/agdg/ - Amateur Game Dev General

>>174274435
>no webm section
Going to have to ask to remake this thread?

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>>174272629

>>174274643
no loli jam link too.
https://itch.io/jam/agdg-loli-jam-2017

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Reminder to ignore shitposters and just like make game!

>>174274643
stop being an autist and just be the first to make the next thread

>>174274276
i've been trying it out since last week and it's pretty comfy to be h with you family
>>174274334
it's not malware, i've tested it myself for this week and it works perfectly, didn't notice anything suspicious. ffmpeg is not as retard proof as SCR though

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>>174272629

>>174274732
Please do not reply to shitposting or bait posting, it only encourages them.

>>174274643
if you do, add this please:
http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/

it's for linux

>>174274935
>it's for linux
>>>/g/

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Reminder not to fall into the easy-hard effect cognitive bias friends.

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Added an energy mechanic. Resets at the start of every day, better tools cost less energy to use, etc.

>>174275157
Looking good.

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At the end of the day, good graphics are what sells your game.

Agree/disagree?

>>174275157

That's a bad mechanic and the art is pretty shitty, use better colors

>>174275157
Skinny jeans are not proper farming attire

>>174274680
I am highly interested in your game now.
Any progress to post?

>>174275328
Initial few sales if you do zero marketing, yes

>>174275328
Agree

>>174274805
>>174274935
I mean, most people deving on a Linux distro are more than capable to find a webm recorder and if they aren't, they shouldn't be deving on a Linux distro.

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i found out you can do back flips by quickly crouching again after a crouch jump.

>>174275328
Good graphics help a ton for marketing and getting initial interest in your game, but don't expect it to be well-received if the core gameplay is lacking.

>>174275752
>this paralyzes the mannequin

>>174275752
i'm already attached to that character, looks C U T E

>>174275752
NOICE

Enemy AI is the most important thing in a stealth game
Agree/disagree?

>>174275752
Can your characters run ?
Running, backflipping and landing feet first on someone's face would be very fun.

>>174275328
You can sell a game with graphics, you can sell it with gameplay, you can sell it with memes, you can sell it with dreams.

>>174275347
It's a standard mechanic in every Harvest Moon/similar games.I think it's fine.

>>174275328
Depends on your target audience. If it's full of retards then yes, otherwise gameplay is the most important thing.

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So I've been making some good progress on the main menu and things are starting to look up.
But I've encountered a problem I can't seem to google.

The AI in the game uses scriptable objects for various things and when I play the game from the game scene everything works just fine, but when I load the game scene from the main menu scene some of the data on the scriptable objects disappear and I get spammed with null reference exceptions, anyone here ever encounter a problem like that?

>>174275536
Is that a bokube face

Who has webms of the demon succubus game?

>>174276289
thats pretty damn cute

>>174275328
Yes, look at this recent game for example.
About as generic as you can but people are all over it because of the nice art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MSdFlU8hEk

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>>174275328
will you buy my graphics senpai?
I'm just fucking around before I hit the bed, don't yell at me for "fixing" it with one shitty hue shift, I'm not fully decided to start over

>>174275525
I just use OBS and an ffmpeg script. Works wonders and I can even get a good quality GIF with the right settings.

>>174276289
Reminds me of Loco Roco
no idea what your game will be but it could be fun

>>174276626
DUDE

>>174276194
Probably some objects are or arent being destroyed on the new scene like you're expecting

Like if someone makes associations on Awake(), it'll associate in the main scene, then when you load a new scene, the objects it associated with were destroyed, so its null, and new associations aren't made because its Awake() was already called in the main scene, or something like that

>>174276021
yea, its running in the first video.

>>174276763
Looks kinda slow desu. Maybe a sprint rather ?

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>>174276665
Final Boss will be Snoop Godd

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>>174276665

>>174276063
I should print this quote out and put it on my wall

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victory song
https://clyp.it/jmemeanx

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>>174276347

i made this edit someone did.

what are some good resources for learning behavior tree's?

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----[ Recap ]----
Game: Project K2
Dev: Anon
Tools: Unity, Maya, Photoshop
Web: n/a
Progress:
+ The robot can now shoot.
+ Made a rocket-powered zipline but still have to rig it. The concept is similar to the loop de loop.
+ Made a test build for UWP, everything is working so far. I want the game to be available on Xbox One as well.
- I still have to get an Xbox One to actually test it out.

ATTENTION PIMPS

How do you guys market your games?
What do you use?
tumblr, twitter, fb page, website..?

