3 hours flew by
#game-jam-chat
glass fossil
uneven basin
might aswell install 4.20 for this one
hardy thicket
Still on that value.
small fern
forward got MSAA tho
just got my custom 4.20 running with HBAO+ on forward
unreals SSAO doesn't work on forward at all
uneven basin
waow, 4.20 install is actually bottlenecked by HDD speed
welp, no regrets on switching ISP
opaque kernel
Can someone explain the rules for the assets used? It said nothing premade?
Submission may include sourced (non-original) assets, but the sourced assets must be noted.Submission must not include assets created prior to the Contest period (outside of noted sourced assets). All art assets in Submission must have a material other than the default applied to it.
carmine kindle
If you use something pre-made you have to say so in the submission form. It's fine to use marketplace assets or even stuff you made yourself if you make sure to mention which things were not done during the jam.
carmine kindle
yeah, it's been like that all the time
opaque kernel
this is my first jam attempt
carmine kindle
You can use whatever you like, but they'll only consider what you did during the jam for judging purposes.
hidden flicker
"that" isa good 1
of course im lying, dont actually check for submissions, we are way far from done
you probably knew that though
civic dock
Of course! I'd be pretty skeptical of a game that was submitted on the first day. ๐
idle tapir
hey guys I got started with my jam ๐ idk if anyone cares to check it out but I watched memes for a few mins and came up with some combination of Minesweeper and Sorry https://youtu.be/cVL49cQtYvM ๐
results around 1:26
somber hazel
alright, got everything planned out, but since I can't model, 4 days will be spent to make a decent 3D model ๐
idle tapir
๐ what kind of model do you need to make?
somber hazel
low poly, lul
hearty ferry
2am on the first evening of the jam, and have gotten a good idea and made a solid start on the prototype... already going better than previous jams ๐
hardy thicket
WOAH THE SERVER GOT REARRANGED
glass fossil
ive hit that point where ive given up on detailed comments and im just titling stuff that works as i go
loving this jam so far, learned a ton about AI
hidden flicker
bitcoin miner simulator?
somber hazel
Apparently the first sculpt of my life, is gonna be a dog ๐
Too bad I'm an amateur and this will probably take some time, lul
minor hemlock
note: always use references when creating levels XD
kept feeling more and more claustrophobic with my camera ... until I put in a reference character and realized everything was too big ๐ฎ
hardy thicket
Got some basic level of gameplay going. Anybody see what I'm going for? https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhhw6kkdc22zaq4/2018-08-16 21-45-22.mp4?dl=0
hardy thicket
No not Spiderman.
minor hemlock
that looks pretty fun, how do you control the arms?
hardy thicket
Either WASD and Arrow Keys, or the joysticks on your controller.
Later there will be windows that try to crush your fingers and people trying to throw flower pots on your head.
Also later you won't be able to grab places that aren't windows, like the brick parts and the empty parts.
hearty ferry
7:40am, time to start day 2, hoping to get the prototype finished today
glass fossil
https://gfycat.com/FewThoseBushbaby Gonna go collapse for the night, got my AI working really well and setup a tesla
west wing
Finally, I found a good idea for the game. Took me 11 hours.
marsh oxide
I have no idea at all, but is time to start ๐
small fern
I'm still compiling the engine (for packaging this time)
this takes like 30-45 minutes ๐
only for the first run fortunately
unless I go changing the engine again
glass fossil
And when this is the one game jam I can't participate in because of reasons, the theme is easiest for me to do from all previous jams
opal path
@glass fossil care to share a bit of your perspective?
glass fossil
By that you mean?
opal path
you said it was easiest for you to do so far, so you must have some brilliant insight 
no worries I'm just curious
sharp berry
Im alone in the house tomorrow, with that theme i can make something quick
marsh oxide
cats in space ... invading planets ? ๐
grizzled zenith
Alright, I think it's time to start ๐
hearty ferry
First attempt at a water material (ever), really happy how it turned out, big part of my jam game
And now with a height map and tesselation added ๐
tepid light
Well, I'm starting my third take on the theme. Let's hope this one stays ๐
@marsh oxide Oh, cool. How do you deal with a navmesh on a sphere?
marsh oxide
@tepid light I'm just using physics, so the 'characters' will go towards a specific point and on collision it will just slide
tepid light
ha. Smart
glass fossil
ok although i have very little time this week i will try to do something
well, that escalated quickly
small fern
heh, still no megascans for me
I'm guessing they didn't stick to the deadline as the jam page said you can request access until midnight 17h GMT and I applied like 4 hours before but after jam theme was announced
small fern
ok, they sorted it out right away now ๐
minor hemlock
I have to head out to the convenience store for my morning caffeination...
today is gameplay day \o/
if I don't get that done today then I'm in trouble... because I'm gonna need all weekend to bang rocks together for supplemental 3d models
maiden loom
what was the megascans deal, out of curiosity?
minor hemlock
2 months at the freelance level I think?
storm blade
tell me something guys, just so we're all on the same page
does one need to take drugs to come up with a game idea that would fit one of their themes?
hardy thicket
Nah winners don't do drugs.
They do coffee.
Which caffeine is actually technically a drug so nevermind do drugs man.
hardy thicket
This jam was the first time I got an idea on the first day, mainly because I got good advice.
hidden flicker
yea me 2... but if you have problems with creativity try not getting much sleep
and then laying in bed, thats when the ideas mostly come
minor hemlock
@storm blade not at all, my inspiration was a classic 90s game
hardy thicket
Like "go to thesaurus.com and look up the key word."
maiden loom
first evening on the jam is usually spent working on the concept, then the first day is the actual work
though the timing works nicely like that for me because I'm in Europe
minor hemlock
sometimes you just have to take a dumb idea and run with it
hardy thicket
I was able to get some work on the first day because of that advice.
