposters is gamedev because it's directly related to psychological state and therefore your performance in gamedev

>>165547187
>responding to shitposters is gamedev
Good gamedev, fellow Anon.

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>>165546939
コーヒー

>>165547242
thanks anon, i do my best

>>165547187
a true dev never ceases to work on his game, even when no tools are nearby, his mind is always focused on the design

>>165547272
>just fuck my metabolism up senpai

no thx

>>165547354
all me

>>165547354
LEVEL UP

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>>165547409
>>165547415

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I just survived the worst imaginable. At home for 24 hours and no internet connection. I'm sure this will have lasting damage on my brain.

>>165547486
>he doesn't practice (art/storycrafting/etc) or plan features on a notebook in such situations
disgusting

>>165547486
No internet is ezpz try no electricity

>>165547486
how
you don't have a smartphone with 4g that you can turn into an internet connection for your computer?

>>165547354
>>165547471

this place is turning into reddit

>>165547646
limited data

>>165547719
this place has been reddit since 2010

>>165547646
>2017
>carrying a literal skynet tracking machine on your body at all times

>>165547719
it's a joke plugin

>>165547757
why
verizon gives unlimited data for free now

>>165546883
your post is missing something: the level layout. you should also think up of level layouts that make the player (or an enemy) want to use their abilities. like, bottlenecks, stairs/ladders, ambush spots, higher ground, etc.

so some of their abilities should also complement the geography of the map

>>165547719
Yeah, because that (you) idiocy isn't 100% 4chan garbage.

Does anyone here have experience with efeekseer in Unity?

I searched the whole fucking net to find out how to do a fucking homing laser, and the only fucking example I could find is in Efeekseer, but I can't get the fucking files from it to load in Unity.

>>165547580
No electricity sucks especially when you have an electric stove.

>tfw there was town-wide black out for 4 days
It was seriously like a post apocalypse. Couldn't go to work so my friends and I basically stayed at his house and made bonfires and ate canned food while rationing his solar panel power.

it was kind of fun, but it was damn cold which made it suck. You don't know what its like to be actually cold

>>165547561
>storycrafting

only autist do this

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Give me some idea for simple aesthetic one button game.

>>165547915
>efeekseer
*Effekseer

>>165547915
learn
how
to
program

>>165547883
Oh, I should have just moved to US for a day I guess

>>165548036
How can I learn this if there is no fucking tutorial for it on the whole fucking net you fucking apeface?

>>165547989
That's not a very good attitude, Anon! Perhaps you'd stop being perplexed at why you're shit at things if you didn't write off things you don't like as autism.

You can do it anon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM523jjrvf4

>>165548102
you can't make a game if you can't implement solutions to problems on your own
if you knew how to program, you wouldn't have to google anything for this issue

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>>165548102
extrapolate.

1. look for ideas or tutorials for homing missiles. understand it.

2. look for ideas or tutorials how to make curved lines. understand it.

3. replace the visuals of the homing missile with a curving laser looking line

>>165548349
I already looked through the whole net, but there is nothing of the kind I want. The only thing I foudn is froma japanese program which I can't get to work with Unity.

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Typing test. Tips?

How do you guys get creative? Lost access to marijuana recently, when i was high i could spit ideas like bullets, now when i finally learned how to program and make games, i dont know what to make.

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Trigger Warning: Doing Guns Wrong ON PURPOSE! MUAHAHAHA!

>>165548446
In that case you may need to look at reverse-engineering existing code.
Then again, I know nothing about how complex the physics of your game will be, so I can't tell you much else.

>>165548446
then learn about how to change them into the kind that you want?

or what if you're really just explaining your problem poorly or searching with the wrong keywords so you keep getting irrelevant stuff?

Did some changes to charge shot, so now there's a visual cue

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>>165548567

Hmmm. What tips can I give this guy who is trying to do something I have no fucking idea what it is he is trying to do ?

I wonder .... ?

