btw.. im so glad i learned about the merge actors.. i would have close to 10k items lol
#game-jam-chat
spring magnet
compact cedar
@carmine kindle lies! environments are not fun...so many issues with those...main one is UE4 crashing due GPU memory overflow
limber bear
brave current
No panic.
Loads of time left ๐
wintry beacon
why does this make me want to panic
compact cedar
@limber bear ooh, looks nice
wintry beacon
@limber bear wow i love the menu system around that structure! I wonder what kind of gameplay ur game involves
gritty beacon
but why do the cats look like spheres
maiden loom
chronic overfeeding
maiden loom
whaaaaaat
limber bear
I mean, it is optional right ๐
dont get me wrong, if we could, we would, but it doesnt fit with the rest of the game
limber bear
thanks
somber hazel
If I take quotes from someone, should I mention their name or is there a legal issue if I put their names in the game?
I can see arguments for both sides, I might also lack sleep and my brain is not working anymore, so excuse me if I'm a little silly right now ๐
spring magnet
you and me both @somber hazel lol. im so sleep deprived im becoming paranoid and dillusional lol
maiden loom
you can quote people
minor hemlock
No attacks though or whatever the wording was
No attacks though or whatever the wording was
dreamy jewel
Hello. I have couple of question considering Epic Mega Jem 2019.
Can i use in my game third party soundtrack from internet if it is free to use?
Can i use in my game third party art from the internet if it is free to use?
Can i use in my game third party textures from the internet if it is free to use?
Can i use in my game third party models from the internet if it is free to use?
Can i use in my game fonts from the internet if it is free to use?
Can i use in my game models from the Epic Store?
Can i use my team logo in the game?
Can i use my team other projectโs logo in the interior?
Can i use Epic Store logo?
Can i use Epic Mega Jem 2019 logo in my game?
rigid fog
Um
Today is Wednesday.
Tomorrow it ends.
While I have thought about doing a one-day jam (I've done it before and it turned out interesting ๐ )
dreamy jewel
I am working with a team. We are almost done) just want to be sure that we a re doing everything right
rigid fog
- Royalty-free Yes, pay attention to licensing and make sure you list it on the form as something you didn't do yourself
- Yes, pay attention to licensing and make sure you list it on the form as something you didn't do yourself
- Yes, pay attention to licensing and make sure you list it on the form as something you didn't do yourself
- Yes, pay attention to licensing and make sure you list it on the form as something you didn't do yourself
- Yes, pay attention to licensing and make sure you list it on the form as something you didn't do yourself
- Yes (Unreal Marketplace) and make sure you list it on the form as something you didn't do yourself
- Yes
- Why would you? Logo should only be about that game. (Unless you mean company logo, then yes)
- Epic Store logo? No. I mean this is jam submission. If you mean Unreal Branding...technically, no, since you'd have to ask permission first (write to legal with the form on-site), but they might make some exceptions since it's unreal jam.
- I suppose you could. I don't think there's anything legally wrong with it (don't think it's trademarked).
@tranquil matrix could verify these though
minor hemlock
No copyrighted logos
somber hazel
So, if some person said something about being down to earth, can I put or even should I put the name under the quote? ๐ค
maiden loom
you can use the megajam logo, this was clarified in the stream
dreamy jewel
So i cant use my main projects Logo? i wanted to make posters on building with this logo
rigid fog
Well..the point of the jam is to promote your jam project...not other projects...
(or in plainer terms, it's not meant for you to promote other projects)
But again, up to @copper carbon @tranquil matrix to clarify
tranquil matrix
Quoted from the official rules: "Submissions may not feature any trademarks (including logos), except the Unreal Engine logo as described by our Branding Guidelines: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/branding."
I can't tell you what's considered a trademark, as this would be considered "legal advice", which I'm not allowed to give you
somber hazel
I agree with VictorBurgos, even if you just want to fill empty space, it's kinda a shameless plug and distracts from the gamejam game. Just use a social media link in the credits.
dreamy jewel
So i cant use even my teams logo? It is not a trademark btw)
and also i cant use Epic Mega Jem 2019 logo?
somber hazel
you mean your gamejam team made a logo? ofc you can use that
dreamy jewel
No i mean that my team already have a logo, made before the jam)
can i use this kind of logo?
rigid fog
Just do whatever at this point
You risk being disqualified if they deem you went against the rules.
So, up to you.
dreamy jewel
ok. Thanks for your advice
somber hazel
if your gamejam team made a team logo before the jam, just mention it in pre-made assets
spring magnet
hey guys. i need some help with AI weapon combat. i have a few 3rd person mannequins set up with random movement. what do i need to implement for the AI to shoot when an enemy is spotted
rugged plaza
Guys, Victor Lerp said on Android, it's the APK size under 100Mb NOT INSTALLED SIZE
maiden loom
that can't be right
otherwise you could just download a shit load of content like other APKs do
tranquil matrix
@maiden loom I didn't take that into consideration
I've yet to see a single game jam game on android do that (to my knowledge), but that doesn't mean it can't be done
maiden loom
I guess you can just go offline and see if it still works ๐
tranquil matrix
The phone I test on IS offline
solid abyss
haha ๐
what type of game are you making @maiden loom
I'm going for adventure type
tranquil matrix
It's the first time the question has come up, and I stand by the .apk being the limit for this jam but I will look into if we have to change that. Content could be downloaded mid game etc as well, which would require a different workflow for checking the size of the game either way. Good questions.
tranquil matrix
I'm getting excited to play all of your games ๐
I've seen some amazing stuff here and on twitter already, always surprises me how much you all can accomplish
maiden loom
don't get too excited about ours ๐
we're still racing to get everything decently functional
tranquil matrix
Seems like any other game jam then ๐
compact cedar
Movement still need some polish
https://i.gyazo.com/976d5f15cbc3efa91940d29ca997b2b5.mp4
game is not about skydiving btw
rugged plaza
@maiden loom I got that straight from victor.
maiden loom
read upwards, we just discussed it
minor hemlock
glad to see the jam has 12 more hours than I expected ๐
maiden loom
uneven fractal
minor hemlock
thought it was going to be 7 exact days, so I was pushing hard towards that goal and now there's extra time to actually finish the game lol
craggy zodiac
@compact cedar reminds me of a certain scene in a recent star wars game
compact cedar
"12 more hours"...JUST 12 HOURS!!!
@craggy zodiac was not inspired by it...just coincidence
craggy zodiac
submission is 35 hours from now
rugged plaza
Oh i see lol
@tranquil matrix may be privy to actually download all apk's at the end of the jam and store them. There wont be THAT many
compact cedar
@rugged plaza hope so...
wintry beacon
i mean it depends . for my team im the only one that 'joined' and has a itch.io account
rugged plaza
You would think if that many people were actually submitting games, there would already be a lot more already submitted
wintry beacon
so if its 2400 groups xD then damn
wat if they are like us and are going to literally be submitting it in the final hour
compact cedar
i have not joined...cause Shadowriver did
rugged plaza
What we usually get 200-300?
compact cedar
yep
wintry beacon
oh damn. this is my first so thats cool to hear.
compact cedar
i'd expect 400 this time
rugged plaza
Me too.