Dumb ideas win. Remember that one game about disguising a unicorn?
storm blade
well, I have some ideas of course, but I don't like any of them
hidden flicker
yea i dont think our idea is anything smart lol
minor hemlock
the more time you spend thinking on it the less time you have to implement an "awesome" idea ๐
hardy thicket
But isn't that the point?
minor hemlock
and every hour counts in a jam
hidden flicker
dont do drugs mkay
minor hemlock
here's another way to think of it if it helps you, find a tangent and keep refining it
for example mine was:
Hurr durr, escalators!
How about a game about an elevator?
How about a game where you ARE the elevator?
How about a game where you have to deliver passengers to earn your freedom from this prison of an elevator?
note that I was able to start prototyping by the second idea and it didn't invalidate any further refinements
storm blade
have been thinking about an elevator also
hidden flicker
dude everyone is either thinking elevator or escalator, dont feel bad
minor hemlock
I spent my time modelling an elevator to keep thinking on it
I really wish someone could get the rights to stairway to heaven for this jam, but I'm not gonna bank on it ๐ฆ
but maybe you find it easier to start with mechanics before implementing something concrete? the theme could be taken to mean difficulty and/or power level escalates quickly..
small fern
@maiden loom people who signed up for it got 60 credits of freelancer megascans for the duration of the jam (Active till Aug 23rd, 2018)
hardy thicket
I looked at thesaurus.com and saw "climb" which made me think about "Crazy Climber".
maiden loom
ah cool
small fern
no idea if those acquired assets stick to your megascans account after that or not
minor hemlock
@hardy thicket forever known as spider-qwop to me. sorry.
hardy thicket
XD
I'm eventually gonna make a character with proper animations but for now it's just the mannequin with IK on it's hands.
minor hemlock
actually, qwop isn't the one I'm thinking of, this is : http://www.foddy.net/2011/03/girp/
hardy thicket
Oh well it's not gonna be a Bennett Foddy game that's for sure.
glossy spear
I am making some weird shit to be honest
I am using the other meaning
to escalate quickly means to heat up quickly
hardy thicket
I'm using escalate as in climb.
glossy spear
Yeah
hardy thicket
And then everybody else is doing escalators.
glossy spear
but I couldn't think of anything unique with escalators or elevators or bennett foddy
minor hemlock
I'm playing it fairly straight, not going for unique as much as solid implementation
glossy spear
I am not going for not unique bcoz we had the idea within 1st hour
I wasn't that bad
and its shaping up not bad
the only thing is we might run out of time
and one specific part will remain incomplete
minor hemlock
poundfist AI!!!!!
glossy spear
@minor hemlock wrong lol
and now for the other problem
were making procedural levels
uneven basin
well, there's your problem
hushed quartz
somehow i thought the deadline was on 28th ... rip
burnt rose
how you guys doing?
small fern
only 4 days 2h 50m left
heh, 504 joined
oh crap, I missed the 2 month free houdini license
well, according to the form there's still few hours left to apply
hidden flicker
the houdini thing looks cool, but its like 1 more thing out of 10,000 i still need to learn
i still suck at blender
small fern
well, realistically tho, nobody can learn houdini in few days well enough to be productive with it on game jam
hidden flicker
ltes see how well ue4 can handle spawning actors at a negative rate
spawn an actor every -1 seconds
i shouldve spotted that be4 pressing play
it hasnt crashed, but it also isnt working
can a cpu start a fire?
storm blade
I doubt it
it will probably shut down (permanently) before it hits 100 c
and that isn't enough to start a fire
but you can cook eggs on it
actually disregard that
sometimes it melts so it has to be at least 231,9 degrees celsius
doing a bit of research here. anything is better than trying to come up with a game
uneven basin
failsafe kicks in around 100 degrees
and even after that, surrounding components are usually rated to withstand double that heat
storm blade
I had an old AMD cpu literally melt down once. put some tinder on it and there you go
minor hemlock
ooh physics gotcha. "We're not fat, just big boned ๐ฆ " https://imgur.com/a/7YMBNKb
rugged widget
Dropped out of the jam
hidden flicker
i love how now that i have source control that restore button actually works
instead of pressing it everytime even though i knew it wasnt going to wokr but just hoping that it would somehow magically
source control is the coolest thing ive learned for this jam, people working and telling me, hit the SYNC button... and boom ASSETS
@rugged widget why did you dorp out?
drop
not derp
rugged widget
Everything just kinda fell through, we couldn't come up with an idea we were all happy with
wise apex
Whadya do? Programmer?
rugged widget
Programming, art.
wise apex
Trying to decide if I wanna hop in late
rugged widget
Fun stuff, I setup source control yesterday using perforce and my own VPS
That took about 2 hours after the jam started
wise apex
Ah, yeah I tend to do that before.
rugged widget
and then we talked about the theme
Wasn't sure if it was allowed
No one would give a straight answer when I asked
wise apex
I've got an idea but I'm not sure if I can execute it properly alone.
hidden flicker
what do you mean allowed?
rugged widget
Doing stuff before the jam
wise apex
to set up stuff before
rugged widget
Wasn't sure if it was okay
hidden flicker
ah yeah source control doesnt count
wise apex
You can do up to having a blank project synced onto everybody's PC before the jam starts.
When I do that, I call the project [JAM_PERIOD]
hidden flicker
we actually had a project be4 hand, we were going to do a horror thing, but the theme completely threw us off, which is a good thing because everything is now made from scratch pretty much
wise apex
So eg ue4_sumjam2018
rugged widget
The theme for this jam is awful
wise apex
its alright
hidden flicker
you can do a lot with it
rugged widget
yes all keywords that have already been past around
It's still a bad theme
it's boring and way too restrictive
hidden flicker
better than space cats
rugged widget
I don't disagree.
wise apex
Anywew, im a programmer if you maybe wanna team up. Can do art on the side maybe.
rugged widget
I don't think the theme was ever space cats
hidden flicker
i got lucky i guess, team was super collaborative, i think the fact we had a pre-existing theme that we had to completely drop kinda made us want to agree on something even more
still loads of time if you guys do decide to go in
wise apex
tru
Got some other stuff I need to move off my plate though I kinda forgot when this'd be coming up :P
hidden flicker
this is my first game jam, ive always been doing something else when a game jam came up like travelling or moving... so i was like Finally got 1 i can do
hushed quartz
@wise apex what kind of help would you need for your idea ?
