Why haven't you done your own videogame yet?
2hard
>>340990003
Playing videogames = Fun and Easy
Making videogames = Boring and Complicated
How many of these look fun to you?
>>340990003
Why haven't you?
Resources
>>340990691
Plok, Clarent, Essence Tactics, and War Net
>>340990003
No idea how to learn to code the shit I need
You probably would have to learn this at some university or something, but this would require to get in contact with people, which is bad
>>340990003
I don't know how to code my own video games
or design my own characters.
For fuck's sake. I'm fucking trying. Get off my back.
I've never had a good idea for one.
No idea how to code, although I can art okay
Also no character designs for my planned protagonists
>>340991763
Just post on AGDG saying you need an idea and the floodgates from the ideas guys will open.
>>340990393
It's fun to come up with concepts and dissing stuff, but making a coherent game and programming it and making models, shit.
>>340990003
I fucked up a single line of code for a simple flash game, and couldn't figure out how to fix it.
>>340990003
I lack good ideas, but once I have them and an artist willing to help me I'll do my dreamVisual Novel
>>340990003
Because if i did id fail and have to rationalize my continued existence as an armchair dev instead. -every gamer ever
>>340992462
If you have a dream VN that means you have an idea outside of "I wanna make a VN"
In which case also pursue a writer
>>340990691
Plok looks fun and Clarent is actually really neat, don't know what the fuck is up with that jpg quality.
>>340992794
That's why I said "good" ideas, I sure have some but they'd be hot shit and/or wouldn't have a way to fit them in a story
How 2 maek game /v/
I prefer writing and gameplay gets in the way of that.
That being said, I prefer when games emphasise gameplay
>>340993182
Beg for money and then run away
>>340992462
Visual novels are like the easiest shit to make tho, just fuck around in Renpy or Novelty until you get something bordering on 'ok fanfiction' territory.
If you can't think of any good ideas to save your life, write a shitty ecchi harem.
After that you can probably get some 16 year old edgy teenager on deviant art to help draw the characters, after lurking the forums enough.
Release it for 1.99 on steam and watch the neetbux flow in.
It won't be good, but it'll be a start.
>>340990003
Motivation.
Has anybody else here figured out how to fix this?
My dream game is set in a magical castle with it's own quirks and secrets, sort of like Hogwarts.
>Time
>Money
>Need to get people who know coding, animation, script writing, art, and a plethora of other things
Making a game is way more harder than you think
>>340993469
Not with no job and a vast array of Unity tutorials, anon.
I think I have a good "story" and "characters" but I don't know how to come up with good designs.
>>340992258
Being an Idea guy is fun until you realize 99% of your ideas are shit
>>340993904
add belts
the main character should have the second highest belt count
the anti-hero should have the highest
>do the art, code and writing for my own game
>released a test build of said game to my friends 2 days ago
>everyone loved it
>"this inspired me to work on my own projects more"
>friend even drew fanart because she liked it so much
>still riding the high as I keep working
>>340994752What game?
>>340994752
Post pics, inspire me
>>340994886I'm not posting anything about it on /v/ since the last time I posted a screenshot, I got 8+ replies about how it's a tumblr game because it has a not-white lead.I don't even use tumblr.
>>340995167
this, i want to believe senpai
>>340990003
It's fucking time consuming
>>340990003
i'm lazy and busy and i have so many other things sapping away what little motivation i have that i just don't even bother pretending that i'll make one anymore.
>>340995298Anon, come on, I don't even care if it's Tumblr: The Game, I want to see it, pretty pleaseOr if you wanna source me, it's fine too
why put the any effort into shit when people are gonna do it for you
>>340993383
Drugs. Get some of the shit they give to ADD kids and you'd be surprised how clear and clean your mind will feel and how motivated and dedicated to anything you're doing you'll be.
Laziness and apathy get the best of me
>>340995298
Anon pls
>>340995847
how do i get it
>>340995983
I'm not going to tell you how to score dexies man, you might be underage.
I kind of want to, sometimes get jelly of all those indie dev fags making millions of bucks.
