/agdg/ - Amateur Game Development General

gogot

>>180972161
I can write music for you if you want. What kind of game?

arise chicken

>if you override a function with no return value, it becomes an event
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING EPIC
WHO WANTS THIS """"FEATURE""""
HOW DOES IT HELP
IT JUST MAKES THINGS MORE CLUTTERED

>>180972557
Why don't you just collapse it

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Just some simple doors transition.

my game is collapsing

>>180972842
sovereign citizen simulator 1998

>>180972830
It will still be there on the main graph being ugly, and not in the "Functions" section of the sidebar where it belongs.

A sci-fi metroidvania set on a planet consumed by an evil nebula, reminiscent of the world of Demon's Souls. Lasers and robots and things are in full force but there are also supernatural happenings.

>>180972949
If it bothers you so much add an output, override it, then delete the output.

It's a weird quirk but holy shit lad.

>>180972842
Is this First Blood: N64 edition?

how long does it usually takes to make a simple song?

>>180973057
I know that works but it's still stupid.
Why is this a feature

>>180973161
I'd guess because functions have restrictions, unlike events. Since there is no output then it might be more useful for it to become an event.

>>180973389
>I'd guess because functions have restrictions
Like what?
The only real difference between them that I'm aware of is that events aren't allowed to return anything.

hopoo if you are reading this, your games are SHIT

t. me

>>180973557
Deadbolt was good though.

>>180973158
>as a shitty demo
like 30 minutes-an hour
>as a finished product
a few days or less depending on how autistic you are about your mixing

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>>180972842
>am i being detained?
>am i free to go?

>>180972557
absolutely correct because a function without an assigned return value is mathematically not a function.

>>180973943
m8, I feel like shit.

Is like when I started to draw all over again.

>>180973535
Functions can't use delays, and by their nature of being 'in a box' can't as easily interact with other bits around your graph like getting the outputs of other previously executed functions, access to timelines, their use with timers, there are also some networking implications which I'd guess aren't relevant.

A function with no output is just a bad event which can have local variables (and I'd guess that adding some local variables takes it back to being a function)

>>180973557
I don't see a single reason to play risk of rain, deadbolt was ok though

>>180974289
>Functions can't use delays, and by their nature of being 'in a box' can't as easily interact with other bits around your graph like getting the outputs of other previously executed functions, access to timelines, their use with timers, there are also some networking implications which I'd guess aren't relevant.
Easily handled with futures.

>>180974289
So wouldn't it be bad practice to insert a delay or make it interact with the rest of the graph when it's being called like a function?

Welp, Networking in LibGdx for browsers kinda sucks. Can't really use any outside libraries without it crashing so I'm stuck with basic web sockets. I guess it'll be a nice challenge to make this work.
/blogPost

>>180974538
networking for browsers in general sux
webrtc is a hack and websockets are reliable-only

>>180973059

It's supposed to be crime investigation + survival horror sequences (kinda like deadly premonition or Mizzurna Falls ), but I might just make it pure survival horror since social interaction with multiple choices and endings might be too much of a project.

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Level persistence for items is basically done.

Had not really planned it but the system could even handle items dropped by the player.
Which really only makes sense when you have some kind of inventory/weight management in place, which I personally believe is pretty much always an annoying waste of time, so I don't fuckin know.

What even speaks for inventory management?
It's not even realistic or anything.

>>180974612
>reliable-only

I don't understand what that means. I did my software engineering in french.

>>180974778
Oh cool is this Skyrim 2

>>180974538
Easily handled with futures.

>>180971548
>>180972161
Composer here, tell us what you're looking for/what your project is, m8

>>180974834
basically you can only use TCP, not UDP

>>180974270
What's the hard part, the writing or the production? What software are you using?

Also, now that I think about it, if a game looks lo-fi then it can probably get away with lo-fi music. I liked the music in LISA and that was just like fucking default loops he dropped in garage band on mac or whatever he used. Sounds like shit production wise but was whacky enough to be memorable.
But if I was playing a nice looking 3D game I'd expect nice sounding music. You know what I mean?

Hi
I know only the very very basics of programming

but I want to make a "game." A turn based RPG, with just about the same mechanics as Pokemon. I really enjoy competitive Pokemon but there is a lot of shit in it that I think could be fixed to make it overall more fun. I want to make my own version of that, think like the Project M but for Pokemon.

I can't imagine it would be too difficult. Its just a simple turn-based game with 5 stats. I think if I actually put in the effort I could learn how to do it. I'm just not sure where to start. What would be the best way to go about making this?

