How's that game coming along /v/?
you ARE making a game aren't you?
uh yeah.. I am
the development merely been halted for about a decade, it'll start up again anytime soon now
I could do with some input desu
http://www.strawpoll.me/10183116
http://www.strawpoll.me/10183116
http://www.strawpoll.me/10183116
Never started one, instead I started livestreaming Subnautica. It's not the most popular game, nor am I any good autistic streamer.
Currently reworking the UI so I disabled it. But its coming along...
>>337220264
>unity
>>337220413
>someone voted 'facing direction of player regardless of camera'
for what purpose? Do you actually like tank controls?
I'm about to release the new version, just waiting for enough spare time to build and test the installers. This weekend at the latest.
will I kill the thread again with my no-progress report?
I expect to code today, but damn, my /v/ addiction is kicking so hard.
>>337220264
Nah, I'm just a programmer. I have no inspiration for making an actual game, nor am I able to do art or music.
Kinda sucks since game tech is interesting as fuck to work on.
>>337224509
Sheesh all those sprites. I prefer 3d myself as its easier once you have your own doll to position.
Looking for a project to join in.
Artist here.
>>337224995
Idea guy reporting in
>>337225435
So you mean an artist guy is the same as an idea guy? You need to program and do the art and music all by yourself?
>>337224981
this is more of a place holder, the first version of the game will have like 10 animations maybe.
But it's good to have tools ready for more ambitious things.
I keep forgetting to work on it....
I did a few small changes to the lighting (just blurring the lightmaps and drawing them over everything else, instead of having walls be full-bright), and it looks way better now
>>337225753
In comparison, here's the old lighting
>>337220264
>Making games
Nah m8, I just do 3D modelling for fun.
>>337225916
you at least monetize all that porn.... right?
I'm trying to start
I downloaded gamemaker. I've been reading the documentation so I can get started without relying on tutorials but I get so fucking discouraged because I don't have any art skills. As soon as I start making a placeholder sprite I just feel like shit
>>337227178
tutorials are nice to learn after you read the basics. It's a good starting point too, like you take a simple one and expend it with more items, more monsters, and so on.
>>337225435
>>337224995
Writer for dialogue/scenario over here. Get us a programmer and a musician and we're set.
>tfw you realise through playtesting that people are dumb and actually need button prompts because they have lost all concept of trying anything that wasn't explicitly told to them
>>337220413
Depends of whatare you pretending to do?
you want a mesh warrior or a re4?
>>337227724
>people are dumb
you have no idea. Gamers can be extremely dense and refuse to get information you provide them simply because they are confident said info is for noobs.
>>337227724
maybe you're just a shitty game designer who presents new problems in unsafe situations so the player doesn't have the capacity to experiment and learn?
Trying to make a simple drinks bar but it's an absolute nightmare to make it look even half decent. I wanted to go for a simplistic look (since I'm a programmer, not an artist) but this looks like absolute shit. I've looked up things like colour theory but I guess it's just something I'll have to work on.
>>337230447
>you are wrong because <fanfic>
what exactly are you even trying to prove there? facts or fuck off.
Luvvie Ducks is going well, working on a duck flying animation right now.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSFGPhu4aNWqJDicFUuOxHg
>>337230926
>people are dumb
yeah because that's an objective fact right?
if someone doesn't understand how to play your game, that's YOUR fault, not theirs - so kys you abortion of a game designer
>>337230830
Give it some textures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPFhEwNasf0
>>337231000
Forgot progress
>>337221245
I didn't vote for it but I don't mind tank controls much
>>337230830
add some shadows too
>>337230447
>I have never made a game before
Unless you are making something piss simple, it is IMPOSSIBLE to leave the player to their own devices and expect them to figure out all of the controls on their own. Especially on a keyboard, there are WAY too many buttons for randomly mashing to be a successful self-teaching method. You need to tell the player how to play your game unless it it so simple there is no conceivable path that they don't figure it out themselves (eg flappy bird - but even that tells you how to play on the start screen).
This is a separate matter to teaching mechanics. That being said, if you have ever conducted a playtest, you will realise that the more ambiguous and """intelligent""" your silent teaching methods are, the less likely people are to understand it and the more likely they are to get stuck and frustrated and give up
Blaming these things on an absolute 'you just didn't game design well enough' is a shitty egoraptor argument with no merit
>>337233169
And to add to this, to suggest that every game MUST be simple is idiotic. It does mean the potential audience is smaller, but that's not an invalid reason for existence
Yeah, I'm making a game. It's going to be a survival zombie game. The player will have to gather resources and weapons and such to survive. It's pretty original. It's going to be groundbreaking.
Script is coming fine, gameplay is handled by the Doom engine so no worries there!
It is bad and I am bad. But maybe some people will play it.
It's going to be an FPS RPG.
and wow shader code is complicated. I'm learning how to generate levels using a compute shader and it is rock solid stuff
>>337233376
>mfw I literally thought this 8 years ago
>>337234291
We all did Anon, it's okay.
>>337233169
>introducing new mechanics in safe environments is literally the cornerstone of all of Nintendo's game design philosophy
>hurrdurr I know better lawls!
stay retarded friendo
>>337233169
If during a playtest, the player doesn't "get" something, that's your fault as the designer. To argue anything else is pants on head retarded.
>tfw burned out
>>337234789
controls != mechanics
"safe environments" do not inherently mean the player will understand or even willingly experiment
Sequelitis is not a valid resource to learn game design
>>337234789
The cornerstone of nintendo's game design philosophy was to ship games with instruction booklets that explicitly told the player the controls
Modern nintendo games are full of button prompts since instruction booklets are no longer a thing
>>337231363
>>337233162
After googling some basic textures and slapping them on it looks a bit better. Overall good call though, I was sort of avoiding textures because I want to keep it simple, but it clearly works better. I'll keep messing around and see if I can improve it.
is my skybox pretty enough?
>>337235406
I like it
Water looks like shit though
>>337235406
Only if you can see another planet somewhere
>>337235461
how could I make it better?
>>337234958
Same. Trying to balance core mechanics is such a drag.
>>337235476
that's actually the plan
>>337235406
Let me guess you're making a survival game?
