game-jam-chat

[graceful oriole]

im already making a google docs to keep track of the used assets (for the jam submission page, im mostly just using textures and modeling stuff myself) and i have a trello with basic tasks set up

besides that i did nothing

[old pecan]

I'll make an excel

[old pecan]

I made the folders in UE 🙂

[graceful oriole]

id rather use google docs, i also add information on what i did to the assets

like how i changed them, or how they are used

[storm blade]

I was in that jam, still have the project, hmmm...

[old pecan]

yeah, good point, but I don;t think that's rlly relevant

[graceful oriole]

eh, it might be nice for the judges to be able to tell , because again, im mostly using textures and im overlaying alot of them

i can use a texture and say im using it, but if the judges never see it , then it can be confusing

[rugged plaza]

I still might make a fly through the death star racing game

Or go with UE5 and do fast flying canyon runs in 4K 🤪

OMG a canyon Maze

[golden cape]

Hello, has anyone else having trouble to get the BOOM Library sound game pack????

[graceful oriole]

i dont even know what that is

[light vine]

https://www.boomlibrary.com/sound-effects/boom-game-pack-epic-megajam/

😉

[golden cape]

Nothing shows up, could be something on my end idk

[light vine]

Weird

[civic dock]

I think it's on your end. I see this:

[light vine]

Maybe try a different browser

[golden cape]

I GOT IT, IT was the adblocker lol, Thanks!!!!

[light vine]

🙆‍♂️

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-michael-scott-steve-carell-wink-gif-7720100

[civic dock]

Just about done with the Nano update.

How's everyone doing so far? Brainstorming some solid ideas, I hope!

[rugged plaza]

Im lost as per usual

[rugged plaza]

You probably already made a game lol

[worn hamlet]

Hey folks!
Quick Assembla update. All those who signed up via the form have been invited to their space. Good luck, and have fun!
If you don't see the email, please check your spam/junk.

[civic dock]

I'm not participating. I'm using it as an excuse to jam hard on my existing game project, though! 🙂

[civic dock]

Thanks for keeping folks updated here! Much appreciated.

[hardy rune]

damn, I was looking for ideas

and found the LD42 with the same theme. Found a lovely game concept there but now it's all over my head while I'm trying to think in something original

[storm blade]

I had a rough idea but then I realised it was pretty much the same thing I made for LD42

[karmic hedge]

I missed the live stream for theme, can anyone tell me whats the theme for the jam?

[hardy rune]

Running Out Of Space

[civic dock]

You can always see the theme in the channel topic, too. ☝️

[storm temple]

I've been thinking for a while and I think im going to do a 3rd person shooting

[karmic hedge]

mb

[civic dock]

Phew! Nano 1.0 is out. 🥳

Can't wait to see the Tiny Award contenders this year.

[worn hamlet]

It won't be @thick breach 😉

[storm temple]

wait can I use free game assets as long as I credit the original maker?

[civic dock]

Yes. You just need to list all the assets you use when you submit your game.

[civic dock]

Haha nope, he's already had his turn. 😄

[storm temple]

ok thanks!

[marsh sail]

Wish i had more time, would love to do the jam and go for the soloist award 😛

[civic dock]

Same here, but instead I'm using it as an excuse to jam hard for a few days on my existing game.

Poll update: 140 votes in, and it's nearly split down the middle. 52% say they're using UE4 for the jam, 47% say UE5.

[fading widget]

Can you link it again?

[civic dock]

https://twitter.com/unrealslackers/status/1430962015124680705

Unreal Slackers (@unrealslackers)

The 2021 Epic MegaJam kicks off today! Which version of Unreal are you using? #UnrealJam #UE4 #UE5

Twitter · Aug 26, 2021, 6:35 PM

[rugged plaza]

I'm just hoping to finish an entry at this point

[civic dock]

Good luck! 💪

[foggy meteor]

hey i need a free simple animation of a guy holding a flashlight or something similar

any pointers

[storm temple]

im looking for the space marine ue4 model what is it called?

[grizzled thicket]

im using ue4 and a big pile of no good ideas 😛

[storm temple]

put your mind off the jam and ideas will come worked for me

[steady sluice]

Same lmao... Played some games for a little while and got inspiration. I'm now full into it.

If you just keep focusing you just won't be able to come up with a good idea.

[storm temple]

yeah it just hurts your brain

[grizzled thicket]

other hand is.. in full lockdown here in NSW Australia. so home with 3 kids under 10 😛 focusing on the jam isnt something happening haha

[storm temple]

true

[golden cape]

@foggy meteor Have you tried looking through Mixamo library, you can edit some of their animations,

[devout spire]

how are you guys doing with the theme?

• due Global Timezones not having all people online at the same time 😄

[earnest pilot]

we're streaming our project here if anyone is interested: https://www.twitch.tv/djriff

[minor hemlock]

found this in the ol discord gifs, some of you might find it useful on wednesday

https://tenor.com/view/bedtime-goodnight-full-moon-stars-gif-18154935

[somber hazel]

Is this fake news?
I can't download these, only the 29 free ones

It says that this pack also has 54 free Materials, but if I click on it, I have to subscribe 😦

[civic dock]

Did you create an account?

[wet rivet]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/880610812161576970/880610868973404211/2021-08-26_20-31-59-1.mp4

Here’s where I’m wrapping up day 1 - pretty happy with how it’s looking so far

[somber hazel]

Yes

I think this pack can only be seen if you are logged in anyway

[civic dock]

I see what you mean. Just created an account and the MegaJam collection is all labeled as Premium.

It doesn't match what the jam page says, either: the jam page says 29 materials, but the MegaJam Collection on the GT website says 54.

Maybe we can get clarification tomorrow.

[somber hazel]

There is a category for free assets. And there you can find 29 materials, which matches the description from the megajam itch page.
But it has nothing to do with the Unreal Megajam Collection.

[civic dock]

Yeah, definitely seems like there's a miscommunication somewhere.

[red iron]

Lookin' nice!

[hushed quartz]

Got 4.27 blank project down to 114mb (win64-shipping)

[hoary trout]

using Nano ?

[hushed quartz]

from a fresh blank project

was at 163mb, disabling OpenImageDenoise brought it down to 114 🙂

[hoary trout]

is that a plugin ?

[hushed quartz]

yes, for path tracer..

[hoary trout]

ok disabled

thanks a bunch

so, any ideas

I'm still brainstorming and I can't come up with an interesting idea

[gentle beacon]

I have one i wont be using i could share. Its out of my league but maybe someone else could have fun with it. Running out of Space. RTS Space game. Three corporations, Outer Space, Inner Space and Out Of Space. You run Out Of Space and you must build your empire.

[hoary trout]

I don't think I can achieve that as a solo developer in one week

[gentle beacon]

Me neither, lol, mostly cos i've never done any rts mechanics at all so would take too long to learn

[solid abyss]

openimagedenoise is a denoiser by intel mainly.. for getting higher quality rendering at lower samples.

not needed for simple non-realistic games

[stable kiln]

kitbash passw reset is broken

[short grail]

hey guys , how can you allow users to create their own level in your game ? what's the proper term for it

modding ?

if yes any tutorial for ue4 on that ?

[solid abyss]

'procedural levels'

[short grail]

i thought proecdural meant lvl generation by code ?

i might be wrong though

[solid abyss]

procedural textures = automating some process of making textures
procedural logic/animation = automating some process of game logic or animation
procedural levels = coding and reusing assets to automate the process of level generation

[solid abyss]

if you can't figure it out in 6 hours, leave it, just go with static levels like most people do.

[short grail]

what i wanted to say is like tony hawk game , where user make their own level and then plays it too.

