I rename the folder (for itch jams, I have a script that renames and uploads)
#game-jam-chat
oblique cairn
@spring magnet
rm -rf EdgelessChill/
mv WindowsNoEditor EdgelessChill
butler push EdgelessChill chozabu/EdgelessChill:windows
this is directly copied from my last jam entry - save it as something like upload.sh then run it using git bash (or another bash)
spring magnet
will github work?
spring magnet
ok thank you so much ๐
silent terrace
We are looking for 1 more team member for our Mega Jam project. We have already made huge progress on it, but we need someone that knows replication.
wet rivet
Man imagine doing networking in a game jam
shudders looking at the rest of the networking I have to do for my project
loud basalt
If you're doing a game that needs replication and you don't have someone who knows replication the chances are your progress is anti-progress, meaning it'll need to be gutted then done properly, sorry to say
carmine kindle
Or you can just do everything 10 different ways until you get something that sort of works sometimes 
gray granite
I feel like restarting since I learned so much since from where I started a few days ago ๐
hearty ferry
Haven't been able to start till now due to work, but I'm going in with a cool idea, so hopefully I'll be able to finish it on time
silent terrace
I have the game completely replicated now with only one issue. The health system, inventory system and most everything else is replicated and done
I am just having an issue with my inventory widget staying on screen when the game starts
slate salmon
well my dude is done
gaunt copper
@oblique cairn bash is not implmentation, is litterly software ;p
and bash is not only thing you need you need whole tool set
oblique cairn
@gaunt copper fair enough, perhaps *sh implementation ;)
In windows, installing Git (along with git bash and tools it comes with (GNU/gitbash? :D) + itchButler should be all that's needed to run it
Would perhaps be more useful if turned into a .bat runnable script, but don't know the windows equiv commands
limber bear
rocky raven
abstract zephyr
slate salmon
so my movement system is feeling about done
limber bear
nice
somber hazel
can't tell if you are moving in X or -Z @slate salmon it's smooth ๐
slate salmon
thanks ๐
tulip viper
just did an MP test, works like a dream.... some replication issues, but still very fun
found a boatload of issues that we can fix now too ๐ glad we have 3+ more days
wind aspen
Day 4 for me is about to begin..Going to test packaging then begin doing the art and visual aspects. ๐บ
rocky raven
i got my second workstation dedicated to packaging and lighting
make sure to test packaging early and every day ๐
loud basalt
So tired that I just changed some code and was wondering why it didn't work (I didn't even compile the change)
Leaderboards are in!
loud basalt
How dare you copy my original newly conceived feature! ๐
somber hazel
nah... I didn't copy it, I can even write my full name
loud basalt
Hehe
somber hazel
(and other names that other people will abuse)
loud basalt
What nonsense is this, how do you have enough memory on your machine for more than 3 characters?!
somber hazel
well, not going for under 100mb, so I guess I can afford it
can't wait to download your game and enter some funny names with 3 letters
loud basalt
My game looks like it should be 80mb but its probably 2GB
๐
I'll be packaging soon
minor hemlock
apparently. I'm at ~95mb now and that's with the 25mb prereqs installer still included ๐คฃ
loud basalt
Does the prereqs get counted against your 100mb btw
minor hemlock
you can submit a build without it
loud basalt
Tru
minor hemlock
so technically no... but I wouldn't expect them to do more than check folder size ๐
err on the side of caution \o/
loud basalt
Indeedio
minor hemlock
https://imgur.com/a/lUhODcL most of todays progress, there's audio if you actually go to imgur and unmute it ๐
loud basalt
Looks snazzy
minor hemlock
no one streaming the jam on twitch? ๐ฆ
compact cedar
my pc lags like hell
minor hemlock
how am I supposed to work in these dire conditions
compact cedar
ue4 says my map is 2.2Gb -_-
minor hemlock
went hard on the quixel? ๐ฎ
loud basalt
Thought about it, most of the time I'm beating my head into the wall and that doesn't make for a great stream
minor hemlock
I use 2 monitors simultaneously and that makes for a bad stream as well ๐ฆ
compact cedar
sorry, i can't take new screenshot...
minor hemlock
mech graveyard?
compact cedar
yeap, kind of
carmine kindle
Would be fun watching someone stream doing jam art.
Oh, there is someone doing that.
minor hemlock
oh?
carmine kindle
Search for #ue4jam on twitch, it's under the art category
minor hemlock
aha I browsed through science and tech
somber hazel
you silly, this guy is russian, nice try though ๐
minor hemlock
artists are magicians
loud basalt
@minor hemlock Are you solo devving
minor hemlock
oh hell no
loud basalt
Aw
compact cedar
@minor hemlock he's using Blender. That's quite magical. I still can't use it properly.
minor hemlock
same
I should just get a long sub on cgcookie so I feel bad that the money is spent and go ahead and do the courses ๐
compact cedar
dang it
tulip viper
compact cedar
wanted to steal your code
tulip viper
gonnal look sexy when its all done
minor hemlock
I tried to steal the code but it's only a single scalar parameter ๐ฆ
compact cedar
wow...
minor hemlock
o.o
feral wind
if you're doing a character, make sure its a master character, so the extra ones are just variations
tulip viper
nods
indeed
that is already being done
we have 4 classes... and we used that method
im also using the same skeleton for the two different races
so i can share the animations
feral wind
for my character, is mainly going to be changed by diff colours
slate salmon
lets get some good vibes going
indigo kiln
loud basalt
Might make some art
Need a change of pace from constant functionality
It seriously does not take me long to burn out at all anymore ๐ฆ
hidden flicker
im still working on the whole "down to earth" part https://youtu.be/hO3bk3h8nvg
there might not be space cats
slate salmon
if anyone has a cool royalty free retro/synth/vapor wave track they want to recommend, im looking!
minor hemlock
what was your connection going to be originally @hidden flicker ?
wintry beacon
You guys have any tips on creating a space skybox? i just want something simple and i cant create cubemaps for the life of me.
minor hemlock
I used a marketplace asset ๐คท
hidden flicker
@wintry beacon spacescape
free software
for space textures , cubemaps and it exports to unreal required format
@minor hemlock i actually just came up with it
but its a secret for now lol
minor hemlock
a secret to be shared between you, shadowriver, and the judges ๐
hidden flicker
figure the levels can be training simulations , since its a kids game, you have to pass the learning levels to survive on earth
minor hemlock
mfw I'm just like "I only need to dot the cross product of these vectors" I have truly ascended, bois, see you beyond the jam
hidden flicker
and then a big epic slide down to earth
lmao
i was starting to use eqs
for the letters to hide
but then i was like , no
dont do it
dont go down that hole
leave some time for the multiplayer save system
wintry beacon
@hidden flicker Oh awesome! thank you so much!