>>337235668
zombie apocalypse survival horror, yes
>>337235528
Adapt this
https://www.shadertoy.com/view/Ms2SD1
gaming is dead
>>337234084
> fps rpg
neat
you make the editor yourself, is it tile based?
>>337235406
needs some metal dolphins jumping and some neon title zooming in. or something
>>337235693
Really original and totally won't be flooded with all the other survival games.
>>337235102
>Modern nintendo games are full of button prompts since instruction booklets are no longer a thing
where? Only game I can name doing that is Xenoblade, but Xenoblade as a whole as horrible UI inspired by shitty western games to begin with.
If I was an elite hacker with a lot of time I would try and make a simple clone of prototype, that game was dope.
>>337235002
"safe" doesn't mean "you lose if you fail". It just means you are in a place where using the mechanic will help you continue and you won't be punished when you try. That's the whole "platform disapear but at first there's ground under them" tactic. As opposed to dark soul 3 that put 3 zombies over the blood pool that tells you how to kill them.
testing some assets.
Teleport trigger brushes are working.
actually great.
just got the artist to make some new facesets.
now tell me, how much does my shitty coloring fuck up his art?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNmbHkNFZ5Y
>>337239773
>manly tears tries minecraft VR
>>337240238
>all the garbo of JRPGs combined with all the garbo of mobile platform controls!
>>337238332
>>337240319
>minecraft VR
pls no. this is going to be a lowpoly / pixel textured 3D adventure game set on an island. that's a placeholder model.
Is unity have builded Meuporg codebase or you have code it by yourself?
>>337240513
>mobile controls
>PC game
>shitting on JRPGs
you're dumb and I'll fight you.
Nicely.
Just did an overhaul of the visuals for gun fire, including an updated recoil animation, better particle effects, and retriggerable blended animations for shot enemies (as a bonus, that blend is also applied to the melee attacks which gives the hit reaction poses a nice little bit of variety).
Also just got done tweaking the spark cues for finisher attacks (to help keep them visible at melee distance without consuming the whole screen when headshots are scored) and, of course, updated how the finishers themselves worked for better fluidity and enemy reactions.
Oh, and I guess /v/ hasn't seen the new and improved laser traps, seen here being more pretty than actually dangerous.
>>337220635
I hope that gigganigga sword is parodic.
>>337241370
those comics effects gave me a boner. Keep the good work.
>>337223000
looks a lot like gothic.
will you add shadows eventually? ps1 low quality/ball shadows to keep the aesthetic?
I need help.
http://www.strawpoll.me/10184806
For reference, the party members so far are a dnd style-sorcerer, a paladin, a thief, a ranger, a spartan, a magitechnician, a dragon, and I gotta think of two more.
>>337225753
>>337225828
looks great, but isn't it too similar to that one deep sea survival game some people were playing?
or is it that and i'm just retarded?
>>337231000
>>337231713
good but... what's the appeal?
>>337234084
looks good though.
just remember to give lots of tools and things for the player to do and let him run wild.
a simple kick button does wonders for the fun factor.
don't make it slow too, fuck slow shooters.
>>337241370
actually looks amazing.
don't know about the gameplay, though. would you mind sharing a demo?
>>337241774
your idea is played out already, so to make it work, and be good, you gotta implement ALL the things.
make it surpass everything that has been done so far.
>>337242249
I have a demo up on https://funmanarmy.itch.io/mayhem-league
but I don't like to share it because it's months old at this point. I'll be uploading a new one once the first boss is functional.
>>337242429
yes but, did you make any significant changes to gameplay since that time?
I really wanted to check out the gameplay and review it for you.
>>337230830
What are you making a bar for?
I ask this because i had an idea for a game with a bar in it but never came around to it
>>337242593
SIGNIFICANT?
No.
But there have been tweaks to balance things that do help, such as major changes to the gun scoring system to make it a more viable way of racking up points next to melee.
Not to mention stability and flow improvements which just make the gameplay feel better.
I mean, feel free to try it out! But I expect I can predict a number of your critiques and many of them have been addressed by recent work (guns feel useless and weak, finishers are difficult to use and bad-feeling, melee hit detection is inconsistent sometimes, visuals are bland, lack of command-driven utility attacks, etc)
and some will BE addressed by future updates, such as the lack of enemy variety and challenge.
>>337242970
well, I'll just wait for your next update then.
can you post that boss webm from the other thread? I had a suggestion I forgot to post about it.
>>337220264
finally reverted back to using redesign OC character model since TO and FFTA2 design does not mesh well with the rest of the art assets.
waste a hell lot of time and effort but I think I learn something.
somehow.
Graphic redesign is still ongoing.
>>337240984
>gesturing over your enemies
>not mobile controls
top zoz
>>337243112
Sorry, I delete webms after posting them so I'd have to make a new one... And I just kinda don't want to fire up UE right now.
>>337243165
Man this game looks violent, I don't know if my parents will let me play this.
>>337243307
I think it was something about the boss attacking and then freezing in place.
Like I would suggest you add a "trying to unstuck the sword from the ground" animation after it attacks.
as it was the boss looked like it was willingly giving you a chance to hit it.
something about letting the player hop on the sword and run to his face to attack melee too.
>>337241370
Love it, keep going man!
>>337243685
Player CAN hop on the sword, just you grind up the sharp edge of the blade rather than run up the flat surface.
As for the "cooldown", I mean it IS there to give you a window to get on the sword, but the sword will launch energy waves outward on landing so there will be a logical follow up event to focus on which won't make it look like the sword is just hanging out.
>>337242405
Gonna try. My original idea was to have different stories based on three of the nine selected characters, and two different final boss routes per character but it really seems like so much the idea kinda scares me.
>>337243850
oh alright.
then I guess I'll wait for that new demo to give an in-depth reivew of the gameplay.
>>337244426
your newest competitor in your direct genre is a Japanese game called I am Setsuna which will be released on Steam also.
translated probably.
check it and see if you can fight with that since it's obvious they are using CT as inspiration.
>>337243227
gesturing over your enemies? what?
I'm willing to bet you're either trolling or underage based sorely on the way you talk, but whatever,
>>337243380
I will take that as a compliment so thanks!
