it's been a long time but we're not done yet
#game-jam-chat
still osprey
I guess making 4k textures wasn't a good idea
earnest reef
by the way, does the size of the actual game should be under 1gig, or if the game is more than 1gig, putting it into zip archive and compress it would be fine too, as long as archive under 1gig?
serene dome
Does anyone know how I can teleport a pawn with CharacterMovement without it messing with the velocity?
Nevermind looks like it was a trace with last frame that messes with it
heavy sage
@earnest reef Pretty sure the 1Gb limit is an itch.io upload size limit. Zipped archive under 1gb should be OK, but I'm no one official 😋
earnest reef
Oh, okay than. I did test packaging, final folder was ~600mb, zipped it was 200mb
heavy sage
Yeah, I'm sweating a bit, we've got a lot of voice overs coming in ours
earnest reef
You guys are having VOs? xD
heavy sage
I mean, if my SO talking into a mike can be considered VO, sure. Don't expect blockbuster quality 😆
civic dock
Yep.
near ice
Coffee is no longer having any affect. Oh boy...
tranquil matrix
Make sure ya'll sleep. At the 2015 Global Game Jam I didn't, had to lay down underneath my "desk" and after 20 minutes I woke up wide awake from a dream thinking I was about to die. I couldn't sleep after that and continued - wouldn't recommend.
near ice
Make sure ya'll sleep. At the 2015 Global Game Jam I didn't, had to lay down und...
That's a fantastic story. Did you use your death dream for motivation? Lol. I'm sleeping ~my average. I'm pounding coffee for focus and to push through the caffeine crashes.
It's really a never ending cycle...
distant ibex
by the way, does the size of the actual game should be under 1gig, or if the gam...
It can be larger, you just have to use the Butler service on itch.io to upload it
tranquil matrix
That's a fantastic story. Did you use your death dream for motivation? Lol. I'm ...
It motivated me to not pull two all-nighters ever again lol
still osprey
damn how do you keep yourself motivated guys
near ice
damn how do you keep yourself motivated guys
^
nimble sphinx
ill be most surprised if I actually finish the game on time
tranquil matrix
I wouldn't recommend it but telling you that you shouldn't would make me a hypocrite...
Nah you're just set up to prevent burnout - it's a real thing and could have lifelong impacts
near ice
I start at 10 and finish about 1 am, but I can't go all day. I have 2 kids.
They are dead set on me not working on it for more than 30 minutes at a time.
tranquil matrix
It's unfortunate that making games is more fun
earnest reef
Mine is not even a game yet xD
rocky raven
infinite horde waves here
tranquil matrix
What is a game 🤔
earnest reef
There is no game
Oh wait, there is one which already called that
rocky raven
a digital interactive dopamine drainer
tranquil matrix
a digital interactive dopamine drainer
That's a much better answer than I expected
I've been playing a lot of Rust during the pandemic and I'm starting to think that my heart rate average has increased
rocky raven
near ice
I only play Rust if I'm in a very good place in my life... And Rust always corrects that positivity.
rocky raven
pixels you interact with using different input devices, which give you dopamine hits and alter your emotions, that's how I see em haha
earnest reef
but tabletop games are also games, and don't have pixels in them 😛
tranquil matrix
pixels you interact with using different input devices, which give you dopamine ...
Have you played google voice assistant games? I love how I can lay down on my floor and stare into the ceiling while playing
rocky raven
didn't know that was a thing 
tranquil matrix
It's niche, something I've only done once or twice but the idea of what it can turn into and how accessible they are stuck with me
earnest reef
Have you played google voice assistant games? I love how I can lay down on my fl...
Actually, didn't Bethesda port skyrim on an alexa speaker?
tranquil matrix
Actually, didn't Bethesda port skyrim on an alexa speaker?
I didn't think I would ever need an Alexa... thanks guys, more stuff, just what I need
"● Fight dragons
● Die
● Fight another dragon"
😆
near ice
That's effing incredible.
tranquil matrix
Oh you just need the Alexa app on Android - perfect
rocky raven
🤣
damn this gamejam has helped me establish an efficient multi-software dev flow, 3ds max on the left monitor, ue4 in the middle, visual studio on the right, do 3d while code is compiling and engine is opening or compiling shaders
I think I have grown a new arm
tranquil matrix
Did I get fooled in December?
Nope, it's real: https://www.polygon.com/e3/2018/6/11/17448080/skyrim-alexa-iphone-android-how-to-play
granite wedge
a little more progress to share on our game jam
we built a procedural map system and a system for spawning objects to climb across depending on the distance between the ledges
with rotation fixed
next step is to make the scale a bit smaller and make the climbing puzzles more interesting than just cubes straight across the gaps
our game will be called "across the pond"--vr runner/climber with procedural levels
ionic mango
Did anyone manage to package under 100 mb here?
Does the unzipped game have to be 100mb or the zipped game 100 mb?
grave moth
ok this makes 0 sense, any blueprint that i place down in my level causes the packaging to fail for that level in the exact same way with
Cannot create SoftObjectPath with short package name 'Bathroom'! You must pass in fully qualified package names
when there is nothing related to the name bathroom anywhere in the project
drowsy ice
Why does my job make me work? Don't they know there's a videogame jam going on
hearty ferry
Just gonna use photoshop to create a background vista, shouldn't be a big visual difference and may save some time & performance. Any other tricks yall are using to speed up development?
hoary trout
the engine is crashing on me because the game is too large and "too pretty"
8GB ram isn't enough for what i'm trying to achieve
grave moth
@glass fossil negative, fresh project using my own assets
near ice
🤦♂️ I had a folder with all of the models I used for modelling my level, and accidentally created a new folder, and deleted it.. except I deleted the folder full of assets... Habitually clicked Force Delete, and delted my entire level. It'll only take ~15 or so minutes to put it back together, but WOW I'm an idiot.
You're a good guesser, lol. I'm doing manual backups.
I'm aware. Worked out fine this time.
heavy sage
Game dev is kind of like cooking in the kitchen - you have 10 things going at once, half the stuff you're waiting on, half the stuff you're furiously sauteeing, and hopefully it all comes together at the end.
serene dome
I have not done any art yet, still stuck on programming
hopefully that comes together at the end
void hull
Is anybody else experience the fact that Assembla is ridiculously slow???
nimble sphinx
Gettig my mocap anims today and tomorrow
implementing them tho.... God
I need Jesus to finish this on time
and I need to pray it actually builds
civic dock
Same. I usually try to package a build every day, just to make sure it still works.
ashen swan
@civic dock "A" build every day?! And here I am repacking every thirty minutes when I complete something major.
civic dock
Frankly I don't have time to package that often. Too slow a computer.
ashen swan
To be fair, my project is tiny. It literally takes less than fifteen seconds per package.
tulip prism
I am trying to get a good angle for a menu screen how is this one?
ashen swan
I also have no idea which plugin was required to create C++ classes in the content browser... but I seem to have killed it.
stable kiln
@ashen swan file and new c++ class, it wont show up there unless u allready made 1
ashen swan
@stable kiln Ah. It is there. Usually I do that in the content browser when creating a new project for my first C++ file. Probably some plugin functionality I guess. I suppose I'll start using the File->NewC++Class from now on! Although I'll probably be reinstalling the engine after this is over.
Kudos for that though. Might still get some C++ optimization in.
slim granite
hey guys, does anybody works with wwise in ue4?? Because I have this problem when compiling and executing a build of our game, and I don't know how to fix it. The integration was made from wwise launcher and our project uses only blueprints
upbeat helm
hey guys, does anybody works with wwise in ue4?? Because I have this problem whe...
Hey, someone on my team had this issue, it was that they were trying to remove the 10+ gigs unused of third party plugins that come with wwise, and they deleted the windows third party folder, which threw that error.