loud basalt
Oh I was just making mine in spacescape while missing this ๐
Hmm can not import dds
Everything on the internet says to export for Source, but still wont work
feral wind
I managed to get a space scape galaxy imported before
but not lately
I'm sure there's a plugin somewhere
radiant acorn
Is there an easy way to create prefabs and spawn them at runtime? Tutorial link or UE doc would be greatly appreciated ๐๏ธ
steep needle
@tranquil matrix is it possible to get houdini license for jam? Their form stated applying ends 14th november sadly
or 15th*
wintry beacon
This might hurt some of you so disclaimer.
but is this bad to do in a widget blueprint? as it doesnt work in constructor for some reason : /
i mean bad as in : damage performance?
i think because its a pawn im missing something [Im doing this on a Widget BP to bind variables from player ]
onyx moon
whatever you're trying to accomplish there, that is not how you do it
- almost nothing should be on tick
- you shouldn't be referencing a base class from a "child" class
wintry beacon
@onyx moon for 2. how else can I make the cast occur correctly?
onyx moon
you're just tryign to get a reference to the player pawn BP? @wintry beacon
you shouldn't be getting a reference to that in a widget tbh, but if you want to you'd just do it in on construct
I need ot know why you want this reference
wintry beacon
Im trying to get a variable from the player pawn so i can reference it in the widget blueprint @onyx moon
I actually solved it by putting a slight delay in construct
onyx moon
ya the delay is fine, but why are you creating this widget before your player is init
the player can create the widget
and on creation you can set the variable you want
onyx moon
if the player bp creates the widget you can set it as owner ya
like that
and then get the owning player etc etc
or you can just drag off the return
and set a ref variable
like if you enter the class you want you can set any variable the wbp has
wintry beacon
Yeah awesome! thanks for the help @onyx moon
gaunt jacinth
Guys!
Urgent! an ARTIST HERO is needed to save the day and do level art stuff.
we are team of 4 (x2 coders, x1 lvl designer,x1 audio ) most of mechanics, level design and sounds are done.
for the game jam of course ๐
wintry beacon
Will we 'lose points' if we use software to create music like SoundTrap?
maiden loom
it won't count towards your final score
wintry beacon
@maiden loom none at all? I mean it's better than downloading from YouTube right? Or it doesn't matter because it was 100% composed by me?
maiden loom
well, you do still need the rights to use whatever you include
that's a legal requirement and unavoidable
but if you use generated music or third party music, you need to declare it
and it won't count towards your final grading
it also won't count against it
small fern
I feel that it's more rare that people do actually get extra points for music as only fraction of the teams have musicians on the team
and if it's some programmer doing the music, it's probably going to end up with +- 0 on points as it's not going to be spectacular ๐
so, if you outsource the music, it's probably not going to bite you back as long as you have proper license for it
(or if you generate it, that's fine)
rigid fog
I don't think you need to even mention if you use soundtrap
It's basically a DAW from a quick glance
Man, I wish I had the time...
Too bad everyone is going for Space Cats and something about launching them to Earth
๐
maiden loom
SoundTrap automatically generates stuff, doesn't it?
maiden loom
in which case it's just a tool, so you don't really need to declare it
loud basalt
@rigid fog Mines more about keeping them on the earth ๐
Aliens keep trying to lift our cats!
wintry beacon
@maiden loom ah ok understand. thanks for the help @rigid fog @glass quarry
feral wind
everyone rushing for the deadline! ๐
I should be posting this in like 3 days time
its still early days
undone schooner
couldnt do the epic jam, but there was a weekend jam here at a place called steamhead
made an interactive game with kinect and the flowmap painter from ryan brucks
feral wind
thats pretty awesome! @undone schooner
undone schooner
yeah, its some hacker space in shenzhe, so they made games which integrated hw
we got the engine to fire events over bluetooth to trigger a power relay too
zenith gust
ah man, hacking together stuff that plays with hardware is such an extra level of feeling of accomplishment
love it
cerulean wren
if you have angelic powers, which one do you prefer, time control or telekinnesis?
maiden loom
none of those sound particularly 'angelic'
carmine kindle
One of those powers alters all of time and space and the other saves you from getting up to fetch the remote once in a while.
maiden loom
haha
oblique cairn
@undone schooner the 3d/cloud painter? that does sound cool! Have any videos to hand?
undone schooner
this is the only video we have right now, I was working with a swiss guy
one player runs around the planet to collect items which generate a sound wave (its trying to hit a resonance frequency with the meteor before it hits)
and another one can use the kinect to push the waves towards the meteor
Ill try to upload a gameplay video later
marble marlin
Do we have to list substance painter materials?
oblique cairn
@marble marlin yes - anything not made during the jam.
There is a bit of a fuzzy line between "tool" and "asset" - if anything is in the fuzzy line (i.e. needs asking if it should be listed) - list it along with its use.
glass quarry
I'm not sure you would have to list something like that
It's a tool
do you have to list photoshop brushes as well?
Zbrush brushes?
Seems silly
oblique cairn
@glass quarry so if one opens substance painter, selects "jade" material which has pre-made textures - then paints it over 100% of the model it does not need listing?
I wouldn't expect a normal brush to even need the question asked, but if you brush is really drawing a mask to show a pre-made material, it should be listed
glass quarry
does it? The same argument can be said with painting a texture using a custom brush in photoshop. I'm currently using simple textures so I have no need for any external materials but if I was going for something realistic, I would have used many of the custom substance materials I accumulated during time
and I wouldn't have listed them
oblique cairn
Really? that sounds like assets made before the jam
The should be listed, but you'd still get more points for them than a fully pre-made material
glass quarry
I disagree here but w/e
oblique cairn
they mentioned in the livestream if you transform/alter pre-made stuff you still get some points
oblique cairn
I disagree - but don't know for sure
robust basalt
if you have a tool that spits out entire levels, that is not just a tool in the context of the jam
oblique cairn
perhaps we can poke a judge to get their opinion? @tranquil matrix
small fern
so tl;dr is more like: can we use smart materials on texturing tools or automatic generators on music without disclosing the use
it's always been vague where you draw the line on these IMO
because if you think of almost any tool that just doesn't do what you manually tell it to do, it does give you extra help
like, most here would agree that using automated retopo tool is fine
but where would you draw the line then?
someone else is manually doing the topology and wasting hours there
deep stag
maybe just disclose with a note and let them decide?
small fern
thing is, most will not discose these things
maiden loom
I mean, just using a substance preset and generating is something that should be declared
deep stag
i am
small fern
and if you do, it'll affect only your score
maiden loom
same with purely automated music generation
small fern
and people who didn't disclose get a free pass
I haven't seen any game jam entry where they disclosed say... usage of substance edge filter
maiden loom
the disclosure thing has always been a bit wonky, because it's so easy to get around
substance edge filter is just a tool, though, right?
