/agdg/ - Amateur Game Dev General

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First for ANY GAME is better than NO GAME

JAI

>>170219131
A game isn't a game until someone else has played it

>>170219012
Brave to OP for not succumbing to namefag BS

>>170219197
*hands game to sister*

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http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=877722790
trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_OhFr8BBSI

check out my squirrel sphere greenlight page. trying to get on steam before they increase fees

loli jam please

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Adding a pet to make the Hub less lonely

finished game > unfinished game

doesn't matter how good your game could be if it's unfinished

the last 10% where you turn your mess into a product is the hardest part, it's what separates the devs from the nodevs

>>170219246
>shilling
Anyway looks pretty cool. Cute too. Cute seems to be selling more these days, looking at shit like Slime Rancher.

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More Snail Progress
Life Cycle of Snails
Wait for visible player in range = Sleep
Walk to below the player to shot = Walk
Shoot to the player, then walk again = Shoot
Run from the player after an ally bullet hit near Snail = Run

>>170219283
Is this how you actually save in this game, or is this a consequential save?

>>170219450
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU8HrO7XuiE

>>170219228
jokes on you, my sister already played my game

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some players didn't recognize the health recovery item's function, so i changed its icon and added text popups to items
names are wip

>>170219296
I finished the Unity shooter tutorial, am I a yesdev because of that? Since it doesn't matter how shitty the finished game is.

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Only tangentially gamedev-related, but I spent an hour or so making a copper coin out of some guy's ability icon.

Why is it so much more fun to improve other people's stuff than making your own?

>>170219898
is it in a releasable state? could you post it on itch.io/steam/etc. and not have it removed for not being a game?

if yes, then it counts and you're a yesdev

>>170220050
There's no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

>>170220064
I am using only royalty-free assets, so it can be released. It is a simple shooter, but it is a game. It's just so shitty that it would never make past the greenlight.

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Some girls for a fighting game. Thoughts? Any glaring ugly mutant anatomy errors?

Chinese girl sword and nazi mage book need work. Can't figure out how to improve them though.

Reminder that there is no combination of words more harmful to the creative process than

"Well done."

>>170220250
>that knife on the first one
Its very SORD-like.

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>>170220050
Also did some testing with glow maps for UI animation for our own game. I think it could be a good way to juice up the UI without wasting too much texture space on animation frames.

>>170220232
Uh, I guess maybe?

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>>170220380
And I made flashing animations for each of the corners of these tiling crosses. They will make up the background for the touchscreen, and animate when touched, to create light trails.

>>170220232
wtf is this sick shit don't bully

>>170220563
I improved your sprite, remember?

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>>170220536
As well as this ridiculous little thing, which I have no idea what is

>>170220250
nazi batman girl's left foot looks kinda fucked also she's a girl and girls don't have bulges
the one's feet also look fucked, she is pointing backwards with her waist but front with her chest, try to replicate that pose and tell me how you do
other than that they are all really pretty, of course they need some shading but they're pretty good

>>170220749
>girls don't have bulges
You need to be more modern-minded, anon.

>>170220250
Stop stealing graphics any day, Anon.

>>170220643
No I don't.

>>170220749
I think she's weaing one of thos hypertight OL skirts and it just looks like a bulge.

>>170220293
you fucked the quote up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6vTI5g198E

>>170220749
She's a girl(male)

>>170220250
I recall your old post on the first one, you have improved a lot.
Are you going to have one qtie for each nation involved on WW2?
Do you have a site or blog to follow you?

>>170220879
>everything's a quote
Never go full retard.

>>170220749

>also she's a girl and girls don't have bulges

I copied some short skirts from typical officewomen, maybe fucked up and made it look like she's a dickgirl tho.

Thanks for the tips.

>>170219296
yesdev > nodev > shittydev
If you are looking at something shitty and saying "it's finished, so it's fine", kill yourself.

Just look at Inafune, his game was so shitty, that not only he brought down his own reputation, but also brought down the reputation of the platform he was advertising on. Even steam knows that, this is why steam doesn't let anyone simply release games on steam, they don't want to have their reputation ruined by shitty games.

>>170220749
Elephantitis of the pubic mound is a serious issue affecting thousands of women, Anon.

>>170221097
>nodev > shittydev
No.

>>170220250
Make sure to have to Chinese girl mounted by the Jap if she loses

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>>170221128
>pubic mound

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>>170219283
>that webum

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>>170221097
>Even steam knows that, this is why steam doesn't let anyone simply release games on steam, they don't want to have their reputation ruined by shitty games.
What year is this?

>>170220950

I plan on having at least one character for each major WW2 faction. I have the designs, need to flesh then out and, well, eventually hire some help or go crazy doing everything myself.

I have a pixiv account but don't post on it yet. Will do once I am a bit less lazy and have more stuff to show.

>>170219545
Consequential but I don't think I'll actually let that happen, that would probably be a dick move.

>>170221593
Actions have consequences, anon.

>>170221156
>No.
No.

>>170221396
What exactly are you trying to say? I am not saying that there are not shitty games on steam, but that steam is doing what is realistically possible to prevent from shitty games being released on it, while also letting new devs release games on steam.

https://www.patreon.com/yiffalicious
how do I get this good

http://poal.me/catheq
http://poal.me/catheq
http://poal.me/catheq

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got grayscale base color up for this chibi witch, haven't done much with stylized proportions yet. how's it look?