Had some issues with transparent parts of sprites overwriting alpha of already drawn shit on surface in GMS last thread. Here's the easiest solution i could think of (couldn't find how to get destination color in GLSL ES, also no combination of blend modes worked right). Although draw script will run twice for object with transparency, it doesn't require multiple surfaces

/// draw event
if bFixTransparency {
//draw color
draw_set_colour_write_enable(1, 1, 1, 0);
draw_set_blend_mode(bm_normal);
script_execute(drawScript);
//draw alpha
draw_set_colour_write_enable(0, 0, 0, 1);
draw_set_blend_mode_ext(bm_src_alpha, bm_one);
script_execute(drawScript);
//reset drawing mode
draw_set_colour_write_enable(1, 1, 1, 1);
draw_set_blend_mode(bm_normal);
} else {
script_execute(drawScript);
}

>>174278034
agdg and #screenshotsaturday

>>174275536
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-1FSSZNw68

>>174278034
>markething something that isnt done yet

who do you think i am? ubisoft?

Shouldnt it be recap friday?
By monday I've forgotten all the progress I mad the previous week because of all the alcohol I drank on the weekend and also the parties I went to

https://youtu.be/C7kH7dlLNU4

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>>174278321

>>174276898

the faster it runs the more unstable it gets. so i'm always tweaking it. right now it walks around 3 mph and runs at around 12 mph.

>>174278504
It's not our fault you have a serious problem that could end up ruining your life.

>>174275664

cool. thanks for the shot. she's actually prettier than I imagined. I think she could benefit from a chin that's a little less flat at the base.

who is this Hat Kid you mentioned ?

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>>174277058

so i want to make enemies in my game run away when their hp hits say 5% for some or 0% for others (so they dont run away at all)

what would you call this % variable

>>174279049
FleeHealthPercent

>>174279049
shitPantsPercent

>>174279049
fleeThreshold

>>174279049
FearFactor

>>174279049
float Gesundheitsprozentsatz;

>>174279049
beta

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>>174279230

>>174279049
get_the_fuck_out_percent

>>174279049
runNiggaRun

>>174279204
lol threshold was the word i was looking for but after looking for a while i started to doubt if it even exists

>>174279049
FleeThreshold

You motherfucking scrubs can't name variables, here's how you do it:

localvariablename
variableName
CONSTANT_NAME

>>174279049
hotOneHundredNumSixInNineteenSeventyNine

>>174279968
i name everything in camelCase or w/e you call it desu

>>174279968
>localvariablename
Only if it's one word or a few letters
Otherwise likeThis at all times.

>>174279968
i dont use variables bro

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this guy hangs out near the edge and charges you.

>>174280079
>likeThis at all times
not for PublicVariablesOrMethods

>>174279968
lIKEtHISiSbEST

>>174280262
the fuck is a public variable
my code is a temple
all variables are mine only

>>174280262
YouMustBeUsingC#

>>174280458
>all variables are mine only
Admirable, trying to get towards that and not even have functions publicly exposed, using events for everything

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ways of getting a young following to play my crappy phone game

how does disney do it

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----[ Recap ]----
Game: Whimp the Bold
Dev: AttaBoy
Tools: GameMaker: Studio, Aseprite
Web: attaboydev.tumblr.com ; https://twitter.com/AttaBoyGames
Progress:
+ Added a landing squish for juice
+ ROCKS
+Solid bout of idea guying and planning bosses/characters
- Haven't been working much on this, been focusing on getting better at pixel art in general and have been practicing a shit ton

>>174280458
this
public variables = spaghetti code
global variables = literally kill yourself in real life

does isInNeedOfHealing or needsHealing sound better as a variable name

>>174280743
>how does disney do it
Cute characters that appeal to kids and for adults to make lewd art of.

So why haven't you created the newest youtube b8 game and made millions of dollars?

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Refundable bridges are in, but honestly I think it adds unnecessary complexity, it feels cluttered and it leads to moments where you refund bridges by mistake and have to do some awkward shuffling around to get them back.

I'm removing this and adding a simple rewind button so that the player doesn't need to restart the whole level if he makes a mistake.

How do I make a game work if no variables can be accessed outside of a class?

>>174281043
do you need to

>>174276506
>Eagle Island
>Generic

The gameplay looks satisfying as fuck and pretty deep once you git gud at combos

Plus the dev works hard as fuck

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>>174280864

>>174275108
if that cover is the advice the advice is photoshopping photographs and it's terrible advice, no one gives a fuck about your photoshop filters marvel, write it as a book or give an actual artist some money fuck.

>>174280864
nH

>>174278174
I don't even pretend to understand this shit

Can you explain custom blend modes and draw_set_colour_write_enable in GM?

>>174281141
It does look satisfying and I like the owl mechanic, but 90% of my interest was lost because of
>procgen
The gameplay does not look deep whatsoever though.
>Plus the dev works hard as fuck
He does.

>>174281039
I'll be honest, I have almost no idea what is happening.

>>174281356
From what I've seen the proc gen is pretty smart, although I'd have to get my hands on it to be sure

And maybe not particularly deep, but comboing looks satisfying and fun. I mispoke, but I'm looking forward to it

>>174281423
That's a common complaint, I suggest playing the tutorial!

