agdg - Amateur Game Development General

How can we get rid of Gogem?

>>183479712
Just don't respond to him, at all.

>>183479754
cmon anon, do you really think this will happen. gogem can only be removed by force.

>>183479712
>thread with googum
>googum shitposting
>thread without googum
>engine wars and other shitposting that is literally just as bad

There is no victory condition here.

>>183479812
Thread with waifu games is the victory condition

>>183479812
When googum is not googeming he's godoting

>>183479804
I think if we actually sticked to it, it could actually work. Same with any other type of trashposting, but I know we just can't help ourselves sometimes.

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>>183479870
Amen

>>183480137
I'm cooking up a waifu demon game as we speak.

>>183479754
>>183479804
>>183479938
How did we get rid of sourcefam?

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>>183479712
post his pictures and remind him, he's a 30yo virgin without a dad

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Comics with stories set around different generations inspire me, like Billy Bat or JJBA

Is there any games that does the same thing? so you can play as a character, then his son etc

>>183480389
I can't think of games but I can think of series that do this, like Castlevania.

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>>183479870
>>183480137
>>183480191
Fuck you, waifudevs. You disgust me. Find some integrity, will you. You're literally no more advanced than 12 year olds.

>>183480467
The only people who think waifudevs are bad are people with bad progress who don't get replies and think the reason for this is that the waifus are taking their replies from them.

>>183480535
I get a ton of replies, bro. And my games actually have more to them than a single piece of ass.

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>>183480467
Why have integrity when you can have free r34 and patreonbux?

>>183480569
You people are so predictable. OK, wiyg?

Now you tell me you can't post your game because ___________

>>183480618
Because when you lose integrity, you start down the slippery slope of either just becoming a furry porn artist, or worse, someone like Gogem.

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8th for thicc

>>183480682
If only Gogem made waifu games, maybe he wouldn't be such a shitter. People like Gogem are a whole nother beast, don't bunch us together with them.

>>183480389
there was some ruglife-lite that did this.
no idea what it was called but each playthrough was a child of the previous or something.

>>183480681
Yeah fucking right, I'm gonna post my shit when I'm shit-talking. I'm not gogem and don't ever want to be.
>>183480618
I guess I just haven't descended so far into failure that I'm no longer human who inceracts with other humans.

>>183480861
>I'm no longer human who inceracts with other humans.
Were you ever human to begin with?

>>183480710
Looks good, but for some reason it has this "rotoscoped" look to it

>>183480710
cool, what kind of game is this gonna b

UE question. I can't set custom categories for variables. I write the name instead of default, but it just stares to me until I compile. Then it turns to default again.

Where am I messing it up?

>>183480940
>>183480958

just a picture from my folder, not for me or done by me

does googum ever sleep?

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>>183480998
oh cool
ill post some inspo too

>>183481086
where are you from

>>183481098
europe. it doesn't seem to matter whether I'm checking in the middle of the day or late at night or in the morning, fucker's always there.

>>183481096
I wonder if artists who make those mock-ups ever get frustrated that they're just mock-ups that won't ever become real game, like I get frustrated with my placeholder art prototypes.

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>>183481096

>>183481096
>inspo
>from a non-existent game

cant wait for marmoreal release

>>183480389
Thanks for reminding me I have to finish reading Billy Bat
How's the ending? Does it hold up with the rest of the manga? No spoilers pls

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is this pic related to the world of horror game? has that same retro horror feel but doesnt look quite the same

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>>183480467
Preach.

>>183480985
The box is finicky, you need to enter a category name and then hit enter and click a certain way

it's stupid but it does work

don't let the unityfags know our secrets

>41 posts in this thread
>see only 20

Thank god for filters. I can't imagine how bad it must be.

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incredible engine :---DDDD

>>183479643
I just released my first game. Finally, I'm a yesdev.
It's a simple endless runner though. On to bigger and better things now.

>>183481736
congratulations anon

glory and virgins await you

>>183481736
>releasing your first game
this is why the second crash is inevitable

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Name 1 (one) commercially succesful game from this shithole

>>183481782
w-what the fuck do you mean?

>>183481836
http://www.homph.com/steam/

>>183481782
>not releasing your work into the wild for the internet to archive your history for later generations
You can release stuff for free.

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>>183481438

>>183481836
This kind of shitpost would be much more efficient if it wasn't answered in the OP.

>>183481872
>SIT still on there
update it already

>>183481872
>>183481939
Are the Risk of rain guys multi-millionaires?