>>337241876
I started making it as a practice to see if I can get a 3d character animating in a game.
Also if you like a cosy duck pet simulator (not one for the masses) then it may appeal.
>>337241370
> blueprints
>>337246029
Damn right Blueprints
>>337239785
you literally just change its position..
how does this count as progress?
>>337246076
why dont you listen when people tell you its retarded?
>>337246029
>>337246418
>using tools and assets available to you to make a good game in a decent time.
>bad because you can't waggle you programming e-peen around.
go ahead, spend the next few years reinventing the wheel into a shitty custom made one so you can then maybe start working on something that doesn't exist already.
>>337246418
I can't hear their criticisms over the sound of progress is why
>>337246510
>programming e-peen around.
a programmer that refuse to program is by definition obsolete and dead it's sad that you don't do it, but it's worse that your defense is convincing others to fall with you.
>>337246208
The teleporting is not a big deal. It was allowing entities to collide with invisible brushes that took some more effort.
You'll never make a game.
You'll never get to go to E3.
Nobody will ever play your game.
Now get back to your real job.
>>337246635
Not me
I don't care what you program with.
I use BP because I don't know how to type code and learning seems like a tremendous waste of time and effort
>>337246635
I'm not the dev, just saying that wasting your time making something that already exists is retarded.
every second you waste making blueprints BUT IT WAS YOU WHO DID IT is time you could have spend actually making a game.
>>337246510
> make a good game in a decent time
> visual scripter
you don't know what you're talking about
>>337246512
ok then
>>337220264
Are the blueprints similar to the Little Big Planet logic tools?
Yeah I made one. It's not very good.https://mrfoois.itch.io/theterribleclaw
>>337246945
There are a shitload of UE3-powered games that made heavy use of Kismet, which is BP's precursor.
You know why major studios love visual scripting tools? Because it lets level designers, animators, enemy designers, artists, etc., put together large amounts of gameplay logic and functionality WITHOUT having to call up the programming team to make it happen. That in turn frees the programming team up for things that only they can do, like rendering/loading/AI optimization, underlying mechanical stability/functionality, netcode, etc. rather than fielding the 900th "can you guys make this button turn on the elevator?" email.
>>337246979
Not really.
They're more like C++ function calls tied together with wires.
Actually that may not be fair, LBP has gotten stupidly complex in later installments in the series, so they may actually be comparable.
>>337246828
what are you talking about?
>>337246720
> learning code seems like a tremendous waste of time and effort
> uses a visual scripter to make a game
you're an arrogant idiot, but its your own funeral so whatever
Its too much work and I am too busy studying, that and I am trash at coding.
>>337247656
>you're an arrogant idiot, but its your own funeral so whatever
Glad we got that cleared up. I look forward to seeing your game
How do you guys feel about guard bars in fighting games?
>>337244631
I think I can take it to be honest, it looks like it's going in an entirely different direction then what I have planned.
>>337247408
yep, but actually AAA devs write their own functions like lego blocks, specific to the game and then designers plug those together to create sequences or level designs quickly, or sometimes prototype new ideas
its generally a "level design tool" like LBP or doom snapmap, like that dude was talking about. its not for coding games.
there are many reasons why vis scripting a game is stupid, but i cba to go into it cause i know it'll fall on deaf ears
>>337247821
its greenlit and 90% complete. you'll see it soon
i look forward to you sliding off mount stupid and learning to code in future
>>337247656
what are YOU talking about?
why are you memeing blueprints? why are they bad?
>>337247835
usually bad.
then again, fighting games are a perfected genre like bullet hells.
which means that changing something usually makes it worse.
could work if blocking is "overpowered" like in smash.
but once again, limiting it by player skill is a better idea.
>>337247903
if it is good enough and different, it should be good enough.
Why are both Unreal Engine 4 and Unity 5 not available for Linux?
>>337248567
nothing is available for linux
>writing your own engine from scratch
>>337248121
>there are many reasons why vis scripting a game is stupid, but i cba to go into it cause i know it'll fall on deaf ears
It's not scripted from the ground up, core gameplay stuff like AI, character movement, physics and collision, animation triggering and blending, rendering, etc., is all ALREADY handled out of the box by UE. It's a game engine, it does game engine stuff on the back-end and you talk to it.
That's the thing, it's exactly like using a AAA house engine, it's just a wider array of lego blocks than would be necessary for just one game.
It'd be one thing if I was trying to script together the math used for capsule sweeps and raycasts and shit, but I'm not.
Could it be smoother to work with if it was programmed ground-up? Probably. But that would add years to the dev cycle and the payoff for the end result would essentially be nothing, so why bother
do i need to learn c++ and directX to make a game?
i want to make gamecube style games
How feasible is it to make a game with completely hand-drawn backgrounds? It seems like making a painterly-style type of game wouldn't be too difficult but will still get praised for not being pixel shit.
>>337248860
> gamecube style
learn how to draw first
>>337248925
i can already draw sonic pretty gud
>>337248906
depends on the type of game and the amount of animations
>>337227527
nobody on /v/ is smart enough
>>337248906
perfectly. no reason for why it wouldn't work.
if you make the backgrounds yourself, that is. because artists almost always suck at or hate doing backgrounds.
>>337248925
>the drawing meme
you don't need to go through all the shit that artists need to learn, you just need to learn how to copy correctly
>>337248515
> why are you memeing blueprints? why are they bad?
code is better in every way except learning curve, which is negligible.
dev babbies fall for the meme because they're scared of code, but learning isn't that hard if you just push yourself through the initial stages
>>337249161
copy correctly? elaborate please?
>>337234084
Bake it in ambient occulsion.
It will look way better
>>337220264
I haven't been working to much, but I've incorporated the hiring mechanic to the game. When you hire someone it checks if there is someone available to hire, if not the building that required someone is put into a list that gets checked when someone new arrives. When you fire someone they go back to their homes.
Still need to add some kind of mechanic to unemployed workers so they're aren't totally useless and actually do something useful. Just to make it so the obvious answer is to put everyone to work but make it so the player sacrifices something.
