How's that video game coming along, anon?
I'm more likely to kill myself than finish one to be honest
Gave up after I realized how unrealistic my plans were.
Terrible...
I can't draw for shit
I'll probably get back to it now that I finished my other project
It's meh, I work on it from time to time. I basically just have movement, some weapons, and misc world functions done.Still have to make it not look like complete shit
I'm thinking about it...
I've been doing more game jams and odd jobs than working on my game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHYEZX0qpgc
Pretty good, just finished up our year-end development diary, started to work on cleaning up the basic stuff now and do more advanced mechanics, mostly right now adding multi-resolution support.
>>322413575
I want it to be a 2d game as i still dont have a job right now and i only have a shitty laptop I dont know what engine to use and I am learning to draw with a tablet.
I have a C++ video tutorial series in my bookmarks
I'll click on it one day
>>322415623
>bosses: a staple of all non-Bioware games
You're just asking to get them to take your video down.
>>322413575
Pretty good but there's one thing I want to know.how do I shill my game? My biggest fear is that nobody will ever know my game existed
a 3D platformer I just started a few days ago. Inspired by Mario 64, Space Station Silicon valley, and Banjo
You will have to swap between animals and bring them back to the ship
>>322416664
Neat
What is 'reinventing the wheel' in terms of gamedev?
>>322413575
Pretty good, its an online multiplayer so when i get interpolation and synchronization smoother il get a beta up or something
>>322416571
Send it to sum semi popular youtube fag and ask them to play it.
>>322415623
If you're going to talk at least get a better mic.
>>322413575
6 games already published (Shitty HTML5 stuff but hey, it's money)
Working on like 5 projects at the moment with like 10 design documents ready to start development.
>>322415830
game maker studio
>>322417000
building your game starting from machine code
Good. Made lots of progress the last couple days.
Taking a break today for the most part though to relax and brainstorm what exactly I should do next.
Probably work in party stats like DEF and ATK and all that stuff. And then the inventory, and item usage I suppose.
Also I wanna give the dog a bite attack, but I dunno what kind of interactivity to give it, or maybe since its a basic attack I should not make it interactive like the fury punches.
>>322419443
Lookin' good, anon
>>322413575
Eh I'm trying to build my own engine.
>>322419635
how do you manage that? won't it take too much time?
>>322419443
Looks awesome anon!
Got a website for it or something?
>>322420521
It takes a lot of time but I'm more interested in flexing my skills in mathematics and physics. I do this on the side since I'm fully employed as Software Engineer.
>>322415889
link it, I might as well get started
Pretty good, so far.
>>322421078
Can you give me some pointers please? Is C++ the only language I should learn?
>>322422016
Just make game anon. Don't give a shit about what you use.
>>322422179
i dont know how to make game though that is why i am asking
>>322413575
Waiting to hear back from my potential game designer. I need to get working on the demo so he has more than nothing to go off of.
Honestly kind of worried; I've been simmering on story, voice work and all this crap, but I have almost literally nothing planned in terms of gameplay.
>>322413575
>unity
Like garbage
Considering starting from scratch cause now my shit is all sorts of fucked up.
You can try it out here. Would love input.
http://spintrick.com/
>>322416664
For this video i'll show the canges for Overgrowth alpha 0.0000001 which you can play if you have pre ordered.
>>322419443
I like it.
>dat cat sperging out
kek
>>322417000
Writing your own code to interface with hardware, instead of using existing libraries. Though even that might not qualify if you need some assembly to get time-sensitive shit done quickly. Pretty much just anything that already exists, runs efficiently, and would be generic from one game to another would qualify.
>>322422016
Do 2D, don't do 3D unless you use someone's engines. Also what language you chose depends on what you want to do. If you want to do low level programming where you get to explore all the different problem spaces, do C++. IF you want a quick and easy language with lots of tools built for it, C# then Java.