>>183481656
Thanks. I got it.
For reference, it's type the name, Enter, then click in the graph window.

>>183481656
>>183482069
This shit is silly. They're getting out of the category again. wtf?

>>183481192
You're not allowed to get inspiration unless the game exists?

>>183482413
You're setting up yourself for unrealistic expectations.

>>183481930
LEAVE NOPAN-CHAN ALONE

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>>183479643
So I have a game idea that's been floating around my head but it requires online multiplayer. Where would I start if I wanted to learn how to do networking?

I'm probably gonna use C#/Monogame btw.

>>183481873
It is free.

>>183481782
if daily flood of cheap pajeetjobs from every single corner of the world that are bordering on copyright infringement and redditors' "my first game in android studio that will catch on and make millions :)" titles didn't crash the mobile market, nothing will

>>183482556
If that's the case then you shouldn't get inspiration from any game whose quality is above your ability. Since you'll be setting yourself up for unrealistic expectations.

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does your game has class diagram? How to make one? It looks very professional work.

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>>183481303
not really

>>183482641
>I'm probably gonna use C#/Monogame btw.
Kill yourself

>>183482641
Try to make the game offline first.

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>biggest advantage indie devs have is that they can innovate and use themes the A(AA) studios don't dare to touch
>"IMMA MAKE A FANTASY ARR-PEE-GEE WITH ELVES AND DU-WARF-UES AND ORCS"

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>>183479643
*teleports behind you*

>>183482782
That's not the point. Not even an AAA studio could make >>183481096.

>>183482959
Name one innovative idea.

>>183482972
I'm glad you didn't quit while getting bullied a while back

>>183482959
replacing elves and dwarves and orcs with anime counterparts doesn't suddenly make a game revolutionary and original

>>183483047
when have i ever been bullied here

>>183483041
Rock paper scissors multiplayer game

>>183483096
when everyone called it a shitty journey clone

>>183483028
Are you joking? There's a lot of RPGs that look similar to that.

>>183481930
>>183481438

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>>183483149
people still call it a shitty journey clone
>>183483028
just looks like bad breath of fire

>>183481173
As an almost-former ideaguy, I get frustrated I have ideas I can't make so I imagine it's the all the same.

>>183482641
You could use the SFML networking module if there's a binding for C#. It also has a simple multithreading module (You'll have to use multithreading if your game is not turn based).

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Two games.

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>>183483317
one game that is actually two different games

where do you get your motivation/inspiration from?

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Who /wish they could art/ here?

I've been working with shitty placeholders and terrible drawing attemps for a while now. My code is getting fresh, and I've almost finished all my TBC mechanics, but I really want it to look good. What are your experiences with Fiverr and other artists? Looking to dump $1k into one, or is it better to sample different ones first?

>>183480389
>>183480439
This. And for just one game in the series that did that check Mirror of Fate. You get to play as a character (for a small intro though), his son and his grandson in that game.

>>183483090
>themes
>themes
>themes

Can you read nigger?
You're talking about characters. Those aren't themes.

>>183483041
Anything besides the standard video game cliche's which have been done to death. Read a book.

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Tell me what the hell is Unreal Engine doing here. Numbers literally don't add up.

>>183481173
Typically no. Good artists make mock ups for everything. From character design to environments. Throwing away old drawings is very common. Sure sometimes you might make something really cool and it's disappointing not to see it in a game, but at least you learned from it and can make something else better.

>>183483443
I take it back. I hadn't made it to the next step.

Sorry for being stupid. I'm working on it. Kind of...

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>>183483441
>books
>creative

go outside. you can't get original ideas for media from other media

>>183482959
How about innovation through gameplay? Who gives a shit if the races in your game are elves + dwarfs or space elves + space dwarfs or shadow elfs + shadow dwarfs or whatever else "original" things you come up with. Theme is something for AA studios to care about, since they have enough money for assets to build their game around that theme. As an indie dev you should aim for unorthodox or niche gameplay.

>>183483387
I feel old when playing games with random teenagers and I feel I don't belong there, but I love vidya. Game journalism was my first escape, I grew bored of it, so now I make games noone will play.

>>183483441
>animefag idolizing books because he never reads
poetry

>>183481303
resolution looks NES/famicom but the colors don't.
probably a mockup trying to look like an old famicom adventure game?

>>183483603
Nice projection

Do you make your own music?

>>183483670
do you make "your own" music using someone elses scales, chords and keys?