[short grail]

fair point

[solid abyss]

One of the mistakes many people (even veterans) do during a jam is over-aiming.. i.e., going for something that is just too much work for even one week

[short grail]

True

[solid abyss]

yes, that means reuse of assets, to make levels. But for a commercial game that is fair, not for a game jam.

nearly no one would take the time to design their own level and only then play the game itself

[short grail]

got it . scope down the aim

[solid abyss]

good luck

[tulip viper]

Anybody had shadow issues with UE5?

im getting odd artifacts after the player moves

it stays there too, motion blur is off and Raytraced shadows is enabled

happens in engine and run time

[gentle beacon]

Anyone using Assembla?

[solid abyss]

lot of people are. Whats up?

[gentle beacon]

I created a repo in github, now trying to import it into assembla but i dont see the git integration icon. Created new space and set to import from git though using url and its been adding git for the last 10 minutes while the top of the page says tool not created. Not sure whats happening

https://gyazo.com/d2641e56c99c5bedafb0c894198aa95e

Do we have to use assembla or can i use github for submitting?

Ok cool. Will use git though cos i used it before and was nice for keeping track of stuff. Assembla looks awesome for that though.

[stable kiln]

the kitbash models are allright, materials could have been a bit better

the overall color palette is a bit depressing 😛

its like 50 shades of gray 😛

[proper vortex]

Sorry if this is a bit of a daft question, but can individuals win the 1st-3rd place prizes? I mean there's the army of one category which is awarded to the best game developed by a solo developer, so its pretty good but what if it can win the 3rd prize as well, would that take priority? Cuz i would prefer 3rd place prizes over army of one XD

Have any individuals won 1st-3rd place prizes before? Would be nice to get some clarification from Epic 😛 @tranquil matrix?

[azure flicker]

Last I read the rules, from my understanding army of one is a special category, and each game entry is eligible for 1 of the 3 finalist positions and 1 of the modifiers categories. I do remember there was an entry in the past who won in more than one category, but I don't remember which one. Also I believe at the time the rules were less strict and each entry was eligible for 1 finalist position and all of the modifier categories they qualified for, I believe the rule was changed afterward so you are only eligible for 2 categories tops (1 finalist and 1 modifier).

[carmine kindle]

Also in some previous jams, if you were a top 3 finalist with a solo game, it did not automatically make you win the "army of one" category too.

[tepid axle]

What if I win everything 😮

[gentle beacon]

Share the card with me please then

[tepid axle]

I'll send you 8gb of VRAM

[gentle beacon]

YES!!!! You got my vote

[zinc juniper]

Quick question, anyone here know how to set the hotkey for the context menu in blueprints?
I also want it mapped to spacebar, right now it's just on right click

Also participating in the jam btw

[worn hamlet]

A finalist winning team can also win a modifier. Under "Winner Selection and Notification of Potential Winning Entrant" within the rules is where you will find more information on the judging process! 🙂

Last year the winner of "Army Of One" also won the "Procedural Magicians" Modifier Category as well. Marsh's Journey - Definitely worth a play https://robots-and-stuff.itch.io/marshs-journey

[maiden trout]

Hi everyone. How is the KitBasher3d rule exactly? Can we use all meshes that are inside one of the Actor Blueprints or can we just use only one mesh from the package?

[heady adder]

Hehehe

That's super cool

[azure flicker]

Some of my progress so far. I've been setting up player mechanics.

[storm blade]

what about using a paid text to speech service like Replica, would it be considered buying assets or just using a tool that is available to me?

[wheat beacon]

Stuff like this is the real question cause if we go technical as long as your working and its not completely pre made maybe @fallen shard knows

[carmine kindle]

Does anyone have links to the charts for either Allar's or Shadowriver's playthroughs from any of the previous jams?

[gentle beacon]

Wont be in for the smallest game but i managed to bring my metahuman down to 60mb. But then i'm not using the full body. Only the parts i want. So far migration and animation retargeting tests worked. Now gonna add add it to the jam project. If all goes well then should have base game play in place by the end tonight.

Will literally be the first asset i add to the project other than the mannequin and template anims

[toxic wing]

I'm keeping things as low disk space use as possible (estimated of < 100 MB)

[gentle beacon]

I'm way to noob to do that. Trying to focus on only importing the assets i want to use instead of full packs to keep it small but not gonna aim for smallest, aiming to just finish.

[grizzled forge]

I should know better than trying to use blender to make my own player character 😫 took me sooo long!

[toxic wing]

Well, compression is a thing.
Also, I went my way to incorporate tracker music (which can be < 1 MB for 2 or so minutes of music), and disable bloated plugins.

Gotta apply that demoscene essence :3

[gentle beacon]

https://gyazo.com/a424c7d5c7c15eca31eb9d57899d0545 metahuman lol

[fallen shard]

I'm not that familiar with the jam rules myself

[rugged plaza]

I'm still reaching for a game idea 💡 😕

[carmine kindle]

Make something like QWOP but you're trying to get away from all your adoring fans who invade your personal space

[worn hamlet]

There are no limitations on use of third party tools; only that you will have to list anything that was premade, which includes any plugin.

I hope this helps!

[proper vortex]

@azure flicker ahhh gotcha, thanks! 😄

[glass fossil]

Broo i was working on dash too lol, my dash sucks though, it just accelerates the character i have no idea how to push like you did in mid air

[storm blade]

that's not a plugin though, that's a separate tool. and voice lines wouldn't be premade but created during the jam. on the other hand, saying that I 'made' them would also be a stretch, because all it takes is pretty much typing in some text, don't think I could take credit for that. The reason I'm asking is because it seems like a gray area to me

[azure flicker]

I use the function in the screenshot below for my dash. I've tried using Add Impulse and Launch Character as well in the past, but those I find unreliable because when used on the ground they behave differently due to friction, and I want a consistent dash lenght.
For the direction I get Last Movement Input vector, but if it's zero, then use the character forward vector instead.
When I give input for the dash I set a boolean to true, and on Tick while the bool is true I call the function shown in the screenshot. As soon as I set the bool to true I also set a timer by event, and use it to call a function to set the boolean to false when the time has elapsed.

Edit: almost forgot, I also set movement mode on the character movement component to Custom, so the character doesn't take movement input while I'm dashing.

[worn hamlet]

It definitely is a grey area because as a tool it isn't as clear as say someone using Zbrush. There is nothing stopping you using it, but I would still note it down in the submission. Meanwhile I'll find an answer if possible 🙂

[storm blade]

Thank you

[glass fossil]

damn never though about that, so you use the direction and speed then directly tell the mesh to go to that spot, thanks man, gonna try using it

[stable kiln]

well houdini is a tool and comes with lots of prefab particles... and blender comes with a cube

[azure flicker]

You're welcome, and best of luck 😄
Your vfx look very good, I'm looking forward to see the what the final game will look like!

[glass fossil]

Oh i made that vfx from a tutorial lol, and good luck to you too and me too, your game looks like it'll be full of cool mechanics

[toxic wing]

Tbh I prefer just using text as opposed to using AI powered speech.

[distant herald]

For build platforms, do we have to export to Android / iOS? My teammate is fairly certain we do, but the placement of the "or"'s in the doc tell me we don't?

[storm blade]

I generally agree but replica is not too bad, I used it in a commercial game and nobody complained about it. The game is pretty bad though I admit

[glass fossil]

HEY!! Instead of replica why not use your own beautiful voice🙃

[tranquil matrix]

Either Android or iOS, you don't have to export for both

[distant herald]

But we have to export at least one don't we?

[tranquil matrix]

We don't accept project files, so you need to submit a packaged version for whichever device you're designing your game for

[distant herald]

Ok sweet, we thought we had to export both Windows AND android lol

[storm blade]

Because I want multiple characters and I only have one voice, also only one pretty bad accent

[glass fossil]

I can relate bro🥲

[toxic wing]

I fallbacked to text dialogue, retro JRPG style, even in my main project.

A bit late start, but managed to get isometric stuff going. Derived from third person code. Music is placeholder to test built-in tracker module playback. Sound effects are being generated with FM synthesis.