>need to hire an artist
>ashamed to show him my spaghetti code and amateurish toolchain

>>165548946
if it looks cool it's not wrong

irl, I believe soldiers do drop them and collect them again when the battle is over, for expediency

>>165549068
Hire an amateur artist

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>>165549027
fuck, forgot the webm

>>165548995
>hurr you are just too dumb to search
Western devs just suck you fucking retard. That's why the only source I could find was in japanese.
The kind of laser I want has never been implemented in any fucking western game, thats why I cant find anything about it.

>>165549112
Even amateur artists won't give me the time of day because I use Gamemaker

>>165549068
Why would an artist even see, much less judge your code?

>>165548946
> 20XX
> guns kill people by sucking bullets out of them
> to reload you have to throw away all the ammo you collected to make room for more

>>165549207
Cool n/m good luck!

>>165549207
I'm an artist and honestly I won't work with anyone using gamemaker, just my preference

>>165549183
Amateur artist here I'm completely fine with whatever you're using

>>165548946
nice, now you need ADS

>>165549157
I hope that bar on top is going to fill up too

>>165549175
>superior Japanese-based laser

not much we can really do to help you at this point

Unreal Engine's documentation seems a tad outdated, which makes going through tutorials a pain.

In particular it seems directional lights' Atmosphere Sunlight isn't in the location listed anymore (Details tab).

Or maybe I'm just a retard.

Fact: You can improve your skills as an artist by simply watching Anime.

>>165549326
It´s actally going to be the ammo meter when you change weapon.

>>165544137
They have been known to put games on sale for around ten cents without consent of the developer (due to your terms). As a result you will end up with a lot of people that own your game with next to no profit. When the sale ends, nobody will buy the game because a) everyone owns it and b) people will wait for the next sale. No not deal with them, anon.

>>165549183
Toby pls.
>>/utg/ has the people you need.

artist here, looking for enginedev

>>165544878
Good Lord, how atrocious!

>>165549439

bool improveSkillsByWatchingAnime = false;

>>165549515
show us your work

>>165549418
It should be there.

It is "Atmosphere Sun Light" (with a space) if you're using the search bar

>>165549596
No offense but I'd rather get a feel for the project before posting anything here

>>165549569
Fuck you, God.

>>165549627
Forgot to open the dropdown, thanks.

>>165549643
(You)

>>165549492
>They have been known to put games on sale for around ten cents without consent of the developer (due to your terms).
Though you are right, this changed. They now contractually have to get your consent to make sales greater than 50%.

I've made a good $100 a month using them. Now, you may find that shit, but in my country that's pretty good. Games released at the same time as me, with similar quality, appear to have consistently done worse. Although I put a lot of love into my game... I know I'm still stuck in bargain bin tier.

People still buy the game off sale time, because for my tier of game at least, people aren't really shopping around much. Perhaps it's because I only ever get impulse sales.

Fuck you I'm not telling you the name of my game

Quick question, who's more replaceable: an artist or a programmer?

i was gone for few months show me the best game in development,i need to be envious of someone to start devving again

Any noob here that want to make some simple game?
I am a beginner, finished around 7 tutorials (3 from unity website, 1 from youtube, 3 from coursera video game programming course).
I am, however, a disciplined individual.

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>>165549056
I'm sorry, anon! It's just a textbox, a chat window idk how is called. The typing speed is good? That "fast forward" effect?
Thanks!

>>165549787
>unity
Not at this time I'm afraid, but best wishes to you

>>165549857
Thank you
whats wrong with unity?

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>>165549643
you'd get more responses if people could assess your level, and it would help you get a good programmer

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>>165549085
>if it looks cool it's not wrong
Words to live by. I thought it was cool when Brutal Doom did it, so I'll do it too.

>>165549259
I can hear the sucking sounds of bullets coming out now.

>>165549321
Sights are for pussies, it's all alt-fire modes from here.

what could go wrong?

>>165549735
Programmer

>>165549735
A good programmer is easier to replace than a bad programmer who left weird shitcode all over.

A good artist can replace any level of artist below their own skill level.

>>165549735
A programmer, in most cases.
The style of code doesn't really matter, a new programmer would only need to learn how all of the current code is working before they can start working on the game full time. If the programmer is also the game designer then it may be harder to replace since they also have the vision for the final game. A new programmer that has to design the game as well might want to take it in a different direction.