I think a LOT of people picked up UE4 this year
Especially since quixel
I know 4 unity guys that all jumped ship but they arent jamming
Because of quixel alone
wintry beacon
really????damnn
for some reason UE always clicked better in my head....just understood things better. plus the UI is gorgeous
glass fossil
I picked up a Humble Bundle a couple of days before the event. I have debating trying out Unreal and that made the decision. That's when I learned about the jam....and sooo, it has been...hectic.
compact cedar
when you learn it better, you'll be like "why is this made this way? no one will figure this out"
spring magnet
@glass fossil game jams are always hectic. this is my second time joining, as a solo dev mind you, but it is one of the best ways to learn, and get recognized by the community as a dev
compact cedar
and since Epic closed Wiki it's a downhill for docs
wintry beacon
Yeah i mean this is my first, been using UE4 for the past 1.5 year on n off and its easily been the most stressful thing ever... : / (in my game dev experience)
glass fossil
@spring magnet It definitely has been an accelerated learning process. I'm just hoping to finish one level besides my intro level.
spring magnet
Thats my goal as well. i have been up for 24 hours and counting to finish at least my second level, an AI driven combat system, and decorations
wintry beacon
when u say decorations. do you mean the fancy AI term - decorators? or actors/meshes in ur scene for polish?
spring magnet
meshes, actors, BP, and props lol
spring magnet
ive been trying to find a combat ai tutorial, with no luck
wintry beacon
at least i hope
AI is always something i found difficult
but i think is the most awesome part of game dev
sophisticated AI is just amazing to watch
spring magnet
if im being honest.. i have like 48 hours worth of dev still. but for the time being (till after the jam) I am doing bare necessities
and i agree
wintry beacon
yeah thats the smart thing to do. just do what makes ur game a game. if u have time to polish it then great if not, no worries, at least u made a game ๐
really tired tho.
spring magnet
thats the plan lol. i just want to submit something that isnt incorrect like last time lol
wintry beacon
u did that last time? ๐ฎ wat was the issue?
im so worried i will do something wrong and get disqualified
but i've read the rules so should be g
spring magnet
I had an awesome game with awesome mechanics (at least for a first time dev) and during a twitch stream of a playthrough of the submissions, the person was getting crashes, because unbenounced to me, i had uploaded the wrong file ( a previous version prior to bug fixes) but it was on me for lack of file/folder hierarchy
wintry beacon
oh god thats rough
i didnt know they played the games on stream
well im sure u wont be doing that this time : )
spring magnet
I honestly dont know if that part of it, or not, but they were judging it on a point system, so im assuming its part of it
wintry beacon
judging LIVE ๐ฑ ?!
spring magnet
like i said, i dont know if thats part of it, or if its a "fan" of the jams.
dont panic lol
somber hazel
Randomly placing UI and mapping to a random order of keys is pretty fun in the last hour of a gamejam ๐
wintry beacon
get ur big brain outta here
obsidian smelt
I finished God of War in the past few months and I'm still enthralled, so the MegaJam was the perfect opportunity to make something inspired by it. The jam theme was translated into a Valkyrie being sent down to Earth to deal with a disturbance. I wanted to make it a little more cinematic, but it might just end up being a brawler at this rate. Will continue with it a tiny bit more after the jam, though.
There's a subtle particle effect attached to the ultimate ability that faintly outlines her wings, which you can see at the end.
tulip viper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urEDasYXW8U&feature=youtu.be really coming all together now
somber hazel
wait, the jam doesn't end on the livestream tomorrow?
compact cedar
@obsidian smelt you need textures for landscape...grab one from Open World demo(kite) or Brushify
brusify has this dark rocks one...may fit your game
obsidian smelt
Yup for sure! It's just a blockout level for now. Will finish the level tomorrow.
hidden flicker
why is it that coffee always runs out during game jams
@somber hazel have yourself a count down timer https://itch.io/jam/2019-epic-megajam
there is legit a countdowntimer on that page
somber hazel
I know, that's where I looked at, but usually they end on the livestream
either way, that's some great news, more time to polish
tulip viper
@somber hazel you going solo or working with the old crew?
and yeah, its nice to have the last day to polish this time around too
wintry beacon
haha i wish i was at that stage...i think i planned to much and its biting in the ass hard
compact cedar
last day of jam is generally - no sleep
somber hazel
@tulip viper I wish I had the guts to ask them ๐ so... I gave Crowdforge another try, didn't have the best start, but now we rockin' with 3 ๐
wintry beacon
i havent been sleeping much since the jam started.... u know that feeling where u r beyond sleepy. like sick exhausted.i feel after tonight i'll feel that way...but gotta push through! 1 more day! -ish
compact cedar
@somber hazel you found people on crowdforge?
somber hazel
yes
wintry beacon
man i didnt even know crowdforge existed! : O thats awesome
compact cedar
dare move, glad you found nice people
spring magnet
alright. im taking a nap before getting back into it. I got the aesthetics done, now i need to BP everything, make a menu, and UI. I got this ๐
wintry beacon
Rest ez man. ๐
silent terrace
I keep having github deleting parts of my game when I pull it. I am so frustrated right now!!!!
I will get this done though!!!
craggy zodiac
So I have a quick question that I'm not sure where to ask it. I have a book actor that has a static mesh that is set by the construction script using a BookType Int and BookList staticmesh array. What I wanted to know is if there was a way inside the editor to press a button and randomize the int without me having to manualy set it. This is purely for level building purposes
only way I could think of right now is to add a bool value and have it randomize the number when it gets set to true
limpid trout
getting increasingly self conscious as the deadline gets closer 
I haven't done a jam alone before
limpid trout
i will have a game done before the deadline, but it's like
very barebones for what I wanted to have
which feels bad
craggy zodiac
@limpid trout Same, last time I did a jam I made a team that had people all around the world and we weren't able to get much done. Fist time doing this alone and I only know how to program
deep stag
i think i can finish the mechanics but considering ive made 1 map in my entire life and thats whats going to be left.... rip visuals
limpid trout
the last few jams i've done were in teams of 3, and i was only ever in charge of art and design, so doing programming/sound/gamepaly and everything is aaa
yea i did not leave even kind of enough time to make a good level
deep stag
i havent started a level ๐
limpid trout
oof
deep stag
its like a pvp shooter game tho so worst case i just make a blocked out level and make sure nothing is default mat ๐
limpid trout
very nice
craggy zodiac
So in order to make an editor "randomize" button I made a bool that when true would randomize the book selector int, set the bool back to false and then set the static mesh
limpid trout
gotcha
deep stag
couldnt use an editor event?
craggy zodiac
dont know what that is, let me look
deep stag
check call in editor
when you click on the properties of your class in the editor you will see your event as a button, as long as it doesnt take params (afaik)
wind aspen
One day left๐ Its now about what are the absolute must dos
craggy zodiac
@deep stag Thank you, that is much better
deep stag
๐
craggy zodiac
interestingly by updating the int it does not force the constructor to fire so I had to add another set mesh
limpid trout
Yea- the must dos are what hurt because i still have a long list of want-to-dos 
wind aspen
Yeah I a few 'like to dos' I hope i can get to
minor hemlock
death to cleaning robots (โฏยฐโกยฐ๏ผโฏ๏ธต โปโโป https://imgur.com/a/sP1ByHd (has audio, be sure to unmute)
marble marlin
anyone ideas while my game is crashing?