Alternatively, if there is a way to do it with gamemaker or RPGmaker without having to spend too much time on actually programming... that would be cool.

>>180974515
Functions can call events anyway so this doesn't introduce any new 'risks'

>>180971548
Hey, I'm pretty bored usually and have a bit of free time, I can write whatever you need. I think I'm a decent writer. Whats your project?

>>180975002
you know when someone start to draw he makes those really awfull shit drawings?

same deal but in music.

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>>180974778
>tfw picking beggar master race

>>180975198
and you know how you can improve your drawing capacity much faster than normally by learning stuff like perspective or anatomy?

yeah. Go pick up a book or watch some youtube videos on music theory. Now.

>>180974940
Oh, yeah I knew that. I'm not making a game with hundreds of people at the same time so the overhead of tcp vs udp shouldn't be too bad, but we'll see.
>>180974841
Can't believe I hadn't heard of these before, will definitely come in handy thanks.

People say don't use IMGUI because it's expensive to compute layouts every frame. You are a fucking retard if your GUI layout is expensive to compute. Not talking GPU state changes and draw calls and whatnot here, you should cache and reuse as much as possible. Ideally define the types of your GUI API to forbid or at least discourage doing slow things with your GUI.

>>180974778
this is too much progress for me, good work my man

>>180975198
Yeah just keep at it my bro. I've been writing music since I was like 12 years old and I only started getting decent at it these last few couple years. But as long as you think it's fun you have the basis for getting good at it.

>>180975023
just pick whatever engine in the OP and start learning
you will have to spend a lot of time on programming and it will be harder than you think though, don't expect it to be easy or else you will drop it at the slightest issue, making games is not the same as playing games where things always work as intended

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shilling my soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/tristanmpa

Since I'm not working on a specific project right now, I'm looking for general ideas/scenarios to write music to/for. Anyone got some suggestions?

>>180975314
Futures are good for pretty much any asynchronous operation you can think of. You can even use them as an API for coroutines.

>>180966348
>sourceposter is butthurt about Godot now
How did I know this would happen?

what do you guys produce vidya music and sound effects with?

>>180975487
Or he can just use blueprints like a normal human being.

>>180975758
I use Ableton for my own music.

>>180975657
because he's been doing the same thing for 2 years?

>>180975758
FL12.

>>180975774
Blueprints are also programming, but with pretty pictures instead of just text.

>>180975758
FL Studio master race here

>>180972842
Comfy.

>>180975758
Reaper, various VSTs & libraires, a microphone and actual musical instruments

>>180975908
this, if you don't know what an array is blueprints can't help you

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>welp, time to watch music theory videos.

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something something gamedev

no demo this month

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>>180974778
Monomyth & Monolith /agdg/ crossover when?

>>180976165
For what purpose? Just practice making music. You might need tutorials for mixing but you only get good at writing by practicing.

>>180976006
>actual musical instruments
I like it how people always have a need to emphasize that, like they are above the others. Yeah, I also have an ACTUAL piano sitting right next to me, big deal.

I only have a PS2 Singstar microphone though, so I'm still a pleb.

>>180974778
where can I see more of this game

>3 days to demo day
>no game
>full tank of gas
>half a pack of cigarettes
>wearing sunglasses

>>180976360
>PS2 singstar microphone
those aren't too bad desu, personally I use the rock band microphone

>>180976360
I literally only specified it because it seems like, in amateur videogame music, being only made with synthesizers and samples is a given, so it would be interesting for the guy who asked to know that there are still people who use live instruments?

I wasn't really trying to act like it made me somehow superior, if that's how I was coming across.

>>180976462
fly

will you buy my game?

>>180977054
how much?

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>found a good music theory video
>he calls the notes quaver, crotchet and minim

Do you enjoy inventory management?

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>>180976250

>>180977103
1000 copies is enough

>>180976815
Nah, it's fine man, it's just something I see often. NHF. Agree about synths and samples.

>>180977120
I told you music theory is only for fags. Real musicians improvise and follow their heart.

>>180977140
no,

>>180977120
man i regret never learning theory. I'm pretty good at guitar but always just read tab

>>180975518

>TMPA

I don't know what it means but I would suggest using more contrast colors instead of black background and dark navy blue.

>>180977120
If you are looking for the basics, check out these:

https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/

https://www.musictheory.net/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3yqUeiMn_g&list=PLJTWoPGfHxQH5zdZN6UlMPwZerVApkqmk&index=1

https://www.youtube.com/user/havic5

There are more resources on some reddit threads if you want, I'm too lazy to link to all of them now.

>>180975023
You are not going to get around programming for a game like that.