>>340990691
They're all uninspired garbage, I could think up something better on the shitter.
>>340990003
I've been making freeware games for 10 years, anon.
This is my most recent one:
https://thetagames.itch.io/dienworlds
>>340995983
Find one of those Tor-based drug markets. They're pretty safe as long as you order domestically.
>>340995298
Come on anon, it's your game, you don't need to be ashamed
Making a game is already an achievement, so you can do whatever the fuck you want with it
>>340995668
>>340995956
Nope, sorry, blame /agdg/
That place is terrible if you want to get anything done by the way. Just do your work on your lonesome.
>>340995298
pls show your game, anon
you know they're just baiting you with the tumblr nonsense
>>340990003
But I am working on one.With RPG Maker
Anyone knows where I can get a full version of Game Maker for free? maybe I can make my own game then.
>>340990691
I need some mufuckin Dwarf Merchant in my life.
>>340990003
1. I suck at coding so i cant be on the building end
2. Not really good at the creative department either.
done as in sexually? well, it's not female nor does it have a penis and thus i can't suck its trap dick now can i
>>340990691
I'd try all of them, t b h
>>340995298
Is this an actual problem? I was planning on making my lead character brown
Because unless if you want to make a shit game you need to do one of the following
>Spend all of your spare time doing it as a hobby for the next five years and watch your game fall to the usual pit of amateur games with extremely slow patch rates after a certain point and an extremely low playerbase
>Take a loan and start hammering out code and fail with about 85% certainty since unless if you are a houdini of coding and marketing anything you could possibly do has already been done and/or marketed better and your game also needs to be from a popular genre or from a niche genre that still has a lot of demand
Also mandatory mention that you need to actually know coding and you have to be the ideas guy to some extent who also has some degree of artistic vision. For every small indie game company or single man dev team that succeeds there are a thousand examples of ones that fail regardless of their games being good or bad.
>>340990003
Because i lack discipline.
I always build up the motivation to start working on a vidya project
then i get lazy and stopped working on it
Now i have another great idea for game again.
Just need to build up the motivation again
>>340997283
wow anon, why are you so defeatist?
>>340997248
Not really, it's just /v/ and the SJW boogeyman
>>340990003
Still learning to code and practicing artwork + static sprite art. Writing is mostly done as far as the outline goes. I have probably twenty years to rework it as I go, considering it's a hobby instead of a job.
Turns out making an SRPG is really not as bad as I expected, though. Turn based games on grids take so much shit out of development. I don't even need physics or any pain in the ass shit like that. It'll leave me more room to focus on fun.
I've been making steady progress on my game. Did some major revisions last week, but I'm still stalling too much when it comes to finishing the artwork. I'd like to have a demo ready for Itch.io by mid-july.
>>340996650
Come on anon, we're not even the same board as them. /vg/ always manages to be bigger assholes than us aside from a very small handful of generals.
>>340996650
Anon pleeeeeeeease ;_;
>>340990003
My team is filled with a bunch of autists with one of them feeling superior to the rest despite not contributing a damn thing.
I'll never give up, not for a second.
>>341000287
holy shit just make a game yourself, or get a better team
Vidya as of now is too fucking hard and time consuming to make
>waste several years of your life to create some pixelshit indie survival roguelike with crafting and meta plot about furries
>on the off chance it gets super popular with hipsters, you'd make 50-100k, could've wagekeked the same with less effort
Fuck this. As far as artistic sensibilities go, its never gonna the game you actually want to make, even AAA-devs constantly have to cripple their own idea to fit the budget and time constraints. Maybe in the future programming languages will be replaced with something less retarded
>>341000287Is he the project lead?
>>340996436
i'll look at your game anon, it sounds like a cool concept.
>>340990003
Proper project management is hard.
>>340990003
Am making an ant mmo with factions (species) and roles.
>>340990691
[Placeholder Title] should be the official name of that thing he keeps showing us
>>341001552
Thank you, I hope you like it. The rules take a little getting used to (through reading the manual), but once you learn them, I think it's quite engaging.