hearty ferry
I gotta say I'm liking this years theme way better than previous themes I've participated in
Had an idea on the first evening pretty much right after the theme got announced, haven't been that fast before, it usually takes me a day or two to get to a good game idea
tawny tide
can anyone help me in paper 2d? making a game for a game jam
wise apex
@hushed quartz would prefer an artist, but another programmer can't hurt either.
hearty ferry
Got some nice lighting working in my water, this jam is really going great
hushed quartz
@wise apex i'm not really an artist, but i can make some simple stuff in blender.. if that would do you any good
grizzled zenith
Day 1 done! ๐
Farmer is defending his cows from aliens with his shotgun
I'm hoping to add a lot more difficulty (and UFOs) with later stages and a shop where you can buy upgrades/possible utilities
and ragdolls!
small fern
lacks that camera shake still
grizzled zenith
lacks everything good
small fern
I hope the farmer gets HP eventually
otherwise you'd just beam him up and finish the ufos inside of them
small fern
or just make him fall after he reaches the ufo
make the ufo beam him down instantly
or make it dangerous, like instant death ๐
you could also make aliens probe him every time he goes aboard
I bet there's some limit how much probing a man can take before falling apart
grizzled zenith
thanks for the suggestions
I'll have to experiment with it a lot, it might not be a bad thing if the best way of getting kills is by elevating up to a ship, bailing out and shooting all the others. Also 1 thing that I kind of want to have is having to memorize which ships have stolen many cows and which contain nothing. A problem I will most likely run into is it's just impossible to keep track of so many things, especially as you need to control the aim and the player at the same time at different positions. Not sure how to tackle that
glass fossil
any suggestions for a really beginner friendly audio creation software?
something to create background music
grizzled zenith
Maybe if you had a pitchfork instead of a shotgun and you'd have to touch the ship to destroy it it would become a bit more managable
I don't really know
carmine kindle
There's beepbox if you want some retro music
copper carbon
@grizzled zenith Nice! Love it ๐
pine fulcrum
I'm lurking around various game jam streams
3 times now I showed up to a channel
streamer just be like
'well, fuck'
and then end the stream
wise apex
well, fuck, allars here or well, fuck, im rage quitting the jam cause reasons ?
wise apex
I just imagine you being all hi and them getting sp00ked
glass fossil
Some real drama going on atm with our group in the jam,
civic dock
lol
dusky vessel
Don't you think that's a little narcissistic? I tune into streams with no viewers all the time only to see them end shortly afterward
pine fulcrum
definitely not me related
civic dock
How's the jam going, folks?
wise apex
Pretty good, thinking about starting 
civic dock
Scrolling up, I already see some pretty cool WIP shots.
glass fossil
spent a solid 10 minutes trying to make a popping noise with my mouth and finger today
so overall productive
glass fossil
actually it was pretty fun because i made a neat radial menu for an emote system
pine fulcrum
multiplayer?
glass fossil
it's a mix of tower defense and black ops 2 zombies
single player
anyways theres the shop to buy turrets and defenses in, so in order to add more special things to it I threw in an emote system that you can buy throughout the game
pine fulcrum
The one biggest flaw with tower defense game jams is a lot of game jam entries don't give you a clear ui or any instructions
minor hemlock
I spent 6 hours futzing with physics ... "Today I get the gameplay done!" ha. ha.
glass fossil
i actually had an idea for that to create a quick tutorial at the start of the game to explain stuff
love doing game jams, its amazing to work with so many talented people and make a fun game in the 5 day window
west wing
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/m98f4u5e8p6x2t9/jam0.mp4?dl=0
Just made pawn working. My scheduling sucks.
glass fossil
when you open a pack of gum in class
somber hazel
oh man so genious
Could make a 'when apple announce it's new iPhone' game
Or 'when store X opens their doors on Black Friday'
hardy thicket
Okay so a little thing, I have voice acting in my game and it's beautiful.
I'm pretty confident just from my planned story and the voice acting alone.
old frigate
Hello, fellow jammers! ๐ I hope everyone's having fun
@glass fossil I checked out the VOD of your brainstorming session, gl with the game ๐
glass fossil
Thanks! Good luck with yours as well!
old frigate
Thank you!
storm blade
about to create the project
grizzled zenith
I'll have to do refactoring, but yeah it kind of works haha
grizzled zenith
going back and fixing badly made scripts
glass fossil
its basically like splitting your code up into different chunks
this is my zombie AI, see how its easy to read?
grizzled zenith
Oh well, not sure if I'm correct then ๐
glass fossil
thats because instead of it being a bunch of nodes put together, i refactored it into 2 custom functions
custom function example
so now i can quickly read my code and find it i have a bug
pine fulcrum
Rhys goes hard
grizzled zenith
yeah I don't do that ๐
glass fossil
eh that was on hour 11 of coding a really simple ai
the game jam taught me i suck at ai
but now im better at it
burnt rose
i just bash shit together
glass fossil
where it gets ugly is when im wanting to sleep so im copying and pasting BPs left and right to create a UI
You can tell I'm not a UI programmer because man that is some either great or terrible code
and i have no idea
burnt rose
one sec @glass fossil
carmine kindle
Just sounds like extra work , jam spaghetti is fun in itself to decipher later ๐
grizzled zenith
(kind of bad example because it's quite simple so far), but this is how I like to work lol
glass fossil
sir may i introduce you to, https://blueprintsfromhell.tumblr.com
grizzled zenith
ye that is amazing
burnt rose
glass fossil
oh dear lord have mercy
burnt rose
sorry this is from my other game
glass fossil
eh im on summer vacation so im just no lifing it
I want this poster, but instead its UE4 blueprints making up the spgaetti of the monster and the text would say "I want to Refactor"
grizzled zenith
I'd do it but no time for that ๐
old frigate
I just want to point out that Game Jam on the same week as WoW bfa release is a serious mental exercise for me
undone schooner
:d
I want to jam but I can only work on this weekend, I have a big meeting on monday
I guess Ill do the next one
old frigate
it's my first jam. Was intimidating at the start of day 1, it's really fun now though! Glad I pushed through the beginning
undone schooner
yeah the start and the end is difficult, but once you know what you should be doing its very fun
old frigate
yep, it feels like it
glossy spear
anyobdy like my naming style??