>>180977305
Nothing is stopping you from starting learning it right now.

>>180976250
Hey look it's rise of iron, raid titan armor holding the fire axe.

Hey monolithdev. I LOVE YOUR GAME, BEST GAME AGDG EVER RELEASED, RoR HAS NO SHIT ON THIS.

And I don't even play danmaku shmups, but maybe I'll try some out now

>>180977396
literally just my initals, haha. I know I'll have to get a better logo at some point, I'm just kinda shit at making those.

>>180977305
do it m8. Learning song actually goes much faster with scores (or just general music theory knowledge, ie scales, harmony etc) than it ever is with tabs.

>trying to make "simple" puzzle game about boxes with puzzles on each side
>already at a point where trying to comprehend and figure out how to make this thing is impossible.

I'm using Unreal's Blueprint system. What's a good, reliable way to get help as I make this fucking thing?

>>180977140
depends on the game.

im going to force my game's inventory to be small so that the player doesnt travel too far without storing.

i just find it stupid that a player can hold a billion items while walking around in a semi-realistic setting.

I also makes getting inventory slot upgrades so much more satisfying.

tl;dr, unlimited inventory is fucking stupid

>>180978369
Yeah i might have to once I finish all my art. Shouldn't be too hard seeing as though I can already easily arrange fingerstyle versions of songs by ear on guitar.

>>180976250
Oh hey, I'm making a similar design, my character is based around using a magic hammer and a magic spear. Good shit. Are you making the animations yourself or using blueprints?

>>180978548
How about for a game with progression similar to Souls or the earlier resident evils?

>>180978919
Souls games have unlimited inventory because resource scarcity is less important when opening the inventory doesn't pause the game and using an item makes you vulnerable for 5 seconds.
On top of that, healing items are usually rare so there's no need to limit your ability to carry them.

I haven't played Resident Evil but the early games were survival horror and survival horror absolutely NEEDS resource scarcity. Whether you choose to enforce that through a limited inventory or by making the most useful items rare is up to you.

A limited inventory is best used when you want to force the player to make decisions about which items to take with them.

dead thread
s to spit on grave

>>180979667
S

>>180979667
c

>>180979667
How's your game anon?

>>180976378
On its steam greenlight page

>>180979667
f

>>180980059
good but i need to finish it soon so I can work on another game. i feature creeped pretty bad.

>>180980125
>greenlight
>2017
What?

What's better for storing items in an inventory, a dictionary or list?

lists are easier to iterate over but suffer from increased lookup times as the list grows

dictionaries have consistent lookup times regardless of the dict's size but are more troublesome to iterate over

>>180980353
I'm using an array because I need to associate each item with a particular slot.
A list would probably be better if I wasn't doing that.
I don't know why you'd use a dictionary.

>>180975518
Sounds great have you tried writing character themes? I always loved ffX's Seymour theme.

>>180980659
In a dict, the key could be the item, and then the value would be how many the player currently has.

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>>180980353
Are you trying to make a dictionary software or a video game? Will your inventory have a few million entries?

>>180980353
I am very pro arrays (lists is kind of an overloaded word)
I would say in most cases the lookup time is meaningless and the fact that lists don't "privilege" a certain feature of your data makes them really good when you need to change the structure/requirements of your data

>>180980659
It's faster
Built in dupe checking

https://chrisvall.com/coding/c-dictionary-benchmark-testing-getting-allone-values

>Dictionary – Grabbing last element: 19ms
>List – 79140ms

>>180978548
Limited inventories make games unfun.

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>bokube stuck at <4000$

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>>180914823
>>180916837
I think it's Hart from Korean mobile game Black Survival.

http://blacksurvival.gamepedia.com/Hart

>>180980893
This would only work if every item had the same maximum stack size.

>>180981110
Not for me.
Completely ruins the immersion when you're a god who has a portable dimension that can store everything.

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>all mechanics are in
>can't come up with new puzzles
it's over.

>>180981148
He only needs $166 more and his mommy will throw $1000 towards it.

>>180981110
Even Pokemon had a limited inventory, yet nobody complain about that.

>>180978615
i do my own animations

>>180981110
>I hate resource management
Do you play modern WoW too

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>>180981148
woah

>>180981935
>tfw it's a troll donation and he'll chargeback 1 day before deadline

Cold

>>180981148

Bokube just got funded

>>180981935
what the hell it was at 3800 like 2 minutes ago.

Someone dumped another 1,000 in it?
Well, good for him

>>180981935
WHAT

>>180981935

You cant chargeback if it will bring the game under the funding goal

>>180981935
If this trash managed to lift off, I'll be the next Notch in no time. Thanks for the encouragement.