An artist usually has a unique style, and copying another artist's style for an entire game is not something many people can do well. However there are some artists that can pull it off.

>>165550003
That's not true. I know a few great artists that can't do pixels

>>165549735
>>165549997
>>165550003
>>165550006
Depends, if your art is highly stylized and the game is marketed for it, the artist is hard to replace

Programmers are more interchangeable if both the old and new programmer are good, it's a shitstorm if either are bad

>>165550073
That's like saying you know a few great sculptors who can't into painting.

Just watched the feedback video for my game.
Seeing that interest drop like a stone was crushing.
Time to implement user-friendliness.

Qualifying the replaceability of a programmer with whether they're good or bad at programming is a cop-out. Obviously someone who leaves things a shitty mess will be harder to clean up after.

Mediocre programmer, mediocre artist. Who's easier to replace?

>>165548946
>player is a gril

discarded

>>165550240
>mediocre artist
easily, a mediocre programmer likely has done shit in his way only he can fix | change without a lot of refactoring

>>165550170
Exactly. You need an artist proficient in the specific type of art used in the game to replace the old one.

>>165550240
Programmer for this >>165550073 reason

>>165550240
whichever one has fully transferred ownership of their work to you or the company

any rights dispute leaves them with the power to absolutely crush your project

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https://my.mixtape.moe/qdmduv.mp4

How can I improve the sounds?

>>165550240
That totally depends.

Code is fairly universal. Traversing some shitty code can be a fucking mess but its doable by basically anyone.

Art is harder to quantify. If its heavily stylized you wont get an artist to easily replicate it unless they are an amazing artist. You'll often be able to pick up on the "who did what" of the art assets which can be immersion breaking.

>>165550301
>player is a gril
did you just assmue xer gender?

>>165549846

Well I'm kind of used to, when using chat boxes, the the channel or player your adressings name being displayed in the bottom left e.g.

Public:

Text then also typically extends from left to right.

But if you're trying something new it looks fine I guess.

>>165550301
>>165550426
> it's 20XX
> everyone's gender is "bullets"

>>165549846
minor gripe: I hate in stuff like this that when the word forms up in the 1st line and then suddenly moves to the 2nd line because it couldn't fit anymore

either way, in games I always turn this animation off if possible, I prefer if the words come up matching my reading speed, but since these things are usually too slow, I just turn them off.

>tfw love writing stories
>tfw like doing art (but shit at it)
>tfw like programming

SO WHY CAN'T I JUST SIT DOWN AND MAKE SOMETHING

WHY

>>165550626
Because you need more structure and discipline in your life.
Use Trello or something like that, i dunno.

>>165550626
because you like to program for 5 minutes
but what you need is 5000 hours of programming
and you like to write for 5 minutes
but what you need is 40 hours of writing and 100 hours of editting

>>165550626
iktf

>>165550626
Starting is the hardest part. It's honestly the part that a lot of people give up at. Truth is there's going to be parts of gamedev that isn't fun. But you have to do it to make that game.

So just do it, start right now. You're gonna want to do something else, but don't. You have to make game.

Does godot finally support C++/C#/whatever that isnt .gd

>>165550785
Godot always supported C++. It's written in it and you have full rights and encouragement to modify the source code.
C# is planned for v3.0 iirc.

>>165550429
>>165550613

humm, got it!
Thanks a lot!

i reward myself with 10 minutes of shitposting for every 2 hours of work, you just need to find what your shitposting is

>>165550778
>starting is harder than maintaining
Harder to drag activities you enjoy through the shit swamp of tedious details and sterile examination

>>165550785
You have always been able to make custom C++ modules, but you have to recompile the engine with them.
C# is probably coming in 3.0 or 3.x
There's already progress on the C# bindings here: https://github.com/neikeq/GodotSharp/

>>165550893
Oh, I see

Is godot worth using?

>>165551064
I prefer it over GM for 2D.

>>165551106
Will artists work with me if I use Godot?

>>165551136
I'm an artist who likes Godot.

