/agdg/ - Amateur Game Development General

I decided on a dev name for myself, I'm gonna call myself nodev because I'm writing a game in node (get it? lol)

>demoday 13 hype is dead before the submission deadline is here

anyone want me to stream their demo

>>170588045
Nah, I think I've gotten all I can out of watching folks play my game for now.

>>170587948
It's the same every DD.

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Press F to pay respects to Sir Howard Hodgkin, AGDG incarnate.

>"People have often said to me, 'aren't you lucky to be able to do this for a living' and I say no, thank you, I'm not lucky," he told the BBC in 2014.
>"I may be lucky with the result but to go through the horrors of painting pictures is not something I ever look forward to."
>“I’ve always hated doing it.” Seriously? “Yes, seriously.” So why carry on? “It’s what I do. I have no other skills. It’s always been agony.”

>>170587948
It should honestly probably be 24 hours

>>170588206
Is this real?
>I have no skill at thing and hate doing it but someone mistook my utter incompetence for artistic brilliance once and now I have to keep doing this forever because if I stop they'll stop throwing money at me

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repost, working on auto incline adjustment because there isn't any right now.

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HD portraits, no more mixels.

>>170588045
https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-13/rate/122787

No one I've seen has beat the second boss yet. Still need opinions on balancing, would be appreciated!

>>170588350
Yes, anon, that's what careers are built on.

>>170588404
https://www.twitch
.tv/starto_sil/

streaming your game

>>170588605
sweet

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One time repost for anyone who cared but missed it.
Thank you for trying the demo! Four of the biggest concerns I have seen besides keyboard and dpad issues (which I fixed with the v_3 upload) I will address below.

1. Lag/fps:
I have not nailed down the recommended system requirements yet so it will not run at 60fps for all players (but it absolutely can run at 60). I will do my best to optimize things so more people to enjoy the game.

2. Invisible hitbox:
I noticed most ppl never used the Focus button in their plays/attempts. If you hold the Focus button (default is Shift on kb and L.Trigger on controller) it will both slow down your movement to make dodging easier as well as make your hit box visible (a small dot in the middle of her sprite). Focus also brings your burst flames in closer if you have any so you can concentrate your attacks.

tl;dr Use focus for dodging and concentrating attacks and unfocused for faster movement and spread attack

3. Difficulty:
I am striving for this to be as accessible as possible to even casual/beginners of the genre but at this early stage I knew balance was still yet to be reached. I added a Lost Coin Purse to the Shrine>Offering section for this purpose. Normally you get spirit coins by playing but this option will let you not only get enough coins to buy all of the upgrades above it (lives, credits, dust) but it will also let you start the demo with max burst

4. Burst button does nothing:
In order to use your Burst attack for large damage and score boost your gauge under your portrait needs to read 5.0/4.0
Each 1.0 you get up to 4 will add a black flame which attacks with you to increase your overall damage. Exceeding will give you a blue flame (picture related) which indicates you can fire it. Firing it drops you back to 4.0/4.0

Use your Special (tap, release, and then hold shoot) to fire red and build burst faster but you have to refresh it every few seconds.

Thank you again for giving my project a chance!

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>>170588901
>mfw that boobgrab

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How many FPS does your game get when you let it run on unlimited SANIC speed?
Mine gets 5.5k on average.

>>170587934
Believe it or not there are already a few of those out there

>>170589081
28
my optimization sucks

>>170587934
node sucks, but the pun/name is great

>>170589081
I don't have a computer that can run it turbofast but apparently some of the people doing streams are running my game at 2k or 3k FPS

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Lots of boring backend progress, but there's fancy new menus now, and those play better for webms.

If anyone's got any suggestions for options (besides visible hitbox and legacy hud, working on that now) feel free to post 'em.

>>170589081
Usually hovers around 2k, but goes up to 5k sometimes.

>>170589081
My engine doesn't let me go over 60.

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>>170589485

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>>170589485

>>170589518
>>170589551
I mean, I guess I could program in an FPS limit that you set.

>>170589301
the perspective on the red buildings look weird

>he doesn't know how to make a state machine

>>170588404
having things that are two or more pixels wide doesn't automatically mean you have mixels, especially if you're going for a stylized, uh, style, like you clearly are

>>170590035
I don't, got any tutorials that can help me?

>want to rip some textures
>.crn
what do

>>170588404
howd you make this anon

>>170589081
120-140 FPS standing still, 100-110 FPS in motion
I was thinking of letting the player pick their FPS cap, with settings at 24, 25, 30, 45, 50, 60, 70, 90, 100, 120, 200, and uncapped-- or something like that

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>>170590035
I'll have you know my entire game is a series of state machines

>>170590316
Why not just let the player type in any number, and 0 be uncapped?

>>170590389
this
it feels too easy to be correct

Guys the videos are finally done processing for the first batch, the descriptions got deleted though for some reason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxhjdNsI5EI&list=PL3UnRTGSnUmnm1hXgsXZ7BmV__qq3Vyql

>Monolith
>Yokrytte
>Umbrella Warriors
>Ghost Knight Victis
>MoGiSho
>Ctesiphon Alpha
>International Bounty Hunter

These are the current games recorded so far. The recordings aren't lets plays, they're pretty much only for statistical video reference that the devs can use. I tried to cycle through menu options, use gamepad/keyboard/mouse, and various other test stuff.

