#game-jam-chat

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rigid fog
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I don't know about all that btw...it sure doesnt' seem like they are all considered, not equally anyway @copper carbon

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But, that gives me a great idea of how to properly do "ratings"

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I'll base it on them in the future, 1-10 for each of those.

copper carbon
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Apologies if it doesn't feel that way. But we have an internal spreadsheet in which we score each one, on a scale of 1-5 in fun, theme, and visuals.

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We'll be sending out a survey in a few days to gather feedback on the jam from everyone.

rigid fog
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Sweet

uneven basin
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also, I'd like judges to check the submission .exe modification date before sending out prizes

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since google drive actually supports version management now for zip files (without the need to modify the shared link)

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which I belive was on victors feedback list

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to have separate hosting site for the submissions

rigid fog
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Oh wow, good catch @uneven basin , but yeah @copper carbon ... life would be much easier if Epic hosted the Jam Submission site

uneven basin
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you can see the last edit date on the google drive page too, but it dates most recent change like writing descriptions and stuff

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but the .exe modification date should be accurate

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that's the build time

quasi girder
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but does it keep timezones in mind? I don't think so
I was also disappointed because of the vr stuff. I saw victors play through after the submission and thought - that looks too good for one week - and after visiting the YT channel it was clear whats going on

uneven basin
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I believe windows tags stuff in UTC

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then converts for the UI

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but either way, if it's 12 hours past the deadline, no timezone will explain that

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yup, according to MSDN it's in UTC format

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so to adjust to my timezone on the screenshot I posted, that's 5 hours past the deadline

quasi girder
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when I create/modify a file in win10 it is in my local timezon, not in UTC. but yes - 12 hours is difficult 😃

uneven basin
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well it should only be in local time if the file format is fat

rigid fog
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The thing about these types of situations is that people can easily "recreate" from "scratch" in a blank project past prototypes.

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Showing clean/valid entries in source control commits

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And tbh, I don't think he probably went into this thinking, "Oh let's go cheat MegaJam for a win"

white briar
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Is there a list with winners ?

rigid fog
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Video recordings typically only happen on one monitor

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So there is no telling what's going on in different monitors or other PCs

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I mean @copper carbon is going to have to try and figure it out, and he does have hours and hours of videos and commits (well 10 or so) to show as proof, but again... in these types of situations it is just best to be cautious.

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You don't want other devs to think this type of thing is okay.

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Some were already joking about starting their jam entries for next year tomorrow.

hearty ferry
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I guess that's one pro of doing the gamejam on location like GGJ, you can see each other working thus making it way more difficult to cheat

rigid fog
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Hmm, maybe I guess

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Still doesn't mean you aren't using old stuff?

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It's really a slippery slope

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Like I said before, I doubt he was trying to go full on into Cheat Mode here, but I still think this is an invalid entry.

hearty ferry
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I mean, if you keep alt-tabbing to another project to recreate it, the person sitting next to you will probably notice at some point, so unless you remember exactly how to make everything it's gonna be a lot more difficult to cheat (though you still could, I'm not saying this makes it impossible, just harder)

rigid fog
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And I know I am going to get a lot of crap about it

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Especially from his fanbase whenever he does his YT video addressing it

hearty ferry
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Though I really like how this jam allows people to just work on it from home, definitely not saying this jam should become on-location only

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Haha yeah good luck with any crap coming your way

rigid fog
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Meh, it's not like I haven't received backlash for stating the obvious before.

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What I don't get is when people message me about something but then don't expect me to respond to it.

copper carbon
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He took what he learned off a prototype and made a different game. It feels very much as if you had experience building a platformer and then used that knowledge to build one for the jam. If this is an invalid entry, then every team that started with a UE4 template and modified it to suit their needs for the jam would also be invalid.

rigid fog
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Yeah right...this is Victor Burgos we're talking about

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@copper carbon That actually makes no sense though.

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It's really not a different game

hearty ferry
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Eh, it's what makes jams like this one fun to me. Not just the participating, but seeing people like you @rigid fog who stay involved even afterwards, playing/streaming all the games for everyone to watch, giving feedback on some projects, staying active around the jam in other ways than just participating.

rigid fog
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New art makes a brand new game nowadays?

copper carbon
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There's obviously a fine line between building out an entire game and then just shoo horning a theme into it.

rigid fog
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I'll remember that for next jam then.

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Well, I mean, it was pretty obvious that it was a shoehorn to me?

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But, again. I mean, I am not a judge, don't work for Epic.

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Whatever you all decide, just remember that it will have consequences.

hearty ferry
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And @copper carbon I think the point Victor is trying to make is the "gameplay has to be different from starter template" rule, which he didn't follow, though his template was one he made himself before the jam

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Not saying it is that way, just that I think that's the point VIctor is trying to make

rigid fog
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Well, you aren't even supposed to be using your own templates anyway

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Again, it goes back to the rules about creating things outside the jam

hearty ferry
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No exactly, you're not supposed to use the starter templates and not change anything, and here you're extending that rule to self-made templates instead of just the UE4 ones

rigid fog
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I mean, to be honest, if this stuff was disclosed on submission and he still won, then well, can't do much about it. It's just how Epic rolls.

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But, if nothing was disclosed, and now it's just a game about trying to win people to your side of the argument. Then again...whatever

hearty ferry
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Though now I am curious which VR game you think should've won?

rigid fog
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Hmmm, there were a few good ones.

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I thought the Molla Shine one was definitely the most unique, had good visuals and good gameplay

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The theme connection was there, but hidden.

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Anyway, let's be honest here. The chances of Epic now taking a step back from this VR fiasco is probably not going to happen.

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Bad PR either way you go about it I guess.

hearty ferry
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True, true

rigid fog
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I am just one little dude with a big mouth 😉

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Just trying to keep everything real around here.

hearty ferry
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Right, and sometimes you need a little reality when talking about virtual reality 😉

rigid fog
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@proven badge ^ make one

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pls

uneven basin
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using own template or not, still leaves an open question how the uploaded .exe was modified past deadline

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you can download the submit yourself and check the time

rigid fog
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Lost cause @uneven basin ... from the recent chat by @copper carbon , it doesn't look like anything is going to happen.

uneven basin
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Shame

somber hazel
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About that VR game, I watched Devlog #3 and the visuals are totally different 😐

rigid fog
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So now we know folks, as long as visuals are completely different, it's okay

somber hazel
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He didn't reuse anything from his template

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The most obvious gameplay feature is his character that follows the VR player

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But most of the stuff is rewritten, a lot of the interaction stuff is different

rigid fog
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Cool, so now we know everyone. Create your templates now, then just improve upon them in future game jams

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And some folks will allow that to slide

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But make sure that your visuals are completely different

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Make sure to record everything on your main monitor