>>183483670
No, I steal it from /mu/ idiots in their /mix/ threads.

>>183483667
>buzzwords

>>183483670
Yes.
But not for my game because I'm too bad at it.

>>183483754
do you make "your own" game using someone else's functions, languages and hardware?

>>183483754
I hardly see the issue with that when someone uses scales like aeolian or harmonic minor.

But I agree that making atmospheric game music is easy nowadays because of it.
Just put random keys in there. It will sound good.

>>183483754
i sample scales from dusty old dead instruments only patricians know of.

>>183483153
show me a single pixel RPG which looks ANYTHING like that. Pixel art in that high quality with multiple characters with animations who can face in 8 directions, terrain which is obviously not tiled, every object, house, tree is unique. And that's from a single fucking image.
It's more like a painting than a game.

>>183483881
>using non-free software
lol

Why has noone made a strategy game where you control an insurgent squad yet?

>>183484063
except you can't see if there are animations or 8 directions in that mockup

>>183482792
>does your game has class diagram?
Not yet.

>How to make one?
Download MS Visio or similar software and plan away.

>>183484194
I can count 5 directions on the skeleton guys alone and they're all in front, not behind, the main character, and unless the game is a slideshow, the characters would have animations.

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>>183483317
Have an alternative Peter Molydeux.

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>>183484063

>>183484435
it's literally 3D

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>>183484380
>mirrored sprites
DIS GUS TING

>>183484193
generals/zero hour GLA

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Wolves will pick up items they see on the ground.
This animations is still WIP, but eventually it will split like this:
>if the item is a rock, throw it away
>if it's a cake slice, eat it
I messed up the pace here, but technically here she picks up something, looks at it, and goes back to idle pose.
I want to also make a more 'seductive' animation but I'm not sure if it will come looking right with my weight painting.

>>183484193
AI would get too complicated I guess. But it would be fun in a really frustrating way to play.

>>183484495
it looks like 48h jam game expect you are working on it for weeks now and have nothing to show

>>183484560
where is your game

>>183484560
He literally never does anything but 'jam' games

>>183484585
google bokube kickstarter, kiddo

>>183484560

It does not.

Those animations and models look excellent. That's not something you can cook up in 35 odd hours.

>>183484560
I wish I was fast enough to finish a game in 48 hours (a game that's not pong, tetris or breakout-tier I mean).
You're right though, this like most of my games started as a Jam game. Is it really a bad thing if I enjoy making this kind of small game?

>>183485062
Thank you, but I don't really think that's true. Especially the animations.

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No matter how meager the progress, I must post.

Now instead of being a skill tree it rolls dice to see if you can add the node to the list of conquered ones.

I've also learned how to debug blueprints, watch values, and so on.

>>183480998
Do you know where its form?

>>183485062
Obviously he's not making just a single model with animations, but you could easily do something of that level in 35 hours if you have some experience. Easily.

>>183484495
What kind of game are you making?

>>183485474
And you have experience?

>>183485654
Yes

>>183485682
Prove it

>>183481993
For now

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>>183485474

You seem to be discounting research, design and development.

It's easy to do something if you have a plan. If someone has done all the design or you are just copying something else. Sure, if all the ground work is done it is easy to whip up a model or animation, but that isn't the case here.

This anons project is unique and he has spent some time developing his idea. Developing ideas takes time.

And that is what doesn't get done enough around here. So many yesdev wannabes just diving into engines and throwing together assets and physics and calling it a game. It's not a game. It's not progress, you are just fucking around.

Write a GDD, mock-up your ideas, do your concept art, make paper prototypes and plan everything in advance. That way you don't need to spend three weeks posting the same shitty 'progress' with slightly altered UI or shaders.

Just because you are amateurs doesn't mean you can't do things properly.

/rant

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Somebody help me with my collision detection issue?

Here's the code:

https://pastebin.com/gzUu2751

>>183484063
You mean like Landstalker? There's nothing impossible about 2D isometric action rpg.

>>183485905
A lot of successful solo devs and small groups "found" their game's core mechanic while dicking around, and then explored as many variations on that mechanic as possible.

Yes, hard work and planning are important but the idea that you need a detailed GDD in advance is just false.

>>183485980
why aren't you using gamemaker's inbuilt physics like a normal person

>>183486186
Can I use its collision detection without using its physics in general (bouncing, etc.)?

>>183482641
I believe Lidgren is commonly regarded as one of the best networking libraries for C#, you should check it out.