>>322422937
I can't get up on the platform lol
What's a good way to train myself to be committed to actually working on a game?
the benefits are vast, the negatives are pretty much zero, but my anxiety and depression (or just laziness) keep me from doing dick
I'm not loving Unity, UE4 is okay but my computer can't handle it sometimes.
I want to try out GameMaker
>>322423467
Which one?
>>322413575
slowly. was suppose to be working on a game jam game but lost motivation for it.
other than that, still trucking on my text adventure slowly...
>>322418435
I will check it out thanks
I have sketches for the fighting game down, some move sets, but haven't started any coding. Also I am shit at art.
>>322423639
It kind of depends on your personality, but what seems to help me is trivializing it. Instead of making it into this big thing that I take incredibly seriously and have to pour several hours into, I try to make it something that I piss away a few minutes on here and there. Those minutes turn into hours, and fill moments of boredom in the day. Slowly, a habit forms, and it becomes no more challenging than browsing the internet.
i really like skeletons, bones, etc, wanna make game around them
i was thinking fairly standard platform, but your health represents your character. At full health, you're a well human, but as you loose life, skins falls off and you become skeleton.
each "state" has different skill set, and you have abilities to heal/hurt yourself
feel free to share any ideas, i am starting now and will post progress throughout week
Also 2D or 3D
I know how to make UI, how to design, how to art, how to story write, how to edit, how to audio, everything audio visual, but not how to program.
>>322423825
Not the anon you're asking, but the one straight after walljump-slide-platform.
Can't jump high enough, can't change direction mid-air while walljumping fast enough.
>>322424505
that's an idea
i might do a patreon/pitch it for funding (not necessarily crowd funding) if i think progress is going good on it after a while
>>322424741
Hold up while in air.
>>322424551
2d and make the graphics as close to super ghosts n goblins as you can.
>>322424551
Are you stronger as a skeleton? Do you get skeleton powers?
>>322413575
Awful.
I did some UE4 tutorials with c++ (learning that gonna be more usefull than just blueprints) and I can't do shit myself. But my goal now is some shitty android thing, so I don't give up.
>>322424848
Oh that's neat.
The controls instructions doesn't really clarify what the grab is/does. Since it said straight under "Attack", I thought it was a grab for enemies.
Moving on.
Every now and then I get an idea for a game and most of them are actually doable as one-man hobby projects, and I play around with the idea for a few days until I realize I'd rather put the effort into working towards my degree.
>>322424551
oh fuk its like that one manga where the guy loves voluptuous thighs as much as ruses 10/10 read
>>322423467
>>322424741
I designed the level and even I don't know what section
There is a legitimate bullshit section that I didn't take account to when I made some changes. I'm adjusting it.
>Adjust it too much and the secret shortcut becomes way too easy to perform
>Adjust it too little and the secret shortcut becomes impossible to perform
>Adjust it at all and the intended way is impossible
I want to make a weird 3d game a-la crypt worlds about some of the nutty dreams I have. Almost all my dreams follow a basic story structure and plot, there was one in particular that i'd like to make a game with.
But I have no motivation because I'm a loser.
I'll try to make an idle game revolving around mana.
>>322425363
Are you me.
alright, resolution for this year was to actually work on my shit and make progress each week.
Before the first week ends, I need to help narrow down what I work on
>mech fps
>diablo style action rpg focused on missions and combat over loot
>souls style action rpg
>dmc style action game with super cartoony style
>cute game compilationturns into mega horror, plays with your concepts of fiction
share me your video game eyedeas
>>322422710
someone reading Parmenides?
>>322424551
Why not have special powers as a skeleton? There are places you cannot normally reach by just yourself so you have to take off your arm and throw it with the other arm and have to control that arm through either areas too small for your entire body or areas that are too far and only lobbing your arm can get to there.
Or pressure plates that require you to leave most of your body to open a way and you have something like just your head and you roll around trying to maintain control while having very little defenses against enemies.