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And start in a blank project with a fresh source control commits

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GGWP, ezmode to winning now

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That's basically what you're saying btw

somber hazel
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Obviously he used his VR knowledge and had an advantage with the following AI, and I still don't see the connection to the theme

rigid fog
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Aye, there's a difference with having working knowledge

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Everyone has something going into the jams

somber hazel
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While it is lame to expand your own game in a gamejam, this guy put at least the same amount of work like others did

uneven basin
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you dont script AI like that in a week

somber hazel
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Ofc

rigid fog
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He didn't

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Well, who knows

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I mean, it's not terribly hard

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And he only has 10 commits

somber hazel
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But if he mentioned it, the judges will focus on the other work he did

uneven basin
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yea, other work

rigid fog
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Sounds like he didn't mention anything and submitted it as 100% original work

somber hazel
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did you see all devlogs?

rigid fog
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Aye

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I also had a 1on1 with him today

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He definitely said all the right things. After the fact.

somber hazel
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I dont see the point mentioning this, is he cool if you state him?

rigid fog
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I will not repeat our conversation like that

somber hazel
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hey hey, he is here! ❤

rigid fog
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He can defend himself

somber hazel
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saw him typing 😄

fallen raven
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Hello! Amanda mentioned a discord chat!

rigid fog
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Aye, he's always been here.

fallen raven
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Thought I'd check it out 😃

rigid fog
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? You've been here since August...

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😉

somber hazel
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alright buddy, watch out for your words, we are all looking and judging you O.O

fallen raven
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?

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I meant this chat lol

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I've been on this server for a while

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Hey Ninjin!

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Haha judging, go for it. Any questions?

rigid fog
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If you wanted to, you should just CP what you messaged me

somber hazel
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wtf is that theme connection? 😄

fallen raven
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Theme connection?

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Oh the orbs of light?

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I didn't get time to put in the darkness particles/ make a nice darkness material on the platforms.

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So I used the same material for the platforms haha

somber hazel
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I mean, that is the only thing that I didn't like about you winning 😅

fallen raven
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Oh fair enough!

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did you try that victor?

rigid fog
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Yeah, I have it on dark. But before today, that wasn't dark.

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It was light

fallen raven
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oh right! Fair enough

somber hazel
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I mean, letting him win is a message to all new users "hey, everyone can win this jam, use your knowledge and expand on that to deliver a polished game of your current knowledge"

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or something like that

fallen raven
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huh?

rigid fog
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yeah

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I don't get it

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lol

fallen raven
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I actually have all of the footage of me making it from scratch. I could make a behind the scenes video series

somber hazel
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so I don't see anything wrong with that

rigid fog
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You'll need to rephrase that

fallen raven
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and all the differences in the blueprints

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Since I produce YouTube videos I recorded a lot of the process

somber hazel
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@fallen raven I'm actually trying to defend you 😄

rigid fog
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I don't think it really matters anymore

fallen raven
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Oh thanks haha!

rigid fog
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Epic has already signed you off right @fallen raven ?

fallen raven
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Sometimes it's hard to interupt text

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Signed me off?

somber hazel
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I mean, I don't see the point everyone has made, so I was just confused what's wrong

rigid fog
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Aye, as in, you're good to go. Found no wrong doing. No invalid entry. Etc.

fallen raven
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oh right! Yeah! Amanda contacted me through Discord earlier.

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I had any files ready to show if required.

rigid fog
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👍 Yeah, so, the amount of actual research done was about 0%

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So, no need to even bother with it anymore

fallen raven
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oh btw! I actually sent you 20 commits

rigid fog
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Oh my bad

fallen raven
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I'm scrolling up

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np!!

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just reading some of the earlier comments here

uneven basin
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sure, dig the past

fallen raven
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Hey Ctzn!

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I saw your post about the exe

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That's the time in Australia that I had submitted the build/ built it

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time/date I should say

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I was really stressed about the timezones actually

somber hazel
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I still think it's lame though, but I also never won a Jam, because I always dig into something I've never done before 😄

uneven basin
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like in a good jam you're suppose to

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try new things under stupid time stress

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but now we know it doesn't pay off if you aim for the prizepool

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we all learned something today

rigid fog
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@somber hazel that's one of the biggest reasons to do jams though

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To learn something new and have some fun doing it

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Do something different

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Well, everyone has their own reasons for doing them though

somber hazel
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to be fair, the term for a jam is so widespread, people have different motivation

rigid fog
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I guess that's just my view

somber hazel
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exactly, Im 2 slow like always ^^

rigid fog
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Right

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lol

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Again, like I stated before. I don't think @fallen raven was intentionally targetting the prize pool here

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I don't think he came in and was like... I am going to cheat

somber hazel
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no, that's kinda obvious

rigid fog
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But, that doesn't mean his entry IMHO, was a valid one.

fallen raven
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Oh I see! I understand your perspectives now.

I actually feel like I did quite a lot of innovation within my work.

I had never done a physics based motion controller system before. Previously I had only used the in built vr pick up so physics based interactions was very exciting.
The light orb mechanic was really cool to get working, I didn't think I'd be able to pull that off.
The camera system! I made it not as glitchy as it used to be so I'm quite happy with that 😃
Oh! and the emitted light to power things, I quite enjoyed that but I feel it was a little confusing for people.

But I can understand your perspectives! I hope this dosen't cause to much of disruption for you guys.

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btw when I say innovation within my own work, I mean within what I've done haha

uneven basin
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you did physics based motion controller 5 months ago

fallen raven
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nope! have another look

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Everything is clipping and it's all built in vr template stuff

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o.o

rigid fog
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😉

somber hazel
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@uneven basin Can you link a video?

fallen raven
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I've got it here 😃 Gimme a sec

somber hazel
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Shhhhh

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you be quiet

uneven basin
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so, one physics constraint, improved hmd accuracy and added a material param

fallen raven
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physics constraint!? It took way more work then that

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I wish it was that simple haha

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I'm going to get to work on my next video. I'll check back here sometime later today. Have a good day/ night everyone 😃

white briar
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Is there a link with the winners ?

maiden loom
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that is an excellent question

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seeing as I did not see the stream

white briar
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with no answear 😦

copper carbon
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Heya - I’ll have a list up in the next half hour.

copper carbon
austere swift
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@copper carbon and the raffle winners?

robust basalt
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anyone in?

compact cedar
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@robust basalt i'm thinking to get on

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@robust basalt are you going solo? Compo?

robust basalt
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ya

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only have 48hours this weekend

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are you going solo?

compact cedar
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@robust basalt well, i don't mind to join some programmer but i don't know any participating...so...probably solo

grizzled zenith
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I'm in too

robust basalt
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awesum 😃

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did you skip mega jam?