Also if you are BP only, you may need to be building that plugin from an IDE, that is what's happening in our case
slim granite
Hey, thanks for the fast answer! Yes, we had the first issue you mention, and we fix that, but we still have the error... the second thing you mention... Is it that we have to convert the project to C++?
hoary trout
simply add a c++ file to the project
UE4 will create the .sln
and you can simply build the plugins from there
upbeat helm
make sure it's an actor though, not an object
create new c++ file > actor > name it emptyactor > it creates .sln file > open .sln with visual studio > press green play button at top
if your wwise plugin is in the project plugins folder it should build it
upbeat helm
Hey, thanks for the fast answer! Yes, we had the first issue you mention, and we...
make sure you add the windows third party folder back to wwise if you deleted it
ashen swan
For the name/Email part. Do we put that in the Details Description part of the Iteh.io page?
upbeat helm
i wouldn't, I have everything in a spreadsheet, and waiting to hear from epic how we are going to turn in that information
don't put your real name, and teams names and emails up for the public to spam
ashen swan
The Rules thing is a bit lacking on how to actually submit that. :/ It literally says "Check out the thing below" Then the thing below is like "Check out the thing above!"
upbeat helm
The Rules thing is a bit lacking on how to actually submit that. :/ It literally...
it looks like you can submit a version to epic that is not public on the itch io page, so maybe include those details in a text/spreadsheet file in the zip you send them
civic dock
The team name, emails, etc. all goes in the submission form when you submit your project.
slim granite
hey @upbeat helm and @hoary trout, thanks you a lot!!! It worked, thanks 🙂
upbeat helm
cheers man glad it worked!
cold breach
Hey @upbeat helm and @hoary trout , thank you for your wisdom, I'm the guy that was solving our issue and that made the whole audio in Wwise, your input really helped us out
I was starting to freak out a bit not gonna lie
upbeat helm
no problem 🙂 our audio team encountered the same issue, I'm really happy to be able to help someone else with the same issue ✌️
upbeat helm
The team name, emails, etc. all goes in the submission form when you submit your...
thank you, I didn't see the submission form, I thought I had read that you create a itch.io page and they download it from there, but now I see it's the submission form. cheers 🍻
civic dock
thank you, I didn't see the submission form, I thought I had read that you creat...
This is an important distinction to make that many people miss. There are two steps to the submission process: creating your project and submitting it. That "Create new project" dialog in your screenshot is there because you have no existing projects on itch.io. Once you create your project, you then have to come back to the jam page and click "Submit my project" to fill out the submission form. 🙂
It looks like this:
You pick your jam entry from the dropdown at the top then fill out the rest.
Very important! I've seen several people over the years who upload their game but never submit it.
ashen swan
@civic dock Thank you for that. I'd have definitely missed it.
upbeat helm
Very important! I've seen several people over the years who upload their game bu...
Ah nice!! Very important indeed, thank you for that, I didn't realize you need to upload as a project first (haven't looked to much at itch.io). That makes it crystal clear
ashen swan
Few more bugs and some C++ optimization and I can upload. X.x
civic dock
Very nice.
Still got some decent work ahead of me.
Some audio, gameplay events, level design tweaks, and a title screen - not to mention the gameplay video and all that.
ashen swan
I have the weirdest bug. :/ I have things that move via projectile movement component and zero gravity, are constrained to a plane at 0,0,1 at 0,0,200... and for the most part they work perfect, but rarely they end up not at 200z, and even them being set to 200z doesn't seem to correct them.
civic dock
I had some weird bugs with animating things with timelines.
I was hoping to learn Control Rig but didn't have enough time.
ashen swan
Speaking of 4.26, I am in love with the new OpenLevel by soft object call and the new picking Keyboard/mouse buttons with a single click and key press.
civic dock
Dude the input mapping picker is awesome. 😍
So fast!
Open Level by Object Reference... ohhh I didn't see this until you mentioned it.
ashen swan
Haha. It confused me when I first went to use it. Saw that pop up and literally went to check a 4.25 version to make sure I didn't somehow just totally miss it. Digging that though. Not a huge fan of strings.
Confessionally... I did not follow good programming practice this week. It all works. But this project is a meeeeess.
nimble sphinx
ye same bro idk how i will finish and fix bugs
i know of 1 bug that can be game breaking everything else should work
need to setup some anims
so much to do so little time
ashen swan
Thankfully, my one major bug isn't game breaking. Just helps the player a little bit.
nimble sphinx
i mean I can always just disable that feature
but thats probably more work than fixing the bug itself
civic dock
Damn straight. 💪
I spent the afternoon reducing scope to something I can ship by Friday, and now I'm hammering away at it.
onyx hare
Hey @tranquil matrix, if we've got dialog in our gamejam submission with voiceovers, do we need to bleep out the insults? It's just coarse cowboy language and a few f-words, nothing too vulgar...
but it's an "insult duel" game, so... 😅
rocky raven
i need some sleep 
https://twitter.com/IBioXide/status/1336845855647694850
snow lintel
that's a y i k e s
feral wind
storm blade
it was the first thing that i made for this jam. and the only thing that is finished
feral wind
ayy nice
void hull
HOURS wasted with Perforce, waiting for I dont know what...
Is there any trick to making Perforce "Get Latest" a little bit faster??
civic dock
close the editor
I second this. I frequently encounter issues when trying to get latest while the project is open. I've made a habit of getting latest in P4V before opening the project each day.
near cradle
someone yesterday said that entering a game submission to the mega jam means giving epic an unlimited royalty free liscence? i dont really understand that. Is it true? and if so how can that work if your submission contains assets licensed to yourself (the developer)?
near ice
3 years in UE4, and I learned more during this Jam that I learned in any 6th month period during that time.
feral wind
these learning sprints are great! 😄
rugged bay
Does anyone know - to be considered for the Tiny award, do you have to include UE4 prerequisites? Because they push up the size by 40MB.
rugged bay
@upbeat helm thank you!
nimble sphinx
at least our game packages
serene dome
Infinite loop detected
serene dome
If my world elements that are generated while playing not move should I spawn them as static or moveable?
is there a difference how much performance it takes?
eager mango
I would rather ask the question how much of one mesh do you want to place. You could use instance static mesh and they are movable by default if I remember right
And it depends if you want to bake your light or go fully dynamic and so on
serene dome
Draw calls don't matter much because It goes only in 1 direction with limited view distance. Was thinking more in terms of how much the task of spawning takes on performance
Can't use baked lighting anyway
zinc juniper
Is blood allowed in the jam games? Or is that considered too much?
zinc juniper
Ah alright, good to know!
eager mango
How many times do you want to spawn something? You should not worry too much if its not an very tasking process when constructing the newly spawned thing. Spawning and removing often and for many pieces can be meh. Its really hard to say. Don´t worry too much I guess - if it not breaks the game or end up eating someones ram and dog it should be fine.
serene dome
ok, cool
Its like 60 elements at once every couple of seconds https://twitter.com/TocoGamescom/status/1336384034646134786
but performance seems good enough
and I could also stretch those out, spawning over multiple frames
this is all cubes placeholder art though
grave moth
gotta love when you spend 4 solid days and cant submit because for the past day and a half you cant package your game since it fails when literally any custom class is placed in the level
eager mango
Is there a hint of what It could be inside the compile log?
grave moth
@serene dome have you thought about object pooling so your not spawning/destroying alot?
eager mango
Yeah you could reuse stuff and teleport it sure @serene dome good idea @grave moth
grave moth
my post regarding it with log attached. something related to "Bathroom" keeps popping up, theres nothing related to it. and its just about any class, i drop in my player (even the default first person character) it gives this issue, i drop in the enemy, same issue, the toilet class, all same issue. when there is no classes its just fine
serene dome
Yea makes sense, just need to create enough for the pool at the start then I guess
eager mango
@grave moth can you do this for me and screenshot it?