[gentle beacon]

https://youtu.be/D5Pa-wmRCxU progress so far

[rugged plaza]

@tranquil matrix is there really any reason to include prerequisite installers in our builds?

[toxic wing]

IMO it's for "just in case", if the user didn't have required runtime libs in their system for whatever reason.
You can have it as a separate download in your itch.io page if you're looking for smaller packaging size.

[hardy rune]

Unique use of theme can be influenciated by having another game in anothe game jam made the same way?

in the same way = the same interpretion of theme

[rugged plaza]

@glass fossil I have mostly made my anndroid entries in 4.21 so far. You have to disable all unused plug-ins, cook only maps, compression and master materials it can come down to 64MB APK size

That leaves you with ~86MB of game space but using shared shades and master materials it is a LOT of leg room

[toxic wing]

Also 4.27 has Oodle built in, which might able to crunch down the size even further.

[rugged plaza]

Dunno if Oodle actually shrinks the engine. That is the biggest wall

[toxic wing]

Though my mundane tool (TM) made with UE4 got down to 40 MB, with only PhysX libs remain.

[rugged plaza]

What version UE4 was that?

That is really good.

They raised tiny to 150Mb this go instead of 100Mb so you can make a game with that if you recycle well

Sound is a huge issue but with 4.27 audio tools you don't need music, just a few mini sound clips to make music with

I know they never will but I still wish they would give paper2D some ❤

[toxic wing]

4.26, unmodified.

[rugged plaza]

Nice!

I'm in a creative rut lately. All the ideas I come up with for this jam can't be done in time

[gentle beacon]

A mini spaceship battle royale where space is disintigrating.

[dim viper]

Missed the stream, where can I see the theme?

[gentle beacon]

Running out of space, Thats the theme

[dim viper]

Thanks!

[rugged plaza]

I haven't ever done multiplayer. I guess I could make this my first lol

[gentle beacon]

https://gyazo.com/df8fd53a84f8cd2e3b94dfedacd989d2

[gentle beacon]

I'm sharing ideas i know i wont be able to do. Still noob here, but it doesnt have to be multiplayer, normal ai will do aswell. replicating will take way longer i'm guessing

[rugged plaza]

If I ran a multiplayer game would I have to set my PC up as a server and let it run until judging ends or would the judges be able to play server/client amongst themselves

I am thinking space with a shrinking battle eye like Fortnite but it is a blocking volume and a black hole in the center and the object is to bounce opponents into the black hole and be the last survivor

[gentle beacon]

There we go, that sounds like fun, rocket league meets fortnite meets carmaggeddon

[toxic wing]

There's this site that held collection of new, fictional Famicom cartridges, made by graphic designers. It even has its own unofficial game jam of sorts to make a game out of those cartridges
Might be useful to get some loose visual clues to establish the idea for your project, but permissions for more direct reference might be hazy.
https://famicase.com/

[carmine kindle]

You'll probably want to give people at least the ability to run their own servers. Even if you're going to run one yourself for a while.

[stable kiln]

well my retopo is done

an its rigged

[minor hemlock]

👀

those grid lines are looking rough at this angle though 😦

[zinc juniper]

Working on a car controller that is somewhat fun to control

[graceful oriole]

did a bit of art and a basic pistol model and code

[rugged quail]

Needing someone to help me with assembla if you are available....please meet me in the hangout room

[civic dock]

You would think so, but 4.27 actually produces larger builds; even with the highest compression ratio set for Oodle.

[graceful oriole]

meanwhile me using 4.22 , so i dont have this issue

[light bolt]

If you follow a shader tutorial down to a letter, should it be declared as external asset? 🤔

[graceful oriole]

its not an asset i assume? its an idea/help , but not an asset

and its basically impossible to confirm, u can follow a basic movement tutorial and the judges wont be able to tell or know

[placid osprey]

Can you send unreal files to other members of your team

[spiral shore]

using market place assets were fine
no matter they are free or not
we should just mention it

[maiden loom]

yes, because it is not your work - you should declare that you used the tutorial in your entry

[rugged quail]

Need help:

https://tenor.com/view/facepalm-seriously-omg-really-embarrassed-embarrassing-gif-16000100

[fluid oyster]

Go in the Project Setting's and in Maps And Modes set you'r principal map

[rugged quail]

English please

[fluid oyster]

I'm italian 😄

Sorry for my English

[rugged quail]

What project settings?

[fluid oyster]

You are in UE4 or 5?

[rugged quail]

UE4

Setting up source control

[fluid oyster]

wait, I open it

[rugged quail]

????????????????????????

Can I please do a video share with you?

[fluid oyster]

I open UE4 and take pictures of you

[rugged quail]

These are my settings for workspace apparently

[fluid oyster]

Go in Settings

[rugged quail]

What does that have to do with source control?

[fluid oyster]

And click Maps and Modes

[rugged quail]

OK?

[fluid oyster]

I don't know but I read that the map was missing and I wanted to have you checked ... 😶‍🌫️

[rugged quail]

It is source control

[fluid oyster]

so... idk 🤷‍♂️

[light bolt]

Get plastic scm instead, P4 is a massive pain

[rugged quail]

What version?

[light bolt]

https://www.plasticscm.com/plasticscm-cloud-edition

It's free up to 5GB

[rugged quail]

I tried setting it up, but I only set it up locally and I tried connecting to the cloud, but did not let me.

And still have no idea how to connect in UE4

[light bolt]

You need to login and connect to could url, something like yourproject@cloud

[rugged quail]

I tried that, but this is the message I got: The user profile can't be configured for cloud servers.

[light bolt]

You set up repo in cloud, then tried creating workspace?

[maiden loom]

#source-control will likely get you better answers

[glass fossil]

I haven't even set up the character properly let alone mechanics and here are 3 people who have already submitted there game. And one of those, the five night at freddy's plushies one is already a fully fledged game 🙃

[lime crane]

they do this every time to promote their jam unrelated games. lol

[forest tapir]

💩

[glass fossil]

Lmao

Here's my progress for today, atleast i've got basic mechanics done. And yeah the character model looks disgusting, it's the free adventurers pack from epic marketplace

[lime crane]

havent even started today, still working regular.

but nice work man.

[glass fossil]

Thanks man, im really noob in unreal so just doing this made me lose my sanity, it's 3AM here im think imma hit the sack

[tulip viper]

5+ hrs of streaming...lol but got a lot of work done

woot

fully kitbashed level, now time to get some characters and monsters in 😛

[minor hemlock]

nice 😄 I suck at kitbashing

[tulip viper]

i hate it

1000000% hate it

but, needed for shit like this, now i can make levels super fast

[minor hemlock]

can we have a peep? 👀

[tulip viper]

yeah

im streaming, but i can show you a screenshot

this is the hangar bay

and these are the side rooms

this has 0 props right now, but the walls and doors and doorways are all kitbashed so that you can make any formation you desire

the ground is tile too, so they can be made up for whatever. I plan to make them nanite so I dont have to use normal meshs

instead they will be super detailed grates and such

[rugged quail]

Anyone know about this?

[tulip viper]

with the new emissive lighting stuff too (that is the plan)

@rugged quail get the same with p4 every 12hrs

might need to relogin again 😛

[minor hemlock]

good luck! I had a really rough time getting lumen to work well, I hope they get baked lighting integrated soonish

[tulip viper]

im working on the character now, once that is done things will be good

im having shadow issues

[civic dock]

GitHub Desktop is good about keeping you logged in.

[tulip viper]

@civic dock thats good, p4 isnt 😛

[civic dock]

Actually you can.

Create a group, add yourself to it, and set session expiration to Unset.

[tulip viper]

i can disable the token system, but then p4 is less secure 😛

you mean in p4admin?

hm...

[civic dock]

Yes.

[tulip viper]

i thought it was a token thing

ill check that out

thanks @civic dock

might have saved me some small headaches when i push after an expired session :p

[civic dock]

I can't work without it anymore. 😄

[tulip viper]

yeah

[civic dock]

This is the life saving setting right here.

