/agdg/ - Amateur Game Development General

DRAWING TUTORIALS & TIPS HERE


https://mega.nz/#!5FpHQKAC!qVAJyjjQTUZybOXay6Mb1sOGvKeW5lPhwbt5V7C6x7o


A collection of tuts/references/tips/tricks I gathered. There aren't that many, but they're on point. Sadly I barely have any 3d ones.
But this should help a bit with your artdev woes

DRAWING TUTORIALS & TIPS HERE

>>183701976
We already have enough drawfags without games here, someone make programming tutorials.

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Today is the day you'll pick up that project of yours. You know the one. The one "on hiatus". Just do it, Anon. I believe in you!

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I have a question

I don't rig/animate and I plan on working with another person who can. Should I join my meshes into 1 or keep them separate? Which is better for the rigger?

plan on using one texture image per model too.

>>183702161
You should be asking them, its mostly preference

enginedev is hell

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>>183701737
>PROGRESS
>SUCCESS

>>183702112
No, I'm not going to drop my current project for that one I paused for a good reason.

>>183702351
gogem

>>183702432
Simulator

>>183702484
Unity

I'm trying to write a story for my videogame but the more I think about it, the more ideas I have and the harder it becomes to keep track of them all in an organized fashion.

What's a good program that allows me to write down my ideas and connect them to each other? It just needs to be able to have nodes that I can connect I guess.

For instance: Player talks to priest:
1. Player hits priest>Priest gives no quest
2. Player asks if priest needs help>Quest starts
3. Player does nothing: Quest open for x amount of time

>>183702548
RPG

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>>183702351
I am saddened to see you choose another path. Just know that we will always welcome you should you change your mind.

>>183702573
Pen and paper?

Personally I find that for brain storming it's easier to get a pad and just flick to the next page when you think the current idea is bad. You're going to be then able to flick through your previous ideas and see what ones you like best.

>>183702027
No. We need better art

>>183702573
I've found Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) to be breddy gud.

>functions without returns
so this is the power of unity...

>>183702573
I either use Notepad/Notepad++ or MS Word if I want to get fancy.

>>183701976
>unnamed files
Disgusting.

Is Python a good language to code a 2D platformer?

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>>183703642
no

>>183702694
I use sticky notes, I have unusually small handwriting & they're easily rearranged

>>183703835
then what's a good language?

>>183703603
You're free to name them yourself :^)

>>183703969
anything that isn't python

>>183703969
Sepples

>>183703641
I am confident that you would never find another english-speaking user with these specific wants who will work for free on this with you. MAYBE a jap, but I wouldn't bother looking.

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>>183704030
Like I need you to collect tutorials for me.

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new combat almost works now

>>183704294
>the monsters are animated
This changes a lot.

>>183704391
most of them. I'm going for 2 frames subtle animations for that retro feel

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Who needs art right? Its just placeholders though i swear.
Send help
Luckily the whole random clothing/hair/detail system has now been proven to work.

>>183704269
Anon If you want to correct those filenames go ahead, if not then your complaint is pointless.
>>183704294
Oh this looks good, very nice aesthetics.

>>183702694
No I need a program. If I'm not writing out the specifics of the story as I go, as it would be in game, I tend to get focused on the overall picture and don't work on what the specifics will actually need to be.

>>183702752
This looks more like what I'm looking for. Thank you. I'm a bit worries since it's in JAVA I'd prefer a program that works on it's own regardless of whether I have JAVA installed.

>>183702838
I need the nodes otherwise it just becomes an unintelligible mess of ideas.

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>>183704032
>>183703969
>>183703835
Don't listen to the meme men.
Python is a pretty poop language for performance but:

1) Python is NOT going to be the bottleneck in your code
2) Python is super simple for beginners, which I assume you are because you're asking these questions
3) You can code a simple platformer in absolutely anything and it'll work perfectly well

Python is totally fine for your game. C++ may be better performance-wise and knowing it (the language) will help you a lot. Game engines will be easier all around. But python is fine.

Source: I code my game in python and can't complain

>>183704615
spooky

>>183704721
>JAVA
I know, but if you find software that is free, comes with the same functionality, and doesn't run java, let me know. I couldn't find that.

Posted this before, need some help.

My player is currently being moved relative to his transform.forward.
While he's airborne I don't want him to be able to rotate. Obviously this makes the problem that regardless of stick direction, the player will always move toward his facing direction in the air (i.e. you hold back, he'll still move forward).

How would I solve this? Ideally I'd like it so holding back reduces your forward momentum a little. Basically like SM64 jump physics.

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>>183704838
I used to do actual spooky stuff

Was able to do tutorial projects and understand why their code did what it does. I don't know how to make my own code for lack of words. What'd be the next step here for not being a shitter.

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>>183704672
>Seems like you have an interesting puzzle game without enemies though, where you have to destroy all the green blocks by nudging the blue blocks.
I thought the same thing a while ago, actually. Good catch! Though I'm not sure how fun that would be.
At any rate, I can make a level specific just to that - to change the pace. I mean, eventually.