>>174281520
I'm hoping with the KS they'll be able to add more content and enrich the gameplay.
I do agree it looks fun although basic. It's a nice mechanic but they can definitely add way more.

I just find proc gen lazy in my opinion compared to actual level designs but some people like it, it's >opinions.

I swear to god if this game dies like other indie kickstarters.
>2017
>chasm still isn't released

>>174281537
I get your attitude and you're completely right, but if you plan to SELL this game, you should make it more intuitive, since the average gamer is a lazy piece of shit that prefers instant gratification rather than learning a little bit and postponing a greater amount of joy

>>174281301
I only learned of them today, so i can't tell you more than GM manual. They influence how destination pixel color (what is already drawn, it's RGB and alpha) and source pixel color (that you try to draw) are combined into resulting pixel color (Rr, Gr, Br, Ar). Blend modes basically change blend factors (X) for destination and source

Rr = Rs * Xrs + Rd * Xrd
Gr = Gs * Xgs + Gd * Xgd
Br = Bs * Xbs + Bd * Xbd
Ar = As * Xas + Ad * Xad

And using draw_set_colour_write_enable i make blend modes influence only some of pixel components - since there's no built-in blend mode that has blend factors that i need, i had to combine two blend modes.

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----[ Recap ]----
Game:Kick-in'
Dev:Kickindev
Tools:Gamemaker
Web:Kickindev.tumblr.com
Progress:
+New artist, although no new sprites to replace the old ones done yet.
+Enemy now has rudimentary AI so it no longer needs its attacks to be manually triggered. The AI's actions are also semi-randomized.
+The floor of the fighting arena is now rendered in a mode-7 like psuedo-3D effect to make it easy to change or modify. I plan on also rendering the arena's ropes and cornerposts in a similar way when I get a chance.
+As a result of the above, it no longer looks like the furries are fighting in a Red Robin diner.
-Old artist had too much stress in their life and needed to leave the project.
-I wanna die and deserve to be mocked because of what I had to do to get the floor effect to work.

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https://soundcloud.com/cesque

i wish i could just be making music right now instead of all this work i've got to do. thoughts anyone? might be looking to do some commissions for agdg people after i've got this work done in a couple of weeks.

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>>174281961
I want to capture the feel of old and arcane specialized equipment that makes no sense if you aren't familiar with it while still keeping it understandable if you take the time to learn, it's probably a terrible idea marketing-wise but The Oil Blue and CAPSULE have similar aesthetics, I love them. They aren't exactly commercial successes though.

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This isn't even progress, I just have this webm (someone on /v/ asked if my game "was a platformer" and this was an example I made) and I feel like posting it.

>>174282991
Are you going to make those enemies actually do anything?
They just run up to her and wait to get their shit beaten in.

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>>174282991
>Platforming in a character action game
You have the talent to make a good game, but damn do you not know how to make one.

>>174282991
Oh man your game looks fun, too bad I really don't like your 3D. Your animation transitions are pretty fluid tho

>>174282991
Your game looked really fun right up until the moment the combat started. Character action is a dead genre for a reason.

>>174282991
That webm where you went really fast doing flips and shit in 3D was more interesting platforming

Also the opposite of what >>174283920 said.

>>174283920
>Character action is a dead genre for a reason.
Said no one in no universe.

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>>174283920
>Character action
This term makes me autistically angry.
Who even came up with this?

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>>174277058
Those are very nice animations. You put a lot of work into it and it really shows... but I have one minor nitpick: That is a very off-balanced stance. I shoot using the weaver stance just like you're depicting and for that current stance to work one arm needs to be much longer than the other. You can fix this by having her left foot forward instead of her right.

Not the best example but when I searched Michael Westen popped up so that's what you're getting.

Again, that is very excellent work on her sprite. You do good work.

>>174284017
Someone that didn't want to be lumped in with beat 'em up or hack n'' slash games

>>174284017
is the pic supposed to be you?

>>174284017
It's a subgenre for a reason.

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>>174283602
No enemy attack animations are implemented for the sword yet, but the enemy weapon spawn system IS in place. So sometimes they spawn with fist weapons (which they can use), and sometimes they spawn with sword weapons (they run in to perform a melee attack, and then stall out because they can't find the animation to play)

Good catch, though.

>>174283628
It's not a character action game. It's like 50% that, and 50% 3D platformer.

All good action games need something outside of the action. I've been curious for a long time if 3D platforming (which I love, but which I also think is a similar test of reflexes and moveset management) would be better than the usual puzzle solving bullshit that's stuck around since DMC because it was basically a glorified RE mod.

>>174283920
Character action is a star that's on the rise, anon. Why do you think Nier Automata has been such a bizarre and unexpected runaway success, despite being decidedly mediocre?

>>174283905
I'm sorry about my art, but I had to pick a style I could finish in a reasonable amount of time.