International Bounty Hunter DEV!
I had a bug with the load box that popped up that I tried to replicate but wasn't able to. Its at about 1:09, 1 min 9 secs, I thought it might be related to the resolution and windowed mode but I couldn't replicate it like I said before.

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Today I Implemented movement and line of sight for the portion of my game that involves moving around.

The idea is you'll be finding food and resources while bigger players try to find and eat you.

>>170590095
pastebin.com/UPvj6rHb
$100 please

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>>170589609
Yeah, a couple of the buildings in the middle row are also at different perspectives; it'll probably get another art pass sooner or later, after the first level is done. It's pretty serviceable as a title screen right now, though.

My game doesn't look as good as the ones people post on here, should I give up?

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god damn if the whole bob ross gamedev was just a setup for this joke it was worth it

>>170590857
just say the art is ironically bad

>>170590625
>public class StateMachine
You lose.

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recursive pushing works with rotator blocks!

but I broke non-recursive

>>170590619
whats the difference between the dark green and light green tiles?

>>170590865
but UI design IS fun

>>170588404
I think your game has some pretty great gameplay but honestly the writing and character design need complete overhauls, they are as boring as it gets. "Edgy teen living with his grandma finds an ancient secret in a tiny cave just outside town" doesn't cut it.

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>>170590975

>>170590698
the right side of the leftmost red building is the biggest offender. other than that its looking really really good.

Is the Megaman Battle network clone dev still alive?

>>170588404
Now 100x the effort!

>>170591153
He posted a few hours ago.

>>170590986

Its real early looks wise. The two shades of green are grass and brush (brush will be visible but you can only see whats inside if you're connected).

The light tiles are whats in your line of sight and the darker ones are out of line of sight.

Grey tiles are rocks.

>>170588404
Actually looks like you introduced mixels...

Now you've got fat pixels (eyes, mouth) and small pixels (everything else).

>>170590901
It's a generic example anon

>>170591252
http://boreal.aggydaggy.com/programming/2016/05/25/mean-clean-state-machine.html

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Currently making the background for my game

here is some progress

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Walljumping that feels okay and a new emoji added. I want to redo the eggplant one but it is hard to draw a small eggplant.

>>170589081
120-130 in Firefox, 240 in Chrome. This is on Linux with open-source AMD drivers.

>>170590035
>he doesn't have a change_state function with double nested switch statements

>>170591326
Dang that tree is gnarly. Neat.

>>170591209
huh cool. i look forward to seeing your progress.

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>>170591326

Did the Ctesiphon dev use Sonniss as an audio source? I think I recognize one of the "machine whirr" sounds from there.

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>>170546251
>>170546517
>>170546330
>>170586463
>>170547128
Most indie devs (that actually release games) are indie studios that have to pay for an office, payroll, hardware, (legal) software and contract stuff out such as music, promotion and VAing... and most of this stuff is paid for with loans, investors or the team's savings.
When you see these sorts of statistics bandied around, remember that they're talking about professional independent teams who specifically do it as a job, not hobbists or amateurs who do it in their spare time.
An amateur dev should not have any overhead other than green-light, unless you are a complete idiot.

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>tfw you add something new and it causes a bug because of an oversight you made earlier without realising

>>170591280
Is this guy ever gonna make more tutorial type stuff? This state machine article actually helped me a ton with understanding how to make a state machine a couple months ago. I'd like to see more.

>>170591680
thanks I forgot to make it bigger so you can actually see here it is bigger >>170591738

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>try to make happy song
>sounds like a distorted ambient rape song where the protagonist is trapped on the moon or something

we moon level now boys

>>170591839
Sorry.

>>170591839
I'll contribute a compiler tutorial if people want that.

>>170591890
>sounds like a distorted ambient rape song
doubt

>>170587826
Updated the previous demo day and jam pastebins. Use them for the next thread, whoever makes it.

> Previous Demo Days
pastebin.com/rmiZV5yX

> Previous Jams
pastebin.com/LKEdLxdG

>>170591890
you have to post it now anon

>>170591890
LINK DAT SHIT IGGA

anyone got any good tutorials on pixel art?

>>170590067
The right portrait looks low-res compared to actual ingame graphics, sorry there was no context.

>>170591010
I realize the writing's weak in the beginning, but I'm hoping to make the world a lot more interesting through the characters you meet later. Character design is boring though, but I'm pretty lost on how to create good designs...

>>170591234
The eyes are thick on purpose, mouth I'll have to rethink.

>>170591763
>$1050 paycheck every two weeks
>after costs of living
>"we only get 12 dollars an hour guys!"
>On top of the massive potential profits from a successful game

AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAH

HEY GUYS CHECK OUT MY DANK RISK FREE ENTERPRISE!

They probably sleep in their studio too so they're straight up pocketing their paycheck.

is it better to make your own music or pay someone else to make it?
How much money do composers expect per song? Does it depend on the length?

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>>170591763
>mfw I'm CC'd on company invoices
>I get to see how much each project makes
>calculate how many 'me's each project is worth
>continually reminded of how underpaid I am versus how much profit is turned each year

>>170591890
Aw shit, son, do an X-Naut Fortress level.

>>170592472
Depends on as many factors as you can imagine, anon.