>>165551136
Why would artists have any say in your choice of engine / framework? Why should they care?

yeah

>>165551136
Some probably will. I'm exclusively looking for Unity devs atm though, sorry

>>165551281
He wrote artists, not autists.

>>165551106
Cool.

Does it play fair with Linux?

>>165551260
Yeah what?

>>165551136
Lol no. No one uses Godot aside from the autists here on agdg

>>165551260
>>165551349
Wrong thread

>>165551337
Extremely fair. Absolutely painless to use in that regard.

>>165551337
It's literally developed on Linux.

>>165551507
>>165551456

Awesome.

No other better way to dev than on gnu/linux

here's my shit agdg hope you like it
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/you-collector/jfhhfgoagepfnfpnidfhhlneifhmieip

What do you guys do to stay motivated to start a project?

I want to make a project outline document that I can continue to reference daily to stay on task.

Anyone got good ways to track or ideas for a doc?

>>165551647
>note: this is a joke plugin
legit disappointed fampai

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>>165551772
>needing motivation
>needing motivation to even start
Just go back to playing games anon.

>>165551213
An artist still needs to be able to modify some things in a game, like colors, layout, sprites, level design, and animations. So if a programmer is using a framework and has everything hardcoded or with some shitty hard to use editor then that just makes it hard for the artist to work on stuff.

Godot was developed with everyone in mind. The editor is designed to be easy to use, easy for programmers to export modifiable variables, easy to use animation tool. And it all works with version control.

Of course other popular engines also feature these sorts of things.

>>165551880
Starting is always the hard part if you're a procrastinator.
It gets easier later, and difficult again after you've taken a break.

>>165551847
I wrote that as a backup in case people made fun of me.
>your plugin's shit anon you should kys
>i-it's just a joke plugin!

>>165550381
bump

>>165551647
Where is this for other browsers?

>>165552069
Literally just learned how to make chrome extensions a few hours ago, don't know how hard it will be to port it to firefox because I still fully don't know how extensions work.

>tfw video review never

>>165552237
high chances that the review anons got your game covered, or are about to. today's all the games that start with M, apparently.

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WHEN IS COMFY JAM

WHAT DO I MAKE FOR COMFY JAM

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>>165552237
your game needs to look like this to get a review

>>165552460
Comfy jam will happen never.
Make a game about a cute anime girl who is upset but you cheer her up and then do comfy things together.

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hello, havent been here for a while but here's some progress

Added proper fullscreen mode but also added lightning which added much more feeling to the game.

>>165552558
I like how he hyper extends his neck

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>>165534986
I'm on my laptop right now but I've posted the code before, the text script implements IMeshModifier and transforms the vertices on the fly. I'll explain more later

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>>165551880

stop discouraging people to follow their dreams

>>165552616
yoga is very important

When's the next Jam happening?

>>165551772
I used hacknplan.com for a while but it felt too serious if you are just one guy.

Surprsingly what workd for me was opening a google doc, write 2-3 lines what the core idea of the game is (the game loop) in my case:

Roll level bonuses->Do a level->get upgrades->buy loot->play again

Then i wrote Alfa and listed what features i would need to make a basic playable build (movement, 2 enemies, 1 level etc).

Below i wrote Bugs, where i filled in what bugs i find.

Then i just highlight added stuff in green. oddly worked really well and it's motivating to see all the green.

>>165552786
YANTI

>ywn be tied up with a dildo in your ass and forced to dev by a dominant and sexy female

why even live

where the fuck is squaredev ?

>>165552947
February first.

Lua, squirrel, or something else?

>>165552460
See >>165354660

>>165553397
Here. I've been busy as fuck with my studies and haven't been able to make any progress lately.

I'm flattered that somebody cares enough about my disappearance though.

>>165553546
That's too far away.

I want a Jam now.

>>165553686
Make your own language it will be fun

>>165553791
There's a Godot jam happening right now. Make a game in Godot!

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>>165551772

>I want to make a project outline document

I usually don't bother with a document

what I do is use Evernote to jot down ideas quickly. I don't care about conforming to a certain format or structure for the ideas I write.

when I think I have something good enough, I prototype it.

