You working on your game this weekend, anon?
Or are you still waiting a few hours before deciding?
>>334419016
I thought about it, was thinking of playing a bit of CS Nexon Zombies, just to try it out
>>334419016
>Or are you still waiting a few hours before deciding?
Thats what I'm telling myself
>>334419323
just 1 and a half hours, anon
>>334419016
Nope not tonight
Made good progress today, got a web server, sql server, wiki, blog, and forum all running, even with hiding my IP and forcing things to SSL
now all I have to do is populate them with content
>>334419016
Im going to try to work on the concept mesh for the thing that you play as, its going to be some kind of tentacle armed thing attached to the first person camera.
I fixed the camera for the bug creature you possess, made it align to the surface it walks on and got a new music track.
Webm was before i fixed the camera and after ishttp://trippydev.tumblr.com/post/142854072353/trippydev-created-a-bug-creature-aligned-it-to
Finished.
>Random Generation
>Room based Camera
>Slot based inventory, like diablo 2, resident evil.
Working on.
>Combat System
Next up.
>Twitch Integration
>Multiplayer
>Figure out weapon stats.
im working on 3 games, i cant decide which to make my main project. a 3d platformer, 2d platformer, and a FPS
heres the 3d platformer
Hands are fucking difficult
Think I'll scrap them and start over
Generals belong in /vg/
>>334420741
and e-celeb threads belong in the trash
>>334420741
Fuck off to a twitter/e-celeb/censorship/denuvo thread or whatever shit thing you enjoy.
We are here to talk about video games, which I know probably triggers you.
>>334419016
I'm working on a Vehicular Warfare type game, Mad Max themed.
It's gonna be pretty dank
Ludum Dare starts in an hour, so yeah, I'm waiting a bit
http://ludumdare.com/compo/
>>334421241
It does? Man, I should sign up, how do I sign up?
>>334420732
Fuck hands, okay?
Fucking God or Dawkins or evolution or whatever the fuck you feel like believing in has culminated in thousands upon millions of years of cell evolution for apes and people to have hands.
And hands are pretty fucking cool, I'll admit. The opposable thumb is a pretty swell idea, and I wish I'd patented it myself.
But motherfucking goddamed hands are the most bullshit part of any art project. Are you drawing? You had better hope the hands are out of the frame. Making a 3D model? Make it handless, because you're in for a fuck of a time if you want to mould that shit. Making wax casts? Slip that shit off careful, because your fragile fucking meat sticks aren't worth shit without the bones inside of them. Fisting yourself? Congrats, you found a fucking use for hands that doesn't involve people having to recreate them, you asshole.
Fuck hands. Hands fucking suck.
The world would be a better place if we had fucking flippers.
Fuck the game. Fuck everything. Fuck everyone. I'm incompetent. The worst, Jerry.
>>334421619
make an account and post: "I'm in"
Then submit the game with the theme selected in an hour within 48 hours (then needs the source code, and be individual) or 72 hours for the JAM, no need to submit source code, and can be a team.
>>334419016
whats the easiest engine to use as an amateur making a pixel rpg game?
>>334421676
also in 3D models, the animation consumes a lot of resources for all the bones in the hands.
UE4 just implemented LOD for animations, so you can stop animating hands when the character is far away
>>334422027
RPG maker?
>>334422027
RPG maker
or Game Maker
Then Godo maybe
Then Unity
Then monogame
then UE4
Then your own engine
>>334421676
I'd prefer tentacles myself
>>334422074
>>334422165
seems simple enough. i might try it. thanks.
whats up with these versions though. whats the difference between them?
>>334420537
buggy af desu
>Try to get back into 3D
>Get to texturing
>Instantly lose all motivation
>>334422647
VM is VX Ace except it supports HTML5 compiling I think.
>>334422647
what versions?
they are different things, not versions of each other.
rpg maker and game maker might be from the same people though. I don't know.
Anyways, just forget about it
Get Game Maker, and forget about the rest. Make a simple game, and then go back again and look at other engines.
Don't listen to people who tell you X is better than Y
X might be better than Y. But X is good enough.
>>334422248
Youre in luck then, my homie.
>>334422871
>mfw
>>334423128
I use game maker purely because it is the very first thing I messed around on excluding whatever program made a turtle draw a line.
>>334423254
the name of the turtle drawing a line is "logo"
>>334421676
My main character is a harpy.