>>170222528
Looks promising.

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uhhh

Is making characters in Blender meant to be extremely difficult?

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>>170220250
I wish I were as good as you, anon

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>>170223883
welcome back
i think it could use a bit more to emphasize the jump than the shadow, maybe increase the scale a bit or something (mixel warning though)

anyway, take some fanart i meant to post about a year ago

>>170224217
Autodesk has a patent on easy to use 3D modelling tools, so the Blender devs had to work around that.

>>170224376
But his doesn't have a shiny butt in it.

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>>170224530
you don't think zbrush is easy to use senpai?

>>170224993
Not that guy, but yes, Zbrush is extremely easy and intuitive. Especially compared to Blender.

>>170224217
depends. if you want a cheap modeling suite try metasequoia or wings3D. as for rigging and animating, blender is the only option unless you're willing to cough up some serious dough

>>170222528
Zbrush?

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>>170225114
>Zbrush is extremely easy and intuitive

>>170224517
thanks! and whoah, very cute, i'm honored.

i hadn't considered that. its given me a few ideas for sure. maybe zooming in slightly, while having a more precise camera-follow for a similar effect? hmm.

>>170225424
>explicit

>>170225114
lol

>>170225532
Yes?

Just choose a brush and start sculpting, nigga

>>170225326
zbrush > blender > substance painter

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>>170225729
>"just choose a brush," he said
>"just start sculpting," he said

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>>170225997

>>170225532
Compared to Blender.

>>170225997
that's deliberately obtuse, i have a hotkey menu that has the 12 or so buttons i need

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>>170220250
this is on par with the japs. nice

>>170226227
the thing in the middle is the default zmodeller menu. Pixologic made it deliberately obtuse?

>>170226117
Joking aside, I've actually used Zbrush and have done tutorials, and I still don't find the program or the interface very intuitive at all. It has a fairly steep learning curve and for the level of 3D work that's usually being done in this thread plus the usual team size of one, I think it's overkill.

>>170226131
If so, Blender must be some kind of unholy mess.

So Zbrush is better than Blender? Even for animating?

>>170226428
sure ok, you've won this internet argument

>>170220250
have you tried making animations at that resolution yet? it looks like a shitload of work

>>170226451
It's very easy and intuitive, imo, but making full sculpts for all game assets for a large game is a huge time-hog, yes.

But really, it's just like working with clay. If you have a good sense for shapes and textures you'll be able to make nice stuff right out of the box.
Meanwhile, you need tutorials just to be able to orientate within Blender, and box-modelling, topology and UV unwrapping are all tasks which can't really be done by natural intuition alone.

>>170226451
You haven't used Blender?

>>170221159
>if

>>170226519
zbrush has no animating. but I do think it is overall the most powerful 3d package. it sure in the hell ain't intuitive though

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11 - Jock
3* | ATK: 01 DEF: 06 |
You can sacrifice Jock to select any warrior from your deck; send that warrior to the graveyard.

>>170226519
No, absolutely not.
Zbrush is pretty useless for gamedev on its own.
You need Blender, Maya or Max to be able to make game-ready assets.

>>170226857
day one buy for me

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>>170225997
>>170226451
>If so, Blender must be some kind of unholy mess.
You are like little baby

>>170226865
So if I wanted to give myself the best chance of creating good looking characters, I'd have to purchase a super expensive autodesk/modo license? Is it really that much harder to pull off in Blender as people say?

>>170227054
This is a great meme and all but Maya and Zbrush require just as many hotkeys to be effective.

>>170226275
It's because it's just direct tracing of jap-made characters, Anon...

>>170227054
And that doesn't even mention the video editing features. Blender is a mixed bag. It has a lot of awesome features (and for free), but it's a pain using them the first time.

>>170226749
No, I use Maya.

>>170226740
I think our experiences are coloring our opinions on ease of use, here. For instance, I use Maya and I find many things straightforward in the program, but to someone who hasn't touched it before, it can definitely look like a clusterfuck. Hell, I still sometimes find myself Googling where the hell to find an option that they seem to have moved between version updates.

But, even coming from Maya's menus-on-menus, I still think Zbrush's interface is pretty convoluted. Maybe the benefit of your experience leads you to believe it's easy, but that definitely wasn't the case for me.

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>>170227240
Nor the billions of addons - Many of which are entire programs in their own right.

>>170227396
Zbrush was the first 3D software I tried. Later I learned Blender, and found that to be a much harder task.
Zbrush was just natural.

>>170227396
>No, I use Maya.
Where do you get the money for it?

>>170227148
You can pirate anything, but no, Blender is still viable for pretty much anything 3D related, but it will be a bit harder to learn (and sometimes wrestle with)

>>170227159
>Zbrush
>require hotkeys
???
For what?

>>170227148
If you don't want to use Blender for sculpting, you can still use Sculptris, which is free.

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i'm not going to make it to demo day. i'm 8 days behind on features. totally over scoped myself.

>>170227640
Just like pirate game

>>170227793
>Sculptris
No animation.

I need something I can make moving characters with and I keep seeing people struggle to make characters in these threads. I'm still in the very early beginner stages of 3D modeling though.