It can then filter out the warnings and errors
Or copy the stuff would work too but Iam mostly interested in errors
eager mango
Yeah it seems to be this thing or at least this seems major
I will google it perhaps I find something or someone here can help
grave moth
yep, thats what comes up no matter what blueprint class i throw in, the only one that doesnt throw a fit is my weapon class which is practically just a skeletal mesh with a single function in it for spawning a projectile. ive went through everything without luck and im at the point now where i wont even have time to finish the game if i got it sorted out :/
eager mango
The first thing I found on the internet. Why did he not post the way he fixed it ...
jagged canopy
Cyberpunk2077 seduces me.
wintry nymph
I might able to upload my game tomorrow
nimble sphinx
my game builds
thats all i care about
i still dont have anims, they should be here real soon
i hope
urban meteor
Hey guys
If anyone wants me to playtest their levels I'm up
My game jam journey got interrupted by some family affairs and I got little time in my hands. Thought I might as well contribute by helping others
Anything like playtest, feedback, reporting bugs, i'm game
I believe none of those things would make me count as a team member
zinc juniper
Not sure if I'm going to make it to the finish line. Messing around with day/night system (exaggerated here) and importing of Mixamo animations.
Most of my time went into making a inventory system in blueprints. Had decided to go full BP for this jam..
urban meteor
Cool. I see where this is going. I suspect the axe movement is gonna make thjngs nice and gory.The environment is going to be more complex right?
zinc juniper
Yeah, the environment is next up
going to be day based, so you have daylight to collect stuff
and night to fend off a wave
urban meteor
Sweet. I am legend style
zinc juniper
Either you can skip the daylight (to sleep) and restore 70% hp or go find stuff, up to the player
Yeah, bit like that
Kind of just seeing what I end up with at this moment, as long as there is a nice loop I'm happy
urban meteor
Yeah I understand. You gotta keep downscopjng things right
I hope you end up with something close to ur idea.
Keep pushing man
If you need help with playtesting
Ping me
zinc juniper
Thanks for the offer, will do!
urban meteor
✌️
feral wind
lets keep going! 😄
ruby badger
that's my feelings by default lol
feral wind
definitely the big thing after this jam, I'm going to research 3D widgets a lot more
clear moth
3d widgets are defintly hard to pull off with UMG, i think one technique involves using world widget but 
rocky raven
simple gardenBOT
@glass fossil, :8ball: Outlook good.
ashen swan
This may be the first thing in my life I've completed without it being a hairline to the deadline. But submitted and done!
feral wind
throw one of them sweet tri-planar materials on Manny 😄
but make sure to do that node that bakes the render at beginning of run time
urban meteor
!8ball what are the chances that i can sculpt, retopo, rig and animate character in 24 hours?
@glass fossil yo why don't you just use fuse and mixamo if youre short on time?
serene dome
skylights are not working anymore for me. Any ideas what could cause it?
Looks like there was nothing it could capture
feral wind
my doors are locking 😦
that my keys aren't unlocking! 😄
I guess fix the level with elaborate maze in order to get around time that would have been spent unlocking the said door.
urban meteor
usually mixamo raises more problems than solves them, so no 🙂
@glass fossil lol ok then.
Maybe try Wrap 3 for retopo
Trial is available free
So it's submitted now?
nimble sphinx
i had to change to dynamic lighting cuz static is just a pain to build and test
dynamic looks better in my case anyways somehow
stable needle
It depends
As far as you know how to retarget properly with the right tools
You could even mix them with Ue4’s animations seamlessly
stable needle
someone yesterday said that entering a game submission to the mega jam means giv...
Nooo Epic is not going to resell your game
In fact some of the entries from the previous jams have gone ahead to be fully built
Just make sure it is free for them to review for the jam
After that you can do whatever you want
near cradle
Nooo Epic is not going to resell your game
In fact some of the entries from the...
Cheers
worn idol
how can I rename the zip file uploaded to itch.io with butler?
do I have to manually upload the file through itch.io?
or is it really necessary to upload it with the format TeamName_GameName?
glass fossil
@stable needle "If Entrant is selected as a Winning Entrant, Entrant grants to Licensed Parties an EXCLUSIVE, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, transferable, sublicensable, and royalty free license to Licensed Parties to use, modify, reproduce, prepare derivative works of, distribute, perform, and display the Submission in any and all media throughout the world and for whatever purpose Licensed Parties deem."
This doesn't sound like you can "do whatever you want" afterwards?
onyx hare
Things I never thought I would be doing: adding a toggleable profanity filter with bleeps to a game
wet rivet
yikes, just packaged my project and its 2 GB
not even really sure how that happened, something must be wrong haha
drowsy ice
Are you releasing Cyberpunk 2078?
wet rivet
found the issue, we had some lovely 4k rock textures
gonna just mip those down quite a few levels
glass fossil
Pretty much every animation in my game is from mixamo, if your charatcer has a root bone than you should use blender mixamo plugin to add a roootbone and then import, mixamos my lifesaver!!
eager mango
wet rivet
@minor hemlock you best believe the second its below a gigabyte im done with the optimization
eager mango
Hm still under 100mb packaged size
ashen swan
I think I'm finally done patching.
near ice
Ok, so my 6 year old daughter drew an adorable picture of Baby Yoda. Would putting that in my game be a copyright problem? If she drew something else for it, would I have to make her a team member?
She'd love seeing her picture in it is the only reason I would do it. I can go back in after I submit it and add it.
upbeat helm
its parody, do youtubers who use baby yoda meme in their videos to make money, get sued over it? are you releasing your game jam game as a monetary. thing? just do it
ashen swan
I'd be less concerned with copyrights and more with the "child labor" issues. I doubt it'd be an issue, but read a few lines a couple of days ago about that stuff when looking over copyright stuff. Apparently people like Youtubers/Twitchers have to be careful about letting their kids be seen in videos and such for reasons relating to that.
upbeat helm
its a casual game jam, those legalities dont apply here, let the poor girl have her picture in dads game
minor hemlock
only if you're approaching it casually 🤔 otherwise there are pages of legalities
didn't a game last year get DQ'd for tetris?
Although Sponsor is not reviewing Submissions for copyright violations, if, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, it is believed an Entrant’sSubmission constitutes or may constitute copyright infringement, suchSubmission will be disqualified
near ice
That's is super sick, man.
tiny cave
hey guys, having some trouble packaging my game, does anyone know how I can fix this error, I think it keeps failing my package
ashen swan
@tiny cave Can you post the full package lock somehow? .txt file or something. Those warnings won't help much.
eager mango
hey guys, having some trouble packaging my game, does anyone know how I can fix ...
For now its just an warning. If you can compile it spams the compile log but it should not bother you too much ( for now)
I mean yeah it ist better to not have this warnings but I have one too even while I was very carefully. Unknown errors are the worst but warnings, yeah they are annoying at worst.
Oh wait I overlooked that you wrote its failing your packaging. Oof sorry, overworked
serene dome
wasn't it supposed to be 7 days?
tiny cave
@ashen swan Yeah here is the package log, there are a few more errors but I'm not sure which one is causing the package failure
ashen swan
@tiny cave This here is your problem
[2020.12.10-21.12.52:464][886]UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): LogInit: Display: LogOutputDevice: Error: Cannot create SoftObjectPath with short package name 'NoneNone'! You must pass in fully qualified package names```any ideas of how I could fix that? I tried looking online but I couldn't find anything on it
ashen swan
No idea. This post has something about changing a line in the DefaultEngine.ini https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/719014/packaging-build-failed.html
Haven't run into that one myself.
tiny cave
thanks, will give that a go now
no that wasn't me, but it might have been the same error yeah
glass fossil
I don't think so. There are 2 cases covered; a regular submission and a winning one. The main difference between the two ist that regular submission gives them a non exclusive license while the is a exclusive license. Which seems insane, at least for me.
tranquil matrix
I can't answer this stuff due to my association with the company organizing the contest - it puts me/us in legal trouble
What was the initial question?
glass fossil
@tranquil matrix Why do you require a exclusive license from winners while normal submission are non exclusive?