Fuck hands.I just made it harder on myself since modeling claws is even more of a bitch.
https://discord.gg/0wjqct9qJ3JcHTBh
Get in our discord!
>>334423128
oh, yeah, i was talking about just rpg maker. sorry
What are the best tools for creating tiles and sprites? I've been using mspaint and it's horribly inefficient.
>>334424194Paint.net
I prefer MSpaint though since the pencil thickness is to my liking
>>334424194
Depends on what you're using them for. Paint is actually pretty good when it comes to simple pixel work, aside from the amount of undos you have and the lack of layers. (If you ever made sprites back in the day you know ways around it, but at this point learning the tricks are more trouble than they're worth). If you're trying to make more complex things, you should try photoshop or paint.net, but ultimately the best program is one you know how to use.
Still figuring out how I want to go about making tiles and objects
Hey anons, if any of you wouldn't mind answering a quick question I'd be pretty grateful. I've been working on a lewd game for a while now and been posting in these threads, but I keep finding myself trying to work on so many different things at once.
http://www.strawpoll.me/7366467/
This'll hopefully give me some kind of much needed focus towards what'll hopefully be important to potential players. Thanks in advance if you drop a vote.
>>334424759
this is a first, i actually don't like one of your images. i mean, are those supposed to be rays of sunlight? if so, where do they land and why can't you see it? etc'
>>334424759
Gives me a sort of Yoshi's Island feel. I like it!
>>334425023
Honestly some of those don't seem mutually exclusive, I never liked reading lore as a big dump of text, it's more interesting if you frame your world-building within the context of character conversations and interactions.
>>334424717
then use paint.net
it's better than paint, but not too complicated
>>334425123
The lights and shadows are rushed, unlike the tiles, otherwise the rays would probably be 45 degrees and all pixel perfect, but ideally they'll have small light patch where they "land", or they'll just diapers out before reaching the ground. Which ever looks better in practice.
Thanks for noting that you disliked it, though, I'm very much interested in suggestions on how to improve readability.
I need to improve my art before I start making game.
>>334425624
no you don't
>>334425316
It's just something I typed up when I was tired the other night, just because something comes out higher doesn't mean I'm going to drop it completely for something else.
I was debating whether or not to even include a world building section at all, or if I was just going to bundle it in with gameplay under the more "non-lewd" elements.
Thanks for the feedback though, I'd be hoping to avoid lore dumps outside of things like the intro and potential codex/atlus thing.
>>334425759
I want to at the very least be a better artist than zun.
>>334425759
please stop posting your garbage on 4chan permanently
>>334426139
Ok
goodbye you guys its been fun
>>334425624
Heres a screen from my game, where the main character is currently a pink box with a pixelated black penis.
Art don't matter, just get the tech done.
>>334426326
I remember garflondo. ; -;
>>334426407
kek
I had a game I was making where I used a HD penis as a texture on the roads of the game.
It was the only picture I could find that match the pixel count I needed
>>334421887
Explain the 48 hours and 72 hours thing... If I make it in 48 I have to give source code, but if I do it in 72 I don't?
>>334427075
there are 2 categories for the competition:
the compo, and the jam
2 styles, the compo is 48 hours. It's the original way to do ludum dare. And everything has to be original. Even the fonts I think. Everything from 0 made by you.
The Jam is more relaxed, you have 24 more hours, and you don't need to release the source code. And you can use teams.
Anyone who can see the theme in 5 minutes, please post it here. Servers always go down when the time runs out
>>334426326
come back
do it for tree girl
>>334427397
Ok anon you convinced me
>>334427075
here's the rules:
http://ludumdare.com/compo/rules/
I wish I could shapeshift
>>334427302
>Anyone who can see the theme in 5 minutes, please post it here.
Shapeshift
https://twitter.com/ludumdare/status/721141090993049600
>>334427558
I read them, the the explanation between the 2 were confusing.
haven't worked on shit today
probably won't over the weekend either, I've got other things I need to work on
here's a repost of a webm though
>>334427075
(not that anon)
I haven't participated in about two years.