>>170228059
Zbrush doesn't have animation either, Anon.
If you want to do "AAA" 3D dev you better get used to navigating back and forth between multiple 3D programs.

>>170227934
But then you won't be able to make money off your game, at least not if it's successful.

>>170227793
>>170227793
>???
>For what?
Lightbox (comma), Spotlight (z and shift z), all the transpose shit, need hot keys for brushes unless pressing BCB for clay buildup BCT for claytube and BPI for pinch etc etc etc over and over is fun for you. color operations (c and v), lazy mouse (L), subdivision shit (d, shift + D). Plus all of the ctrl and alt drag gestures, fuck man this is just off the top of my head. I could go on and on.

>>170228158
Wait, you can create in Zbrush then add joints and animation in Blender?

Sorry, big newfag here. Also does photoshop fit in anywhere besides textures?

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>>170228171
>Autodesk doing a fidelity check/audit of your game, ever
>not just making all your models and then buying a month's subscription to go legit

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>>170219012
>he doesn't have at least 1,000 people eagerly following every development update
>he doesn't even have 1,000 followers
>there is literally no hype for his game
No offense but if I were you I would just give up. What's the point in making a game for yourself?

>>170228190
Lazy mouse I get, but all the other shit is really not used often enough to require hotkeying.
That's like saying you need hotkeys for MS Paint, because there are multiple tools to choose from.

>>170228293
Naturally.
But before you reach that stage you'll have to retopologize your sculpted model.
You can do that manually in Blender, or use one of the many auto-retopo programs out there (which all give you different results).

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>>170228374
>Not releasing your game under GPL

>>170228374
I have over 1000 followers on tumblr, but I'm certain over 90% are bots

>>170228171
lol

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Redoing Whimp's Walk Animation, but it still looks pretty damn spidery until I shade it. Hopefully that goes away

I never used this method for animating until recently, but I dig it for blocking things out

how do you make a genre like graphic adventure game appeal to a wider audience and more attractive to non-nerds?

>>170227831
honestly dude if your enemies from previous videos still work id be stoked just to spawn into a room with a bunch of them and play around with what you have now

>>170219012
>Demo day? oh well.
>Comfy Jam? don't yell.
>Progress? do tell.
>Nodev? still dwell.
>Idea guy? like hell.
>Artist? expel.
>Industry? cartel.
>Triple-A? bombshell.
>Indie game? won't sell.
>Made a game? farewell.

>>170229005
>Alexander Hamilton

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How's that game development going, anon?

>>170229468
Demo Day is the same day as one of my hardest midterm exams, so I'm balancing that pretty poorly (gamedev is fun, school is not)

>>170229468

chris is so cute

Am I dealing with an ideaguy? I'm doing the programming, art, and music. He's doing the writing and worldbuilding.

>>170229949
If he's actually writing the design document, then he isn't just an ideaguy; there are professional game writer positions (not usually for indie games, but that's beside the point).
I don't know what you mean by worldbuilding; to what extent? Is he sketching things out? Is he making models in a program?

>>170229949
Yes you absolutely are

>>170230158
He's writing and describing characters and enemies to me but that's about it.

>>170229949
yes

I will sketch you something for your game!

>>170228351
They will if you're making enough money.

>>170220250
you will NEVER finish your game

>>170229949
duh
>b-but writers are useless
some people are terrible at stories. if you don't need him, leave him.

>>170230226
Then he's a step above ideaguy, but only barely. It depends how much writing he's doing and how much it helps the game get made.

>>170228454
>retopologize
Can you explain this simply for a retard? How time consuming is it?

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uh oh

so apparently tiled just uses a single index for the tiles in the map format so when you increase the size of the tilemap image the indices get fucked unless you happen to have every single map open at the time you update the image

>>170230226
The requirements for professional-level game writing are rather high; you've basically got to know everything about Game Design Documents, how game dynamics, mechanics, and aesthetics work, and (if he's doing the story) creative writing on a level slightly below book writing.
If his writing isn't structured into a GDD properly, then he's just an ideaguy. You have to ask yourself if your project and your skills warrant the need of such a person. There's a million people out there with a screenplay; that is neither the hard nor financially burdensome part of making a movie, though. With games it's a little bit different; if your game is very story dependent or your skills are lacking it might be a great asset...but only if he structures his writing in a proper GDD. There are books on the subject, if you're interested.

>>170230483
Let's not kid ourselves here: it's very unlikely that anyone here is going to be making that kind of money. And if you anticipate making bank, just buy a month or two of license time before release.

>>170230668
>There are books on the subject, if you're interested.
Not that guy, but I'm interested.

>>170219197
if a tree plays your game in the woods and nobody is around to see it, is it still a game?

>>170230582
When you sculpt you work with millions of triangles. That's unusable in a game engine.
You have to remake the general shape of your sculpt with much less polygons. That can be done manually, or you can have a mesh generated.
This new lowpoly mesh is the one you'll be using, so you have to bake normal maps, occlusion maps, cavity maps, etc. from the high-poly sculpt to the lowpoly one.
You should probably UV unwrap your lowpoly mesh before you do the baking, though. That way you can get a sensible layout of your textures.

>>170230668
I'm interested, do you recommend any book(s) in particular?

We're both pretty new to gamedev, I've done programming and art and a bit of music before and he's done writing before but not for a game.