How about at a critical state and a with a fatal blow it knocks your bones about, but when normally you would die you get a few seconds to try to gather your body up once more to get a second lease at life.
I don't know, just some thoughts.
>>322424741
>>322425321
>>322424848
Clarified the controls a bit better and made adjustments to the last horse shit section.
>>322425867
So you could stole it? Nope, I'm gonna make that game, get fat, bald and rich.
>>322419443
>lol so weird indie rpg "inspired by Earthbound™" #35423
nah
>>322422937
Post times
>>322413575
I'm still working on my pet project. It's really hard to get decent feedback. I think the artwork is my biggest roadblock to success, but I'm not sure.
http://www.indiedb.com/games/summon-strike
R8 my game idea (which I obviously will never actually make). I guess this sort of thing already exists, but the gist is that it's long-term grand strategy with simplified board-game mechanics
>medieval/fantasy strategy game
>takes place on a world map where cities control patches of land
>cities are depicted as intro-to-game-of-thrones type icons
>you don't really build them, but only purchase certain buildings
>each economic agent has a 'level' that you can upgrade in both quality (better products) and quantity (more products)
>the quality of your produce is the sum (or some function) of its ecenomic chain
>combat is kept simple, only a handful of unit types
>quality of recruitement centers and armory determines strength of units
>combat - like citybuilding - is nonexplicit and basically a dice roll with weighted probabilities
>large focus on economies, diplomacy and spying, combat is actually secondary
>game can be played over the course of month, so you can sort of have your own diplomatic intrigues and wars with your friends in real time
>>322422967
chuckled well, thanks anon
>>322413575
Pretty good. Almost have a stable release to give out to some beta testers. I hope to do greenlight in the next few months so it's easier to hand the new builds out than how it is now.
drawing special items should be fun but its boring as fuck
I wanna code shit, not draw them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNmbHkNFZ5Y
What do you guys do to check if a character is standing on ground or in midair?
>>322427406
what's logic: if there's ground under his feet.
>>322424887
Maybe a bit stronger since you'll be nearer a "true" dead state (risk/reward), but I'd envision that each play states has their own benefits/weakness
>>322426087
Like this. Thanks anon, just need some ideas, food for thought.
I got a few more spell types done, just 2 to gothen I can start on the buffs again, fuck my life this is gonna take me forever
>>322425867
Basically you have to escpae from a randomly generated cave (in 3D) but there is no map, and it's very dim and there are monsters and orcs and underground lakes everywhere, and you can't really fight so you have to sneak around and when you die you get like a 3D overview and shown how far you got and whether you took a dead end or not.
having fun I guess
>>322423467
>>322422937
is this part of why you are staring from scratch?
I got stuck in space-time...
>>322422937
how the hell do you slide? it says up + jump wtf?
Script is complete and locked @ ~35,000 words, artists working, currently programming with placeholders. Going well. Slower than I'd like, but it's chugging along.
>>322425867
You get sent to a scientific base in the antarctic to investigate the disappearance of the crew so you have to go through post-it notes and terminal-logs to reconstruct what has happened. (slightly spooky)
>>322428131
I-I'm not even sure you how got up there.
>>322428250
Wow, I'm an idiot. I can't believe I didn't catch that.
It's Down + Jump. I updated the control page.
>>322426720
Improve performance
>>322428473Set 30 years after The Thing.
>>322425321
>>322428594 Anon here. I'm incredibly shitty at platformers and I'm a bit sleep deprived. Small review:
Your game seems fine. I like the art style, "animations" looks fine.China is big.Keep going with it and just foolproof your instructions a bit more proper.
>>322428594
as a general advice - try and nopt have one-mistake instant-stage-ruining spots like the nonexistent walls to the left (at the 1 block each side-walljump right above spawn) this makes players repeat everything up until there 5-30 times before they get past it and adds to an exponentially longer playthrough time unless you play perfectly
>>322429363
>>322429409
I'll make sure to keep that in mind.Especially my unclear as fuck instructions and outright wrong ones.
