game-jam-chat

[rugged plaza]

I had to do the music lol 🤣

[lapis kite]

I had to hide some placeholders that were mostly gonna be there as background details, but I’ve got my game done and uploaded, just gotta make the video

There’s like two small mechanics that I think would really make the design of my game click better, but I couldn’t get them done before it was time to do my soft code freeze to work on art

[little raft]

Can anyone tell me - do submissions for the megajam require the Unreal Engine splash?

[carmine kindle]

No

[eager briar]

Some good old fashioned bu.. öhöm features..

[upper thistle]

That's amazing

[manic rivet]

please help

I have packaged my project

and ziped it

and sended it into a friend to test first

but in his game the materials doesnt load!!

does anyone know a fix?

im using ue5.0.3

[fleet finch]

I had this happen to a couple of my materials after packaging. In my case those materials were applied to nanite meshes but didn't have the nanite check box enabled in the material details. Nanite also doesn't work with translucent or masked materials so ensure anything you're using with it is opaque

[manic rivet]

ok thanks for that!

I think yeah its on static mehes that use nanite or something

but the thing is that in my pc packaged project all looks good

but when i sended it to my friend he sees it wrong

and that confuses me

so now im cooking everywhting haha

[tropic wing]

Is anybody having a ridiculously hard time uploading their game with Butler.

[worn hamlet]

Try this @tropic wing

[fleet finch]

hmm, I also had an error message appear that let me know a specific material needed to be enabled for nanite. The material already had nanite enabled but I still needed to go in and click apply. So it could be something like that.

[manic rivet]

ok so all the materials that are in a nanite mesh need to have "nanite on" on the material properties?

[fleet finch]

yes, they should automatically be turned on but I found that a few materials hadn't been applied

[blazing quiver]

for our video should it be edited or raw gameplay?

[worn hamlet]

It can be raw 🙂

You can always add a "trailer" to your page later 🙂 We just require raw gameplay for submission

[blazing quiver]

oooh ok thankyou thankyou

[manic rivet]

ok, let me try it, thanks!!!

[digital fern]

@rain lotus mayhaps ask here if you did not do so already.

[rain lotus]

I'll ask now, thanks!

I'm ready to package but I am getting this, please help!

[boreal umbra]

ah feels good to have finally submitted

[manic rivet]

@fleet finch I fixed it thanks to what you said!!!

Thanks a lot!!

It was enabling use nanite in the material properties!!

[winter timber]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcmJ7HFXs_c - could use a few more days 🙂 the assets are all default or markeplace

[fluid agate]

3 hours left ish, 68 entries 👀

[carmine kindle]

It's gonna go up super fast now

[fleet finch]

https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687559

[elder rune]

68? I put mine in last night and it said mine was number 111?

[limpid glade]

there are over 200 atm i think

[fallen smelt]

yeah might need to refresh... im seeing 247 entries currently

[elder rune]

Or maybe still private?

[maiden loom]

250 odd entries so far

high res footage of my rubbish has finished processing 😄
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OUxCAiReeo

[fallen smelt]

also would love some feedback on my entry! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTHKTqXv6k4 https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1685263

[elder rune]

Are they different videos?

[fallen smelt]

one is the trailer and the other is link to the jam entry page

[elder rune]

Who is judging all these entries by the way?

Impossible task.

[fallen smelt]

Epic staff I believe, Tina and friends

[eager briar]

did you guys encounter such an error in terrain material?

[noble parrot]

Hi, this is the game a friend and I developed for the 2022 Epic MegaJam. Feel free to drop by and leave some feedback. It's a homage to Stardust. 🙂

https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687770

[elder rune]

From what I've seen in another Jam I entered into, public judging, where you finished in order bears no resemblance to reality, so don't take anything to heart lol

[blazing quiver]

is it ok if the video is longer than 1 minute?

[carmine kindle]

Ah yes, exactly what I wanted my menu to look like in the packaged project https://i.gyazo.com/72ae18474df01d96f4b760b0c01ba13e.png

[elder rune]

I hope so, mine is over 2 mins?

[noble parrot]

I believe that due to the amount of videos they must watch that 1 minute is a courtesy/logical limitation.

[elder rune]

And my game can be played in about 5 lol.

[blazing quiver]

ahh ok

maybe I will make some cuts to keep the action in

[noble parrot]

Well you want people to try it out not watch it. 😉

[blazing quiver]

true true 😄

[winged void]

anyone have the code to spawn a projectile from an enemy and have it fire towards the current location of the character

[fresh slate]

Anyone know how to import reallusion animations to unreal mannequin

[elder rune]

I don't have video editing nouse, energy, skill, tools? so has to be 1 take.

[turbid timber]

Finally done with the game, our team pushed so hard the last few hours, got work in the morning. But managed to get it complete 😄

[fallen smelt]

@elder rune try OpenShot, free video editor good enough for simple stuff https://www.openshot.org/

[elder rune]

thanks

[noble parrot]

Yeap, I can relate. We finished at 3a.m ourselves.

[turbid timber]

Ye, 2am here and our other teammate its 3am

At least I start work around 10, and not 8 in the morning

[limpid glade]

yee 4:30 am on 3 hours sleep 🙂

[elder rune]

I was up until 4.30 am overnight

[turbid timber]

Funny thing is, I took Tuesday off for the gamejam as well

And I make games at work, just nonstop

[elder rune]

10.55am now, been up an hour, doc appt soon lol

[limpid glade]

anyone know why my ai are broken in pakaged project but not in editor omg

[noble parrot]

@elder rune You can also try Shotcut which is free and easy to use. https://shotcut.org/

[turbid timber]

Hmm, any special stuff for you geometry? We used houdini engine and had to bake everything down to normal meshes to get everything properly working

[elder rune]

Cheers Evan

[limpid glade]

nahh nothing special, ai are all spawning at 0,0,0 in package

[noble parrot]

This happened to me during my final project at CGMA. Half the AI wouldn't work in the packaged project. I had to go back, delete them and reconfigure them again. Not suggesting you should do the same btw.

[limpid glade]

ahh okok rip well hopefully i dont have to do that

[noble parrot]

Although all spawning at 0,0,0 is new to me. 🤷‍♂️

[cursive vale]

It's nowhere near where I want it to be but my 2022 Epic Megajam entry is in. It still needs a lotta work, it's barely even game at this point, but it's got good bones. Doubt it'll win any categories but I've got a neat project to continue working on now.

https://gagelara.itch.io/astrolabe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqBqVne4uJM&ab_channel=GageLara

[fluid agate]

now to try and build...

[elder rune]

My game is embarrassing after seeing the quality of entries lol, but I don't have the skills of you lot 🙂 Almost the entire map is take cube, scale, scale scale lol

If I manage to create a new video, where do I edit the URL? Can I revisit the "Submit your project" link?

[winter timber]

it's not how skilled you are, it how much you improved through the challenge

[fluid agate]

preach. I legit entered this after only just finishing a c++ in ue course, total experience < 1month 😂 but I feel like I learned so much this week

[fallen smelt]

@elder rune go to the submission page and click "edit this submission" also be careful not to hit "remove this submission" by mistake

[elder rune]

True, I blew up a giant fly in this game, never done that before!

[winter timber]

3d games are complex, one person team can only do so much

[static wind]

Edit in submission for footage, and in dashboard for trailer

[elder rune]

Thankyou Urist, didn't see that option.

Thank you for warning too lol!

[static wind]

@elder rune

[elder rune]

Where do i see that though

[static wind]

What is your game name?

I'll give you url

[elder rune]

AsAboveSoBelow 🙂 lol (by Loucsam)

[static wind]

Ok wait me a minute

@elder rune
For footage: https://itch.io/jam/321654/add-game/1683882
For trailer: https://itch.io/game/edit/1683882

[elder rune]

it is just on itch? not in the submission?

[static wind]

There are two place. One for footage, and one for trailer

[elder rune]

ok i got it thanks 🙂 I thought i had to somehow go back through the submission link

oh

even more confused then

[static wind]

Why confused?

[elder rune]

didn't know there were 2

[young kayak]

Hey Guys ! My entry for this Mega Jam ! Hope you like it !
https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687892

[elder rune]

hmm i can't scroll up this page anymore

[carmine kindle]

I'm gonna show off mine as well then: https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687882

[static wind]

Why not? I'm still able to do it

I wonder how much entries this years. Last year was more 500

@young kayak I wonder why people explain the theme in the way "above similar to below". It's nice game though

[fluid agate]

build errors 😢

[young kayak]

@static wind I am not an English native speaker ... so "above, similar to below" was the way I interpreted the theme. Maybe a native could interpret it in another way.

[static wind]

There are a lot of other submissions do same as you, bro. I think it's mean "because something on above, that make happen on below". But I may wrong too

Like question / answer

[fluid agate]

ok my build keep failing, no idea how to resolve 😂 uh oh

[static wind]

this happen to me many year before. there is no way to resolve it instead of starting fresh again. that why I always package in every state of project.

so that year I can't submit my project but i learn from that

[fluid agate]

i'm super new to this lol, so we'll see

apparently its an issue with unreal learning kit?

those are the only assets throwing errors but I've deleted them from my game lol

anyone know?

[static wind]

I have the same, something error with my asset and i delete it, but it wont work. even in my case it just said error. i was really hate unreal engine in that time

@fluid agate Good luck to you if you can resolve it. If not, take that experience and good luck next year

[fluid agate]

i think I may have fixed it 🤞 had to find the files directly and delete, since unreal couldn't load them in the first place. let's pray

[rugged plaza]

Merge is live, FINALLY https://youtu.be/vcYuQ-rm7W0

[blazing quiver]

Just posted my submission to the megajam! Best of luck to everyone! https://xyz38q.itch.io/planetoid-td https://youtu.be/VJw9EaoKPsM

[rain kernel]

Just posted our game on Itch.io! https://drwidgit.itch.io/the-above-and-the-below

Are we supposed to also register anywhere else in addition?

[blazing quiver]

you'll want to put it on the submission page too

[rain kernel]

I can't find the link!

[blazing quiver]

https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam

😄

[rain kernel]

Doh!

Thank you!

[blazing quiver]

npnp!

[rugged plaza]

Man that's the hardest game jam game I ever made. I'm going to bed. Good luck everyone!!!!!!

[brazen surge]

Woah that looks way different than on my AMD card. Is there a vendor specific raytracing thing going on? I heard the 6900 XT was good at raytracing too that's why I got it 🥲

[rain kernel]

Oh man, I was so confused. The first time I clicked on submit, it took me to the whole itch upload page. I hadn't realized you had to click on the submit button a second time to then send the entry to Epic. This was my first Jam, so maybe this is standard fare, but a bit confusing!

[brazen surge]

Nice concept with the characters saying the polite thing on the top and their inner thoughts on the bottom! Was a bit hard to read until I realized you can just read the bottom ones left to right also, I was turning my head upside down for like 20s lol. Nice idea with the puzzles too matching the top lights to the bottom. The character animation with the hands sticking out while walking was a bit distracting but it looked good overall. Liked the little intro anim sequence too. Congrats on the entry!