>>170230807
>>170230895
Read "Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing" first. There are several books mentioned in the text that I also recommend you read; I think one of them is a creative writing book. Can't remember which ones specifically but if you read that book you'll find em.

As always, if you're looking for e-books
http://www.reddit.com/r/trackers/comments/hrgmv/tracker_with_pdfsebooks_of_college_textbooks/c1xrq44
If you do not have a tablet, you should get one and read it all the time. Even if you've only got 15 minutes while you're waiting for something or you're walking in a park or something. It adds up. And of course, apply your new knowledge through practice as soon as you can.

Are Jacob Lewis's Blender tutorials on Youtube worthwhile for beginners?

>>170228728
Add some kind of mini games or time/relationship management system.

>>170231101
Is this the one? https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Techniques-Video-Game-Writing/dp/156881416X

I get two 1-hour slots of uninterrupted reading time during my commute each day, so I can devote a fair amount of time to it.

What's the most difficult kind of game to program? An MMO?

>>170231101
>walking in a park or something
>reading while standing/walking
Man, I can't even eat while walking. Thanks for the recommendation, though. I've been buying a few books on craft lately, on the recommendation of this thread. Hopefully some good will come of it as I apply the reading material to my work.

>>170231101
Also, wikipedia is your friend.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDA_framework

Read this at some point if you're interested in the MDA approach.
https://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/MDA.pdf
You can format your GDD from the get-go with MDA or just go with your own approach.

>>170231268
Yeah that's it. Don't expect to know exactly everything there is to know about writing a structured document right away for every type of game. The problem I ran into most of all when I was writing the first few drafts of my GDD is that everyone on the internet talked structure but hardly talked substance. Structure matters, sure...but you can end up with a really bloated document of if you approach it with only that in mind.

>>170227054
you can use blender and never use a hotkey. it has menus, toolbars, search, and even comes with a maya PIE menu addon

I am pretty good at drawing on paper but suck at drawing on the computer. Is there a way to import your drawing into your game? What is the best way?

>>170231560
>you can use blender and never use a hotkey
It's close to impossible to model in Blender without hotkeys.
You'd know this if you'd ever used Blender.

>>170231581
Drawpad.

>>170231560

Yeah, have fun with modeling at 1% potential speed.

>>170231581
You could try a scanner, a drawing tablet, or a tracing lightbox.

>>170231581

Buy a tablet or scan the images using your phone. There are some pretty good "scanning" apps for the phone.

>>170231787

you can also buy a scanner or printer/scanner combo.

the weird thing about printers is that you can get decent quality printers for like $15, what costs money is usually the ink which runs up to the hundreds.

>>170231787
Aren't the only worthwhile tablets over $3000?

>>170231787
>>170231980
>Buy
>Buy

give me something fun and easy to sketch

>>170231645
>>170231605
how about you two tools learn to follow a conversation? people were implying Blender was harder because you have to learn hotkeys, as if you don't in every other program in order to work fast and efficiently. I was pointing out if you dread hotkeys you aren't forced to use them, and whatever the fuck makes Maya easier than Blender, can fucking be used in Blender because they have a Maya interface and fucking PIE menus.

>>170228736
i've considered it but even the AI is completely bare bones. they have no obstacle avoidence, ability to get up after being knocked over, or even basic attacks. i meant to do all this last week but i didn't manage my time very well at all.

>>170232080
Sorry, I'm not a nigger.

>>170232172
>if you dread hotkeys you aren't forced to use them
You are, though.
Blender is completely inoperable without hotkeys.

>>170232161

Sketch Jock suicide bombing an ally warrior.

>>170226857

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>>170232017
>Aren't the only worthwhile tablets over $3000?
Graphire/Bamboo/Intuos tablets are all perfectly serviceable and are used by professionals. People also use Monoprice tablets and Yiynova/Ugee display tablets with little to no issues. Check Parkablogs for tablet reviews.

Also, a Cintiq 22HD is nowhere near $3k, and is about as professional a tablet as anyone really needs. I personally wouldn't recommend getting one unless you're a serious hobbyist or an actual creative professional.

Are MIDIs any good for game music?

I like drawing traps what kind of game should I make?

>>170231581
buy a scanner. got one for $10 at a thrift store. funnily enough I decided to learn how to use a mouse to do art. I did this >>170224376 with a mouse and used this >>170226275
to learn how to do it

>>170232161
a nodev

>>170232647
patreon and tumblr bait webms. the game part is optional

>>170232648
I decided to borrow my neighbor's scanner I am too lazy to go to the thrift store

Ryan Jake Lambourn ya mama is looking for ya. Go back home kid.

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now comes the harder part

>>170231338
A game that includes a superintelligent AI, since any other game buildable could be built by the AI instead.

How much more practical is sculpting on a pad/tablet compared to a mouse & keyboard? How necessary is it for a 3D artist?

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The menu UI is not pretty but I haven't had time to actually work on it aesthetically. I just wanted to get the code out of the way as priority before DD13.

Finished implementing upgrade currency. Normally you get spirit coins at the end of a stage based on your score/performance but if you run out of credits or need to pause>exit to main menu to quit the game you can still get partial coins (but without the large bonus modifier beating the stage would usually give).