I haven't had the chance to work with it for my game though, but the plan is to eventually add multiplayer if I ever get that far along.

>>183482823
Lemme guess, you use Unity.
>>183482839
Well yeah that's the idea but it being online is a huge mechanic.
>>183483314
I'm sure there's a work around since it's all C based. I'll take a look into it, thanks!

>>183486298
uhhhh yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB2alpO62GM

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If you can't recreate this you shouldn't be making video games

>>183482823
Why do you dislike Monogame tho?

>>183486486
lmao nice mock up retard. Not even an AAA company could make that.

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Why is my character capsule rotated by 90 degrees and how do I fix it? It's fucking up the transitions in and out of my directional falling blendspace since the input direction defaults to the right.

>>183482823
What's wrong with monogame?

>>183486661
0 degrees is "east". To face "north", offset by 90 degrees.
Welcome to maths.

>>183486186
>using gamemaker's inbuilt collisions
I love gm and all, but that stuff is absolute shit

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>>183486798
it works well enough and lets you spend devtime on other things

>>183486486
i'm not an artist

>>183486903
You can get the sprites from that game online. What's your next excuse?

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>>183486903

>>183486515
>>183486705
You can't just buy the game in the asset store.

>>183486798
I love how everything with Gamemaker is always "it works but it's shit".

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>>183486604
AAA companies can't do anything

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>>183487083
True, uninstalling and scrapping project right now.

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what's the best way of creating cutscenes? any good examples?
engine is irrelevant

>>183487339
don't,

>>183486737
The problem is that standing still always gives the same value as moving right, no matter how much I offset it.

>>183487339
If engine is irrelevant I recommend using UE4 sequencer

>>183486486
>the characters can move and shoot in 8 directions
>it's fully animated
>there's more than 1 window tile
>there's more than 1 floor tile
Holy shit anon, how could anyone ever make a game with this much detail? Please post something that can realistically be made.

>>183487339
If engine is irrelevant I recommend using Godot AnimationPlayer

>>183487420
Name 1 (ONE) AGDG game that did all of these

>>183487339

Timeline and Cinemachine 2.0 were just released for Unity. They make cutscenes really easy and intuitive.

Drag and drop your assets, set up your animations and then organise the camera. All there is too it.

>>183486989
what's the name of the game tho?
>>183487420
you forgot the car

>>183486891
>collision detection now works
>now changing self.image_angle does literally nothing so my sprite is always facing the same direction
The fuck?

>>183486891
>character shadows is somehow darker than the ones cast by the buildings

>>183487550
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o5n8rhiwdw

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>>183485808
Obviously I'm not amazing or anything, but I'll just post a webm of a 2 year old project of when I was trying to figure out whether it was actually worth it making a 3d game. It was annoying and I decided it wasn't worth it. This was done from scratch in less than 20 hours.

>>183487636
>game made in 1992
how comes an old arcade game on limited hardware have better art direction than anything indie in current year?

>>183487792
Because you are wrong

>>183487792
>better art direction than most indie in current year
it's because most of indie in the current year are basement dwellers like you
>better art direction than anything indie in current year
lol

>>183487676
Oh I remember this, why did you dropped it?

Is libsndfile + libsoundio the patrician way to do audio playback in video games?

>>183487628
show some initiative

https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/002_reference/physics/physics%20variables/phy_rotation.html
>>183487629
one is drawn on a surface and the character shadow isn't

is it really that bad

>>183488041
Because 3D sucks as a solodev

>Something didn't work.
>I was dividing by zero.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!!!

>>183485905
>Write a GDD, mock-up your ideas, do your concept art, make paper prototypes and plan everything in advance.
The no-dev starter-kit:
DD
Concept Art
Non-Game Prototypes
Elaborate plans

>>183488287
Am I a nodev if I start with the engine before even knowing what kind of game I want to do?

>>183488287
I think it's good to at least write down a general idea of what you got planned. Just "winging it" is a good way to get fucked.
Id had an entire fucking bible for Doom, and while they didn't put everything in, they followed most of it.

>>183487792
Because a lot of indie games in current year are going for a overly cartoonish or over simplified look (or both) because it's trending and takes less time or effort. In the 90's games started peaking in beauty because either they started getting better artists, or the artist they had started getting better or more used to work with the stuff they had. I want to believe the indie scene will reach a peak like that someday.

>>183487083
I searched asset stores for every engine and my game isn't there, where do I buy it.

>>183488142
Isn't it possible to just hire/contract more people or buy assets, music, etc?