Is there a way I can make games if I don't know how to code?

>>183705528
Game Maker

>>183705528
NO.

You must learn how to think in code, at the very least. Even RPG Makers which have a bunch of default assets require to to script events and triggers and labels/switch to conditionalize things happening. It's easier than you'd think, but you gotta learn coding on some level.

>>183705528
you learn to code

>>183705619
GM's dragondrop is a newbie trap, don't fall for it and don't ever recommend it.

>>183705493
Learning how to plan.

>>183705528
Construct 2 is pretty easy.
You need to know the logic behind coding, but the actual practice of coding is not completely necessary although obviously extremely recommended.

>tfw no artist buddy
lifes cruel

>>183704294
Great style man.

>>183705528
Do what gogem does and hire a coder.

>>183705153
Jesus Christ.

Were you the guy who was working on a FPS with Quake/Half-Life style enemies?

>>183704615
>woman has to sit on the floor
MY SOGGY KNEE!!

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>>183706486
Uh. Not sure. I'm this dude

>>183704294
tumblr?

>>183706673
holy shit it's you
did you drop the spoopy game or are you still working on it?

>>183706673
Ever considered working for PETA?

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>>183701737
Experienced dev/artist/designer here. Anyone have technical/general issues they need help with?
I can offer advice.

>his game doesn't have monster girls
ngmi

>>183706976
It's got a monster boy(male)

>>183706792
Never finished it. Looked for collaborators for a bit when i realised it took too much time to do the modelling on my own, never found any.

Going ugly this time and then planning on hiring an actual artist to finish it up for me.

>>183706860
As much as i enjoy killing animals even PETA are abit too extreme for my tastes.

>>183706976
My game will have horribly disfigured girls though. Ought to count for something.

>>183706860
Funny thing is PETA does game dev for their insane politics and outreach. They had a gruesome Mario parody game at one point

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P A N I C

>>183707116
super tofu boy never 4get

>>183705759
I think I know what you mean by planning what everything should do. I don't know how to reach that solution in coding.

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>>183707181
>Windows 10

>>183707116
Super Tanooki Skin 2D. Now with giant phalluses, ribbed for HER pleasure.

>>183707229
Team Meat's response has made me respect them.

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>>183707181
I use Paint every day to make fast Gyazo pictures that I can send over to friends. I guess it's soon time to go from HOME+"paint" to HOME+"paint 3d" instead

is possible to create a shader that has parts that become invisible when light touches it?

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I made it, /agdg/ I released a game, even though I've not been devving alone, but with a friend, actually releasing a game feels nice. I hope every fucking neet here buys it or else.

>>183707693
>>183707181
Marked as deprecated, not removed.

It'll be there, just not updated.

>>183707884
>when light touches it
I know exactly what you mean.

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>>183707914
Oh shit, I forgot the itch.io link, wait.
https://evldmn.itch.io/dont-slack

>>183708107
>>183707914
welcome to agdg, now fuck off because this isn't whodev shilling central

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>>183707289
That's not enough for JSRF

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>>183707914
>>183708202

>>183708202
I'm not a whodev, retard, I just haven't posted progress on my game, cause I actually tried to finish it first. I'm a regular poster here, but usually only comment on other people's shitty game demos, cause I'm scared to post my shitty game demo, dumb fucker.

>>183708427
>I'm not a whodev, retard, I just haven't posted progress on my game
Literally the definition of whodev.

>>183708427
Bitch. Ho ass bitch ass ho.

>>183708427
>not a whodev
>haven't posted progress on my game
that's a whodev tho

>>183708427
If you weren't a whodev you would know whodevving is frowned upon here.

@183708427
Impressive mental gymnastics on display

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>>183708519
>>183708530
>>183708534
I guess you fags are right. Do you want free copies?

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repost, i'll probably be making a part randomizer for certain enemy types from the models theonian gave me.

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>>183708427
>Guy is so new he doesn't realise that's the exact definition of a whodev

>>183708427
>Whodevs
>Claims it's okay because he shitposts here
>Still a Whodev
Yeah fuck off and introduce yourself

>>183708683
no

>>183708427
Lurk moar

>>183708692
looking good but can he get up

>>183708683
Let me guess. It's a kinda difficult platformer

how do i not get called a whodev when posting progress for the first time asking for a future me

>>183708692
Fahck I can't wait till you get the demo version up for the let's players to play.

Gonna be watching PewDiePie play this shit. Markiplier. Septiceye. All the big ones.

>>183708943
What's wrong with that?

>>183706976
It will! One day!

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>>183704624
>>183706417
thanks!
>>183706694
https://twitter.com/panstasz

>>183708979
post progress, don't post a finished game

>>183708979
simply post progress, a whodev is someone who posts a finished game thinking this is a /mu/ soundcloud thread

>>183708979
You'll be fine as long as your "progress" doesn't include some download/external link to a nearly finished game/kickstarter.