You use the coins to upgrade yourself at the shrine offering shop (not power or speed or anything but basic stuff like lives/credits/dust(bomb) capacity). I will probably either include a code you can input at the start screen or just have an option at the shrine to outright max yourself out and start with full burst (options) since that will probably be more fun for a short demo instead of grinding the intro stage just because you want to upgrade if you are having a difficult time clearing Verse 01 (Normal).

On track to release the demo just hope it isn't too off-putting. I know shmups are a niche genre and the flavor I am going for is a niche within a niche but I love them

>>170231338
Netcode programming makes everything more complex.
An MMO is a problem of content. You need lots of content.

How do I make robust code? I can generally accomplish the stuff I want, but I can't help but feel like my code is really crude and basic in a way that will prevent me from ever really doing large-scale projects.

For example, I normally still have something like
>var x = Input...
>var y = Input...
>transform.Translate...
Which I feel is not how I should be doing things.

>>170233817
post your 3d art

>>170234379
OOP, SoC, no hard-coding

>>170234456
Is it possible to be doing stuff in Unity that isn't OOP?

>>170234569
The fact that you're asking that is pretty much a guarantee that you're not writing OOP code.

>>170234379
Plan ahead, and don't overdo the OOP thing. Only when it's needed.

This is a good article.
https://mollyrocket.com/casey/stream_0019.html

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cannon waifu shooting things.

>>170234626
I've done work in OOP before, it's just that then I was working on a preexisting codebase of millions of lines. It's the starting off part that I'm having trouble with.

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>tfw you finally kind of get the hang of Unity's UI system a little

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I look at all of you and your mindsets and your slow ass progress and your boring games and I suddenly realize. I'm going to make it.
Sorry you don't know that feel, scrubbos. Heh.
Later scrubbos.

>>170234801
I see none of your tower points are in front of a wall

>>170235002
Of course not anon. Then the sprites would billboard and clip into the wall and I haven't set up proper depth handling yet.

>>170234456
But how do you actually learn the hard skills to do this? It seems like you get the hard skills for basic stuff, the theory for complex stuff, but no help in applying the skills to the complex stuff.

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Getting all up in the enemy. Sorry about the infrequent posting, this part is kind of art intensive so it's going a little slow.

>>170234313
I feel like the coin system would be more balanced if it was like Forgotten Worlds, where if you go back to the title screen or game over you loose them but they persist otherwise. Maybe award a separate currency for unlocking costumes or Tofu mode or whatever.

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>>170226275

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>>170235441
is it your art?

>>170235441
I've always loved your progress. It is looking amazing already.

>I feel like the coin system would be more balanced if it was like Forgotten Worlds, where if you go back to the title screen or game over you loose them but they persist otherwise. Maybe award a separate currency for unlocking costumes or Tofu mode or whatever.

Oh I absolutely agree that balance will be one of the most important things to get right, but I am aiming to be as beginner friendly as possible.

I don't want someone who is new to the genre or has never been able to get into the genre to pick it up, play like a beginner would, and then feel like they are being punished. For the more hardcore crowd Lunar Cry mode will be what they are expecting from a shmup/danmaku and for Normal and below I want it to be challenging but not 'punishing' if that makes any sense. Sometimes I talk myself into circles

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fixed a few things but.. my punching bag keeps vibrating. how should i be calculating and applying its direction? the variables i'm working with are its current xy, the xy its suppose to fall to, and its fall speed.

my landing script only works without vibration because i set such a huge margin, and you can really see the effect ( sometimes its not landing at its shadow ).

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>check out another dev's code for a similar system
>it's way simpler easy to use than anything I've written
>start rewriting it from scratch again

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>>170235792
Some of it's mine (mainly the hud and font), most of it's drawn by my artist, and there's a couple holdovers from the first game that have stuck around way too long (the powerup icons and the smoke).

>>170235867
Maybe have the coins only persist in the story mode and make it more arcadey in arcade mode, or even disable coins all together in arcade. If somebody were to just grind stage 1 over and over again it'd trivialize the rest of the game in story, but the arcade mode would still be there for people who can take it.

>>170236276
Buddy I'm not even good enough to rewrite my code to begin with. It's probably the single most spaghetti in here, and it just keeps growing larger and I don't have the skills to make it not trash and no one seems to have any advice on what I'm doing.

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I made a menu companion/guide thing

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>>170236536
Also a generic loading icon

>>170236357
nigga you fucked

>>170234737
why does cannon never want to go outside? she just wants to stay in and watch shoujo all day!

>>170236327
Pretty good idea honestly. The story is what I am hoping would be the pull for the more casual players so if they need to upgrade to max in order to enjoy it and get all 3 endings I would be okay with that. And in Lunar Cry I could disable all upgrades leaving the player with only 2 lives, 1 dust and 1 credit.

Happy devving, shmoopdev! Thank you for giving me something to consider!

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>>170236647
And some improvements for the combat touchscreen + some ammo counter icons

>>170236710
I'm in a race against my scope. Maybe I can finish it without it getting unwieldy.

whats a 3-5 letter shorthand for general mobility related stats in a game?

there's ATK, DEF, CHR, LCK, etc. whats the one for mobility/movement?

>>170236856
SPD
RUN

>>170236878
spd works thanks

>>170236856
SPD/MOV

>>170230448
Sketch a possessed, floating sword with a cape.
It may go in the demo day build.