[brazen surge]

Congrats do you have a game page? I want to give the puzzle a try

[fallen smelt]

Thanks so much for the feedback! Yeah, the animation is a little rough around the edges, really just the default manny anims retargeted to the character with a bit of cleanup. Thanks for playing!

[proper vortex]

Panic mode, ACTIVATE!

[cold coyote]

Hello. Can the game page be updated later after submitting?

[proper vortex]

yes

[brazen surge]

The controls felt really good and I like how you don't have to read instructions before starting the game. The planet's material is really nice too. I love Civ so this one piqued my interest last time you posted about it. I have a couple cities and monuments should I just be trying to build more stuff to get more resources kind of like an idle clicker? Relaxing music too fits the game perfectly 🙂

[lyric harness]

How do I set up SDK for windows

It won’t let me package

What is launch on menu

?

[static wind]

@brazen surge Could you try my submission and give me some feedback?

[cursive vale]

Thank you so much for the kind words! 🙂 For the time being it's definitely an idle game type vibe. I plan on continuing work on making it a lot more engaging in the near future though.

[rain kernel]

@lyric harness Try installing this: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/3.1

[static wind]

https://youtu.be/kKSpNrYF0Io
https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1680933
If anyone have time to try this. Any feedback are appreciate. ☺️

[rain kernel]

That was what I needed to do to get UE5 to package for windows.

[upper thistle]

Also try getting this https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/. Select all the said things on this page https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/ProductionPipelines/DevelopmentSetup/VisualStudioSetup/

[brazen surge]

Woahhh great game! You integrated the theme perfectly nice one! Brilliant idea having to coordinate the two players on top and bottom. It really feels like that american ninja game show especially the ragdoll physics when you smash into an obstacle and fall into the drink. Controls feel pretty good although I didn't like how it auto jumps when you hold space. I'm stuck at 46% on the stage one (after the tutorial) can't get the bottom guy to make the jump. Liked the dancing anims on the title screen btw kinda gets you hyped lol. Congrats on the submission it definitely stands out

[fluid agate]

she's up! https://youtu.be/DgfuuVo8WUw

finally

[static wind]

@fluid agate Lucky you 😉

[fluid agate]

hahaha i know

[mighty wigeon]

Watching my file upload and counting down the minutes... I just wish I had enough time to fix one bug.

[lapis kite]

got my game all submitted: https://youtu.be/4TuQK-OZzmw

feel like my video making is absolutely dreadful

but then, I did this solo as a way to test where I need work, so mission accomplished there I guess?

[main spade]

Well done everyone. It's been a long week - take care of yourselves.

[brazen surge]

Already looks sick from the title screen! Had a hard time hearing the narration during the intro because of volume levels or mixing but it was gorgeous, those zombie guys on the ground with the red eyes left an impression on me. Pause with escape actually works little details like that feel good. The slice animation feels a bit sluggish and strange how it always goes forward no matter which way you're facing. Shaders are absolutely gorgeous and the character design is great despite being a potentially generic samurai the combo of the mummy wrap and one glowing red eye make him feel unique. Also like his animation running with the sword up when close to enemies makes you feel ready for combat. Combat itself is confusing I couldn't really tell if I was doing damage to the enemy, or if I was taking damage until I died. I ended up feeling like I should just run away from them. The sound design could use some work to give more feedback during combat. Lighting is awesome, great atmosphere. Congrats on the entry! I could easily see this being developed into a full release

[static wind]

@brazen surge so you are go through try all submissions here and give a feedback, do you? 🤣

[lyric harness]

Why can’t my computer find SDK?????????

????????

Trying to package

[blazing quiver]

oh my I forgot to put my name in the zip file should I delete and resubmit?

[lyric harness]

I have windows 64 .net

PLEAS HELLLPPP

ANYONE

[fluid agate]

oh god how to upload greater than 1GB

[static wind]

@lyric harness you should install visual studio and do this https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/ProductionPipelines/DevelopmentSetup/VisualStudioSetup/

[main spade]

https://itch.io/docs/butler/

I dont know how it works at all so I can't help, but thats related to uploading big projects

[fluid agate]

won't run on my computer lool

[brazen surge]

Awesome game the graphics and music were on point, loved the controls and first person camera reminds me of Colony Wars Vengeance a game I loved. Good use of lighting colors to help you figure out what's going on! It was hard to tell when you were damaging the little robots attacking your base which confused me a bit on what was going on. Was also hard to tell if/when they damage your ship, maybe if the UI had some kind of shake reaction or something for feedback it would help? I like how the music gets more intense as the levels progress! Sorry for the scattered notes but great submission congrats 🙂

[fluid agate]

im screwed

[blazing quiver]

thanks so much for the feedback! its very much appreciated :))

[fleet finch]

ooh, @brazen surge mind taking a look at mine?https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687559

[lyric harness]

Thank you!!!I just installed it and restarted computer. Time to retry package

[lyric harness]

Do I need to have it open while I package? Or just installed?

[static wind]

@lyric harness What is Roy?

[brazen surge]

Nice one feels really comfy could use some music to go with it. Controls and character animation feel good. I like the simple instructions just enough to get started. Great UI! Would be nice to get some feedback on whether you got a letter right or not without having to drag all the letters in to find out. I like the riddle concept even though they always make me feel dumb lol. Good submission! Liked the attention to detail with the UI (which is pretty btw), showing the AI play during demo, and character select

[static wind]

@lyric harness You need tick same as this to install SDK and requirement for Unreal to able package your project

[lyric harness]

Do I need to have visual studio open while I package or just installed?

[static wind]

@lyric harness No, you just installed and do package inside Unreal

[lyric harness]

IT COMPLETED WITHOUT THE SDK WARNING. OMG!!!

Where is it now lol

I saved to a folder

Not there

[static wind]

@brazen surge much appreciate with love. ❤️ thank you

[static wind]

where you choose to save when you package 😵‍💫

[lapis kite]

I feel like I learned a lot this week

[mortal crest]

same

[lyric harness]

I made a folder on desktop. And saved there. Not there

[static wind]

@lyric harness try to package again and see where is it

[lyric harness]

System could not find path.

Do I click build or package

?

[static wind]

@lyric harness

[static wind]

package sorry i type to fast

[lyric harness]

Cannot find the path

Completes fine. Just won’t save???

[cobalt arrow]

@.@ omfg

Trying to cook content

-_-

29mins left

cries

[static wind]

@lyric harness when do start package it let you choose where to save

[lyric harness]

Right. I chose a place. And when I look there. It’s not there

[static wind]

i need to see package logs to see what happen

i can't help because that is depend on your action not because system error

[static wind]

dm me

[brazen surge]

This is the one I was most hyped for glad to see you submitted! Just a heads up the first time I ran this game the floor was invisible (I'm on AMD 6900 XT) but after I restarted it was fine 🤷‍♂️ Lmao I love the detail "you might want to crouch to get more reach with that chainsaw". Game looks gorgeous. Great dynamic lighting is this UE5? Chainsawing stuff besides the blender is satisfying too 😄 I only wish some other materials like glass in the bathroom reacted to it too. This game has serious meme potential I could see streamers eating this up might even go viral lol. Holy crap the stealth concept with x-ray to avoid the neighbors seeing you is funny turns it into a real game. Love how the alex thing whines if you hit it. Omg the bowling ball lol love the variety. I've gotta go to sleep but will have to come back to this tomorrow to keep playing past level 2. Congrats on the submission nobody who plays it will forget it 🙂

Nice UI btw

[toxic flare]

Despite all the setbacks, i was able to submit, altough way worse than what i hoped it to be.😂

Thanks for all the people who tried to help with the problema!

If someone wants to try it, please be aware it runs just above 30fps with rtx 3080😂

[timid barn]

https://silverdaller.itch.io/bilateral

First game ever made, I had fun making it with new people I've never met until this event

It was hard, but it was worth it and I loved every creative step we made

[fleet finch]

Thank you so much! Funny is something we were going for so I'm happy to hear it. Yep ue5, lumen, nanite and chaos ftw.

[raw galleon]

Do you need to submit something on epic games site after you upload to itch? Instructions unclear D;

[blazing quiver]

i think you just have to make sure its on both itch and the epic megajam itch page

[loud current]

https://duckfondler.itch.io/the-depths-above

It might be one small leap for a frog, but it's one giant leap for frogkind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61sH65Z1xjc

[raw galleon]

thanks @blazing quiver !!

[tropic wing]

https://mrgooox.itch.io/backstage-shenanigans

[cobalt arrow]

UPLOADED AND DONE I'm FREE

haven't had sleep in 24hours

going to bed whole team did hardcore sweat we are so pleased

Can't wait to peeps play the game and leave comments

dances then falls dead asleep

https://giphy.com/gifs/falling-asleep-leaning-10fxZavhBFXsUE

[lyric harness]

IS THERE ANYWAY TO HAVE A FEW EXTRA MINUTES TO SUBMIT

ITS PACKAGING

[fleet finch]

I forgot some levels in the build, need to rexport

no time to upload...

[lyric harness]

I NEED 1 minute

[barren sonnet]

Do we have to submit to places other than itch.io?

[blazing quiver]

congrats everyone!

[static wind]

@brazen surge if you don't mind i want to put your feedback on my game page. thank you again, shim ❤️

[hollow ridge]

Well, I forgot to rename my zip file. There goes my submission down the drain

[main snow]

can we edit a submission? I forgot to add a link to a YouTube video 😦

[barren sonnet]

Mine is windows.zip

[cold coyote]

Congratulations!

[lyric harness]

I WAS SECONDS FORM SUBMITTING.

LET ME SUBMIT

PLEASE!!!!!!

[static wind]

@lyric harness I'm so sorry

[lyric harness]

COME ONNNNN

Nebdhdhdkjdhah she s TSS cry dog da b da

Pluurtyggfegjgtyjkfrfbhtaftgedddrd

[static wind]

@lyric harness Calm down, bro. I was in your situation before

[eager briar]

i can not submit too

with seconds 😦

[lyric harness]

Donot tell me to calm down

I’m pissed

Epically pissed

[static wind]

@lyric harness I was unable to submit my project a few year ago. And I learn from it to do better after that

@lyric harness So I really understand how do you feel now

[lyric harness]

I still want to turn it in!!!!!

[static wind]

@lyric harness But you know time is over. We can't change that

[sullen glen]

daaaaaam

i didn't submit

[lyric harness]

CHANGE THE TIME!!!!

LET US SUBMIT!!!!

Dammmitttt. I haven’t slept in a week!!!!!!!!

LET ME SUBMIT!!!!!

[cloud bloom]

anyway to submit it?