I'd like to make a 3D game, and there are engines for that.

>>183488354
>Just "winging it" is a good way to get fucked.
Can confirm. Going from idea to production has resulted in losing myself somewhere down the road every single time. This time I'm designing first, then worry about implementation. This should also result in heightened productivity, because I won't have to interrupt the coding or asset creation to think up the next feature.

>>183485980
It's been a while since I've used GM but I'm thinking it could either be..
>Your objects collision mask which if I remember correctly is set in the sprite setup
>An issue with your x, y values after you've "collided"

What's the code behind 'Solid' function?

>>183488556
>Isn't it possible to just hire/contract more people
Expensive as hell and you won't guarantee consistency
>buy assets
Again, consistency between assets is an issue. But if you can find something fitting it's very worth it.

>>183487676
GET DOWN

>>183488595
To further add to this, having at least a framework design document and making todo lists can really help with productivity.
Your big projects can seem a hell of a lot smaller if you break them up into pieces and chip away with them bit by bit. It'll tickle your brain in the right ways when you start seeing all of those DONES on your checklist.

>>183488556
Sure it is, but 3D just brings so many annoying nuances.
Like you can't even have normal-looking grass in a video game. It's 2017, like you'd imagine the we'd have something better than a plane with a grass texture and a few bushes.

>>183483754
do you make "your own" shitposts using someone else's website, board, and thread?

>>183487636
Damn this looks beautiful. Also gotta love how the guys look like discount Untouchables at the select screen.

>>183488287
You forgot
">>183488287"
Can't be a nodev without it

>>183488354
Id had released like 15 games in total before Doom, including Wolfenstein 3D. By the time they worked on Doom they were industry veterans, so it makes sense that they had a huge DD. For beginners a DD is completely useless because anything written down will be based on zero experience and thus completely outdated a few weeks into the development.

>>183488912
Dat Engrish tho

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Tearing my hair out here. Love UE4 for tons of shit, but how in the world could reading a simple .txt file be this hard??

Here's what i'm doing:
I have a .TXT file in the following path /GameName/Content/CustomText/test.txt .
I've added CustomText to the Additional paths to Package AND Additional paths to Copy in the package settings.
STILL when i do my normal play in selected viewport, the file is not found;

Not by FString path = FString{FPaths::GameContentDir() + "text/test.txt"};
FFileHelper::LoadFileToString(fileContent, *(path));

Nor by FPaths::FileExists(*path) .

What am i doing wrong? I can see that the path works out to the right location.

>>183487792
>how does this have good art direction?
>each level is a single screen
scope

>>183489114
Does it help if you do a full path rather than a relative one?

FPaths::ConvertRelativePathToFull

The path already works out to full along the lines of "C:/ue4projects/GameName/Content/CustomText/test.txt"

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>>183487792
>1992
>pixel shit ms paint tier pixel scribblings
>better art then 2017
lmfao fucking agdg man
no wonder you idiot neets never actually make a game

>>183489572
>>183489725
See

>>183489726
mgs is my favorite indie game

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>>183479643
>tfw want to make an mmorpg with perma-death and necromancy mechanics
>also want to make an RTS
>have online made 1 game in java and that was a legend of zelda clone with less dungeons and items

>finish implementing system to handle media resources
>can't think of a way to set up the actual game because I'm not good at programming

Time to try again another time

>>183490019
maybe if you died you could reincarnate into someone who was capable of learning stuff

>>183484495
shouldnt her tail be wagging like mad

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>>183485416

Added a morale system that affects battle and a progress bar for time.

That's it for now.

No matter how bad agdg gets sometimes, it will never be as bad as reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedesign/comments/6otxbv/create_game_day_5_spore_roguelike_next_week_no
>a whole novel of retarded ideaguying

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>>183489915
>implying dead connection is an indie game

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>>183490385
>A procedural generated world with procedural generated creatures.
>Unlike Spore or No Man's Lie it has concrete gameplay based on survival,combat and evolution with RPG like progression of abilities and magic. Think pokemon but with wild survival.

I'm out.

>>183490475
no-one implied it was before you you dumb frog fetishist

>that great feeling when you have an idea for a game and you know you could actually finish the main mechanics

>>183485416
what the fuck am I looking at?

The only way for an OOP indie developer to get rich?... Inheritance

I'm trying to implement hitboxes on certain frames of an animation. Is there a way to get a certain frame of an animatin in unity?