Heh.

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Suggestions for party-based ARPGs for research purposes? (J)APRGs are fine, too.

Bunch of scrubbos. Heh.

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Extremely rudimentary right now, training the AI to recognize how far the walls are from its center piece.
>pathfinding
Going to change the tileset to 32x32 before I dig in any deeper.

>>170232017
Not always, my first tablet was a cheap genius that was less than 100 bucks. Granted the stylus uses batteries and only had 3 replacement points, but after 10 years, lot of falls, and fat cats sleeping on it, still works perfectly.
I'm currently using an intuos draw, the cheapest of them, that's around 200 bucks. Totally worth the money.

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Anyone want to collab on a space game?

-Unreal 4
-I have tons of assets and can program
-Single Player or Multiplayer through steam
-VR support if wanted
-Either 3D or top down 2D works for me, top down is simpler and more realistic to accomplish

If interested email me at [email protected]

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what library would let me produce something like this?
I'm planning on making a turn based 4x and this is all the graphics I need

>>170237708
>not making LotGH the game

>>170237510
Loved Resonance of Fate. Just don't grind out that platinum unless you want to hate the game after.

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>>170237749
alternatively producing something like this would also be fine

>>170228736
Add a scene reset button and post it as a physics demo preview thing. It's fine, I'd also like to dick about with this.

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>>170237926

12 - Dorji
4* | ATK: 13 DEF: 09 |
Once per turn, you may select an opponent's warrior that has not been attacked or damaged; discard 1 card and destroy the warrior.

>>170237851
It's actually one of many games that I have to get back to playing. The combat is pretty unique, but doesn't quite fit the bill for what I'm looking for (which is "overworld battles", non-turn-based stuff).

>>170231235
This one is the absolute best.
https://youtu.be/JYj6e-72RDs?list=PLjEaoINr3zgHs8uzT3yqe4iHGfkCmMJ0P

>>170237851
Wish I could help more then but pretty much my entire exposure to party-based (J)ARPGs is the older Mana series. The AI was dumb as rocks but if you could program the ability to pass commands to them as needed or give them a 'gambit' style system/AI in the party menu to prioritize actions I think you have a solid start. Goodluck to you, anon!

>>170237926
>>170238040

My bad, didnt mean to quote, i usually click the number to bring the dialog box up and then delete the quote, but i forgot this time.

>>170238218
meant to reply to >>170238072

>>170237510
Tales of, Shining Resonance maybe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIE1CGlc4h4

>>170219012
Okay anons I'm looking at either gamemaker or unity right now. Which engine is better if your game would have a lot of content updates?

https://www.patreon.com/monstergirlisland
>20k a month
wait is this real

>>170238098
Really? Someone from the previous thread said he was shit:

>>170218704

I don't use Blender, but I copied this list from someone in this thread sometime last year:

>god tier:
borncg (cover all the basics, is also a certified blender trainer)
oliver villar (more advanced, learn by example. also the author of the bestselling blender book.)
darine lile (the only guy in youtube that have industry tier knowledge on making characters and he also have an excellent part on texture painting)

>good tier:
blender sensei (more about tips & tricks that might be useful down the road)
cg geek/ tutor4u (if you like to fuck around and make nice renders)

>shit tier:
blender guru (andrew price is overrated. alot of his tutorial involves downloading external stuff when in actuality you can create them in blender

>>170238382
make a simple game before you worry about content updates for your games

start with game maker

>>170232198
sure nigga

Game Jams are useless for people who already have a game they're working on (ie someone who isn't just an ideas guy that ditches projects after a week when they think of something else)
Prove me wrong (you can't)

>>170238438
And he's never going to finish the game which is hilarious.

>>170238508
you are not going to finish both games anyway

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>>170237818
>tfw want to make a space mecha action/adventure/RPG with robot fights, worldbuilding, fictional political conflict, and interesting character development
>basically like my favorite /m/ shows but with more world exploration, crew management, mech construction/crafting, and occasional ground missions
>too lazy and distracted to even start
>it would most likely be a bloated clusterfuck, anyway
I'd also love to do a much simpler mecha game that's basically like Patlabor, but I'd probably run into the same issues.

>>170238448
They were trolling you. For the doughnut tutorial Andrew walks through Blender explaining everything for someone who has never opened the program before. You hardly have to download anything. It's the easiest place to start.

>>170238438
around 4k supporters isn't a whole lot either.
that's about 5$ average
within 4-8 months, they pay about the price of the game at retail

>>170238438
Yes, it's real. Just make a furry porn game or a porn game in general for easy Patreon bux.

And I guarantee that game will almost never get finished.

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Aside from loli-sim dev, do any of you beta cucks even lift?

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>>170238218
>>170238307
Thanks, guys, I'll check both of those out.

What is a good texture resolution if you want to do MML style PS1 era pixel graphics?

>>170238448
https://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/

the beginners course on the main site is pretty good and has lots of practice exercises which really helps you get better at 3d modeling

>>170238637
a patlabor like could be interesting in the fighting mechanic alone
it wouldn't be too hard if you added VN scenes along with it
and party management
and customization/upgrades

then once you have money from sales - you can make a sequel that takes place in space, with everything you ever wanted in it

>>170237708
>A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of
its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es)
failed:

>[email protected]:
>no valid MX hosts found

>>170238809
32x32

nothing bigger than 64x64

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>>170238930
This is what you wanted, right?