it doesn't actually just fart out a ready to use texture
small fern
this is what the smart materials do tho
they are just presets of filters
then if you do auto retopo with default settings and it works fine
that's bad?
instead of manually tweaking it
glass quarry
Or Auto UV?
small fern
or use macros on c++ code
wait...
what I try to get here is that it's not black and white thing, we got amazing tools now
and some do more work for you than others
glass quarry
Or if you use houdini. It has soo many procedural tools that you could actually generate levels with it
small fern
in the end, it should be more about how you used the tool to get the results vs the hours you put there
like, they said on the megascans that they can still give you points on the composition, basically how you ended up using them
deep stag
i mean they said it kinda is though?
they said its fine to use marketplace assets and such and they wont grade you on the assets but the way you implement them into the final product
on the stream
small fern
the issue here is however, where to draw the line on what to disclose
of course you could list every tool you used
every preset etc
robust basalt
we have always just disclosed everything. All sourced assets and used tools.
it is 1min of work to put in "We used substance designer for some materials"
maiden loom
we've usually been pretty clear as well
small fern
who did the school thing?
maiden loom
school thing?
deep stag
idk must just be different views on it... im all about just disclosing everything and letting them decide where the line is instead of trying to define it myself
small fern
the jam when you had to pass answers behind the teacher in the classroom?
small fern
pretty sure that one didn't disclose usage of substance share materials properly prior winning it
robust basalt
we made that
robust basalt
if you mean the same game
small fern
probably
robust basalt
when we jam, we put all the tools and sourced assets in.
small fern
all I mean now, many just forget to disclose everything
sometimes it's just convenient, sometimes it's genuine mistake
some also put full list of assets they used
some put one line
which makes it look like they used less
ah, it was the former on that entry
"Textures
Lots of substance materials from substance share"
deep stag
lame
lol
then again i mean, kinda hard to track down all the stuff in a final product for the judges so maybe they dont mind?
ya know i bet you could ask epic actually
might get a definite answer on your particular situation
small fern
so I did remember the entry wrong as that one did discose it, altho it was kinda vague about the amount
but I do have faint memory of some earlier entry where same substance share materials weren't discosed because people didn't think they counted
hearty ferry
Wasn't able to start until last night, but I've got some good things going now, already have 2-player split screen
compact cedar
i can't tell for sure...but iirc on last stream they mentioned something about MP >2 players
the category i mean
hearty ferry
It also works with up to 4 players, I just don't have that many controllers here to play it >2 myself
vocal carbon
Is there a way to share the asset pack which i have on my epic account with a friend ?
tranquil matrix
@compact cedar 2 or more is considered multiplayer
compact cedar
my bad then...
minor hemlock
I think the caveat mentioned on stream was that playing against replays of yourself doesn't count as mp
oblique cairn
what about playing against replays of someone else?
maiden loom
still not, not really
small fern
I asked on the stream if it would count if you play against your past self
apparently it didn't :p
compact cedar
i assume main definition of multiplayer is to play the game with multiple players simultaneously
rugged plaza
Ladies and gentlemen. And non binaries. I present to you... LitterBox Lander
zenith gust
that cat ship is hilarous ๐
hidden flicker
Somehow reminds me of the old windows lunar lander game
rugged plaza
Yeah somehow ;)
Yes it is a cat ship and when you dont land in the litterbox it leaves cat shi#
Catship crazy hehe
tulip viper
Finally got the MP test done, loads of issues, but super fun.... as the dev anyway ๐
I can see how people playing would think it was very chaotic ๐
gonna have to try and fix that i guess
we found out port 7777 is for external and 17777 is for the editor
compact cedar
@tranquil matrix You've should release 4.24 before the jam...i'm struggling so much editing stuff in it and exporting back to 4.23 ;_;
But it's so AMAZING
30% less using max/maya now
topaz mortar
@compact cedar how so? What feature is reducing your maya/max workload?
hidden flicker
did not model the cat, but i made the spaceship using Maya, Blender, ZbRush, substance painter, and then baked it in the oven...
topaz mortar
@compact cedar Wow pretty good results. I mainly use Headus-Uv Layout for my Uvs
compact cedar
exactly...those results for an automatic uv are pretty good
minor hemlock
hidden flicker
smart idea for the buttons
compact cedar
@minor hemlock i think you should add bumpiness to the "car", as example add few dummies in front and back, trace the distance to pipe, when the length is above some threshold start a wobble animation (bump shake)
also rotale it slightly when you move left or right (make it more pronounce if you do that already)
all above is imo, but now i fell car is very rigid
mental walrus
๐ https://twitter.com/OvidiuTepes/status/1196476289139392512 it's already day 4??!?
loud basalt
Man I feel like I'm cutting it close
Still so much I want to do!
But I have the main game loop going so ๐คทโโ๏ธ
quick heart
@civic dock how is going ? ๐
loud basalt
@topaz mortar @compact cedar I just use vertex colors during game jams ๐ค
I used to swear by headus but automation is getting much better coupled with less need for good UVs (3d painting)
hearty ferry
I have most of the game greyboxed by now, so on to art! Though I'm not sure yet how I'll want it to look, so this'll be fun...
minor hemlock
I'm just now getting the core loop implemented ๐ฌ
compact cedar
@loud basalt this jam is differen for me, cause PBR menace...
civic dock
@quick heart Slowly but surely. Might have progress to share tonight.
maiden loom
we're still interested in a rigger / animator if anyone has time
not a huge amount of work needs to be done
but the game is shaping up nicely
rigid fog
Some crazy amazing games so far
wet rivet
Hoping to get a build of this game uploaded to itch.io tonight and playable from start to finish
zenith gust
I'm not at all where I want to be, rather I'm knee-deep in my own buginfested scopecreep
but on the plus side it's been really fun so far ๐
just having a whole weekend and another day off for hobby coding is a blessing
rugged plaza
3 levels up and running with Android controls!! Time to optimize :-D
Or I could just spend the next few days making more levels. I have plenty of space < 100Mb
zenith gust
I also have plenty of space left, but that's mostly cause I've not made any actual models yet ๐
cubes, cubes everywhere
though I have a plan to make it as modular as possible with lowpoly static pieces + a lot of base textures / trims
so hoping it'll be doable to make a fair amount
rugged plaza
That's what I did.
zenith gust
good stuff
zenith gust
I've just begun climbing out of the bug-ridden swamp I've been in for the past 2 days, finally figured out all the issues, so now I'm refactoring the gameplay I added to work around them
haha yeah, it'll be mental for those that try them all
minor hemlock
do it ugly
do it fast
get this fucker outta my critical path!
rugged plaza
I wish any of my blueprints looked that good. I've been removing the shit that didnt work for an hour now.
minor hemlock
blueprint assist ๐
zenith gust
I've been too deep in my wfc to have any blueprints so far, at this rate it might be fully cpp besides the UI
rugged plaza
What is blueprint assist? Is it in marketplace?