@tranquil matrix and what does a exclusive license mean in terms of ownership? are you allowed to flesh the game out and release it?
tranquil matrix
I can't answer your questions directly but I can as an Epic spokesperson tell you this:
We need the rights to display the winning projects since we show them on the Winner's Announcement livestream, our blog, etc.
You own the rights to your game, and are free to do as you please with it afterwards.
Numerous jammers in the past can tell you stories of how they went on to publish their games 🙂
nimble sphinx
if god forbid our game didnt make it.... it wasnt all i wain..... rigth??
i have hope in my ability to last minute rush this
and pray to compression jesus thag its under 1gb
i fixed the biggest bug so i can focus on proceeds to list half the games features
i mean it looks decent
sounds decent
plays like a walking sim
is a walking sim
but like a decent walking sim
and we have a story
sort of, that we had to downscale basically on a daily basis
glass fossil
@tranquil matrix Thank you for your answer, Victor. I get why Epic needs to secure the rights and doubt a billion dollar company needs our 7 day games to sustain their business model 😆
It's just such a broad license and esp. the exclusivity that it's kinda hard to grasp what is and isn't allowed.
vapid thistle
Sigh Why do people do this? https://3dvirtualand.itch.io/countdown
nimble sphinx
whats this?
vapid thistle
Unless I'm very much mistaken that is the shooter game example from the learn tab of the launcher.
With a different gun
drowsy ice
How the hell am I gonna finish this in less than a day
stable needle
*Sigh* Why do people do this? https://3dvirtualand.itch.io/countdown
Just pasted a map probably
prisma flare
When there's less than 24 left, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b7bgtu2O4E
maiden loom
getting there.....
tulip prism
How do I change this icon to something else
west root
No time to make a tutorial... so sticky notes all over the vehicle will have to cut it https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/606932478678138920/786731051073798144/unknown.png
wet rivet
@tulip prism it's in the project settings
normally my blueprints are good and clean, but this tutorial is uh, something else
tulip prism
could you send me a photo of were exactly the setting is located
autumn plaza
Hey guys, has anyone been successful in making a build in 4.26?
wet rivet
@tulip prism just search for "icon"
@autumn plaza yeah i had a success with it, you getting a build error?
autumn plaza
yup, stuck with packaging error
autumn plaza
@wet rivet this is the one, it does not give any more info. This happens after all shaders are compiled and I see in the logs it occurs when building dependencies for the main map
wet rivet
Make a blank 4.26 project and migrate your main level to that, along with gamemode game instance and input settings
then try packaging again
that is another way to do it and it should snag all the relevant assets
wet rivet
sure thing, #packaging will probably have the ability to give better guidance
near ice
My god... The burnout is real. I'm so done with this game...
onyx hare
wet rivet
super nifty art style i dig it
jagged canopy
coool~
minor hemlock
so uh anyone have quick tips on optimizing volumetric fog.. or a performant alternative 😬
wintry nymph
Try going to the dashboard
near ice
Yeah, I did, and my game is there, but I don't know what to change to make it eligible for submission.
minor hemlock
did you publish it
near ice
Oh, duh. I didn't see the ristriction. ctrl-f->"public" then I found it! TYTY.
I can update my sub after I submit, right?
Ok, thank you!
onyx hare
so uh anyone have quick tips on optimizing volumetric fog.. or a performant alte...
Change r.volumetricfog.gridpixelsize in the DefaultScalability.ini to be higher
(has to be power of two, I believe)
onyx hare
hehe yeah, it can get pretty expensive
indigo wing
finals week really threw me off for this jam, may not have much to submit 
gj y'all
minor hemlock
name a single team that submitted what they wanted
everyone had to cut corners
except the team that submitted ShooterGame
granite wedge
bit of progress on our vr runner/climber. Feels a bit like skiing doing the arm swing controls.
gotta improve this zipline so it doesn't stop halfway across lol
hoary trout
when you submit the game to jam
you can always edit the info before the deadline right?
minor hemlock
yes
jagged canopy
Can I have a mannequin as an enemy character in Game Jam?
near ice
Can I have a mannequin as an enemy character in Game Jam?
As long as it's not using the "Default Material"
feral wind
sign post quality Dialogue system! 😄
snow lintel
I'm starting to try to use right click+wasd in the blueprint editor >.> send help
woven mantle
sign post quality Dialogue system! 😄
Is this vr?
void hull
assembla was the worst decision in this jam
I have been downloading a level that another guy pushed for over an hour now.
I guess they give us really little bandwidth, because we are "the free users" or whatever...
lost so many hours on that...
rigid fog
Sorry to hear that, depends on where you live
But, they might have given you EU servers
void hull
well, in my team we are in Austria, Californian and Sweden, and we all have issues
tardy quartz
Not quite done yet with our game
But turns out it's actually super fun
I can't wait to show it to you guys 🙂
And the best part is that all of it was made by us
Not a single imported asset
near ice
That's awesome! All I imported was audio and normal maps. I'm a solo.
tardy quartz
Thats great!
Only reason we have custom audio is because I've been practicing it for the past two years 😛
near ice
Lol. I have no idea what it even takes to make custom audio. I did a single voice-over for mine... It's a mummy.
rotund nimbus
Hi! We're looking for some playtesters to test our game where you have to sneak around as a mummy and try to escape. Anyone down? It includes 3 puzzles 😉 DM me if you're interested
glass fossil
can anyone give me a rough idea on how long the game should be, or like how many levels it should include, im thinking of making my game verion beta, and then updating plot and levels later
onyx hare
our to-do list is shrinking, but I did not get sleep tonight
nova escarp
can anyone give me a rough idea on how long the game should be, or like how many...
For a beta, I usually do 10-15. The first 5 just introduce you to the game instead of them normally spread across 20 levels, then the final 5-10 as the actual game with the difficult puzzles/challenges. But thats my IMO.
glass fossil
For a beta, I usually do 10-15. The first 5 just introduce you to the game inste...
im kinda low on time so what if i integrated all my game mechanics tutorial in first 2 levels, and then add 3 more levels and end in kind of a to be continued cliffhanger
nova escarp
im kinda low on time so what if i integrated all my game mechanics tutorial in f...
That sounds like a good idea for general games, idk your game or it's mechanics so whatever feels best. I mean tbh you could have just the first level introduce you to all the mechanics but that might feel overwhelming. so a 2-3 ratio should work out 👍
onyx hare
a thing that's good for your sustained performance 😄
rigid fog
But I may have overscoped and definitely forgot how rusty my art skills were
onyx hare
hehe
I gotta say ours is coming along well
some polish to do but we're shippable
I posted some shots above if you want to see 🙂
near ice
My mind is blown by some of the work you guys have done.
jagged canopy
It's a package error. What's wrong?
kindred charm
https://itch.io/jam/2020-epic-megajam/rate/851050
Someone submitted this masterpiece
If this isn't going to win first place I gonna be mad 😂
maiden loom
I did like that one 😄
feral wind
Is this vr?
yes it is! 😄
fading widget
packaging it up!
tardy quartz
https://itch.io/jam/2020-epic-megajam/rate/851290
IIIIIIIt's DOOOOOOOOONE 🙂
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas
@thick breach Yes I did
It's was...interesting for our deadline but worth it 🙂
oof I know that feeling
Huh
Ya know looking through these other games I'm glad we put so much effort into our gameplay
Some of these games look waaaay better then ours
(that cloud climber game looks cool)
But ours has some really good gameplay I think
We put a lot of time into that
It looks interesting! Just needs a bit more on the gameplay side
ashen swan
I imagine that a lot of 48 hour jams include a lot of premade content. I'm just happy I managed mine in 93Mb unzipped packaged.
tardy quartz
Me and my friend did last years game jam as well, we were in a very similar position to the one your in now.
Do your best to get the game done. And when next year rolls around take what you learned and make something better!