Fleshing out concepts and writing are very slow processes for me. No 2D engine right now has all the features I want, either.Can't wait for Godot to finally support DragonBones
I always worry I'm too ambitious. I trim things back, but run into a small problem that seems insurmountable and because I don't have a team I can't lean on anybody and lock up. I don't know how single man teams can make 3D games but I can barely get moving towards the basics.I haven't even tried... I got too intimidated...
>>341002237
Forgot image
>>340997871
So he can tell himself he didn't miss out on making his dream come true.
>>341002345
This is such a nice map. I like looking at maps in games/books/etc., you really hit the nail on the head of how to make a good map.
B...but I have.
It's only on Android though for now, released it a few days ago. My first one, hopefully many more to come. Just hoping to make these small-ish games for now until I can have enough funds from them to quit my dayjob and start working on my "Big dream" game.
Try it out, it's called Dega Madness
I've had some people tell me theres framerate problems in certain areas, but I'm working on that.
>>340990691
verge looks cool tbqh
>>341002694
Thanks
The left half of the image isn't quite finished yet though (you can still see my handwriting for most of the names, and I'm deliberating on whether or not I should remove a lot of cities for the sake of not having to put a ridiculous amount of padding between cities to make them seem like they're hubs instead of littered around constantly)
And I'm also working on the names (for example, way too many things with Peletha in the name in the same area)
Not my field of profession, and it's not like anyone else would be interested in my ideas for a game.
>>341003004
What kind of game will it be?
That part of the map is wonderful, too.
>>340995298
>>340997248
REMINDER THAT BROWN LEAD IS FINE AS LONG AS ITS AN ELF OR LITTLE GIRL
>>341003379
Fuck off, brown lead is alright if it's not forced
>>341003190
Platformer RPG (which brings up questions about how exactly I'll translate a map to a sidescroller without odd workarounds like portals everywhere)
Previous attempts at developing something got compared to Castlevania (all my ideas stemmed from me wishing Maplestory wasn't a shitty game when I was much younger), but my ideas change a lot over time and it's been a while since I took a crack at developing it
Gonna start from scratch for about the 5th or 6th time when I feel ready, which might not be for a while
>>341003109
Finally glad you faggots got your release date down. Try not to fuck it up again
>>340990003
I tried. The experience was fun, satisfying, and brutal. Gained a bettter apreciation for video games and learned some programming.
I've been itching to try again, this time with my own ip, but apparently my imagination died when I graduated high school. Can't think of anything solid within the scope of what I can do alone.
I made Minecraft
>>341003839
Hello Notch
You're my favorite shitposter
I'm a lazy piece of shit who wastes 40 hours a week being a wage slave then comes home and has no ambition for anything productive.
Also I'm on Linux, so most of the more friendly tools aren't an option.
>>340992276
That's why you comment your shi
>>341004108
>one of my first big projects
>barely commented anything
>barely even knew how to make neat looking code
>go back to it like a year later
>spend forever trying to figure out what the fuck is happening
I know better now, but fuck was that an awful experience. I can't imagine being a real programmer trying to decipher Pajeet's spaghetti code.
>>341004060
True devs use Linux
>>341001545
No.
>>341004872
Linux is great and everything, but it gets shit support from game engines.
>>341005019
>Linux is great and everything, but it gets shit support
fixed
>>341005137
Tell me about Microsoft's great server and computer science software, anon.
>>341005465
>support = server & computer science software
>>341005019
>game engines
Just write your own, m8. Installing all the dependencies is a breeze.
Reinstalled my OS recently and it was a single command to the package manager to get my game compiling again.
>>341005650
Yeah, because those are third party developers.
Linus Torvalds doesn't write server software, anon.
He writes a kernel.
Microsoft is forced to make their own server software because no one respectable in the field wants to touch their proprietary clusterfuck of a platform.
>>341005651
>Just write your own, m8.
I'm not that smart or hardworking, anon.
If I had the balls to tough out that much, then I would already be a successful person.