>>183490689
>tfw 90% of gamedev is polishing
>tfw even when you finish the main mechanics you're only actually a fraction of the way done

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How hard will /agdg/ shit on me if I buy a bought toolkit that basically does 1/3 of my dream game out of the box and start posting progress?

Dick while watching a Zoe Voss scene-hard
or just steel-hard?

>>183490870
If you do it properly we won't be able to tell.

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>>183490559
>conflating an AAA+ game to indie games
>get mad when someone calls you out for it

>>183490775
meatwad.png

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>>183488132
How's this for initiative? Wooooooo! see pic related

>>183488602
In this case, Solid is just a parent object for anything that can obstruct your path.

>tfw have progress
>tfw know im going to get bullied if i post it

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>>183490775
>implying theres any other feasible way of developing a game
hahahaha

>>183482340
Found a stupid workaround. Create the category, move the variables there, click in the event graph.
Close the blueprint, run the game from the editor.

Rhodesia.

>>183491009
Haha yeah man I also have "progress" because I too totally have a "game" haha *wink wink*

Us yesdevs with games am I right?

>>183490973
so you set the wall density to 0

didn't heartbeast say that in the video, just mess around with the values

>>183490923
But I will have to credit the creator of the toolkit sooner or later, even if it's just in the ending credits of my would-be game.

I though saying it up front would be better. Am I as wrong as usual?

>>183490973
oh wait you wanted this i couldn't tell because it looks so bad

>>183491157
Sorry, lack of clarity. I wasn't complaining/asking for help. I set the wall density of all the other walls to 0. The one with a hole in it is a stand-in for movable objects. The ones with cracks can be destroyed.

I was expressing happiness at progress.

>>183491252
I am not even pretending to be an artist.

>>183491213
Does the license say you have to credit it?

what happens when you push two moveable walls?

>>183488354
DD is to for keeping teams in line.

>>183490385
>Discuss game design without any actual implementation or prototype
I didn't know art students were leaking from their failed careers into games, but it makes sense.

>>183491367
for
>>183490973

So how much are you pricing that game to maximise profits anon?

(if you're a nodev, how much are you pricing that "dream" game)?

>>183490854
Yeah that's whats happened to me before. I get the mechanics down, now I just need to make a map, character model, animations, scoring, menus, settings...

>>183490870
Link it

>>183491475
>pricing
How can you put a price on an idea.
:^)

>>183491475
Probably in the 10-20 range, since it's the most people seem to pay for non AAA stuff. Ideally when I get closer to release I'll make a better market assesment.

>>183480389
Dragon Quest 5 if I remember correctly. And Red Dead Redemption

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in the realm of neverending scope ive added hats
this hat makes the flying turret fire like a shotgun instead of a rifle haha

>>183491365
Apparently not, but it seems like the right thing to do.

>>183491564
No, because then you will flame me way too early.

I'll just shut up and give due credit in the game when (if) released.

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>>183491475
I don't intend or expect to make any money so I'll be going with a "pay what you want/if you want" model. Most of the devs here should probably look into doing the same.

>>183491663
No, retard, I'll probably buy it and use it also. I can't dev worth shit.

>>183491475
The game is free, with a one time purchase of $5 to unlock more content, most of which is cosmetic.

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>>183491367
>>183491461
See webm.

>>183491665
That simply leads to absolutely no money at all, in itch for example is like $5 every few thousand downloads. Might as well make it free and add a donation button.

>>183491665
Might as well make the game free and add a donation button in the menu if you go down that route.

>>183491937
>doesn't slow down when pushing 2 blocks
Disgusting. I share a board with these people.

>>183491475
$10 seems about right for my current game, dream game could be 20-30 depending on the actual amount of content.

>>183491665
Might as well add a donation button and make it free to be honest

>>183492186
Isn't that what they said.

>>183491665
>I don't intend or expect to make any money
>intend
kek

>>183492076
>>183492128
>>183492186
I can't tell if this is extraordinary same-fagging, a new in-joke I'm not aware of or the weirdest coincidence ever but it's freaking me out.

>>183492260
My game will be too small and too "me" for me to feel right putting a price on it.

>>183492076
>$5 every few thousand downloads
I imagine that varies wildly based on your game & audience.

LUDUM DARE IN A WEEK BOIS
ARE YOU IN?

>>183492517
Nope.

>>183492437
I can assure you that "pay what you want" never leads to any decent amount of money, it would be more profitable to set up a patreon or something.