zinc relic
gjtijrinfw!
grizzled zenith
slkdj fesda ๐
zinc relic
mmm!
unreal actually does care...
so did you
because you doidnt used any special signs
just the letters
because unreal would care if you didnt ๐
marsh oxide
little update ๐
marsh oxide
y
marsh oxide
camera following, you can see stuff in background don't move
marsh oxide
no, is actually a few nodes
undone schooner
if anyone wants some help with their jam though let me know
I can make some meshes for ya
I got a day off just cleaning the apt so yah
marsh oxide
yup, that is my plan, to make procedural generated planets and travel between them like in ftl
marsh oxide
๐
zinc relic
i dont know if nms is acrtually finished yet
marsh oxide
they keep updating it
pine fulcrum
โ
zinc relic
โ
marsh oxide
thanks @burnt rose ,i still don't know how i shove the theme in, but i'm keep going ๐
burnt rose
hahaha ๐
something that makes you think "well that escalated quickly" in the end of the game
burnt rose
glossy spear
still making tutorial level, haven't even gotten to main level yet lol. and this also is less than 50% done
glossy spear
@burnt rose htf is your game looking so beautiful
glossy spear
@burnt rose which is not good
and actually mine is very simple
my workflow is very bad
I posted my naming metohd above if you wanted some examples
burnt rose
oh. my. god.
glossy spear
and that is not one blueprint
there are like 15 blueprints with 20+ items with names like that
burnt rose
sounds like something from a nightmare
glossy spear
And I don't know how am i goning to complete it
I have done like 30% of tutorial level by now
burnt rose
start by renaming everything
glossy spear
no thx
they are all child blueprints
bound to throw errors
if i start renaming
And also
I don't need to
I need to make a UI
Scoring system
difficulty multiplier
levels
ui
sounds
and god knows what else
glossy spear
nah
platformer
I think I am gonna be lazy and make it procedural instead
procedural as in trash procedural
I won't win anyways
at least not with naming like that
hidden flicker
so im fucking shit
my team has gone MIA
since like yesterday
im thinking its something i said
or didnt say
and now motivation is at like 0 to actually do anything
im willing to bet they are just out there enjoying their weekend
bastards
how dare they
minor hemlock
https://www.twitch.tv/imjollyroger if anyone wants a good amateur jam stream, this guy has been delivering all jam so far
hearty ferry
Moving offices this weekend, but having a morning of talking with some coworkers while moving instead of just programming all day really helped get some fresh ideas and a better idea of what still to do/how to do it
grizzled zenith
Update! I spent most of the day working on the art assets (barn, grass, trees) and also fixing and redoing the code
I made the shotgun 1 shot UFOs close range and deal no damage from further back, I'm afraid otherwise it would become too cluttered. I tried adding health bars but yeah I didn't like it
glass fossil
I love waking up to bugs
hidden flicker
it looks really good
grizzled zenith
Now that I'm thinking about it I could make it possible to grab (attach) yourself into UFOs also, right now you can only grab into cows
I also tried sculpting the farmer but I won't even share the attempt lol
maybe tomorrow again
thanks!
minor hemlock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHvg8XCKF34 this is what I've got so far this morning
now to move on to prettifying..
glass fossil
i love how the first 2 days of a game jam are making an awesome prototype, then on day 3 you realize that all of your spagetti code is coming back to haunt you
grizzled zenith
haha
minor hemlock
@glass fossil that's why I work on only one section at a time ๐ that way I don't have to touch my spaghetti AI code for the rest of the jam...
compact cedar
WIP procedural surrounding
compact cedar
@hidden flicker i've tried square one. wasn't looking good
hidden flicker
be really cool if you somehow made that procedural generation happen at game start and you could see those hex blocks actually get to those heights
austere swift
how are you making it?
compact cedar
@austere swift in a construction script i'm making a loop that generates HISM instances
they could be updated on the fly later
dawn basin
la
My first idea was Artillery But With Escalators, where you shoot objects by setting the escalator to move fast
I followed the algorithm (allargorithm?) and threw out that first idea, but I still want it ๐
old frigate
that's a cool idea
dawn basin
Someone make that so I can play it ๐
old frigate
I wish it worked this way ๐
compact cedar
hahah
glass fossil
tfw ive got a bug that literally should not exist
it happens randomly and shows like no patterns
glass fossil
whoa
maiden loom
oh cool
carmine kindle
time dilation or a pause?
glass fossil
a delay node
minor hemlock
are you using it in a loop?