>>180982168
Says who? The bank doesn't give a fuck about kickstarter rules.

>>180981935
Ah, so he made it.
It would have been criminal how badly I would have shat on his game if he didn't make it.

>>180982168
Where did you read that?

>>180981935
PULL OUT NO DONT LET THIS RACIST FUCKER WIN

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>>180981935
Nice job ya cunt, cant wait to pirate buy your game

>>180981935
No, not woah, unless you're a shitposter or a fucking moron who has never seen a KS in agdg before.

Any and all drama and shitposting about whether the KS would succeed was just that: shitposting. Agdg is shit. I hope you enjoy seeing bokube get rich and slowly abandon you now.

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>>180981935
sure you show them, bokube, congrats.

agdg btfo.

So, now that bokudev isn't an amateur anymore, can he finally fuck off forever?

>>180982545
>bokube get rich
HAHAHA

>>180975518
Wow these are really nice my man, I'd love to get something from you. Things I era style. The one you posted is cool as heck, but Id suggest a horse galloping effect as part of the drum track, although I have no compositional skill, it just seems like it would be cool need right now are a miniboss theme and a wild west theme, both in some sort of SNES/N64

>>180982671
He already has. I don't know if you tards have noticed but he drastically cut down on posting in here once the kickstarter was up because he knew how you'd behave.

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>>180981935
Well I made it. Looks like Waifu thicc loli girl is going to be canceled.

>>180982805
he's been posting in almost every thread
the fuck you talking bout

>>180982805
>>180982886
kek

>>180982000
nvm i was wrong, this only applies during the last 48 hours

rip bokube

>>180981935
Damn, congrats Boku. Now enjoy the nightmare of distributing and manufacturing physical rewards. Although you only have like 4 to make, so you might as well just use Etsy

>>180982886
It's not like the bokube game will be able to single-handedly hold your ass out of poverty.

Now go back to working on the toy loli game, you lazy fuck.

>>180981935
If you can get a $5000 kickstarter going for this kinda puzzle game what kinda sales can you expect for the final product?

Name one reason not to make a Kickstarter for your game even if you don't need it.

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>>180981935
Yes, yes, well done agdg, well done agdg

HOWEVER

>>180982802
Glad you like my stuff, mate. I'm always looking for projects to work on, if you want stuff from me you can always message me on soundcloud.

I did start writing some kind of "boss fight" music but never really got around to finishing it. Thanks for the idea!

>>180980851
I haven't really, actually. That's a good idea, I might give it a try - not sure what character to go for, but I'll try and come up with something.

Hey bokube, was the last donation by your mom as the rumors said it would be, or some crazy dude just dropped 1,2k dollars on it?

>>180983436
A game like Monolith had less than 3k units sold.
Bokube? Probably less than 500.

So if it's sold at $10 + 500 units = 5k - Steam 30% = 3,500

>>180983850
Monolith needs some TotalBiscuit coverage or something, it's on "hidden gem" status right now.

I hope Monolith has been hitting up streamers to stream his game. It seems fun to watch, and it's certainly fun to play, so it's worth a shot

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>>180983643
You can thank that anon from /v/ the other day.

>>180983986
The egg already played it, seems like that's all the exposure it's gonna get.

>>180983973
I agree. It's really good, I'm glad I bought it

>>180984139
Call your congressman, write your senators, demand that monolith get played.

Fucking go on twitch and donate a penny and tell them to play it

>>180975657
I'm sorry anon, I didn't mean to trigger you, I was just having some fun. You can use whatever engine or non-engine you want. Just as long as you like make game.

>>180984246
I'm glad I bought it too

>>180984115
I'm happy for him. Cube-puzzle game should get a lot more attention than it currently does.

>>180981935
This cannot be happening with that fucking shitty art.

Someone pull out your money right now

>>180983973
I can barely even find any LP's of it on youtube.

I should be able to type your game's name in youtube and find a video with a minimum 50k views.

>>180984139
link

>>180984518
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=touekn6QBls

>>180984518
it was on his live show and he dislikes it apparently

>>180984762
casul.

>>180984115
nice.

hookers and blow.

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

>>180981935
Been away for a bit. Last time I was here, Boku was in full-on content creation overdrive. For what exactly does he need the money?

>>180985292
He'll keep asking for money to find that answer!

bokube has made it

repeat

bokube has made it

okay, seriously, when the fuck did itch.io become the biggest hotspot for shitty lets players?

like, i can't look at the comments for a single semi-popular game on the site without seeing endless embedded youtube videos with people putting stupid-ass retarded faces in their let's play thumbnails. who likes this garbage? why is it all over the site? why the fuck do i care so much?