GarbageCollection.cpp] [Line: 603] Invalid object in GC: 0x0000020b000000a4 ReferencingObject: CableComponent
Yeah i know cable components are unstable but they're a somewhat core component of my game and it would be nice if fixed
craggy zodiac
I want to show more stuff since last time and more mess
https://i.imgur.com/1tI56WP.mp4
now I just need to find a way to keep the books from rocking
still osprey
How much time before dealine I should left to build everything and package my game?
craggy zodiac
1 day 8 hours 13 min 40 sec
maiden loom
as for how long, well, that depends on how confident you are that it will package, and on your Internet connection....
craggy zodiac
FREAK OUT!!!! what I showed is only half of the mechanics I have planned! I DONT EVEN HAVE A LEVEL BLOCKED OUT YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
unique glen
you can do it! don't give up!
carmine kindle
You should test package all the time though, even if you're not uploading that version, to see if it works.
craggy zodiac
I pray to the compiling gods so I should be fine
unique glen
yeah, packaging regularly throughout the process can help find any issues that might pop up
craggy zodiac
(famous last words)
wintry beacon
100% agree with @carmine kindle . i learnt this the hard way a while back....
I Package my game Everyday. if its a game jam game i probably do it eveyr 2 hours
unique glen
like for example, did you know ue4 has VR plugin dependencies even if you don't use VR and that can prevent you from packaging?
i sure didn't.
wintry beacon
๐ฑ really?
thats scary
i hope it at least mentions it in the output log
or something
unique glen
yeah, i spent the first day just trying to get an empty/blank project down to as small as size as possible for the 100mb challenge
if you leave it as default, packaged projects will come out at 250+ mb lol
craggy zodiac
@unique glen I KNOW, I hate it so much when I try to play someone's game jam and my vive starts booting up because vr plugins are enabled by default!!!
reminder to all TURN OFF THE VR PLUGIN!
unless you are making a vr title
unique glen
that will actually break your project so you can't package it though
i tried disabling the VR oculus plugin for example, how do you actually get rid of them?
carmine kindle
Every time I start a new project, I sigh at the sight of SteamVR popping up
unique glen
yeah lol
craggy zodiac
edit -> plugins -> Virtual Reality -> Oculus VR and SteamVR
unique glen
yeah that's how i disabled them, but then the game wasn't able to be cooked/built/packaged
minor hemlock
@unique glen there's a nano template that gives you 40mb headroom ๐
unique glen
yo that would have been useful, where do i find that? lol
craggy zodiac
weird, did you use any of the default templates? like the FPS template? because that has a vr mode inside of it
minor hemlock
unique glen
nope, i just used the default blank project BP-- oh is it because of archviz?
still osprey
@maiden loom but it's more like 2 or 8 hours of work
maiden loom
what is?
minor hemlock
@still osprey well... if it packages successfully that'll take anywhere from 1 minute to 15 minutes.
if it packages successfully
if it doesn't, you might spend 8 hours chasing down issues
so reserve somewhere between 15 minutes and 7 days to package and build ๐คท
minor hemlock
minor hemlock
we're done enough to ship a complete game
doesn't mean we're stopping
still a whole day left of polish and balancing ๐
knotty frost
@minor hemlock Iam playing the gam
wintry beacon
yeh for sure. thats awesome
knotty frost
66 mb good job guys
minor hemlock
it's 98mbish unpacked
spring magnet
@knotty frost that right there.. is what nightmares are made of lol
minor hemlock
but we still have a secret weapon in our back pocket
yeet this sucker
all glory to the @civic dock for giving us <100mb'ers a level playing field
craggy zodiac
Ok need some input, if I had a book and held it at eye level how many times do you think I would have to drop it until it is completely unusable?
craggy zodiac
lets make it hardback
minor hemlock
cover will probably get torn off within dozens
craggy zodiac
so maybe 20 then?
limpid trout
I definitely was out of my depth doing this jam but I'm glad i did it, i learned a lot
Time to spend 24 hours making as many art assets as I can
craggy zodiac
@limpid trout remember that you are allowed to use free assets so long as you have permission and document them. Granted I dont know your art making skills
limpid trout
I appreciate it!
I'm actually primarily an artist but I got so twisted and turned around trying to do a bunch of things I didn't know how to do, I didn't set aside much time to do any art work ๐
wintry beacon
Does the Get Actors of Class node get the actors in a particular order? for example, if 3 actors were named Meteor1, Meteo2, Meteor3. Would it store them in an arrayin that order or is it random?
- Yeah just checked it is random
hearty ferry
So much still left to do, so little time... Don't think I'll do any sleeping tonight, time to get some coffee
wintry beacon
@hearty ferry amen bruther . its grindin time!
deep stag
you know its getting near the end when the blueprints start to look like a warzone
somber hazel
I got 6 Blueprint tabs open on 3 screens, am I doing this right? ๐ค
craggy zodiac
@wintry beacon I bleave it gets it in the order of memory, so meteor 1 was in memory slot 2000 and meteor 2 was in memory slot 1950 then meteor 2 would be first.
@somber hazel Yes
surreal palm
when I copy a group of cubes some objects are not visible but still there, before it worked but now it just randomly stopped, help?
minor hemlock
@deep stag my UI widgets are hardcoded and I feel like an animal
deep stag
๐
craggy zodiac
@minor hemlock so does that mean that someone with a different size monitor would have the UI messed up?
minor hemlock
@craggy zodiac nah I just mean the logic behind them, each one gets separately set ๐
craggy zodiac
Oh shit, I just imported a bunch of assets and they are TINY!!!
carmine kindle
You can set the import scale and reimport them quickly enough
craggy zodiac
problem is since I didnt make these assets I dont know the scale needed
carmine kindle
Shove a large number in there and see what happens?
craggy zodiac
found it its 100
convenient
also need to add a 90 to the x rotation
MUCH better
glass quarry
Quick question. Might be answered but are we allowed to use custom fonts if we mention it in the disclaimer thingy and if they are 100% free?
we should be able right?
carmine kindle
If the font license allows it, should be able to
amber valley
@glass quarry yeah I'm using fonts too ๐ฅ
wintry beacon
yeah there are some amazing free fonts
@carmine kindle actually. what is the exact license that allows for such uses ? if u know off the time of your head otherwise i'll just check the rules pdf
carmine kindle
I don't know really, I remember being so annoyed by font licenses for one of my games that I considered possibly creating my own font just to get around it.