(And practice in between of course lol)
Oh yea it's a massive drain, but it's very worth it in the end, at least for me. Only reason I'm not asleep right now is because i'm basking in that "it's finally over" feeling lol
I've not slept in two days
nimble sphinx
our team is gonna be the textbook example of last minute
still got so much to do jesus christ
kindred charm
still got so much to do jesus christ
Same lol
onyx hare
It's a package error. What's wrong?
If this is a content only project, often it helps to add a dummy C++ class to the project to force it to do a code build on packaging. Not sure about this particular error, but it's the first thing I would try
tardy quartz
@nimble sphinx @kindred charm I feel ya both
onyx hare
Meanwhile here's a little vertex shader effect from our game
kindred charm
No matter how much I got done, it always feels like I am only at 20% finished 😭
glass fossil
I'm assuming the tiny award does not count the project being rar'd up, right?
Figured, I noticed my game looked appeasingly 2 digit when rar'd up so I figured might as well ask hah
tardy quartz
Man I remember thinking that getting a game under 2 gigs was good lol
That was last year XD
glass fossil
I've never actually set up prereq instlalers
Is it a lot of headache?
Oh
It's already enabled from what it seems
Its also already 64 bit; I think our game is just pretty small
We don't have too many environment assets
tardy quartz
Yea but thats AAA lol. My game last year was a crappy sword game and it was 1.8 gigs zipped
I knew nothing of optimization lol
I barely even knew how to make anything
glass fossil
Games nowadays basically require an SSD
Yea what divivor said
Like running warzone on a hdd is just suffering
tardy quartz
@glass fossil It's mostly load times
At least from what I've messed around with
@thick breach To be fair Nintendo knows that console inside and out, plus they develop for the switch only. They don't have to consider other platforms with limited knowledge to go of off.
Yea thats for sure true. There are a lot of devs that get lazy with the freedom they have.
It's funny to think that people could get games under a megabyte 😛
I've always been fascinated with the ways older developers would use their hardware to cut down the size of their games as much as possible
ashen swan
I didn't package 32bit. Packaged on 4.26 with the default 64bit. Although I had to kill a ton of plugins. That netted me an extra 11Mb just from those. I think my whole game's content directory unpacked is a whole 33Mb. All packed up it's 92.8Mb with the engine added. I didn't have the will to figure out what all I disabled though. I just finished reinstalling the engine.
Tiny little files.
I see what people mean about content now though... Half of my file sizes are surprisingly audio.. Compressed file .ogg audio.
Seems to. 🤷♂️
Not a sound person admittedly. But I was crimping for ever byte at the moment because I wasn't sure how much the project was going to scale at the time.
drowsy ice
I have a pretty barebones project with no music yet. And already at 130 MB with compression and the other stuff in Epic's package reduction settings. Can you share what else you did?
onyx hare
whoooo packaging
with 6 hours to spare, what is this madness
we even made a completely content driven game
105 sequences
heavy sage
Gah, what lunacy am I grabbing after, trying to squeeze in a tutorial...
glass fossil
i had a list of 30 core mechanics in my game and now there are only 8😆
raven sundial
Ended up doing a last minute project, gonna be interesting
kindred charm
Welp, only 4 hours left.. not gonna make it 😭
glass fossil
i had plans for a freaking badass game with sword mechanics like dooms crucible, a grapple gun with multiple shoooting modes, a time related set of abilities , and what not but i only got the fps movement done
onyx hare
the important part about gamejams is having fun and maybe learning something new
if you enjoyed yourself and the process of working on stuff, it's a win in my book
heavy sage
Yep, every jam I set myself a personal goal that isn't just shipping a game
This jam it was 'make a beautiful level, even if you sacrifice gameplay'
Learned a huge amount from it
glass fossil
a quick question, how long does packaging takes??
feral wind
it varies, between how complex the project is 😄
it was taking me like 3 hours to package a project only for it to fail at the last minute 😄
glass fossil
damn, thats bad
feral wind
the project built to windows successfully
but not for the Quest, so other people could install it
probably something wrong with my codeworks/android studio installation
edgy fulcrum
Doesn't this button get replaced when you've submitted? I thinnk I submitted my game but this button is still there
feral wind
well, you can always look for your submission
green pasture
Hi guys, i have one question, why my final build Relaunch two times and it's good ?
onyx hare
it's probably a bit too late for this bit of advice, but you should be packaging early and often - once per day is a good measure. That way you encounter build issues early and still have time to fix them
onyx hare
Hi guys, i have one question, why my final build Relaunch two times and it's goo...
Could be a lot of things. What's the error message you're getting?
near ice
^ I built every night before bed, and solved issues first thing in the morning.
stable needle
Wow thanks for the new advice I’m now hearing
rigid fog
ew. only two hours left to finish up for my self imposed deadline
stable needle
I hope I can make it in time
green pasture
I have no error message, my game starts, it arrives at the menu is restarted and then it's okay I can play @onyx hare
stable needle
ew. only two hours left to finish up for my self imposed deadline
My self imposed deadline ended yesterday 😂😂🌚
near ice
I think my wife needs a PC for Christmas that is definitely not to have constant packaging running for the last day of game jams.
onyx hare
I have no error message, my game starts, it arrives at the menu is restarted and...
I don't understand, what's the problem?
rigid fog
My self imposed deadline ended yesterday 😂😂🌚
Heh, I allotted myself 8 hours everyday, but I still somehow didn't get to where I wanted to be
Had to pull an all-nighter to get to this point today, which I am glad I did though
rigid fog
I really like this little thing
onyx hare
28
rigid fog
I slept on Wed for like 6 hours
green pasture
I don't understand, what's the problem?
I don't understand why the game is restarting on its own, is that a problem?
rigid fog
but that's the last time
stable needle
I’m just glad I could push myself a bit
This is my first jam
rigid fog
Anyway
What color should I make this button?
It's literally the last thing on my UI to do
onyx hare
I don't understand why the game is restarting on its own, is that a problem?
if it works, and it's playable, ship it!
onyx hare
I’m just glad I could push myself a bit
This is my first jam
Awesome! How did you like it? 🙂
green pasture
ok thanks
onyx hare
What color should I make this button?
the big white one on the left?
rigid fog
ya
onyx hare
what does it do?
rigid fog
You'll have to play 🙂
onyx hare
I would use the same color as the background on the top right where it says Auto Cannon
rigid fog
It used to be a big red button
rigid fog
I would use the same color as the background on the top right where it says Auto...
Thanks! It helps break up the left side a bit
stable needle
a screenshot of my game with two levels
I did not get enough time to change the car model
I have to hurry up and build the maps after Compiling the shaders
and some few tweaks 😪
Also my first time exploring the atmospheric fog and light settings
near ice
Does it close at 2pm eastern?
stable needle
You could check how many hours more on the page
near ice
See... that's too easy. I'm not looking for cheap tricks.
onyx hare
hehe yes, 2pm EST is the deadline
near ice
I took an hour and a half nap, and a caffeine supplement. I figure I just need to be packaging by noon.
stable needle
See... that's too easy. I'm not looking for cheap tricks.
What cheap trick
Anyway does someone know how to change the game quality
Never mind just found how
glass fossil
so have all of you guys submitted or am i the only one?
glass fossil
at least you have completed it i still have to design some levels
nimble sphinx
who said its completed
stable needle
at least you have completed it i still have to design some levels
Nope you don’t
Almost no one is done
heavy sage
I made the world's crappiest start area
glass fossil
i need an intro, outtro
For some reason that makes me feel better
onyx hare
Our game is up! https://ambershee.itch.io/the-rude-the-mad-the-ugly
heavy sage
Woo! Congrats!
near ice
Our game is up! https://ambershee.itch.io/the-rude-the-mad-the-ugly
Hell yeah, man! You're actually how I heard about the Jam. I follow you on twitter, and you tweeted about it a few weeks ago.
maiden loom
fun fact, I have now been awake for 49 hours trying to push that game out 😂
it contains over 100 sequencer cinematics 😄
heavy sage
wow
onyx hare
105 in fact
maiden loom
106 if you count the tumbleybois
jagged canopy
Our game is up! https://ambershee.itch.io/the-rude-the-mad-the-ugly
That's cool. But don't you need to upload a video?
stable needle
Our game is up! https://ambershee.itch.io/the-rude-the-mad-the-ugly
Wow Wait is that SOLO?
tender plover
Hey yall. Im submitting my game and i was wondering where do i list what assets i didnt not make?
civic dock
Hey yall. Im submitting my game and i was wondering where do i list what assets ...