minor hemlock
yep, automatically routes blueprints for you
tulip viper
RAT ALIEN!
feral wind
tulip viper
nice
feral wind
animations are all shoddy, stuff I'm not proud of, but hey we only got a week ๐
rigid fog
@tulip viper Already have Dogs to fight, but I guess I wouldn't mind some Rats to feed on
tulip viper
lmao
rigid fog
Wonder what kind of submission I could do in one/two days, that wouldn't be complete poop.
wet rivet
Do a game where skydiving has become incredibly popular and you have to manage people as they fall to earth to ensure they don't run into each other going down to earth &|| their planes don't crash
rigid fog
That's some good stuff. I'm jealous of your skills.
tulip viper
i have to make suicide rats now... then... we are good to go ๐
then i spend the next 3 days making levels
ew... and UI
knotty frost
character i am working on
rigid fog
WTB Character Art/Anim skills, PST
spring magnet
anyone experienced with user interactivity with static meshes? (press "E" to open kind of thing)
or possibly (enter keycode to open)
rigid fog
Google will have that answer, I promise you
Just pick one of the videos that engages with you
spring magnet
maybe you can point me in the direction of terminology> i have spent the last hour trying to find something
rigid fog
UE4 Keycode
glass fossil
@knotty frost looks smooth
rigid fog
UE4 Interaction
spring magnet
ok thank you @rigid fog
wet rivet
@spring magnet this'd do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM_HYqQdToE&t=2s
Top tier video ๐
If you don't have the 2 hours to spare, skip around until he talks about interfaces
tulip viper
really nice character animations
knotty frost
thnk u
spring magnet
Thank you @wet rivet i appreciate it. also my engine is lagging way to much given my pc, how do i set it to use my gpu for all rendering and building?
wet rivet
Are you on a PC or laptop? If you're on a system with integrated graphics that may be causing an issue
I'm the wrong person to ask on this though
spring magnet
im on pc with a dedicated RX580 8gb gpu and amd fx 8350
minor hemlock
close all your extra blueprint/mesh/material windows in unreal ๐
wet rivet
Is it just me or is it kind of odd how having 7 static meshes opened up makes Unreal lag when you can have a level with thousands of them in it and have no performance issues?
minor hemlock
I didn't realize static meshes were sooooo bad
but yeah, they've been a big culprit in slowdowns this past week
hidden flicker
how happy am i that i found out its due on thursday
was pushing hard for wednesday
loud basalt
@hidden flicker There is a countdown timer on the jam page https://itch.io/jam/2019-epic-megajam
steep needle
anyone has got houdini license from sidefx after their form closed on 15th november? I asked if they could do exception for me on twitter, but no response so far and I have rather low confidence it would go well
somber hazel
what a classic mistake, using MoveAI inside the character but not hooking up a self node to pawn
steep needle
if there's a animator/3d artist wanting to hop in jam, PM me ๐ We're 4ppl and we need someone to animate or/and model 3d assets to divide workload
carmine kindle
A real lack of animators and artists this time around, eh?
rugged plaza
I chose the chickenshit way out. No skeletal lol
carmine kindle
Just glue wheels onto some sculptures and pretend there's a lore reason behind it
minor hemlock
we're going to bounce our characters around. the end.
steep needle
eh, im 2D artist, so cant really tell how many 3d artists are there around
i know animators are a bit more rare though, used to work in vfx advertisements
carmine kindle
I don't mind doing animation, but I rigging stuff up is a pain in the ass
steep needle
there are no one-button rigging apps for that stuff? 
carmine kindle
I haven't used any ones that actually make it fun to do
feral wind
akeytsu is pretty good to use
the cycle maker is pretty great, mirrors the controls over, so then you only need to make the inbetweens
steep needle
is there a app that births 3d artist for me?
steep needle
a weeny tiny more time than i have
rugged plaza
OMG everyone's stuff is so good. I'm just happy to finish something you people making entries better than half the games on Steam lol
https://youtu.be/XRCEgV7BXWI 3 days to do THAT?!?!
feral wind
everything is so good! ๐
loud basalt
@rugged plaza Nah thats a solid effort, better than many games on Steam too ๐ Well done
The concept comes across and its a good concept ๐คท
rugged plaza
I didnt do that I wish lol
feral wind
this actually looks like one of the better VR games
slate salmon
so how many one-man-army teams are there here?
carmine kindle
Probably quite a few
slate salmon
i tried going as one but i cant stay motivated when its just me, ive been home all day but havent gotten anything done
ill probably try joining a team next time
steep needle
are you 3d artist/animator @slate salmon ?
feral wind
one manning it to victory!
slate salmon
i can do those a bit, not amazingly though but still decently ๐
indigo kiln
@rugged plaza yea, everything i started working on from the announcement of the theme, if you go through my last few vid uploads, you can see it progress from the start!
https://youtu.be/Kl2CmcWSMRY heres an update, lots of bugs to fix, and need to add more gameplay elements
i have almost no sleep this week xD
i wish i had a teammate, but sadly, just me
somber hazel
@indigo kiln I only have time to skim it, but it looks like a contender
indigo kiln
๐ thank you, ive been pouring my heart soul, and almost all of my sleep into this, just trying to add lots of gameplay elements, but its mostly a relaxing experience
procedural placing everything helped alot xD
slate salmon
you should make some wallpapers out of these when youre done
indigo kiln
i will!
slate salmon
they look amazing
indigo kiln
still have to do another art/lighting pass, been trying to do it as i go, but might wait until the last day for that
and thankyou
zenith gust
ah shit, now I've messed up, 32bit build gives totally different results than the 64bit build, been testing the 64bit in editor
prior to todays coding session they were identical when packaged, now they diverge ๐
question is what stupid thing did I do
somber hazel
you're going for under 100mb or why you bother with 32? ๐
zenith gust
yeah that was the plan
somber hazel
awww yikes
zenith gust
though at this rate I think I have little enough art to squeeze into 64bit too tbh
somber hazel
if I would go solo, I had 150mb only for sound ๐
but sound guy wishes for some layering 20sec loops, so it's gonna be less
loud basalt
The boss fight starts by firing rockets into orbit to section off Earth to make it harder to dodge his impending attacks ๐ @small fern @wind cobalt
wintry beacon
Is there anyway to smoothly rotate objects without using event tick? because its too performance heavy : / but i like the way objects look when they float
somber hazel
use the material editor
indigo kiln
^
use a rotator node, or if youre trying to rotate an object, use rotate about axis
wintry beacon
@somber hazel @indigo kiln really cool idea! but unfortunately i would want it so that if the player collides with the object it woulddamage the ship : /
zenith gust
hmm, is it not possible to debug 32bit builds?