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>tfw you inexplicably attract really talented people
we got a real cover art now.

>>180985489
damn that's sweet.
who designed it?

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>>180985489
who made this and how much did it cost

>>180985489
Damn, nigga.

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>>180981935
>look up on fireden Bokube
>see months upon months worth of shitting on Bokudev and his game
>see tons of posts saying he wont make a dime off of his game

PREPARE FOR THE SALT ATTACKS MEN THE SALT IS GUARANTIED INCOMING.

>>180985563
>>180985615
this guy (NSFW): http://psyk323.tumblr.com/
also, 150 EUR

>>180985759
Nigga, that was all jokes in good fun, all real devs support each other here.

>>180985849
>inexplicably
>money involved
I can explain it

>>180985913
>all real devs support each other here
I support devs by emulating negative reviews in order to steel their psyche.

>>180985759
I see way more people making posts like yours than people complaining that an agdg dev seems poised to succeed in a career milestone. No need to make everything into some high school-tier drama.

>>180985464
>why the fuck do i care so much?
I don't know.

Do you have any games on there? It's quite useful to see people play your game and hopefully their videos will slowly improve your visibility to the point that a big youtuber plays it.

can someone pill me on Clickteam Fusion? Is there even a point or just go with GMS?

>>180985849
Thanks I just emailed him to do one for Bokube.

>>180985489
I love it when games have cover art that doesn't match the in game art in any way whatsoever.
This is what Monolith 2 will look like, right?

>>180985980
we didn't seek him out and he didn't really seek us out. he just was around the discord we set up for the game, was discussing art and showed some of his pics. they were hella cool so I knew what needed to be done.

>>180985464
Videos are extremely useful for devs and the guys doing the Let's Plays want ad revenue, it's a win-win.

>>180985913
>its all jokes

Yeah after Bokudev makes it, then it was all just a prank bro lmao.

>>180986196
There isn't a point. Just go with Godot if you want to make a mobile game.

>>180986345
I can see how a nodev like you would take it personally tbqh desu.

>>180986308
>ad revenue
Swimming in all that <5k view dosh.

>>180986196
CTF is a retardo GMS which is a retardo Godot.

>>180986348
No mobile, just something with no/limited graphics. I was just doing it in notepad, but managing data that was is just.......no.

>>180986139
>>180986308

>Do you have any games on there?
Just one. No videos or anything like that (it wasn't exactly popular but it wasn't a great game either).
It's just really difficult to find any meaningful discussion these days on the game's page because 99% of it are Youtube videos with dumb "LOL REACTION FACE CAM" thumbnails with like 50 views. like basically "SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON AND LICK MY SMELLY ASSHOLE" pewdiepie wannabes. it's just really frustrating.
especially when most of them have no idea what the fuck they're doing and spend like 7 minutes sitting there going "i dont know what to do BUY MY MERCH AND SUBSCRIBE"
i dunno. i assure you im not really as mad as my posts make it out to be. but it genuinely is annoying.

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>>180986435
>something with no graphics
Tell me more.

>>180974778
>not having 16 slots for character armour

>>180986521
Can't you watch the videos to look for bugs or something?

>>180986415
Better than nothing, I wouldn't consider it a viable income strategy but there are always hopefuls in this doggy dog world.

>>180986521
I don't know why so many devs use the game-page thread layout instead of the proper forum option, seems much better to me.

>>180986435
Oh, I thought Clickteam Fusion was geared more towards mobile.
What sort of game were you making with notepad?

>>180986581
Not 100% set (more like 5%.....), but a text-based edgy simulator where the combat is automated based on your decisions. Extremely difficult to describe honestly, but I guess a text adventure with management involved?

>mollynew picture
I'll just give up now

>>180986701
>Better than nothing, I wouldn't consider it a viable income strategy
Yeah, it's not exactly a diamond dozen.

>>180986704
it's the original/default layout
nobody is going to post on a forum anyways so might as well leave it on the default

>>180986815
Check out Twine.

Guys I haven't made progress on my game in almost a week, is the dream dead?

>>180987048
The only way out is to start a new project.

>>180986965
Lol I'm not a stay-at-home mom homeschooling three kids while working on my erotic fanfiction masterpiece. Twine and all those text-only engines don't have nearly what I'm looking for. Liberal Crime Squad I guess would be close in terms of interface and whatnot.

>>180981384
That shit looks dope, tell me the mechanics and I can help you with making some puzzles!!!