Even the ones that say 100% free on some websites aren't always exactly free to use.
limpid trout
Usually it'll say something along the lines of "app license"
which, are very few and far between
wintry beacon
oh. damn. ok so i really need to look then. thats a pity
wintry beacon
@limpid trout Awesome! thanks a lot
limpid trout
np!
minor hemlock
I usually just use https://fonts.google.com since most (all?) of those are free to use
All the fonts in our catalog are free and open source, making beautiful type accessible to anyone for any project.
compact cedar
Light pillar is a billboard. Works not as good as particle with camera align. But quite good.
tulip viper
discount mart SMG
uneven fractal
Flying enemy type https://i.gyazo.com/72f08f06c30e75883f5a94cc695c052d.png will have flaming eye sockets
limber bear
wide ginkgo
thick wraith
nice models !
tulip solar
nice, are the assets placed by hand?
limber bear
physics models yes, but the cables and the cylinder are proc gen
tulip solar
wow that must be tough for the level designer
loud basalt
Submission complete! https://itch.io/jam/2019-epic-megajam/rate/520423
Did it in 5 days instead of 7, 7 just feels too long for me
wet rivet
I'm making bad memes instead of finishing my work
and by finishing my work i mean holy crap there's so much work to finish
civic dock
Same here. So much work left! lol
rugged plaza
Naming convention. Is it "TeamName-GameName" or what? I cant remember and cant find it now
When u name your download
pliant ocean
hey guys I've never finished a game before, are they wanting it packaged as developer or shipping for windows? Also are they wanting an install exe that needs to be done in a seaparate program?
for the game jam
minor hemlock
either
pliant ocean
do I need to create an install exe or just package it then put it in a zip?
minor hemlock
you can just zip it
pliant ocean
awesome ty so much
gaunt saffron
In terms of profanity, what's the rules against it?
I assume keep it light, but I just wanna be safe
carmine kindle
Yeah, keep it very light. They have to be able to show it on stream. You can probably get away with a few heck's or darn it's.
gaunt saffron
Yeah, alright. Cool
rugged plaza
I took catshit model off because of that lol
gaunt saffron
Thanks
glass fossil
Anyone know if the deadline is based on your region or?
zenith gust
it's the same everywhere
just go to the jam page on itch
and see how much time is left
glass fossil
Yeah I know, I was just double checking as my areas been hit with a bloody power outage and severe weather warnings, Straya!
zenith gust
If you have something playable now, upload it just in case
and then you can upload again later when you have polished / finished it further
glass fossil
I mean I would but, powers out so I'm kinda buggered there
glass fossil
Hopefully the fires take a chill pill, thanks anyway ;)
tulip viper
EPIC MEGAJAM 2019 - RIUTHAMUS | Working on our submission for this year! #gamedev #gameart #indiedev #ue4 #unrealengine #unrealjam #ue4jam https://twitch.tv/riuthamus
craggy zodiac
GHAAAA, I'm having to work on lighting and I dont know jack s*** about it
I'm getting this weird light blead along the seem of my wall and floor and even if I extend the wall so it goes through the floor I still get it
feral wind
*switches to post process unlit materials instead
small fern
@craggy zodiac just make the wall overlap with the floor mesh?
craggy zodiac
already did, doesnt fix
gritty beacon
what's it look like
craggy zodiac
I know but I want it to look somewhat belivable
minor hemlock
dynamic ๐ only ๐ for ๐ jams ๐
minor hemlock
I should just fork your nano template into a jamming template lol
civic dock
I get the fastest iteration time that way.
minor hemlock
with static lighting disabled so there's no temptation
civic dock
Oh man, I like it.
If you don't, I will. Already been thinking about a jam starter template.
minor hemlock
I have been bouncing around the idea of doing my next jam game with only materials/textures provided in the engine/editor but remixed ingame
civic dock
Probably going to make one for myself regardless so I can hit the ground running next time. Basic framework stuff, rendering choices, etc.
That's what I'm doing for mine this time.
No textures, all meshes are engine content.
Basic cube, sphere, etc.
Probably going to dig into Starter Content for more shapes though. I need a pyramid.
minor hemlock
starter content? what a high roller with all this hard drive space
carmine kindle
Flatten 4 cones and use them as the sides 
civic dock
I would of course migrate the shapes from another project. ๐
Not going to stuff the entirety of Starter Content in my project.
I'm going for sub-100MB, after all!
minor hemlock
next jam goal: every mesh is actually a plane with a crazy material
why import vertices when you can make your own
\o/
civic dock
Hah, yes. Do a bunch of world offsets and POM stuff.
minor hemlock
all the blender #nodevember posts have given me the itch
gritty beacon
but the starter content being in the project is irrelevant for the 100mb goal
civic dock
Next jam I'm totally using the experimental modeling tools.
gritty beacon
just set up the map list properly and you'll be packaging only assets actually used by your maps
civic dock
That's true.
minor hemlock
yep, they really need to rename that option
civic dock
But I know I'm not going to use anything other than the shapes, so I'd rather avoid the clutter and migrate instead.
gritty beacon
it is kinda obscure, I only found it accidentally lol
noticed the content I was loading dynamically was missing after setting it up
civic dock
This?
minor hemlock
yep
civic dock
How do you use it? The tooltip isn't very useful.
minor hemlock
which one are you talking about ๐
gritty beacon
when you fill that out it activates
minor hemlock
you set Cook Only Maps and then you add the maps to the map list below
civic dock
I thought so.
OK, I might add that to the next version of Nano. Seems like a no-brainer for the Tiny Award.
minor hemlock
oh does it automatically activate? ๐
gritty beacon
idk if I've ever touched cook only maps setting
because cooking all maps isn't what you want either
that would include test levels and stuff
hidden flicker
whats the policy on this ?
minor hemlock
just set it to no payments
civic dock
Do they have a policy against allowing optional donations?
gritty beacon
no one is going to pay for your jam game
gritty beacon
enabling donations just sets yourself up for disappointment
small fern
I'd set to no while people evaluate the jam at least
could enable the donations month later :p
minor hemlock
I remember it being kind of annoying to download donation optional games too
rocky raven
civic dock
Or finish the game and sell it. Even better. ๐
minor hemlock
why?
small fern
I can't accept any donations without fund raising permit
gritty beacon
lol what
small fern
it's there to prevent people from making fake fund raising
like money for poor kids etc
gritty beacon
surely you can accept private donations?
small fern
only if people give it to
I can't ask for it as it's illegal
having a donation button is illegal here
gritty beacon
small fern
but if people want to donate, that's fine, just actively asking for it is not ok
our police went after few successful kickstarters even
civic dock
Wow, that's pretty harsh.
small fern
only because they had tiers on kickstarter that didn't give you specific item back
gritty beacon
minor hemlock
lol, chased down after $1 "follow the mailing list" tier
small fern
so if you do that kind of thing here, you have to be careful that each tier has actual additional items
hidden flicker
what you in here for man? "i accepted donations".. damn thats pretty hardcore
small fern
yeah, it's kinda shitty for people who do like open source tools
because having donate option for those should be allowed
gritty beacon
what do you mean additional items
surely getting the actual kickstarter thing is enough
small fern
I mean, you have to have a product to give, you can't sell the same game for 2 different prices on same kickstarter
many kickstarters have initial tiers that are just there to support the cause, but will not give you the product
that's totally illegal here
gritty beacon
that's just retarded
gritty beacon
so you have to get someone else to run your kickstarter and then they forward you the money as a private donation
problem solved
small fern
pretty sure that would be illegal too :p
it's really easy to connect the kickstarter to the product you sell :p
also you can't even make kickstarter here locally
you literally have to do it from some other country
as KS doesn't run in finland
so what people here do if they need this is that they start some new company on other country just for duration of the kickstarter
(which would basically be US because that's probably the main target with KS)
pliant ocean
My game for the jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZiomWPJIiI&feature=youtu.be
compact cedar
@hidden flicker you can enable donations after the jam, most people (looking at Allar)...don't like when games have donation warning on them
compact cedar
still reef
first time doing a jam, do I need to submit the game as a zip file?
knotty frost
how much time left?
carmine kindle
24 hours 18 minutes
compact cedar
feral wind
ayy! is that a sphere or a cube being projected from the player controller with a post process material? ๐ @compact cedar
compact cedar
yep, sphere mask from player's origin
feral wind
nice!
small fern
might be worth trying another browser?
robust breach
@tranquil matrix Hi Victor, we have a query. Can anybody use any part of the unreal logo as a part of the game.
gusty marlin
I'm crying my game has suddenly broken and no idea why ๐ข so little time left
nova escarp
F
somber hazel
Need more duct tape?