eh, guess I should just leave this, no point wasting time, I'll have to trim some other stuff away instead somehow
somber hazel
@wintry beacon rotating and collision, tick is fine
or a timeline that actually stops at some point
wintry beacon
ok i'll check it out. i currently have a box collider that, on overlap, starts the rotating process
slate salmon
@wintry beacon not sure what your setup is but if you want it to collide i assume you want physics? you could give them 0 gravity, 0 rotational damping, and apply a rotational force onto it to make it spin without slowing down, maybe
so then one call to add force and it would constantly spin? food for thought
wintry beacon
@slate salmon oh cool idea! but wouldnt simulate physics on idk 50 objects at a time damage performance heavily?
carmine kindle
You could also swap out the objects near the player and have the distant ones be cheaper visual representations.
slate salmon
oh maybe, true, lol
wintry beacon
@slate salmon also i think ur the first person ive seen online that actually watched Atlantis and it makes me so happy
slate salmon
ahaha it was one of my favourites as a kid ๐
wintry beacon
same here! also Loved Iron Giant and Titan AE . the last being the least well-known
anyway ty for the help!
minor hemlock
suddenly failed to package, my heart
wintry beacon
Only one of the worst feelings on earth ๐
zenith gust
I can't for the life of me think of what I could have changed today that would cause the 32bit package to behave differently than the 64bit ๐
went through the commits but nothing pops out
minor hemlock
uhoh, some faulty construction scripts that don't package well now ๐ฌ
now that's fun
minor hemlock
no error message ๐ it packages but is missing parts that should have been set up in construction
minor hemlock
sounds like heff is having runtime issues too ๐คฃ
zenith gust
I get an assert on platformatomics
minor hemlock
me too
slate salmon
better to have them now than on thursday!
zenith gust
@somber hazel WindowsPlatformAtomics.h, assert on line 19 where it checks the expected sizes of long long
only when building debuggame 32bit for packaging though
No errors in normal package, it's just my wavefunction collapses totally different, where tiles with a weight of 0 are suddenly considered valid over those with a weight of 1.0, but only in the 32bit package ๐
somber hazel
yikes, imma head out
zenith gust
๐
I'll just go 64bit and compensate elsewhere, it is what it is, gonna have to save on the textures more
and/or audio
zenith gust
perfect.
kind grove
Any of you using logic from a previous game you made?
minor hemlock
well I made a game about elevators before
that moved on one axis
the similarities die quickly after that ๐
used similar sfx as that game though, they work so well
(train noises/screeching)
zenith gust
I wish I had gone for something that I had at least thought about before, but no such luck ๐
kind grove
im more talking about behavior trees for ai and mechanics like that
minor hemlock
no ai during jams. my hard rule.
knotty frost
im using simple ai
minor hemlock
takes too long to fine tune and tweak behaviors
kind grove
thats why i am asking would you be able to use ai systems you have ironed out.
slate salmon
i made a pretty spooky AI a couple jams ago, the enemies would chase you if they saw you but if you held up a lantern it would spook them and hold them back
but matt, you can reuse them but you have to state that you did so in your submission
small fern
@zenith gust that doesn't sounds right
kind grove
no i thought that was for assests not programming because i can do it from scratch
small fern
what changes?
carmine kindle
AI is easy peasy, networking though... ๐ญ
slate salmon
well programming can be considered an asset as well! ๐
small fern
because what you said mainly suggests your game is actually framerate dependent rather
like 32 bit and 64 bit builds can play at slightly different rates on your computer
but if that's the cause fo the change, you got a real problem even with 64bit version
zenith gust
@small fern I don't see how this process could be framerate-dependent, when it's calculated in a single frame
small fern
(because your players will not have same speed computer as you do)
well, I don't know your gameplay of course
zenith gust
I'm not talking diverging between multiplayer clients here, but rather that my algorithm gives wildly different results on the 32bit generation of my map
it's based on a seeded random that's passed around, fully deterministic
zenith gust
it irks me, but I'll have to put those thoughts away for now
small fern
considering 32-bit vs 64-bit floats are totally different thing
zenith gust
yeah, it is weird
slate salmon
i doubt float precision would give such drastic changes for something like this tho?
minor hemlock
32 bit floats are nasty creatures
kind grove
I guess I will have to email them to ask if programming is an asset if using it from a finished product and was written by you. I think anyone is going to say they used the same logic in another game so it is a pre made asset.
slate salmon
i remember when i went from 64 to 32 a while ago that some things were going out of their normal sync, so after adding a couple 0.1 delays here and there, i found the culprit
small fern
it has to be some minor change on the compiler optimization that changes something
minor hemlock
if you literally copy pasted it or directly referenced it, I'd totally say it's something you should declare. If you did it from memory probably not so much ๐
small fern
but it doesn't really make much sense
slate salmon
i guess on 64, Class_A was faster at initializing than Class_B, but 32 was otherwise
kind grove
then its from memory haha
zenith gust
@small fern I'll have to give it a deeper digging after the jam, either I'm missing something obvious or it's a very weird thing indeed
kind grove
actually they did say if you needed to search the internet or get help here you would not need to include that. So I would assume you can use your own references.
slate salmon
i would advise against straight up copy-and-pasting that stuff at the very least then, that kind of ruins the spirit of the jam imo
kind grove
lol spirit of the jam when you have 10 year vets competing with 1 year noobs.
feral wind
I'm just here to make a bunch of tilable textures in substance designer, and mold them into a game
minor hemlock
@kind grove depends on how many 10 year dudes feel like doing voluntary crunch time ๐
kind grove
@tulip viper I like it. looks awsome!
somber hazel
except a 10 year veteran doesn't need to crunch to win
tulip viper
@kind grove thanks
https://trello.com/b/QHAlnybw/megajam-2019 still a bunch more to pull off though ๐ฆ
minor hemlock
we never ended up using trello this year for whatever reason
tulip viper
its good for tracking things, i get why not to....
minor hemlock
all set up but no cards on it
tulip viper
it does take time... but i love it
minor hemlock
yeah it just didn't click with this team I guess
tulip viper
specially with a distributed team with different work hours
kind grove
yea i still have tons of art to do if I want to submit. ๐ฆ
tulip viper
๐
kind grove
https://youtu.be/_eA_VfrkpFo This is a rough look at the style and look I'm aiming for.
rugged pilot
@kind grove Reminds me of Meridian 59 but 3rd person
feral wind
I've ditched my multiplayer
wintry beacon
@feral wind WHY
feral wind
I needa become more familiar with handling arrays!
haha
to isolate the players to give them different colors and conditions
that'll be a thing for a future game jam
wintry beacon
ha understandable. i love multiplayer but god damn its a pain in the ass to develop. so i just did local multiplayer for this jam and its been fun
Does anybody know a way to lock rotation of an object without simulating physics?
deep stag
it took me 2 hours yesterday to figure out that my gamestate was the wrong type and thats why my characters were freezing on spawn. MP sucks
wintry beacon
AMEN sista
wintry beacon
Ok this again might be a silly question (first jam = paranoid) but im just worried about idk disqualification or whatever (main goal of this jam is just to get feedback tbh). Do I need to declare that we are using Unreal engine SkySphereBlueprint?
maiden loom
Yes - because it wasn't made by your team during the jam
rugged plaza
When they say <100Mb do they mean zipped or unzipped?
loud basalt
Unzipped
wind aspen
@rugged plaza
rugged plaza
@flat pecan good grief. I should have sat this one out
My game is literally cat shit compared to these
"Litter"ally lol
flat pecan
@rugged plaza the main thing is to have fun
rugged plaza
True story
feral wind
loud basalt
This cute car's job is to drive in a square around my spherical world ๐
@small fern Is it better than your cars yet?