There's a field for it in the submission form.
tender plover
oh ok thx
civic dock
Upload your game, then go to the jam page and click "Submit your project". It's in the list of questions. 🙂
civic dock
It's a two-step process, don't forget!
civic dock
I do my best to remind people of that because every year there's a few people who don't know, and they just upload their game thinking it's also submitted to the jam. I hate seeing cool games miss out on the jam. 😄
civic dock
I feel ya. Done that a few times myself. Good luck!
tender plover
thank you! did you enter into the jam?
civic dock
I am. Still haven't submitted myself. Cutting it close. 😅
tender plover
you got this!
maiden loom
That's cool. But don't you need to upload a video?
Working on it at the moment, haven't submitted to the jam yet
copper carbon
How you all feeling? We're excited to see your results 😄
maiden loom
I'm legit dying 😂
copper carbon
Oh noooo
maiden loom
finished working on it about 40 minutes ago and now in a very boring meeting
maiden loom
I just want a nap 😂
onyx hare
Wow Wait is that SOLO?
Haha nah, there were 5 of us. @maiden loom, me, and 3 others that aren't on here afaik
Amanda!
this was great
The theme was hard though 😄
jagged canopy
Can I go over a gigabyte?
onyx hare
I don't think there's an upper limit
maiden loom
yes, but you will need to use Butler to upload the game
jagged canopy
The package is too large.😂
tender plover
Everyones cover images are so better looking than mine 😛
civic dock
I don't think there's an upper limit
If you use butler, the upper limit is 30 GB.
This looks cool! I would recommend not posting the full description here in chat, though. Folks will see it on the itch page and it's a bit disruptive. 🙂
sleek vault
Owh im sorry
copper carbon
Glad you enjoyed it - we gotta challenge you sometimes @onyx hare 😛
heavy sage
Woohoo, final checkout before we upload
sleek vault
Skeleton Defender - A tower defense game
.
Some info about the developer of this game: This game was developed by Steward MelvinTang, A 15 years old Solo Indie Game Developer from Indonesia. This game is a form of my participation in the 2020 Epic MegaJam.
Link Download: https://melvintang-games.itch.io/skeleton-defender
Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijllIafyPGQ
onyx hare
currently trying to record gameplay video, but shadowplay is cursed
iron vine
Package the game lol
sick pier
https://micahsaint.itch.io/thelastjob - The submission has been made. What a rollercoaster. Good luck everyone! It’s been fun playing your games so far.
eager mango
Somebody knows why a savegame can´t be saved and loaded when packaged?
raven sundial
I forget is the under 100 mb project after zip?
eager mango
No before zip
ashen swan
@eager mango You're having savegame problems after packaging?
somber hazel
I'm stoked about kicking allar's butt on every multiplayer game today, let's gooo!! ❤️
glass fossil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Fs5zUgcEs Got my trailer ready ;D Now just gotta round up and get everything onto itch
prisma flare
Well, I could have finished, but for some stupid fracking reason I instead spent three hours texturing a barrage balloon. Oh well, there's always next year 😛
terse hemlock
Somebody knows why a savegame can´t be saved and loaded when packaged?
Probably you're failing to create the save game, try deleting the save game inside the project and test it for errors, that's my idea
prisma flare
Plane turned out decent, but maybe more gameplay and less design next time. Sigh, I'm going to delete Unreal Engine and crawl into bed for a week now 🙂
cedar axle
I wonder, how do I package my game under 100mb if engine folder takes 127 space in packaged build 😄
jagged canopy
Can I put Google Drive in here?
somber hazel
why would you?
jagged canopy
I can't upload it because it's too big.
somber hazel
except for changing the game after submission 🙂
terse hemlock
I wonder, how do I package my game under 100mb if engine folder takes 127 space ...
You need to strip engine content and basically modifying it plus various settings
jagged canopy
🤣
somber hazel
you need to use butler
jagged canopy
I just installed the butler, but I'm not sure.
cedar axle
You need to strip engine content and basically modifying it plus various setting...
that's kind of after I initially did those stuff from the tutorial page 😄
ocean sphinx
GOOD LUCK To YaLLL......!!!!....!!!.....
ocean sphinx
not as many as last year
jagged canopy
this is butler??
ocean sphinx
yeat
somber hazel
how do you prepare for insanity? 🤯
terse hemlock
that's kind of after I initially did those stuff from the tutorial page 😄
Yeah tbh i dont even wanna go into super deep optimization to just get 1 mb less
prisma flare
Just delete all the textures, they're overrated anyway
heavy sage
I hear it works well if you delete all the models, too
eager mango
Probably you're failing to create the save game, try deleting the save game insi...
In the packaged game, there is no savegamefolder at all
cedar axle
I hear it works well if you delete all the models, too
I see the problem only in engine folder for now, probably should delete it 🤔
terse hemlock
In the packaged game, there is no savegamefolder at all
I ment you could find initialization issues in engine if you delete it in there.. but yeah the save file will be in %appdata%/local/Gamename if shipping or in the game folder if development
Aaaand good job guys 🥳 for me it's the first time partecipating and i'm still hyped, tired but hyped ahah
heavy sage
Awesome, congrats on your first go! Hopefully you're satisfied with your entry
raven sundial
Woo! Fun, had a blast with this one. Made an online creative game except you can't destroy anything!
terse hemlock
Awesome, congrats on your first go! Hopefully you're satisfied with your entry
Thank you and yes! super nice experience :3 hope the same for yours 😄
terse hemlock
Woo! Fun, had a blast with this one. Made an online creative game except you can...
Lol online?! insane 😄
near ice
Hint to future self. Don't play game after I submit. I can't stop finding problems.
raven sundial
@terse hemlock 🙂 thanks
terse hemlock
Hint to future self. Don't play game after I submit. I can't stop finding proble...
Lol yeah i've been finding bugs too but i solved them, going step by step and building often helps :3
Especially playing the game in build mode makes you realize whats missing or what's next
I kinda lost myself in details so i couldnt add the RPG and progression mechanics 🤷 super happy either way
pine fulcrum
It slowly begins... http://twitch.tv/awesomeallar
terse hemlock
I was about to type you're online ahah enjoy and maybe stretch and take a breath 😄
glass fossil
i will make only 2 levels which arrenot very llong, how much will the packging time be?
terse hemlock
There are a lot of variables but expect to need 1-2 hours for everything to go well
packaging multiple times
that's also why you should package at least daily
tender plover
How could i confirm that my game is indeed submitted?
tender plover
as long as it's in this list? https://itch.io/jam/2020-epic-megajam/entries
Because when i go back to the main jam page it says submit project still. Has me worried.
somber hazel
how is it called? I got some spare time to check if I can download it
tender plover
Mole People
somber hazel
700mb, noice
tender plover
woot
hoary trout
I left a half day free just to upload it
few improvements here and there and the build that's already uploaded is broken
somber hazel
@tender plover is it's this one https://evolover.itch.io/mole-people I played it until I died 🙂
somber hazel
@jagged canopy probably not, because you can change the game after submission
jagged canopy
<@!426399172841701386> probably not, because you can change the game after submi...