I use kanban method to keep track of things I use hacknplan

>>165553806
It's your lucky day you almost missed it https://notehub.org/doeru

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Added a simple player helmet. It is to be used when the player needs to leave the cockpit and do stuff outside of the ship, or when he has a air leak and such. The spacesuit has its own limited flight systems and its movement is physics based, same as with the ship.

>>165553851
I don't want to participate in the Dumbass Engine For Retards Jam.

Me want real Jam. Now!

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>>165553791
Here

>>165553927
make it yourself then

>>165553791
>>165553927

>>165553904

>>165553936
Fuck, now I'm hungry.

>>165553907
Fug, my X boner just popped

>>165553927
>>165553791
By the way I hope you can make a game in one hour

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>>165553904

done! game is called Hard Mode

Whimp the Bold feedback
http://pastebin.com/chNyjV7a

>>165553710
So what Jam are we having next? Mecha? Should we hold another poll?

>>165554178
>not a single progress post before
>shows up with a finished game
Fuck off whodev

>>165554373
If you want. I'd be down for a mecha jam

>>165554434
I only had 1 hour. it's both the progress post and the finished game at the same time.

This just in: You don't need to participate in a jam to make themed games.

>>165554128
I dunno about an hour but I did make a game in 4 hours and 12 minutes.

What about a Jethro Tull game?

who /has the weekend off but isn't devving/ here

>>165554538
There are a grand total of 6 (six) non-seasonal jams listed in the pastebin. At least pick something that's not a duplicate.
That said, I think comfy is a dupe of early 2015. On that train of thought, what happened to all the info before 2015?

>>165554932
I took a four day weekend just to dev

>>165554683
What kind of game? I probably could only do something like Snake in one hour

>>165555041
What jam was early 2015? I joined in Winter that year.

Which of you guys made this?

https://youtu.be/w2H9Xm6aiwo

>>165555186
Railshooter. Or, well, rail-defense.

http://gamejolt.com/games/bravely-retreat/152694

>>165555041
That's not how jams work. We could have 10 duplicate jams in the same year as long as people were interested in participating

>>165555256
hello /dpt/

>>165555256
All me.

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Thank you >>165502850 for playing and recording the video. Its very helpful, especially for the kind of intro I am trying to make.

Anyone else listen to music during dev, not even to listen to it, but to block out external noises?

Reply to this post with your game if you've lurked this thread for some time but never posted your game!

I approve of calling all engine devs "/dpt/" from now on.

>>165555593
I got tinnitus, so I need to play music in order not to get mad.

>>165555601
Nice try

>>165506936
>Speaking of copying shit, was there any wall chicken? I couldn't find any.

yeah there's one in the first stage and 3 in the second, plus one for each pre-boss room if you arrive with any missing health

>>165555712
xD that's a good meme

>>165555593
no, I live in a relatively quiet apartment (apart from the noise of building construction right next door). if any, I'm the one making a lot of noise playing my music and the occasional brief but load moaning sound because I forgot to mute the video when I fap.

>>165555786
It's not a meme yet silly engie.

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Implemented beam effects and hitscan attacks. I simply spawn a particle and start by setting the height to the distance of the trace. I then rotate it by the player's pitch and yaw. Next, I rotate it 45 degrees by the axis of the trace so it's more visible. Finally, I move it forward by half the trace distance (because the particle's center is the player's position)

The issue right now is that it's still a single stretched quad. When I get a "real" texture in place, I might need to break it up into multiple particles so that the stretching doesn't look ridiculous.

>>165549175
>That's why the only source I could find was in japanese.
post it and maybe i help you

>>165555725
exactly the same here. or at least a good amount of white noise in the room

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mega man dev here, should I use this kind of style for my robots?

>>165548001
>one button game.
>001
alright, how about a telegraph/morse sim.

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>>165555725
you just reminded me about this

Spaceship Crew Self-Defense Simulator feedback
http://pastebin.com/e2w17AD7

>>165555869
Theonian here,

The correct way to make a (simple) beam is to just use a row of gradient pixels.
Then you can stretch them as much as you like in the short direction.