>>183492416
The point is
>I don't intend [...] to make any money so I'll be going with a [monetization] model
which is obviously bullshit

>>183492517
>jams
Yeah, no. I've got better things to do.

>>183491845
I didn't tell you which genre, but it can be easily found looking in the marketplace of the corresponding engine.

>>183492638
Like shitposting on agdg

>>183492571
Depends what you consider decent, I've found people to be much more generous than expected.

>>183492517
>ludum dare is pronounced ludum darei
i will never participate in this for this reason

>>183492517
more like ludum dont care

>>183492517
Nah, I just made a game for the GMTK jam. I'm not in the mood for another 2 day jam right now.
But I do look forward to seeing what people here will make for it.

>>183490925
go back up the conversation tree and slowly read it, frogposter

>>183492724
we both know that's not the reason anon

>>183491475
0$

>>183492517
Probably not, I've entered enough of them and have had a hard time getting interested with the themes the last few times. It would have to be a really good theme which I am positive it won't be to tear me away from my current stuff.

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>>183492178
Yes, it does. Here's a race between two instances of the player, one pushing one block and one pushing two.

>>183491446
>I didn't know art students were leaking from their failed careers into games
this has literally been the last decade of the industry

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Why make shit-tier games that don't even belong on Newsgrounds in some stupid fucking jam that even limits your creativity when you could make an actual fucking game with actual time and effort put into it? Sounds reasonable, no?

>>183493054
It would be funny if you could push an infinite number of blocks but for each block you'd get exponentially slower

It's funny, trust me

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The worst that come to mind are the "Two Button Controls / Growing" tie abomination, the "Ancient Technology" theme, the "One small world" or room or whatever theme. They all suck and are awful and wretched compared to the ones I most enjoyed like "You Are The Monster"

/whinge

>>183493179
It would sound more reasonable if you had a game

>>183493179
i know people who got into exclusive circles and make lectures on game development at universities with solely dumb jamgames in their portfolio
this having said, i don't participate in jams

>ludum dare themes that are settings instead of mechanics
straight into the dumpster with you!

>>183493179
You can do both, salt-cunt. Only retarded nodevs think gamejams are that big a distraction from a real project, like seriously, kill yourself. Gogem used to say the same thing and look what he ended up doing. Entering jams left and right like a little slut. That will be you next just kidding, you don't dev.

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>>183493190
Hold onto your butt.

>>183493576
That's hilarious. Thanks dev-kun.

>>183493179
>limits your creativity
Spoken like a true nodev.
Also jams are great for prototyping, my current game started as a jam game.

>>183493179
Jams are good practice for new devs. Limiting your creativity is a good way to improve creativity. Making jam games that are nothing like games you normally make is a good way to explore new things in the engine you use, or new maths you don't normally use, or various other things that you might not touch while making your normal game. These could possibly help you when you do get stuck on your main game. Actually finishing a game is also good practice.

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Now with 100% more jousting and multiplayer

On a side note, getting the sprites to flip on both the server and the client was a nightmare

>>183493814
I loved Joust as a kid

>>183493474
This. Not to mention that jam games offer a chance to get new ideas, and they can become that dev's main game. See Vampire's Bit, Jinzo, Tracks among others.

>>183493474
ive never said that though
ive always said and can still say most gamejams are absolute shit, AGDG ones and ludum dare especially

>>183493937
>mfw Tracks became my main game, replacing another jam game which replaced my main game previously
You need to be careful with those things

>>183493457
>implying the setting can't inspire mechanics

>>183493814
>joust but with ragdoll physics
ok then.

>>183490198
No, why would it?

>>183494164
Instead of linking to the hundreds of pissy diaper posts you've made about jams in agdg I'm just going to shake my head at your post IRL and continue making my game which is going to sell more in a day than your life's work will ever sell.

>>183493814
Please tell me you're keeping the players getting launched

>>183494426
Whenever a dog is curious its tail wags like crazy.

please refrain from engagement

Go away Ryan we were having a good talk.
Why won't your parents do us a favor and smother you in your sleep already?

>>183494494
Have you ever owned a dog?

>>183494549
>>183494583
Please reply to him when you shitpost so your posts will get filtered too. Thanks in advance.

>>183494583
They're probably lazy like him and won't do anything unless there's gibmes in it so maybe they require payment.

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Posted this yesterday but had to go before I got any opinions. Just a quick knock up.

>>183494631
Yes. That's why I think it's weird that her tail isn't wagging.

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Is hi-bit/pixel art dying?

>>183494865
No?