Oh, thank you so much. I didn't know because this is my first time.
tulip prism
terse magnet
https://itch.io/jam/2020-epic-megajam/rate/851683 Here's my submission, hope you enjoy 🙂
knotty prism
Congrats everyone for getting through the game jam! Here's my submission: https://mharris.itch.io/the-last-leg
onyx hare
Here's our video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3noit7Sy9Ak
@pine fulcrum looking forward to chilling on your stream!
limber bear
Hey, quick question, the gameplay footage required in the submitting form, can it be changed post submission
west root
Oh boy... tried renaming the project and I am confident I broke it -_-
tender plover
just realized i didn't format the name of my zip file correct.
anyone know if thats a big deal?
Never mind. Finally found out how to change the file name.
autumn plaza
@wet rivet Hey, got the build successfully done. So the issue was with Character class references inside Structs which were used in DataTable. All functionality worked till the build was to be cooked.
Thanks for your input, it triggered a debug chain. 🙂
autumn plaza
Finally getting out of radio silence, we are finally done with the game. Take a look. Your comments are much needed!
https://team-eeeee.itch.io/infinity-soul
granite wedge
this was my first game jam..my experience is it's the closest you can experience to doing crunch while you are self/unemployed
looks cool metal, what is in that box!?
ashen swan
I certainly learned a lot. Maybe not necessarily technical skills, but certainly time management.
I am normally incredibly focused on doing things perfectly the first time. It was really nice to just... Zero in on something that needed to be done and do it and hope no problems arose, rather than spending two days thinking about the best way to implement it.
Also, speaking of the stream. If whoever made LastColony is in here, I absolutely love that design.
drowsy ice
external screaming
near ice
I uploaded and filled out the forma and it's saying I don't have a submission
void hull
maybe they can give us an extra hour 😐
stable needle
Nope
near ice
Tell them your grandmother is sick...
void hull
please 😟 , I tell them assembla was so slow... I had to checkout this morning for two hours...
stable needle
Tell them your grandmother is sick...
“Sorry “
stable needle
please 😟 , I tell them assembla was so slow... I had to checkout this morning f...
They already spoke about uploading early at least leaving something incomplete there for some time
I wish I had extra time too
void hull
well, we had to migrate our project to a new one, to reduce the file limit of 1 GB
stable needle
I had worked so hard only to remove the plug in that costs me hours of research
Never taking it back up again for a packaged project
ashen swan
That was one seriously beautiful thing about a 92 Mb game. 15 second build times.
stable needle
Very nice
night smelt
https://shumaro.itch.io/ricky
Hey this is my game for the Game Jam
glass fossil
Well thats it for me, i dont care anyways cuz this was my first jam, gonna try harder and be more prepared next jam😋
stable needle
My first one too
glass fossil
was it succesful??
mellow condor
Does anyone know what to do on the itch.io page after upload?
How to register the project with the epic mega jam?
stable needle
Well thats it for me, i dont care anyways cuz this was my first jam, gonna try h...
So your only problem was
You were too scared of C++ to install it
glass fossil
Build will take more time, so imma drop anyways
granite wedge
how do we list our team members on the itch page?
mellow condor
good question
glass fossil
So your only problem was
You were too scared of C++ to install it
lol, like i totally forgot i have to install visual studio
ashen swan
Click the button again, it'll bring up a registration.
glass fossil
Its alright, my game wasnt that great anyways
rotund nimbus
Our submission for the Megajam 2020 : https://itch.io/jam/2020-epic-megajam/rate/851847
stable needle
9 minutes more
Someone help me with the count down
8 minutes
611 shaders to compile
Not even started uploading project
Now 571
551
7 minutes more
near ice
Man... I'm gonna be honest... It'll take longer than that to fill out the form...
stable needle
I won’t fill it all or?
I just put my name and then boom along with categories
That’s meeeeee
knotty frost
oh god the rime
west root
Whoo! Only a few mins to spare! https://kellyrayj.itch.io/deathballer-inc
stable needle
How do we fill the form
nimble sphinx
i literally just made a new project
timid flare
My first gamejam. Submitted with 10 minutes to spare! And Cyberpunk literally finished downloading the instant I clicked submit!
stable needle
Someone send a video or something
near ice
Mark it as ** public**
timid flare
@west root Your game looks awesome!
stable needle
Mark it as ** public**
Where
timid flare
@west root I also did a VR thing, but yours looks amazing.
near ice
Someone send a video or something
Go to the game page and make sure it's set to public at the bottom
west root
@timid flare Thank ya thank ya! Send me your link! Id love to play it
timid flare
9 minutes to spare!
stable needle
Go to the game page and make sure it's set to public at the bottom
So where is the submit button
Or that’s it?
261 shaders more
timid flare
@west root I wouldn't dare call mine anything approaching 'good', since it's my very first shipped game ever, but it uh....exists.
stable needle
251 now
solar girder
still compiling shader
timid flare
@stable needle It's 4 am here, so I'm sending you all my GPU
solar girder
....
granite wedge
how do you click submit?
solar girder
void hull
@civic dock we are not making it, compiling shaders.... I will show it to you guys at the next meet up...
west root
@timid flare Thats awseome though! This is the first game I've shipped in unreal by myself! My god what a learning curve!
granite wedge
I dont see how to submit I am freaking out
near ice
I woke up at 7 yesterday and slept from 6am-6:30am today. For some reason I'm not even tired. Adrenaline, I guess.
civic dock
Don't forget to actually submit your game to the jam, folks!
granite wedge
how do you do it pfist?
timid flare
@west root Your VR mechanics are AMAZING! How did you learn it?
stable needle
Don't forget to actually submit your game to the jam, folks!
My howwww
west root
@granite wedge make sure you mark it as public after you create the game
stable needle
What happens if while it’s compiling you submit
timid flare
@stable needle if you manage to do it, I think you win?
west root
@timid flare Roll A Ball tutorial 😄
celest wedge
15 more minutes
near ice
What happens if while it’s compiling you submit
Then they get a broke game...
rigid fog
hmmmm
civic dock
After uploading your game to itch.io, you still need to go to the jam website and click Submit your project, select your project, and fill out the form.
rigid fog
That "Awesome!" took way too long
void hull
can anyone run a DDOS on itch? just to have an excuse....
civic dock
Although there's only two minutes left. 😬
timid flare
@void hull I gotchu fam
rigid fog
I died a little
stable needle
No extra time?
solar girder
let's all ddos itch
lime scroll
that stream took like 2 hours before we got the theme, can we have an extra 2 hours
stable needle
Hmmm
solar girder
who's late here ?
civic dock
<@!84183781501571072> we are not making it, compiling shaders.... I will show i...
Same boat. I didn't finish. Got really close! I'll probably still make my WIP version public so people can check it out at least.
stable needle
51 shaders more
mint tulip
went from 1 shader to 8000 shaders again....
stable needle
Please nowwwww
ashen swan
I feel like I'm watching a new years counter right now with all the excitement going into people finishing submissions.
stable needle
21 shaders
near ice
18 seconds.
gaunt copper
10sec :>
mint tulip
can we get a time extention for 1 more hour plz? you can't finish a game in 1 hour but you can compile shaders...
near ice
donzo
gaunt copper
sone
stable needle
1 shaderrrrre
pine fulcrum
Officially starting my megajam playthrough stream http://twitch.tv/awesomeallar good luck everyone
stable needle
Flip
gaunt copper
357
stable needle
Went to 22 again
rigid fog
@pine fulcrum Have a nice stream! I'll check it out when I have time
void hull
I want a new channel here: Anonymous "game jam shader compiler failure" club
civic dock
timid flare
You're still good!
near ice
fewer games than last year.
civic dock
You're still good!
Quick, build a time machine!
snow lintel
someone broke the record
stable needle
What happens if I submit nowww
stable needle
someone broke the record
😂😂
gaunt copper
Just reminder i wont be streaming at very least not before xmas, i got lot of thihing to do, pertcipation in jam already been barden for me
stable needle
Gone back to 61 I’m out
granite wedge
I was up all night last night on this
near ice
Quick, build a time machine!