[sullen glen]

@lyric harnessdw just sell the game

[elder rune]

Was there a strict file name on the download file, if so, oops lol

[lyric harness]

IM SOOO ************************* PISSED

[static wind]

Everyone was. Not only you

[lyric harness]

I don’t own the assets

[elder rune]

ok, doc appt, good luck all

[lyric harness]

THI IS MESSED UP

[sullen glen]

you got from Megajam sponsers ?

[hollow ridge]

Yup. I changed my filename correctky but itch.io's butle changed it automatically. I can only see it now that I am downloading my own game

[static wind]

Take a rest. I believe you will be fine after this. Give you a time. I was in your position before

[main snow]

can we edit submissions after closing?

[lyric harness]

LET US SUBMIT!!!!!

[sullen glen]

nothing is gonna change 😢

[lyric harness]

LET US SUBMIT!!!!!!!!!

[hollow ridge]

Nobody here has the authority to do that

[lyric harness]

Where are h r mods

[hollow ridge]

Even the mods can't do that

[jolly dirge]

you realise if you get their attention they'll probably just ban you for being a spamming idiot, right?

[atomic edge]

Yea, we missed it too. 1 whole week, day job, then every waking moment on the game jam.
We even started getting all the things ready early to beat the time. All the filling of forms got us late for submission.
This is disappointing. We'll submit a day early next year...

[jade sonnet]

budget your time better, calm down, read the rules
there are no submissions allowed after deadline for any reasons

[sullen glen]

This is not official Unreal Engine discord if you dont realise

[jaunty orbit]

😦 my internet waste 1 week

itch io not respose

[sullen glen]

@lyric harnessdw man theres tons of other game jams in itch io

[jade sonnet]

good attitude, hope you have better luck next year
as far as I know you can submit early and just update your submission as you go

you can edit all the submission form info after as well

[jaunty orbit]

I upload and I was on team member data

[sullen glen]

Hopefully next year's theme would be easier

[civic dock]

All I can say is: don't package your game during the final hour. It's not worth the stress.

Good luck to everyone who completed and submitted a game. ❤️

[jolly dirge]

yeah, set aside two hours

😏

[sullen glen]

i should have timed myself and gave full attention

[hollow ridge]

Atleast you learned something. Even in regular projects, you should periodically test a packaged build

[jade sonnet]

or just maybe have everything submitted early and update your submissions incrementally

[wind marsh]

Congratulation to all. Theme was really difficult this year in my opinion. I didn't made it too. But np next year I am better.

[jade sonnet]

I made sure to package every night before passing out

AND USE SOURCE CONTROL!

[jolly dirge]

there's probably a good reason why incredibuild was a sponsor

[hollow ridge]

Same lol. My eyes are burning rn from lack of sleep

[sullen glen]

Btw what type of game yall made

[lyric harness]

And you are not Elon musk

[sullen glen]

yes ofc

[jade sonnet]

https://simulacrum-games.itch.io/synchronicity

it's a tower defense

[jolly dirge]

it took me well over a day to even start, the theme was cool, but it leant itself to overscoped ideas pretty easily

[jade sonnet]

are the people that missed the deadline going to post their game page?

I'd still look at it

[jade sonnet]

yea I had to pull the scope back a couple times, this is only the 3rd game jam I've done I think, but that is def a common theme

[jolly dirge]

yeah and this theme in general pretty easily makes you think of "dual" concepts, which immediately means you're potentially doing twice the work depending on the idea you come up with

[jade sonnet]

see, you can still share it, don't get too heated, hope you feel better

[main snow]

anyone else here from the uk?
nearly 5:30 and i'm off to bed 😄

[lyric harness]

I had to rage for a minute. But I think I’ll be ok…

sorry everyone!!!

For my outrage

This is my first epic jam. And I was seconds from submission

Seconds

[deft meteor]

I've been lurking silently during this gamejam, but I gotta say it, you pulled some incredible looking games, people

[lyric harness]

https://youtu.be/PT1I6M42JLM

[deft meteor]

I'll plug my game and I'll be playing the ones that some of you posted for a while https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687474

[little raft]

Posting our jam entry demo here for people to check out if they want! https://youtu.be/H76JMFp7aU8

[deft meteor]

I hope you all had as much fun as I did

[minor hemlock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPkjQhwhaEw

https://tenor.com/view/metal-beavis-and-butthead-mike-judge-headbanging-headbangers-gif-4832670

[static wind]

@lyric harness i'm happy when you calm down. good luck and plan better next time 🍀

[deft meteor]

Heck yeah, another Portal love letter

[deft meteor]

where's the link?

[lyric harness]

Thank you and sorry there for the outburst. Y’all knows how it is

[little raft]

I should probably add that to the video eh lol https://vesperduck.itch.io/vertigo

[deft meteor]

Yeah, that's a great idea, downloading right now

[mighty wigeon]

Made it in with just a few minutes to spare, but I managed to complete my game.
https://youtu.be/wMg-Gl9fD1U

[little raft]

Though be warned, the game isn't very kind to GPU's lol

There's a lot of reflections...

[mighty wigeon]

Did you do the ray tracing?

Modifier, I mean.

[little raft]

Yup

The light modifier or whatever it was called

[mighty wigeon]

Light it up? I think.

[little raft]

I think that's right

[mighty wigeon]

I only submitted mine for army of one. The other modifiers were all a bit tough to go for.

[little raft]

Nice, good luck! That's got the best prize

[mighty wigeon]

Thanks, fingers crossed but I only just scraped through finishing in time and didn't manage to do everything I'd hoped for. Still I'm just proud of managing to get through it. I tried once before and didn't make complete it in time last time.

[little raft]

I know that feeling, I haven't slept in about 30-something hours in the last sprint to the finish line, we submitted in like the last 10 minutes

[mighty wigeon]

I had an hour's nap while I downloaded the SDKs and .net framework to let me package in UE5, but otherwise I haven't slept since... ummm, tuesday? I'm not really sure anymore.

[little raft]

lol time to sleep, I would totally sleep right now but the adrenaline of that last minute submission

[deft meteor]

I got stuck after the first chamber 😦

[mighty wigeon]

Exactly, same here. I'm still a bit wired.

[deft meteor]

but it looks great!

[little raft]

Stuck in terms of bug stuck, or figuring it out stuck? lol

[deft meteor]

the world needs more portalesque games

[little raft]

And thanks!

[deft meteor]

figuring it out

mostly

[little raft]

Ah, well good luck then! I hear the third puzzle is near aggravating for people so far lol

[deft meteor]

I had some weird behaviors here and there, but well within the gamejam nature of this

I'll give it another go

[static wind]

So this year as much as entries last year, more than 500

[little raft]

Yeah, I definitely had my todo list of bugs to complete that didn't quite make it to the end product lol

[static wind]

After Jam close, we can't change or upload our game until it's finish

We still able to edit submission. But I don't know it's legit or not

[gentle beacon]

https://petraefa.itch.io/abovebelow Been the longest 24 hours. So glad I was able to submit something. Congrats to all everyone that made it and good luck everyone.

[deft meteor]

as we all do, as we all do hahaa, I just finished it, it was great!

[little raft]

Awesome! Well thanks again for playing and glad you enjoyed it

[deft meteor]

no probs!congrats to the team

[limpid glade]

that was a very fun jam! learned heaps congrats everyone who submitted 🙂

[barren sonnet]

I did Brackeys then this jam, I’m soooo tired

[cursive vale]

It really was a wild ride. The fact that I got more done with substantially less time than I had last year has me feeling pretty confident in how much I've grown

[nova rose]

Yo what's that Elon Musk simulator game where you launch rockets as an astronaut?

[fleet finch]

I thought this was cool: A gource (git history visualizer) video of our game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEnIYhoAh3A

[proper vortex]

Didn't finish in time 😢

[blazing quiver]

if Ive put together a better video am I able to update it on itch or is that a nono?

[cursive vale]

You can update the video on the page but I don't think you can edit the video on your submission form

[blazing quiver]

ty ty

[cursive vale]

Anyone else planned on continuing development on their jam prototype moving forward? I've personally become super enthusiastic about the potential Astrolabe has and plan on reworking it into something a lot more polished.

[dim stream]

lol my first playable game & also first game jam
happy that I was able to submit at least

🙂
🙃

https://tamzidfarhan.itch.io/shada-kalo

[static wind]

@dim stream Just visit your game as I go through entirely entries to learn. Honestly I skipping most interpret theme "as above so below" that ways. Too much entries have similar 😵‍💫

[dim stream]

Thanks. I just wanted to actually finish & submit something . So I went for the most obvious & easiest interpretation 😁

I haven't checked out the other entries yet but I assume there would be other games with black/white visual interpretation as well

along with top/bottom level

[static wind]

Until now, there maybe one as I remember, but not pure black/white as you

[dim stream]

going pure black/white took out the texturing & material work out of the equation

[static wind]

yes

make me remember of limbo and inside

[dim stream]

most of my time was spent figuring out how to actually make ancilarry systems for the game like spawning, menu system, game mode etc

had only a day or two to actually work on game mechanics & level design

otherwise I'd make my own props & character & add a few more levels

[static wind]

but glad you finally did it

i guess you are solo

@dim stream And i believe you have a good experience too

[dim stream]

Thanks! yeah I was solo

had a lot of fun

[zenith locust]

wait so did the submissions over 1gb get disqualified?

[static wind]

No, there no rule about size. Just over 1gb need tools to upload on itch,io

[zenith locust]

but arent there projects that are 5gb

well ive only seen one so far but yea

[static wind]

No actually there is a lot projects more than 1gb.

[glass fossil]

Looks great!

[static wind]

I have go through more than a half now. Because I want to learn how people do things

[main snow]

I learnt allot about UE5, especially physics(and how annoying they are!)

[main snow]

If anyone wants to play through my game and leave some feedback, I'd love to hear it:
https://rossua.itch.io/pastel-planets

I would like to make some performance improvements and clean up a few areas
this ended up being a game made in 2 days, I have a job and my first idea failed hard!

[solar coral]

Hey, if someone interested, my game is here : https://jibus-gd.itch.io/mgm
its a first person puzzle game in the we were here style ^^

[manic rivet]

If you want to play a fun Active Ragdoll Sandbox heres my game!
https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687905

[left gorge]

hi everyone, I know that this question must have sounded times and times here, but... Can I update the submission entry (not the build, but the controls reference, categories, etc.) after the deadline?

[warm spade]

Hey there!
Congrats to everyone who were able to submit in time, it sure wasn't easy!
If anyone wants to try our little narrative game and give us feedback it would be super appreciated! 😄
https://mrgooox.itch.io/backstage-shenanigans

[left gorge]

It was hard to adequately set things up at 4-30 in the morning

[left gorge]

love the gfx! will definitely check it out

[warm spade]

Thanks! Our artist is insanely talented! 🤯

[main snow]

I think you can edit your submission on your game jam entry, just not your project. If that makes sense, I added in a YouTube link to my submission after it had closed.