The 48 hour one is the "original" one and it's "hard-mode":
- 48 hours to make a game
- One man teams
- everything must be created by you (main code & assets. you can use frameworks, engines and libs, of course)
The 72 hour one is more relaxed:
- 72 hours to make a game
- Teams can have any size
- You can use assets created by other if their license allows for (Public domain, Some creative commons licenses)
Keep this in mind:
- Your main goal should be to have a Finished Game (mechanics, gui, some passable art and a couple of levels)
- For that KEEP THE GAME SIMPLE! I've abandoned previous LDs because I tried to do weird shit.
- Don't be afraid to use "kiddy-grade" tools. (Game Maker, Stencyl, etc) They are great for these kinds of things because they GET SHIT DONE QUICK!
- Have fun!
>>334427740
>>334427687
>shapeshifting
Guess I'm not doing it then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
>>334427832
Aaaand the theme is SHIT!
Actually it's "Shapeshift", but it might as well be shit.
>>334419016
y-you do have a to do list right /v/?
its a simple roguelite fps btw
>>334427926
>>334427912
that's what every theme feels when you start a new LD
but then after an hour of rest, you think of something cool, and then you start working on it
>>334428028
No, i actually had ideas for the other themes that i was interested in making, might still make them, but shapeshift just doesn't sound fun.
>>334427945
I have a notebook with about 70 pages of ideas, mechanics, sketches, and things that sounded cool at one point or another. To do lists make up around 20 pages.
"To maybe do lists"
>>334424381
Mspaint works with you're game's style though.I like mspaint too.
>>334424717
I'm quite good with mspaint, seeing as I've used it for years, but I feel like there has to be a better way. Is there any tool that will multiply my working tile so I can see how well it blends?
pic related. The white block being the working tile.
Any recommended programs to handle animations?
>>334428272
holyshit nice
that just demotivates me, the one i have here is about as big as i'll let it get
>>334428210
>but shapeshift just doesn't sound fun.
there are around 3000 games made during LD
I guarantee you some of those will be fun
you mean you're the one who can't find a fun idea
Stop Whining and get to work.
Want to make an RPG with complex lore. Dunno were to start, though
>>334428785
make pong first
if you fail at that, then give up
>>334428028
I know. I replied to my own post.
Anyway, probably gonna do some stuff with squares, triangles and circles.
Have to brainstorm a bit
>>334427926
LD always has a god awful theme and everyone does the same shitty idea
> you can shift into different characters with different abilities wow!
just use the theme really vaguely or metaphorically tbqh
>>334428210
Take a knee and think about what shapeshift could mean, not what you assume it regularly means. Don't even think about the picture. Think outside the box, you'll come up with something interesting.
>>334428785
Start writing. Midway realise what you really want is to make a pen and paper RPG setting. Then you end up writing a book.
>>334429005
>does the same shitty idea
not really
I always think like that at the start.
Like: "tiny world"
I'm like, "everyone is going to be making space games with small planets"
rarely any games like that.
>>334425759
whoa i love this
>>334428781
>tfw the game I'm making is already about shape-shifting
>it will not be done for at least a year
>>334429207
you can just submit a prototype thingy. As long as you start it from now obviously.
>>334429140
tell me your ideas please
>>334429371
Also don't have time. Not worth starting over just for a jam
>>334428889
For certain reasons, I want my first game to be my only one. So I'll put everything I got into it.
>>334429135
Heh. That sounds good, but what I really want to do is an RPG. I already have most of the lore, and according to my friends it's pretty good.
>>334428785
Basically, instead of "making an RPG" you have to decompose what "RPG" actually means in general, and also what it means to you. When you say "I want to make an RPG" do you actually mean the implicit " I want to sit there coding hundreds of stat tables in an inventory system" and so on? Figure out what you actually want to do, then separate it into smaller achievable goals.
Like >>334428889 said, start with Pong. It might seem irrelevant, but you need to understand how to control movement, variables, etc. Then scale up and make the next step, and so on.
>>334429474
so you give up already, that's great.
I wish we could be partner so you can demotivate me
>>334429532
The lore is irrelevant. RPGs have a lot of graphical content. And many gameplay stuff too.
>>334428463
Its good that yours is smaller. What ive got is chaos on paper that i must go back through and filter the good ideas out myself because who knows how much of it is still good or usable. Its just how I do things though, it makes things harder to plan or execute, but I think has some benefits for me.
>>334429407
you shit in the game, you throw pieces of feces around until you make something, then that something moves around and falls on somebody's face.
This that I just said, you tell it to 20 people, and 20 people will make you a different game out of this.