>>183708979
literally just fucking post progress

>>183707884
alpha blending

>>183709071
If I post a picture of this blood blister on my side torso, could you give me a good diagnosis? It's sort of nippley.

>>183701976
Thanks dude

Researching games is gamedev

>>183709035
>Wrong
I mean I'm not going to play it because like 300 of the fuckers go on my backlog a month but that doesn't necessarily mean there's anything wrong per se.

Just easy to spot. Plus it doesn't look like a Kinda difficult platformer with a gravity or puzzle gimmick. It looks like the gimmickless kind of kinda difficult platformer.

Not hating

>>183709278
Speaking of it, any good resources on vidya theory?

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>>183709071
A wild Polak appears!

>>183708979
Post progress

PROGRESS

I can help people with developement in Godot, though, this game brough a lot of experience, I got to meet developers, so if anybody has questions about Godot(not specific to 3) ask.

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Fuck those pixels : I'm going full anime.
Wish me luck.

>agdg in a nutshell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRfarqcfTqQ

>>183709398
Eh, there's books on it but they just boil down to "dude just make it fun lmao" with cringe and lolimsonerdy tone.

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Some test driving, looking good but the steering is a bit awkward since you can only turn if you are accelarating.

>>183706673
Not the same I though, but that really looks interesting.

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>exported UV layout only follows loosely the UV map
boy I love blender

>>183709449
God I want to fuck that dino right in the cloaca

>>183709228
sure thing but the general rule is to let it absorb itself. Draining it out can lead to infection

>>183709345
Yeah, it's just hard runner with nice synthwave soundtrack and some fun bugs I didn't fix due to laziness and them just being fun. I primarily didn't post progress here is due to my death mechanic, a quirky and fun message appears when you die and there are a few of them, so at least in the beggining stages of playing it will be fun to watch this message. I've actually wanted to post here so much, since I wanted to get praises from all the virgins here, but since my game is programmer art and due to the death mechanic with messages I just gave up on it.

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Has anyone ever died from trying to 1MA?

Is a gamedev bf really that much to ask for?

>>183709889
me

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>>183701737
Slowly getting there, going to have to do some proper world gen next
Pls be kind based progress gods

Does it really matter nowadays whether or not tiles in 2D are some 2^x to a side?

>>183709889
Give me a few years

>>183709765
????
Why didn't you just post everything but the messages?

Like just show the art-style or animation or just blur the fucking messages when posting. Like what the fuck?

>>183710090
Anon he's obviously a bit challenged. Look at the mental gymnastics he's already done

>>183710023
what's the end goal here
why do you need pathfinding and world generation in a golf game

>>183710153
But it's just so fucking retarded. I mean YOU'RE the fucking game dev. Just show what you want to show. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS LACK OF LOGIC?

How do you stay motivated?

>>183710225
You do know he's just a whodev and this is his first time here

>>183709904
yes, a successful game dev is going to be rare and rich and famous, and they're going to stay focused on game dev or be with some other random girl

>>183710246
Anime

>>183702027
Like what sort of tutorials?

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We 3D now.

A test for making pick-up items distinct. Will be tricky not to make it clash artistically but surely it can be done. I guess.

>>183710361
I wanted to kill myself whenever there was an anime referente. Pls dont belike Tony fox

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>>183709765
>I wanted to do something I thought was fun but I didn't want to spoil mah gimmick for them
>For their sake :)
>Too retarded to split assets
>Too retarded to screencap
>Too retarded to just not show mah secret messages
>Don't get to do what I thought would be fun
>Become Whodev
>But /agdg/ I was saving you from being spoiled :)

>>183709694
I can't stand Blender, it just doesn't feel as hands-on as 3dsMax.
The only issue is getting your hands on 3dsMax

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>>183709071
he's Gonna Make It®

>>183710246
get a job, menial robotic labor is a nice motivation

>>183710225
I can post the soundtrack
https://soundcloud.com/snthwvrs/snthwvrs-after-dark
https://soundcloud.com/snthwvrs/snthwvrs-continuum
https://soundcloud.com/snthwvrs/snthwvrs-hollow-love
https://soundcloud.com/snthwvrs/snthwvrs-leaving-the-planet
https://soundcloud.com/snthwvrs/snthwvrs-melodic-journey
https://soundcloud.com/snthwvrs/snthwvrs-miami-trip
https://soundcloud.com/snthwvrs/neon-waves-free-download
https://soundcloud.com/snthwvrs/snthwvrs-nothing-but-a-dream
https://soundcloud.com/snthwvrs/retro-dream-free-download
https://soundcloud.com/snthwvrs/snthwvrs-wasteland

>>183710283
I'm obviously not a newfag in this general, cause I have shitters like eonhite in my skype since years ago, dumbass.