It actually used to be better (webm related) but the cost in man-hours was making the game impossible to finish.

Plus I just like N64 art. Always have.

>>174284198
What's wrong with those genres? Only addition games like DMC have is more refined combat and style.
Hell stylish action would be way better than character action.

>>174284231
Yes it's literally me.

>>174284305

who is hat kid ?

>>174284305
>despite being decidedly mediocre?
*Decidedly above average

>>174284361
Nothing but I guess it pissed them off. It's the same shit with "Metriodvania", a retarded """""genre""""" that has no reason to exist.

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>>174284402
As an action game, Automata is mediocre.

As a complete experience, it's pretty cool, if you're into open-world-ish RPGs, which I'm really not. So I judge it solely by its core gameplay, which I find decidedly wanting.

>>174284384
Pic related, the main character from A Hat in Time. Pretty sure if you just Google "Hat Kid" she comes up, but then Google probably knows I love AHiT.

>>174284550
Why doesn't it have any reason to exist?

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>>174284587
>but then Google probably knows I love AHiT.
With every passing day you continue to disappoint me, Dixiedev.

>>174284645
Any game that would qualify is already covered by at least two other genres.

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Can anybody tell me what exactly I'm doing wrong here?
Above this I have the movement and it sets face = the direction you moved last.

>>174284853
And? There is no genre limit, anon. If people want to make up their own classifiers, let them. Who cares?

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>>174284185
My name is Michael Westen. I used to be a game dev until...

>>174284721
What? A Hat in Time looks fun as fuck. I love collectathons and Yooka Laylee, despite being fun, really lacks the interesting movement mechanics that makes those games replayable.

AHiT looks like it's somewhere on the 64-Sunshine spectrum in terms of how you get around. It's got a belly dive for fuck's sake, belly dives are amazing.

>>174284903
It'd help if you told us what the bug is first.

>>174284903
change the second, third, and fourth if statements to else if statement and try it again.

does anyone know of that website that was something like "100 coding game ideas" or "programming a game each day for a year" or something similar to that?

it had a bunch of mini-projects that varied from little sidescrolling platformers, to procedural generation type things, to more abstract games and programming...

googlefu is failing me

>>174284903
What is it supposed to do? Is it supposed to destroy the character when encountering door/changing character sprite when encountering chest? If not, you probably have to use with(obj)

>>174284903
Oh also == is for checking equality

>>174285270
And depending on the language I think you need to use a different method to check type equality, something like .typeOf() instead of ==

>>174284903
Also obj is instance id. When obj_door is gamemaker object index. You need to get object index from object first.

>>174284550
>"Metriodvania"
>a retarded """"genre""""

o autistic and edgy one, please enlighten us with the proper names for those genres

autism affects the lives of millions of individuals and their loved-ones worldwide, can you not belittle their struggle and turn it into a vapid pejorative? thanks

>>174285196
It's supposed to either open the door (by deleting that instance of objDoor) or open the chest (by changing the chest sprite to the open image).
Instead, it's doing nothing.
>>174285254
It doesn't even destroy the player object. Nothing at all happens.

>>174285808
if (obj.object_index) == obj_door {
with (obj) {
instance_destroy();
}
}

>>174285474
>he calls third person brawlers "character action games"
>he calls item-battered game salads "collectathons"
>he calls hunky-dory explories "metroidvanias"

>>174285737
autism is a precursor to metahuman hyper intelligence thru specialized thinking

>>174285934
That still doesn't work. The door doesn't disappear when I press z while up against it.

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time 2 learn

>>174285808
Are you able to use print("Words" + variable); Or log out the values of the variables when you call that function on the bottom?

What is the value of obj being returned by collision_point? What are the values of faceh, facev?

>>174286328
>2015
Get at least 2017 Update 3, they seriously overhauled the UV editor.

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>>174286402
Yeah I have a draw event set up to draw all the values of the variables I'm currently working with.

>>174286027
>he calls monoplayer zbuffer fighting games "third person brawlers"
>he calls object vomit hunters "item-battered game salads"
>he calls The Dark Souls of Platformers "hunky-dory explories"

>>174286623
This is after I press Z while facing the door.

>>174286623
x+1 is pretty close to x. where is x at your character? are you sure you come close enough to the door?

Who will post a webm from the demon waifu game?

>>174286774
I'm retarded.
Thanks anon, I forgot my sprite origin is 16, 16 so I set faceh and facev to be 17 or -17 depending on direction and it worked.

>>174286818
>loli games are not fine
>waifu games are

How do I make engaging secrets in the age of decompilers and file snoopers?

>>174286328
I thought 3ds max was preferred for game dev?

>>174286818
You're welcome https://twitter.com/basementmate

>>174287071
Doesn't matter, as long as it can export to a game engine-friendly format.

>>174286623
So it looks like your check when you press 'Z' is returning that value of 100000.

Does that seem reasonable? Is that what you are intending for it to be? If not you may want to check what is happening in your collision_point() function.