And this is just an idea about shapeshifting shit.
There are tons of ideas for making a game with a theme. The theme itself is not bad. It will be very varied.
>>334429532
>For certain reasons, I want my first game to be my only one. So I'll put everything I got into it.
This is a bit like saying
>I want my first song to be my only one, so I'm just going to pick up this guitar and start jamming
You have to learn how to hum, how to read music (even if only to know how to write it down), how scales and chords work, etc. Don't get me wrong, jumping right in and doing is great, but you have to have at least a little understanding and direction.
>>334429759
yeah, different things work for different people. iv found that a lot of my "great ideas" are actually awful when i implement them, so i try to just prototype and iterate rather than have a grand plan. the game gets made organically as i go, attempting to fix whats shit and reinforce what turns out good
im always surprised at how bad my ideas turn out in reality
Hello my fellow creatures of the night, my name is Vamp Seed (You can call me VSEED) I'm the lead programmer of the upcoming game NEO-Transylvania.
I had to take a few months off from working on it, as I wanted to write more to the plot and find inspiration for the game. It's a huge adventure game, one of the biggest ever made in flash. It is just over a half hour long, a true epic in swf form.
I'm hoping to have it done in a few short months, it's a game where I write, compose, and draw all the art.
It's about fighting an evil vampiric outbreak, even though you are a vampire yourself. You will find out more as release date gets closer.
For now, I will leave you with this screenshot, and word that there will be more in the future. Remember, don't accept any imitators, only the true VSEEDâ„¢
And remember, when you go out at night... Watch your step!
>>334430462
Holy autism. Is this a joke? please say yes
gimme your LD ideas now
>>334430462
You should post this on the /agdg/ thread on the /vg/ board as well.
>>334430647
What does LD stand for?
>>334430647
You have to sneak past guards by changing into them but you have to know the button combination to transform into them
>>334429593
I understand what you say. They're are really good advices.
>Basically, instead of "making an RPG" you have to decompose what "RPG" actually means in general, and also what it means to you. When you say "I want to make an RPG" do you actually mean the implicit " I want to sit there coding hundreds of stat tables in an inventory system" and so on? Figure out what you actually want to do, then separate it into smaller achievable goals.
I'll use RPG Maker, so that's not a problem.
>Like >>334428889 said, start with Pong. It might seem irrelevant, but you need to understand how to control movement, variables, etc. Then scale up and make the next step, and so on.
Like I said, I'll use RPG Maker. It doesn't seem so complex in my mind. I need to organize and start making my game. I'm planning it to be as complex as the TES series concerning lore.
>>334430738
I have before, but they simply never seem to care about my game that I am making. A shame, but they're the ones that are missing out.
>>334430645
I'll have you know that I did not report you, but I will warn you: In the future I may. I do not stand for this kind of negativity in my life.
>>334430797
Ludum Dare
>>334430647
you're a frog that can turn into a toad
and your name is pepe and you have a gun and you're angry.
it's a visual novel
>>334430815
ok, good luck
>>334430850
so you're going to sit through the negativity?
>>334430850
Goddamn, this dudes hilarious.
>>334430803
i had an idea like this, but u have to learn their mannerisms by spying on them. so when you're near other characters u do the right stuff to be convincing.
naturally, the idea is shit and not fun
>>334430462
Jesus dude I know I'm in no position to criticize someone's art but I just have to say it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62UzLgdb1GQ
Finished:
>Inventory
>Health
>Movement & Animations(2D, top down, zelda-ish)
Working on:
>Save system
TODO:
>A lot of fucking things
>>334429690
>The lore is irrelevant. RPGs have a lot of graphical content. And many gameplay stuff too.
Yeah, the aesthetics will have something in particular to make them memorable. But I'm putting emphasis on the lore and plot.
>>334430961
Thanks, anon. I hope I'll earn my millions in about 4 months.
>>334431064
> it takes thousands of man hours to make the game itself, but I will focus on the thing that takes basically 20 hours at most, then I will be succesful!
> I will ignore all the other stuff until later
>>334431048
BTFO
T
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>>334431048
This sort of negativity is not needed. I'm a one man crew making a huge epic of a game, you can't expect perfection. But, you should expect something that is pretty much near what perfection can be, if one person is making it. You will be eating those words when this game is released, and you realize how you were talking to the next great game director of our time.