P4Admin, create a group, add yourself, then those settings are at the bottom of the window.

[tulip viper]

nice

very cool, i appreciate it a lot

[civic dock]

I just dealt with logging in every day for years. Thought it was normal. Once I discovered this I never went back.

[gentle beacon]

https://youtu.be/qXgTCD-wlLA end of day 1 progress

[graceful oriole]

basic shotgun

[toxic wing]

If you want to spice this up, make the opponent's track far easier to go through than the player's track. It's like the player tries to win despite unfair competition.

[gentle beacon]

That could work. Thanks for tip. 😋

[wintry skiff]

oh we finally got a theme

[steady sluice]

You're late my guy... lol, you gotta speed up now,

[wintry skiff]

I checked yesterday before I went to sleep on google but didn't see anything

I got a fun idea involving water though

I think I can create something playable hopefully

[tepid edge]

Fishing Game Barebones Prototype

Now to do the actually hard part of programming the Reeling-In Minigame

Dinner first though. Then I'll prototype the rest of the actual fishing loop. And maybe I'll end the night by trying to get a Fisherperson and a handful of fish modelled.

[dreamy mulch]

Progress is coming along well, no in-game screenshots yet, but heres some concept art 🙂 https://twitter.com/Arvooteh/status/1431290249196576786

M Λ R T I N (@Arvooteh)

Excited to be paritcipating in yet another #UnrealJam Really anxious to see what our team will be able to cook up in a week!

Heres some wonderful concept art by the incredibly talented @Monkeybitart

#gamedev #UnrealEngine #UE4

Twitter · Aug 27, 2021, 4:19 PM

[tepid edge]

I like the bottom right person

[dreamy mulch]

thats the one we ended up going with 😛

[tepid edge]

What's the gameplay loop gonna be? Some sort of resource collection and base building/protection?

[formal gulch]

That cube do be lookin good tho

I'm just imagining it translating to some kinda binary based input

for combat or something of the like, rather than it just being straight damage values

[wintry skiff]

I love that concept art

and I agree it's a neat cube

[lime crane]

alright lets do some jamming

[storm temple]

Just finished some of my level

[cursive vale]

That dash effect actually looks really cool

[graceful oriole]

Changing my games whole idea on the spot rn

i was gonna do a "survival" shooting game with limited ammo, but now im going for a fast paced shooter game

infinite ammo

[storm temple]

same infinite ammo for my game

[still osprey]

damn, I haven't even realized that this year's jam already started

I am little bit late lol

[storm temple]

it ends in 6 days

[junior terrace]

Eyy, I got recommended to join this game jam by a friend. Any teams looking for a music composer? I’ll be back in town Sunday to work

[rugged quail]

I know most people might have teamed up already, but my project setup is failing miserably. I'm a 3d prop artist. If anyone needs props done I can create fbx or obj files for you.

Dm me if you're interested

[wintry skiff]

Try #game-jam-lfg you may find some people

[wintry skiff]

Got started on my water related project

I just added a helmet thing I made and changed the mannequin to metal

[glass fossil]

That.s .....toooo damn smart, this is technically your creation

[wintry skiff]

Yeah I don't know really know how to make meshes fit to the unreal skeleton with blender, one day I will figure that out but today I gotta improvise haha

[glass fossil]

to be honest it doesnt even look like the manny anymore

[wintry skiff]

i'm happy to hear that

[tulip viper]

my least favorite part of custom characters...

rig weighting

so, those who are using the default rig and such, good on you 😉

saves TONS of time 😛

and the final product 🙂 nice

[brittle socket]

Anyone have a list of default plugins/resources to disable in UE4.26 to reduce final compile size?

[wintry skiff]

interesting proportions

big boi

[tulip viper]

🙂

that a better view 😉

[hot sail]

how many people are going the VR route?

I'm working on flushing out my idea right now then I guess I'll find out how easy/hard VR is

[hard citrus]

Search "Packaging for Release" at https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/Resources/SampleGames/ARPG/BuildingGameplayInCPPforActionRPG/

[tulip viper]

does that gun look to small?

[fleet finch]

a little

[tulip viper]

that better?

lol i cant send it, it thinks its explicit, cause he is nakid? 😛 wtf

[fleet finch]

lol

[fleet finch]

yep, looks better

[tulip viper]

coolio

ty

[glass fossil]

I asked for a earth shattering particle effect from a friend who is not in my team, do i have to list it as a "not made by me asset"

[tulip viper]

i would say yeah

cause they are not part of the team

[glass fossil]

well, i have a feeling half of my game's gonna be made of pre made assets with me only coding things 🥲 Sucks to suck at art and modelling and vfx

[distant ibex]

If the game is FUN it won't matter as much.

[fading widget]

our team is

[lime crane]

I wanted to do VR but I need more exp. but yeah that kinda was it for today already. 4 and a half solid hours of work.

the other thing is with VR what controls do you use? hive, index, quest?

[fading widget]

all of the above

[lime crane]

and how do test everything?

[distant ibex]

Game jam started right after my semester started 😦

[fading widget]

in vr, and often

[lime crane]

you are a joke.

[fading widget]

👍

[tepid edge]

Replacing Greybox with placeholder lookdev wheeeeeeee

Placeholder lookdev that may become the finished level depending on how much time I have

[hoary trout]

I realized my idea is too hard to achieve in the time remaining

anyone here got an extra idea ?

[gentle beacon]

Space has sprung leaks and its up to you and your trusty SpacePlugger SuperSpaceship to to find the holes and plug them before space runs out.

Good morning/afternoon/evening fellow dev peeps.

[drifting jasper]

Does anyone know if Epic is aware that the Side FX link for Houdini Indie leads to an offer expired page? Bit bummed as I wanted to start using it.

[gentle beacon]

It was working when i used the links. Followed the tutorial links to install and license it though, bit confusing at times but i got it working.

[wintry skiff]

I got a simple vr unreal project im working on these last few weeks but for this i'm going pancake, vr could be interesting. What's your idea?

[drifting jasper]

the link on this page is the one I was talking about: https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam

where it says Request this here

[gentle beacon]

Yeah, i see it is expired now. Maybe they will re-up it, could possibly be just a simple admin error, instead of expiring end of jam they set it to start of jam. 🤷‍♂️

[hardy shadow]

Hi all, for those who won't do music themselves, you might find my asset packs useful (free): https://fardifferent.itch.io and https://farbeyond-studio.itch.io
Good luck and have fun everyone 🙌

[midnight forge]

Is there a theme for this game jam?

[regal thicket]

Theme is RUNNING OUT OF SPACE

[fair badger]

imagine not watching the stream then asking 2 days later what the theme is 😆

[gentle beacon]

Just want to confirm. A friend asked if their game idea would qualify and my reply was... "Any game idea will qualify, they said that you dont have to stick to the theme, you can do what you want but of course sticking to the theme will give you a better chance at winning, but the modifier prizes dont expect you to do theme specific, only that you use any of the modifiers." Am i correct in that regard?

[maiden loom]

modifiers still expect you to stick to the theme

[tepid edge]

There, I made a level

(Using marketplace assets, if it wasn't obvious 😄 )

[rotund nymph]

It looks awesome, good job mate.👌

[wintry skiff]

nice lake

[glass fossil]

Just wanted to confirm since im gonna be using marketpalce assets(my hoardings from tthe last 1 year), i'll still get points if the composition is right, right?

[tepid light]

yes

thats how it always worked

[rugged plaza]

People already submitting old games, but one that costs $7 cracks me up 🤣

[toxic wing]

They'll get instant disqualified lol

I think it's not even more than half entries that are actally screened through last year

[wintry skiff]

I think this is it for me today, was pretty fun and i learned somethings, like how you can actually spawn in ui elements on your model as a widget

[wintry skiff]

Thank you

[tepid light]

yeah.. people always try this.

and filtering isnt always that great

Wasn't there a game that actually won the jam that was WIP for months?