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>>170592480
>>170592386
>>170592365
>>170592020
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0S5RwRM2tGC

>>170588206
>all his art looks like it was made by a toddler
>pretentious artfags pretend it's not shit
>everyone is too afraid of being ridiculed as uncultured to state the obvious, that his meme art is terrible and belongs on the walls of a daycare
>millions of dollars and a knighthood later, this dude dies

I can't hate the fact this guy hustled tons of money out of fools.

>>170588350
>I have no skill at thing and hate doing it but someone mistook my utter incompetence for artistic brilliance once and now I have to keep doing this forever because if I stop they'll stop throwing money at me
He's not wrong.

>>170592463
The indie scene can be good for contractors and team members who have no financial investment in the company. For investors and people dumb enough to fund the studio with their own loans or savings, it's a financial apocalypse.
This is why you often see indie companies that put out one apparently successful game and then fold; the people paying the bills usually lose money or barely make a profit to justify the effort and risk, even with a game that sells well.

>>170592459
A game needs to be interesting right from the beginning, it doesn't matter if the second half is the best story ever told if most people won't even reach it because the first half is so boring.

There's no world building, the city is boring as all hell and there's no sense of urgency in the plot, nothing actually happens other than the player talking to the convenient plot device known as the old healer woman that directs the player to whatever he needs to do next.
It feels like you are just copying some very superficial tropes from other games without any personality and coherence.

Don't get me wrong, I'm only shitting on your game because I liked it and I think it has potential.

anyone have any good Blender tutorials?

How the hell does dungeon design work? Like, do you just randomly place keys, rooms and enemies and puzzles until something is fun?

>>170592886
You have to imagine the history of the dungeon. What was it for originally? How old is it, where was it built? How did it get so fucked up with monsters? You gotta play Dwarf Fortress in your head.

>>170592886
Build backwards.

>>170592831
What the fuck?
This was meant to be happy?

>>170592831
a-anon, what does happy mean to you?

>>170592831
jesus

>>170592831
consider a therapist

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>>170592831

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>>170592831

>>170592831
very good unsettling music, very shit happy music

>>170592886
dungeon design should work based on what your game is

for instance if your dungeon is very large you could feature a vender for the player to sell goods to

or if your dungeon is very small you make it so it loops around once you finish it

a perfect dungeon to me is black rock depths or hellfire ramparts

the way to move should be clear but also leave way for exploration

you shouldnt have puzzles in your dungeon just because

make it so that the puzzles reflect on the dungeon

such as in legend of zelda when there's some fire dungeon you can make water lava platforms by dropping water or something

>>170592831
This unironically sounds like music you'd hear while fighting Giygas from earthbound. Go make a secret ungodly horror boss and make this its bgm.

>>170592831
>>170593175
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPv0FSeB5Wg

>>170592886
You talking hand built dungeons or randomly generated dungeons?
If you're talking about hand built then check out Mark Brown's Boss Keys, where he takes a look at every Zelda's dungeon layouts. In his early episodes he doesn't really have the format nailed, but in the later episodes he has a very nice system for describing the flow of a dungeon.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc38fcMFcV_ul4D6OChdWhsNsYY3NA5B2

>>170592831
Damn, that's my kind of music. Are you wet right now?

what happened to all the lewd devs

>>170592831
Good lord anon, have you ever heard a happy song?

>>170593165
>>170592970
>>170592987
>>170593313
Thanks anons. Yeah, hand-made dungeons. Cheers

>>170592831
This is no accident.

>>170589081
3.8k moth power is what it maxes out at on a good day but I restrict it to 60

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>>170592831

>>170592831
this is great music for a headfuck boss that comes after a horror- or alien-themed level

Why are UE4 animation blueprints and blend spaces so annoying? Unity handles animation so much easier in comparison.

>>170594347
why do you have experience with both tools?

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I think she's done!

>>170594475
But where's the gameplay?

>>170594412
Is it illegal for someone to have used both engines? Are the Unity Police going to come for that anon?

>>170594475
seconding >>170594539

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>>170592831
In what way did you think this was happy while you were making it?

>>170594475
Far be it for me to instruct you on your style, but I think it'd look better if the red on her neck and upper breast looked like muscle fiber.

>>170591280
I still don't get why I should do that instead of just handling the data I need in the places I need
I mean I abstract it as much as I can so I can use everywhere and limit it as much as I can to where it needs to be and I don't have bare global variables, I feel like that should be enough

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Progress

I made the first enemy for my game but now I am trying to figure out how to animate him

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>>170594619
i thought i'd fix it in post

>>170594576
You are legally bound to Unity once you accept their EULA, it says right there that you can't use any other game dev tools until you finish your project ("canceling" a project doesn't count).

>>170592858
Looks like I'm in for some rewriting. I'm keeping some elements because the game's meant to be pretty short (3-4 hours long) so I can actually finish a game, but I'll try to create a better story hook.

>>170594475
The uterus port is a little unpleasant

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>>170594539
>>170594591

We have boxes that can move around in a world, shoot each other and pick up items (online).
Still haven't gotten 3DS compatible vertex paint shader in in though, so it looks ugly.

>>170594646
That could be cool Anon, but pic related is the texture map I'm using. As you can probably tell my options are rather limited.

>>170594475
What does it look like when she has her arms raised in a T pose?

>>170594748
fucking seriously? not going to use it now

>>170591739
I did indeed. There's a lot of useless junk in those packs but there's more useful stuff than most of my freesound searches. Are they doing another pack this year?