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oh, remember your phyiscs ball game

grizzled zenith
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I worked on a prototype for a few days but didn't wanna keep working on it

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yeah

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too long time to keep focus 😛

cerulean geode
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I'm joining with a team of 4. I'm hyped!

rigid fog
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@robust basalt hmm 4 hours... hmm

robust basalt
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3am for me, not gonna do that 😄

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will get a good night of sleep and then wake up to a good theme, hopefully

rigid fog
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haha

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I probably won't do all 48 hours

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but would like to know

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the theme asap

robust basalt
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there is the theme voting

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you can get a good idea of what you are signing up for

rigid fog
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true true

compact cedar
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Ludum Dare 40 Theme:
The more you have, the worse it is

compact cedar
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@rigid fog are you in?

rigid fog
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Not sure, lots to do this weekend. If I find some time, I will.

robust basalt
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that's actually a good theme

grizzled zenith
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the more freedom a theme gives you, the worse it is

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I'm at the usual stage where I have so many bad ideas 😄

cerulean geode
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Imo the theme is rather bad.

compact cedar
civic dock
still briar
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@civic dock I don't want to interrupt you from your jam, but I'm curious on what you did for this trail effect. At first I thought it was a bunch of debug draws. Is it just a particle effect you made?

civic dock
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Yes it's a simple particle system.

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I'm about to continue streaming on Twitch. If you stop by I'll show you what it's like. ^^

still briar
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Alright I found your stream in #share-your-stream. I'll make sure to check it out for a bit 😃

compact cedar
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Okay people!
If you want to play this Ludum Dare jam games:
https://ldjam.com/games
Compo games has all the sources (there are 1023 submissions)

compact cedar
compact cedar
compact cedar
winged chasm
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Hey guys! I made this for LD40 if anyone wants to check it out:

gusty glacier
compact cedar
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@winged chasm great game!

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@winged chasm not to mention its a COMPO...

winged chasm
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Thanks!! 😄

compact cedar
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@winged chasm You should make a post on forums about it, as a learning resource it's probably priceless

winged chasm
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Think so? It's pretty simple overall. :p

compact cedar
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The thread tried to read from or write to a virtual address for which it does not have the appropriate access.

gusty glacier
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Thanks for the notice @compact cedar I honestly am not sure why that is happening

rigid fog
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Is there a list of all the UE4 gamejam entries for LD?

cerulean geode
sleek atlas
sturdy yew
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Programmer here that can assists on your projects/Game James. Feel free to dm on discord.

compact cedar
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@cerulean geode rules allow you to fix bugs after deadline

cerulean geode
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Thanks for the info @compact cedar. I'll upload a fixed version later today/tomorrow. Somehow our laser disks broke and we didn't even notice with all the stress so close to the deadline. That bug breaks half the challenges and I fixed it in 5 min.

lament coyote
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'''life''''

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'''life'''

dusky vessel
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For some reason the last 3 game jam teams I've tried to join or start have flaked halfway through or have flaked right before the end. Maybe I was just lucky with teammates when I was never to this stuff. Maybe I stink.

glass fossil
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looking for a programmer for game jam

dark cradle
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*life*

somber hazel
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@dusky vessel No, some people are just ill/crazy.

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Had an artist in my team. I didn't like that he couldn't come up with a simple game idea, so he was dead for me right from the start, but he still gave some input on our ideas and during the jam, he kept saying he is working and he is nearly finished. I already took his job after he didn't show any results on the first day + showing lack of interest.

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But the fact that he joined our voice chat and still made comments like "Ill finish soon" "model done, animation next" and comments like "this will blow your socks"...

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Wasting his own time and trying to waste others time...

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You really have to watch out what people you chose O.O

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He probably also took the name of another guy

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Was someone from artstation with a decent portfolio

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That's why I even tweeted I'm thankful for the people I have worked with, had a sellout taste, but it's important to know who is legit

onyx hare
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That kind of thing can be avoided by being on hangouts with screensharing 24h during gamejams ;)

stable kiln
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A teammate once called me "unprofessional" that was a hoot 😄

somber hazel
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@onyx hare Sounds more like spying 😃 I'm not the biggest supporter on that. Besides, I really don't see the difference in my case. I still lose the 1 guy and have to find a replacement. Point is... there are crazy people out there and on my case, there was nothing I could do beforehand.

onyx hare
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screenshare while working is the best

somber hazel
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Emphasis on "getting the right team BEFOREHAND" 😛

onyx hare
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aye

somber hazel
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oh I misread that, you want to say there are a lot of positive things about screensharing that outweight spying (less procrastinating just to name the biggest argument), but yeah, I still won't support spying 😄

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sry for assuming you read my stuff wrong ❤

onyx hare
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no worries 😃

dusky vessel
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I must have gotten really lucky when I was just starting to do game jams by finding cool people to work with, because nowadays every time I do a game jam I either get some people who eventually flake on the project or just don't find anyone at all.

compact cedar
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Daaamn. I just found my old game concept, horror survival based on lighting, it could be an amazing game for the Light Theme jam. -_-

glass fossil
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oo

hearty estuary
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What game jams do yall do?

signal rivet
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What is a game jam?

glass fossil
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its a jame made of game

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*jam

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can be venison, bear, rabbits etc.

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and then u add sugar

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if u add fat its a confit

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I like witcher 3 jam

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wbu

proven badge
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@somber hazel test runs man, test runs, solves all those problems

warped lake
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https://itch.io/jam/cfngamejam2

itch.io
CFNGamejam#2

A game jam from 2018-01-03 to 2018-01-24 hosted by computerfiguur. CFNGamejam#2 Welcome to our second gamejam. We are so excited to see what you all create. We've put together a kick ass team to help organise the ina

somber hazel
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@proven badge but who is willing to spend time for that? sure, you are spending a weekend for a jam, so you should be able to spend a day for a test run, but how many people will do that? sure, my last team description was pretty troll on crowdforge the first couple of days, but when I changed it, there were even less people joining and it's difficult enough to get people with some kind of experience, if you look like a tryhard/professional who wants to win, I experienced less people will join, that's why I tried something different on the mega jam

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but I came to the conclusion that online game jams with a team are not my cup of tea and I'd rather do gamejams at a location where I can see people straight in the eyes O.O

proven badge
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when I first started gamejamming (still in my uni days) I kept insisiting on test runs primarily because I wans't confidend enough in my own abilities and wanted to establish of what can my team members expect of me during the jam and vice versa

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yeah, some people instantly declined with an excuse that they have no time, but I managed to find people for test run and then full jam every month (this is back when ue4 jams were monthly)

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To be honest, there were runs that didn't worked out. But that was the whole point of a test run, You got to see who's slacking., or who overboasted about their abilities without the pressure of actual jam. Meaning that it was not so demmoralizing rebuilding the team again and keeping in touch with people you actually liked working with

glass fossil
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where can i jam with other jammers?

warped lake
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1 hour until the CFN jam starts ^

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@glass fossil ^

glass fossil
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?