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>>183701453
Reporting here since last thread died.
Actually I know programming but I never bothered to make a game so I'm not really familiar with this I guess.
Yeah I have my mesh and a uv-map. I also have my sprite textures in that TileFace folder. I just made a tile to see how it would look.
>but you will create different instances of the mesh with different textures.
That's what I wanted to do in a script but how? I know I'll have to use a spritesheet to store my tile face textures but when instancing my tiles how to put my different face textures with just one uv-map?

>>183708920

not for now, no. there was a canned sumo tori style get up at one point but i'm working on a more dynamic system.

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>>183710521
THAT'S FFUCKING TEMPL<E OS LEVELS OF 3D

GAME BLESSED BE OF THE LORD

>>183710023
Attack on titan?

>>183710163
there is none, im just having fun :)

So what exactly counts as enginedev? Is GLFW off limits?

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>>183709071

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>>183710662
Ohhhh we gotta badass in skype!

>>183710521
Looks really cool Anon, what engine are you using?

>>183704294
hi, i'm making a turn based game too.

how do turns work in your game?

i can make all entities play in mine but i want animations and stuff in between the turns, however i have no idea how to transition from "think about what to do next" to "animate the action". in my game there are multiple characters playing at once.

i was thinking about making an "action queue" but not sure if that would work.

>>183710797
no one cares
make game with whatever you want

>>183710829
>badass
>Actually using reddit-tier posting on 4chin
kys, retard

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>>183710748
comfy as fuck

>>183710521
The zoom-in is treating the 3D feature as if it were a punchline, that's outstanding.

I think just a little bit of shading will make it feel a little more like it belongs.

>>183710662
>eonhite
literally who

>>183710553
I don't have plans for any, but if I do include some I will try to be subtle and keep them consistent with the game world.

>>183710521
I don't like it, anon. It clashes like a fucker. Why not make the item just sort of hover and bob a bit in the air?

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>>183710961
OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH HE'S GOT GREEN TEXT

>>183711062
Better a whodev, than a nodev
prove me wrong

>>183711018
How can I trust you when you glow in the dark?

>>183710961
>kys
Damn you sure showed him. You one badass skyping motherfucker ain't you sweetie ;)

>>183711165
Better a yes dev than either

Prove me wrong

>>183710829
>>183711062
so this is the meaning of life

>>183710859
what engine?

>>183711165
>Hell is better than Purgatory!
They're both eternal suffering, retard.
Every day you stray further and further from God's grace

>>183709485
i liked it

>>183708683
What engine?

>>183711347
sides = gone
anyway, to all the whodev whiners, I promise I'm gonna post progress on me porting it to linux and android, which is gonna be at most 5 posts, since it's on godot

>>183708793
>That's what I wanted to do in a script but how?
So I'm not familiar with Mahjong so I'll pretend you're making 52 poker tiles. I'd make a poker spritesheet and hard code the x,y offsets for every card in a static array. Then I'd write a shader that takes a 2d offset input and displays the spritesheet in the correct location while masking everything else.

Next make a "tile" gameobject base class with a static mesh component with the tile mesh and the spritesheet shader. The tile constructor should take a 0-51 int (representing the poker tile) and set the shader offset using the hard coded array.

If you need to spawn all tiles, you can just loop from 0-51 and construct those tile objects.

>>183711347
>>183711450
Feeling insecure?

I can't tell if this is some epic shitposting by a nodev posing as a random itch dev or some people are just this disastrous at public relations.

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>>183711450
> godot

>>183710521
>What happens if I use this "Summon Chair" spell?
>OMG ITS A CHAIR

>>183711441
godot
also, whoever wants assistance with developing in godot, evldmn @ #godotengine @ freenode
btw, the game is programmer art, I made all the art myself and its all prerendered, a pain in the ass, but I can't draw and have no sense of colour or anything

>>183711632
What's wrong with godot?

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>>183709485
>bare feet
I'm not even into feet, but they're so tenderly, barely exposed, such lack of care, yet front and center... yummm

>>183711058
Yeah that's probably what I'll go with if I don't make it work somehow, I just wanted stuff you pick around the floor to have a little more oomph since I don't plan on having hundreds of things dropping all the time.

>>183711018
>shading
It's literally the "stack a bunch of sprites on top of each other" system I saw here a while ago, no way of shading that.

>>183710837
Thanks, it's Game Maker Studio

>>183710748
I can only wish to ever reach templeOS levels of 3D rendering

>>183711376
i'm using godot.

i'm really just looking for ideas on how to implement it, so it's ok if you have never used it.

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>>183710246
By keeping my endgoal in mind (while listening to degenerate music)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFZKgf5WG0g

>>183710023

i liked that low res stuff you were doing earlier. that clown was cool.

>>183711898
in pseudocode:
>one global turn variable, units are only active when it's their turn
>each unit has "started turn" variable, making them go through their actions only one

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>>183711592
Well, think about it. You make a game that you're proud of because it's your first game and everyone's virginity is special. But then you find out that no cares if you didn't come here when developing and just advertising your game after completion is as bad as shitposting.