>>170594752
Disclaimer: Different anon.
>Looks like I'm in for some rewriting.
Being able to say that is the hardest part of becoming a great writer. I'm cheering for you, anon.

>>170594806
is it true that t pose isn't needed anymore?

i recall it reading somewhere

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>>170594673
nigga looks like a bionicle

>>170594748
link to that part of the eula?

>>170594669
Except you don't need a state machine at all. It's just states, maybe with an "intrusive stack" or whatever you want to call it. It's not really more abstract, it's just better to use.

>>170594880
Pohatu was fucking baller.
>all these weak niggas wielding plastic shit
>here I am with my timbs, gon kick yo butt

>>170594748
So, basically, the Unity Police are going to arrest that anon? Where in the EULA? Not even sure how that would be enforceable.

>>170594786
Good! I was afraid I had just made an uguu kawaii thing this time around.

>>170594806
That is the "T-pose".
She won't have amazing arm articulation, but she's just going to be an enemy, so it's fine. I'll just make attack animations which don't rely on bending the arms too much up.

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>>170595036
>>170594918
>>170594817
I lied.

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>>170595135

>>170594412
I used to use Unity but I want to release a commercial game and I don't like Unity's retarded licensing scheme.

how to add an idle animation without making my character look like shes dying to use the restroom?

>>170595071
I know that's the T-pose, I'm just a little concerned for your sake that the shoulders won't distort nicely when the arms are raised or turned much at all (which is fairly necessary)

>>170595237
Have your character piss herself on the spot.

>>170595209
to me unity has the best licensing scheme

fucking the chinks at tencent own your game if made in unreal

unity is still royalty free right?

>>170595237
Slow it down and add some other animations into the idle state that trigger after a certain amount of time like scratching the back of their head or something.

>>170593423
all dead exceptanubis

>>170595237
Add some piss nearby to show that she doesn't need to piss anymore.

>>170595237
don't move the feet, just wobble the arms very subtly and do a breathe in/out. If you're doing special idle animations (little things that are triggered by staying still for too long) you could have her look around the room or something

>>170595237
Piss

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>>170595284
I'm pretty sure it'll be fine.
The setup is pretty similar to this thing, and it works for what I need.

how to draw good pixel art?

are these threads just stealth furfag threads

>>170595527
start making some

>>170595539
Only when anubisdev is here

>>170590698
I thought the space to the left was the silhouette of a pepe

>>170595539
Stealth?

>>170595539
furry jam when?

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This is unironically the best place online to talk about gamedev. Which is extremely sad, true, but I'm part of it, so it's fine.

>>170595527
I prefer to draw a large image first then shrink it down and touch it up so it looks good at the desired resolution. If you're looking for general drawing tips there are literally millions of resources on the internet, do you have a specific area you are struggling with?

>>170595209
>>170595337
At Unity's $200,000 cap for Pro, you'd have spent $1500 (could be less or more, depending on how long you used Pro). I don't know what happens after that cap, but you don't have to pay royalties up to that point.
At $200,000 for Unreal, you owe them $10,000. You'll always owe them a 5% royalty, and that's on the full amount: not the money that's left after Steam or whoever takes their cut.

So I guess it depends on how fast you finish your game, and how much you make on it.

>>170595739
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEEBCSComdM
I'm (you)

>>170595601
>no anubis demo
>no Gods Gift demo
>no Theonian demo
never forget

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Updated with a couple of bug fixes: https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-13/rate/96397

Don't worry, I still missed a few.

Thanks for the feedback on stream, fruitdev.

>>170595759
steam takes 30% or 15% i forget

but how is 1500$ more then 5% flat royalties?

especially since you had to make 200k before

i recall that fucking midgets in star wars took a % percent royalties from lucas instead of a paycheck and they made enough money to retire for life

>>170594861
They sure did.

http://www.sonniss.com/gameaudiogdc2017/

I wish I could make robust code. I still just use bools and if statements instead of proper state machines.

>>170595926
>steam ever taking as low as 15%
That's a fucking laugh.

Yes, it's 30%

>>170595758
If I am trying to sketch something I am not sure how big of a circle an object should be on paper compared to the real life object etc

>>170596014
the amount of exposure from steam is well worth the 30% premium fee though

games WILL NOT be played if they aren't on the normie platform

Reminder that 100% of 0 is 0 so don't cry about Gaben's lunch or Unity's cuts, you wouldn't have any sales without them.

>>170596002
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/StateMachineBasics.html

>>170596149
taxation is theft

>>170596154
These are animation state machines. They're easy enough to use.

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These clouds are lookin better and better
Edges overlapping with other edges looks a little fucked right now because I refuse to do more than one lighting calculation per frag unless I absolutely have to but it's looking breddy gud imo

>>170595926
The Unreal licensing scheme would be profitable as long as you made less than $30k. Not factoring Steam's cut into that because it's late and math.

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>>170596038
If I'm reading this correctly you're struggling with maintaining proper scale? Doing pic related helps, I don't know what it's called exactly, measuring the proportions of objects using your pencil. If you're struggling with anatomy in particular I recommend Loomis, it's a pretty tough subject that takes a lot of practice.

>>170596491
make the alpha fade into blue instead of into black

>>170596496
I should say, profitable in comparison to Unity's $1500, because that's the point where they even out.