[cobalt arrow]

:3 I love this community

[brazen surge]

I'll play your game at least same for you @jaunty orbit and anyone else who missed submission just link the itch page

[boreal umbra]

haha nice 360+ submissions

[carmine kindle]

There's 525

[cursive vale]

Little bit more than last time, love to see it. Feel sorry for the judges who have to play through all of them lol

[winter timber]

I wish it was possible to build for browsers / WebGL 🙂

[sullen glen]

it was possible for 4.23 something i think

[winter timber]

yeah, it make sense not to have in UE, but kinda sucks for gamejams

[brazen surge]

Terraformium

[winged void]

Wow that was a lot of fun!

My first Game Jam, I am actually pretty proud of what our team of 3 did in a week. Haha

Lots of really good entries.

[rugged plaza]

Guys be sure to go back after you've rested and proof read your submission pages, update your gameplay videos. Get better screenshots, etc!!! You can change everything EXCEPT the game you've uploaded. Uploads are disabled

[faint dune]

I finally did it after 2 years of game jams, I submitted my game on time (4 min before the deadline). I spent an absurd time doing the map/models and I did the mechanics in the last day. May look unfinished, but I'm proud of my self.
If you are interested in my game feel free to leave some feedback.
https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1688151

[rugged plaza]

Well done!

[winter timber]

https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687834 Would love to get some feedback, also about the performance, is it running well? The environment is a bit on the heavy side

[maiden loom]

man, I just slept the sleep of ages - how are we all doing this afternoon?

[vital tendon]

Just made it to game jam in the last minute! some bugs here and there but here is the game guys !
https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1688161

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TczNSXhJs9M

7 days of caffeine over dose's and an abusive amount of unreal engine 5, here be the final product!

[carmine kindle]

Not the most fun day today for me, I have to catch up with all the work I so expertly hid from all week. 😅

[vital tendon]

also will be releasing full devlog and articles on how we made this in 7 days

[ivory dove]

this is looking great btw
how large was your team?

[vital tendon]

4 people

[limpid glade]

dude ur stuff looks amazing

[vital tendon]

2 x devs, 1 x tech artist, 1x 3D artis

[vital tendon]

Thank you bas! really glad you like it

[carmine kindle]

I really wish someone would stream some playthroughs of the games, would be really fun to see, even if it's only a few of the more promising or interesting ones.

[brazen surge]

I've got a beefy rig but it's running smooth for me! I like the title text transition, was a nice seamless intro into the game. The animation kind of jitters when I push blocks, sometimes the character goes into the push anim even when outside the block. Also is there sound? I didn't hear any Foliage looks great the wind effect goes a long way to making things feel alive. How does the puzzle work, are you supposed to push the block off the cliff to pass it to the guy below? Looks like he was moving towards me to catch it but the block floated off the end it didn't fall down to him. I reset the game and tried pushing the blocks together in different combinations, or recreating the scene with the 3 guys standing at different levels the little hill below the plateau but couldn't figure it out. Lighting on the landscape looks really good I like how the sun casts shadows on all the trees and you can see the shadow move as they sway in the wind, you did a great job with the foliage placement feels pretty natural but enough of a clearing between the plateau and the rest of the world so you can see what is going down below 👍

[vivid isle]

Hey, guys!
Congrats everyone who was participating, we've done it 🥳

This was the first time doing solo submission for me, quite a run 😄
Built the core gameplay around NVIDIA Ray-Traced Caustic Effects, so RTX card is mandatory for playing.

Would love to hear your thoughts:
https://nariadchikov.itch.io/split-light

[ivory dove]

I'm scanning all of the submissions now
I'll be doing a stream of playthroughs this weekend at some point
https://www.twitch.tv/loochlabs

[carmine kindle]

Sweet

[elder rune]

Playstation? doesn't mention windows?

[ivory dove]

I only watched the trailer but this is a really neat idea!
The puzzles look very interesting

[brazen surge]

Lol love the guy's expression on the title screen he looks stupified, fits perfect with the into text "Where am I?" Nice touch with the pause menu UI. Settings screen even changed the detail in-game without restart! I like the waypoint going up the stairs because they were long enough to build some suspense, but without it a low-attention player (like me) might have checked out. Having the dialog update as you go keeps you engaged. The platform timing was pretty good requires you to use run and focus but not too difficult either. The checkpoints were nice keeps the game moving along even if you fail so the player won't give up. The character's armor material looks really unique and good almost like chain mesh because of the noise + metallic combo. Character anims fit too I like the cartoony run it matches the character design. The models, shaders, and lighting all feel like they fit together. Nice music it's perfect! Feels epic but not overbearing, kind of comfy actually. Made me feel like the fetch quest I was on was actually important lol. I've never played a game like this before! After I delivered the wine I was confused for a second how to get back to the marketplace without a waypoint but it wasn't hard actually I didn't get lost in town on the way back. Game runs real smooth. Would be nice if you could see how much social points and money you have on the UI somewhere to keep track. Couldn't tell if the game had footstep SFX if so they are too faint to hear well. Got lost at the beginning of the race because either the waypoint didn't show up at first or I didn't see it, but then it showed up later. I got pretty far on the clouds trail but ended up getting stuck in a little hole before one of the flags. Congrats on the submission, very cohesive game and was fun!

[brazen surge]

Sorry message above meant for you

[faint dune]

Would be nice if you could see how much social points and money you have on the UI somewhere to keep track.
It appears when you click TAB from the left
Also I don't have footstep sounds.
But thank you for that long and detailed feedback, I really appreciate it! :D

[vivid isle]

Hehe, thanks!
Will be happy to hear your thoughts if you play it 🙂

Thinking about post-jam improvements now, if the idea will get overall positive feedback, I might build the level editor for it!

[ivory dove]

the only addition I need is a Pink floyd soundtrack in the background

[vivid isle]

Actually, I wanted to add it as an easter egg, if you click on prism in the main menu 10 times or so 😅

But then thought about copyright issues 😂

[brazen surge]

I was able to get this running on a AMD 6900 XT, mouse was just a bit laggy but the graphics mostly matches your Itch screenshots. Cool concept reminds me a little of the mobile math-game Euclidea which I loved. The prism light effect is really cool! And the controls are intuitive, the prompt "click everything!" is all you need worked perfect. I'm normally not into puzzle games but this is relaxing and engaging. I know coming up with puzzles is tough especially on a time crunch so good job on that. Nice ambient music fits the theme well and the click sound fits nicely too! I like the variety in prism shapes they're not all triangles, keeps things interesting. By the third puzzle it did start to chug on my rig when when the large light bends hit so yeah you were right about RTX only 😄 Very unique game never played anything like it, even though it reminded me of Euclidea it's only a passing semblance, and Euclidea itself is a very unique game. Nice submission congrats!

[left gorge]

Hi there again, Honorable Community.
Congrats to everyone who participated in this game jam. It is truly something. The games submitted become better every year!

[vivid isle]

Thank you very much for trying it out and writing that comment, reading it gave me a smile, happy that crunch time was worth it 😊

By the way, were color sensors working for you properly?
Have a friend with AMD card, for him it was not working 🥲Might be it depends on the model and drivers.

Haven’t seen “Euclidea” before, definitely will check it out!

[brazen surge]

What do you mean by color sensors? The purple ring at the end to finish a level? If so yes I was able to progress

[left gorge]

my small game (my first solo in mega jams - yay) is here:
https://merekht.itch.io/the-tree-rhythmers
A rhythmic relaxation game with growing trees, dynamic weather and beautiful tunes.

I didn't have all week to work on it, so 60% of the scope were left out. Nevertheless, the game is out there for people to enjoy and for me to proud of!

[vivid isle]

Yeah, the ring thing 🙂
Cool, so it seems it depends on AMD card model, will investigate it further as a post-jam version of the game!

[winged void]

we also will be updating the game for post jam. We felt it was already too close to being a full game. 😄

i cant say i have ever had so much stress to the point my brain shut down around 11:30 last night while filling out the submission stuff. 😄

[vivid isle]

Haha, can feel you!
Congrats on finishing it 👍

[worn hamlet]

Hey folks!

We’d like for everyone that created something for the jam can be part of the Epic MegaJam event. Projects added after the deadline are ineligible for prizing, but we’d still love for folks to see your game and include you in the sizzle during the results stream.

If you weren’t able to make it in time, please send a message to [e-mail] with your game’s Itch.io page and we’d be happy to add it to the Epic MegaJam page.

[peak storm]

@worn hamlet By when should we send this email?

[left gorge]

Do you happen to know if we are allowed to edit the submission details (text, extra-categories, video link) after the deadline?

or will this be a disqualification?

[worn hamlet]

Yes, you can edit everything except for the build itself- as that is locked until the judging period is concluded.

[brazen surge]

Really unique art style looks great! Even though it's 2D and not pixel graphics, it doesn't look like a mobile game or anything. Something about it is too sophisticated to fall into that trap, maybe the lighting. I alt tabbed for too long and when I came back the director was ranting about how where is everyone and the cast is below him pretty funny 😄 I tried using PS4 controller at first but the button prompts were meant for Xbox (press A). What's the keyboard equivalent? I didn't see controls listed on the Itch page. My PS4 controller ran out of battery so I'm charging it but will come back to this, looks charming though

[worn hamlet]

As soon as you can really 🙂

[left gorge]

horray to that, because populating that form at 3-4 am is hard...

[brazen surge]

Before I got this card I read this model has special raycasting abilities maybe that's it

[brazen surge]

Hey just a heads up I went to try your game and got this message, something must be wonky with the Itch algorithm

[left gorge]

ohhh

emm well snap

https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1684261

the game is here

in the megajam

I had to register a new account couple days ago, and I'm updating the page today. Maybe thats why

[brazen surge]

Here's where the red link in the screenshot went to to help you troubleshoot https://itch.io/t/1659440/psa-beware-discord-scammers

[left gorge]

wow

[tropic wing]

https://morganmcm.itch.io/backstage-shenanigans @brazen surge I submitted a build for megajam but it had some issues in it. This one is much less bugg

[brazen surge]

Says unavailable maybe it's still uploading

[tropic wing]

@brazen surge Try now

[elder rune]

Fixed a bug in my game, this is how you do it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuZQwxwdCF8

[left gorge]

I wrote to itch.io support. Thanks a lot for letting me know!

[ivory dove]

This is actually the first time I've ever finished any game jam and submitted an entry. I'd love to hear anyone's feedback on my cave game
https://loochlabs.itch.io/exit-whole

I would always get frustrated and quit.
I was dead set on submitting for this one.
Feelin kinda proud now that its all said and done

[tropic wing]

You should absolutely feel proud!

[nova rose]

Thanks!