I can rewind time in my game...
granite wedge
can someone please help me?
glass fossil
gaunt copper
hit submit when you upload, you may get in
tiny hollow
think i'm gonna cry
granite wedge
but it wont let me click the submit form
wet rivet
Ah shoot, missed the submission window
nimble sphinx
last minute, literally, i double checked, its submitted!
@wet rivet noooo! i have been following your progress! Damnit!
granite wedge
please help m e
edgy fulcrum
Is .rar acceptable submission, or does it have to be .zip?
wet rivet
haha it's too bad i was really happy with our project, its probably for the best though since i wasn't super happy with how it was going at the end with rushing to get it done
near ice
I cut it within 15 minutes because I felt like my game needed a table.
glass fossil
Ah shoot, missed the submission window
Dude you missed?? Your game really had potential to win
near ice
Literally the fastest table ever modeled.
nimble sphinx
@wet rivet fuck, if you had any idea how much we rushed the end
serene dome
Half an hour ago I thought the deadline was 5 hours later
tiny hollow
Man that submission form is a kiler
granite wedge
seriously
stable needle
I thought the Jam lasted 2 weeks
granite wedge
7 days
snow lintel
they did warn to submit early
civic dock
I missed the submission window too, by a few hours. I was very close to finishing.
serene dome
Luckily it build fine and I managed to upload it in time
granite wedge
and build uploaded
stable needle
Before checking earlier and realizing
granite wedge
is there anyone you can email?
stable needle
they did warn to submit early
Yh
civic dock
Probably gonna upload my WIP game anyways so you guys can check it out at least.
near ice
Man that submission form is a kiler
Yeah, it's pretty brutal. The did say over and over and over, don't try to sub within the last hour.
tiny hollow
Yeah, it's pretty brutal. The did say over and over and over, don't try to sub w...
I thought they were talking about the game page, damn, shouldn't have spent so long on the gifs
void hull
@civic dock I want to see your laundry game soon!
civic dock
<@84183781501571072> I want to see your laundry game soon!
At the very least I'll definitely share the WIP version at this Saturday's UnrealPDX hangout. 😄
sacred epoch
civic dock
OK, I'll upload my unfinished version then. I'll post the link when it's up.
near ice
Sow hat you're saying is.. I got this?
gaunt copper
Ok i got some interesting confirmation..... i forgot to hit save after upload, i hit after deadline and it accept it, so for all late comers, make a submit durring upload and hit save when it down, so time of starting upload is what counts
void hull
@gaunt copper Would you play our game even if we missed?
nimble sphinx
@thick breach wow i was not expecting that, especially with corona
turbid timber
Managed to submit like 30min before this time 😄
manic pebble
is there any contact to submit? our team member created the project and uplaoded the game but didnt realise he had to submit also
gaunt copper
@void hull no, not before xmas i got to much things to do, i was even considering not perticipating at all
hearty ferry
I missed the submission window too, by a few hours. I was very close to finishin...
Same here. But honestly, now that I did, I may put some more polish in and actually finish some of the features I cut to try and make the deadline, should end up a better game for it.
void hull
@gaunt copper so no playthrough twitch this time?
civic dock
Same here. But honestly, now that I did, I may put some more polish in and actua...
I'm planning to finish and polish mine and release on Steam soon regardless. I really like what I did. 🙂
gaunt copper
cedar axle
I'm done.
solid abyss
ah... my neck is hurting...
gaunt copper
@void hull maybe after xmas i will se how i feel :p also 350 entires means more then week of streaming
manic pebble
is there any contact to submit? our team member created the project and uplaoded the game but didnt realise he had to submit also
hearty ferry
I'm planning to finish and polish mine and release on Steam soon regardless. I r...
Yeah exactly, I was planning on doing that after the jam anyways, so may as well go through with it
near ice
I will never open my Jam game again. I am triggered.
nimble sphinx
17.3% submission rate
gaunt copper
bte @pine fulcrum is streaming check his
cedar axle
12 minutes before the deadline OBS wouldn't record video. 3 minutes before, I found annoying bug. Fixed it. Reaploaded and submitted second to last
gaunt copper
but i think he only plays selected once
solid abyss
@manic pebble last time .. some genuine cases like that were accepted.. I think. Depends on admins/judges
glass fossil
I will never open my Jam game again. I am triggered.
Did your game not get submitted, i thought it did
manic pebble
<@!245301747969425408> last time .. some genuine cases like that were accepted.....
any idea who we could email?
tiny hollow
odd pendant
Guess who uploaded and forgot to press the submit button on the main page 😂
near ice
Did your game not get submitted, i thought it did
It did. I'm just exhausted and haven't spent time with my family in a week.
eternal stirrup
Same
manic pebble
Guess who uploaded and forgot to press the submit button on the main page 😂
same with our team member
eternal stirrup
I feel so embarassed
tiny hollow
I don't even care about the prizes at this point, just want it to be part of the jam
solid abyss
I'm not sure.. @manic pebble .. but VictorLerp is the boss around here .. official community manager
stable needle
3 shaders again
civic dock
Anyone else planning to turn their jam entry into a polished game and put it on Steam later?
drowsy ice
fml...my game upload failed 2 minutes before the submission
glass fossil
Maybe in a few years 😛
drowsy ice
Can I write to an admin to late submit?
glass fossil
I have a non compete atm 😦
eternal stirrup
It did. I'm just exhausted and haven't spent time with my family in a week.
I have spent all this week on the game and exams
manic pebble
@tranquil matrix Our team member created our project etc but didnt realise he had to submit also. is there a contact we could send the game to?
solid abyss
I'm planning to help others publish their game, if they need help with textures (stylized)..
serene dome
stable needle
Anyone else planning to turn their jam entry into a polished game and put it on ...
Nope I’m not using this game
Just learned some new techniques
eternal stirrup
I think I am going to polish and submit
stable needle
I’ll be going for a realistic look
rigid fog
You have no idea how hard my hands were shaking, I didn't get a confirmation and it was 2 mins to deadline
stable needle
And an online game
eternal stirrup
@rigid fog sameee
stable needle
Getting ready to delete the project
rigid fog
The darn "Awesome" thing was at the very top super late and I had to scroll all the way up, I wish it had a better popup 😉
drowsy ice
My upload failed. Is there a practice to message an admin or smt for late submissions? 😦
rigid fog
My package failed 15mins before deadline, luckily the error message was simple enough to fix (dumb BP struct got janky and had to resaved)
eternal stirrup
@rigid fog SAME
glass fossil
And an online game
were you solo or with a team??
eternal stirrup
My game packaged 20 MINUTES EACH TIME, I was so anxious. I repackaged it 3 times because of the errors
I thought it would never package at this point
hearty ferry
Anyone else planning to turn their jam entry into a polished game and put it on ...
I've developed for VR and multiplayer, will be nice to use Steam's API for it. Look forward to seeing your project in Steam
civic dock
I've developed for VR and multiplayer, will be nice to use Steam's API for it. L...
You too!
manic pebble
My upload failed. Is there a practice to message an admin or smt for late submis...
if you find a solution to this let me know please
stable needle
Done building game
drowsy ice
if you find a solution to this let me know please
Well. For now I'll reupload an extra game and mention it with a URL in the comments.
stable needle
Can’t find where it is now
cedar axle
Mine packages like 3 seconds, so I had time to bugfix in the last moment. But didn't figure how to make it less then 100mb, though I really have nothing inside. Not a single texture and few sounds for probably 10mb worth of space
mental elk
Wow I made it, no sound, but I had only 2 days as allways to do it ! I made a very (to) hard pattern in the beginning of the game but it's possible (thinking of you @gaunt copper If you stream and test the jams games :D) https://sutivu.itch.io/checkpoint
eternal stirrup
I thought mine would be like 200mb
gaunt copper
Guys hint for future, submit entry while game is uploading, it seems that start of upload time is what counts