With devlogs / trailers on youtube

I remember something like that

[glass fossil]

The floor is lava....but actually water. Looks pretty cool though!!

[toxic wing]

Whipped out a quick proto design in VRoid for the main heroine, Erica Skye, reference for the low poly model.
The grand plan is to have some dungeon crawler about getting out of claustrophobic moving dungeon, hence the title Claustroclast. Taking cues from some Famicase design and Silent Hill 3

[tepid light]

yeah, I will have to find that

[wintry skiff]

lol yes, didn't even notice it until now but it totally is

Probably will also make some underwater sections with oxygen and side paths tho

[glass fossil]

plot twist, even that area is running out of space, as the floor beneath the water is lava

would make an awesome mechanic tho

[wintry skiff]

lol that'd be cruel haha

lava would be a fun idea for this theme too tbh

[glass fossil]

yeah, i think imma add it in my game too lol

[wintry skiff]

What's your game? Yeah do it

[glass fossil]

Yeah my game does have climbing mecahncis and some parkour so maybe adding platforming won't do much harm? It goes to the "If i have time list"

[wintry skiff]

Oh yeah I mean parkour and platforming is pretty similar already in theory

[glass fossil]

yup, thanks for the idea though

[wintry skiff]

Climbing mechanics sound fun, oh np

I think i'm adding a harpoon gun you can use as a grapple in some spots

[glass fossil]

yeah, that'd be cool too

[wintry skiff]

partly because uh theme ~but also because animations are hard

[glass fossil]

who cares every animation in my game is mixamo 🙃

[wintry skiff]

Tbh i've never even changed animations yet so i'll have to learn how to do that, from what I know it's pretty easy if you have animation assets hopefully

yeah i heard good things about mixamo

cool site

[glass fossil]

changing animations is very easy, it's basically rotating lego pieces

[wintry skiff]

Yeah i'm just worried about blending them and making that look good

but we'll see

I may even try my hand at a custom jump animation using mr mannequin tools for blender

if i have time

[glass fossil]

"Changing animations is very easy, it's like rotating lego blocks" --proceeds to create this monstrosity

[wintry skiff]

lmao

[zinc juniper]

My game seems to be running at a fixed 40fps in Unreal, anyone here had this issue?

Not my hardware, thats for sure

[tulip viper]

alien!!!

[toxic wing]

stat unit is one way to start ruling out huge frametime.

[zinc juniper]

It says GPU 25ms

altough I got a 3080, and the scene is quite simple

resizing the resolution also doesn't change it, which makes me believe its a config file

Funky thing is, it's running at 60 in the Selected Viewport playmode

In a PIE its 25

Standalone its 120

[tulip viper]

ah, there we go, now in game, time to animate this mofo

[still osprey]

is it still possible to somehow get a houdini license?

[zinc juniper]

Experimenting with environment and camera angles.

[tulip viper]

im getting a mariocart feel

i dont know why 😛

[zinc juniper]

Just needs more guns to alleviate that feeling

Not sure yet, but I might have something cool eventually

[tulip viper]

cool

keep it up!

[feral wraith]

I started late. This is turn out well for today

[tulip viper]

super cool

[tulip viper]

ah, the fun part, skin and weighting 😦

[light vine]

Wow! Looks Great!

https://youtu.be/AdoezcfqeDI

This is what me and @lyric flame has been doing!

[zinc juniper]

Thanks!

That looks quite cool what you got going there

[glass fossil]

That's like doomguy but smol

[light vine]

Thanks 😄

[light vine]

I wish! I love doom!!!

[light vine]

Oh Wow 🤯 :! That's an amazing shader.

[warm spade]

Hey guys! I'm a complete noob with Houdini. I was trying to change the material of the wall HDA that came with the UE4 starterkit. It doesn't seem to work properly. Has anyone done it? Do I have to modify the asset in Houdini directly? Thanks in advance for any answer!

[zinc juniper]

Question regarding camera shake, I cannot find the CameraShake custom class in the blueprints tab. Is this class part of the extras?

Or has something changed architectually? (Nvm, if someone has the same question, you can use: Matinee Camera Shake now)

[wet rivet]

Haven't made too much progress but I swapped over to parametric equations instead of gravity - today is going to be seeing if I can solve for at what time satellites will collide with each other

Also threw in the ability to speed up / slow down time - still not sure where I'm going with this from a gameplay perspective but hoping to find that along the way

[zinc juniper]

Time for some firepower

[tulip viper]

good ol aim offsets 😦

[still osprey]

if I create my assets using blender with plugins do I need to state that? Do these models count as my own or I won;t get points for them because I used plugins

[zinc juniper]

Blender is also a tool, I'd say if the plugin doesn't automagically create assets for you, then you put in the work yourself

If the plugin is just a library of assets, then it seems logical that you didn't put any work in, then you need to state that

[gentle beacon]

An idea for gameplay maybe - Something like the train route operator, the person that controls the routes and times of the trains departures and arrivals so they dont collide. Working that into like a satellite or planetary route controller.

[gentle beacon]

PEW PEW PEW!!!!

[gentle beacon]

was just imagining this character in a jelly type material texture

[tulip viper]

😛

i dont have my WACOM, so im not sure what the end texture will be 😛

right now, nude 😉

[rugged plaza]

OMG FINALLY came up with a game idea and got started. 2D looks like this time 🤪

[rugged plaza]

I dunno about textures but that fella is naked 😆

[tulip viper]

right now, yes, yes he is

[zenith thunder]

@light vine
thx for sharing!
Here is a updated video footage.
https://youtu.be/zZbByCx18i4

[glass fossil]

It took me an entire day just for these 3 special attacks, and like i said i dont know what vfx is so these vfx are from lucos something vfx pack which was last month's giveaway. I have no clue how i'll integrate it with enemy AI but i'll think through

[tulip viper]

looks good

got him animated 😛 nice

[carmine kindle]

I made a tentacle monster thing

[glass fossil]

looks disgusting and cool at the same time

[tulip viper]

oh nice

super creepy!

a lot of good art this time around

[fading widget]

looking great!

[carmine kindle]

It's nice to see what you can do when you're not doing the whole game alone. 😀

[glass fossil]

so are you doing the art for the game?

[carmine kindle]

Yup

[zenith thunder]

This one looks really great!

[tulip viper]

when spawning goes horribly wrong... or.... your models joined the circus

[lime crane]

alright, lets do some jamming again.

[glass fossil]

Thanks, spent like 3 hours trying to figure out the best arrangement and particle settings, also merging the animation was a pain in the butt

[tulip viper]

what do you think of this animation, should i change it or does it look monster'ish for a walk cycle

[glass fossil]

I don't know about monsterish but it looks really cute to be honest, it's like a toddler learning to walk

[tulip viper]

lol

cries

[glass fossil]

the animation isn't bad it's just the mosnter doesn't look like....well a monster

[tulip viper]

more blood

god it

😛

[gentle beacon]

agreed the animation itself isnt bad, the body movemnt from side to side looks toddlerlike, try up and down and instead of swinging arms raise them up with less swinging, maybe, not an animator, just shooting ideas

[tulip viper]

well, thats why I am asking

opinions are WELCOME!!! ❤️

i wanted him to be lumbering

cause his run is like this

but i get the point, so ill see what i can do to

to make it less "todler"

[gentle beacon]

You could always make another much bigger monster and make this the baby so then it would fit maybe

[tulip viper]

😛

[fading widget]

offset the arm swings a tad so they dont match the legs exactly. a little sway from side to side couldnt hurt either. great work so far

[gentle beacon]

Then you could even add some funny baby animations, stumbling and funny monster cryies that make mommy mad hahaha

[tulip viper]

well your, kinda onto something, cause we have a momma 😛

but thats the end level version

so, maybe yeah

😉

[gentle beacon]

The hive :p

[tulip viper]

more or less, actually

they are overtaking your ship and destroying areas. Your only hope is to defend them as long as possible

we have some other things, like loss of lighting, and loss of O2 systems

but yeah, that is the simple version, hive 😛 horde mode

[carmine kindle]

If you want it to be lumbering and slow, imagine it's really lazy and wants to use as little energy as possible to get around. Big arm swings make me think it's in a hurry to get somewhere.