>>322425867
Underwater submarine racing game
Posted this in /agdg/ and they liked it, what do you guys think
>>322430180
The bottom one looks better.
Great designs, by the way. What kind of game are you making?
>>322413575
I think I'll actually start working on a game now. What's a good start for learning UI and shit?
>>322430180
Version where all 3 have arms out and tiny witch have arms out?
Looks good and simple.
>>322430370
Turn-based RPG, but very easy and laid back, lots of comedy.
>>322430401
Thanks. I'll try that and post it
>>322413575
Well gee, the game's fans haven't given me 3 million dollars, so I don't know if we can get it finished in time...
www.kickstarter.com/givememoneyreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
>>322430180
you use the same number of pixels for your faces as some games use for entire characters, so maybe spend a few of them toning down the sameface. making one really short is a good start, maybe give one of the others a fuller figure or the longer robes
>>322430180
They're cute
>>322426905
hey, the art isn't bad...I think the help area needs work. I don't really know how to play.
>>322431120
They're supposed to be sisters, and I wasn't going to put that together in the game, so it's less jarring
>>322431164
y-you too...
I used a new system for building levels, reducing the time it took to make a polished level map in-game from weeks to days.
2.5 years and hopefully releasing the Android version tomorrow night. Steam version in 2-3weeks, really looking forward to it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myoTTuS6JLU
>>322430180
p cute but could use some light shading or something
>>322431586
>>322431670
Looks good anon. How much would this cost on Android? I need something to play on my phone.
>>322431670
Looks dope. Bit loud noises here and there though, like that chest getting opened.
>>322431394Y-You too...
>>322432539
y-you too...
>>322431586
The new tileset looks good. Kinda wondering what the hell kind of editor you were using that made a map take weeks.
>>322419443
I like it. I've been looking into making an RPG similar to Chrono Triggerwith Gamemaker, but otherwise have no way of going about it. I've been watching a tutorial, but it's leaning more towards an Action RPG rather than a turnbased one.
No art skills, no motivation, nobody to dev with
>>322432724
For awhile the levels were built in the software because the engine was still being tweaked and changed, so levels were having to be changed spontaneously to accommodate, but now that the engine is pretty secure, I switched over to building levels in Tiled first.
>>322432712
Don't lose your way, anon. I'll be watching you.
What's a good program to make low poly models in?
>tfw your ideas guy thinks it would be better if the objective was rescuing creatures that then run off instead of collecting those creatures to then use as a source of power
nobody will play a game out of good will, they want something to collect that benefits them
>>322433449
Eggman please
>>322416664
Mite b cool
Is using Code Blocks fine if I want to learn C++ or should I look for something better?
>>322433449
You mean like the old Sonic games in which you burst open the robot and an animal runs off?
>>322432814
If you don't mind the insanity than you can dev on your own.
Art is a skill that you can learn with persistence. I personally can't draw for shit, but I've picked up 3d modeling rather easily.
Motivation is what the weak claim makes devs strong. It's not. Motivation is trash, discipline yourself. Start by working an hour each day on your game, even if it's just watching a tutorial or simply opening up unity. Slowly work your way up. It takes patience and practice, but eventually you'll make it there.
It's okay. At least the kickstarter went through.
>>322434925
pixel art is also "easy" if you can't draw but it takes a long time
>>322434658
My great grandpappy told me not to learn my first language with an IDE. He died after a bout of old age.
>>322434880
You do realise that in the SA games they changed it so that sonic and friends actually physically collected the critters for this very reason? In the original games it was just cosmetic, but in the SA games they gave the critters some meaning with the chao garden
It's one of the few things I'll admit that actually make sense about the SA games
>>322435432
Your great grandpappy was right.