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how to join

warped lake
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https://itch.io/jam/cfngamejam2

itch.io
CFNGamejam#2

A game jam from 2018-01-03 to 2018-01-24 hosted by computerfiguur. CFNGamejam#2 The official theme is: The road less traveled Welcome to our second gamejam. We are so excited to see what you all create. We've put tog

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There is a join button right on that page

signal rivet
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Does the project have to be finished by the 14th, or you have to enter the contest by the 14th?

signal rivet
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can someone tell me of a game dev contest that you know of, which isnt in too long, but not soon either, like between 6 months and a year

proven badge
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@signal rivet next megajam, expect it around november

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or a smaller jam (3-5 days) 4 months before that

signal rivet
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@proven badge ok, thanks, cause i wanna join some contests with my friend to get better at game developing

proven badge
signal rivet
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oh, thanks

signal rivet
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anyone know if there's gonna be more intel level up game developers contest?

sweet remnant
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Game jam where you can use only Unreal Engine 4 content and engine tools https://itch.io/jam/ue-jam

itch.io
Unreal Engine 4 Jam

A game jam from 2018-01-18 to 2018-03-18 hosted by Yuliya Kozhemyako (Supr). I love Unreal Engine 4. And I want to share that love with everyone! :) RULES create a game using Unreal Engine 4 use only engine content and engine t

marsh iron
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anyone got a team going for that unreal4 only jam? looks like fun.

stable kiln
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no 3d model software, might be a good time to test that in engine modeling 😛

sweet remnant
glass fossil
compact cedar
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@sweet remnant sorry, but how would you make a game where you can't use starter content AND can't use authoring apps? i.e. you can't use models and can't make ones

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the only way is to make procedural ones, but this is quite complex and you can't make UVs

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also, game suppose have no sound? since i believe there a few people out there who knows how to generate sound in ue4

sweet remnant
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Just create new project without starter content and use all things which you can find. There are a lot of things..

compact cedar
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@sweet remnant I see. Those are pretty generic tho. i.e. sphere, plane etc.

marsh iron
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@compact cedar thats the point though, you have to macgyver a game out of whatever you can find, it sounds great! the possibilities are huge

compact cedar
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@marsh iron not for me tho, many default assets provided with ue4 are really crap, i had to remade them

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^ the engine ones

somber hazel
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I agree with @compact cedar These default assets are garbage and the naming convention is even worse.

compact cedar
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@somber hazel well, we were talking about jam where you can't make own assets outside engine and cant use starting content

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i.e. only engine content allowed

somber hazel
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Uhm... I know?! I read the chat 😄

rain burrow
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help me

mossy sedge
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so I see theres a weird game jam starting friday, no non engine tools allowed, no starter content.

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so not exactly sure whats going to be made.

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aside from "make the bsp cube drop in the hole between the other bsp cubes"

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anyway. anyone know when the next official game jam is ? hoping in march

whole flame
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i think between february 23 and march 11

wise apex
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@mossy sedge could go grab the dev-geometry branch and see if you can get it to compile.

mossy sedge
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sounds scary and complicated.

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main reason for the hope is i have 7 weeks off from march 1st.

wise apex
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should be neither tbh

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give it a go, livestream it or w/e so you can show you're only using in-engine tools

maiden loom
#

my guess for the next jam would be end of February

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there is one coming

rigid fog
#

Yup

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Probably around Amanda's bday

copper carbon
#

Should that be the theme? 😛

rigid fog
#

@copper carbon Yes, special birthday tribute to you

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But...I could see that go wrong in so many different ways

copper carbon
#

haha yeah

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I don't really want that

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That could get weird

maiden loom
#

D:

copper carbon
#

why sad?

maiden loom
#

I have never know that emoticon to mean 'sad'!

covert mantle
#

What versioning engine are you using?

marsh iron
#

Perforce helix - will be good as long as theres less than 10 of us

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am hosting it on a spare dedibox

covert mantle
#

thats a pretty long jam, isn't it usually 3 days?

marsh iron
#

i think its just a chilled jam, I'm working on other projects too ^^

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its a fun challenge too, I plan to squeeze the sample content to its last drop of usefulness

covert mantle
#

4.18?

marsh iron
#

.18.3 yeah

covert mantle
#

they got some extra hidden content

marsh iron
#

will be useful 😃

covert mantle
#

well, ill be honest, ive never done a legit jam before, just personal deadlines

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also im not specialized, i dont think ill be of much use to u

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but good luck with it 😃

marsh iron
#

cheers bud ^^ i reckon anyone can help with this even just as testing, if you want the team discord feel free to dm me ill send you it

covert mantle
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i gotz to go for a drive, imma think on it and let you know.

small fern
#

oh crap, discord autoscroll again

glass fossil
#

@glass fossil talent

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@glass fossil, You do not have permission to use the talent command.

marsh iron
#

One more space opened up on our team for: https://itch.io/jam/ue-jam
Have a good concept, a team and project is already underway. Message me if you are interested!

itch.io
Unreal Engine 4 Jam

A game jam from 2018-01-18 to 2018-03-18 hosted by Yuliya Kozhemyako (Supr). I love Unreal Engine 4. And I want to share that love with everyone! :) RULES create a game using Unreal Engine 4 use only engine content and engine t

copper carbon
rigid fog
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nice

maiden loom
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oh jeez, that's short notice

marsh iron
rigid fog
#

Not only short notice, which meh, it's two weeks, good enough for most (good enough for employers)... the biggest gripe I have is that the jam length got shortened... @copper carbon 😭

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Kind of wish y'all could stick to one length.

maiden loom
#

it's a normal Thursday to Sunday?

compact cedar
lilac fox
#

o boi, crowd forge sure lewks awfully empty for teams :/

rigid fog
#

well

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seeing how it took a few weeks to get even MegaJam teams

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rolling

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It's a good possibility that it's just a little too little too late

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But, who knows, wait until the weekend

lilac fox
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ah i see, this is my 2nd gig so not acustomed to how things go :3
I guess i can lock myself in, large cuppa and winter jammies 4 this one

maiden loom
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I'm on holiday tomorrow until the 8th, so I have no chance sorting anything out, heh

glass fossil
ancient valve
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Global Game Jam tomorrow, gonna be a fun one

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well, today i suppose

spare magnet
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wait what

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when

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oh I seee

modest latch
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minecraft is better than GTA 5

radiant vessel
stable kiln
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hmm, they accept mac OS submissions but not linux?