>>170596119
Yeah, things like itch.io and the Humble Store are nice, but if you want to make your money's worth, you've gotta pay to get on that Steam boat.

>>170596459
it's not a tax when it's an agreement you opt into of your own free will

>>170596552
>punch the dog

>>170596552
yes this is a huge problem for me like even looking at that picture I am like wtf. If I tried to draw the general body of that cat it would not look the same

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You fix one thing and something else breaks.

>>170596682
That's a stumbling block every artist must overcome, it really just takes a lot of trial and error. If you're a beginner you'll be re-drawing the same thing over and over again, if you're drawing digitally your finger will be over the undo key constantly, it's just a part of the learning process.

Are there any complete Unity projects that I can look at the structure of?

>>170595739
Hey that's my post on top

What does the best FPS counter look like?

Uppercase, lowercase, or capital letter?
Space or no space?
Colon or no colon?
Top-left of the screen, or top-right?
Only digits?

FPS: XX
FPS XX
XX FPS
XX

>>170597230
it should come with a few demo games, check the unity folder

>>170597326
FPS XX

you dont need the : because it is numbers

>>170595739
Gamefeel has to be the absolute worst meme arin convinced a generation of nodevs exists
there are actual quantifiable metrics to determine what makes a game "feel" good without the need for a made up term like gamefeel

FXPXS obviously

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>>170597326
XXFPS with no space, upper-left corner, in a blocky font.

If not for waypoints how the hell do I tell the player where to go in an open space?

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now there's actual defined recording start points because gameplay design

>>170594673
anyone like my knight?

>>170597589
a chu chu rocket clone?

>>170597572
Environmental cues.
Verbal cues.
Letting them find out on their own.

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>>170597572
T H E B I G W

>>170597619
Right leg needs better shading, back to the drawing board

>>170597667
More along the lines of frogger

>>170598310
ooh i can see how its frogger now

alright, time for thorough but low-effort reviews again
if I don't mention a game then I didn't like the genre and didn't play the game
if I don't mention a feature I thought it was average, like medium quality

Unnamed Pixel Platformer: I like the visual feel of this, although I really wish it was less pixelated. Jumping felt sort of imprecise, walking felt kind of fast and floaty, and jumping and both attacks had me feeling like I needed to press the button for a long time (and ending up pressing it longer than I needed to). I think I like what this is building to (outside of the pixelation).

Final Boss: I don't usually like or play scrolling shooters (or whatever you call 'em) but I loaded this up before I realized what it was. It was interesting, because of the minimalism and because of the presentation. The game felt pretty tight in controls and gradual in difficulty increase.

1/3 for today

>>170598540
It'll be more interesting once there's actual levels hopefully
At the moment I'm just making and testing features in a control rectangle environment

>>170597347
These seem to be set up pretty similar to how I've been doing things already. Are there any that use complex state machines/interfaces?

>>170598654
Gun*Cat: I like where the graphics are headed, and they're already pretty good despite being so obviously unfinished. I couldn't figure out the general flow of this game, or the specific flow of the weapons. I also couldn't figure out how to pick up the things you get from chests.

Project Sunshine: This is a really good setup you have here, you just need to fix the dash move (it always feels clunky), speed up respawning by probably 50%, touch up the physics, and get rid of the slight mixels when wall-climbing (unless that's plot-related, which I suspect it is).

2/3

>>170598678
the thing that would help you the most imo is changing the solid black background

it's very jarring compared to the cutiesy other stuff

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>>170598771
3/3
Cyber-Vania: The player character's tits jiggle too much, it's distracting (and unrealistic and makes me question what your motives are, but I try not to judge and at least you have the balls to do something like this). I managed to bug out the game by pressing Q in the test menu. I thought the base selection was completely not working but currently you have to select some other kind of part after the base to have it work (and you can still only select the first two it seems). The game feels pretty nice overall and I'm not that into the metroidvania style but I could have fun with this when it's done.

City Night: I played this in DosBox for the hell of it. It ran well normally, but the sound messed up when windowed and focused on another window, maybe the whole game did, I couldn't tell since it only happened when not actually playing the game; the error was the sound would get slow and choppy. I used the inventory at one point and then pressed Escape to see if that would also close it (it didn't) and then I pressed I and it bugged out and crashed and I couldn't start it again, even after restarting DosBox. It said to get csdpmi*b.zip-- fortunately I have that already, so I put the contents in the game's directory and it started up again, but the sound was consistently messed up after that, kind of slow and chuggy and now crackly too. Also the sound would mess up a little more every time the map would load, and eventually the collision detection messed up and the chasing man's graphics bugged up a bit, but I hadn't actually gone anywhere before the crash, so I don't know if that was an issue initially.
I really respect what you're doing here and I hope you finish. Adventure games aren't my kind of thing and neither is being chased, but I really look forward to the trailers, fan art, reviews, and most of all let's plays that this could get.

might do some more tomorrow depending on work

im working on a mech game but my programmer is fighting my idea that everyone talks with a new jersey accent and prounces it as "metch". how do you resolve creative differences by winning

>>170598771
Sunshine dev here. Thanks for the feedback.

>fix the dash move (it always feels clunky)
Clunky as in slow? Or too much delay after the dash/before you start falling?