>>341005842
>Look mom, I can't read!
hey, dipshit, I'm talking about software support for basic shit like drivers, video games,game engines
not server and computer science software that i don't need
>>340990691
>pixels
>pixels
>oh look 3D
>pixels
>>341006078
The only basic shit in that list is drivers, and the vast majority of video cards on the market are just fine with linux these days. It ain't fucking 2000 any more.
And
>video games, game engines
is almost like that's what I said in the first place, isn't it? Crazy, I know.
>Look mom, I can't read!
You're the one who can't read m8, I was responding to the argument about linux having poor support in general.
It doesn't.
>>341006365
it generally does because unpaid, small teams develop the distributions
they rarely have quick responses if you ever have an issue and if it's an actual fucking issue, waiting for that to get fixed is gonna take even longer
and what planet do you live on that video cards are the only hardware that you need drivers for
>>341006575
>and what planet do you live on that video cards are the only hardware that you need drivers for
It's the only area that linux has historically had issues with, Einstein.
>it generally does because unpaid, small teams develop the distributions
they rarely have quick responses if you ever have an issue and if it's an actual fucking issue, waiting for that to get fixed is gonna take even longer
It's funny how wrong that statement is.
Seriously, compare the speed at which bugs are fixed in linux software to the speed at which they're fixed in windows.
There's assloads of money going into linux development, just not in consumer software.
>>340990003
Why would I want to?
>>341006764
>It's the only area that linux has historically had issues with, Einstein.
that or linux users don't go outside ;^)
>>341006907
You what?
>>341007025
>that or linux users don't go outside ;^)
this implies that linux users are unaware of most things because they don't go outside
try thinking a bit ;^)
>>341007129
No, I got that you were saying I don't go outside, I'm just trying to work out how it at all relates to what you quoted.
>>341004316
Same here, man.
>variable names range from short words to single characters
>method names are generic at best and cryptic at worst
>formatting is all over the place
>nothing is commented at all
>only used while loops because I didn't like for loops
At least you can look back on it and see concrete improvement.
I'm making a generic RPG in RPGMaker.
Trying not to focus too much on story, just going for the classic town/dungeon gameplay with turn based combat.
>mfw trying to make good puzzles
Easily the most time consuming and frustrating part.
>>341007249
the joke is that you're unaware of tons of driver issues unrelated to video cards that have plagued linux for forever
>>341007447
That's a pretty big stretch, anon.
And the latter portion is outright false.
>>341007557
sure anon
driver support sure is prioritized for an OS that <1% of consumer desktops use
But I'm writing a book. A shitty generic book but I like it.
>>341007668
Right, but how many people use the system wasn't the subject, anon.
It was the support the system receives.
Which is quite substantial because of its prevalence in the professional sphere.
The consumer market isn't the end-all be-all that determines the quality of a system.
>>341007886
>the professional sphere
do you realize how irrelevant that is for 99.999999% of people
>>341007992
Do you realize how irrelevant those people are to the support that linux receives?
how much coding will i have to learn to make an android game?
>>341008124
lol? support for the professional sphere isn't relevant to support for consumer hardware
>>341008259
> hardware
Software, anon. Hardware is the physical computer components. The 'hard' parts.
And it is.
As long as the money comes in, the software, the drivers, the kernels all get developed. Doesn't matter if it comes from millions of unwashed plebeians or from businesses with specific uses.
The only difference is the direction that the development takes.
Because linux receives most of its financial backing from big business, its software revolves around infosec and computer science. Because the majority of windows users are consumers, it revolves around day to day tasks and leisure.
The basics are accomodated in both as a consequence. Because they're necessary.
I think that concludes the argument. Good night, anon.
>>341008630
>I think that concludes the argument. Good night, anon.
average linux user
>>341008860
Yeah, I stop arguing after I've said all that there is to say.
If you aren't persuaded by now, you aren't willing to be persuaded at all.
Either way, continuing the discussion is useless.
>>341008984
you smell funny
>psuedocoding my game now
>it's far more difficult than it needs to be cause gamemaker is shit and doesn't suppord true object orientation or methods
>don't want to use another platform because I spent days getting used to GM making other games and I'm afraid of doing real GUIs
I want to make a porn game one day, I don't know how or about what though.