stable kiln
#

So for multiplayer entries, i usually see steam subsystem, but with the regional settings and stuff isnt manual IP typing more user friendly?

maiden loom
#

Manual IP is way more normal for jam games

stable kiln
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most i seen use steam subsystem

somber hazel
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@copper carbon I don't see any mentions on HTML5 packaging? It's 60mb for an empty project, would be great to include it 😃

civic dock
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I updated the topic for this weekend's UE4 Jam. 🎉

lilac fox
#

if any 3d artist is still seeking a grp, we are looking for a fifth :3

small fern
#

I forgot this was happening again

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these happen so seldom nowadays that it's easy to forget

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might attend again and also not finish again 😄

#

kinda pains me that I actually submitted once and that game was completely unfinished

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so, special category winners don't get forum badge? 😄

robust basalt
#

...demonstrate our new game jam toolkit

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wut?

glass fossil
#

when is the next game jam?

robust basalt
glass fossil
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oh 2 hours left

robust basalt
#

nah, starts in 2 hours

glass fossil
#

until kickoff

robust basalt
#

ya 😃

glass fossil
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just thought about it

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ok i hope theme is something i can think something out

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cuz previous the dark and light one... i couldnt think anything

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i wont get any of the special categories 😄

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im bad with character design, i dont have VR hmd, idk about 100mb

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o shit. its 3 days 😮

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ok it will be at 9pm for me when it kicks off so i will just start with doing plans on paper

robust basalt
sudden totem
#

that GameJamToolkit

robust basalt
zenith gust
#

On Thin Ice eh

grizzled zenith
robust basalt
small fern
somber hazel
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empty c++ project, disabled all plugins except udp/tcp messaging, 64bit, since 32 seems to be not allowed, compressed, only 1 map, shared materials, exclude editor content, shipped, 105mb on 4.18

glass fossil
#

since im just gon be too lazy to enter, heres a tip for anybody looking for a cool visual effect: bubbles under the ice that react to player/enemy/object movement like what happens irl on thin ice

small fern
glass fossil
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lol ninjin nice quick find, report to amanda i guess

somber hazel
#

now someone tell me if inlcuding prereq files are allowed or not

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I did, no answer

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otherwise, we need someone who actually knows which Unreal version is packaged under 100mb

small fern
#

you don't need those installers

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just strip it all

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they only have like VC redists

somber hazel
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that's 77mb for me in 4.18 though, saw another guy in #packaging who said he got it to 50mb, but no idea which version he was using

small fern
#

could put a note in the readme etc that game requires VC++ redist etc if you worry about it too much

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it'll never be 50mb out of the box

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need to strip it

glass fossil
#

implement uharc, use that to package all assets, and then have a 2hour loading screen where u unpack em

somber hazel
#

hm... nah, it's just... they just copy paste the category from another jam and it feels like they have no idea 😐

zenith gust
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@somber hazel I asked in the forum thread a few days ago about the prerequisites, didn't get a clear answer, asked for clarification, hopefully we can get a yes/no

somber hazel
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And I still got no answer if HTML5 is allowed

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

zenith gust
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'cause apparently that's what people have been doing before, otherwise the stated numbers of 50MB can never have been reached

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@humble marsh no need to take it literally, they even judge on unique use of theme

small fern
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@humble marsh of course not

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you can use the theme as you wish

zenith gust
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@somber hazel I'm going to assume that 32bit is allowed as well, and that they just used 64bit as the example in the theme, nothing in the thread says 64bit only

small fern
#

If you say that someone is on thin ice or is skating on thin ice, you mean that they are doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences.

sudden totem
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in thin ice so thinner than expected of the ice

small fern
#

32bit is fine

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it runs on 64

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but

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be aware that 32bit packaging used to be bit bugged

glass fossil
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yea dont mix up them showing how to package a build for win64 on the stream based on a question with win64 only

small fern
#

it often just fails

stable kiln
#

hell i might as well submit balls of snow again

glass fossil
#

make a game about lying on your tax returns

zenith gust
#

@small fern I saw you saying that you got a template down to 30MB on another jam, just how much did you exclude? I can get mine down to just 50MB, and thats with slate blacklisted

small fern
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well, I have my secrets 😄

somber hazel
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my blacklist is not even working 😐

small fern
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but 50MB is fine

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you can fit plenty of content into it

zenith gust
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@small fern haha, fair enough, would be nice to hear after the jam 😄

small fern
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@somber hazel did you see my post on packaging?

somber hazel
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I'll just package for HTML5 and say: "nobody said it's forbidden"

small fern
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I gave example path for blacklist

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make sure it's correct for HTML5

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also, is HTML5 even allowed?

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for gamejam

slender sedge
#

they said to package for WIndows 64

small fern
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I'm pretty sure it wasn't allowed before

somber hazel
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@small fern ofc I did, we even talked about it 1 or 2 jams before, but I just tested the same stuff I did some versions ago for the new version

small fern
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@slender sedge that's just general advice, there's not 64bit requirement in the rules

carmine kindle
#

Does it actually say what the theme is anywhere on the forum posts?

slender sedge
#

right

robust basalt
#

also 32bit runs on 64bit systems

slender sedge
#

pretty standard now tho

robust basalt
#

they won't even notice, most likely

zenith gust
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@carmine kindle probably need to wait for amanda to edit the post

glass fossil
#

Mhmm livestream is a bit late

somber hazel
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I use some of my old assets "they won't even notice, most likely" 😐

glass fossil
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Or I'm stupid

small fern
#

@glass fossil you missed it

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it just ended

glass fossil
#

?

stable kiln
#

how was the jamreel last jam, only ppl that added a video to their jam got in there?

small fern
#

@copper carbon forum thread is missing the jam theme

slender sedge
#

you dont need to rec or stream the whole thing either right?

glass fossil
#

What's the theme?

slender sedge
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"on thin ice"

small fern
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it's channel topic

glass fossil
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Oh ok

slender sedge
#

They said they need to update the post with the theme

glass fossil
#

Finally something I can work with

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OMG

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I HAVE A FRICKIN AWESOME IDEA

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IT PUNCHED ME IN DA FACE AND SAID DO DIS

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And I will

slender sedge
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how do you make crystal meth thin?

glass fossil
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I like meth

void mango
#

What is it majik, TELL ME!

stable kiln
#

hey that was my idea:P

glass fossil
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NO I WONT

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Xd

wary egret
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No, that was MY idea