>>170598778
Noted. Since the whole thing is completely devoid of any final art and those tiles are really contrasting and hard to focus on, I'm aware it's not exactly pleasant to look at yet.
I'm getting closer to the point where I'll actually start caring about art and making non-temp assets, until then I personally put up with it but I do realize it makes the webms pretty ugly to look at

I'll put a primitive skybox on my immediate backlog so it makes it least a little easier to look at

>>170595876
Noice!

Also you're welcome, I hope I was helpful.

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got my demo up for Demo Day 13. if anyone has a game controller, give it a shot please. Its a prototype platformer:

https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-13/rate/112557

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idle animation

>>170595739

Yeah really, but people aren't very nice to ideabros.

>>170599057
too much delay before and after, and sometimes the game would just seem to eat my input
I couldn't tell if it had a cooldown or not

for physics, I meant grabbing walls is slightly inconsistent (and doesn't work on this one wall that's not marked out in any way as you come up the first U section)

>>170599226
is it supposed to be that fast? I think a slower version of that would be great

>>170599226
http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Pixel-Artist

>tfw I could have made demo day if I had actually worked on my main game the past 3 days

>>170599410
yeah im with this anon

slow it WAY down to create some type of chill beat

looks good btw

>>170599132
ill try it out maybe today.

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>>170592831
lmao nice happy music man

>>170599132
not bad
why is the normal jump so useless compared to the couch jump


also it may just be me but id prefer if when you move the camera with the joy stick if the directions were reversed on the x axis

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>>170594673
Crack open a book and get practicing.

>>170599301
>idea
>bros
no such thing

>>170597382
Wow there are metrics for gamefeel? Good to know.

furry jam when?

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>>170599410
hmm, 0.3 seems okay.

>>170599462
step 2: draw the owl

i like to think i've improved at least a little since i've started.

>>170599994
way too lazy to read that I will just read the small part on animation in game maker studio

>>170600206
haha okay enjoy your shitgame haha

>>170600312
where is your game?

I am a fucking failure who will never finish a game

>>170595874
>No furry girlfriend demo

>>170600035
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_feel

>>170599041
I can never find people to work with, all I have is this one guy who's a complete idiot and he has autism or something (not that I don't) because he's just an asshole without realizing it all the time. He's nothing but an idea guy and I put tons of hours of work in and he's just insulting. Fuck off.

No one here ever wants to yesdev with me either.

>>170600069
never because furry devs know how to commit to a project and don't need to partake in the ideas guy dumping ground that is game jams

>>170600617
Jams are for practice you retard.

>>170600592
yesdev here

sorry mech games are not interesting to me

>>170599041
easy

JUST limit that ideal to one stage?

>>170600728
I'm not mechdev

I am unreal 4 though

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>started making a 3d mech game
>gave up
>devolved into a shoddy pixel artist conman

what the fuck

>>170601004
post pixel art

>>170600206
I don't see why would you need to read a reference book from cover to cover, but ok.

For the record, there are some good examples how to set up a walk cycle. The whole book is basically just a bunch of illustrations.

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Konichiwa from Japan. It is really a wonderful and strange country. Was just in Akihabara checking out all the retro game stuff, and the arcades. I really wish that there was still an arcade scene in the US.

>>170599132
it was honestly alright. lack of sound effects initially kind of jaring. wasn't sure what to do in the box grabbing area so i just spammed wall kick to leave the bounds of that area. the animations are competent. if anything i would say the movement is a little rigid. there's no inertia while your in the air at all which is kind of weird. so far the models looks quite passable.

some kind of basic sound effects and a little extra inertia would be fine.

>>170600592
What kind of games are you interested in making

>>170594475
trypophobia

>>170601098
There are 2 'n's in konnichiwa.

こんにちは.

>>170601098
There are no arcades in west?

>>170601098
tfw no chunithm
tfw the closest round 1 is an hour away anyway

>>170601524
non-shitty arcades exist but they tend to be centered around asian communities

>>170601098
welcome to japan anon

>>170600716
Jams are a waste of time if you're already on a real project
It takes literal days to adjust mindsets to shift between projects, and the stress of cramming everything into a small time period is not good for sanity
The best thing you can do to maintain productivity is work on your actual game

>>170601524
The only arcades around here are all attached to something else - mini-golf, pizza, bowling, etc.

>>170601408
Arigato. My Japanese knowledge is zilch, but I'm trying to pick up the basics :)

>>170601524
Not anymore. In the 80s/90s it was pretty big. Usually there is just a few arcade machines stuck in random places, like a movie theatre. And "barcades" were a thing for a little while, with retro arcade machines. But there isn't an arcade "scene" like there is here. By that I mean, in Japan there were lots of people who were dedicated to the arcade games and were very good. Here it's just kind of a novelty.

>>170601574
Just looked that up, I saw a guy playing that who was fucking amazing. He wore special gloves while playing, and was getting a perfect score, even though the things were scrolling by unbelievably fast. I was impressed af.

>>170601653
>>170601930
I see. So there are new releases? Or imports? I worked as arcade nurse for a few years and there are lot of new release games.

>>170601841
In Japan bowling lane are part of big arcades, lol

>>170601801
Thanks! Any tips on things to see/do?

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>>170598778
Makes a huge difference, thanks for pointing it out

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I'm doing good? And why a bunch of random keep send me messages like "Pay 100 Euro and get 10k view"

Also my game: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=876228846

>>170602190
literally whodev
also
>brazilian
BR? hue
Gtfo shill

>>170602130
i knew it would look cooler nice job on it !