>>341009502
>there is no other engine with the insanely simple workflow of Game Maker
>godot wastes my fucking time with this 'scene' shit supposed to 'streamline' my workflow when all it does is make everything a confusing web that I don't need
I did and it was shit so I dropped it.
>>341010035
>Descent with cute girls and physics
I'd play it.
>be idea guy
>give up on making videe gam
>open up text editors and spreadsheets and start homebrewing /tg/ stuff
>get to have all the ideas with none of the coding bullshit
I can't into code or art.
I fucked around alot with RPG Maker as a teen though, maybe I should get back into it.
>>341010174
It's gone, all of it.
I would need to start from scratch.Oh no a whole 2 weeks boo hoo.
I would if I had a patreon that gave me money or something.
A lot of these are subtly different, but I'm a little dissatisfied with how blue I - the initial setting - is. Just a little. I want to avoid red since that's a villain color, but I'm trying various hues and saturation levels on the body suit.
A lot of the environments are rust red or construction equipment yellow, with various shades of black as well. Heavily inspired by Nihei and Blame! specifically, which is part of why something like F in particular would appeal to me, but I could see that easily being lost in darker environments.
Help
I have, but I haven't worked on it in a while. Going to start it over at some point though.
>>341010938
Is the MC a grill?
Make one of the suits give her bigger boobs
>>340990003
I can barely "code" in MATLAB as is m8
>>341011278
MC's gender is never accurately established beyond any doubt. A suit with larger boobs might look cool until they start interfering with flight patterns.
>>340990003
'cause I'm a lazy fuck.
Also, it takes a team to do so.
>>341011623
What about a bigger butt?
It'd provide a counterweight and extra padding for crash landings!
>>341011781
That's what the anti-verniers are for, you goof. At least you're compensating for the problems of a new addition... You'll be an engineer someday.
>>341012252
>little cat paw boots
aw :3
>>341012252
What kind of game is it?
>>340990003
>tfw you just got the perfect idea while sleeping
And had to scramble to remember most of it
The mind works in funny ways
>>341010938
Is there any examples of the environment? Its hard to tell without really seeing anything for ourselves.
>>340990003
Too busy PLAYING them
>>340990003
I can't code or make art for shit, so I'm making a map in WC3's editor so that I can test the idea out before trying to make it an actual game.
>>340990003
i'm really incompetent, despite always thinking up things for the game and changing it in my head. I know what I want to make but I'm just not smart enough I guess.
>>341012997
get gamemaker watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMNunoPd0o
his channel is basically about game maker
if you want 3d games i dunno
Not like anyone was born knowing how to make games.Don't be so lazy
>>340990003
Because I'm a lazy ass faggot with no motivation, and would rather browse the net or play vidya instead.
Okay /v/, do I go with the cyberpunk tom clancy tactical shooter idea or do I go with the napoleonic fantasy mount and blade knockoff?
Or do I give up before I do anything?
>>341014262
Think about what sort of setting you enjoy most. Work with that.
>>341014439
But I like both of them equally, anon.
That's the problem.
>>341014547
What's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss?
>>341014647
That's a good idea, friendo.
Looks like I'm going for the tactical shooter.
here u go play some /v/ games
https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-7#entries
>>341012997
>>341013312
>using someone else' engine so they can steal your profits
Just learn to program, it's piss easy if you're only doing it for yourself and don't care as long as it just werks. Pic related, I'm functionally retarded and even I've been programming my own physics and lighting.
>>340990691
>stealing story ideas from /x/
top kek
>>341015269
God damn, aggy diggy pumps out some really nice looking shit.
>>341015463
where to start though
>>341017064
Here if you go with C++
http://www.learncpp.com/
>>341003109
I'm getting this if only for the eargamisc OST
>>340990003
But I have:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/336380/
https://quakeulf.itch.io:443/realcardsimulator
>>341018150
You need somebody to make the words do better than they currently are at.