So you're labeled a whodev which is almost as bad a a no-dev and to /agdg/ it might as well be since no one has any investment in it.

and nobody fucking cares about your virginity.

But an idea hits you! Controversy sells! Or at least get's (you)s so you say fuck it I'm already retarded and try and get people mad at your game so they at least talk to you

Classic whodev strategy

>gamedev while depressed
My boipussy will break under the pressure. Question is when.

>>183710246
by knowing my limitations and taking everything one step at a time

also, the dead heat riders OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQDTcmkHO58

>>183711754
Name one game made in it

Name one time it's ever been brought up here where it wasn't a shitpost

Yeah I didn't think so

>>183711632
what's wrong with godot?

>>183712125
I'm wondering if its just one person replying to himself for controversy now. Or his friend is on it too.

>>183711898
there are some open source turn-based games you can look at
https://github.com/CowThing/Monster-Tactics
https://github.com/w84death/Tanks-of-Freedom

>>183711779
You see them for like a second. You got my expectations up for nothing

>>183709371
Babby tier:
>Extra Credits
Entry tier:
>Mark Brown
"The Classics" tier:
Game Design A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell
A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster
Lost Garden
Specific Ideology Tier:
Keith Burgun (articles and podcasts)
http://gamedesigntheory.org/ (curated by keith but with more diverse opinions)

>>183710037
That guideline stems from hardware limitations. No graphics chip today will start breaking a sweat just because you chose 37*49 tiles for your 2D platformer.

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>>183712174

>>183712427
Why do you think it matters how many pixels the tiles are? It's always 2d surfaces with textures on them.

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>>183710246
•knowing I can make a better game than LISA, or e-celeb scum like Zoe Quinn or twine trannies
•upstaging two "that guy"s I know IRL, who claim to their circles of friends that they're into game dev, when they can't even publish a map for Doom if their life depended on it & have never made anything
•knowing how effective one-man army greybeard wizards of the 70s and 80s made such complete game experiences with even shittier tools than what we have today

basically spite & hate, with some general focusless anger at the disgusting culture surrounding indie game dev, with a little deep respect for our forefathers

>>183712420
danke familia

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>>183710649

>>183712295
Unintuitive and unoptimized meme engine that only ever get's brought up here to shitpost.

Legit why would anyone use it except to get in on the ultra indie true 1MA credit. Oh wait for that everyone who actually uses it would have to stop fucking around and actually make something

what a shame...

>>183710683
Maybe:
Write a fragment shader that adds the face texture on top of the generic uv-map.

Thinking of making a shemale dating sim. Thoughts?

>>183712295
Yeah, I think he's just replying to himself now. Bit weird but whatever

>>183712592
10/10

>>183712885
Money printer with good art

>>183712885
Fucking retarded. With the great philosophical debate of our time being the question "Are traps gay?" you decide to float a shemale dating simulator? Fucking Empress jumped on that market years ago

Make Trap simulator

>>183712885
no art, no care. I'm not playing something with art I don't like

>>183712885
I hope you can draw you dirty whore

>>183712753
>untuitive
feels pretty intuitive to me, the gui of the editor and the gui system needs work, but it's pretty intuitive, the scene and parent/child system and also the code system feels pretty neat and fast for devving. it also has its own animation system similar to blender where you can animate almost everything, so setting up cutscenes is easy, a bone system for cutout animation
>unoptimized
compared to what? I haven't seen godot benchmarks, can you link some?

>>183711838
>It's literally the "stack a bunch of sprites on top of each other" system I saw here a while ago, no way of shading that.
>going for the most cumbersome way of doing 3D devised so far
Why would you do this to yourself?
Also, at least add a dropshadow below.

>>183711475
>>183712884

Oh thanks I'll look into shaders.

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>no matter how good your game is if the art is shit then no one will care

How do you prefer the screen in vertical shmups?

Centered or on the left side?

>>183712885
do futa instead of shemale you faggot

a futa dating sim with decent art would sell like cum-soaked hotcakes in a brothel

>>183712559
Textures with a square length of a power of 2 are easier on the hardware. It must be true, because I read it in a modding guide for Wolfenstein:Enemy Territory in 2005.

>>183713303
Practice art

>>183713303
It's the same thing as real life.

The smelly dude can be a really great man and you can be totally compatible, but it saves your time if you assume you should just keep on looking for someone else.
If he doesn't put effort into that part of himself, it stands to reason that he doesn't take particular care of the rest.

>>183713303
Artist here.

Post your game.