Why haven't you put an "unregistered hypercam 2" logo on your hud in order to make anyone who records your game look unprofessional?

>>170602332
only on the pirated version

>>170602190
100 euro is alot of money

you can hire actual chinese people for way cheaper

this reminds me of those pico games on newgrounds

>>170602252
Time to make porn then?

>>170602190
Yeah, you're doing okay
But get ready for your views to drop to 0 per day starting now

>>170601995
>arcade nurse
what

>>170598978
>Cyber-Vania: The player character's tits jiggle too much, it's distracting (and unrealistic and makes me question what your motives are, but I try not to judge and at least you have the balls to do something like this). I managed to bug out the game by pressing Q in the test menu. I thought the base selection was completely not working but currently you have to select some other kind of part after the base to have it work (and you can still only select the first two it seems). The game feels pretty nice overall and I'm not that into the metroidvania style but I could have fun with this when it's done

Thanks anon, looks like I'll have to make instructions clearer for what works in the gun test menu and what doesn't.

Base/barrel/ammo are the three that can be changed, but there are limited options.
Can't pick mini-p, poscap, laser for example.
I just remembered I was going to list some combinations on the demo page, will do that.
Never thought about players pressing Q during test menu, I only put it in as debug for players if one of the door triggers didn't allow the player to move where they wished. (One specific door is finicky, need to remake the system)
Thanks again:-)

>>170602791
Many arcade games are very similar to physical exercise, there is a team of doctor and nurses who can help if someone is tired or faint.

>>170602016
For tourist sites: Asakusa, Meiji Jingu, Ueno Park, Kokyo, Skytree
Good places to see different parts of the city: Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ikebukuro, Harajuku, Akiba, Ginza, Roppongi

For drinks omoide yokocho or maybe golden gai might be good. If you are visiting with a few people I recommend going to izakaya rather than a bar though. A lot of foreigners like to go to Roppongi but I don't recommend it unless you know a good place because there are many bar and clubs run by criminals. The same goes for most of Kabukicho.

I think seeing Kabuku theater or Sumo wrestling would be good. Sumo probably requires tickets way in advance. Kabuki depending on what it is you can probably get tickets there.

The thing I hate about game dev is the time factor. The fact that you have to dedicate yourself to one single idea for years to finish it, while others endlessly creeps into your mind, and tempts you to drop the current thing. It's like getting married, holy shit. I really envy guys like Ctesiphon dev, Clarent dev, Tender Arms etc. who work on the same thing for all eternity without retreating.

What's the secret, other than discipline?

>>170603043
You can work on other projects just accept that your main one is the one you really love and will always come back to.
Your side projects are just brief flings.
Loosen up its 2017

Does this feel like it could be built into an entertaining videogame

https://vestigial.itch.io/hack-the-fbi-dd13

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does it matter if pixel art isn't 100% symmetrical?

im making the walk animation by just flipping the part with leg up but the hair and face are sort of uneven

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>>170603382

>>170603382
beautiful

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>>170603382

>>170603882
so whats the reason why the bag is so big anyways?

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>>170603951
she carries a lot of things

>>170603951
>so whats the reason why the bag is so big anyways
one word:dragon dildo collection

>>170603382
good bait

How does unity engine handle huge game maps?

Do you need to load everything in chunks or?

Cmon 4chan, i have 12 downloads and 9 of them is from itch.io itself (tags and new submissions). Download your fellow devs games.

>>170604419
you are responsible for breaking it into chunks and handling the loading if you do so choose to
otherwise if you just load a huge map its all going to be in memory and running. some things like distance/frustrum/occlusion culling will help keep everything from rendering but generally you will need to do some asynchronous loading

>>170604518
make a tumblr

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>>170603951
>>170604338

It's like you've never seen sherpas before

>>170604665
>sandals
And you can't be assed to work on your game

>>170604665
>note the sandals

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>>170590531
Sweet! Thanks for the video and the bug alert anon, I'll get it fixed.
I really appreciate your video, you did it in a very QA kind of way.

>>170604518
Which one is your game? I played a bunch yesterday and left some feedback on their itch.io pages, I'll play yours later today.

>>170603143
Yeah, but how do you pick up a main project? I mean, the one I'm working on is in my scope, seems doable in the long term, yet there are ideas I would like to explore and try out even if I know they won't work in the long run, yet they are closer to the dream I've always had. Should I just stick with which is in my league, be happy for something finished, or try my best at something which will never be fruitful, yet it's something I actually like and adore?

>>170605415
not him but would love if you tried out house cleaner :)

other than starto_sil and fruitdev, who else has/is streaming demoday submissions?

>>170601004
What was your game?

>>170605636
Will do. Just a heads up though. I have never seen your game progress here and we usually don't like people just shilling their games when they don't participate in the discussions.
It would be cool if from now on you posted progress here and gave feedback to other developers, otherwise this place will just turn into a place to dump finished game links and eventually die.

Remember to play other games and leave feedback!

>>170605851
I post regulary tho, every saturday or sunday i just get ignored...

>>170605789
no dev atm

hopefully my next project wouldnt fall apart

>>170605956
Alright sorry, I'll remember you from now on. I also post on weekends and I always leave feedback for every progress post I see when I do so. I'm surprised I haven't seen you.

>>170592831
In the darkest of nights, you hear the ancients cry. They shout one thing: open your eyes.