>>337249283
call of duty
>>337249385
and how do you "copy" call of duty without any art knowledge?
>>337249385
xbox one?
>>337249615
CCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPYYYYYYYYY DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAATTTTTT
Just churning out animations for executions/take downs.
Showed the game off last weekend to a buncha people, turns out that was their fav part so, heaping on more while my coder continues to fix shit.
>>337248701
are you the dev still, or someone else?
> It's not scripted from the ground up, core gameplay stuff like AI, character movement, physics and collision, animation triggering and blending, rendering, etc., is all ALREADY handled out of the box by UE
yeah.. thats not core gameplay. thats just general engine functionality
>>337249754
> pandering to pleb playtesters
didnt you learn anything from that HL2 image?
Did my first live stream ever last week. I'm not good at it at all yet but people seemed to receive the game mechanics well.
https://youtu.be/0i0n1g9zzls
>>337250049
I tried to include the time but it looks like embedding messed that up. 15:02 is where I describe the in-depth breeding.
>can't draw for shit have made no improvement in the month I've tried
I've decided to do a slave trainer roguelike so I dont have to do graphics.
how do i make this?
>>337250385
Its already been made anon its called sonic
I just started a project, I'm still making the basic data structures
released a demo for demo day 8
https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-8/rate/57016
>>337250283
this is beyond terrible
you better just team up with an artist.
Make a deal to help him do his project and he will help with yours kind of deal if you can code.
What's the best lightweight screen recorder? I want to make a webm to ask for feedback
>>337250464
yeah, but i want to make it an rpg this time around
>>337250049
seems interesting. good luck to you
>>337250652
Thanks anon. I appreciate that a lot.I just have to get better at hiding my terrible accent
>>337250646
write me a 100 word essay about why adding RPG mechanics to sonic would make it better, or hell, not-worse.
>>337250784
> sonic RPG
> 1 character stat
> "go fast"
>>337250784
let's ask questions like that when the game is finished...
now how do i even make it?
>>337250646
they already made a sonic rpg
now that everyone's gone:
>visual scripting this
>absolute retard that
can someone tell me about 4.12 Preview
>"Blueprints Updates:Cooking Blueprints into C++ (Experimental Beta) allows you to package Blueprints into native source code."
?
does it work? is it magic?
>>337251625
yeah but mine will be better, also it will not be turn based and will be full 3D and other features
>>337251491
just fucking google "how to make a video game" and stop asking anons "yeah but how do i just make a fucking whole game".
do you even know that you don't just make a game in a weekend?
>>337251992
You have to be 18 to post on this site.
The only people who are this dumb are fucking children.
>>337252076
yeah i know but most stuff on google is trying to sell me something and i want to program it all myself and i can never find anything telling me how to just program it all for free
>>337252157
i have a game design degree
>>337252517
here's your (You)
>>337250638
obm
>>337252517
>i have a game design degreeKEK>gets game design degree
>cant program because they used game maker the whole course
Shoulda gone for CS
>>337252694
Classic or Studio? I tried Icecream something recorder and it outputs a 20FPS. 8MB webm of a 600x400 resolution that's 44 seconds long
>>337224509
Any advice for someone trying to learn to make pixel art? Techniques?
>>337254114
I'm not great but if you go toreddit.com/r/pixelart
there are some of the best tutorials around in the sidebar.
>>337220264
I want to but I don't know how and I don't have enough time to learn a language. I hear even the easier ones like GML take 5 months or something.
>>337255197
if you are worry about 5 months spend for learning, you are not cut out for gamedev
All gamedevs take at least three to five years of trial and error before they can produce a full length quality fun game if they wanted to.
successful ones usually focus on a specific genre though
>>337255685
Yeah probably. I'm just busy with so many things, going into university, getting a new job, etc. Makes me sad that I'll never be able to make a game but I guess that's life, you can't really reach your dream. Just was going to be another dumb hand drawn anime styled indie rpg anyway...
>>337249961
I learned that people are fucking idiots, give them what they want and git paid
what math do i need to know to go as far as i can into c++?
what benefits does c# have over c++?
I want to make an action battle with 2d sprites like fighter but not quite like beat em up more technical and exciting
>>337257494
>what math do i need to know to go as far as i can into c++?
That's sort of a circular question, isn't it? How far you can go is determined by how much math you know.
>>337258074
which math? calculus?
>>337259910
if you want to do 3d then vector calclus and the matrixes 1 and 2
>>337220635
Soul Eater: Playmobile Edition
>>337225753
oh shit this looks awesome, nice update. I been watching off-and-on through your site. Just bumping to say awesome job so far.
>>337254114
start by copying/editing. use limited tools like paint instead of photoshop.
>>337262539
i hope you mean paint.NET
Anything I should add? This is the basic movement for the game. It runs at 60FPS, I just suck at video recording
>>337262846
So, MMX controls? Seems legit. Gonna do some kinda wall kick?
>>337263230
Yeah, the basic movement is everything shown in the webm except for the airdash, which is supposed to be a boss upgrade. Other movement upgrades are going to be a double jump (actually a shotgun blast downwards but it works as a jump) and a wall kick. I don't know if I should add momentum to dashing off platforms and airdashing though, since it can lead to imprecise movement
>>337239773
slight progress update
got my dirt paths done.
>>337263695
dunno if placeholder but i like the environment style.. probably cause i grew up on PS1
make it vertex lit and paint vertex colors in for shading now
>>337244684
are you fucking retarded? you're clearly swiping your cursor over the enemies and doing dumb ass mobile shit
>>337262846
looks insanely floaty
>>337264187
How would you make it less floaty? Stronger gravity? Slower movement? Momentum?
>>337224638
Code the game mechanic and sell it on the asset store.
>>337263949
thanks, anon. i grew up on the ps1 as well. i also plan on making the models low poly. i'm gonna work on the vertex painting as soon as i get more assets done.the game is about a little boy who is stuck on an island inside of his dream. still fleshing out ideas about the story.
>>337264458
stronger gravity and a stronger upwards force to counteract for regular jumping, so you come down faster after your little boost slide thingy
instantly turning on a dime only works in shit like megaman when your side to side movement isn't super fast, so it looks like your character has no weight right now, I'd try some deceleration forces when turning around
that should help at least
Skeletons now feature a range of emotions when you shoot them.