It even slows into the turn and everything ๐คฃ
spring magnet
quick question.. does the UE4 mannequin count as "default Material"?
maiden loom
technically no
spring magnet
I am asking cuz im going to have about 15-30 NPC's and FP player with the UE4 Mannequin. As a solo dev, i cant make that many NPC models in 7 days. and I still need to get my 2nd level made as well as a 3rd
gaunt copper
@spring magnet every 2nd or 3rd entry use Mannequin, i dont think they disqualify it based on it, if they did they would say on the stream as it quite common practice in UE4Jams
feral wind
it took me 2 days to get the mannaquin replaced
with a character and animations
I was a little slow on the animations though
spring magnet
that makes me feel better @gaunt copper lol. thank you
yeah thats what my worry is @feral wind Im not good with rigging/animation. and have little to no talent with art.
gaunt copper
@gaunt copper https://youtu.be/sbjn7Gw2QnA?t=700 on background ;p
feral wind
mind you, if you texture your character in a smart manner, you can just simply change the material *having it masked, on each different character
so you're essentially just having a master Character that solves the 15 variations
rugged plaza
Saw a submission that has a months old devlog. Are they just trying to get people to play their fraud?
spring magnet
thats.. actually not a bad idea.
feral wind
and even with some tech art, can create extra skins as well by combining noises together
spring magnet
@rugged plaza im guessing Run Cursor Run
gaunt copper
there always few entries like that
ofcorse they get disqualify :p
last jam somebody uploaded Sonic 4 as entry xd
carmine kindle
There's always the people who just don't understand what a game jam is too.
hearty ferry
I've got my concept all working, now creating 3 main level areas and then I'm submitting a first playable build (that I'll try to update with some bugfixes and polish I'm sure)
rugged plaza
@spring magnet yeah that one even says android with no android downloadable. I was mainly talking about that glitter game
spring magnet
ah. i didnt see that one in detail
maiden loom
'Windows 64 bit'
rugged plaza
Lol
rugged plaza
Lmao
rugged plaza
Only reason I noticed is I am submitting an android game
radiant acorn
Finished making the base shader, now i need to finish all the patterns. But the idea is to only create a few base ones and then have it generate them all procedurally
maiden loom
nice
rugged plaza
I know. Some person submitted the first game and it clearly showed they uploaded before the jam.
maiden loom
yup
rugged plaza
I wouldn't want to be the guy that has to dig through all these games trying to find the frauds.
Some though, they didnt even try to hide it lol
maiden loom
I don't think they're so much fraud as just ignorant
rugged plaza
May be.
wintry beacon
Hey guys just a quick question it says this in the rules:
In order to submit your game to Itch.io, your .zip file must be UNDER 1GB
but in the stream i remember them saying "your WindowsNoEditor file must be under 1GB NOT your zip file"
maiden loom
no the file you upload must be under 1GB if you want to submit via the web form
you are remembering incorrectly
amber latch
you can use dropbox to upload too
maiden loom
you can?
wintry beacon
ok so it doesnt matter how large the WindowsNoEditor file is as long as it gets into a 1 GB file we g ?
amber latch
maiden loom
doesn't matter how big it is uncompressed
wintry beacon
ok awesome. thanks @maiden loom
amber latch
you can use the add external file too and link google drive etc
spring magnet
btw, im trying to create a custom skysphere with 6 .png images. how do i turn those 6 images into a skysphere
spring magnet
yeah, but where do i find that in UE
somber hazel
you make the cube with correct UVs inside a 3d application
spring magnet
would blender work? i also have the option to export the image as a dds file
but ue doesnt like the dds file
somber hazel
I made it work in Blender, never tried the .dds file route
spring magnet
alright everyone. for now its bedtime for me
rugged plaza
@spring magnet open b3d select default cube. Make 6 materials, use names. Flip normals. Hit ctrl and then select a face and select a material then click assign. Do that to each face for a different material.
feral wind
somber hazel
difficult to see, is it taking collision into consideration?
feral wind
well its using the static mesh as each instance
good for throwing down the asteroids quickly
glass quarry
finally got something halfway interesting
you play as the cat from alien basically
feral wind
that is pretty awesome!
glass quarry
We'll see. Way too much left to do
feral wind
I mean, mainly for a project that would go on after the jam
glass quarry
maybe. We'll see how the final gameplay shapes up.
wintry beacon
@glass quarry thats actually such a cool idea
minor hemlock
https://imgur.com/a/dlOMsog heckin gameplay time here we go
glass quarry
@wintry beacon ty ๐
small fern
@minor hemlock I'm not sure I like the nudging on the pipe seams, makes me feel bit sick even when watching that clip
minor hemlock
yeah it's not great, but with audio it feels about 10% better
already using a spring arm with lag, but that only corrects velocity lag, which quickly gets maxed out ๐ฆ
https://imgur.com/a/lUhODcL unmute this and let me know how it feels
I think there's some sort of trick where your brain expects the next thunk sound and glosses over the camera bump because it's busy ๐
small fern
I guess the sound helps a bit, still wish there were at least option to buy better suspension ๐
minor hemlock
lol ๐ common request but I've gotta finish the game first!
anyone planning on using 4.24p3 for the jam ๐ you've got 2 days to sort out a whole new upgrade \o/
maiden loom
I dunno, I kinda like it
I think with some post-jam love you could have a half decent little game there
copper carbon
Lots of great progress in here, all ๐
Really looking forward to playing the games!
steep needle
good evening. Traditionally I'm asking if there's a 3d artist/animator wanting to help us? ๐
somber hazel
we probably won't get anything official about using memes, or? ๐ค
maiden loom
you don't own the copyrights to them, so they would technically be disallowed
somber hazel
wonder if there were winners in the past who used them, but I don't think so, either
except memeing Alex or Allar, which is totally fine I heard 
rugged plaza
The dev that entered that glitter game they been working on for months is commenting on other people's submissions telling them to read the rules now haaa
This has been the most entertaining ue4jam so far
maiden loom
lol
mental walrus
making progress ๐ https://twitter.com/OvidiuTepes/status/1196856114010185733
wet rivet
There's something so magical about seeing your game well lit and textured
minor hemlock
very nice!