I've got plenty and it seems to hold everything together... for now
gusty marlin
Lol!
My lighting will only light half my map all of a sudden and follows my camera around O.O no idea why
Have tried deleting everything and remaking all my lights - doesn't help
minor hemlock
@small fern well the button worked.. there just wasn't any text XD
@robust breach from the official rules:
Submissions may not feature any trademarks (including logos), except the Unreal Engine logo as described by our Branding Guidelines: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/branding.
wintry beacon
Good morning everyone (or watever time of day it is for you). Just woke up from a 4 hour sleep, feeling dead on the inside but ready to commit another 22 hours development! Hope all you peeps are happy with ur progress : )
small fern
@gusty marlin could try just disabling baked (static) lighthing from the project settings altogether
gusty marlin
Will give that a shot!
tardy quartz
Not a whole lot of time left
gusty marlin
sweats
tardy quartz
But it's looking like I will have a game to submit ๐
gusty marlin
Yay!
tardy quartz
It's gonna be close, and I wish it was better. But this will be the first time my friend and I made a jam game ourselves
minor hemlock
hooray!
tardy quartz
We've done jams before but always joined someone elses team
It's pretty exciting, for me at least. Especially considering the whole thing has been made in the span of a week lol
I've pulled multiple all-nighters trying to figure out everything
So now I'm very tired
gusty marlin
We join all the time but never manage to finish - this is my first time nearly having something I can submit! Excited too
I've never joined a team because I felt too nooby haha
wintry beacon
never underestimate us noobs . we are powerful
nova escarp
This will be my 3rd jam, my first one we somehow got mixed up and used the winter's theme instead of spring's and my 2nd jam we were on the dot, 12 seconds late to submit
gusty marlin
oof
small fern
if you changed the static lighting, it'll take a while to recompile the shaders
it taking long time to open in editor is normal
gusty marlin
Fingers crossed
tardy quartz
Yea my PC has pretty much hit it's limit with this jam
gusty marlin
yeeeep
tardy quartz
Had a couple close calls already
small fern
you can just open task manager and see if there's ue4 shader compilation loading up the cpu
tardy quartz
I was running my music program the other day with some new VSTs i got. Just loading up the project nearly killed my PC
gusty marlin
OOokay we're back
tardy quartz
Everything running alright?
gusty marlin
Yeah I forgot i was building a heighmap yesterday and launched unreal at the same time xD
The computer did NOT appreciate it
We shall see!! Fingers crossed
tardy quartz
What were you making the map in?
gusty marlin
Gaea
gusty marlin
I had everything working really well a few days ago - but I had to swap out TrueSky and everything went downhill from there
gusty marlin
xD I had it, so why not
I don't even know why I have it - but apparently i do
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
tardy quartz
Holy crap how have you gotten anything done?
gusty marlin
hmm?
Oh yes oh yes oh yes!
The lighting is working!!!!
(Why would truesky stop me getting stuff done?)
small fern
well you did have to swap out from it, didn't you? ๐
tardy quartz
ooof
gusty marlin
Any idea what would cause everything on the left side of my camera to look way darker?
carmine kindle
Oh no, not structs failing my packaging again. ๐ฉ
uneven fractal
Feeling really good about the balance of swordplay/dashing/boomeranging https://i.gyazo.com/13d974eca47c781d06f3c6360c2817cc.mp4
ai is not my strong suit at all, the enemies are dumb as can be without just staying idle lol
minor hemlock
@carmine kindle using blueprints? Just gotta trace down the offending break struct nodes and re place them
Had a panic about that a few days ago myself ๐
hidden flicker
i think it means
what country do i live in?
@tranquil matrix
from the submission form
also i submitted my project, kinda by mistake already on the epic megajam page, will it update to the latest vesrion i put on my itch page be4 the deadline once i make an update available?
i pressed this button
i thought it was like a secret button, and it submitted
hidden flicker
yeah this epic mega jam definitely a doubled since last year
wintry beacon
So I got the main menu to work with controller input which im super happy with . but the moment i launch the game [packaged build] or press play in editor i always have to focus onto the window by left clicking. In order to do that i left click on the window/game but once i do that my buttons on the menu are no longer focussed... : / any ideas how to automatically focus game window upon launch?
carmine kindle
@minor hemlock Wasn't even a struct node this time, but a pre-filled element of a struct array.
minor hemlock
@wintry beacon is your main widget set to Focusable?
I also like to reset focus to it on focus lost events in case of alt tabs
However there's a reason I didn't support controller in this jam entry ๐ UMG controller support is a nightmare
placid lantern
hidden flicker
In the widget itself , have a on focused lost event
You can even run it on tick to contiusouly check if player has focus on widget
And if no focus
tulip viper
"THE WORLD IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING" they said....
hidden flicker
Set focus
minor hemlock
Mmmm carrots
wintry beacon
@hidden flicker AH! gotchya. building now just to make sure i did it right cuz it works like a charm in the viewport
@hidden flicker ok whilst this does FOCUS the game and my mouse disappears. for some reason all buttons are set to unfocussed despite the widget being focussed on but Im not sure if i did it right :/
trail trellis
Is anyone using WMR and 4.23 for this game jam? Having issues with input bindings in a packaged build. Any help appreciated!
gray granite
I doubt I will finish what I have been working on in time, but this jam has been a success for me as I was able to learn a ton about UE4 ๐ผ
tardy quartz
Oh heck yea
I've learned more in a week then I have in the past month
I knew nothing about cinematics until the other day
And I can actually do things in the blueprint sometimes now ๐
gusty marlin
@tardy quartz Same!!!
