How is your game going /v/?
>>344619630
>busy at work
>Work as programmer
>Don't wanna code after work or i will burn out like a motherfucker in short period
>just wanna play vidya when reached home
And i have a great idea for a game.
Also, i have some leftover assets from previous project that i can reuse.
Truly is a curse to be a wageslave
Guys, what do i do?
>Play it safe, have a stable job
or
>Fuck it, quit the job, make that game, take the risk, hero or zero!!!!
>>344619630
why do people unironically act like PC games are better than console games? PS4 has the best games other systems can't even compete lmao.
"PC Gaming" yeah u mean downloading Pokemon GO on your computer and pretending u live in fucking japan.
>>344619923
salty console peasants nitpicking.
Truly as expected from a peasant.
>>344619923
>Implying some said something about PC being better.
Maybe because PC offers much more tahn just palying games and using netflix you fat fuck
>>344619923
(you)
This is a game dev thread, you cannot program on a console.
>>344619895
artist/ designer here
similar story, but I think I'll keep my cozy job for now and try to work on my project during the incoming summer vacation period
>>344620234
>you cannot program on a console.
Unity offers compatibility with variosu consoles, you have no idea it seems
>>344620146
what u mean like watching porn? oh wait...
fuck outta my thread tyrone
>>344620345
Name a Unity game programmed on a console
I made this
http://webmshare.com/play/mxK5Y
Music its unrelated. Game its low poly but it doesnt look this much of a garbage.
>>344620374
I can open 52 tabs of porn at the same time if i want
>>344620915
if you have 52 tabs of porn open at a time you might be a ________
>>344620981
Master Race?
>>344620309
Since you're an artist,
can i asks something?
Is it illegal to copy other games' art styles,
Then use it in my game and sell the game?
Like if i use a megaman template, but recolor it, add some new accessories or something, but people can easily see that it's inspired from megaman.
>>344621265
Its not illegal if you aren't directly taking art assets.
>>344621265
Im no that guy, but anyway, i guess every game hass some smilarities with other games, not a single one its unique in every aspect. As long as its not a total rip off of the game, i think its alright.
Anyone have an idea for a game that can be programmed in 1 day like flappy birds or stacked.
But that hasn't been overdone
>>344619630
Still trying to learn Java. I think I have enough knowledge to create a short text-based Choose-Your-Own-Adventure game.
But I want to learn more of Java and other computer language so that I can work as professional application or game programmer.
I still have unfinish Visual Novel game (that was made in Ren'py) that need to get done. I already have enough resources (resources that I had bought from DLsite) but I need to write proper story script and chooses consequence.
My VN game is gonna be typical dating sim but with only one girl to date with (it is better to start small than big).
Here is the pic of main girl in my unfinish game.
>>344621265
a grey area, but if it's just the style you're copying, you should be fine
a lot of games have similar styles, but if you snatch a bunch of defining art assets or recreate them 1:1 and just swap the color palette, then yeah, that might look iffy
>>344621265
That sounds like something you ask someone whos knowledgeable with the law than an artist. There's asubredditfor that.
I imagine you could get sued for trying to sell a recolored sprite though
>>344621554
>that can be programmed in 1 day
>hasn't been overdone
Choose just one.
If you want a good idea, but can't be programmed in 1 day, i can give u one for free.
>fishing clicker
>start of the game
>click once = fish once
>upgrade fishing methods, with guns, explosives, laser, atom bomb, etc.
>Just copy formula from other clicker games
>As long as you have a 8/10 2d art, you are solid gold.
Anwyay,
>>344621467
>>344621508
>>344621646
Plan to recreate a very similar style to old RPG games like FF/DQ
Gonna be copying it as close as possible, color templates, designs, etc, to create the atmosphere of "Yes, this is that old RPG game i remembered".
>>344621678
What if i'm selling a game that uses the said recolored sprite?
But not selling the recolored sprite directly.
Same thing?
If it's still a gray area, i think i'm just going to make them using same/similar color template, but draw it completely different.
>>344619630
I was surprised how resource intensive GameMaker can get. Having a bunch of crap on the screen, in a freaking 2D game, made some of my friend's PCs chug a bit and even destroyed mine if I tried to use Fraps at the same time.