steep needle
if i want to block Autosaves folder in perforce depot, just p4ignore on depot with "//MegaJam19_Outside/Saved/Autosave" should be enough?
neverming, seems p4ignore is blocking
there's no Autosaves folder on depot as it should be
wet rivet
Oh man imma scream
Was debugging replication not working properly, all I forgot to do was just click the box that says "replicates"
zenith gust
classic, but oh so frustrating ๐
maiden loom
I've done that more than once ๐
clear surge
those feels Rhys, those feels ๐
tardy quartz
Whoever it was that told me to use the Paragon assets for the game jam
I am very not happy with you
At all
minor hemlock
lol
carmine kindle
What's wrong with them?
maiden loom
Effort required to implement them probably
tardy quartz
The fact that retargeting any of the animations causes the editor to crash
The fact that some of the assets were causing packaged builds to fail
The fact that some of the assets were failing to load for an unknown reason
I could go on
somber hazel
np, I'll take over ๐
every character is about 1gb
every character will compile over 2k shaders
some characters have different bone structures, so retargetting will give a bad result
solid abyss
this chat doesn't fail to amuse me ..
tardy quartz
Retargeting I can understand
But that's nothing compared to all the other problems that it's caused
wide falcon
Maybe that's why they told you to use the assets ;). JK So I have been making models and being the artist all week, now I have put my game designer hat on. Army of One , go faster!
tardy quartz
Good luck. I've been doing this with only one other person but neither of us have any clue what we are doing lol
hearty ferry
I've gone for a way too large scope as usual. Now the question is, finish creating the rest of the needed modular sets for the end of the game, or implement the finished assets at the start ๐ค
wide falcon
Sometimes that's where the magic comes from. Deadline approaches, not much done, direction is every-which-way. Makes you come up with something, even if it isn't you think is much, might be a lot more than what I have done.
hearty ferry
Army of one is for me mainly difficult in the need to keep scope small
wide falcon
I say focus on getting somethings polished and looking good, with a game-play element that is fun (that's what I am trying to do), but, don't say I told you so, lol, good luck, time to change my personality to the game dev, node time!
gritty beacon
gritty beacon
negative brain
craggy zodiac
(Big * -1) Brain
spring magnet
i may need to withdraw.. i have yet to have a finished build do to overseen errors that have messed up the entire build. I still want to do something with the game title, but it isnt near ready for submission
ancient delta
is there a way to see the center mass for a skeletal mesh?
trying to use thrusters, and it's off a bit, so the angular velocities get super high xD
indigo kiln
am i the only one that gets anxious from all the defaul material names, imported substance texture names, and zero folder structure from this contest? xD
indigo kiln
theres no time to name things properly!
zinc juniper
is usage of the original SkySphereBlueprint allowed? Does it have to be written down if used
hearty ferry
Still got 2 days left and people already talking about no time left
There's still lots of time to do lots of things
Y'all can do it
spring magnet
i technically only have 1 day. Im west coast so its 6pm rn, meaning i have 1 maybe 1.5 days
rugged plaza
@zinc juniper I would list it
steep needle
some settings in project settings require to restart editor and recompile shaders. Is there a way to reduce amount of shaders? Ive had like 5500 shaders, not sure if its normal for new jam project
minor hemlock
final full day is coming up, hope everyone is on the downhill slope ๐
@indigo kiln your game makes me wish I had a vr rig set up again ๐ฎ
indigo kiln
thanks ๐ ive been working very hard on it, all the game made original, no assets. only things i havent made are the earth and moon textures, and the hands are the steamVR hands retextured
indigo kiln
i love my SFX. the thrusters is my bathroom tap, the empty click is a pair of pliers, and the crash is my oven being slammed lol
rugged plaza
@indigo kiln I was looking at VR stuff today after watching your stuff too
indigo kiln
๐
thats good to hear! ive been working on VR projects for a few years now, including pavlov VR last year, this year i decided to solo and do a game jam! hope you all enjoy it, its almost done!
wind aspen
Hows everyone going.? Just making the game look cool now.๐
carmine kindle
It's starting to look like I might actually have something playable at the end of this, so everything is looking brighter and more fun now. ๐
spring magnet
Question.. would someone possibly look at my project and tell me what I can do to optimize what I already have?
I'm not gonna give up on this
zinc juniper
Why not post some stuff here?
spring magnet
Yeah one sec.
loud basalt
Boss level is doooone! @small fern @wind cobalt
spring magnet
ok real quick. how do i merge geometry together withour allowing the player to pass through it? last time i merged them together, my player fell through the floor lol
indigo kiln
theres a tickbox for merge collisions
spring magnet
ahh thank you
tardy quartz
The textures on my terrain don't show up when I package the build
Does anyone know why?
I've already tried to change the Usage settings
And it only happens for the terrain
compact cedar
Any potential winners so far? We all know, best games made before the jam. And there are no problems with it...
uneven fractal
yeh
carmine kindle
48 hours left
loud basalt
@compact cedar I'd hope they investigate winners at least a little bit ๐ฎ
Since its a bigger less frequent thing now ๐
uneven fractal
have people actually submitted pre built games for the jams?!
carmine kindle
Yeah, there usually are a few at least, but I don't think anything like that has won. At least nothing obvious.
spring magnet
Has anything won with all premade assets minus the custom code?
carmine kindle
There was one, that I'm not 100% sure it actually won, but I think so and it used the default mannequin and a sci-fi futuristic paneling aesthetic, which I think were just premade assets. The gameplay was some kind of shrinking and getting bigger puzzle game.
spring magnet
I dont think i saw that one lol
amber valley
@gaunt copper are you making a game?
amber valley
Time to scroll up brb
gaunt copper
@spring magnet i think you really need to make up with the gameplay
spring magnet
Thats what im trying to do..
amber valley
๐ world looks awesome
gaunt copper
@civic dock "mega jamming"? you participating?
craggy zodiac
Dam I'm so jealous how advanced some of the builds have gotten in just under a week. Been a while since I did UE4
Here's what I have so far
https://i.imgur.com/Lvp9Imq.mp4
I does already have VR in it though
granite acorn
@craggy zodiac So that's what happens when a telekinetic plays beer pong. ๐
craggy zodiac
๐ป
civic dock
@gaunt copper Yes I am. ๐
gaunt copper
@civic dock great, can't wait to check it out, i don't remember playing any of your entries on my stream (or else i didn't notice as i operate in team names more)
civic dock
It's been quite a while since I've participated.
gaunt copper
oh so probably before i started streaming
civic dock
Yeah probably!
loud basalt
Didn't know you streamed
civic dock
Looking forward to submitting again. It's been too long.