[winter timber]

Thanks for trying! it's far from being complete, it's too buggy to complete the puzzle unless you know exactly how.
The key is to understand that each cube controls one of the robots below, you need to push it to the cliff for the robot to sense it. only then the robot follow the cube's movement. from there you use the 3 robots to help you deactivate the force field that keeps you on the mountain. that's the concept anyway, will be very hard to do with the current build, need a few more days of work 🙂

I though about the concept about 48 hours before the finish time, so had to cut a few corners 🙂

[cobalt arrow]

can anyone check our and rate our game: https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1686761

[brazen surge]

Ohhhh that makes sense now pretty cool idea actually

[round valley]

Here's the game I made for the jam! https://doktor-plekter.itch.io/skatelantis

I barely did any real playtesting, so I'm curious/nervous to see how it runs for people 😅

Video-link https://youtu.be/2lS0H5luAFU

[winter timber]

From above, so below 🙂

i'll put in a few more hours to make a smooth running version

[manic rivet]

Does anyone know when Epic will announce the winners etc?

[winter timber]

today probably

just kidding, make some coffee, there's time

at least a weak

[manic rivet]

yeah, or even a month probably

[winter timber]

heh, still waiting for my aws credits 🙂 so, announcing the winners, not holding my breath

[carmine kindle]

It was something like 6 weeks last year

[manic rivet]

yeah probably this year it will take something similar

[carmine kindle]

There's even more games this year though. 😀

[vivid isle]

Last year it was in 1.5 months

[vivid isle]

Heh, just read that you wrote the same 😅

[faint dune]

Results would probably be announced on 27th October

a featured playthrough on the October 27th livestream

[lyric harness]

Does anyone know why my foliage from mega scans is turning white, ONLY after playing the built version. In editor it’s still a green lush tree. But not after playing the packaged version???

[bronze vault]

Hey, It's been a while since I participated in a megajam. A few years ago @pine fulcrum made these insane livestreams where he played every single game. Is this still a thing?

[faint dune]

no idea

[lyric harness]

BTW CONGRATS TO ALL ENTRIES AND PARTICIPANTS!!! This year was EPIC. I couldn’t submit in time. But cest la vie. Next year I’ll BE BACK!!! Lol

❤️

[faint dune]

#game-jam-chat message - You could still submit it, but you will not be eligible for rewards

[bronze vault]

Thank you. I put a lot of effort into my little seagull game. Wish you all the best next time.

[lyric harness]

Where!?

[faint dune]

this message

[digital fern]

why did auto-mod block that message.

[faint dune]

posted email address I think? [e-mail]

now its not blocked

strange

[digital fern]

no clue.

manny attack automod!

!8ball can you punch automod?

[simple garden]

@digital fern, :8ball: My sources say no.

[digital fern]

<_<

[civic dock]

AutoMod can be too aggressive sometimes.

Maybe I should set the spam filter to alert us but not block.

[minor hemlock]

https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687792 unity games uploaded from Checks notes 2013 seems legit

and also possibly ready an antivirus?

[rugged plaza]

Try it out and let us know 😬

[minor hemlock]

nah I opened the archive and saw the readme

not even their game :\

definitely not executing that with a 10 foot pole

[warped fossil]

it requires a different kind of execution

[fiery gale]

Some creative looking games this jam! the last 30ish hrs of the jam was crazy for me. Knocked out right after I submitted and made sure everything works lol

[limber spindle]

https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687832 entered in stylized graphics modifier, relatively new to 3d so could use feed back on the art style (can you guess the influence lol)

[barren sonnet]

https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1688084 Our first project in unreal~

[glass fossil]

anyone know when the judges finish and winners are released?

[carmine kindle]

Sometime in late October probably

[lyric harness]

Thank you!!! Honestly I wasn't in it for the prizes. I just wanted to share a fun game with all! I Just sent the email.

https://luxdaemonis.itch.io/the-rug-of-life

5 levels. All with unique styles.

[glass fossil]

if we submitted a project that was finished, but we wish we couldve added more to, is there a way to add an update without modifying the original build?

[proven badge]

afteer the jam only I'm afraid @glass fossil

[winged void]

Reupload as a new project and its not part of the build

[fiery gale]

it's okay to update like screenshots and description though right?

[spare abyss]

It was fun to participate in this jam. First time my game for jam looks kinda finished. I mean it contains several complete levels, audio, menu, tutorial. Not just a bunch of buggy features as always 🙂
You can take a look
https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687765

[rugged plaza]

Bad thing about Epic jams is no rating or ranking, whatsoever. We are just left to question what we did wrong, right, or could have done better.

If we go through the trouble of doing all this, and they even go through the trouble of playing them, they could at least write a sentence and share their thoughts.

[ivory dove]

would be nice if there was a category "community favorite" to encourage playthroughs + feedback

[rugged plaza]

Yeah they don't do much at all except "These guys won. These couple were decent. The rest of yall suck." Is the usual winner announcement

[spare abyss]

Agree, that would be good

[minor hemlock]

pour one out for all the teams that submitted a .uproject or a plain .exe 🥲

[mighty wigeon]

Anyone know when they're going to do the judging?

[cursive vale]

Last year we got the results about a month and a half after submission, I suspect it'll be roughly the same this year

[mighty wigeon]

Wow, that's going to be a long wait. Fair enough to go through 525 games, but after all the adrenaline of scrambling to finish the game now I don't know what to do with myself.

[winged void]

Here is ours

https://youtu.be/984poxMaBWs

[manic jungle]

Two peeps did this, wanted to do more levels tough, some stuff we didn't get to finish due to work hours 😦
Probably gonna work more on this game, didint get to finish everything and level 2 was hard 😛
https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687544

[proven badge]

uu some1 streaming gamejam games

🎉

[static wind]

@winged void Your submission is last one. I was unable to seen your trailer before

[winged void]

yeah i had it hidden on accident

someone commented earlier and told me. lol

[static wind]

@winged void Why do your team choose to do project this way? There have anything you feel good about it?

[winged void]

we all really liked jRPGs and so we started with that

our inspirations were Journey and another wolf game that you travel as...

i cant recall. Far North or something like that?

[static wind]

Yes, I see

[winged void]

and overall I think we did, but we didnt get the last cinematic and stuff

and we found a bug that stops you with a soft lock about 1/2 way in

:/ soooo whomp whomp. we tried xD

it was my first Game Jam anyway, we learned a lot about what to do and not to do next time. 😄

[static wind]

@winged void Yes, that was very great experiences right?

[winged void]

indeed! I had a lot of fun

[jaunty dirge]

wish i managed to get a submittable build 😢 always next time i guess

[winged void]

The team was awesome to work with

and we worked really well together

[winged void]

You can still submit if you finish it soon for the sizzle real they do.

[static wind]

@winged void One question that how do your team interpret the theme this year?

[winged void]

send in the video or something they said earlier

[winged void]

an Upper world and a layer world that require the balance of each other by sacrificing your former self to save them.

in the end the wolf who was bound to the dark realm and transformed into a being of light in the upper realm was granted access to the light world in the wolfs form for doing selfless deeds.

thats essentially the idea behind it anyway. because your always a wolf in the lower realm and always a being of light in the upper realm. Only in the end are you delivered to a field of grass to roam free.

[agile marlin]

Question: Does anybody know if it is allowed to post new builds after the deadline on the itch game page? Ofc I don't expect those to be considered for the Jam but was wondering if we are supposed to freeze all releases on the main page for the game.

[static wind]

@winged void Very complexity of interpret and deep behind story I can say. There no much theme express in game mechanic I guess

@agile marlin Yes and no, the upload button on itch was disabled for the jam

[agile marlin]

I see! Thanks! 🙂

[winged void]

Well the mechanics are not meant to be that way, this is more of a puzzle and story game. The puzzles however do reflect this as you have to solve puzzles in the upper world to advance in the lower world. If you are a fan of Journey, then you would probably be a fan of this, if not, then you would most likely not like it. 😄

[static wind]

@winged void I just though it's differently space. Don't know above or below if I don't know about story. And last scene in trailler, I'm sure your team take inspiration "Your Name" anime right?

[winged void]

I think we did mention that at one time yeah

not me personally but i think one of the other team mates

[static wind]

@winged void 🤣

[winged void]

?

wait

is that the anime?!

🤣

i thought that was from our game

then i noticed it was higher resolution and more details. haha

[static wind]

@winged void Yes, as I said. 😉

[winged void]

wow, that is funny

[lyric harness]

Where can we find the late submissions on the epic mega jam page? They said on here to send your itch to a community unreal email address

And they will post it

[winged void]

they wouldnt be published anywhere i dont think.

[lyric harness]

@worn hamlet said it will be posted to epic mega jam page. Not sure which page that is. Itch ? Or unreal . Com?

[winged void]

oh okay. cool. i assume thatll be after a few days whenever people send it in. 🤷‍♂️

anyway, later folks. It was fun

[static wind]

@lyric harness This is not official unreal discord. And they guide you to sent to "community unreal email address". So you should ask them in there

[static wind]

As I know there is no Epic MegaJam Page where accept entries outside the itch.io

I suppose this is Epic MegaJam page: https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/entries

[lyric harness]

Thank you!

[shadow quest]

hi will unreal editor in fortnite be on xbox consoles or pc

[cobalt arrow]

do we vote

when does voting get enabled?

XD

[cursive vale]

No voting, there's a panel of judges that'll be playing through all of the entries

[elder rune]

They must have a team of Epic minions, or Elves!

[empty tartan]

https://youtu.be/tOZMR6cZ2TU
Last video for the jam. I woke up 4am on a Thursday and stayed up till 12pm on Friday when it was due. Been sleeping all Friday afternoon and just made this devlog on Saturday.

[gentle beacon]

Minions, The Rise Of Epic. 😂

[nova rose]

So yeah, how long the ratings will go on exactly?

[gentle beacon]

Would be awesome if we could see the judges playing our games, get the feedback live without seeing the final rating they give.

[tranquil locust]

Hey guys. We, Team Rocket, have submitted our game Bilateral to the gamejam.
w/ team @warped wren @warm star @timid barn
Was wondering if it's okay now to update our itch.io page with more gameplay instructions and guides, and also adding devlog ?
Anyone who has clarity regd this. please let me know. thanks.

Also check out our game and give us some feedback. It would mean a lot coming from the community.

https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687703

[nova rose]

I think reviewing 525 games in a row is a heroic deed already lol

[fiery abyss]

Our Team encountered a problem with the page of itch.io. We don't know why the download link was removed from it.
Do you have any save ?
The project was submitted before the deadline, we tried it and everything was working well, but now we don't have the download link anymore...

Please help us it would be devastating after a week of hard work and lack of sleep to see it beeing ruined by a technical issue 😦

[elder rune]

I think you will have to get in direct contact with the Epic people, there is likely nothing anyone can do in here, I don't think anyone is from Epic in here. Hope I am wrong though.

[fiery abyss]

Okay thanks I try all since 2 day now....