>>183706490
well thank you anon i appreciate it
>I know how that feels, I started this project around 2010 as an inside joke between a couple of friends and then forgot about it[...]
wait a second i could be horribly wrong but are you the anon that helped me figure out how to program castlevania-like stairs right when i started? like a stairs system that worked like elevation layers or something? (maybe im just retarded and dont know what im talking about)
>as soon as I get a demo done I'll need as much feedback as possible
ill be happy to play it once you get a demo out if im around and catch it
>>183706575
ive been kinda looking up stuff as i go (bad practice i know) but i didnt want to spend more time reading than doing. ill bookmark that link though as it looks useful. thanks anon.
>>183708692
love the jank. plz never lose the jank

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>>183673907
----[ Recap ]----
Game:Devil Engine
Dev:shmoopdev
Tools:GMS,Photoshop,Aesprite
Web: shmoopdev.tumblr.com/
Progress:
+Added the tutorial, replacing the how to play sequence
+Further rebalanced level 1, including finally nerfing the laser dudes
+(mostly) Fixed and improved the laser powerup
+Added music to the level 2 boss
+Level 3 in prototyping
-slow week

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>>183708427
Here's your fucking (you) whodev you can add one to you legend marketing campaign

>>183713303
http://alexhays.com/loomis/

>>183712753
are you pretending to be retarded or didn't you notice the godot games being made here

So, give me your best 2D Dark Souls ideas.

>>183713492
centered retard, don't make me move my eyes, chair, or monitor.

>>183713818
Such as?

OH YEAH JACK FUCKING SHIT TO SHOW FOR IT

>>183713872
Okay. So you wake up in a boat

>>183713898
see >>183673907

>>183713872
Dark Souls is designed to make you feel salty right? So let's call our version of souls Salt

>>183713883
No need to be hostile anon, I was asking since I saw more then a few shmups with screen being rendered to the side.

>The urge to drop project and work on a new "better" idea is rising

Help

>>183713872
So it'll be Dark Souls right? But in 2D

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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z4_bjyJ4EM
>pokemon heroes music

what did he mean by this?

>>183714057
Pics or I don't believe you

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>>183713872

If we are going be AGDG stats, all engines are meme engines and have no games.

>>183713872
Let's replace the demons with sea monsters

>>183713193
>going for the most cumbersome way of doing 3D devised so far
But an anon said it was good, I never heard bad advice from AGDG so I don't see why not believe him

In any case I'll add a shadow and stuff, the items should be pretty small so it won't be hard to make, may not work but I'll just check quickly.

>>183714027
>Dark Souls is designed to make you feel salty right?
no it isn't

>>183714143
I would really like to know the source of that.

>>183713872
I dunno about the dead angle. Let's change that. Okay how about we replace that with you being dragged back to your checkpoint on death. For like a fee or something. How about a temple? Let's replace all the bonfires with temples. And the person who drags you back there and tends to your wounds can be a priest right

>>183714317
blasphemous game, kickstarter just ended

>>183714137
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fsp0ESbQoCs/maxresdefault.jpg
Most if not all 2hu games have the screen like this.
Some old games do it too, like Goldrunner for example.

>>183714172
>g-godot has no games, so that means every engine has no games!
last time someone listen all the engines of steam-released agdg games, gamemaker was in the lead followed by unity and godot had a grand total of 0 games

how the fug do people make effects like fire and electricity in 3d?

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>>183710632
The UI is fine once you get past it.
This is the first time I've ran into an actual problem. I wanted to fill the inside of the islands in white, the outside in black, and then scale back the island so that it gives me a nice, sharp line on the face.
But I can't be consistent with that since blender fucks up the UV layout export

>>183714097
>tfw you've done that 4 times already

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>>183714097
Discipline, motherfucker.
When motivation drops, bruteforce your willpower into submission, and keep on working until you finish your damn project, even if it makes you hate it from the bottom of you heart. Just. Fucking. Finish. It.

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>>183713872
Let's add a little bloodbourne like a handgun and combo combat but not go full blown and keep the equipment Dark Souls style

>>183714250
REALLY? Thanks genius my fucking almonds are activated

>>183714429
Those games don't count though; they contradict my opinion.

>>183714429
>a newer and less popular engine has less games
woah, I think this guy figured out the Godoconspiracy!

How does it feel to know that Godot is more of a meme than RPG Maker?

At least RPG Maker has some fucking games. Even from us. And we don't even make games

>>183713781
>http://alexhays.com/loomis/
underrated sharing link
hate that a SA goon hosts it, but whatever

>>183714745
it's in the /ic/ sticky though

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What is exactly prototyping?

Sorry if it's a foolish question, but I don't have a clear definition when it comes to game.

Which requirements must the prototype fulfill?
Which features would be going overboard?

>>183714674
Well then it has to earn it's way out of meme tier. By I dunno, someone finishing something

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>>183673907
----[ Recap ]----
Game: Pushy Cmulko
Dev: Coppermoore
Tools: Pygame
Web:
Progress:
+ Literally everything, which means:
+ Player movement
+ Static blocks
+ Moving blocks due to action of a player, and their collision
+ Hittable objects (future monsters)
+ Cute cat sprite and pretty neat ice cube sprite
- 2 moving blocks collision is bad, but workable for now

>>183714674
>ALL engines are meme engines, they have no games!
>s-stop bullying godot, it has no games because it's new!