>>183494465
Definitely yes, probably to a lesser degree though, I want you to be able to pick up the knight again

>>183494808
When I meant "switch between both" I didn't mean "have both at the same time", just that it would be cool if the mouth moved between the face and the torso depending on the situation.

>>183494808
I like the first one honestly, the second on is alright, but less unique and the last one is overdone.

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>>183494961
>gamemaker dev coping

>>183494978
Consider adding a small hi-pitched scream that has a doppler affect as he spins through the air.

>>183493808
I agree jams are the best practice, it's a really good thing to make a game from start to finish no matter the timeline or how complete.

For some devs the idea of finishing a game before it's fully polished and perfect is so painful a jam is the only way they will ever finish a game or break their curse. I would say I am one and benefited greatly from doing jams early otherwise I would never finish anything and learn to make bigger games.

But ironically many of those devs who need jams most turn their nose up at jams because it's scary.

>>183494865
>>183494961
>>183495059
>i ask questions i already know the answer for just to rile you up
thanks for stopping by

>>183485062
>Those animations and models look excellent
its more than most 3d /agdg/ stuff but "excellent" is really generous

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>>183491475
My game will be Free and Open Source and respect its user's freedom.

>>183495059
I make 3D games. I just don't see any decline in pixel art. If you do see a decline in pixel art please show some reasoning.

>>183494845
Well I think it's weird that you think that. My dogs' tails don't wag when they examine something on the ground or try to pick it up.

>>183495278
>2014-2016 pixel art craze on youtube 500k+ views
>2017 lucky to find a pixel art vid with 100k views

Is TotalBiscuit the most prolific youtube vidya journo? He seems to have the most indepth content on the most games.

To all the filthy nodevs, why are you even here?

>>183495450
Post progress or GTFO.

>>183495430
>20 min review of the options screen.
>most in depth

>>183495450
there is completely nothing wrong with nodevs as long as they're here to give feedback/shit on webms in a constructive way instead of merely just to regurgitate the same dumb /agdg/ memes over and over

>>183495637
>shit on webms in a constructive way
Can be destructive too.

>>183493814
Let's play dude.

>>183495430
I used to like him, but then I found out that he looks like a fat cunt and I can't take him seriously anymore.

>>183495739
a post consisting of only "your game is shit" isn't all that useful to be honest

>>183495450
Show us your game.

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>>183490198
Actually that's a nice idea for when she finds a cake.

In the mean time, I tried making an alt version, but as I thought the topology on the hips/thighs kinda ruins it.
Also I don't know how boobs jiggle. One would think I would know after all these years watching anime, and yet I don't.

>>183496009
I'm not really popular around here

>>183495931
That's not destructive criticism.

>>183496167
ok

>>183496105
Why animate boobs when you can just let physics do its job?

>>183495520
He checks a game's menu's like a veterinarian checks a horse's teeth, it's an indicator of health for a game.

And 20 minutes of menu crawling and exposition is okay when you have hours of gameplay footage. I like that he plays games while talking instead of narrating over edited footage.

So if I wanted to make a 2D game which engine should I learn? Unity, GameMaker or something else?

>>183495450
To become a yesdev.

>>183485416
>>183490268

>>183490703
You conquer the nodes by clicking on them and succeed in the "battle".

>>183496373
Any engine in the OP that isn't Unity or UE4.
Also you fags need to bring back Monogame in the OP and add more stuff like libgdx and sfml.

Which is the part of gamedev that you find most pleasant?

Bear in mind, shitposting is not developing.

>>183496612
Level design

>>183496612
Programming useless particles effects and fluff.

>>183495450
>Tfw you are a yesdev but only visit the general once a month as it moves too fast to keep track of it and be productive at the same time

>>183496612
Thinking up ideas

>>183496612
Terrain and level creation then traveling through it. So I guess level design. It's really the easiest part.

>>183496612
Enginedev

>>183496612
running the game and seeing shit run as intended

Anyone got that Unity paid assets torrent?

>>183496958
Don't do it. Learn to make assets.

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we bullet hell now
why the fuck is there motion blur despite it being toggled off in project setting, camera and post process volume

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>>183495430
He is an obnoxius fedora-tipper with zero taste. You have to be mentally impaired to watch his content.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL3ZdFepBHY

>>183497039
Relax, I just need a certain text font asset.

>>183497086
Name a better games journo then.

>>183496105

are you hoping the furryness of the character distracts people from the quality of the model?

>>183497189
There's a million better ones. Popular != good