Just shifted everything into a new level and the lighting bug is gone celebrates
wide falcon
@gray granite I am with you on that one, my first jam and I am in a jam
hearty ferry
Last day starting now, I could either try to finish my game even though I don't have nearly enough time, or I could try a short 1-day jam with a new way smaller scope project ๐ค
craggy zodiac
WELP!!! It's 1:10 here, I've done as much as I can (not enough in my opinion) tomorrow (today) I am unable to continue working so I've submitted it as is. If anyone wants to try it out here's the link (you need a vr headset) let me know if it goes up in a glorious ball of flames. https://itch.io/jam/2019-epic-megajam/rate/520734
If you don't have a vr headset here's a video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp2um6T9rok
The space cat was suppose to be the reason for the gravity anomaly and he would move around the room pushing (playing) with things and messing with any work you would have completed
spring magnet
Ahhhhhh I'm losing it.. I cant figure out a combat ai system!!
wintry beacon
Anybody else have like a list of TO-DOs. and all the hard stuff is finished reasonably quickly. then all the small stuff takes surprisingly long ๐ฉ
spring magnet
raises my hand right here lol
feral wind
๐ฎ
gusty marlin
@wintry beacon yeeeep
loud basalt
Spent my day improving the quality of the gameplay/ux, tomorrow its thorough playtesting / fixing
wintry beacon
the next 18 hours for me are : gameplay/ux, character, playtesting, bug fixing, vfx, sfx, polishing ๐
loud basalt
@maiden loom Its 11:37pm
ornate prawn
rugged plaza
Nice one
wintry beacon
@ornate prawn looks cool
ornate prawn
@wintry beacon thx still a lot to do
rugged plaza
~18 hours folks. Get crunk or get drunk
loud basalt
Is that a saying?
rugged plaza
Only just now
wintry beacon
its insanely annoying how anxious these jams can be . i keep bouncing between " i've got lots of time. its fine . u'll make it. dw" to "how the hell am i going to finsih all this? why did i plan to do so much. im FREAKIN OUT"
loud basalt
(Fun & Visuals & Use of theme)
rugged plaza
Also remember "Visuals" arent what you think. They dont expect anyone to turn in death stranding. They just expect everything to fit together
wintry beacon
Yeah very true. definitely have to keep my head in the game
rugged plaza
I spent hours working on sounds. They arent being judged at all. But to me, the sounds I used add to the fun lol
wintry beacon
yeah exactly
carmine kindle
The key to success is constantly throwing out stuff you planned on adding but don't have time for.
wintry beacon
i have really basic sounds cuz we dont have a sound guy but its sitll important to us
@carmine kindle haha true im a stubborn mule so im struggling with that
rugged plaza
@carmine kindle true story
tulip viper
captain scruffles reporting for duty!
wintry beacon
E lookin scruffy i'll tell ya that
wintry beacon
pretty cool to see the submissions increase
although i was expecting more submission at this time
carmine kindle
That's just the early folks, who in their right mind wants to give up 16 hours of development time
wintry beacon
haha yeh true
carmine kindle
I would recommend submitting as early as possible this time though, with so many teams, it's bound to be quite busy near the end
wintry beacon
good point! i didnt even think of that. i think i will be submitting in around 10 hours so. should be ok ?
How many teams were there last year?
carmine kindle
1011 people joined and 200 submissions for the last megajam
wintry beacon
oh wow! that is quite a difference
thats sick to see how much ue4 community is growing damn
carmine kindle
Got some crazy prizes this time too
wintry beacon
yeah i actually wanted to ask, are those prizes per person in the team? or thats the prize for the team to share
carmine kindle
"Each team member will receive the prize awards."
wintry beacon
๐คฆโโ๏ธ my bad... shoulda just read. thanks
somber hazel
We can submit already, but still change the game, right?
carmine kindle
Yeah, pretty sure you can make changes until the deadline
somber hazel
And then at the deadline, it will be locked and we can't change the game?
loud basalt
@somber hazel I've updated several times without an issue ๐
somber hazel
alrighty! thanks guys! โค๏ธ
wintry beacon
And in regards to the utube video link, we cant submit in the description after the deadline right?
or do we have to send the video to ue4 community peeps so they can put it in their showcase (i think the stream mentioned this)
loud basalt
On the stream someone asked if we need to have the video before the deadline and VictorLerp said ideally within a few days after the deadline
So I assume so...?
I wouldn't risk it
๐
wintry beacon
Yeah exactly. like by the time i submit it'll be around 5 a.m for me. so i'd rather go to sleep . but its probably not worth risking ay ๐
Does anybody know like an average to the length of game jam games?i understand it varies drastically but idk, not sure how long i should make my level
loud basalt
@wintry beacon You want to pack as much quality in as little size as you can in general for game jams, long games especially with better features toward the end will be overlooked more than games that show what it has upfront
The more competitors, the more that reigns true
Judges don't have a whole lotta time either
Just don't make it short enough that it detracts from enjoying the game, over before it begun sort of thing
wintry beacon
@loud basalt that is super helpful! thank you .
my game isnt super complex or anything so i'll probs keep it to around 5-10 mins (only 1 level)
rugged plaza
I always heard 1-3 minutes. My game has 3 levels but it is very casual.
wintry beacon
@rugged plaza oh damn . yeah see this is my first time i really have no idea. : /
rugged plaza
I've entered 4 now but ai only finished the game on this one and the first one lol.
wintry beacon
im actually so happy i havent started creating my level....i was originally going to make it 15 minutes....thinking back that would have been so silly
oh damn haha
loud basalt
Mine has 5 levels + boss level, bit of a risk putting a huge feature at the end of the game that they may struggle to reach ๐
The first levels are pretty fast though
rugged plaza
8i submitted but I'm gonna do updates tonight. I had to submit though. We have bad weather and power outages are possible tonight
*I
At least wanted a playable game uploaded in case of disaster
loud basalt
Always a good plan regardless
limpid trout
Yea I ended up having a bunch of stuff come up this morning and idk if I can make my game look any better, which sucks, but I submitted it just in case so that it's at least out there
gusty marlin
Back on track! Everything working well! XD
compact cedar
THE RULES Work alone or with a team (up to 5 members total) to make the most incredible project in Unreal Engine 4 based on the given theme and submit before the deadline.
Literally, first sentence.
sharp dagger
need to get my project done asap ๐ฅ๐ฅ
gusty marlin
Mood
wintry beacon
@loud basalt do you have an estimated/expected time it'll take to complete the game?
sonic echo
Man I ended up with a Team for the GameJam and not 100% proud of the game we developed and it's not finish
amber latch
Some games end up like that, but you should always be proud with what you makes as it makes you a better developer in the long run as you learn from it.
sonic echo
that is true, I'm just not proud with the stress I got from the team and how long it's taking them, I actaully did another all nighter
sonic echo
lol so true
gusty marlin
Teams are scary O.o
amber latch
I only usually team up with friends when i enter these days
wintry beacon
I remember reading articles about game jams and one of the most important tips i got was : Make sure every member is on the same page in regards to goals and skill level.
Maybe some people are just doing it for fun, casually. Others want to win and get first place! Others just want to try something challenging and learn whether they have a fully complete game or not
sonic echo
yeah once this ends it's back to my own personal projects and no Jam deadline
wintry beacon
So idk maybe u n ur team members have different goals in mind\
sonic echo
Maybe, some seem to lack proper direction on developing a game in a good set of time
wintry beacon
@sonic echo yeah i understand. i mean this is my first game jam and it was tough... a lot of internal conflict. made me question not wanting to do a game jam with them again. but idk its a stressful event so it happens. what i love about game jams is that it really just forces to do develop quickly and efficiently.
i wish i had this drive for my personal projects....im in love with an idea for a month. then boom. im bored of it... its a curse
carmine kindle
I've made more stuff during the jam than I did for my personal project the last 2 months combined.
wintry beacon
haha exactly
compact cedar
@glass quarry how it looks when lit?
sonic echo
sorry have of my brain is asleep, while the other half is working
minor hemlock
Every game jam: " I'm not going to do a game jam again "
gusty marlin
Nice @glass quarry !!
glass quarry
@gusty marlin ty
maiden loom
I dunno, even after the insane work crunch, I'll do another jam :p
gusty marlin
I make my project too ambitious every time
minor hemlock
@maiden loom solo work gets depressing so you're not wrong ๐
After another 6 months I'll probably be eager to find a team again
carmine kindle
I was going to join a team and chill out and relax this jam at first, only doing some art or whatever.
rugged plaza
Dang. My game already downloaded 6 times in 12 hours
carmine kindle
And I've probably slept no more than 4 hours in a row since the jam started, so I kinda failed at taking it easy this time. ๐
rugged plaza
Sounds about right
I think I might join a team next time.