>>170238687
>>170238705
how do i into art

>>170239216
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewMksAbgdBI

>>170238975
Better than Blender Guru?

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>>170230448
Maybe Corgi fanart?

>>170239057
fuck off homura!

>>170238976
Anon. stop getting my hopes up. I'd have to actually finish a game to make a sequel.

Alright people, I know java and want to make FE clone for myself, and I have no idea where to start, or what engine to use for that 2D sprite gba style. I refuse to learn C++, so how do I go about this ?

>>170239729
1. Get a better attitude.
2. Learn C++.

>>170239905
No. Java is the only OO language I need. I'd rather do it in C if I could. C++ isn't really my style, couldn't get into it

>>170239729
Grab LibGDX
Make some simple/jamgames to get comfy with it
Make your masterpiece clone

>>170240015
>Java is the only OO language I need
Not if you want to make games it isn't

>>170240036
There is literally nothing wrong with Java

>>170240015
then use C#, a better java

>>170240081
Aside from it being shit for games.

>>170240156
Minecraft was written in java

>>170240191
Minecraft is not an example of a well programmed game

>>170240015
This guy gets it: >>170240092

>>170238705
>>170238532
whats this it will never finish meme

>>170240092
>>170240264
I know basic c# syntax but should I really get into learning c# and then making some game rather than making it in java which I'm already good at ?

>>170240024
I'll look into it, thanks.

>>170239349
This art series is really good for any of you guys who want to learn how to properly draw from the very basics you will be making art for your game in no time

>>170240382
>should I really get into learning c# and then making some game rather than making it in java which I'm already good at ?
Yes. As someone who started with Java, I can say that C# is relatively easy to pick up. It'll give you more options, more flexibility, and if you want to move to C++ at some time afterward, I think it's a nice stepping stone.

>>170240627
Ah, I see. Then off to learn C#. Do i begin with scratch or just make some programs and begin with projects ? I'm good at algorithms and general coding practice, know the basic concepts.
Also, any book recommendations ?
Also, thanks for replying, /agdg/ threads are generally people posting their progress but not enough helpful anons to let a noob begin his own

>>170221156
t. shitty dev

>>170240824
Just start with some unity tutorials. Basic syntax of java and c# are nearly identical, you don't have to start from scratch

Always kill a nodev before a shitty-dev, Jim-Jam

>>170240824
This site/book has been recommended before: http://www.csharpcourse.com/
I still haven't had the chance to go through it but it seems to have helped others.
>thanks for replying
No problem. Have fun learning.

>>170240923
Is unity good for the type of game I'm aiming for ?(Fire emblem clone/ turn based SRPG) ?
Or is it overkill ?
>>170241073
Thanks, bookmarked.

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Hi, I decided to change my scope for my game. Making a minecraft/terraria type game was not turning out to be very fun and the scope of such a game is way, way too big for my first ever game dev project.

So instead I'm taking the same basic gameplay and making a puzzle game where the player mines/places blocks to do platforming challenges, collect items or avoid/block obstacles that could kill them, stuff like that. Maybe with "beat it with this many blocks or less" bonus challenges and such. This webm is my first test. You can solve this (easy) room with only one block!

>>170241285
Looking good, keep the progress up! I love the attitude and the cool-headed approach, and the game looks pretty polished for just blocks

>>170241151
Unity's component based shit is not really built for turn based stuff. It's entirely possible to make your own class-based engine, have one unity script that calls update on it and just keep references to unity gameobjects inside your code which is completely separate to it, but you need to be familiar with how unity works in order for that to be practical at all

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>>170241421
My blushing protagonist hitbox dev art thanks you.

>>170238245
Figured, no worries.

>>170241285
Apart from random generation, storing block data in an inventory and enemy AI, various usable items programming...

Never mind. Terraria has a lot more shit to it than you'd guess at first glance.

Its always a good idea to limit your scope and push a small project to its limit instead of the opposite. Looks neat, Carry on!

>>170237856
If you're making a pulsar-like could you make it open source and multi platform?

>>170241151
It just comes down to writing a "state machine" to determine what part of the turn you're in, and whose move it is.

>>170241151
Depends. It does have 2D capabilities but you may run into the occasional problem with it. However, there's a large community and a lot of tutorials to help you out. If you don't want any 3D elements at all, you could consider GameMaker, which has its own scripting language.

>>170241448
>Unity's component based shit is not really built for turn based stuff.
Coroutines are perfect for turn-based stuff, though. Regardless of whatever language you use, you'd need to keep references to whatever's representing the characters on screen. It does take some time to learn the engine, but what engine doesn't? I think maybe using MVC on top of Unity's existing component stuff might be helpful in this case.

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Performance test, trying to run the game smoothly on mobile with a terrain.
>Unity terrain works like dog shit on mobile (Moto G4 Plus) :(

>>170240838
Listen bitch just because you're jealous of yesdevs doesn't mean you can just label them all shitty devs and then that magically makes them less than you. You're less than garbage here, nodev.

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>he makes 3D games
What's the point? You will never finish or sell your product with your shitty art-style.