If 100000 seems reasonable, then try replacing objDoor with 100000 and see if it works.

>>174287017
Pull them from server at runtime

>>174287071
Its still top notch for hard edge but Maya does more. And Autodesk has shown Maya way more love the past 3 years

>>174287017
Puzzles where getting the solution via decompile/bruteforce doesn't reveal WHY it's the solution.

I hate to invoke Phil Fish but Fez's most memorable secret was bruteforced long before it was figured out, and people kept trying to figure it out.

>>174287605
What was it?

>>174287730
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/04/why-it-took-almost-a-week-for-the-world-to-completely-finish-fez/

I'll leave this rather than type out an explanation.

Basically, the game includes a clue which is damaged and can't be used to fully solve a puzzle. A user was able to bruteforce a solution, but WHY it was a solution was left unclear, and there were like 4 cryptic items left in the game with no discernable purpose. Eventually someone figured out how the solution was supposed to be arrived at, but it took quite a while.

>>174275536
>>174275752
You don't realize the potential this has.
Give me your project, and I'll turn it into a game. You can keep 100% of the money it makes.

>he calls floor-avoidy slip-flippers "platformers"
>he calls rooty tooty point-and-shooties "fps"
>he calls cavern-havin' statistics-simulators "roguelikes"

>>174287931
Well that's a sucky puzzle, making secrets outside the game seems so lazy.

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>thread dead
>anons are shilling their games in the /v/ thread where only other aggydaggers post anyway
every time

>>174289481
What are you working on, anon?

>>174286328
lol

>>174289614
I am unironically in the bathroom taking a bath in the bathtub.

>>174286328
>Maya
>Not superior Blender

>>174275328
The quality of your art should be proportional to the size of your target audience. The more niche (given an adequate level of gameplay), the less people care about that. See Factorio & Space Station 13 vs [generic-fps] & GTA V.

>>174289697
I think you know that, but I didn't mean literally what are you doing right now
I'm kind jelly tho, I wish I had a bathtub

>>174275947
Disagree. Excellent AI in shitty leveldesign will always be trumped by bad / simple / easily exploitable AI in well designed environments.
Hitman:BM has some ridiculous AI flaws, but is still praised as the messiah of stealth games, because it understood that player-freedom is essential to this puzzlegame-subgenre.

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Anybody know how to set up lighting? I've read about the three point lighting thing but I don't know how to use that in a video game

>>174277628
Not at all what I expected looking at that picture. You need more magenta and cyan in your visuals to make that fit.

>>174290372
If you're using a decent engine it'll have a bunch of sample environments, you could check how they work.

>>174290372
You set up static lights and turn them off and on.

>>174279968
local_var_name_
regular_var_name
CONSTANT_NAME
function names follow regular_var_name, but start with a verb

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>>174285078
Can't look at the guy without hearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hztVyJqpbcU

Also his face seems to be constantly stuck in that retarded expression.

>>174275756
this

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Did anyone here ever use this? Is it good?

>>174291473
First time I've seen that. Is that some kind of level designer? Does it have export functionality?

>>174291473
1. Can I use it to make in-game maps?
2. Is it free as in freedom?

>>174289774
Maybe if Blender wasn't designed for aliens

>>174289816
You're confusing cause and effect. I think those games are niche BECAUSE they're ugly to look at. When games made in 1986 by 4 people have better graphics than SS13 that's saying something.

Any game can be pretty if you try and are realistic.

>>174291593
>>174291720
I'm not sure myself, a friend just recommended it, but it seems like a story/level/game designer thing that you can export to unity
Not free, but it's on sale: https://www.bundlestars.com/en/dlc/articy-draft-2-se-commercial-use-upgrade-dlc

>>174292096
Oh shit never mind, apparently you have to buy the $199 base program first

>>174291897
I'd argue that SS13's longevity is (in part) due to the fact that it has these shitty low-res graphics, as it opened the game to easy modding by artistically inept people.
I doubt that anything on the BYOND client can even dream of reaching the mainstream anyhow, even with the attention drawn to it by Dean Hall's shenanigans.

I also have serious doubts that Factorio would have gained a bigger following with "better" graphics. I am actually really fond of the visuals they've got going.

And the kicker, as always, is butt-ugly Minecraft.

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>>174292096
>write living game design documents

>>174292205
>you have to buy the $199 base program first
Sounds reasonable.

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Where do i download Gamemaker Studio: <2?

>>174292549
https://godotengine.org/

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>>174292549

>>174292595
He wants an engine people actually use to make games, not polycode 2.0.

I hope godot3 comes out so the engine can actually by used.

>number of games made: 1
>amount of money made: 0$
>I guess I know what time it is

>>174292691
Game Maker 2 is what people use.
Game Maker 1 is deprecated and dead, so clearly he doesn't want an engine people use.

>>174292869
You got me.