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you just stole it

glass fossil
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I don't do meth

slender sedge
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FPRPG about a skinny meth addict

glass fossil
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I didn't say what is my idea

wary egret
#

oh yeah

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damn

glass fossil
#

XD

robust basalt
#

I got* nothing

wary egret
#

I got nothing as well =p

robust basalt
#

I always have the same idea for every game jam, regardless of the theme

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tile based puzzle game

small fern
#

ok now they updated the post

wary egret
#

I can always figure something out as well, But I can't think of anything fun this time

small fern
#

with theme name

glass fossil
#

Hehe I have good idea

sly salmon
#

I am on thin ice right now

glass fossil
#

Idk if I will be able to make shader for the thing

small fern
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ice shader

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thin ice shader

glass fossil
#

Yes idk if I will be able to make it look good

small fern
stable kiln
#

cave demo has ice shader, its decent

small fern
#

now everyone downloads that and uses as is

glass fossil
#

Lolright

small fern
glass fossil
#

Yes

sly salmon
#

I m afraid this single material is more than 100mb

robust basalt
#

most saturated ice ever

small fern
#

heh

robust basalt
#

it's like frozen meth

wary egret
#

That's a really blue ice

small fern
#

that's just voronoi pattern

wary egret
#

like, really blue

slender sedge
#

Where is the SUBMISSION FORM?

small fern
#

you ready?

robust basalt
#

😄

#

world record for fastest jam submission ever

small fern
#

now I only have one issue

wary egret
#

Special category: Games under 50s

small fern
#

I'm still compiling UE4 engine here

glass fossil
small fern
#

been doign this for 4 days straight

stable kiln
#

well im still in doubt submitting my older balls of snow entry and just put : everything in sourced assets 😛

small fern
#

maybe I'll get it to compile today

void mango
#

QUESTION: Can I use third aprty assets such as substance textures and megascans models?

wary egret
#

you can

small fern
#

you can use those, but you need to disclose them (put note what you used)

robust basalt
#

@mkod you can use everything, as longs as you disclose it

wary egret
#

but you should tell that you used them on the submission

void mango
#

Okay, and do I have to disclose that right?

small fern
#

yeah

void mango
#

Ok thanks guys

small fern
#

be aware that in such case, you'll not get "this looks fancy"-points

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as they'll not give you any grade for good looks

robust basalt
#

for that I include a dick pic

void mango
#

Yeah I was wanting to use it for time saving more than anything

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I am gonna focus more on use of theme and gameplay

slender sedge
#

anyone need a texture tool to make there own with photos for free?

small fern
#

for the only jam I actually finised, I only used engines own textures

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mainly noise patterns

robust basalt
#

runtime noise for every material

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go for 5fps

small fern
#

that would fit 100mb cat well

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pfft

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they have beefy gpu's at epic

robust basalt
#

that should be a special category

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"under 5fps"

small fern
#

t.maxfps 4

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done

robust basalt
#

shit

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you win

slender sedge
#

lel

stable kiln
#

setres 100.000x100.000

small fern
#

I use that console command all the time on physics tests

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just for 15 fps

slender sedge
#

would ask if anyone want to work together.. but i kind of just want to start now

small fern
#

I solo always, that way I don't have any pressure for not finishing :p

void mango
#

Gotta get an idea first ttt

languid pasture
#

is there some asset pack we need to use or are we completely free?

void mango
#

you can use anything Lars but if you do you need to disclose on your submission

small fern
#

you don't need to use any preexisting content

languid pasture
#

fine.

slender sedge
#

Preferably your own assets .. other ones from marketplace etc have to be disclosed

small fern
#

if you can make everything during jam, even better

stone hull
#

did they announce the theme???

small fern
#

you need to disclose your own premade assets too

void mango
#

I think the only way to make everything yourself is go stylized look, not pbr

languid pasture
#

then I#m working now... Hope i get something finished. saturday i have a family date I can't skip :-Ü

small fern
#

ON THIN ICE

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(yes)

slender sedge
#

yeah sorry that 😒 what i ment

stone hull
#

sick ty

slender sedge
#

my birthday on 10th

robust basalt
slender sedge
#

I have a really good idea that i will not use..

somber hazel
#

is the full potato team participating? ❤

stable kiln
#

to be honest Jams dont feel as fun now they are once every 4 months :/

robust basalt
#

nope

slender sedge
#

3D getting over it/sexy hiking

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first person 3d getting over it on ice

robust basalt
#

slapunas got himself a job and can't jam

#

:/

void mango
#

Anyone good with sfx/vfx wanna work with a coder/modeler/animator

somber hazel
#

😦

robust basalt
#

good, free game idea: a game where you have to fake being transgender so you can go into womens toilets

somber hazel
#

edgy, I like it

void mango
#

[TRIGGERED]

slender sedge
#

On thin EDGE

grizzled zenith
#

Before I would accept the worst ideas ever and just start making them, but now I'm making it hard for myself :/

slender sedge
#

My idea aint bad tho

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nor easy

robust basalt
#

what happend @grizzled zenith

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did you take an arrow to the knee?

stable kiln
#

@slender sedge dunno what it is, but it needs more blood 😛

grizzled zenith
#

I might have, never noticed it tho

robust basalt
#

pretty sure it hurts

slender sedge
#

Getting over it but on ice and 3d first person

robust basalt
#

that makes my physically sick

grizzled zenith
#

VR

robust basalt
slender sedge
#

htere will be blood

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*there

glass fossil
#

Ok my idea and plan is done

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But damn 3 days only

robust basalt
#

that's a great idea

slender sedge
#

good luck Majik

glass fossil
#

Lol

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Tnx

void mango
#

I just thought of idea guys but i think its scope is kinda ridiculous

robust basalt
#

you are in a discord channel and you nobody has an idea, and you have to trigger everyone by posting how great your game idea is

void mango
#

oh well

glass fossil
#

Xd

robust basalt
slender sedge
#

lol

glass fossil
#

Lol just paste that into game

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And you win

grizzled zenith
#

He doesn't he's just saying it to trigger others and make them not focus on making ideas so that others lose and he wins

glass fossil
#

Lool

somber hazel
#

you have to invest in bitcoin as much as you can before the bubble burst, plot twist: you will always lose in this game

#

I'm a genious

robust basalt
#

too soon

glass fossil
#

Well I don't care about winning cuz I legally can't get prizes

#

Cuz I'm 14 shush noone tell anyone

grizzled zenith
#

"Legally" pffff

robust basalt
#

laws and rules are there to be ignored

glass fossil
#

Xd

robust basalt
#

a game where you are legally not allowed to do stuff, but you are doing it anyways

stable kiln
#

wunna make a game about north korea at the olympics, but im gunna get hacked harder than sony if I do 😛

glass fossil
#

Lol

robust basalt
#

then you are on thin ice making it

#

that would be meta theme connection

grizzled zenith
#

If you're worried about the rules saying you're too young, just say your grandma made it

glass fossil
#

You're God damn right

slender sedge
#

⛸

zenith gust
#

All these gamedev grandmas nowadays, taking over the industry!