>>170606094
Well you started one, show that before it fell to shit. Start small next time if you're too shit to make something that complicated on your own.

If all it takes to make money is to patent troll, why not just patent video games? Or at least just patent games instead of making games.

>>170606294
Because you also have to know your shit

And be a scumbag

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>>170606196
all i had was one unfinished model that wasnt even rigged right

posted it here back in 2012? thats how bad my nodev game is

>>170606357
What's to stop me from suing you for making a video game, since I've patented "video game"?

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>>170606437
Well what are you doing here feeling sorry for yourself asshole? Get out of here, study modelling and programming and make little games until you can make your dream game a reality you fuck.

>>170606625
I WILL, THANK YOU FATHER!

>>170606585
You can sue for anything.

You'll just get shut down in court if you've got nothing.

Problem with your specific scenario: You didn't patent "video game".

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Is this a video game?

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>>170606731

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if you can sue for anything then why didn't the who lead singer sue final fantasy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIX65EMSkYY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FZbcoWrUsw

its literally the same riff except one is 8 years older

did any games get in trouble for stealing music?

>>170606684
WHere is your game? I have a game. Where is yours? I'll be emailing your """lawyer""" from your own laptop before sunrise, fucking stupid cuck nigger. Where is your patent? That's right. You have none. You're mine now. :)

>>170606987
Someone has to steal parts of the sound file directly for you to really have a case.

>>170601826
>It takes literal days to adjust mindsets to shift between projects

>>170606987
Its just a major 9 arpeggio. Its so basic and commonly used that you can't make a claim to it.

>>170607307
Sorry. I've made a patent on it already. You'll be hearing from my lawyers in the morning.

>>170607356
good luck getting the judge hear your case faggot

i already greased their palms

you lose

>>170606102
No worries. I couldn't post this week because of work. Project isn't that old anyway so its only the last 3-5 weekends anyway. Big thanks for giving it a spin! Which game is yours? I'm going to Amsterdam now but ill download it on Sunday

>>170607454
>i already greased their palms
Fucking stupid nigger faggot. Your gay nigger faggot ways won't do anything. Fucking gay nerd. You are going back to jail. :)

Are there any colors traditionally associated with the 5 Chinese elements?

>>170607695
>chinese
Red, Red, Red, Red, and Money.

>>170607695
Yes. Each one is a slightly different shade of orange.

>>170607745
>Wanted to use them for a match 3 game
rest in rip

>>170607695
grey green grey black grey
Only elements chinese have now is smog

china is beautiful

fucking american pig

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>>170607926

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>>170608093

dumb frogposter

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>>170608827
the only people who know the dumb frogposter memes are people with pepe's saved on their computer

>>170607695
try
Azure Dragon
Vermilion Bird
Yellow Dragon
White Tiger
Black Tortoise

How do I write code without using a ton of 'if then' statements?

I just want to code a magic spell attack that can change the target's stats afterwords.

>>170609249
whats wrong with if thens

>>170608953
>you can only recognize something if you save it onto your computer
really got my noggin joggin

>>170609269

Too much shitty coding. There's gotta be a better way.

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>>170609332
im saying the only people who say dumb frog posters

are actual frog posters

it's a conundrum

>>170590531
Thanks for playing the games, anon.

>>170609387
while i'm willing to believe people who get assmad about loli and furry the most are ones who secretly know they're attracted to it but didn't come to terms with themselves over it yet, i really can't see how this would work for anything that isn't sexuality related
i really can't see your logic in this

>>170609353
If you can read it properly then it already is the best way

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Shit code is the result of shit design
Prove me wrong

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Just working on some camera changes when you move to different areas. Closer camera when you go to a closed off area, further away camera when you go to a bigger area, higher camera when you're on a ledge, etc. I figure I need about 8 different main camera views to cover most areas.

I'm mostly just working on the inner workings of the game right now. I think I got caught up in the trap of thinking I absolutely needed to post visual progress on a constant basis when a lot of other things needed attention first, and because of that, things were getting overwhelming. Bugs were piling up, issues that should have been dealt with weren't, I wasn't keeping proper details of how things interact with eachother, etc. It was a big reason why I didn't get a demo out when I really wanted to a few days ago. So until all of that is sorted out, there won't be a whole lot of visual progress updates from me.

On the bright side once I get the entire framework sorted out, it'll be just a tidal wave of new stuff coming in constantly.

>>170610672
can you love the turtle

So if you are a shit artist/coder why not just look for someone to do the other part?
Surely there are enough people here who would do it for free since they are enthusiasts right?

>>170610781
Money isn't problem.
Clash of interests is.
Also general distrust.

>>170610776
Yes...with the fire you shoot out of your hands at it

>>170610781
Because if would not be *my* game if someone else made it

>>170610781
I have both experience with successful collabs and unsuccessful ones.

It's a fucking gamble, to be honest. Every time you send out an e-mail, or say goodbye on chat, you simply can not know if that was the last time you him or not. He might just vanish into thin air, or write back some time later that he was just busy or something.

It's pretty stressful, to be honest. I think I'll just save up money from now on, then commission what's necessary when everything else is ready.

>>170611235
> Every time you send out an e-mail, or say goodbye on chat, you simply can not know if that was the last time you him or not
This. Never have relationships with other humans. One day, for whatever reason, they might simply die and all your time and effort will go to waste.

>>170611809
t. robot