glass fossil
Nope, using it in an animation montage
what i dont understand is most of the time the delay works, but sometimes it fails to complete
grizzled zenith
I was trying to make the movement a bit more natural, instead I made them dance xD
glass fossil
oh my god i cannot wait to play that
grizzled zenith
I may have to leave it like that
hearty ferry
@compact cedar Are they actual sphere meshes merging together through code, or a shader effect? I've done that kinda effect before through shader, but had trouble with getting it to work right in 3D (eg one of the balls moves behind another object in my world, it'd render through it)
compact cedar
@hearty ferry it's a shader, it does work in VR
@hearty ferry yeah, depth filtering is a challenge ๐
hearty ferry
Ooh nice! I used mine in a leap motion application, with the balls on your hands and they'd interact with other metaballs in the world
For depth I ended up just using different spheres slightly larger than the shader-drawn metaballs, so they'd have enough space around the balls to render them blending together, but I moved the meshes at the same time as I moved the shader metaball. Worked surprisingly well, might be easier than adding in depth filtering into the shader (not sure about performance though) @compact cedar
old frigate
it's midnight here in EU and my search for chicken sounds on Soundly took a really dark twist, I feel unsettled now
80% of the chicken sounds there are with gore tag X__X rip checken
chicken*
small fern
I looked at soundly's offerings on some vehicle sounds, there weren't really all that many useful ones
like, could use some of the tire rolling and squealing sounds but that's about it
somber hazel
maaan, I'm still sculpting, learned whole anatomy of a dog for that... weeeeh
๐
giving him micro details like those fluffy things they have under there pawns
old frigate
Well after such tease you have to share the progress pic with us
somber hazel
still didn't paint, rumors say painting makes everything look 'okay'
hm... where is the preview
old frigate
Aww, that's a very cute dog ๐
somber hazel
those eye brows will surely seduce some female dogs ๐
old frigate
"Ladies" ( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ)
marsh oxide
day3 ... still didn't figure how rotation works ๐
hardy thicket
Got my first packaged build of my game, so that means I'm somewhat safe!
amber latch
Bit of the block out done - most of the mechanics done... Character block out.. done
somber hazel
Quick Vertex Color paintover:
https://gyazo.com/c0a9870ac8a93f65c5c2ba17b853bb0c
minor hemlock
makes me think of Creeper World for some reason
dusky vessel
@somber hazel That's very impressive! I wish I had your skill level with character art
hardy thicket
Decided to be a bit interesting with my menu design. It's okay I guess.
minor hemlock
I'm just gonna have to hope everyone playing my game can support eeeeeepic quality ๐
glass fossil
Nothing like making an extremely AI focused game to make me realize how much I hate ai
minor hemlock
mines not even extremely AI focused, but I spent all of yesterday trying to make the dummies enter and exit an elevator correctly :\
burnt rose
I cant wait until I get to mess with AI in ue
old frigate
good luck with day 3 everyone!
burnt rose
you too mate
marsh oxide
day3, i need to speed things up or i wont finish ๐
unique palm
@marsh oxide same here!
glossy spear
Anybody aiming for 'Army of One'
carmine kindle
Always
stable kiln
well i havent really started yet, just been chillin, wonder if i should still put something together in a few hours
vivid pulsar
@compact cedar Really cool ! ๐
dawn basin
Started as Army of One, morphed into two
minor hemlock
I wouldn't say I'm aiming for army of one, but it's a possibility
grizzled zenith
Army of one it is
sterile brook
Actually I faced a big problem and that is that tye person with whom I am in thw game jam left so for now I gathered another person but I need one more
lone willow
@sterile brook What do you need? What role?
carmine kindle
Making VR stuff is great fun, but I'm getting so tired of strapping the Vive to my face every 5 minutes to test something.
hearty ferry
Mostly art left now, I may have enough time to actually finish my game in time for the jam deadline for once
uneven basin
oof, most of the bugs fixed today, only left with audio, gameplay loop and UI for tomorrow
grizzled zenith
Alright, the store and abilities are pretty much done, tomorrow rest of the art and tuesday finishing it up. Still a lot to do, mainly polishing and balancing
hidden flicker
pizza night
after losing weight all week
i now regain all my energy back
my team has come thru tremendously, well, some of them
we are going to beat you guys, feel the intimidation surging through your petty template based projects!
i say that but we used 2 templates as a base
#donttellthejudges
somber hazel
I started with a blank project!
(But I copy pasted some movement code anyway)
@dusky vessel Nah, I wasn't lying. This is my 1st sculpt ever. If you can throw enough time into a sculpt, everyone can do this (I even started with a sphere and actually changed to using my mouse half way).
A good artist would just be finish on the first day.
glass fossil
@hidden flicker You should take up poetry - that update in its entirety is a piece of beauty! ๐
This should be put to music ...
hidden flicker
you know i actually won 1st place prize at the county fair
in 3rd grade with a poem about death
i think they thpught i was suicidal so they just gave me the prize
mom framed it up... ๐ ๐ ๐
glass fossil
@hidden flicker I want Epic staff to read that "Pizza Night" poem aloud on the live stream when they announce the jam winners!
hidden flicker
the more i read it the more i believe you
hidden flicker
i love how our team thinks we all agreed on a concept, but yet every body has implemented a different mechanic that neither team mate was aware of
like oh theres a boss now
just mising his bunny ears
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/477903026473140225/479736334370734080/JPEG_20180816_154050.jpg in all fairness this was our concept drawing
hidden flicker
now all i need to do is make sure that 3 extra gigabytes i added to my project from the paragon asset gets deleted
hardy thicket
How bad of an idea is pulling an all-nighter?
maiden loom
are you working tomorrow?
hidden flicker
ill tell you from experience that sittign down for prolonged periods of time is terrible for your health, especially your spine, especially if you are on one of those cheap office chairs
but you're a dead man already
so
minor hemlock
very poor
minor hemlock
110mb finished game \o/
hidden flicker
theres been a bug in ue4 since like 4.10 thats no ones cared to report
the cameras in the character component sometimes dont rotate visually (after rotating them) and you have to close the character and re-open them to see the change
that bug has been around forever
like i know what -180 is, but the fact you are looking to the side makes me question my sanity
minor hemlock
day 4 complete: https://imgur.com/a/WeJqUXj
hidden flicker
looks cool patrly
hidden flicker
and im at 1.96gb
fantastic
next gen graphics tho
120fps
ray trace
oh wow
compressed cooked package
and now its 890 mb
voila
hidden flicker
still far from done tho
somber hazel
I feel like package size went up on 4.20, had an empty project with all the stuff disabled. Last jam I was at 34mb, but when I tested on 4.20 I had 200mb, probably need to check again.