I'd love to make a SS13 type game set in Victorian London where players would band together to solve murders and shit, but nobody would fucking play it, why bother
>>341018150
>User reviews: Mixed
>>341017496
Does unity use C++?
>>341018150
Catmouth, you're still one of my inspirations. I wish I could get as far as you... What did you use, Unity?
How did you learn to program? Did you go to school and learn CS? Model? Rig? Rigging gives me trouble sometimes... I'm trying CATRig (hah) and it seems to set the pivot points strangely.
How often do people do this to you?
>>340990003
I have no work ethic and I'm too busy half-heartedly pursuing a compsci degree
Would it be okay to fully steal the gameplay of a series that is all about gameplay and profit from it?
I have always wanted an online Bomberman game and I'm pretty sure I could make a good clone
>>341021985
>would it be ok
morality has no place in the world of business
>>340990003
because no matter what you can never appeal to gaymers and everyone would just pirate it
I do /weg/ gave it a 7/10
I wanted to make a point-and-click (because I like them) and even got an idea for gameplay that is theoretically simple to realize, but the thought of writing a story for it drives me away from it, because I have no writing skills. Not to mention that
>no art
>>340990003
I'm working on it, I've spent most of the arvo on making new buffs
>>340990003
I never wanted to
>>341003543
Elves are never fine if they aren't forcedon
>>340997248
Yes and it's the government's fault.
>>340990003
I have some ideas, but I can't into videogame design.
>>340990003
I did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CH-Kx2sl9c
Started with unity engine - got bored really quickly.
Adding to that: I don't have any artistic or musical talent, all I can do is program, which really isn't a feat.
>>341029470
Dwarf fortress maker is a retired math's professor and all he does is program.
You can do it, anon.
>>340990003
It was my final project in highschool, used rpgmaker, dumb niggers thought i coded, 3rd highest grade in the class by stealing some random map from the forum, it really stood out from all the cringy short films
I wish I had the will to learn stuff.
>>341028931
Idea guys are a diamond dozen, though. You should try to learn coding.
>>340990003
>Only have some ideas
>Can't draw or program
>>340990003
i've done something better op
>520 thousand words of racist mario fanfiction
autism boy and his fucking chris-chan self insert better watch out
there's gonna be a new world's longest fic soon... and it's hero's a nigger killer.........
>>340990003
Because then I won't have time to shitpost on /v/.
>>341021985
There is already an online bomberman. When I was in middle school or some shit forever ago, it was all assholes would do all day in class.
>>341021985
online bomberman is a two week project in my school lol
>>340990003
I don't know what kind of enemies I want.
>want to make it into the industry as a programmer
>have no idea what things I should be learning and my school isn't helping
>>341033257
niggers / jews / faggots / trannies / furries / chinks
mix & match my friend
good luck and you're welcome :)
>>341033342
if you want a (You) just ask. You don't have to be such a tryhard about it.
>>340990003
why do you smell like penis
What's the best engine for making games for someone who doesn't know jack shit about programming?
>>341033448
nah but whatever you do you should stick some redpills in
we've got our bullshit xe/xir games
now we need blade of kkk: niggerstorm genesis to balance things out
you mess up the balance, shit happens
>>341031560
Pretty much this. I have sort of a half assed idea for a story/game that I came up with for the hell of it when somebody asked me if I had a project. I came up with more ideas but the discussion about actually doing anything with it stagnated. Asked if he knew anyone who would code, nope. Asked if he knew anyone that could do 3d modelling(he even took a college class in 3d modelling), nope. Asked if he even knew people that could voice act. He literally could have asked some people he sort of knew that had some half assed experience doing school plays and shit. Nope. I'm fairly sure he just wanted me to learn something so I could eventually work on something to do with some future game of his
Fuck dat I got vidya to play
I'm too critical about it and end up never finishing it beacuse I think it looks like shit
>>340990003
because I was in the thread yesterday and only started to learn coding, currently going through a course on Python
I'm a pretty competent programmer thanks to uni and code competitions, but I'm currently learning 3D modeling for the first time and it's like learning rocket science from scratch. I'm gonna make it though.