[tulip viper]

@carmine kindle that is a good point, arms should lag behind and be "dragged"

ty

[storm temple]

time to jam

[gentle beacon]

These actor core anims are really nice. Just wish my pc would import them faster hahaha

[tulip viper]

Here is the BS for the walk -> run

better ?

[storm temple]

looks great! Better than anything I can do lol

[tulip viper]

needs some "small" changes, but i think the major portion blocked out is fine. Open to suggestions

i made the hands harder, when walking, but when running he said.. F it!!!

[gentle beacon]

Thats looking awesome, especially the idling, has intimidating, getting angry, about to blow a gasket effect. I wish i could animate like that.

[tulip viper]

@gentle beacon thanks 😛 okay ill keep that

[true tree]

I have a question, can I upload pictures and videos of my work in progress on twitter?

Or it's against any rule?

[gentle beacon]

Not against any rule, they want you to share your progress and also include #UnrealJam so they can follow aswell

[true tree]

Ooooo, thanks!!

[true tree]

This is my second day! The basic movement, the character and the animations are almost done! A lot of thing left to do

[glass fossil]

Looks sick!! It's really really smooth

[true tree]

Thaanks!

Your project looks very cool too!

[glass fossil]

Thanks!!

[storm temple]

lighting be like

[fading widget]

Love that character

[gentle beacon]

https://youtu.be/0w6Rknmmdi4 end of day 2 progress. Spent too much time on ai finish time, even got help from the lounge for it but the basics for ai is in place now aswell.

[graceful oriole]

long jump? no problem, just propel urself with the recoil of ur guns

[gentle beacon]

now you gotta add a rocket launcher

[graceful oriole]

i was gonna, but i had trouble with it, it either came out too powerful or too weak, during balancing

i either had to make it really op and rare(so kinda pointless), or make it really weak and being able to use it more , and i didnt like either option

im hoping for the game to better pretty open, so a rocket launcher is really op

[gentle beacon]

i played around with a mechanic awhile ago where pressing a button would launch you in air and another button would slow time for a time period and during that time you could press another button which would launch you again in the direction you facing but would bring time back to normal speed., The idea was to use the combination to traverse to unreachable areas with calculated timing. Switching between shotgun and launcher the way you explain it reminds me of that.

[graceful oriole]

ive thought about time things, but im probably not doing it, im making space and movement the more important mechanics

the map will get smaller and smaller, walls will push in, and floors will collapse, forcing you to keep going until the map is small enough for you to die

hopefully u dont live enough for my map close off code to end and u still being alive

i already have 2/3 guns done, i just need a rifle or smth semi automatic and ill be fine with gun variety ,and i have guns do different things

the pistol is the default, fast shots, alot of ammo on a clip, it will also be able to slowdown the map closing
the rifle, will be quick firing but run out of ammo quick being better for multiple enemies
the shotgun will be close range, and be the primary movement option besides jumping

[cobalt arrow]

nice keep up the good work on the guns~

[true tree]

Thanks!

[brisk zealot]

got some basic movement character animation and combat!

[rugged plaza]

4.27 does NOT like stacking sprites. They stop rendering once you get about 3 deep 🤮

Wait NM the z order is all funked up

[wintry skiff]

lol nice sunny, could be very cute once you're done

a bit less fog, more warm colors/lighting with some grass and you would have a very cute setup

[regal swallow]

does anyone know if i get another person to voice act something in the game, will that disqualify me from the army of one modifier? I'm doing all the actual development myself, but i was curious

[maiden loom]

hard to say - but technically that person is working on your game

we always use someone on the team ourselves

[regal swallow]

hmmm, guess i shouldn't risk it then

does anyone know a good text-to-voice app i can use?

[frail beacon]

you could try https://replicastudios.com/ they have 30 minutes free. I've been wanting to try them, but I haven't gotten around to it yet

they sell voice packs in the marketplace

[maiden loom]

an alternative is to not use real voices - I've made "lylat speech" style generators before and relied on text bubbles

works well enough

[regal swallow]

cool, i'll check those out

[graceful oriole]

rifle done

[spiral shore]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/879600051872235530/881349451107684362/unknown.png

how should i fix this?

[frail beacon]

looking good!

[graceful oriole]

im 90% done with guns(need audio and particles) and to do damage properly , and then im moving on to enemies

[fading widget]

remove the houdini engine plugin, we had the same issue

[slim pawn]

For the tiny award - is that the zipped version or the full file download? I did my first build and it's only 321 MB without trying to shrink the engine 👀

[spiral shore]

i did same error

[spiral shore]

i completely delete any file using Houdini
now i have a build

[lime crane]

okay so I have made today the main menu stuff, finished up most of the programming still needs balancing and I added the sfx. tomorrow I do all the visual stuff. its kinda fun to play, its challenging. but I bet 10 others had the same idea. lol

[graceful oriole]

i basically just have guns and movement

and a basic enemy that follows you, but its just a box

[regal swallow]

i've got basic movement, an wave spawn system, and different enemy types that all just kind of follow you

i also implemented a mechanic where the more enemies on screen there are, the slower you move. still trying to adjust it, but some friends of mine who playtested are having a good time with it so far

[cloud bloom]

Yo it’s okay to use ALS for the game jam right? We just gotta mention we used it ?

[glass fossil]

Yup, but if you made your own locomotion, that would have given you extra points, try keeping things as less pre made as possible

[toxic wing]

You could use it, but ALS is so complicated, that you'd already missed the deadline by the time you're done customising it.

[tepid edge]

Contrarily: If you just want decent 3rd person movement and don't want to spend the entire week making animations and setting up all the states it'll save you tons of time.

It's pretty quick to customize it since you can just not bind the inputs it uses in your project.

My game is about fishing and that's the part I'm focusing on, but I want to have a character that can actually move to the fishing spots instead of just having them stuck there, and ALS is saving me a lot of headache for that.

[toxic wing]

The third person template is fine to expand upon though, it's not against the rules.

[tepid edge]

It has the exact same caveat that ALS has though, which is that it won't contribute to your score.

The key thing is that the answer to their question is that yes it is okay to use ALS for the jam, and yes it needs to be mentioned.

[toxic wing]

ALS is overkill for a quickly put together game jam, that's the real caveat.

[tulip viper]

going for a Valorant UI, thoughts

[fleet finch]

pretty clean. I like it

[glass fossil]

You can easily set up your own locomotion though, i got it done in 3 to 4 hours, along with procedural leaning and stuff, it doesn't look as clean but if i need to make some change i can, but looking at the ALS anim blueprint oh god my head spins

[tulip viper]

coolio, thanks

[tepid edge]

I'm really not trying to say people should use ALS. The question was just whether or not it was allowed, and all of the responses were about how it's so bad and not worth it at all, which didn't answer the question 😛

Personally I'm going to use it because for my project it makes sense and saves me time. I won't be getting points for making my own locomotion anyways because it's not integral to the gameplay.