glass fossil
and with this im heading to sleep
glass fossil
nice models bro @glass fossil
grizzled zenith
2-hour character ๐ Good enough
I just took a human base mesh, modified the proportions a bit, modeled some clothing and the hat and spent most of the time texturing it
(ps dont look at the boots)
dusky vessel
Oh man I'm really feeling the fatigue
grizzled zenith
yeah usually it would be over by now
minor hemlock
my thoughts going in: I want to make a nice solid foundation for a game I can extend after the jam ๐
my thoughts today: I can't wait until tuesday so I can upload it and delete my itch account, torch my computer and never touch that tentacled mess again
amber latch
im feeling you on that
south dew
Thanks for the invite @minor hemlock and @old frigate
If anyone wants to hang out with me on the last day of the stream a few of us are at my channel, https://twitch.tv/imjollyroger
fiar warning, i'm a complete noob
minor hemlock
skilled noob*
south dew
but y'all who have stopped by have been awesome!
compact cedar
Hmm. Seems Soundly promo code is expired -_-
@safe island Greetings, Do you know something about the Soundly Promo key for the jam? The one on the itch.io is expired.
old frigate
We are all doomed, did anyone build a game with a rocket so we can escape earth and re-build our civilization?
minor hemlock
technically my elevator has no upper bound?
but you have to wait until the year 2788 ๐ฆ
old frigate
HA! We golden
safe island
I do not @compact cedar. Let me see if I can find out
compact cedar
@safe island thank you in advance, here's the post with the info just in case: https://itch.io/jam/2018-summer-ue4jam
glass fossil
loving this fog post processing
its always amazing to see how talented some 3D modelers are, I could never model this stuff in a million years and they're great at it
maiden loom
that's a surprising amount of atmosphere for Mars :p
safe island
Alexey, did you try it without the p?
minor hemlock
@maiden loom might be in the middle of a dust storm ๐ I hear those escalate quickly
maiden loom
haha
glass fossil
I mean this isn't mars, this is Nars!
Mars' identical twin brother
except with more fog
hidden flicker
im liking this Mars game, like as an actual game... dont let us down Rhys, no pressure!!!!!!!
marsh oxide
1 day left ? i'm starting to panic
uneven basin
I think the scale of escalation is correct
Player score went from 350 to -30100 in <10seconds
minor hemlock
trying to decide if I want to give in and submit now... or slack off pretending to polish and submit later
dusky vessel
I feel like the projct is coming together for my thing, but I'm really fatigued from all of the programming work. I've put in 35 hours so far according to my hourly spreadsheet thing.
minor hemlock
@wise apex hm, you only get one chance at submitting, but that doesn't mean you can't upload a few revisions to itch, right?
wise apex
Not real sure exactly how to best do that, now that you mention it.
In the past jams, you've been able to edit submissions before the deadline - not entirely sure how it'd work now.
dusky vessel
@minor hemlock I've done game jams on the site before -- you can submit only once, but you can indeed replace the download link as many times as you want until the deadline
dusky vessel
You're the real winner imo
minor hemlock
ok, I might toss it up there then and iterate on any feedback while I play with making a gameplay trailer
stable kiln
mweh, ive been slackin off, i made a character so now it would be a waste not to make it submitable ๐
will prolly end up a gig big or something for 3 min of gameplay ๐
so far i done like 5 min sculpt, 5 min textures and about 1 hour animation and 1 hour morphs
dusky vessel
It sucks that this game jam overlaps with The International. It's not easy to be efficient with my time when all of these matches are going on
ocean wave
Hey guys. I was trying to follow along on a few games and see the process. Sadly I didn't get to witness much. I did have a question about launch builds. Once you have the game to a state at which you are ready to package have you guys run into a ton of bugs (new features)? Is that pretty common?
stable kiln
sometimes packaged builds dont do the same as PIE
uneven basin
gotta do quick build test, then off to bed
still need music tho ๐ค
and perhaps better sfx
current ones feel kinda meh
uneven basin
so far found only one bug in build, one mesh it not showing up ๐ค
well, 2 which are both linked
minor hemlock
mfw the level sequencer won't record audio out to a file... guess I'll live with a silent trailer ๐
vagrant shale
My first game jam submission, A team of 3. Really enjoyed making this. Amazing job @hybrid wedge @tidal dome
https://itch.io/jam/2018-summer-ue4jam/rate/295337
tidal dome
Yay ! Great job team ๐
minor hemlock
just submitted mine too ๐
https://itch.io/jam/2018-summer-ue4jam/rate/295429
there are some goofy entries already, I love it
old frigate
@minor hemlock fun fact: I used to work as an elevator engineer for some time ๐ And I approve this game!
minor hemlock
hopefully I won't find you running for public office in the future on the platform of "Freeze prisoners until we have the technology to put their minds in elevators" ๐ฎ
old frigate
I think it's an awesome sci-fi plot, you're onto something
Blade Runner 2096 our something
minor hemlock
inspiration from Larry Niven
old frigate
our = or
minor hemlock
probably one of his short stories.. where prisoners are woken up in the future and placed into someone's body to do menial labor
old frigate
exactly
minor hemlock
ooh got it slightly backwards apparently ๐ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_World_Out_of_Time
"His personality and memories are extracted (destroying his body in the process) and transferred into the body of a mindwiped criminal."
somber hazel
yeah, I'll probably won't make it, lul
stable kiln
lower the scope ๐
minor hemlock
I have no idea what's going on in Neon Climbers but I'm loving every second of it
toggle them lights
opal path
do I need to make this Public to submit the game?