>>170241850
shitty devs != yesdevs

>>170241874
t. can't handle 3D

>>170241926
Still you avoid the main point which is that nodevs are the omegas in the hierarchy. Still trying to bolster your self confidence over being a nodev somehow. Pathetic.

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>>170241929
Where is your 3D game? oh wait, its already trashed

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Released the thing - I'm finally a gamedev. Not sure if it's fair to still submit it to DD, but will do anyway.

https://rokasv.itch.io/yokrytte

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>>170242000
nodev is still better than being a scum, and you should know it since you have no game

>>170242116
Nodev is worse than scum

>>170242116
You're making no sense and are shitposting aggressively which suggests you're probably drunk again. Have another (You) for the road ya bum.

BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT GAMEDEV (by not devving)

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>copy paste a very hard math formula off google
>change some values around
>it works

>>170242202
>>170242162
t. nodevs

>>170242276

This and frankensteining code from other people's projects is my approach to coding.

>>170242162
Why are you such a scum and not posting your game then?

>>170242276
Nothing wrong with that.

>>170242310
This guy seems a bit fucked though, unless he's just exaggerating.

>>170242427
>scrubbo calling everyone a scum
Heh. Fuck off scrubbo.

>>170242427
Why are you such a scum and not posting your game then?

What is SORD?

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>>170242469
>>170242471
>making fun of nodevs
>while being one of them

>>170241874
I like the pastel colored low poly meme style and think it looks nice

>>170242530
>taking offense to nodevs not being respected
>posting this many reaction images
Scrubbo AF

>>170242530
>making fun of nodevs
>while being one of them

>>170242578
>nodevs getting this triggered

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If you have any interesting ideas for blocks or types of puzzles feel free to dump them on me, I'm spending some time coming up with interesting block types for the player to collect and mess around with before I make any actual puzzles.

>>170242578
>>170242616
nodevs on suicidewatch

Does anyone know offhand if you can spawn/place objects in between backgrounds in GM:S without having to make the background it is behind a foreground?

>>170242540
I hope you are going to like my game then. ;_;

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its no good, i cant help it

i have to remove all the macros from this code base as it is making debugging too hard

Why is Visual Studio better than Xamarin?

>>170242660
blocks that can only exist if they're touching a certain (different?) color of block

Is sculpting absolutely necessary if you want to create good looking characters? Also how necessary is it to have a pad/tablet?

>>170219450
Nice outline

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its so annoying having to always switch windows all the time i almost feel like i have to print the code out so i can hold it in my hands

Are all demoday games being reviewed or do you have to be known enough around here to have someone review your demo? I might make it for this demoday, but I posted like two updates so far and I'm afraid of being called a whodev

>>170245768
which game

>>170245671
Multiple monitors
Tiling WM

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Hey, Adam here.

I make game soundtracks and sound effects if you need any.

I make diverse stuff, from orchestral to EDM, but I especially excel at synth heavy themes.

My two latest game comissions :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e_lwgIHHv4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn0wl83K1os

Here is a video with actual information :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=046Peo76efA

Contact me at [email protected] if you are interested.

>>170242486
A miserable pile of pixels.

>>170243120
>>170242540
Post 'em

>>170241874
I want to have pretty girls with interchangeable outfits. I think it would be inviable in 2D.

>>170243719
>Xamarin is a Microsoft-owned San Francisco, California-based software company

I suppose they don't have to make it better...

>>170245671
>devving with a steering wheel

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>>170245782

this one

>>170246453
Yeah you'd have to do some real gay shit to make it viable in 2D. Some combination of:

* low res
* clothing only reflected in portraits
* non animated characters
* skeletal animation (perhaps the best choice, I hate how it looks though)
* massively scaling back scope of how many girls/outfits

>>170246730
>>170245768
Some anons remember it, if you have a demo why not upload it? Your game is obviously in development so no one will complain about you shilling a finished product or anything like that.

>>170246837

Thanks. I don't have a demo yet, but I'm pretty confident I can push myself and have one for the DD13

>>170246796
2D>3D=2.5D>1D

>>170247035
You'd rather play a 2D game with no animations than a animated 3D game?

>>170247093
No
I'd rather play a 2D games with animations than a 3D game with animations
I'll play both but 2D before 3D

>>170247035
Here's mine:

Fun games > Not fun games

>>170247303
That's what I already said.

>>170247158
Actually what will happen is that it won't be possible to play the 2D game since the scope is huge and it will never leave development hell.

>>170247035
((0x2D>>0x3D) == (0x25D>>0x1D)) == true;
But I disagree.

>>170247035
Style is the only thing that matters, look at the lastest Guilty Gear.

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>>170245819
I'll see what i can find
>>170246627
I got it working through SDL but its just in the way now

i cant get these at the same height so itll be a bit weird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-5kvqZBRVg

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>>170242076
Good job, m8. Always liked your project, and I put multiple of your progress images/vids to my Inspo folder.
was kinda hoping it'd turn out to be a minimalistic roguelike
Glad to see you finished it! On to the next project, brah.

>>170243490
Fucking use filters for your files, you ass butt.

>>170248282
The roguelike is still alive. This is a 3 week puzzle game with some heavy asset reuse.

I've been away from these threads for a while. Has the shitposting finally died down a bit?