[ivory dove]

I'm going to be playtesting submissions live if anyone is interested.
https://www.twitch.tv/loochlabs

[elder rune]

cool

[warm star]

@ivory dove hey, can You play test our game 🎮 @tranquil locust https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1687703

[edgy fulcrum]

https://youtu.be/GYovp1sVtsE
Finally got time to make a small trailer for our jam entry - now I can finally relax!
Hoping to find some energy to play through some of y'all's games tomorrow

[brazen surge]

Gorgeous animation

[cobalt arrow]

https://bioblaze.itch.io/kaminoishi ❤️ would love it if peeps would test the game and tell me what they thought ❤️

[brazen surge]

Anyone know a good .gitignore to start off a game jam project with? Trying to avoid Git LFS bloat and a lot of people with different experiences will be accessing the project directly who might not know to be super careful about what they check in. Was looking at this one which is more complete than what the Unreal Editor generates for you when adding git integration but not sure if there's a better one https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gitignore/main/UnrealEngine.gitignore

[winter timber]

www.gitignore.io is always the best place to start

https://www.gitignore.io

just input windows, unreal engine, visual studio, vscode, rider

[brazen surge]

Woah this is awesome thanks!!

[winter timber]

https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/unrealengine,rider,visualstudio,visualstudiocode,windows

that's the way to start any project, for any tech stack

[gentle beacon]

https://www.twitch.tv/loochlabs found a streamer playing submissions 🙂

[round valley]

Cringe tik-tok video I made (sorta) showing my Game-jam dev progression

[ivory dove]

I had a ton of fun playing entries on stream today. Thanks for anyone here who dropped by

We'll do this again soon (tm)

[fiery abyss]

If people want to try the game we made for the MegaJam 2022, you can go here : https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1688059
Help us about the problem on the Itch.io page please 🥺

(Before you can look at our trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-miemjs3F0
Thanks everyone!!

[upper thistle]

That is super cool. Very well done 🙂

[dim stream]

This is the 3D ambigram I made for my submission

[mighty wigeon]

That's really cool.

[mint lantern]

Anybody know when will they check submissions?

[brazen surge]

#game-jam-chat message

[edgy fulcrum]

Not sure when they will actually look at it, but in the rules they state they will have had the presentation on the winners on or about October 27'th

[foggy owl]

hello, quick question, I want to do some updates to my game (as result of player feedback). Would it be a problem for the judges?, as in will they know to play the original version? or should I do a new page entirely for that

[fiery abyss]

Do not modify your page (or build) Itch.io its very bad web site

Its will be remove your build and say after that "you cant update your build"

Create new page its better

My team loose all and we dont know really why.... Be carefull

I thinks we going to be not rate of the MegaJam :/ We are very sad

[foggy owl]

Oh that is unfortunate, I will make a new page, thank you!

[edgy fulcrum]

You can't upload new build to Itch now - it's locked til after the judging is done, tho I've seen some Teams add a download link to updated version in the description previous jams.

Wanted to share my Jam hack I figured out in the last minute - maybe can be of help for someone in the future.
We didn't have time to make a pretty aim cursor UI, so I added a sphere with a transp material & the 'Disable Depth Pass' checked to the player char. Then set that sphere to the hit location of the mouse (only tracing a custom channel on a plane attached to the character)

[fiery abyss]

You said if we give a game before deadline, and a problem come 4 hours after the deadline, Epic games got a save of the build?

[edgy fulcrum]

Dont think Epic got a save, I'd guess they haven't downloaded the games yet. I would guess they will download whatever is accessible on your itch page - check your Uploads page and see what's there. If its blank you might in trouble:<

[fiery abyss]

Yeah I know but itch.io remove my build of the game....

but its write that

[edgy fulcrum]

Ah:'< don't think epic can do anything about that but maybe itch can help you out?

[fiery abyss]

I speak with Itch support and say "You have to ask the host for help"

[lyric harness]

What time? And would you be down to stream play my game entry?

[ivory dove]

no real agenda, send me a link and I'll throw it on my list

I'll try to give you a heads up if/when I get to play it

[lyric harness]

https://luxdaemonis.itch.io/the-rug-of-life

[lyric harness]

Awesome! Where does the stream take place?

[ivory dove]

typically between 5am - 9am EST

[lyric harness]

My bad. Like the site?

On discord?

[static wind]

@lyric harness https://www.twitch.tv/loochlabs

[elder rune]

What is a viable VR game package for a jam? i.e minimum systems. As a solo dev, I only have access to an Oculus Rift so clearly can only test on that. I can throw in input via dropdowns for others, but who knows if they will be ok. What have others' done who submitted for VR? What VR kit did you use?

[stark light]

Wait you still can add updated games?

[cursive vale]

You won't be able to upload to a submitted paged until after judging is done. After that, you can upload updates. Alternatively you can create a separate page and upload there in the meantime

[winged void]

i just threw a google docs link in the main one

[empty tartan]

I just use the VR template they made since its openXR.

[stark light]

Yeagh that's what though. I just saw people constantly updating. Thx for clarification 👍

[silk path]

oh nice i was just gonna ask about people constantly updating

was like "waaahh?"

[elder rune]

What do you mean 'they made'? The Epic games standard VR/AR template?

[silk path]

probably talkin about the 4.27 template

its different than previous versions.. already optimized for quest and uses open XR

[elder rune]

I can only test on Rift I guess is my point, so when I am making a game I only typically add Rift related controls(for my own benefit(never released a game into the public))

SO I am trying to understand how I am to make a game minimum standard for a public jam release

[silk path]

I think the jam page said it has to be oculus mobile.. IE quest

but the jam's over right?

[elder rune]

Oh is that what that meant, I didn't even understand what that meant.

[silk path]

the epic mega game jam on itch

ended on thursday night

[elder rune]

Yes it is, I entered, but as there were no Epic people around I didn't feel I could get quick responses around so didnt go VR path

[silk path]

gotchya

[elder rune]

I don't understand why some Epic people didn't hang around in here.

Would have been good P.R.

[empty tartan]

Yeah I mean the template that comes with 4.27 and 5.03. It's got all the inputs hooked up and graphics setup for quest as a bare minimum. Its uses OpenXR so should work with rift. Well it does when I use my quest in "rift" mode.

[elder rune]

But if you make it pretty graphically intensive it might not work on quest? Uncabled.

[empty tartan]

You can do PCVR I'm sure last years entry was

[elder rune]

I guess in 1 week that won't happen

[empty tartan]

I mean the entry that won the VR award

[elder rune]

Ok, cheers.

[empty tartan]

https://youtu.be/MBMIsG8RVeM?t=2323

last years winner

around 38:43

[elder rune]

Thanks.

[nova rose]

Any info how long will it take to review games?

[elder rune]

I think I saw Oct 27 as the reveal 😦

Given over 500 games, fair enough I guess

"a featured playthrough on the October 27th livestream"

Going from that anyway, unless they announce sometime before that

[nova rose]

God damn lol

[maiden loom]

PCVR wasn't allowed this year for some reason

sad times

[empty tartan]

[dim stream]

I assume there is no problem if we update our game page with description, devlogs etc.?

[maiden loom]

Nope - I would even encourage it!

[dim stream]

Cool. Already updated with a devlog.

[calm urchin]

Do they post the scores anywhere or only announce the winners?

[static wind]

@calm urchin Only announce the winners

[calm urchin]

Figured.. would be useful for everyone else to know where they fell short, so they can improve those areas

[elder rune]

So why didn't Epic have a presence in here? Or somewhere, public facing, during the Jam, or leading up to it?

Or where should I have been asking any questions, that needed an Epic answer?

[calm urchin]

Forums

[maiden loom]

I wouldn't expect to get official support from Epic here or anywhere else

a couple of community reps did duck in here during the jam though

[elder rune]

Forums? lol they are terrible

Get an answer in time for 2023 jam

[ivory dove]

seems like the whole event has been radio silence for the most part from Epic

[elder rune]

Yeah, just seems like an opportunity missed to engage

I am trying to get my entry working in VR at the moment, for the hell of it. 🙂

@ivory dove have you discovered Modeling tools editor mode in PIE?

And the cube mode in that is cool.

[icy patrol]

Demo Space warriors
https://youtu.be/mYfvE1lRdeU

[icy patrol]

My first jam project Idea was 2D puzzle platform (split screen) , then I decided to challenge myself to switch to 3D RPG/RTS , but this what I got so far a demo 😵‍💫 .

https://faisalalshathri.itch.io/space-warriors

[tough cypress]

I've got $2k AWS credits YAY

Instead of $1k

[winter timber]

when did you get it?

am i the only one who got ignored by AWS?

[tough cypress]

check AWS console.

[tough cypress]

They didn't send me email too

1 year expiration date. I'M IN HEAVEN

[winter timber]

nope, zero credits for me

i do pay them around 100$ a month, probably don't want to lose the business 🙂

[brazen surge]

Maybe it was something silly like needing to use an email address not already tied to an existing account

[tough cypress]

I had existing account created 3 years ago. To that account I got credits

[tough cypress]

Do you have multiplayer game?

[winter timber]

no, i use it for other server side stuff, backend development mostly

[winter timber]

nah, but i'd guess it's related to some credits i got in the past...

amazon don't like to give credits to accounts who received something in the past

[tough cypress]

Idk. It's my second time

[brazen surge]

For people who entered the Megajam, what are some things you learned from that you would do differently if you could do it over again?

[coral reef]

Start cooking builds earlier even half way during the jam uploading it to Itchio to create your page and have a back-up build submitted even if it isn't done (and can easily replace later before the deadline).

[warped fossil]

I gotta be more insistent with my team members that this time we will totally have Small Scope for sure this time

[maiden loom]

I could have done more pre-prep and been more familiar with the ins-and-outs of the custom engine version I was using before the jam started - as it stands I only had a compiled version up and running on the same evening it started

discovering I basically couldn't do volumetrics or translucent particles mid-jam was unpleasant

other than that, I think I did okay-ish, could possibly have downscoped slightly to begin with as to have more time to work on stuff like UI, but something was always going to suffer on a solo jam, I think

[verbal ibex]

looks like a lot of people flubbed their entries

throwing away the theme essentially

this one guys is funny it says 'as above so below' then its like 'space is both'

cheaters lol

i tried a couple to see what the fuss is about - but the games dont run lol

what was the AWS credit for i never did figure that out

@tough cypress

[tough cypress]

Promotional credits for Epic Megajam.

[verbal ibex]

right but what do you use AWS for

like what the credits literally for

[tough cypress]

for multiplayer game

I wanted to use for matchmaking

[verbal ibex]

multiplayer crowd how does that tie to epic/unreal?

like a API ?

is that how you have? to do multiplayer?

im still trying to pick up the 10-20 pieces needed for a game

got a lot of em figured out

i thought multiplayer was something that went through epic so i was like, huh?

[tough cypress]

should it tie to epic?

[verbal ibex]

so if you use unreal engine for multiplayer you have to use AWS?

im reading a page about it now, since i found one

[tough cypress]

Amazon was one of the sponsors of the Megajam

[verbal ibex]

ok im still confused but i guess i dont get it

[carmine kindle]

It's just one option you can use out of many possibilities

[tough cypress]

You can win prizes if you use AWS in your game

[verbal ibex]

oh ok

oh what im reading right now says multiplayer is in C++ ?