Anyone know if Unity or Unreal would be better for a sprite based game? I think I've seen a few use Unreal, but I don't know how much better/worse they might perform in that engine.And no, I haven't officially started yet outside of experiments and toying with fan games. Just been goofing around in engines to see which ones I might want to use.
What's wrong with asset flips? I can't do art.
on halt for summer, not gonna be home and all.
Still trying to put the design on paper though (well on Word in that case). need to make some sketches too to sell the project online when the prototype is finished
>>344621968
>what if i'm selling a game that uses said recolored sprites
That's what I meant to type but lost my track. Yes its still illegal because it infringes on a companies ip. You can't just color sonic green, name him an original character, and attempt to sell him for instance. If you however create your own sprites with those as inspiration like you're planning I imagine that it wouldn't cause much of a problem
>>344621993
>resource intensive
Having a bunch of crap on the screen
What did u do?
Have 10k particles on screen?
>>344621993
did you set room speed to 60
There are two stealth meters in my game. One is a normal one (did the guards see you, did you leave any incriminating evidence), one is a magical one (did you leave any evidence to suggest that the crime was committed with magic, which will get the long dick of the witch hunters on your trail). I'm trying to balance that.
I want to encourage players to actually use magic because that's what the game is based around, but I also need to encourage careful planning and engagement so there has to be consequences for reckless magic use. One big sticking point is nonlethal combat - There's of course going to be a nonlethal knockout spell but I need to balance how much it costs to prepare so it can't just be spammed; and I don't know if it should count as leaving behind magical evidence (and if so, if and what I could implement as a higher cost alternative with no magical evidence). You play as a scrawny witch girl, so there's no "nonlethal chokehold that they never wake up from :^)"
>>344622075
You could still make a game with asset flips, so long as you don't try to sell it.
>>344622075
It makes your game look unprofessional. if it's just a proof of concept or a free time project, go ahead, but if you're actually wanting to make a game for retail release you should work with someone who can create assets for the game.
>>344622735
>scrawny witch girl
If she's a loli then you got me 100% behind you.
The knockout spell could be pretty short ranged but still take like a second to 'charge' and maybe have some cooldown, so you have to be careful with it. Higher cost no magic evidence, first thing I think of is doing a quick Stand-esque construct that punches from above you and knocks them out, so that the KO at least seems to have just been from physical force, idk.
>>344620770
looks neat, is that your setting?
>>344622735
that just sounds like a gimmick nobody will like.
What about you make a game about
>Loli assasin
>Kill the victim by raping the victim countless time until they died from exhaustion
>As time passed, you need to kill more targets, which make you hire more loli assasin to rape the victims
I would play a game like that.
>>344623320
Yes, although its not finished. I mean, i havent got like 5% of the game yet. The video was for trying a tree generator script.
>>344623680
I want to fuck that slug
>Have to stop posting progress in these threads because some of my artists use their real names
I wouldn't mind it being linked to me but I can't involve them like that. Its a shame I liked the advice I got from these threads since I can rely on you guys to not suck my dick and tell me if something is fucked
>>344623680
>>344622250
>>344622250
>What did u do?
>Have 10k particles on screen?
Just putting too many breakable blocks on screen, like you might do in Mario Maker, starts to make it slightly sluggish. What's in this image is fine, but if I put twice as many it would become a bit slow. That's a bit unacceptable, especially if I wanted to make a whole stage out of them or something similar. It worries me that Game Maker might not be very optimised, and what this could mean if I make a much more complex game with a higher resolution.
I might not have a top of the line gaming PC, but I can run most modern games on medium/passable settings. A 2D mario game should run smooth, regardless.
Short map / weapon preview. this is a pretty standard P90/SMG weapon
>>344624121
learn how to make webms
>>344624087
>Just putting too many breakable blocks on screen
Probably cause it's checking collisions too much?
But this shouldn't be a problem...
Started working on an SRPG. Don't feel like explaining the mechanics right now, but I can't think of a theme/setting, so I'm just doing the basic gameplay now. I created a grid of x*x tiles, and then I got tired and stopped.