>>334430973
I appreciate this, it's always great to talk to one of my fans (I like to call them VampFanz), please take a piece of art from my game..Signed (digitally) by me!
>>334430647
you are a shape-shifting pervert who can transform himself into various women garments.
you team up with a woman hero to save the day.
transform yourself to give various power-up to your lady partner.
learn powerful transformation techniques from perverted bosses that your pair defeated.
>>334431214
dont burst his bubble he just wants to feel like a game developer without actually putting in any effort
>>334431214
Hah. When you say it like that it sounds stupid. I don't know what to say, it just sounds easier in my mind.
>>334431064
If you're using RPG Maker, it takes care of a lot for you, but there is a learning curve to everything. Go download a version, open any tutorial, and learn fundamental things like movement and states. You're still going to need prototypes.
>>334431450
Everything is always easier in your mind, especially with programming. The only way to make it less difficult is to start doing.
>>334431305
https://youtu.be/pZEmFT6VxSw?t=1m38s
>>334431347
He's just being realist, like an older brother. But I'm really stubborn, so I'll try even if it takes me a lot of time and effort
>>334431707
I already messed with RPG maker. I've been using it for a couple of years, but I haven't considered my ideas as good as I think they're now. Now I have a somewhat creative and likeable setting which I think hasn't been exploited yet. Besides it'll have bonus points for being indie.
huehuehue looks like another ones dropped out /v/
not long now until i win the hunger games
>>334431818
real easy thing to say when you haven't actually tried anything
Most core gameplay stuff works, making online multiplayer work properly, then more features, then real graphics and presentability. Already probably busy tonight though
>>334428320
I use PyxelEdit and it handles tiling and animations well enough for me. I think it was like 10 bux.
>>334432057
>huehuehue
>>334432026
>Now I have a somewhat creative and likeable setting which I think hasn't been exploited yet.
everytime I heard this, I laugh.
Because all settings have been used. One way or another.
Nobody give a shit about your snazzy setting or unique one of a kind story. Jonathan Blow learn that lesson well.
All that matters is how well your execution is.
How well you make the game. How fun it is to others you are focusing on.
This is why people who keep making the same crap year after year still gets a lot of money than idiots who think their special snowflakes deserved to shoved into everyone faces.
The video game industry is a free market. If you make something people like to play, they may support you by paying you for your game.
You make a piece of turd, nobody cares no matter how unique the turd look.
>>334419016
Working on making a few areas in 3d to see how they come out then choose to either go on with 2d or 3d for the actual game.
>>334427945
nope
most shit, I just implement as the need/desire comes up
>>334432057
please keep posting this for 3 days.
It motivates the hell out of me not to be a giver-upper
And a question for all:
variable naming, one of the 3 hardest things for a game programmer;
Let's say I have a timer for how often a guy can shoot.
so I have:
TimeLeftUntilCanShootAgain = DefaultTimeBetweenShots;
And then the TimeLeftUntilCanShootAgain is reduced until 0 every update();
How would you name these?!?!
LD idea:
fps but you can change the environment like create cover, or make doors in walls
?
>>334434045
terrain shapeshift
can you do that in 71 hours?
>>334434196
i would cheap that shit somehow. just make a block animate out the wall or floor..
>>334433717
I'd name them shotTimer and shotTimeDefault
>>334434529
thanks
I need to work on my naming skills
>>334433717
2 variable here. "fireRate" and "lastShot"
if (lastShot + fireRate < current time){
shoot();
lastShot = current time
}
just ask yourself what you would read, and instantly know what it meant. probably different for everyone. i keep my variable names short cause i hate reading long vars.. its ugly
>>334434871
but firerate is wrong
that would mean "2 shoots per second" or something, not time left until the next bullet
>>334435308
read it again and learn to code faggot
>>334435781
fire rate doesn't indicate a time length
it indicates amount of projectiles in a given second/minute
you can't use it like that and it making sense.
"The rate of this weapon is 5 bullets per second" is correct
"The rate of this weapon is 0.2 seconds"
that's not what rate means.
if you use it like in that code, it's just wrong.
the name is incorrect.
>>334436479
so change the name senpai. whatever
I'm going to through the tutorial for Defold, King's engine that went public recently.
I was intrigued by Lumberyard and Cryengine but I've heard they're both hugely disappointing, is that still true?
>>334428320
Thanks doc