>>183714371
Thanks, mate. That's some really neat art.

>>183714172
agdg is a meme

>>183714802
I'm working on it, ok?

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>there's actually an /agdg/ game I'm hyped for
It's Boxing

>>183714732
Don't do that, the RPG Maker guys who come here are usually just friendly if timid. The learn to jump ship for their second

>>183712592
C-can we be friends?

>>183714865
I'm sorry, all I read was you're meming on it

>>183714552
Sprite sheets

>>183714835
I'm not the same guy tho, no engine is a meme engine unless it's blender game engine.

>>183714674
(((Godot)))

This general encourages shitposting and is detrimental to progress in many cases. I should be devving.

>>183714797
just some bs you threw together in a matter of days to test the gameplay or whatever. no/crappy menus, no/few levels etc

>>183714872
>Watch Future Wars
>Come here
>BOXING
Box simulator when?

>>183714797
A prototype can demonstrate the workings and feel of the core gameplay mechanic(s). It has the shittiest art and is bugridden as fuck, but that's okay. It is just there to tell you whether your ideas are shit and you should keep brainstorming.

>>183715001
>(((Meme)))

Dude why do that?

>>183715069
>(((Dude why do that?)))

>>183715069
It's /pol/ way of saying the people enclosed in brackets is Jewish. I know it's retarded; I already said where it comes from.

Check this one out.

(((Progress)))

>>183714797
Exactly what you need to express your idea, and nothing more. Enough of a game that someone can play it and understand the potential of your game. It will have no or placeholder graphics, even if you're an artist. Don't add too much juice or quality of life features, the game should be fun in spite of it's graphical shortcomings. If you can't see the potential with a prototype, the game idea isn't worth pursuing to completion. Note that getting some aspects of gamefeel right like the character controller ARE important at this stage.

There ARE some games with mediocre gameplay that stand on the basic of their art, music, juice, polish, and so can't be effectively prototyped. As an indie, don't make one of those.

>>183715001
>Lead Dev living in Buenos Aires
>not /Our Guy/

>>183714674
>don't use godot
>why
>it has no games
>one less godot game

kill yourself

>>183715003
>>183715062
I'm in the process of picking a main mechanic for my first prototype.

Is it a good idea to pick an existing mechanic from a different game.

I absolutely love when in CiV you get access to paratroopers and can deploy your forces at sanic speed on a different continent.

Do you think I could spin that and make it work?

>>183715173
Lovely meme, my brother. Spin me an another.

>>183715363
>Do you think I could spin that and make it work?
We can only know when you made a prototype.

How do you guys find the time to post this frequently AND work on your game?

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It's been a while since I made a PROGRESS webm. I still wish I had more sprites than the original set to make placeholders with.

Dodge behavior functional and implemented, replacing the old counterattack behavior. If you attack incorrectly against Paahul while he's winding an attack, he'll dodge your hit now.

>>183715379
This one is rather danky.
(((>>183673265)))

>>183715363
>Is it a good idea to pick an existing mechanic from a different game.
This is a trick that's worked in the past, take one mechanic and do as much as you can with it.

>I absolutely love when in CiV you get access to paratroopers and can deploy your forces at sanic speed on a different continent.
This doesn't seem like a mechanic that can support a whole game. It's just placing things really fast?

If you start with a known mechanic, your gameplay will likely change wildly as you expand it into a full game. This is good.

>>183709071
the leap you made from the first combat system to the new one is like making a sequel, you should have left that for an actual sequel.

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>>183715513
>Furry Fighter

Does anyone knows how to check in unity if the scene is loaded?
I'm adding via script a prefab on canvas but it adds it on the previous scene before the new one and it deletes the prefab on the next frame.

>>183710521
At least give it a dark outline like literally everything else in your game.

>>183715204
Roger wilco.

>>183715459
Good point.

>>183715605
Well, I guess it's more about the positional play, having a bridgehead with an airport, and so on... I have to give it some thought.

>If you start with a known mechanic, your gameplay will likely change wildly as you expand it into a full game. This is good.
Can you explain this a bit further, if you please?

Do you prefer working in 2D or 3D and why?

>>183715870
3D

I generally prefer playing 3D games, and 3D level creation/environment design is how I got started in game dev and is still one of my favourite bits.

>>183715870
3d because it's all math based and there's not much artfaggotry needed

>>183715173
I was referring to Godot being a literal meme engine. I dunno why you had to bring /pol/ into this

>>183715870
>when you realise 3D is just 2D with an additional dimension

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>>183715712
Here's what's happening.
I want to put the 3x3 (clone) in the main scene, but it is loading on the levels scene and it gets deleted one frame after.

>>183715870
2d because it's all math based and there's not much artfaggotry needed

>>183715173
Does that have anything to do with the shittier

"""""""""""""""Excessive amount of quotation marks""""""""""""""" thing?

>>183712592
but lisa is a good game

>>183715870
2D because I find it less methodical than 3D.