>>344624121
I'm liking the look of that game. All of the reflections and angular surfaces remind me of MDK a little bit.
>>344623281
That's the thing, though, the actual stealth gameplay is hitman inspired; it's not about waiting out cooldowns, it's about what tools you bring for a job (or in this case what spells you allot your daily mana to, sort of vancian-style). So when I say high cost, I mean that you'd sacrifice, say, 3 casts of sleep to attune the hypothetical knockout punch.the main character would be, like, 16 at the youngest so no loli, but I've been toying with a disguise system; part of that might be crafting a potion/spell to turn you into a little girl for the duration of a mission. My biggest problem with that so far is that it makes creating good AI even more complex and work intensive than it was before.
>>344623346
that's not even close to the game I'm making. i think you just want to fap to lolis.
>>344623973
Looks fuckin neat. Made in Unity?
>>344623754
But first you need to hug it
>>344624440
Yes
>>344624368
>i think you just want to fap to lolis.
Who doesn't want to fap to lolis?
>>344624087
You probably want to figure out a way to make the logic only occur on objects that could be broken on this frame, instead of checking all of them them on every step/frame. Or if the entire level is supposed to be breakable, come up with a completely different solution than bunches of objects.
>>344624087
unless you do everything in gml and try to optimize the fuck out of everything yourself it'll be kinda shit
also GM rooms have everything in them loaded into memory and use up processing power whether or not they're on screen
>>344624368
I wanna play this
>>344624087
instantiate and destroy
>>344624087
>It worries me that Game Maker might not be very optimised
Woooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww are you a genius or soemthing?
>>344621993
I'm pretty sure any actual pro engine is better than game Maker for anything. For a 2D game it might be more efficient to go a level lower, though, like XNA.
>>344619630
If nothing dramatically happens in my life, I can go gold within 50 years!
>>344624942
>Woooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww are you a genius or soemthing?
lol yeah I figured this was common knowledge, that's why I was asking what a good alternative might be.
>>344624748
don't hold your breath anon, I'm still in the early stages where everything is fugly and clunky concepts. I'm trying to get a decent proof of concept gameplay level hammered out before I even think about starting all the RPG shit that goes on outside of the levels.
>>344625467
Continue posting your progress somewhere on a blog or something, and when the time finaly comes dont forguett your fellas here :O
>>344619895
Would you be able to make your own art and music if you were to make your own game?
>>344625717
I'm not going to start shilling or blogposting until I get the stealth demo out at least. I've learned my lesson from prior experiences; posting frequent updates to stuff like that just makes me lazier.
>>344619895
Just dick around in an engine for fun, might sate your thirst.
>>344624843
ironically this is the reason it slow down when everything pops up, instantiation is costly, and so is destruction. (especially in C# of language with scripts and garbage collection)
A common trick is to allocate a max number of effects at start, and just "play" them and hide them when finished, with some possible but expected artifacts when there's too much need for what you have in memory.
>>344624087
GM can easily handle having a ton of breakable blocks on screen at once. The problem was entirely with your own code (which is understandable if this was your first game).
GM makes it very easy to dump a ton of stuff in the game tick (step) where it doesn't belong.
>>344624121
>>344624229
this one is better
>>344624352
thanks. mdk had an awesome aesthetic
Working on a new level. Uploaded it to Greenlight.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=721107399
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln0AAy9OmMU
>>344626025
>art
Pixel arts
No, not that Good pixel art
No, not that shitty undertale standard pixel art either
It's the kind of pixel art that have none shadowing to make the art looks better and more layered.
>Music
I use a auto-music generator
Just input random-seeds until something i feel like workable came out, then i will proceed to save and use that track.
>>344626080
Without coding, i can't dick around in an engine for much shit.
and there's no point to waste time and produced nothing.
>>344628740
I bet you're Asian.
>>344628861
yes, i'm asian.
any other questions?
>>344628974
Nobut try to take it easy, not everything has to be productive.
>>344629060
Can't convince myself to code more after work (Especially for nothing) instead of just relax and play some vidya
Playing vidya just seems like an easier choice yknow?