glass fossil
#

😂

somber hazel
#

trying to be a youtuber, doing edgy stuff in public, crossing ethical lines, trying to get more views while trying not to land in jail

stable kiln
#

or i could make a game called :Paragone

robust basalt
#

😃

somber hazel
grizzled zenith
#

Hmm I could make a battle royale but in antarctica

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Or MMO

robust basalt
#

bottle royal, a game about alcoholics

void mango
#

Make the next big MMO

carmine kindle
#

Yes, make an MMO in 3 days

void mango
#

Be sure your scope is huge

stable kiln
#

if its turn based MMO is super easy

grizzled zenith
#

Huge? I'm making just a little mmo, not anything like gta or something

void mango
#

If a soldier w/ bow is archer, than was do you call a soldier w/ shield and sword

carmine kindle
#

Infantry? Swordsman?

void mango
#

Swordman, I like that thank you

robust basalt
#

I actually just want to make a space game

void mango
#

how would ice be invlved tho

robust basalt
stable kiln
#

snowmans sky

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duhhh

zenith gust
#

@robust basalt make it about comets maybe? Like, mining comet ice to get water, or w/e

#

if you want to be literal with the ice thing

#

otherwise the whole "on thin ice" saying can be used in any setting eh

robust basalt
#

nah, solo or bust this time

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so most likely bust

zenith gust
#

Solo and bust, the classic

void mango
#

Question: are we allowed to share our idea or we gotta keep it on the down low?

somber hazel
#

kellogg's frosties: put as much as sugar in your products to addict children, but don't get caught by FDA

robust basalt
#

I like that one

zenith gust
#

@void mango you're allowed to share your idea, but there's nothing stopping someone else from using the same idea either

void mango
#

@somber hazel lol

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Ok heff thanks

somber hazel
#

dayum, I only got ideas that involve shitty people doing shitty stuff today

robust basalt
#

I want to make a game that is borderline offensive, where you have to do borderline offensive things to annoy people

grizzled zenith
#

I think I have an idea but the technical side would be a problem

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Maybe

somber hazel
#

an offensive game, yeah, I always wanted to blame someone, that would be neat

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or some game that raises questions and stuff

robust basalt
#

the game would be called TRIGGGGGGERED

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or that's racist

somber hazel
#

oh, maybe a game where triggered has 2 meanings

stable kiln
#

some flag burning and comics of mohammed

somber hazel
#

woah woah woah

#

that might be too offensive 😄

robust basalt
#

nah, you are walking on thin ice with that one

somber hazel
#

I want to trigger people, not setting them on fire 😄

carmine kindle
#

If that's done well, it could be quite fun.

rigid fog
#

@carmine kindle No you can't do your RTS again

#

😉

carmine kindle
#

But it is the super obvious thing to go for with a theme like this.

#

But, but...

#

I can't make another one, it wouldn't have the same cool factor.

somber hazel
#

I GOT IT, I FINALLY GOT IT

carmine kindle
#

I'm not sure I'll actually get around to making anything this time anyway, unless I get a really good idea

rigid fog
#

@somber hazel do good

#

@stable kiln you going solo with some crazy thing ?

stable kiln
#

well i might just not join this time, lost all motivation after a few hours last time

rigid fog
#

damn

stable kiln
#

not sure yet

#

uddercrab still needs a game tho..

robust basalt
#

I got nothin

stable kiln
#

he is uttercrap 😛

robust basalt
#

lul

compact cedar
robust basalt
#

I think a floor disappearing tile based puzzle game

#

would actually work

stable kiln
#

@compact cedar too late allready posted 😛

compact cedar
#

oh, my bad

#

@humble marsh there's nothing wrong with winning by that mechanic...since you probably have to compete 30 similar games

robust basalt
#

why would you assume there is a better use of theme than literal thin ice?

compact cedar
#

i think in all the jams winners were predicted really good

#

i have an idea that doesn't use this mechanic tho...not sure if i will participate this jam (team seems busy -_-)

stable kiln
#

I did make a reversed noise outline in an hour or so, was kinda impressed by myself 😛

radiant vessel
void mango
#

what is reveres noise outline

stable kiln
#

used noise for displacement, reversed it too make an outline for it

#

flip the norms and reverse the noise

#

it wil outline the displacement

#

thought of it myself, doubt there is a tut on that 😛

short chasm
#

thanks 4 share 😉

wise ermine
grizzled zenith
#

I think I have an alright idea

storm blade
#

that makes 1 of us

zenith gust
#

Yeah, didn't manage to figure out anything fun yesterday, gonna have to keep thinking while working today so I have something ready to start on when I get home

robust basalt
#

yep, 8hours of sleep.. still nothin

grizzled zenith
#

Make a frozen pole licking simulator?

robust basalt
#

with proper tongue simulation

echo glade
#

VR tounge simulation

small fern
#

I think I'll miss this jam too

#

still compiling ue4

#

for 5th day

#

so, not looking good 😄

robust basalt
#

what are you doing?

#

like 5 days straight?

#

normal github build?

small fern
#

nah

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trying to get faster iterative builds, I don't have patience to wait 40 minutes after single line chage in engine code anymore

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so I've tried all kinds of things here

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now been fixing non-unity build for few days :p

robust basalt
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oh ya, fuck engine code

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never have the patience to touch anything

small fern
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yeah, this is a disaster

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I don't think there's any real solution for this

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other than farm of i7's or i9's

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but that's not something I can afford right now

robust basalt
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😃

compact cedar
small fern
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@compact cedar not yet, I did try fastbuild for few days

compact cedar
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@small fern this one made for ue4

small fern
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does it help?

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like work in practice?

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I came across that, but it looked like it wasn't been updated anymore

compact cedar
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@small fern yep...first build 40m...net one about 7

small fern
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it still works on 4.18?

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I'll try it for sure

compact cedar
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it doesn't need any updates...

small fern
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oh right

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this had some really funky setup

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which is why I skipped it in the first place

compact cedar
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it uses Incredibuild code that comes with ue4

glass fossil
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Ok I rewrote my idea for game at school

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Now it's a lot better

small fern
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@compact cedar ah

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well, worth trying I guess

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still going to fix this non-unity build first

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want to see the impact of it

glass fossil
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Is only the mega jams 1 week

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Cuz this is my 2nd jam

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And 1st one was previous

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1 week

robust basalt
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mega jam is 1 week

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previous jams were 4 days+ though

glass fossil
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Oh

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I thought all of them 1 week

robust basalt
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so this is the shortest ue4 jam yet

glass fossil
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Ok

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👌

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K bye have to go

small fern
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@robust basalt this is the old game jam time

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they only recently added the extra 1.5 days

robust basalt
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nah, they had 4days for the quarterly

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the monthly had half a day extra day though

small fern
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I'm confused

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this one isn't 3.5 as well?

robust basalt
small fern
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midnight on sunday ET

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same as it was always on monthly jams

robust basalt
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hm

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actually

small fern
robust basalt
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you are kinda right

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but

small fern
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actually, they had 1 minute more there

robust basalt
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I feel like we are mising some hours

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it's 6am in the mornig for me

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I remember working until 8-10am for me

small fern
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only if the stream was earlier before

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daylight savings?

robust basalt
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maybe I was just late and didn't have enough sleep

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might be

zenith gust
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Hmm, the forum thread says 11:59 PM

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while the countdown is for 11:59 military

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so 11:59 AM

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So instead of midnight the timer ends midday

small fern
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what?