Focus on just one area
7 downloads now. I wish people would comment while there is still time to make changes
small fern
just a heads up, when scanning 4.23 builds with virustotal, it seems to have one false positive: Cylance: Unsafe
I've verified this with two different jam entry zips from the itch and also from my own 4.23 build test
basically it flags the tiny launcher exe at the root of the folder
actual bigger game exe is fine
72 entries submitted so far btw ๐
maiden loom
less than I'd expect, but still a lot
I'd guess we're heading towards ~300 entries based on that number
flat pecan
small fern
I keep wondering why people still keep using bandicam?
feral wind
I guess they've got the settings working better than OBS
small fern
there are plenty of free capture tools now that do compression on gpu on the fly and don't do watermark
glass quarry
action! is my favorite
got it super cheap
and it has great performance and a lot of options
I can record 4k 60fps footage with minimal frame drops
gusty marlin
Couldn't get Nvidias tool working consistently personally
OBS was the only option that actually took any window I needed as input
rugged plaza
Dang! I got a hit fellas lol j/k
gusty marlin
xD
feral wind
must make pause menu O_O
small fern
that's like the least needed feat on a jam game ๐
feral wind
oh really? I can skip that?
small fern
unless it lasts for hour
rugged plaza
Yeah
small fern
usually jam games are played through on one go
feral wind
its going to take me an hour to produce the pause menu lmao
small fern
if your whole game takes up to 10 minutes to play through, nobody really needs to pause it
feral wind
just artist things
small fern
also doubt any judge would give any extra on jam entry actually having pause menu
game not having checkpoints though....
small fern
there's been plenty of jam games where you really should have had checkpoints
feral wind
in a platforming side scroller
small fern
it totally depends on the gameplay
feral wind
with very difficult jumps
small fern
on platformers, if you have game over scenario, you'd want checkpoints
because it can be frustrating to always start from zero
small fern
if you don't die and can redo the jumps, you can do without
and if you haven't really designed checkpoints in yet, I wouldn't really bother
as it's more likely that everything breaks at this stage ๐
feral wind
with my very few mechanics I've mainly had a very few node as possible approach
small fern
basically you'd need to be able to reset the game states to what they were at the last checkpoint
feral wind
I think mucking around with game states
is a bit beyond me at this point, that'll have to be for a future project
minor hemlock
hey guys
I don't mean to demean anyone
but
tag your flippin space cat games ๐คฃ
feral wind
is it alright if my exe isn't the name of the game?
tranquil matrix
@hidden flicker No the question is correct, we only need to know where you live if we send you prizes, and the shipping information is only requested at that point.
@robust breach For use of the Unreal Engine logo refer to our branding styleguide: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/branding
tranquil matrix
@feral wind Yes, that's fine, but please name the folder like so: TeamName_GameName
tardy quartz
We have a fulll game!
feral wind
ah cool thanks @tranquil matrix
wintry beacon
Do any of you guys know how to show widget components on BOTH split screens? It current only shows it on player 1 and i cant find where to change that
minor hemlock
Submission forms can be edited after the jam ends, correct? and the game itself can't? I always forget which way that works
tulip viper
https://trello.com/b/QHAlnybw/megajam-2019 13 HRS left... and still so much to be done
gusty marlin
shoves gameplay together with brute force
@minor hemlock they did say in the stream you can focus on getting the game in on time and then figure out the other stuff as long as it's within a day or 2 I think?
spring magnet
Welp.. good luck guys. I'm dropping out of the race. It was a highly educational week for me, however I bit off more than I could chew again lol
spring magnet
I ooffed big time. I cant pinpoint the problem.
I had tried rearranging my folder hierarchy to many times, and I screwed something something up. Blame it on my ocd
Lol
spring magnet
Your what? @feral wind
wintry beacon
scope of project
feral wind
yeah for my project
spring magnet
Ooh I thought u meant an actual scope lol
feral wind
went from shared camera multiplayer side scroller
*finds that procedural chopping material in the content examples
hold my beer @spring magnet
oblique cairn
my game is starting to come together too https://i.imgur.com/Tke6Wzs.jpg - also cut a bunch of scope, skipped spherical gravity, extra levels and a bunch of other things (but did add a wrist rocket....)
spring magnet
holds the beer lol
spring magnet
Holy crap @oblique cairn that preview alone is amazing
feral wind
them sweet Light shafts
oblique cairn
@spring magnet can mostly thank ue4s inbuilt light shafts for that, I love em ๐
spring magnet
I'll definitely be giving these games a try tho.
@oblique cairnthe built in assets are pretty nice tho
oblique cairn
I'm using voxel plugin for the bulk of the landscape, and lots of meshes made in blender
spring magnet
I still need to familiarize myself with blender lol. I'm used to 3ds max while I was in college but my sub expired and no money to get it yet lol
spring magnet
@wintry beacon also I may not be able to submit for the game jam, but I def want to build on this idea I had. It will still be a thing
Also quick question before I head to bed. Is there a way to set up the ue editor with a master folder hierarchy so this doesnt happen again?
oblique cairn
@spring magnet what happened?
spring magnet
I moved things around too much lol. My ocd got the better of me and made the mistake of trying to delete folders (I thought) I didnt need, and moving the assets around to be more organized. But it ended up sxrewing me at the end.
oblique cairn
Ahh, I've had the occasional issue moving things around
spring magnet
For example, when I added assets from epic into my project, I would move them from the default folder hierarchy into my hierarchy.
oblique cairn
https://github.com/Allar/ue4-style-guide is a nice guide on how stuff can be laid out
when working by myself, I tend to avoid worring about folder heirachy and style too much, filter and search works well
with a projects own files all in their own folder, they don't get mixed up with anything else
spring magnet
I'll def look into that. Heck I may just set up a folder hierarchy on my computer, make a new project, and the copy/paste it into the project folder
oblique cairn
So, the root directory can be mostly grouping where assets came from
a new project can have just the projects name again as a folder in content (like PROJECTNAME/Content/PROJECTNAME/)
Then even if stuff is migrated to a new project, it is kinda organised by where it came from
spring magnet
I think I was just worried about the editor packaging assets that were not vital to the project
oblique cairn
no worries on that front
in proejct settings you can select "package only maps" and give it a list of maps
will only pack things that those maps depend on
opaque kernel
Hey for submitting builds for UE4 jam, does iOS test flight counts?
oblique cairn
(and gameinstance etc from project settings)
spring magnet
Oooh that's what that means lol. Oops
oblique cairn
it should mean an unused asset never gets packaged
I should get back to work - just seen @minor hemlock s entry, and need to step my game up!
spring magnet
No worries. I should get some sleep lol. Almost 48hrs and only 3hrs of sleep. I'm becoming delirious lol
Not like I wasnt already :P
minor hemlock
๐
indigo kiln
spring magnet
But yeah.. good luck every one
wintry beacon
ay congrats!
oblique cairn
@indigo kiln damn, that looks nice
wintry beacon
i wish i could say the same
feral wind
you can all do it!! ๐
small fern
it does look like solid entry for VR category
I dunno how the cat thing is done there from the footage so far ๐
oblique cairn
Yeah, I'm skipping cats, aiming for VR - but seeing that I think my chances are fairly slim
feral wind
the biggest things I've learned from this week was, mainly getting a character to work in ue4, and dealing with a different set of level design problems
oblique cairn
Still in with a chance, my game looks nice, is fun if you like that kinda thing - does not have checkpoints, but does let you rewind time to avoid mistakes
zinc juniper
I'm happy Unreal has a "Saved" folder that contains periodic backups of previous blueprints.