[brazen surge]

Yeah I'm confused by this too. I was under the impression EOS was an all-in-one solution. Without it you'd probably use AWS ec2/rds to host game servers, leaderboard, saving player state, achievements, etc. But apparently AWS were promoting their GameKit and GameLift products specifically. I have my AWS solutions architect cert and still don't quite get where they fit in lol

[verbal ibex]

thanks for the info man - pretty important subject so i appreciate it

[fiery gale]

Even with the limited time, the one thing I wish I did more was prototype different ideas early instead of “paper prototyping” since a proto helps identify core loop/scope/theme fit/etc.

[verbal ibex]

how many of the 500 entries you think are legitimatelly english

or the converse of the question - i wonder how much was international entries

[edgy fulcrum]

Same thing I say to myself after every jam, scope smaller. Then it never happens anyway:<

[cursive vale]

Build UI Early. Both jams I waited to the back end and always regretted it. While it seems straightforward, I always forget just how much time it actually takes to get everything hooked up and working

[mighty wigeon]

Yeah, I started out with a way too complicated idea and had to pivot on the last couple of days to make something out of what I had already.

Originally I planned on having puzzles that the player would have to solve, but that takes time to design each puzzle that I didn't have. Luckily my wife suggested that I could just use what I'd already built as a hidden object game and that let me finish in time.

[stark light]

I have this problem constantly, but this time forced myself to do a thing which works from begging to the end.

[elder rune]

My trello is now dedicated to lessons learned, and how to improve for future jams. But my end goal is really to make games that can be finished and that don't have impossible scope. I've got a number of unfinished games, and use marketplace assets, and they'd been worked on in bursts for years. Mostly abandoned from either technical difficulty, unsolvable bugs, packaging issues, feature creep, and various other traps and issues. This was my second Jam, and my second submission. And despite having to restart at 2.5 days in.

And I made a really good effort pre jam to prepare and learn. All that effort was abandoned at 2.5 days lol. It crashed and burned. The menu system re- built again in my jam project suddenly exhibited a split screen like behaviour that wasn't exactly split screen like couldn't be resolved after hours of asking questions and trying to solve, and after other issues of crashing had also caused project restarts with my nano, and level streaming code, I simply abandoned everything including my idea. I even changed my theme idea, to the point I can't recall what my original idea was, and that took me a day to work out lol.

[left gorge]

Couple things:

1. as always cut the scope early. The best ideas may fail late in production. I have to tell though that I didn't have all 7 days for the jam this time and it felt easier to discard big chunks.
2. it's hard to record the rhythm challenge (by hitting on your keyboard) at 3 AM in the morning without waking up your spouse.
   That's why my rhythm challenge is a bit off 🙂

for anybody interested in playing:
https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1684261
I think the quarantine is lifted already

[shrewd vapor]

If anyone here has VR and wants to give us some feedback, we'd greatly appreciate it! We built it for the game jam and used the VR Expansion plugin
https://plus2studios.itch.io/butterflies-and-beetles

Unfortunately, Vive controllers don't work in that build (we were so close to fixing them in time...) So if you have Vive controllers and want to play, I can give you a new build via google drive to play - game play wise, it's the same as the one on the itch page.

[tropic wing]

This is more of a programming tip but make modular tools for designers to build content before starting the more time intense systems.

Keeps the team effort from spiking at the end.

[brazen surge]

Ohhhh this is interesting, any examples?

I guess like a base class they can make blueprints off of and parameterize to make enemy/weapon variations?

[tropic wing]

Yeah for example I made a spline tool that allowed designers to make paths for characters to walk along. But I made the tool late and so it was not used to its full potential

[stark light]

Be efficient, have your work flow fast. Don't waste time on detail assets if you don't want to participate in that category. Backups backups backups.... keep project nice and clean, so won't have search for things all around the place. I usually skip on things in my head which tells me: ogh this thing would be cool to add :). I did my little thing all alone from models, rigging, sounds. Have a little plan and decide how much time you can give to each thing. I splitted 50/50=assets/code. I am solo so idk what os good for team things... but basically start and finish one thing (part of code/asset etc..) don't just stop in the middle and start other thing. But I can't stress too much Backups,Pipeline (workflow), no necessary stuff until core elements done.

[maiden loom]

source control during a jam is so useful

even if you're solo

I used the free assembla repo this year going it solo and honestly it was really great to have

saved me a lot of time once or twice when it was a lot quicker to revert things than undo my screwups etc

[maiden loom]

true enough, but if it's hosted externally it's safer as a backup and you don't have to faff with setting up a local repo

assembla is just one click

[cursive vale]

Went out of my way to learn how to set up source control w/ GitHub this year, since I just recklessly ignored it last year and regretted it. Absolutely saved me a couple times during the jam

[turbid timber]

Any info on when they announce winners etc? I guess in a few weeks?

[edgy fulcrum]

around 26th Oct I believe. Could be earlier or later tho, "in or around" was the term used in the rules

[maiden loom]

Stream on the 27th, I believe

[proven badge]

any had a pleasure of checking out other submissions? 🙂

found any hidden gems by chance?

[nova rose]

"They came from above" was pretty fun

[lyric harness]

finally got my file fixed and is ready to download! (butler on itch was confusing to navigate) https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1688974 Any feedback would be amazing!

[glass fossil]

i rlly liked they came from above

[coral reef]

Steep learning curve but I liked Graviboule

[brazen surge]

Does anyone know if I can post a link here to an Unreal game jam I'm hosting? I didn't want to spam or self-promote, but someone told me I should post it here so I wanted to check if it's OK first

[proven badge]

@brazen surge plenty doing it already, what's one more 😄

[brazen surge]

lol OK if it's a problem I can delete it's just a game jam after all 🙂 I started this jam as an alternative to the yearly Megajam, something that is lower stakes so more beginner friendly (no prizes) and more frequent (hoping to host regularly). It's an alternative to other jams which tend to be more dominated by Unity teams with WebGL builds. And it starts... tomorrow! https://itch.io/jam/unreal-engine-funjam-1

[jade sonnet]

well, if we're posting jams we're hosting, I'll put a link to this month's jam as well:
https://itch.io/jam/ue5-free-assets-monthly-challenge-september-2022

but I really came here to ask if anyone knows anyone who streamed themselves playing the megajam games?

[elder rune]

Only themselves? Or any of the the entries?

[jade sonnet]

last year I watched a couple streams of people playing through all of them

[elder rune]

So anyone, not themselves

yes, I will find the link

@ivory dove is the guy that did a twitch stream

And he posted links in here

https://www.twitch.tv/loochlabs

Search his broadcasts should be a 5 hr stream of megajam

[jade sonnet]

Thanks!

[atomic helm]

How do people join game jams?

[prisma galleon]

Usually, just find one you're interested in and get involved. If it's hosted on itch, you can just click the join button on the jam and submit any public or restricted itch project while the submission window is open.

The exact rules and process will vary depending on what you join.

[cursive vale]

The Jam page mentions a discord but no link I could find. Is there a dedicated server or are we just jamming in here? 🙂

[elder rune]

@atomic helm Are you having trouble with one Jam in particular?

If you look at this page, https://itch.io/jams in the jams starting, running beyond today: then you should find there is an active join jam link.

[vivid flax]

Do I need to develop the game in the mobile environment from the start or can I develop for desktop and package for mobile later? Unreal engine 4

[brazen surge]

You click the Discord button to join, I'll make that clear in the description thanks. Let me know if you still have issues joining

[warm star]

When are they announcing the winner of the mega jam?

[cursive vale]

Probably not till mid october. They've got hundreds of games they've gotta play through lol

[alpine tundra]

• » UnrealTournament 99 GOTY - instaGIB Capture The Flag « • » 5vs5 « • » IG+ « • PickupGame is now LIVE •
https://www.twitch.tv/neddyneddy

[elder rune]

The results livestream I believe is scheduled for Oct 27.

[main snow]

are we allowed to update our game?
there's some improvements I want to make but I don't want to invalidate my entry

[carmine kindle]

You can't modify the actual download file until the jam is over

[main snow]

ah fair enough, I guess that's until Oct 27th then

[maiden loom]

You can also do as I'm doing; build a touched up version with eliminated bugs etc ready to go for when the 27th rolls around

[elder rune]

@main snow you could always create a new itch.io project

[deft meteor]

kind of late to the party, but you can use AWS to setup a 30gb perforce server for free. I just followed this video https://youtu.be/7eVO0qXC3nk

[dim stream]

There was a category in the jam called "Use it or Lose It " which required the use of only a single, 4 channel texture map.
Yesterday I watched a GDC talk from the developers of 'The Ascent'. They used a single texture for the whole game & I found it very interesting how they were able to maximize the use from it. Check this out if you're interested.
https://youtu.be/FodXp5BkENk

[alpine tundra]

• » ** Unreal Tournament 99 GOTY** > iCTF « • » 5v5 « • » IG+ « • PickupGame is now LIVE •
https://www.twitch.tv/neddyneddy

[elder rune]

pick up games in jam chat? why?

[carmine kindle]

I feel like it's spam or a bot or someone who doesn't know where they are or what they're doing.

[maiden loom]

feels like a bot to me

either way it's not even relevant to this server

it doesn't go anywhere here, that channel is for dev streams

[vital tendon]

As promised here we are with the full devlog for our epic mega jam 2022, enjoy.
https://arcils.com/Article?Id=27

some high res images in there might take a while to load everything up

[glass fossil]

i was so busy i forgot to keep record of what I made when, and theres no way im going to be able to get out a devlog, but urs is impressive

[vital tendon]

Thank you. we had it planned out and screen recorded almost all of our work so we can sit back and do a devlog when we had time properly

[glass fossil]

anyone know how I can change the font size of an input box in a UMG widget in runtime?

[brazen surge]

Probably have better luck here #umg

[glass fossil]

nope

[brazen surge]

Here's a good site for UMG if you haven't seen it, could find info 🤞 https://benui.ca/

[glass fossil]

no, wasnt able to find anything

[cursive vale]

I'm going to work on a proper jam postmortem / post-jam devlog for Astrolabe in the next week or so. I just put together a Bandcamp where people can listen to my soundtracks from these past two Megajams, for anybody who might be interested

https://gagelara.bandcamp.com/

[brazen surge]

What's the best way to upload a packaged game to Itch? I tried installing Butler from the Itch.io app, but it doesn't open when I click "Launch"

Oh duh it's a CLI app, this just installs it you still have to run it from command line

I had to add butler to my PATH

[brazen surge]

For anyone confused on uploading a game jam to Itch with Butler, I wrote up a mini-guide (can also find it on the Funjam site with all the links)

[cursive vale]

@brazen surge There's also an app on itch called GUI butler which highly simplifies the process for people like me who hate messing with command line stuff. It's pretty nifty

[deft meteor]

Hey folks, I've been working on my gamejam game (Jump down, fall up, check it out, super cool) and I would like to upload an update because it has a dumb bug when resetting the level, but as I understand you can't upload anything until the jam results are up, but could I upload a devlog entry and a dropbox link with the updated version in the meantime?would that disqualify me?