I'm not done yet, just need to make sure I didn't do anything wrong
dusky vessel
Yes you do have to make it public in order to submit. You can still replace the download link all you want until the deadline, though
hearty ferry
It's about 2am here, still so much left to do though, don't think there will be much sleep till the deadline ๐
glass fossil
Whats the best way to disable all of the debug material my team and i have been using before packaging?
minor hemlock
@urban temple I like the atmosphere of your game.. but sold my Vive last year, what's the gameplay?
urban temple
Just your basic put blocks on switches gameplay.
minor hemlock
well, thats QUBE :D
urban temple
Hadn't seen that one yet. Just got a windows headset, and for $200 I'm pretty impressed.
carmine kindle
Was doing VR in general a major pain for you as well?
urban temple
It was a massive pain
carmine kindle
SteamVR probably bluescreened my PC 10 or so times during the jam, because I was plugging it in or out at the wrong time.
urban temple
I think I need a standing desk
I kept losing my controllers, then having to shut down unreal so that steam could find them again
maiden loom
I can't say I ever had any issues with SteamVR, but I was using a Vive with a decently spaced setup
initial setup was a pain, but that was just once, and that was before the Vive had a commercial release, so I'll give it a little leeway there
minor hemlock
I like both? 1 as a dust storm and 2 as clear skies ๐
#1 gives more feeling that you have boundaries and can get lost if you wander too far
glass fossil
yeah
hidden flicker
so whos working still
glass fossil
im about to head to sleep but i think my team is wrapping up over the next 14 ish hours
minor hemlock
wrapped it up a couple of hours ago so I didn't whip myself into insanity when I'm least functional (aka past midnight)
hidden flicker
fantastic , we're almost done too.. but i love to waste time on polish
minor hemlock
it's time to Finnish, not Polish
hidden flicker
lmao
i know i know.. its just i gotta get the particle effect just right you know
im not starting ww3 im not clicking on either one
well good luck guys
hardy thicket
I just worked on my final cinematic sequence for like 45 minutes and UE4 crashed on save.
minor hemlock
UE4 crashed 3 times on autosave for me this jam.
pine fulcrum
Going to bed to hopefully be rested for the play throughs
pine fulcrum
Request order than update order I guess
glass fossil
I mean this could be the best trailer i've ever made, maybe I should persure movie making rather than game developement
opal path
I'm up bois
Still 7 hours remaining. Gotta polish a bit with all my life remaining
And good luck to all of you. I think I can afford a shower first..
uneven basin
did the video reel
ok, so how do I submit to the jam
Halp, never used itch.io before
opal path
@uneven basin Click the submit button, upload a build, and publish it on itch.io (yes you need to make it public)
uneven basin
I did all the mentioned
opal path
then click the ue4jam submit button again
uneven basin
oooh there was a noticeable delay before hitting the submit button works again
opal path
you can see a new area that chose your last uploaded game in default
uneven basin
been checking for 10 minutes and now it gives me a different window
uneven basin
oh I am, I had broken class reference, been fixing it all morning
cast node just outright refused to work even tho debug showed there are no other objects around it
opal path
I've seen something similar. cast to shows two identical classes, one is real, one is phantom 
okay let's say at least you're unfucked ๐ good luck
uneven basin
I had to rewrite the logic for 5 other classes because of it, took me 3 hours of work today
ok it showed up in the submission feed
I guess it's uploaded ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
uneven basin
I had an idea to make it multiplayer too but after first benchmark, no way
opal path
why this doesn't seem heavy
uneven basin
let's say, when the gameplay "escalates" you can use it as CPU stresstester
opal path
gotta try it out when this ends
uneven basin
I kinda went ham with the destructibles
opal path
btw I think you should show more gameplay in the video because it's for the stream's demonstration. no need to be shy?
heh a wild cox
gotta work ttyl good luck!
uneven basin
I don't wanna spoil the grand finale
civic dock
๐ฃ Reminder: Submissions are due in about 4 hours 33 minutes. Start wrapping up!
ocean wave
Still haven't decided on a concept yet
stable kiln
hmm looks like 4.20 bugs out on geometry cache
total bummer, that was gunna be 50% of my submission
south dew
Hope all of your jams worked out!
Wish I could be buttoning mine up today, but back to the office for me. ๐ฆ
dusky vessel
I am currently in "Draw the Rest of the Fucking Owl" mode
celest cradle
Our game for the UE4 Summer Game Jam!
A Fishing Tale
Created by me and @iron trench
https://mateusquadros.itch.io/afishingtale
glass fossil
@celest cradle I played that! Super neat game
tepid light
4h to go and I still don't have a proper gameplay loop. ๐
glass fossil
Loved the art and the concept
tepid light
I mean.. no start and finish
celest cradle
@glass fossil thanks dude
tepid light
Game is playable.. but on an honor system, not points ;P
glass fossil
@tepid light thatโs what is great about games as a medium
There doesnโt have to be a story, but there can be, you can make your game uniquely crafted to tell the story that you want to show
And that story involves the player better than any other medium
somber hazel
Don't forget to blend into a white screen at the end! ๐
unkempt prism
This is our entry for the Summer Jam and also the very first game we've made for Unreal ^^
Neon Sprinter
https://fdeschant.itch.io/neon-sprinter
minor hemlock
Anyone want to swap feedback while we wait for the closing hours?
somber hazel
sounds great, voice chat?
minor hemlock
Oh I'm much too lazy for that but I'd gladly discuss in PM :) gimme a minute to grab breakfast
Stayed up too late.. my voice is on par with caveman
somber hazel
meh... I'll go sleep then, super tired, only screaming could push me to stay awake ๐ด
unkempt prism
I would love to but I'm at work right now ๐ maybe later
dawn basin
Is there a delay from submitting/making public the game on itch and seeing it on the itch Summer Jam submission page?
minor hemlock
Very short if any
carmine kindle
Mine was instant, did you submit it to the jam after publishing your game and making it public?
dawn basin
I've been confused about that step "submit it to the jam"
minor hemlock
Does your games page show a Submission For 2018 Summer UE4Jam badge?
dawn basin
checking...
uneven basin
you hit the submit first time, it asks you to upload
then once you're done with uploading and filling out the details, hit the submit button again and it gives you the form to fill with team and contact details
(also game has to be set to public)
dawn basin
Thanks!
carmine kindle
I find it easier to think of it as having to publish a game on itch.io first, like any other game you'd want to put up there, not related to any jams. And then once that's done you submit your project on the jam page and fill out the forms.
tepid light
well, gameplay loop works.. Lets see if I can package.