>>180987173
Liberal Crime Squad is both open source and a clone of a 30-year-old game so it shouldn't be at all difficult to copy.

Give me a game project I can finish in 3 months.

>>180987302
A clone of World of Warcrafft.

>>180987225
I know, I've poked around the code a bit. My C/C++ knowledge is literally 15 years out of date and I feel like I'd waste so much time just getting back into it that I'd lose any drive.

>>180987048
The only way out is to stop relying on the initial motivation rush and learn discipline instead.

>>180986245
YOU FUCKERS, so the discord was a honeypot all along!!! I KNEW IT!!!

I still fell for it.

>>180987173
>text adventure with management involved
Free Cities, while erotica, is a pretty competent managing sim.

>>180987302
Pretty much anything can be done in 3 months, try 3 days.

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>>180981935
Congrats Bokube!

>all these kids impressed by 5k
underage b&

>>180987946
>impressed by 5k
impressed by 5k for bokube

>>180987946
where's your 5k?

>>180988093
isn't bokube the kid around here?

>>180987709
Why doesn't she just do all that in one smooth motion reeee

do people who use unity/gamemaker actually consider themselves to be real game devs

>>180988249
>muh no true scotsman

>>180988249
yes.

>>180987946
Well his game and the fact that he made a successful kickstarter is nice, and more impressive than... least say all gogem games combined.

>>180988174
a kid with 5k to make a game for kids based on a game for kids

>>180988184
'cause the show was literally animated in flash

>>180988249
when is yur inshin?

>>180987545
>free cities
jesus

And no, definitely not HTML, or at least in appearance. Mainly because it gives me a headache. DOS in appearance if that makes sense.

>>180988404
welp, now I am the kid.

Nodev The Kid.

>>180981512
Me too. I couldn't find any that satisfied my needs. What's your gameplay like?

>>180988532
>jesus
I'm pretty sure Jesus is staying away from that as far as he can.

You could just script for CL directly.

>>180987946
5k is how much I spend on rent+food in a year.

An extra year of devving and not being a wagecuck is something worth celebrating.

>>180988249
WE

WUZ

PEASANTS

>>180988856
5k is how much I spend on rent for 3 months not including utilities ._.

>>180988856
5k? that's it? i spend nearly 4k on food alone, and the apartment i rent now runs me 12k annually, and that's me living cheaply
how about you get a better job

So last thread people were shitting on seasons Past guy about aesthetic. Am I a bad person because I just love the aesthetic?

>>180989453
Try 2 months. Bay area sucks.

>>180972842
A hair faster on the exit would be better.

>>180989486
i make 28k a year as a junior web dev, I just don't spend my money nigga.

>>180989487
>being this insecure

should I use cheapo royalty free music or actual copyrighted songs for my placeholders

>tfw 5k is basically two years of rent and food for me

>>180989487
>Am I a bad person because I just love
Anyone expressing "love" is a fag.

>>180989614
>28k a year
get a better job, they exist; i'd make at least 23k working fast food
ffs you make less than half what i made starting out of college

>>180989751
>cheapo
The word you are looking for is "free".
Why the fuck would you pay for placeholders?

>>180989614
Christ. I make more than 3x that working as junior dev.

>>180989889
You made £56000 ($71000) a year straight out of college?

What

>be slovakdev
>tfw getting first 1€ donation on itch.io in a year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu4BjivBHVo

friendly reminder that cost of living and wages varies wildly from place to place~

>>180990062
do you actually yourself,

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>>180990096

>>180990036
Post link.

>>180989614
I don't even make 5k a year ;_;

I get 30k a year from the government

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Gameplay ideas for gacha games that aren't match 3, turn based strategy, or porn?

>>180981384
I'm glad to see you're still alive. I hope you're feeling better.

>>180985489
Holy shit that's nice
Money well spent

wonder what happened to sunny dev

>>180990368
trillion but real time fighting

>>180990197
https://drury.itch.io/

>>180985489
>Not commissioning him Splash Art for your next Monolight Update so you can hype it up for more notoriety.

Nibba

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>>180971764
>tfw nodev and scared to make game

>>180990829
You are only allowed to post once you have a game.

>>180990829
you should be scared to stay a nodev

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the drill is my soul btw

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>>180990917
>you can shoot the drill

How do you get inspiration and ideas for games:

>>180990984
It's actually pretty simple,

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>>180990887
Oh my god you're right..

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>>180990984
I wish I knew. Gameplay design is like pic related for me.

>>180990917
>The drill doesn't gain power everytime it pierces an enemy

Hmm

>>180990917
Hey fagbait, grats breaking 3000sales. Looks like things are starting to get better for you guys.