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both forum and countdown both use timezone for Epics HQ

zenith gust
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Maybe I'm just confused, but to me it seems like if one wanted 11:59 PM one would have to specify 23:59 on the timezone site, but I may well be missing something

small fern
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look closer under the time

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it says on what timezone it is

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Time until Sunday, 11 February 2018, 11:59:00 (Raleigh time)

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oh

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it doesn't specify AM or PM

zenith gust
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"The jam ends on Sunday, February 11th at 11:59PM ET."

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Is what it says in the forum post

small fern
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yeah, it says PM

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but time is for AM on that counter

zenith gust
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yeah

small fern
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it's a mistake

zenith gust
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so we have another 12 hours most likely

small fern
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yeah, all written info is right

zenith gust
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@robust basalt that explains your percieved loss of hours ^^

small fern
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@copper carbon can you check the timeanddate link, we think it's 12 hours too early

glass fossil
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2 days left and didn't even start

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Cuz of my time zone

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And I have school too so for me it counts just 2 days to make a game instead of 3 😔

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And I have to edit every message cuz I can't write on phone xd

zenith gust
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Happens to many of us, can't skip work just like you can't skip school 😉

glass fossil
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Idk if I will be able to finish the game :/

zenith gust
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Make it small, extremely small scope

glass fossil
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Will have to cut some features myb

zenith gust
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But yeah, I feel you, I have often failed to finish my games on previous jams

glass fossil
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It's about running on ice and trying to not fall into it while a snowball sentry is shooting at ice to break it

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It will be bad

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Xd

quaint mirage
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I wonder how literal I should be with the theme... hmmm

small fern
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@compact cedar how can one tell that octobuild is working?

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like, is there's some log/new info on output

grizzled zenith
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I'm still at school and haven't started yet, this is the normal jamming schedule for me 😃

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though it's a nice way to force some time for planning and creating ideas

glass fossil
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i planned at school

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during lessons xd

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but shiet

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have to do a lot this weekend for school

grizzled zenith
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we got the priorities right

glass fossil
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yeah

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but idk if i will be able to make my game happen cuz have to write that thing (12 pages of just text about something that teacher said)

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8 of them are written

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and do experiments for physics lesson

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i think im out of this jam

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too little time

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and i just cant sit nonstop 8 hours at ue4

stable kiln
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some of my best were done in under 3 hours 😛

glass fossil
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i cant do it that fast

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and im bad af at shaders

stable kiln
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you dont need those at all 😛

glass fossil
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fak.... i spilled milk at myself trying to open it XD

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and what about character?

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i cant model for shit

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uses 1 cube for characetr xd

grizzled zenith
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make it first person

small fern
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ue4 mannequin for the win

grizzled zenith
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solved it

glass fossil
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first person doesnt fit my idea

small fern
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bend the idea

glass fossil
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and i will have to model everything around playable are because it will be seen

small fern
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but to be serious

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3d person characters are way more work

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it's not just the character

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also animations and interactions

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lots of things that can make it look crappy

glass fossil
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only interaction is picking up a powerup

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oh wait...

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I CAN MAKE A BRAWL GAME

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oh wait no

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idk what to do there

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🤔

small fern
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I could actually do that

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thanks 😄

glass fossil
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oh no

stable kiln
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lemme see if i can find one of my older jams 😛

small fern
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well, I'm still compiling UE4 here, probably tomorrow too 😄

grizzled zenith
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I was thinking about a penguin fighting game

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I'll stick with penguins but not the fighting game

stable kiln
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mine starts at 9:14:00

glass fossil
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what is a default length of game jam?

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3 days always?

grizzled zenith
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3 days

glass fossil
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aww

stable kiln
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its a classic 😛

glass fossil
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so for me its always 2 days

grizzled zenith
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I like it like that

carmine kindle
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The mega jams are a week

glass fossil
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ye my first jam was megajam

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the previous

grizzled zenith
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unless the megajam is on a holiday it's really difficult to find time

glass fossil
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and the megajams are when?

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1 is at winter start about

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or near that

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i think

robust basalt
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once a year, before christmas

small fern
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megajam is in the fall usually

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last time it was delayed near xmas

glass fossil
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ok im starting my project right now

compact cedar
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@small fern it is shown in the log (octobuild)

small fern
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on first run too?

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I'm not seeing anything different

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or you mean that octobuild has it's own log?

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I installed it manually as the script failed

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so it's possible it's not properly setup atm

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but I have no idea how to verify it as it should "just work"

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@compact cedar

compact cedar
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it's a MSI installer

small fern
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that's where the script pointed

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took 0.014-x86_64.msi

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I think it's the newest

compact cedar
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yep

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it is

small fern
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also rebooted the computer

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I think it's recompiling the whole engine now

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but I didn't get any octobuild related note on the VS output log

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you'd think there would be at least some note it's using it

copper carbon
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@small fern Jam ends at 11:59 PM ET - the text was right, but the link was wrong. Thanks 😃

small fern
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yeah, I can see it's fixed now, all good then 😃

copper carbon
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😄

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How are your games coming along?

small fern
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I'm still doing ue4 compilation stuff, not sure if I attend, others seemed to be on the planning stage

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theme is nice tho

zenith gust
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I'm still stuck at work, but pumped to get home and get started soon!

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Just have to handle that small thing called scope, and how mine is never small enough

glass fossil
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it is possible to make small scope, i once made a game - you need to just heat up metal ingots, place them on table with sticks and depending on how much there is it makes different melee weapons (there were 4), and give it to cube guys sliding besides you, that was my first game, 1 year ago i think

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so dont worry 😄

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it was made in 2 days

grizzled zenith
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having issues with my laptop graphics, it switched to intel hd graphics I finally noticed it now

copper carbon
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Limiting scope is always key. It can be tough to trim down though.

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Oh - nothing like your computer acting up at opportune moments!

small fern
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@compact cedar oh, I had to force it on in the BuildConfiguration, thought it would be enabled by default

compact cedar
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@small fern really? how does it look? i can't remember changing anything

small fern