>>165548001
rts

>>165556064

yes you should

goddamn whats the source on this

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Hold it right there partner

Hand over your game idea and nobody gets hurt

>>165556328
you play as the game

>>165556328
zone of the enders 3 but it actually goes past the concept art

>>165556064
Seconding request for salsa.

how do I make a webm of my game.

>tripfag here...

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>>165556328

a Papers, Please -style game where you interview psychic patients and have to determine whether they are fit to be released or not
you lose when you release too many dangerous or otherwise psychotic patients into the public

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>>165556319

I have no idea, just google for 3d models/robots/mechas

>>165556461
OBS + Webm for Retards

>>165556461
I use OBS to make an mp4, then https://github.com/WebMBro/WebMConverter to convert to webm

>>165556328
>Game is about finding the corrupted files in the computer

The twist is its your computer you're deleting the files from

Source: Me 5 years ago when I found out about C# winforms file explorer stuff.

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>>165540212
>Nodev for the past few weeks.

>>165554069
th-thanks

>>165556328
Westerado but in spess

>>165556492

oops, meant psych ward patients not psychics lol

>>165556572
Reminds me about this game i played back in windows 98 era that was an fps where the levels where scanned and generated based on your harddrive folders and files, you were the anti virus out hunting for trojans and keyloggers and such.

That feeling when you entered the pr0n folder level and it started using the pictures as wall textures

>>165556328
A game where you go back to your home but you find out that everyone is gone

so im learning godot and coming from game maker.

in game maker, you can create a single object and then create multiple instances of that object in code on the fly, or just place multiple instances of that object directly in the room editor.

is there a way to do this kind of thing in godot? im still new to the whole node thing and afaik you need a separate node for each instance?

>>165555869
What will differentiate your game from the rest? What wont make everyone think that it is just a poor man's unreal tournament/doom?

>>165556885
>every jrpg intro ever

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How would you spice up a generic platformer?
Some guy suggested adding collectibles, but I feel that would disrupt the flow of the game, since you'd be stopping or backtracking for something when you're supposed to be going fast to the finish. The game feels good but I think it still needs something.

>>165556995
>world destroyin' gem

>>165556572
>>165556815
there's a (mac only, surprisingly) shmup that does this for real
http://loselose.net/
it's flagged as malware (in firefox at least) for what should be obvious reasons: every enemy you fight is a file on your computer and killing it deletes the file
dying deletes the game folder iirc

>>165556987
You can create new scenes, which have a node at the root that is the parent to all other nodes in that scene. When you save the scene somewhere, you can use this in code to create a new instance of the scene object:
var object = load("res://PATHTOYOUROBJECT").instance()
When you then use
add_child(object)
it becomes part of the scene tree.

I recommend downloading the demos and looking at "Instancing Objects".

>>165557070
I'd make meatboy or dustforce

>>165557070
Is it just a run from A-B kind of platformer?

Then you need to have really interesting movement mechanics.

I think grappling hooks are always the best kind of movement mechanci because they require skill to use and reward knowledge of the levels and skill.

>>165557070

Add some juice. Get a good soundtrack going. Get some variety in the levels. Maybe add some special powers to mix it up.

That's pretty much the only things Super Meat Boy had and people raved about it. The gameplay was literally just point a to point b.

>>165556995
it turns out that it was all a big practical joke and the player murdered the antagonist over nothing

>>165557264
I don't know why Meat Boy got so hyped because I honestly believe it to be a trash game.

>>165557070
add screen shake

>>165557270
especially bad because in most jRPGs the antagonist is some deity-level power and you'll have massively fucked a galactic power struggle for nothing

>>165557361
juice

name my cowboy character
he doesnt have a sprite/model just name him

>>165557537
Guynobrush

>>165557070
maybe give him the ability to tip his fedora and tipping it at the right opportunities increases his gentleman meter

>>165557361

this >>165557427

and also because many of the levels were so unforgiving, people considered it to be 'hardcore'

>>165557573
what

>>165557070
good art and story carries generic platformers. looking at that webm, your platformer seems to play fine, which is good, it has an interesting character, which is good, but stage looks really, really bland. if all your stages look like that i'd start with that.