[glass fossil]

yeah, some people might want to focus more on their gameplay mechanics rather than locomotion so for them its a blessing

[glass fossil]

Yeah in your case it seems smart to use, but when youre making a parkour platformer having locomotion points means everything🙃 🙃 🙃

[tepid edge]

Yeah, and I'd agree with that. It just seemed like a kind of silly gatekeepy attitude to have all these people immediately shooting down the potential benefits 🤷‍♂️

[glass fossil]

I don't know if it's just the picture but the map looks a little too big, ui looks sick though

[tulip viper]

yeah, the map is certainly big, i need to modify its size

just trying to get its "layout" in place

this way you know whats going on with the zone, the timer

and then you know the zone you are in

as you lose a zone the area will change color

[glass fossil]

yeah, like why cut down on locomotion point's its not that hard o implement, add the assets for what you can't do no matter what

[tulip viper]

4 areas so far

almost done with this, then going to do the weapon stuff, then the UI should be finished

😛 thanks for the input

[glass fossil]

You can make the map small and have an input for displaying the full map, that way you can save up on screen space.....then again the theme is running out of space

[tulip viper]

😛

im not sure you get points for the UI matching the theme LMAO

that said, its not a bad idea to do make a BIG map and a SMALL map

[glass fossil]

Lol XDD

[tulip viper]

the map is mostly for the player to understand, not know where they are

so they know how many zones are lost

what zone is being targeted NEXT

[tepid edge]

Every game irrespective of the relevance to the gameplay should have a UI that slowly gets bigger over time and crowds out the visible screen space.

[glass fossil]

yeah, if it's a competitive shooter game, that's a different topic

[glass fossil]

and then there comes a point where all you can see is a big map and healthbar

[tulip viper]

lol, you kids nuts

[glass fossil]

So i just wanted to ask a question, before the jam i was a building a game which had wall run mechanics, so would it be called a pre made assets and do i have to mention it if I copy my own code to save time, it includes a lot of vector an stuff so it'll take time to implement now. It is technically my code, but i did make it prior to the jam. Im confused here

Ok thanks, that's a bummer for me i guess

[tulip viper]

or just claim it and put it in anywa

if it makes the game more fun, it will have an impact

[glass fossil]

hmm or maybe i can make a more mediocar version of it, i already know how to implement so ican shortcut around it, anyway's it'll go to the if i have time list

[glass fossil]

Any idea what the NVisionary Environments prize is about? What does it mean by RT implementation?

[cursive vale]

@glass fossil I'd say leave a comment about it with your submission and put it in. The only relevant category for qualification is Fun Factor, and unless the wall running is the only thing your game has going for it you're probably better off including it

[cursive vale]

NVisionary Environments – for the best usage of environmental effects in a game, including real-time ray tracing. (RT = Ray Tracing)

[glass fossil]

IK but what kind of effect it expects? RT can be in a game and you barely notice it.

[stable kiln]

basically mean you have to show off proprietary Nvidia stuff

[wintry skiff]

Made some solid progress for today

Implemented the deadspace esque ui

Jump mechanics tied to your oxygen system with a double jump or hover costing oxygen

slow recharge of oxygen in air field areas, decrease in water, and ofcourse making you move slower in water with different jump power and gravity

and the falling cubes I used the materialize asset I tweaked

starring the lighting needs to be rebuild message haunting my dreams

[glass fossil]

Oh right that's the question i had, would using pre made assets add points to the fun factor category?

[glass fossil]

That's so cool!! Great mechanics man

[near lake]

Do I still qualify in the kitbash category if I alter the assets I use?

[wintry skiff]

Thank you 😄

[glass fossil]

How did you make the water!! It looks so damn realistic

[wintry skiff]

Oh i'm afraid I deserve no credit for that, I have used some assets in my game

Cartoonwatershader

Ultra dynamic sky, which seems ironic since you can't see the sky but uh yeah lol maybe ill make windows sometime

Materialize, the material thing i edited for the blocks that fall/despawn

I also intend to use sound assets and particles

[glass fossil]

Don't worry mate, you an me are in the same boat, at the end mechanics is what matters

[wintry skiff]

Tbh you can probably go a long way with using lumen with the unreal's new native water thing

yeah agreed! especially if you're solo lol

[glass fossil]

Yeah i was almost sure you used UIWS or new unreal's water thingy

[glass fossil]

Yup!

[wintry skiff]

Yeah I think it's the lumen with intense lighting making it seem less cartoony than normal,i quite enjoy this current look between realism and stylized rn

[glass fossil]

Yeah too much realistic won't fit the style of the game, this is like perfect

[wintry skiff]

Yeah I wanted to go full realism i would have made it a first person horror

[gentle beacon]

That looks awsome. I did the lighting essential concepts and effects course on Unreal online learning awhile ago and theres a section for underwater lighting effects. if you looking for something extra maybe 🙂

[wintry skiff]

Thank you I'll definitely will have to keep that in mind, I also want to add post processing underwater that maybe makes it a bit darker and murky and one that distorts your screen as if you're looking trough water

[glass fossil]

Distort post process will be great for underwater sections, the longer you stay underwater the more your vision distorts

[wintry skiff]

Yeah that sounds interesting, just anything to make underwater look more interesting.

[gentle beacon]

https://gyazo.com/4d3a0b6f974464f2f75910b94ec8ab8c

[tulip viper]

got the UI to work now 😉 woot

[wintry skiff]

Yeah that looks great

[wintry skiff]

that looks pretty clean my dude, nice

[tulip viper]

thanks 🙂

UE5 not auto updating referenced widgets.. odd

[zinc juniper]

Quite risky to use UE5 for a jam imo

[wintry skiff]

i'm using it

[zinc juniper]

Imagine getting bugs that wont let you build, that aren't easily fixed

[wintry skiff]

risky yes, lumen hell yes

[zinc juniper]

Yeah lumen is awesome

[tulip viper]

its a jam

RISK IT! for the biscuit 😛

[tulip viper]

ah, the horror game is coming together! ❤️

now to make the player look less stupid 😛

[wintry skiff]

player can't pee their pants if they're not wearing pants

[tulip viper]

indeed LMAO

that is so true

[glass fossil]

I have this problem in UE5. This is grass folliage, but it's empty. Many of UE5's modules are this buggy. Any way to solve it?

nvm solved!

[wintry skiff]

It's fun to see how much you can do with cubes and a hexagon texture you threw together in photoshop

[brisk zealot]

Made huge progress on the game got all the UI stuff and all the system for the game now just time to add little bit of detail 🙂

[wintry skiff]

love it

[tulip viper]

EWW nice

[wintry skiff]

it's charming, a bit foggy though

[brisk zealot]

thx

[brisk zealot]

yeah

[brisk zealot]

thx

[tulip viper]

im sttill struggling to get the props created to fill this place 😛

FML 😛 so many god damn parts

[wintry skiff]

same dude same

you got a nice scene and lights going already though

[tulip viper]

lol shit look empty! 😛

I NEED MORE ASSETS!!! *looks at an asset pack isntead of making it all by hand 😛 *

[glass fossil]

What does the ORDp in the Quixel nomination stands for? Is it Opacity, Roughness, Displacement, pixel depth??

[wispy fractal]

Occlusion

[wintry skiff]

Right filling spaces is hard

It's also thinking of assets to create

I have difficulty of thinking of things to create

[lime crane]

so lets to some more jamming, its the only full day I have. but Im still in time. pre-production is very importent it saved me a lot of time.

[edgy fulcrum]

This'll be the goofiest JamGame I've been part of for sure:D

[worthy quiver]

I have an interesting situation, I made a game for brackey's game jam that ended today. The duration of the jam was also a week as this one. The thing is I don't have enough physical or mental power to make another game, and it happened that the game i made fits both jams' theme. Am I allowed to submit the game in epic's jam without editing it in anyway. I made it in a week, would it be fair? More importantly would it be allowed?

[rugged plaza]

@worthy quiver you have to disclose every single thing made before this jam started, so you only get judged on things made during the actual jam.

[worthy quiver]

I guess i'll wait for next year's XD

[tribal helm]

nice anim! Is that in cascadeur?

[edgy fulcrum]

Motionbuilder:D

[wintry skiff]

How do you disclose things, does itch.io give you an option for it while submitting?