>>180990917
>it grabs enemies
how is that balanced

>>180990680
but. we did.

>>180990010
yes actually, though i was interpreting your numbers as $ to begin with

Does the Find node for maps in UE4 return a copy or a reference?
If it's a reference, how do I make a copy?
The built-in Copy node only seems to work with primitives.

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A rough idea of the player character's model

>>180990368
turn based match 3 with porn.

>>180986345
This happens literally every time.

>hahahah KS is dead RIP RIP RIP
>jk lol bants :^)
The only reason to be an agdg dev is if you like being shit on 8 times for every morsel of positive reinforcement. I think boku does.

>>180990010
CS degrees get stacks dude. Most of my friends came out making 90k

>>180991382
Sorry, that falls into all three categories anon. Not what I'm looking for.

>>180991440
All devs get hate anywhere they go.

>>180991496
>get stacks
90k is pretty lame in the bay area though, and that's where most of them that make that much end up

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last update of the day.

>>180991764
is that a fucking katana what the fuck

>>180987173
Inform 7 is powerful enough. Maybe not exactly what you're looking for

>>180991496
>>180991736
>only 90k is SF
Oh, that makes sense.

So you live in poverty then.

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>>180991764

>>180991440
So far I have not received any negative replies to my progress back when I wasn't a filthy nodev.

>>180991824
ITs a space Katana, folded over 1.000.000 times, Filthy alien go home.

>>180991736
This. Fortunately San Diego and Texas have sprouted a lot of tech companies for that very reason. Cost of living isn't as insane.

>>180991764
>No fedora tip

weow

>>180991120
we're actually on the bottom end of the steamspy range, nowhere near 3k

>>180972842
transition too slow

>>180991764
>not drawing the paddle behind every hit target
Have you even studied the blade?

>>180991764
Sugoi

>>180990984
I play video games and let my overactive imagination wander.

>>180991858
Confirmed idiot. 90k is living in luxury if you live just outside the city. Especially just south. Daly City/San Mateo/Belmont/Foster City all a quick ride from the Caltrain.

>>180992004
>Owners: 2,800 ± 1,463
>Monolith sold 1400-2000 copies

Indiepocalypse is fucking real.

>>180992074
im keeping that one for the rape glasses.

>>180992004
well shit, my condolences

>>180992202
Needs semi-big YT exposure. No chance otherwise.

Probably stupid question but when you are making high resolution art (to me imported into GM:S) do you resize it before you import it or do you import it and resize it inside GM:S sprite editor or do you import it and the use code to resize it?

>>180992629
Resize before import

>>180992629
What's the point of high res art if you're just gonna resize it anyway? If its gonna be the same size all the time in game, best to do is resize it in the program of your choice, so you can choose a good interpolation scheme.

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>Randomizer hits Caribbean Blue while deving

>>180992202
>>180992242
>>180992394
Feel free to nag youtubers on our behalf. We did a bunch of soliciting ourselves but none of the big guys really bit.

>>180981935

>someone just dropped $100 more on bokube

FUCKING STOP HES HAD ENOUGH

Iv been shitting on your art for months bokudev and I'm fucking shocked you actually pulled this off. I hope you take that money to improve the art and leave agdg so I never have to see your faggotry here ever again.

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I spent today working on this. I don't know where I'm going with it, but I like the concept of a teleporting bear wizard.

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>>180990652
Grand Stratospheric showed promise.

>>180993142
He looks like the kind of bear that would start forest-fires.

>>180991134
>gun has limited ammo
>you're not even guaranteed to get the gun in a run
>game is single player so who the fuck cares anyways

I was give 5k when i become a man on my 11 birthday and i have eat ever since. I am now 32 or 36

>>180993345
How high and foreign are you right now?

>>180992202
That's depressing. My game doesn't look good as monolith so i guess i should just give up.

>>180993450
Just aim lower anon.

I'm going to consider 1 sale an okay launch, while anything above 500 sales will be amazing.

>>180992824
You probably don't want to talk about it but how much marketing/PR did you guys do before release? Also, how many weeks/month before release did you start?

>>180992802
so you can release a high res version of your game

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>>180993268
The eyes of a cold and insidious killer.

>make obtainable goals
>always meet them
>still eons away from being anything I envisioned
its never enough

>>180991134
I mean, it grabs them and holds them next to you, and then they can still shoot.

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>>180992824
Why is this in my Monolith feed?

Welp time to try this shit out.

>>180993767
Wrong thread!

>>180993740
Shoot for the moon so you'll be among the stars when you inevitably miss.