>>174292869
Hello, I want $99 still in my bank account.

Regards,
Me

>>174293010
hahaha, i just dropped $100 on a fan

>>174293221
hahaha, some people have more money than others

>>174293578
And that is a problem that should be fixed, haha.

>>174291148
His scenery chewing in Sicario was delightfully manic and a total departure from his morose seriousness in Burn Notice.

>>174274435
I don't know how to structure my game in the long term.
Should I just keep making things and refactor if I run into problems? Or should I do something else?

Medieval/Fantasy has been done to death
Space/SciFi has been done to death
Lovecraftian has been done to death
Satanic/Cultist has been done to death

What's the next big setting that I should tap into?

>>174294606
Caveman kino

>>174294606
Hardly.
It's all Tolkien shit.
All except 4x are wide open.
Literally Bloodborne was the only recent notable.
>an umbrella religion is a genre
never mind that I can't think of recent games that have done it justice

>>174293894
To this moment I did not realise that it was him behind that 'stache. In my defense, my exposure to his work other than Sicario is limited to the second season of Fargo, in which he sports a much broader physique.

>>174294279
What do you mean?

Cyberpunk/steampunk

>>174295030
Binding of Isaac is satanic.

>>174294606
Roman empire (if that doesn't fall under Fantasy for you) or ancient Egypt.
Modern age below the sea or generally Jules Verne to avoid saying Steampunk.

>>174295287
was for >>174294606

>>174294606
open world survival crafting

>>174295310
Oh right.
Even though it's on the downswing, and it's only generic Christian stuff.
But people don't even play it for that though.

>>174295318
Soma and Bioshock already did underwater.

>>174294606
What about wild west? Ancient civilizations?

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I keep getting told my game looks like shit. I can sort of art, but I have no idea what style to go with for a 2D Harvest Moon-like. Give me examples of good 2D art styles, agdg.

Or critique the current look. Tell me why it sucks.

>>174295465
They aren't really done to death though. The question was not about exclusively original genres.

>>174294606
Pull an Empire Earth and do all of them.

>>174295514
Your MC looks out of plaice.
In the way that he looks like he belongs in a pixely city. While your farm looks like it needs a Nintendo protag instead.

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holy shit you can paint shit on 3ds max.
no wonder is 400 bucks a month for this fucking thing

this thing is made with black magic and love

>>174295514
your faggot MC looks like he wouldn't be caught dead doing farm work let along being outside

>>174295514
While it does have a lot of room for improvement, it doesn't suck, it's just another generic pixel art style that has been done a million times.

>>174295758
Blender can do literally exactly the same thing.
Have fun wasting money.

>>174295758
>Cortana
>three different browsers
>WinRAR
>Skike
>third world time
You triggered me.

>>174295758
Putting that money to good use, I see.

>>174295514
>Gosh Mo-om, do I really have to visit grandma with you?

>>174275328
I disagree, but have to slightly agree at the same time.

>>174295947
Pretty sure that's Cristian

>>174295514
My mom just passed behind me and said "that's a cute old lady, looks like that grandma from Courage"

>>174276626
I like it, Anon.

>>174296060
It's him alright

>>174296098
>living with your parents
>internet access in a non-zero-traffic area
You have to be at least 18 years old to post on 4chan.

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>>174295967
>>174295938
>implying i paid for it

>>174295947
>>three different browsers
One for porn, one for bank shit and one for 4chan
>Skike
kinda have too, i got a realy good friend that i cant talk whitout that fucking thing
>>third world time

its called army time anon

So I'm actually going to chase my dream of making an MMO

I have lots of experience of gamedev from previous projects and finally got a prototype running of a server-client based multiplayer game but have no idea how to expand that server code to make it "massive" (handle lots of players, account system, save player info, etc) Anyone have resources for this?

My plan is to make it for mobile so it's easy to just pick up and play, but I don't have any mobile dev experience either. I've used GMS and Monogame multiple times before, are those suited for mobile games as well? (2D)

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>>174296221
You have zero reason to wear a trip, faggot.

>>174282739
Anon, there's a reason why we have /mu/.

>>174296331
I think he was talking about your time zone, fellow huezilian.

>>174284257
>>174284361
>>174284550
The difference between metroidvania and character-action is that metroidvania is at least descriptive and has historical precedence even if it's a fucking stupid name.

Stylish-action is a much more fitting name and was around longer, but for some reason neogaf just started calling it character-action.

>>174295514
It's not really shit, it's just boring and generic. It just looks like a slightly different Stardew Valley.

Also do you plan on doing anything to make this different from Harvest Moon or Stardew? Because I don't think I'd really play another Harvest-like if it's just the same as the others, since the others already do everything I want from that type of game.

>>174296231
>Not living free of charge with cooked meals, washed clothes and love
>Being such a faggot that you have to use the internet while hiding
It's like you don't know how to live

>>174296615
>character-action
>Stylish-action
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena

>>174296394
Eh, I like it.
Also nice.