This is for my game currently called HELLBALL (basically a crossover between DOOM and PONG).
With sound: http://neetdev.tumblr.com/post/144211866543/skeletons-now-feature-a-range-of-emotions-when-you
>>337264458
anon is refering to how you come down as fast as you go up, if not slower. Study jumping forms in other games/utube videos
How do I make a Dark Souls game?
>>337264989
high quality models, then fuck up controls and hitboxes, otherwise people won't find it difficult enough.
>>337264917
>>337264974
>anon is refering to how you come down as fast as you go up
Pretty sure that's how it works in real life if there's no considerable friction, due to conservation of energy. Other than that I agree, making turning slower and aumenting gravity could work.
>>337220413
Depends on if I'm playing a PC or console game.
>>337257494
Depends how much you rely on library's and how much you do yourself.
If you're going to make it from scratch I would recommend getting Computer Graphics by Hearn and Baker. It covers most aspects of computer graphics
>>337264918
0:11 was pretty good
who /advjam2016/ here
>>337264918Kill me
I made a simple multiplayer game, what do you guys think?
>>337265998
I was trying to replicate that animation in Resident evil 4 when you headshot some ganado and he covers his face then stares at you angrily. Couldn't find a video of that after a quick search so it's probably not on point. I'm happy with the looping animation on the stare though. Feels like triple A stuff to me alright.
>>337266189
Looks nice, but the hitboxes seem to be very off
>>337262846
what engine you using dude
Made this basic ray tracer for my 3rd year project. Its much too slow right now to use as an engine but I'm thinking of converting it into something like wolfensteins engine
>>337267278
Game Maker
>>337240759
Why the fuck do the top picture look 10 times better than the bottom one?
>>337266370
>>337265998
>>337265879
>>337265732
>>337264918
gonna post the youtube video too cause I'd like to switch from tumblr as my primary media platform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz3uuNPvmKY
>>337240759
there's no such thing a mmorpg template. it's all about online games it becomes mmo by making certain choices and that's it
I just released a demo for Demo Day 8.
itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-8/rate/66182
I'm adding more content and fixing things so I can make another demo soon.
>>337268798
Can't you just link youtube videos on tumblr?
>>337269371
you can but then it won't show the thumbnail and you can't watch it in in a little window on tumblr. No picture makes it hard for people to click.
>>337249754
That looks familiar. Are you working on that Madness game?
>>337270252
Shit man, I didn't know you browsed /v/!
Anyway, good luck, this looks promising so far
>>337270431
every day it looks more promising. Here's to hoping it doesn't suck.
Started work on fixing up the Boss AI. Need to implement the up and down ice moves in special conditions if it has them learned because those are more utility attacks than anything.
>>337264059
what makes it mobile shit?
why does it make it bad?
I truly don't get the criticism.
I decided to work on some music. I opened my fl studio project which contains all of the game tracks. Here's an excerpt from one of the songs https://clyp.it/tu5ogd3fUnfortunately, something went completely wrong with my synth VST and all of the synths are back to their stock default preset. Also my bitcrusher failed to load it's settings so now I have to re-do all of the bitcrushing again. I just want to end this already.
>>337271986
What engine? How do you do the afterimages when dashing?
>>337271986
>how I feel every day
>just like my hopes and dreams
>>337272646
Gamemaker. I create an object while a condition is true every frame that is the current sprite/frame of the object that created it with an image speed of 0 so the image stays static. The image alpha of the newly created object decreases every frame and when it reaches 0 it automatically destroys itself. Also it is tinted a specific color.
>>337273235
Thanks a lot, I'll save that in a .txt file to add it in later. What do you use to record gameplay, and how did you add the debug text?
>>337240238
just updated the shading to be less shit.
>>337273548
OBS. Debug text is a separate object that draws GUI text. I haven't gotten around to making it a toggle though.
I finally got some free time to work on stuff, I'm working on water related assets.
Here's a swordfish. Also a hit sprite for the main character.
>>337274968
I'm glad it's not dead but
>HL3 will be out before this game
I've been busy so I haven't worked on the game as much as I should have.
>>337275052
I know, I'm disappointed with how long it's taken. I've got the whole summer to work on it, though, so hopefully I can finish it this year.
>>337220264
Got a lot done since I last posted, havent seen this thread in a while.
Working on a new structure and area, dynamic materials for scene transitions, Procedural(tm) generated materials for outlines, a handful of new blueprints/mechanics (picking stuff up, seed spawners, tweaking bug AI, item that warps the environment)
>>337234084
>FPS
>RPG
Choose one.
>>337220264
>Unity
>>337220264
>unity
how untalented does one man have to be?
It's coming ok
>>337220264
>How's that game coming along /v/?
I still have no idea what I want to make. I've got half a dozen prototypes gathering dust. Maybe I'm not cut out for working alone.
>>337277184
>I don't know shit about game development so I'll follow the maymay of hating on Unity
>>337277714
I know a lot about Unity. It's easy beyond comprehension. You can technically make a playable FPS with jumping and collision detection in like 5 clicks.
If you think that shit makes you a good developer, then you're utterly retarded, man.
>>337278448
>using an easy engine makes you a bad developer
???
>>337278448
>It's bad because it's easy to use
>>337278448
This.
Real men code their own engines. In binary.
Real men finish games.
Finishing up a multiplayer tutorial using photon network. Originally started it to learn the ropes in proper first person handling with raycasting and all that, but I plan on using it with another simple game idea I had.
Was looking at picking up the low poly pack for cheap to full around with. Any good low poly animal packs you'd recommend?
semi-futuristic city map from my FPS
Will an i3 with its integrated skylake graphics will do for Unreal engine 4 or even Unity work ?Something tells me I already know the answer
>>337269319
cute demo dude
>>337279703
here's a bird's eye view of the map
>>337279708
>>337279708
I have an i7 6700k and I can manage around 70 fps on integrated graphics on a fairly simple unreal tournament classic esque map.
>>337279854
Thanks anon
>>337280029
I don't know about that water. It looks like some kind of gel.