Been a blast participating so far.
civic dock
My last Epic MegaJam was 2015, I think.
civic dock
Yep, 2015 was the first year.
loud basalt
Ah right, at the end of that year
civic dock
Hence the 5-year anniversary. ๐
loud basalt
Didn't even notice that part
gaunt copper
@loud basalt i started streaming since Spring 2018 when Allar and Victor didn't stream so i decided to tried and a like it so i do it regardless now ;p
civic dock
Yeah it's nice to have someone carry the torch since Allar doesn't really do it anymore.
I still have a great collection of funny clips from one of Allar's last jam streams.
lol
The one with the train going straight up the cliff, for example. ๐
loud basalt
Allar's streams were awesome
Glad someone picked it up
Do you do the whole try to finish it no matter what thing ๐
gaunt copper
If i stuck for long time and i played enough to have a feel of it i moving to next one, regardless it still takes 5 days with over 200 entries for me (so yea i might stream 10 days this time if it reaches 400 xd). but sometimes if entry is emersive enough i try to beat it no matter what, there was few entries liek that when i wasted over 2 hours :p
I will see how it goes, after 5th day depending how much entries i played i might shorten stream time, stream more days and try to make it to 12 dec ;p
loud basalt
I'm keen to watch, do you have a link
gaunt copper
loud basalt
Thanks ๐
hidden flicker
compact cedar
"I might stream 10 days this time"(c) Shadowriver
@hidden flicker I have to admit. this is a legit game
it's even more game than ours
@craggy zodiac slap a music by Robert Miles and it's a hit!
@radiant acorn i want that shader if it's procedural
loud basalt
I think I just finished my game ๐ฑ All thats left is to fill the world with some 3d models
My last jam in '17 had terrible UX (due to time limit) but I think this one is a looot better in that regard
carmine kindle
Doing environments is super fun ๐
feral wind
in this jam I've progressed in a project faster, than I did last year. of comparing 4 weeks to 1 week.
loud basalt
@feral wind Know the feeling, finishing a jam is always so satisfying since you come out with a playable game
Good motivation all around
spring magnet
hey guys, i cant figure out how to do this, i want to make an event, that will trigger an audio sound in my level. how would i go about that
gaunt copper
@spring magnet If just for single level then Trigger Box and Level Blueprint should do the job
spring magnet
is there a way to also set a delay, and a trigger for warning lights?
spring magnet
how about between two levels? is that possible?
gaunt copper
that would require code in game mode, or making blueprint out of tigger box and place it each level
faint vector
I have a question about a tiny category, how to correctly calculate the size of my game? Exta folder inside the engine folder is considered? etc.
rugged plaza
When they say comes in under 100Mb is that the download size or installed size?
Like on android the apk
faint vector
well... if i delete extras from engine folder and crush report thing my build goes under 100 mb, does this count? ๐
rotund quartz
Are starter content materials allowed?
spring magnet
Ok. So I'm trying to implement an audio dialogue in my game. I want to set up a static mesh (comm device) to play a dialogue (distress call) after a certain delay after begin play. How can I go about this?
rocky raven
some nice progress, tomorrow I should be wrapping up the remaining mechanics and then focusing entirely on level design till thursday ๐ 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2P8xTJ3UGQ&feature=youtu.be
alpine sonnet
carmine kindle
I think his response shows that he doesn't understand how game jams work.
rugged plaza
Also the cursor game
maiden loom
there's several games made before the jam
but his response "where was it marked" also shows he didn't actually read / understand the rules
(and doesn't get the point of jamming)
small fern
"best" are the ones that get caught and then quickly try to hide the evidence and still claim they did it during the jam
maiden loom
haha
small fern
I remember one few years ago
maiden loom
you'll be glad to know our game was 100% made duringt he jam
...and it absolutely shows ๐
small fern
he had the game on his own youtube account for months
and once people pointed that out, he just hid the old wip videos
acted like it never happened
maiden loom
if the prizes were smaller, you wouldn't get all this ridiculousness
if you're going to have big prizes, bring back the old Make Something Unreal competitions or something
small fern
to be fair, people who do this so that they get caught, will not win the jams anyway
maiden loom
it's the people who don't get caught tho
small fern
yeah, there are always many that make you wonder how they managed to do all that in such short time
many are still totally proper but I very much doubt all are
maiden loom
next year I'm hoping I'll have gotten farther with my procedural game dev stuff, but I just had no time this past year
trying to really learn to build tools that let you fart out content at a rate of knots
heh, reading through the pages etc, there really is nothing that says you can't submit a completed game that you did last year
I mean obviously you should state that it was all done before the jam
but even that caveat is not mentioned on the jam page except for a brief mention
oh boy
small fern
@maiden loom Submission must not include assets created prior to the Contest period (outside of noted sourced assets).
that's from official rules
(linked pdf)
maiden loom
where are the rules linked?
maiden loom
yeah, that is very not useful
small fern
but the mention is not on the itch main page
maiden loom
which is where Epic is directing all their jam traffic
small fern
to be fair, they should have put the official rules linked in such vague manner
maiden loom
rules should have been front and center
small fern
if you just look at that itch page, you could think the official rules is just a heading
as you get requirements etc after it
maiden loom
yeah, I had the pdf, but I never even realised that was a link ๐
small fern
should be rather: read the more defailed official rules here
^ @tranquil matrix
altho it's rather late for clarifying it now :p
but could take that as a note for future jams I guess
most seasoned ue4 jammers know about these rules
newcomers might not
well, there is "THE RULES" before it still
but yeah, it should be more obvious
rugged plaza
I wonder if anyone ever lost for not returning the release forms on time after being notified lol
stable kiln
with the space cats announced way B4 the jam started and spacesuits/ spaceships also fit the theme this doesnt really counter ppl doing work B4 the jam starts
might aswell give the theme for next year megajam
spring magnet
It is 4am and I'm still awake and jamming lol
feral wind
its 10:23PM for me ๐
spring magnet
ill share a screenshot of what ime working on here soon
wintry beacon
Does anybody else find the DEACTIVATE node for particle systems to be unreliable? or just not working at all? I have a particle system in my actor (as a scene component) and when i set it to deactivate, nothing happens ๐ค
I have resorted to changing the VISIBLE node which works most of the time but idk doesnt feel right
carmine kindle
I think deactivate just stops it from spawning new particles. Doesn't actually destroy the ones already there.
wintry beacon
Ahhhhhhhh
rugged plaza
Change visibility then deactivate
spring magnet
wintry beacon
You guys have any methods of debugging a packaged build?
my laser works in the editor but when i package it, sometimes it does, sometimesit doesnt?
just print strings?
wet rivet
Are you using a draw debug line as your laser?
If you package as development itโll be there if you package as shipping it will not
wintry beacon
ah ofcourse. thanks @wet rivet completely forgot about the the development package