>>174296417
This is pretty good music though.

>>174296770
Not that anon, I live with my parents and it's great.
But you don't even cook your own meals or wash your own clothes? That's too much, man. Cooking is the best way to take a break from gamedevving. And washing clothes is just throwing it all in the washing machine then going back to dev until it's done, then throwing it in the drier. Simplest thing in the world.

>>174296098
>letting your parents shoulder surf while you're on 4chan
you know this place used to have random cp, right?

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>>174296732
Yeah, most people seem to be saying it's just generic. And that my MC is a faggot. Which is understandable.

It's intended to be a mix of Harvest Moon and a turn based JRPG. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but two genres I really enjoy.

Webm is from a while back though. I'll probably end up starting from scratch with the combat.

>>174296783
You mean ASSFAGGOTS.

>>174297391
>used to
>loli jam is currently active

>>174294606
Do any of those, but make it not generic trash, problem solved.

>>174297504
I was alluding to the acronym's uselessness as a term to describe a genre. ASSFAGGOTS is actually one of the most accurate genre descriptions out there.

>>174297209
I know it's simple, I do help around the house. But if I'm way too busy with work my mom doesn't mind doing this stuff for me

>>174297391
They don't shoulder surf, she just randomly saw a huge ass image of a cute farm and mistook anon's MC with Muriel.

>>174297415
I remember those monster heads

>>174297415
I remember this.
Yeah that could work. I'm not really a fan of JRPGs, but as long as the combat is fun, I think it would be good. One thing Harvest-likes usually lack is in-depth combat.

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Made a really simple script for Unity
It combines the child meshes of an object based on the name of their first material
>https://pastebin.com/SkPpCTfG

Here's some performance gains, though I fudged up and had way to many materials.
Picture is 100x100 rooms being created and the performance of having one enabled vs the other
I fixed it an tested again, but the same gains were there.

Since I'll be generating rooms for my dungeon based on prefabs, I'll use this to prototype my rooms quickly and make them somewhat performant.

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UNITY OR GAMEMAKER?

>>174297817
godot

>>174297817
UE4 or Godot.

>>174297817
Godot.

>>174297415
>>174297775
>let's take a game that is explicitly about not-combat gameplay and add combat to it
One of the most retarded things I've read here so far, and I don't even filter gogem.

>>174297817
Blender game engine

>>174297817
Clickteam Fusion 2 is the only way to make game.

>>174297817
Unity, its really not as bad as some people say, there are a few "gotchas" that will piss you off, but its worth it just to be able to C# instead of C++

>>174297924
It's literally Rune Factory which is a spin-off of Harvest Moon.

>>174297924
>what is stardew valley
>what is rune factory
i think your post is far more retarded anon.

>>174297817
XNA

>>174298075
>>174298101
>RF & SV
>doing a good job
Nah.

Thank you.

>>174297817
RPG Maker 2003.

>>174298124
i want to make a g ame
not interested in writing my own engine

What happened to Panda3Danon?

>>174297817
JMonkeyEngine
I've literally tried that before and it wasn't the worst. Don't do it though.

>>174297924
>>174298205
Your opinions are as bad as gogems

>>174298294
Could be worse. Could be trying to pry in combat where it's counterproductive to the game's purpose.

>>174276626
max noisy

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>>174297817

>>174298421
What's the purpose of a game other than to be fun? Plenty of people love Rune Factory. Stardew Valley has tons of combat (albeit not very deep combat, but tons of it), and sold over 2 million copies.

>>174297817
an ironic frogpost trying to stir up trouble gets this many replies, but a real progresspost just above it gets no attention

nice "community" you have here

>>174298649
There is not a single incidence of the word "best" in that post.

>>174290372
>three point lighting
That's some movie shit. You can't consistently pull that off in game so do either realistic lighting or stylized/fake lighting.

>>174298695
Prepare yourself. This one's gonna be a shock.

There are people that do not enjoy crappy combat in their comfy economic sim.

But I guess their opinion doesn't matter. After all, billions of flies agree that shit is tasty snack.

>>174287106
Wow, they shared a lot of their process. Will put this to good use.

Unfortunately it looks like I hallucinated the one feature I needed from them

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>>174297817
All you need is LÖVE

>>174298695
He's just baiting.

>>174299005
Well yeah the Rune Factory series and Stardew Valley were very successful so your opinion isn't worth shit and I'm saying this as someone who fucking loves comfy Harvest Moon.

>>174298785
Meh, I'm more interested in people getting the learning from the script.
I posted it on tumblr though, so more people should get to see it than just here.

Most people here don't actually do 3D in Unity surprisingly.

>>174299005
not every game is for everyone you retard. who cares about your opinion when millions of people would absolutely play a game like that.

>>174299165
I tried LÖVE but I HÄTED it

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>>174299165
LÖVE?