>>337280263
hmmm,this really makes me thinking...although graphics are the same,the core difference might be giving you that extra fps boost.though there are also the threads.Well whatever,if I don't try I will never know
>>337279703
DUDE WEED
>>337280860
WITH BEASTS
Progress is good. Today I quickly implemented dialogue from data tables (so you can get the dialogue text, the face, animation and what the dialogue does in one go and it's all editable in Excel)!
>>337220264
Slowly learning Java
>>337280824
Keep in mind this was running at the fantastic setting on unity. I get around 400 on fastest, so there is likely some wiggle room there for you.
>>337280559
yea ill be fixing that. trying to get a nice water, but not too realistic
>>337281430
Something like this might fit your aesthetic.
>>337240759
What did he mean by this?
>>337252517
download a c++ compiler and the vulkan sdk
>>337238125
Yeah I did make the editor. I'm trying to expose at much stuff to customize maps and the gameplay.
What's a good starter for UE Blueprints? I want to make a little shoosting game. Keep in mind I have very little programming experience and just want to do something for fun.
>>337251738
Someone was talking about this a few threads ago. I don't know if he tried it but apparently someone did "benchmarks" on the forum and it's quite an improvement. However it's experimental, try it if you want. I was thinking about installed 4.12 Preview 3 to try it out but I'm not at a point where I need to optimize that much.
>>337221103
>Giving money to Epic Jews
>>337278905
>>337278862
It's not just easy like GameMaker, Unreal and whatever; it's like dead easy to use. No wonder why it's a hit with the worthless nu-males around the world.
It requires no effort whatsoever to make something with it, yet every Unity game feels tweeny and pretty much the same.
If Unity is so great, then name 1 (ONE) successful hit that was made with it by a small team like the many other successes that came from the other not-as-easy tool like GameMaker or Unreal.
>>337284538
None of us will ever be giving money to Epic
>>337284629
http://unity3d.com/showcase/gallery
Gamemaker is literally drag and drop dude. Also, 3D games take far more effort with 3D models and shit.
>>337284756
Yes?
If I release a commercial product, what royalties are due to Epic, and when?
Generally, you are obligated to pay to Epic 5% of all gross revenue after the first $3,000 per game or application per calendar quarter, regardless of what company collects the revenue. For example, if your product earns $10 from sales on the App Store, the royalty due is $0.50 (5% of $10), even though you would receive roughly $7 from Apple after they deduct their distribution fee of roughly $3 (30% of $10).
Royalty payments are due 45 days after the close of each calendar quarter. Along with the payment, you must send a royalty report on a per-product basis. For more information, see here.
>>337224995
If you are serious, I am a programmer with my summer more or less free, finishing my business minor so I can make my LLC. Do you have an online portfolio.
>>337284629
The Forest
now fuck off
>>337285096
I doubt you'd be making $3k off the App Store in the first place so you wouldn't be paying the royalty. 5% is a pittance as well, I'd rather use Unreal and make a game than roll my own engine for the rest of my life.
>>337283957
google for tutorials. if you don't know how to do something just look it up by googling "[thing you want to know] ue4". it's how my game is being made
>>337230830
Colour theory is not your biggest problem, not being able to model for shit is. Get Blender and start looking up some youtube tutorials
Oh hey anon, I've been using Metal Warriors sprites when learning Game Maker recently as well.
>>337235216
Those textures are photo realistic and don't suit the "style" you're going for. Handpainted textures might look better but you've got know hope without basic modelling skills.
>>337286443
meant for
>>337262846
>>337249339
Is this just a better looking Banished?
>>337286579
Well, the player is a mech and we're taking some ideas from there too so it seemed fitting. What's your game about?
>>337278920
>This.
>Real men code their own engines. In binary.
I'm currently mining rare earth metals by hand so I can build my own computer from scratch. Eventually I'll make my game.
>>337287603
I certainly hope you've crafted your pickaxe yourself.
>>337287603
>I'm currently mining rare earth metals by hand so I can build my own computer from scratch
Holy shit are you this much of a pleb? If you don't create your own rare metals through controlled chemical reactions you might as well kill yourself
>>337287603
>Not making the minerals yourself, to mine yourself, with your handcrafted pickaxe
>>337287010
Not making a game out of it yet, wanted to learn/play around with the engine to learn what I can do with it first. Been thinking about making a game similar to Metal Warriors or something tokusatsu inspired. I've got a general idea for both, what I need is some more skill, time and motivation now though.
>>337288021
Good luck, you'll need it
>>337288473
Thanks anon, I'm sure I will need it
>>337284885
GameMaker is drag-n-drop only if you are starting off. When you actually know what you're doing, the drag-n-drop features really slow you down a bit.
It took me a couple days to make a fully working FPS mechanic with movement, jumping and collision detection as I had to code the entire thing. In Unity, it took me less than a minute since all I had to do is drag-n-drop a default prefab which did the entire thing, I didn't even had to assign the WASD keys because it was already done. It blows my mind a little, how easy things have become.
As for the 3D models, everyone steals graphics, heck, there's an entire asset store dedicated for that. I had to work with two supposedly serious game development actual companies and all we did was steal assets and prefabs all day long, we barely made any code because of all the external prefabs we had.
>>337284885
cont. from >>337289082
However, you just opened my eyes a little. I have genuinely kept shitposting the same "name one good Unity game" question in many, many of these threads because literally no one until you gave me a genuinely good answer.
>Poly Bridge
>Cuphead
I knew for a fact that the developers of these game knew more about art and very little about code. I don't care anyways, I'm still hyped as fuck for it.
>Superhot
>Crossy Fucking Road
>Besiege
All these are fine in my book, the rest are pretty meh imo or literally never heard of them. Thanks anon.
>>337285536
Is The Forest made by 2 or 3 people?
what is the key to good sprite design?
>>337289369
make your OC
>>337289369
Do your best and bullshit the rest
>>337289369
I think knowledge of colors and form is really important. If you're working with a small space you want every color to be able to pop out instantly and for the form of the object to be instantly recognizable.
>>337289369
Contrasting colors, simple features, unique silhouette.