>>183715849
>Well, I guess it's more about the positional play, having a bridgehead with an airport, and so on... I have to give it some thought.
No offense but you may just be grasping at a standard turn based 2d tactics / strategy game, coming from vague feelings about your favorite game.

>Can you explain this a bit further, if you please?
Let's say there's a mechanic that you like in a game but you feel it's underdeveloped. You want to make a full game with that mechanic. Ok, so you simplify every else from the original game and focus just on that one mechanic. But now the context is different. Is the original game really the best way to support your mechanic? Could you change the structure or even the genre of the game to better support it?

The canonical example is Braid vs. Prince of Persia.

>>183716250
>[2D is] all math based
As opposed to 3D, which is... ?

>>183715870
I fell for the 3D meme.
Now I have to make 3D models, textures, and animations for every character and enemy in the game. Plus models for the environment.
I should have just stuck with 2D.

>>183716221
/pol/ is like the town's drunkard. It's always fun, albeit pitiful.

>>183716304
I'm not an expert on meme etymology, but they seem to share a common ancestor. Autists love repetition.

>>183716478
I'd rather do 3D animation than 2D desu

>>183716409
3d usually requires more math but it depends on the game, also saying that 3d requires less artfaggotry is silly.

>>183716660
Madman

>>183716389
None taken. You're right. I'll focus on the basics.

Thank you. Now I get what you meant.

>>183716660
3D animation does seem easier in some ways. But it still takes a long time to make the model, UV unwrap it, and then texture it. Maybe I'll eventually get faster at modeling.

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finished the first level.

would any coder be willing to collab?

>godot has no game so it's a meme
>i have no game so i am a meme

>>183717006
Seems logical. I'll accept it

>>183705709
>>183705728
What language should I learn then? Also what one would help if I want to use unreal? Or unity?

>>183716976
What are you going for?

http://makegames.tumblr.com/post/1136623767/finishing-a-game

To the anon that posted this. Thanks. I'm scaling down my project so much it should be done in this geological age.

>>183716770
It still can't hurt to try to simplify and make a prototype about whatever you like about the paratroopers in Civ. Just the end result may end up either being an abstract strategy game, or rely on the other systems in Civ to be interesting.

>>183717072
you're better off picking an engine and learning the language that engine uses

>>183717074
making all the art assets, hoping a coder help.

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Everyone has 5 minutes to post their game or they're a meme. I'll go first.

I'm a meme.

>>183717228
>needing help to code one of the most basic games in existence
excuse me anon what the fuck

>>183717074
Side scroller where you play as Bluto. The goal is to corner either Popeye or Olive Oil, beat them in a fight and as the reward you get to have your way with them. Both genders are open because 2017 and honestly Bluto just seemed to have that kind of history with Popeye. Plus replayability

>>183717094
while this advice will get your game out the door it's going to disappoint any fans you have that hope you expand on your game

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>>183717285

>>183717394
Anon what the hell.

>>183717394
>heterosexual sex
Well, that's me out.

>>183717519
Well when I saw the image, it's what I wanted

>>183717569
Optional heterosexual sex.
Just kidding. You need to do both for the harem ending

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>>183717285
I've only got incomplete projects, I'm afraid I'm a meme.

>>183717383
I want to focus on just doing art.

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>>183717285
Now with curves!

>>183717153
Will do. You'll hear from me, /agdg/. It's a promise.

>>183717285
Do I get to have my own KnowYourMeme article?

>>183717514
But I can expand it later. Once it's out it's easier to implement new stuff. If it isn't released is easier to just abort and start over.

Like babies, really.

>>183717692
Real tracks have curves

>>183717285
I'll post when I have some interesting progress, just going over technicalities at the moment.

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>>183717637
You programed in the water jets for you mecha's car was equivalent that the play can walk through via their own volition & thus have the option to have their mecha dirty or clean/variation under the player's prerogative which I imagine will come with various attachted stat bonuses/malus (visiblilty of mecha/rate of repair slowed) just so the player could have their options open and clean their mecha their way?

Interesting priorities but I like your style! Mecha Car Wash on my friend!

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>>183717285
I'll take this moment to request advice for creating hitboxes with Blender and OpenGL. Is a hitbox just another mesh?

>>183717394
>>183718030
>I warp your game concept
Guys I'm not ready for another form of shitposting

>>183717841
No, you just get a funnyjunk watermark on your face

>>183718220
Aww come on, I'm having fun

>>183718286
Fuck

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>>183718220
I don't care.

>>183718030
Who is this semen dem.... Just kidding. I mean, how would I not recognise stoya?

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>>183701737
I made my first ever animation :3.
Now to figure out how to put it in a game.

>>183718105
In 3D yep

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x,y

or

y,x

?

>>183718437
The princess we lost too easily. Treat them right guys, keep the production belt going

>>183717949
But it's not real, it's a videogame.

>>183718481
top left origin

or

bottom left origin