>>174298785
Instead of replying to the frogpost you could have given feedback to said anon. Be the change you wish to see.

Entertaining offers for the next 15 minutes from serious devs looking to collab. Artist here btw

>>174298785
Congrats, you commented on the frogpost instead of the progress post. You're a piece of shit.

>>174297791
I will be the first to reward your progress with a (you)

>>174299387
>>174299347
>they replied to the shitpost complaining about the frogpost instead of replying to progress
ugh

>>174299359
Before we get started, could you provide some info on monetary securities you have to bring to this collab?

>>174299479
so just how many levels deep are we going to take this

let's settle on a number

>>174299491
Yes they're in the form of nobody is playing your pixelshit game without my art

>>174299479
>last progress was over an hour ago
I'd love to.

>>174298649
Who are you quoting?

>>174299581
You misunderstood. What valuables or property do you have available that will be transferred to me should the game not sell despite your promises?

>>174299720
You've already failed my first test by not presenting your game. Perhaps I will offer my services somewhere else

>>174299815
We all know that the thing that sells games is art.
Since you refuse to back your words up, I am starting to think you are not very confident in your artistic skills. Perhaps you aren't even an artist at all. I'm glad you exposed yourself before causing any damage, charlatan.

>>174299359
are you just gonna waste our time for 15 min discussing shit and then ask what engine i use and abandon the project?

>>174281229
It's basically what you do, though?
You just go for an easy way to generate a lot of graphics, and don't seem to give a shit that it looks terrible.

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>tfw crazy ideas that fit my game perfectly keep popping up
>tfw I'm not skilled and disciplined enough to turn them into reality in a reasonable timeframe

>>174276289

you changed something from last time. is it faster?

>>174276289
Your IK has looked better. What did you do?

How do I tell the player that the game has more than meets the eye without actually spoiling the fun surprises?

>>174301120
What genre are we talking here?

>>174301120
On a store page or in game?

>>174300603
what idea?

>>174301120
In game or in description?
gameplay or world?

>>174301203
store

>>174301174
YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW

>>174282683
Thanks so much!

>>174301120
Every game claims to be unique. You pretty much have to have enough of an audience that it'll get played anyway, anfld trust reviewers and players to spread the word. Say nothing on the store page and hit the player's with your "surprise", which probably isn't as special as you think either

>>174301415
>YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW
Well, no. Not if we're talking about the store page. Which is literally "Watch out for secrets ;)))))".
Why do you have problems with that like a retard?

>>174301120
We talking surprises like Samurai Flamenco?

>>174284305
HOLY SHIT I FOUND YOU MAYHEM LEAGUE DEV

I've been out of these threads for a while and thought you had left forever
Glad to see your back, and while I'll miss your amazing Mayhem league artstyle and the comic book effects, I'm happy I'll still one day get to play your game

>>174297791
That pretty nice anon

>>174301294
Water fills half of the screen, causing refraction that distorts the level.

>>174301415
"Emergent complexity"
"Deeply interwoven mechanics"
As the other guy said, everyone wants to claim their game isn't a shallow shitfest, so claiming yours isn't probably won't do much to convince people.

I'm assuming you're talking about complexity that reveals itself as the game goes on rather than that you're going for a gimmick like Pony Island or whatever the fuck that game is called.

Don't forget to viral market your game ;)
http://imgur.com/gallery/NZAHlkP

>>174301731
what level?

Need to balance it a bit more, the chimes start in a bit too strong, but this is the sort of dreamy-nighttime-aesthetic feel I'm thinking for the nighttime.
https://youtu.be/Hdg14LLNGbo

>>174301792
The game's level.

>>174301892
what game?

>>174301994
My game.

>>174297791
i like when the fps is nice and slow so you get time to plan ahead and strategize
3.5 fps seems like a really nice number to me

>>174300603
Gamedev is all about doing stuff that's currently too hard.

What exactly are you picturing the distortion looking like? Sounds like a pretty basic shader. Perfect to get your feet wet with shaders.

>>174302160
Does it have a lot of water levels?

Who's on first?

>>174302204
Not really, it's actually some meta shit going on and the water isn't actually in the level but in the SCREEN.

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>>174302273
Just do it, mang.

>>174301775
I think I could actually make this in less than a day. Is it time for me to make mobile shovelware?

>>174301775
200k views
Just how much did they pay for the gorilla marketing?

>>174302354
>edit: edit: I am aware of the problem with the ads (too frequent/pop up mid-game) , and am working on a fix as I type this.
Just do it. It's free real estate.

>>174301775
How did it get that many fucking views?

>>174302479
That account has literally 5 posts, including that one.
People are fucking idiots. My bet's on upboat-bots that get it to the front-page, where it just gains traction and retards think they are supporting one of their own.

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>>174302461
Swindling normies seems like the simplest thing in the world. Why does it never occur to me?