One of my blueprints decided to go corrupt, somehow it decided to error up my project a lot later (5 hours)
Making it impossible to open the project getting stuck at 70%. Next time I should really use source control..
rotund quartz
is starter content allowed?
small fern
as long as you disclose you used it
rotund quartz
thanks
topaz mortar
While I probably won't be submitting my work, (Had job emergencies that took time away) I'm glad I joined the Game Jam. Mainly worked on my knowledge with AI Blueprinting and Animation. Anyone else take the Game Jam as an opportunity to learn something new?
indigo kiln
@small fern SpaceCat is the name of the station ๐
some highres editor screenshots
rugged plaza
@topaz mortar always.
mental walrus
So less time now, so much to do ๐ช
rugged plaza
Pick what is most important
wintry beacon
@mental walrus yeh seriously i thought i'd be way more ahead at this time...Im starting to get worried...but i gotta stop positive n productive ๐
carmine kindle
Nearly submitted an old version and went to bed. Pays to double check things sometimes. ๐
small fern
92 entries now
wintry beacon
oh damn so u done @carmine kindle ?
wintry beacon
awesome. congrats man
understandable
im hoping i can finish in 5 hours time tbh...
but i think it will be 7-8
zinc juniper
I'm trying to spawn an actor based on class but once I put the spawn node in my project I'm unable to open it anymore, until I remove the blueprint that contains it.
My guess would be that the issue is related to the derived C++ class. Has anyone here experienced this issue before?
gaunt copper
On the eye it hsould cross 300 for sure
@zinc juniper Name changing or removing anything in class and class it selfcan cause this, don't use hot reload in those cases, don't save blueprint if you did used hot reaload, remove things from blueprint related yt what you about to change then compile
brave current
wintry beacon
getting worried again. just to be clear, we can submit a zip file that once uncompressed is larger than 1GB correct?
gaunt copper
itch.io is one impsoing 1GB limit if oyu dont use Butler
so it ok if it crosses 1GB after zip
you can enable compression of packages in packeing and oyu gonna get similar size
atleast i tested that againts Total Compander zip compression
gaunt copper
yes
and if you got Butler you can go beyond that
It say near Upload field when you edit game page
tulip viper
cats?
zinc juniper
@gaunt copper thanks for the advice, I'll see if I can fix it this way
wet rivet
Quick tip make sure to gather your teams submission information
tulip viper
gaunt copper
@tulip viper Cats Love Tanks 2? :>
gaunt copper
Who sold you the IP? ;p
wintry beacon
I doubt the creators of stuart little would mind xD
gaunt copper
But we both creators, but he is not in Awesome Cats team this time :p
rigid fog
@tulip viper looks nice man
tulip viper
thanks @rigid fog
rigid fog
I think I am going to try an 8 hour jam
carmine kindle
I sure hope my game actually works, I think I'm going to go finally get some sleep ๐
rigid fog
Need to take care of business first. Then, spend 30mins on pre-production, 30mins on getting all software/project ready, then 8 hours of crunch, then one hour packaging, last min bits.
fierce tundra
tardy quartz
So I made a particle emitter
But when I put it in the world it looks like this
Anyone know how I can make it thicker?
minor hemlock
@wet rivet especially before the last day when team members are prone to passing out without warning ๐
hearty ferry
@rigid fog Good luck on the 8-hour jam! I've been unexpectedly busy this week so didn't have enough time to work on my initial idea, I'll be doing a way smaller 8-hour project too
rugged plaza
Good luck!
rugged plaza
tulip viper
What does every cat need?
minor hemlock
lol my game is running into floating point errors. good thing I didn't make the track longer
car gets a little twitchy in the last quarter
rigid fog
@hearty ferry ty. I'll probably stream it all, if I can get everyything all setup in time
wooden bramble
zinc juniper
Finally got some pathfinding in the game
faint vector
tulip viper
lol little gameplay test of where we are at right now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPh6yq1simg&feature=youtu.be
bleak cairn
I hate unreal engine scare errors... I call them like that because they appear in the worst situations possible. And a quick restart fixes everything for those errors... 10 secs earlier... "You don't have an unreal engine version installed" I mean is the engine trolling me on purpose? ๐ anyways the build is done for the jam.
deep stag
so close to being done ๐ ๐
rigid fog
hmm, I haven't even started yet
deep stag
๐ค
civic dock
๐ Less than 8 hours to go, folks!
wet rivet
shudders play testing multiplayer
rigid fog
yeah, no MP in 8 hours
civic dock
Start wrapping up and make sure your game is packaged, playable, and uploaded as soon as possible. ๐
nimble stratus
Hi This is my first game jam, i havent done packaging. Can anyone give me tips please
small fern
yes
you do that on day one and then throughout the project
if things break now, you don't have any clue where to even begin fixing it
so, good luck ๐
but yeah, if things go well, it's pretty straight forward
bleak cairn
it's not that bad...
btw... here is a tutorial if u need :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P878gUw9l-E
small fern
just find the menu entry for packaing
nimble stratus
Thanks
robust breach
Can we upload the video after the deadline or we have to submit along with it ?
zinc juniper
My day in a nutshell
Anyone here know a way to debug this?
Since it pops up whatever I seem to do in a particular blueprint
Even decided to remake it
small fern
shader compilation?
zinc juniper
No it's related to scripting/c++
it happens once I add nodes to a blueprint that reference another blueprint
wooden bramble
Testing multiplayer was not too bad
There are a plethora of ways to test with the editor. I ended up taking the easy route and built a dedicated server
Reached out to a few discord and got 1-2 people to help
bleak cairn
It's done.... Bed im coming
mental walrus
steep needle
seems FMOD plugin is blocking packaging - no access/cant delete is what im seeing in this log, anyone could hint what's reason/how to fix? https://pastebin.com/9NmUSsVj
there's example part of log PackagingResults: Error: Error deleting file 'C:/spacekittens2019/MegaJam19_Outsider/Plugins/FMODStudio/Intermediate/Build/Win64/UE4/Inc/FMODStudio/FMODAsset.generated.h'. PackagingResults: Error: Error exporting FMODStudio: couldn't write file 'C:/spacekittens2019/MegaJam19_Outsider/Plugins/FMODStudio/Intermediate/Build/Win64/UE4/Inc/FMODStudio/FMODAsset.generated.h' PackagingResults: Error: DeleteFile was unable to delete
wooden bramble
clean your intermediate files?
steep needle
will check