[cursive vale]

That would be fine. You can add links to devlog, comments, or even in the page description. The only part that's locked is the upload

[deft meteor]

Oh,that’s super cool then,thank you! I’ve been getting some views and that dumb bug it’s been damaging the experience for some people

[simple garden]

:no_entry_sign: Neddy#5211 was banned.

[summer urchin]

np

[stark ibex]

sorry i though this was a gaming channel kinda thing sorry

[stark light]

impressive stuff boys. i will do brake down as forum post some time later. was an a adventure for me to make game ;D

[brazen surge]

We just finished a game jam, really happy with how it came out for 10 days work https://scriptorious.itch.io/swerve

[weak kayak]

@visual yew its beautiful

[mortal kite]

I recently started game development, I want to participate in a hackathons to learn more. But there are none in my city, can anyone recommend online game dev hackathon sites?

[mortal kite]

@rose gyro can you also share sites where you can get free assets? I am terrible at creating them by myself.

For unity?

[unborn sail]

<@&213101288538374145> There is a guy screaming of the top of his lungs in VC, CKYP.

[fallen roost]

handled

[autumn jasper]

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Eay8r2

[kindred crater]

Hey any 3D or 2D modelers/artist around here who wanna join myself and another in this upcoming jam? We are currently planning to make the game in unreal. ^^

https://itch.io/jam/themed-horror-game-jam-9

[turbid timber]

So when's the announcement of the MegaJam2022 winners?

[cerulean wind]

Do not play it: https://andrewrain.itch.io/silenttalecozyautumn

[glass fossil]

ok

[ashen birch]

this is actually really fun to play and looks great, the audio is kinda driving me mad though, it is very loud and hard to make out the music with all the noise

[brazen surge]

Thanks for playing! Our sound guy might be cleaning it up this weekend and we'll release an update after the jam's voting period ends

[ashen birch]

Sounds good, no put intended

[elder rune]

Oct 27 is a livestream of the announcement

[wispy fractal]

Wait so the megajam results are not in yet?

27 oct, found it hidden on the itch jam page

Long time

[cursive vale]

Yep, They're got a LOT of games to play through lol

[barren sonnet]

I think our team forgot to remove the spheres we used to test lighting🥲

[wheat sonnet]

As long as it was in keeping with the theme, like something ito astrology/hermetics , youll be fine.

[elder rune]

Anyone notice their game jam game get downloaded recently, so it can be judged yet? lol. Not mine. A month to go still!

[maiden loom]

oddly enough, mine has not been downloaded either

[calm urchin]

They still have another month to play them all. Pry only half done

[maiden loom]

aye, plenty of time

I kinda assumed they'd probably subdivide it all and batch download, but apparently not

[bronze vault]

My game has been downloaded 40 times so far.

[brazen surge]

Just submitted for a 4 day game jam! I feel like that's about the minimum to make a playable and fun game in Unreal. First time on a small team (4 people) and as the only programmer. Custom rigging/animation, Wwise troubleshooting, and a bad git merge took up a lot of time as usual but it went pretty smooth overall. We aggressively cut scope and it left us time to relax at the end and focus on bug fixes, balance, polish, and controls https://scriptorious.itch.io/gene-breaker

[elder rune]

@brazen surge well done. After working with git, begrudgingly, later in my IT (non gaming) career, and having git gurus around me, I was able to always consult them when things went horribly wrong, and they did go wrong. Now retired, I won't touch git, as a solo doing hobbyist game dev. I just frequently back up the entire folder, which works fine. It does, however, stop me wanting to join a team, as I imagine all teams want to use source control. Git scares me at what can go wrong, and with nobody around to help fix it. I've seen the mess first hand.

[maiden loom]

You can do a weekend (Friday evening through Sunday evening) and still get results in Unreal, but scope has to be tight and there's not much wiggle room for mucking about or mistakes

[burnt stream]

Ah! Bad that you had such an experience with git. It is pretty cool once you get the hang of it. It is just that version control is hard with binary file formats when there are merges and conflicts involved - which is essentially any team of more than 1 person.

[maiden loom]

better to set up version control to lock files so that you don't get merges / conflicts involving binary files at all tbh

[calm urchin]

That or be super strict about who touches what, when, and make sure everything is pushed atleast once a day (ideally more)
Perforce is great for teams, but soooo annoying

[brazen surge]

git checkout -b adding-character-movement
git add .
git commit -am "Adding character movement"
The above creates a new branch and then adds all new files to it, and makes a commit
git reset --hard HEAD reset all your file changes
git clean -f remove new files you added
The above two will get you to a clean state, you can verify with git status. Sometimes there will still be a new folder, just manually delete it
git checkout adding-character-movement
git merge master
The above will merge master into adding-character-movement. Then when merge conflicts show up, you can pick which version of the file you want like so
git checkout master file/with/conflicts.uasset
git checkout adding-character-movement file/with/conflicts.uasset
The above will pick which version of the file "wins" in the merge from one branch or another. You can also put in a commit hash instead of main or adding-character-movement to pick a file from any specific commit. Then when you're done, commit the merge, and switch back to master and merge your branch back in like so
git add .
git commit -am "Merge main into adding-character-movement"
git checkout master
git merge adding-character-movement

Those commands will get you through 95% of problem cases

Also a good idea to check what you're about to commit before doing so with git status and discard any changes unrelated to what you were doing, like if you saved a map file you didn't actually do anything with. You can also right click and pick "Discard" on the files from Github Desktop, or just uncheck them before making a commit. That goes a long way toward avoiding merge conflicts.

[maiden loom]

I'd rather use a system that simply doesn't allow merge conflicts to exist, tbh

'cos you know, the best way to solve a problem is not to have it all

[elder rune]

For some reason, one game jam insisted use of source control, and a daily commit. What the heck? Suffice to say I wasn't going to join that jam.

[maiden loom]

seems like a way to verify that your work is genuine, I guess

makes sense if there are prizes involved

I commited several times a day during megajam, so one commit a day would be trivial

[elder rune]

trivial if you use it. Horrendous if you don't

[maiden loom]

nothing like blowing up your project so badly it'll take hours to undo your latest changes... or you can use version control and hit the magic undo button

[elder rune]

I backup regularly without source control. I've seen source control do worse damage than not having source control.

[jade sonnet]

git is one of the worst things to ever happen to programming
unfortunately, I use it daily, even for personal/one-shot projects 😕

anyone know why the number of megajam entries has gone up from 525 when it ended to 526 for a while and now 527 today?

[worn hamlet]

We allowed late submissions at the time to be added to the Jam page, though none of those added late submissions are eligible for prizing. There was an entrant that reached out on Twitter after the Jam that had only just been added as a late submission.

[worn hamlet]

If you're interested, here was the initial post regarding this 🙂

[jade sonnet]

cool, thanks for the quick response, I hadn't seen that post

[cursive vale]

Anyone else gonna be participating in the current Unreal Challenge? Wasn't sure if there was a channel for it, though I suppose it's kinda jam-adjacent 🙂

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-challenge-creep-it-real/650286

[maiden loom]

I've considered it, but I'm not a fan of these more art orientated challenges and I still want to finish up a post-jam version of the jam game

[worn hamlet]

We will be hosting more in the future that also focus on other things, such as; animation, VFX, specific mechanics, and other areas of development. The first few will be broad to gauge interest. Our overall aim is to use these challenges as a way to engage the community in all aspects of development to provide other learning opportunities that they can also then later use the knowledge gained for the MegaJam 🙂

[jade sonnet]

I'm going to try, especially because it fits into my monthly challenge series

[tawdry ruin]

me 😈

[peak storm]

The epic megajam is over, but I finally got my sort-of game in a condition I'm proud to present. And, I bet I'm too late to be added to the list of jam games, but hopefully it interests somebody: https://dishbutt.itch.io/ant-ai-sim. The "as above so below" factor was going to be that it included an anthill.

[elder rune]

Maybe @worn hamlet can help get you onto the Epic MegaJam sizzle reel?

[void terrace]

!stream

[civic hedge]

Any gamejam people willing to help me with a melee question? My lock on system is automatic, similar to Ninja Gaiden but my character keeps selecting different enemies with the slightest movement. Is there a way to give my current target more "weight" than the others?

[brazen surge]

Could you just store a reference to your current target and use that whenever it's set, otherwise fall back to default behavior?

Or if you are calculating weights based on something like distance, add a modifier like +100 if that enemy was also your current (last) target

Then have a struct like WeightedTarget with a weight and target property, and sort by weight then pull the first item out and grab its target

[civic hedge]

So there isn't a "known best solution" for this?

[dull osprey]

Another way is to add a enum like lockType with values (soft / hard) and any target locked would go from soft to hard if your player hit it or is locking it for a certain duration.

[stable kiln]

or dont run it on tick

[brazen surge]

Just saw this jam which is for Unreal! https://itch.io/jam/senscapejam2022

[glass fossil]

Ooh! Glad you showed me this or I would've missed it.

[humble bear]

Happy October!
I'd like to invite people to join my game jam **🎃 SPOOKY 2D JAM 2022 🎃 ** a 48-hour game jam open to developers of all skill levels/ages, happening next weekend (October 21st-23rd)! Gift card prizes are up for grabs for 1st/2nd/3rd place! Check it out on itch.io 👉 https://itch.io/jam/spooky-2d-jam-2022 Thanks! 🙌

[glass fossil]

very few people who use unreal do 2d i believe

thats more of a unity or godot thing

[brazen surge]

Yeah there's momentum growing around Paper2D though like this channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CobraCode/videos some people are even doing pixel perfect

Live a Live is a recent 2.5D commercial Unreal game on Switch

[glass fossil]

huh

thats cool, i thought most all of unreal users do 3d

[stable kiln]

unreal might not be aimed at 2d.. but the tool set is huge

so if u want 2d multiplayer... unreal might still be better

or if you used unreal for years .. you dont swich to unity to make a 2d game if you never used it

also blueprint is more artist friendly

[glass fossil]

Does unity have it's own thing like blueprints? But that is true I haven't rlly heard of anyone switching from unreal to unity, but there's a ton going from unity to unreal

[maiden loom]

it does not, not officially - you'd likely be doing the scripting work in C#

[elder rune]

There was something newish in 2D that was hailed a 'gamechanger', 3rd party asset I think. Name escapes me. Might have been the Pixel 2D Platformer Engine which got an Epic Mega Grant.

[brazen surge]

Maybe you are thinking of PaperZD? Anim system with notifies, it's free and Epic recently did a vid on it https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/paperzd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34Qhv8M3lU

[elder rune]

I think you are right!

[simple garden]

:question: help
:8ball: Most likely.

[simple garden]

:question: were you involved in the September 11th attacks
:8ball: Don't count on it.