>>180993879
This doesn't apply here.

If you shoot for the moon you'll burn yourself out, fall into the ocean and abandon dev life forever.

>>180993940
I avoid becoming Icarus by limiting my devtime to the dark hours.

I'm doing music and sound for an anon's project so I uploaded a sample track. What do you guys' think?

https://soundcloud.com/ec2151/shmoop-2-teardrops-over-the-city-level-2

>>180993879
>shoot for the moon so you'll be left with a giant incomplete mess that's not anywhere close to being anything when you finally give up
Okay.

>>180993879
Fittingly, you need massive resources to reasonably consider shooting for the moon.

>>180994131
Fuckin' shit.
sounds good, good job

>>180993450
>i should give up
one of the reasons i dont talk about our sales (besides actual genuine optimism) is because it causes shit like this. i don't think we failed, if anything we've gotten a lot of learning experience, a modest amount of recognition and enough sales revenue to keep up future gamedev. none of that would have happened if we gave up.

>Nintendo Switch's NDA wont be compatible with MIT software
There goes my dreams of making a Godot game on Switch.

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>>180994131
ah shit ya let the cat outa the bag, i hadn't even changed the title screen yet.

shmoop 2 no more, we got a real name now.

>>180983973
TB covering it would probably be unlikely. He doesn't do indie games as much these days like he used to.

Honestly, I think he just needs to send out some press codes to various streamers. due to the drop in drop out style of watching streams and the rogue-lite nature of Monolith, it would be a perfect fit. Like maybe a streamer could show a game or two in between games they focus on.

Monolith is so cool but there's gotta be some marketing.

>>180993143
GS still gets a lot of attention because I stupidly shilled it on Factorio forums for basically no reason and it's still getting traffic and downloads from there, but I don't think of it too highly. Weird choice of music, weird game mechanics, artfag friend didn't care for the game too much, ultimately the game didn't do too well in the jam either.

I felt much better about Super Crash Box and Hero of Alexandria which I did 100% of the work on, they also placed much better in the jams. Getting into the top 50 Fun in ldjam, feelsgud.

>>180994131
Not a fan. Constantly felt like there was some limit being hit that cut off most of the instruments. Bass/percussion in the first few seconds exhibit this problem.

>>180994131
Pretty cool anon, I really like it

>>180983973
>>180994537
Target YTs that have 50+ videos of BoI and the likes. Should be more effective than going broad with the big guys.

>>180985489
holy shit that's really noice

>>180994370
Export templates don't need to be MIT, there are console templates but they can't be distributed freely.

Should I just give into the meme and use chiptune music in my game?

>>180993604
A lot of keys went out, I'll say that much.

>>180994390
I like this name
Cheering for you motherfucker

>>180995181
>meme
Good music is good music, anon. It's only a meme if you just go for a lazy beep boop soundtrack that sounds nothing like proper vidya music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1AeBgalFZk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTQIiIKummw
https://youtu.be/V7Lv-2AZhVU

>>180995181
Not if the rest of your aesthetic doesn't fit.

>>180995026
Maybe if I make a million dollar PC game I can then pay someone to make me a Switch export for porting.

>>180994537
we actually got contacted by him, it's just that nothing has happenece since and it was almost a month ago.

>>180995612
>Good music is good music, anon.
No. I enjoy chiptunes and recognize them as being worthwhile and "real" music as far as listening to music goes, but for most games chiptunes simply aren't appropriate and never could be, regardless of how skilled the composer is.

Imagine Bloodborne with chiptines. That shit would be hilariously awful.

>>180994967
somebody like northernlion
but then you run the issue of attracting only binding of isaac fans who won't recommend the game because "isaac is better". it's a delicate balance.

>>180995937
pics or it didn't happen

>>180995959
If it was done right, it could be pulled off. But then again I don't really look towards any of the souls games for reference for anything. Music is usually pretty understated with the exception of boss battles and a few other moments.

>>180991583
You said or

Anyone tried this dudes tutorials?
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ1b66Z1KFKik2g8D4wrmYj4yein4rCk8
Are they any good, and provide stuff worth knowing?
I would just watch them but in total its like 11 hours of videos

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>>180994131 's for this stage by the way.

>>180995583
Thanks anon!

>>180996139
northernlion has actually played it on stream. he doesn't like it.

>tfw just want to like make piano + violin song for game
>tfw pirated FL Studio and can't find violin sounds

Help

>>180996167
>If it was done right, it could be pulled off.
That's top tier delusional.

>>180974778
not gonna lie. it sort of feels satsifying to see stuff fly towards your crotch