>>337289859
>unique silhouette
can you really do that with walk sprites
>>337263695
last update today. working on my sand textures some more. got my water hitting the shore animated.
>>337290564
Well look at the sample there, it usually comes down to a uniquely-shaped feature such as hair or a particular dress item/accessory which makes a character sprite stand out immediately.
>>337289859
unique silhouette is not relevant unless you do static illustrations. It doesn't even work for design like most people say, it only works for logo and cover art and sometime comics if you want to look like a jojo fashion show.
Think about it a minute, animation is all about fluidity mand movement you don't give a shit if 20 frames are generic in your loop if it's required.
>>337290883
well most of them are also from different series
>>337227527
musician reporting in
sorry i might be a bit too avant garde for most tastes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxfU5xS7qEQ
>Tfw after looking at the Boss AI for a bit, I figured out a way to cheese it in the first 2 phasesMaybe I'll leave it. It's not extremely obvious.
>>337291107
And here I am, a programmer.
Let's make a video game!
>>337291761
fuck thats a hilarious image
>>337289082
What I don't get is how somebody can use such an easy tool kids in middleschool use it, or use others assets without feeling like a piece of shit.
>>337241590
I had to make large bulky things first so I would make sure reasonably sized hair and equipment wouldn't clip through each other and cause problems later.
>>337284629
Wasteland 2
No one is gonna play it. Why bother? I haven't worked on mines for weeks
>>337292720
Yeah, fuck all those idiots eating with knives and forks. I mean come on, a three-year-old could do it.
>>337292826
Sounds like you need a business partner. Like someone to sell your game to masses and let them know it exists while winning their hearts over to think your game is better than it is.
>>337292720
I did felt like a piece of shit when stealing shit for my companies' Unity game.
It felt really fucking awkward because when I joined a god damn game studio I would've never thought they would be taking so many resources from a platform.
what platform do you guys release on
pc? mobile? wiiu?
>>337292824
Wasteland 2 has an arguably large team, though. Blizzard also made Hearthstone with Unity, but since they're fucking Blizzard, they can make marvels with Unity or technically anything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tVFzC4puuE
Made it so the dialogue logic checks if there's a sequence to that dialogue. If there is, you can press a button and it'll go to the next line. If there isn't, it'll close. You also can't open the inventory while there's a dialogue going on and vice versa.
And since my game has 0 juice at the moment I added a little camera zoom when you have UI open.
>>337293295
Imagine there's a plastic spoon for toddlers in this image labeled "pre made game engines"
making coop is pain
>>337293567
So VisualBasic
>>337293550
Unity can release to pretty much everything with just a few clicks. Main reason I use it.
Consoles are included on that list however you typically need to buy an expensive license to have your game on their systems and/or a devkit.
>>337292720
Well, it saves time which is a big thing when it comes to making games.
I typically hate using other's work but I did buy an asset for controller support (key binding) as its nice to have.
A big downside is, you don't have full control of your game if you are using someone else's work. You literally put something in your game and you don't know how it works, this often causes me problems so I tend to stay away from it.
>>337292720
As long as you're paying for the license who gives a shit? Big companies license out shit all the time, do you honestly think everything in every game is made completely by their respective dev teams?
Any good places to shill a free game?
Like where people actually go to find out about free games.
>>337294816
reddit, tumblr
>>337294714
This is why games are so shit these days. Zero effort.
>>337293327
Where did you steal from anyway? Other games?
How come nobody ever noticed?
>>337294867
Yes, the internet is a good place to shill.
http://www.pcgamer.com/free-games-of-the-week/
I want to make a shmup, where do I start? I know nothing about programming languages :^)
>>337294931
Name a successful game to use stock unity assets and get away with it with zero effort.
>>337295002
By killing yourself. I can already tell you're not the kind of person that will make it.
>>337295002
get gamemaker, and where you start is by making the player object and making it move directionally.
from there its making it shoot a bullet, then having bullet collide with bad guy objects...
No. No artistic talent, no imagination, too thick to learn the technical stuff.
>>337295028
None? Are you agreeing with me?
>>337294816
Give free copies of your game to ecelebs and journalists
Post on plebbit, 4chan, whatever place you think you can get away with shilling.
The hardest part is getting your game known, once it is (and its any good) word of mouth will carry you pretty far.
>>337295218
You can't even agree with yourself.
>>337227178
Search up free game art, use public domain and copyright free art
>>337295606
You said big companies do it all the time, not just shitty Unity shovelware.
where can i start to learn coding?
>>337295142
That sounds boring. This is why people don't take video games seriously, born geniuses such as myself can't put their talents to work because you have to be a total neckbeard to make a simple shmup.
If only the basement dwellers who made "programming languages" were less retarded then maybe the industry wouldn't be full of games made by neckbeards for neckbeards.
>>337295829
0/10 went too hard too quick
>>337295826
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-C-Programming-Unity-3D/dp/1466586524
Get a few coding books and go at it. Look at beginner tutorials on youtube for what you want to do.
Start with maze games and space shooters and work from there.
Hey, /v/, I'm trying to capitalize on the success of the .io games, I just started making assets for a game I have tentatively titled musketeer.io.
I've begun using the create.js library for the actual game, and socket.io for the server-side, is there a better way I could do this?
If anybody would like to contact me about collaboration, my email is in this post.
pic related, the default character sprite I've been working on.
>>337296041
>Not using blocks and circles
Not gonna make it
>>337295904
pic of me btw
>>337296041
the ruffled shirt looks like awkward saggy tit
>>337296160
It's a pretty simple sprite, why should I use blocks and circles?
Animating this sprite is a fairly simple affair.
By the way, fun fact, I use MSpaint for sprites, then add transparency in another program
Doesn't look like my email is in my name, let's try again.
another sprite I made a bit ago
>>337296708
animating that sprite is going to be a bitch
most gamedev don't use those except as static dialog/UI popup
>>337296918
Nah, that wasn't intended to be animated, I use simpler shading for animated sprites.
>>337296608
How's this?
Discord group for those who like talking shit https://discord.gg/0wjqct9qJ3JlMthP
I want to make a choose your own adventure iphone game but I can't draw any graphics and can't do animation. Game design is fucking gay.