pine fulcrum
are yallll reaaaadddy
pine fulcrum
aye
safe island
Time is ticking
hidden flicker
no pressure no pressure
safe island
MAKE SURE you submit your game to the JAM after you've uploaded it to Itch
hidden flicker
the fact i wanted the story to all make sense on the last day is probably a lesson to be learned... shouldve stomped my foot earlier with the team
glass fossil
when i went to see how much time was left i went to open the game jam page and i accidentally opened the spring one and thought i missed the submission window
hidden flicker
lmao
hidden flicker
seriously?
are you freaking out
i slept at like 2:30 woke at 8 and had the strongest coffee ever... i also went hardcore last night
2 coke zeros
dont forget to eat, drink, and breathe
uneven basin
yea I started adulting again after submitting
like doing laundry, eating
I still don't know how to wind down from crunch properly
tranquil pivot
anyone knows why my game might be acting different on packaged version than PIE? Like some of the movement and spawns of actors seems to be broken :(
uneven basin
all I can say to that is
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
happened to me too this morning
single actor reference was broken
boreal vale
2 hours left
minor hemlock
I had collision on my main mesh decide it wasn't gonna collide anymore
at some point unreal had just deleted it off the static mesh and wouldn't let me change it anymore ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
uneven basin
usually if something like that happens, fastest fix is to duplicate the class, delete the old one and replace references
minor hemlock
I restarted the editor and it was back to normal even after my attempted fixes, so yay!
amber latch
its okay i had a mare for an hour... i put a mesh in but forgot to remove the collision which broke my climb system... i spent an hour trying to figure it out... felt like a dumb sod when i put the collision viewer on
hidden flicker
but
have you guys implemented online leaderboards yet
im still doing polishing, its amazing how much i like suffering
minor hemlock
@hidden flicker are you kidding? I've already put my jam game on steam, rocketed to the top of the best sellers list, and am deciding how to spend my first million!
minor hemlock
and I'm a bad liar ๐
minor hemlock
that's for me to lie about and you to not know!
hidden flicker
lol
glass fossil
here's to packaging failing ๐ฅ
hidden flicker
im envious for the people working california, they get like a 5 extra hours to work still
glass fossil
im jealous of the austrialians since they knew the theme a day ahead of us
glass fossil
thats why ive got 2 on my team
minor hemlock
whew 80 entries, ramping up now
glass fossil
"PackagingResults: Error: Bad name index -1/209"
glass fossil
I think I see the issue
safe island
1 hour 41 minutes
minor hemlock
101 dalmationsminutes
glass fossil
I think the issue is that hte levels dont ha ve something called builtdata
safe island
I would recommend getting your projects uploaded now
opal path
guys can I change the video link after submission finishes?
or do I have to make the video during the jam
minor hemlock
Aaaand my internet is dead. Glad I submitted yesterday :D
dawn basin
I just changed my video link post submission
minor hemlock
Same after I realized it asked for gameplay footage and not a trailer
dawn basin
You can edit the survey post submission, including vid link
opal path
@dawn basin thanks!
south dew
Way more people in the army of one submissions than i thought their would be!
opal path
we can say it's an.. army of many
carmine kindle
Heh, the amount of entries has doubled since the last time I checked, always so many near the end
opal path
I'm scaaaared
glass fossil
final hour!
opal path
@safe island Hey Tim can you confirm I can change the video demo link post submission? Sorry I'm a little paranoid
gaunt copper
You can send video to Amanda or Tim later, they usually didn't do trouble about it
south dew
@safe island I had a blast! Thanks for stopping by! It was the first game I've ever made and I had a lot of fun doing it. I'm planning on doing a lot more streams in the coming weeks of UE4 dev.
civic dock
south dew
Also, when I launch up my new site, I'm going to try and do a writeup about the experience.
south dew
To charge for your game jam submission @hidden flicker
I mean, you can.
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
south dew
i left mine on default
hidden flicker
ill just make it free
civic dock
@hidden flicker Wait until after the game jam winners have been announced.
hidden flicker
ok
civic dock
At least that's what I recommend.
Wow. The majority of participants are submitting in the final hour.
20 minutes ago there were like 50 submissions.
Now there's 103.
opal path
is Development or Shipping build preferred? I uploaded Dev build since there're console in case guys at epic need it
but I guess it doesn't really matter?
hardy thicket
Shipping is better because it's smaller.
supple sierra
Shipping is better
amber latch
i had to go shipping as it was over the limit with dev toold
supple sierra
You can google for unreal packaging tips as well
hidden flicker
if you select maps to package it will reduce file size as well
we went from.98gb to 296mb
when selecting our 2 maps
opal path
whoa oh can do that? I always migrate my maps to a new Content folder then replace / build
derp
opal path
thanks! I knew a thing or two but never read about it
hardy thicket
I got my game basically complete but unfortunately I didn't have the time to do lip-sync on the cutscenes.
hidden flicker
lmao
opal path
lmao
amber latch
mine went from 300 to 800 after i baked the light ๐
hidden flicker
force no precompute lighting ftw
hardy thicket
Well actually I was able to do like half of them so it's inconsistent.
opal path
does it have lip-sync
hidden flicker
the dead bunnies do
opal path
I'll have to check it out
amber latch
amber latch
Do we have to submit anywhere else other than itch? my pal said on the stream they we have to submit in two places
hidden flicker
and where do i add the pre-made content disclaimer?
opal path
when you submit at https://itch.io/jam/2018-summer-ue4jam
hidden flicker
this is scary
opal path
SOMEONE HELP THIS GUY
compact cedar
@supple sierra looks pretty amazing
supple sierra
Yeah it's super janky but we're super happy that we were able to get the game out in time
Annnnd it's up!
With 20 minutes to spare!
hidden flicker
s
civic dock
Nice!
compact cedar
@supple sierra i see no credits, how many people on your team?>
supple sierra
Oh right good point
I'll add in the credits on the description
We got 3 people mainly
Two programmers
One artist
minor hemlock
Oh Lord that's a creepy character