>>337298730
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/34184
>>337294942
No, I just meant we downloaded assets from the Unity asset store. My cuck of a boss even paid for them.
>>337298556
Join to talk about manicotti
>>337289196
Gungeon was made in unity, and it's pretty good
Doing pretty well, actually. Since I've been unemployed I've gotten to basically work on my game 24/7.
It's a randomly generated platformer, with combat in the same vein as SotN.
Just posted a progress video today, if anyone's interested. First time using hand-crafted rooms in a dungeon generator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04vV_Z4Bdo8
>>337296041
https://github.com/huytd/node-online-game-template
Use this for online games
>>337300429
I really like how chunky your game sounds.
How much better is the premium version of unity? Can i still make good games with the free version?
>>337300429
looks good, nice music too
>>337300656
http://unity3d.com/get-unity
It's functionally the same, you'll just not have certain very specific analytics available to you.
>>337300626
Haha, "chunky" hadn't crossed my mind, but I've been trying to make all the audio as punchy as possible, to add some weight to everything.
>>337300683
Thanks man. I've been trying to make the soundtrack a halfway between a Western Desperado sound and Gothic orchestral, which is a bit of a weird mix I'm finding.
>>337300429
the platforming looks really satisfying
>>337300919
The punchy sound is good, almost works too well and it feels too punchy for the artwork? Nitpicking I guess
what'd be better for making an RPG?
RPGmaker or Gamemaker?
>>337301068
If you're an absolute beginner, RPG Maker is one of the simplest tools out there. It can be very limiting, but for your first project that's absolutely fine.
>>337300952
Thanks! It's the first time programming the entire engine from scratch, and not using any built-in collision checks. There's ledge grabs and wall kicks coming soon, so hopefully it'll make things a bit smoother.
>>337300980
Yeah it's a bit weird having such small sprites and super punchy sounds. Might need to find a compromise somewhere in the middle.
How did _You_ learn to code?
>>337301347
Copy paste like a retard and then figure out why things didn't work
Trial and error until you learn logic
Books
>>337301347
Started out modifying tutorials to add new enemies, weapons, etc.
Then tried to replicate templates, which went on to custom engines, and here we are.
does my lamp look cool?
>>337301829
Is it a giant mace that does fire damage? If not, fuck you. It does look fine though.
>tfw no art
Getting an artist will be like getting a girlfriend.
>>337301915
>Is it a giant mace that does fire damage
...maybe
always inspiration to be found in these threads...
>>337302045
>tone deaf as fuck
>can't draw a convincing stick figure to save my life
I was cursed to be a roguelike dev
>>337302045
Open up paint and make your dreams come true
>>337303267
this
>>337225753
link?
>>337301347
I didn't, I just write whatever I think makes sense and if something doesn't I look it up. Maybe one day I'll bother actually learning it.
>>337281047
cool. going for animal crossing?
>>337303267
I see you're looking to get Valve published
>>337293567
PHP doesn't belong with those other languages.
>>337262539
>use limited tools like paint instead of photoshop
I have to completely disagree with this. Just the lack of image layers is enough reason not to stick with paint.
>>337254114
http://www.piskelapp.com/
Try this for simple stuff.
I personally start blocking out what general shape I want out of my object and erase around the edges as I color in what I'm after.
>>337246635
>a programmer that refuse to program is by definition obsolete
You've got it backwards. Programmers writing traditional code for games are becoming obsolete. Visual code allows for lots of things at no compromise to be produced far more efficiently than writing it out and depending on specialists for every little thing.
>>337303945
Fucking this, the funny thing paint actually used to be decent pre Windows Vista because at least then you had the option to save in several formats and have access to advance shading options which let you use dithered palettes for that cool PC-98 look but now it's just garbage.
Use ASE Sprite Editor if you want a minimal paint program that still comes with essential features for good sprite creation.
>337220264
how's my warp animation
>>337304982
Pretty nice, I'd possibly add a quick FOV change to get that nice fisheye stretching
warp effect
>>337304982
Pretty fucking cool, though I'd add at least some engine light at the charge up.
>>337250049
there you fucking are, I've been browsing these threads for two weeks now trying to find you. How is your game going? I unfortunately missed the stream.
>>337250049
cool
i'd say keep your starting monsters as simplistic as possible, so when they fuse they get more convoluted
>>337304982
It's really cool but it would get annoying as all fuck if you had to keep watching it to get anywhere.
>>337289369
Don't do what undertale did
just implemented cascaded shadows on top of deferred rendering, with hardware instancing and all the objects contained in an octree
making a game from scratch on MonoGamei have no actual gameplay
>>337299663
>paid for them
>stole
>>337303176
I feel you, anon. At least I'm into music so I guess I can have give my cubes a good tune once I get more practice in.
>>337303267
I will end killing myself out of depression due to shitty art. I'll buy a bunch of 3d models, learn Blender, and adjust them as required. I figure it's easier to repurpose those than 2d.
>>337307473
Just go to /ic/ and pick up some art books.
FUCK animating sprites
>>337307840
Wouldn't it take like 3+ years of daily dedication to make something actually usable?
>>337307930
Now you know why games use that awful bone animation, because it's way easier
>>337308191
Well fuck dude if you don't start at some point you'll never make anything ever.
>>337308431
I'm just saying anon, I'm already coding and doing music. It doesn't sound feasible to also go for art.
>>337308579
Still, if you plan on doing design, it'd be good to at the very least work on you sketching skills so if you ever work with an actual artist you can properly communicate your ideas
I hope you don't have anything else to do tonight because here's another demo from demo day:
https://yomic.itch.io/when-it-hits-the-fan
If you have a friend (lol) you can play co-op too.
>>337301347
Ummm I found some free tutorials on 3DBUZZ. They teach free classes. I watched like 5/6 of the videos and learned by looking at other people's code and changing stuff around.
If you're interested just search "3dbuzz C#" or whatever language you wish to learn.
Its pretty easy to grasp imo.
>>337307930
No shit.
>>337301347
By banging my head against it, learning why some stuff works and why some doesn't. I'm still shit at it but somehow make a living out of it.
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