Yeah nice animation

Feels very dynamic

[tribal helm]

I include a doc listing assets used in the build

[lime crane]

that dog thing. lol

[wintry skiff]

Hmm yeah that works too, I'll have to see what method I'll choose to use later on

[short grail]

hey guys kinda stuck at a part. How can you make your destructible mesh to be only destroyed by a certain blueprint but not your character ??

[azure flicker]

Some more of my progress. I've been focusing on tweaking my existing mechanics, also applied some good ol' programming polymorphism to make some quick weapon variations. Probably should focus on making some enemies and gameplay spaces to have some actual gameplay now LMAO

[toxic wing]

Replace the mesh with the destructible one if impulse/hit was coming from your specified actors.

[glass fossil]

Looks really smooth and fast paced, gives me kinda Control vibes, can't wait to try it!!

[short grail]

my build size is 193 MB , any suggestions how to reduce it to 150MB. I followed unreal docs

[still osprey]

Just finished creating some of the models, core mechanics and polished the game idea. I am going to create player model and build introductory level right now

[upbeat helm]

I must know more about this lol, looking great! a great animation, that cannon bounce is so hypnotizing, and those ears....

[tribal helm]

https://github.com/pfist/Nano
maybe this might be of help

[hardy rune]

Finally, achieved a simple damage

Never worked with grid like movement, my spaghetti code isn't something out of the box

[placid osprey]

The expected Unreal Level Editor layout version is "LevelEditor_Layout_v1.2", while only version "LevelEditor_Layout_v1.1" was found. I.e., the current layout was created with a previous version of Unreal that is deprecated and no longer compatible.

Unreal will continue with the default layout for its current version, the deprecated one has been removed.

You can create and save your custom layouts with "Window"->"Save Layout"->"Save Layout As...".

I need help because Unreal 4.26.2 isn't opening up

[minor hemlock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESeMEQK8o5c gameplay done 😅 now to do all the other stuff so players know what they're actually achieving

[upbeat helm]

make a copy of your project to be safe, then delete the intermediate and saved folders, they will regenerate, you will lose your saved layout unfortunately

[azure flicker]

thanks xD

[rugged plaza]

When you make a bug into a feature😁

[ember pollen]

What was the bug?

[glass fossil]

I think the player isn't meant to roll between the walls like a living ping pong ball, but that did make it an interesting feature

[rugged plaza]

@ember pollen it was sticking to the wall and continually spinning. It is supposed to be just an attack move, but I turned it into a new way to traverse obstacles

I never thought about attacking from the walls either. This new direction is so much more than what I was working on so now I am redesigning the rest of the game around that feature.

[ember pollen]

It looks really interesting to me

It's good feature!

[tribal helm]

the spin move does dmg?

[ember pollen]

Also it's a ninja so, it makes sense to me

[rugged plaza]

@tribal helm it does.

[tulip viper]

texutring without my draw pad is ANNOYING!!!

mouse and keyboard 🙂 ew

geo doesnt look bad though

[carmine kindle]

Just let those smart materials do all the work for you

[tulip viper]

nah

im hand painted 😛

well, mousepainted lololol

lol kinda works... FML 😛

[tulip viper]

ah... not too bad, @tropic wing very cool

[tulip viper]

Ah, the final product

not to bad for no WACOM 🙂

[hardy rune]

offtopic, if you have the opportunity, check Huion

Better than Wacom for less money

[true tree]

Looks pretty good

[true tree]

I can confirm

[tulip viper]

@hardy rune ill look at them

@true tree thanks 🙂

[true tree]

I made some props and an automatic camera system!

[tulip viper]

im excited for that

it looks cool

the character is cute

😛

[true tree]

Thanks!

[lime crane]

yes I like this as well. good theme use.

[true tree]

Thanks! I will use the theme in various ways if I have enough time!

[zinc juniper]

Working on some rooms, using mainly Blender for them. Seems to be working out quite well so far

[tulip viper]

finished some plants up, o2 room looking nice

[still osprey]

damn, looks interesting

is this game happenning inside some secret lab lol

[storm temple]

hyped to see the finished product

[tulip viper]

@still osprey space ship

you have "spaces" you must protect

that is the O2 lab

if you lose it, you start to lose O2

[simple garden]

:no_entry_sign: perrytheplatypus#9124 was banned.

[tulip viper]

oof

[crude thorn]

Hi everyone! I'm trying to make a VR platformer using the new 4.27 VR template as the base, and I encountered an obstacle with the navigation with the moving areas of the game, the navigation just stays static and doesn't move with the object so the player cannot teleport to the object, does anyone knows a way to sort this issue? Any help is appreciated 🙂 https://youtu.be/gkmXvfiozDY

[still osprey]

if you 're looking for help you should try one of the help channels

[zinc juniper]

I think you can turn on dynamic navmesh generation in project settings

Although not at this tick interval, what you want should probably need some custom coding (skipping the need of a navmesh)

[crude thorn]

Thank you very much! I turned it on and in simulate the navmesh is being updated, going to check in VR to see if it works

In case anyone else encounters this issue, this is the setting:

[wintry skiff]

Ah nice

[tulip viper]

power station started

i love it when the lights go out..lol so creepy

just need horror sounds to make it REALLY worth it

just need to make the helmet flashlight to turn on, to give it that Doom 3 effect 🙂

[storm temple]

that looks really awesome can't wait for the game to be finished!

[tulip viper]

hehe, me too!! trust me

😛

finishing up this power system, then linking that in, making some emissives so it looks all pretty

then going to work on the character armor

last screenshot for a bit 😛

[jovial sluice]

Has anyone had any luck getting Houdini working in UE 4.27 for the jam?

[placid osprey]

DX12 is not supported on your system. Try running without the -dx12 or -d3d12 command line argument.

[tulip viper]

i hope they are playing this on a beast computer 😛

if not....

[placid osprey]

@jovial sluice I have been issues with the level editor to DirectX 12 not supporting the system besides Houdini

[tulip viper]

this is 100% not optimized 😛 lmao

[placid osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/achievement-hunter-math-confusion-gif-15648773

[knotty adder]

wow

[tulip viper]

@knotty adder 😉

thanks

its only art... need the coders to link it all up to make some cool shit

hope they can do that tomorrow

otherwise it will just be a pretty level 😛

[knotty adder]

Can i help you

[tulip viper]

already have 5 on the team 😦

I am just in japan, so I am up and they are sleepy 😛

but i dont mind walking around and looking at my level lolol

just finished the first build too, and no crash so WOOT

needs an ESCAPE menu 😛

[knotty adder]

I am also from Iran

[tulip viper]

nice!!!

... how much is the SMALL size game again?

this game is only 300 packed LMAO

[knotty adder]

I do not design games

[tulip viper]

ah

are you in the gamejam?

[knotty adder]

I am the designer of the model and the program that I design

I liked it very much but I do not have a team😩

[wintry skiff]

what model? show us pics

oh

rip

[knotty adder]

https://sketchfab.com/fatemipoorm

[hollow shadow]

Hola, perdón por molestar pero soy de habla española y no tengo bien el claro el tema de la jam es " se queda sin espacio " o " Correr en el espacio " o algo relacionado al espacio, no soy bueno en el ingles y por ello no entiendo

[placid osprey]

What it’s like in Japan

[tulip viper]

not bad at all, honestly

[knotty adder]

¿Qué no entendiste?

[tulip viper]

im stuck in a hotel room right now... lol

but, in a few days I will be FREEEEEEEEE!!! and then i can explore

I am excited for winter, and then snowboarding

[placid osprey]

Japan is one destination that’s on my bucket list

The food, culture, and anime

https://tenor.com/view/yes-wwe-oh-yes-yeah-hands-up-gif-16169216

[tulip viper]

yeah, lots of that here

anybody want to test this game out for me? and see if it works on your machine?

i would prefer potato machines 😛

[knotty adder]

Does Japan have a game design company with Unreal?

[tulip viper]

not sure 😛

[hollow shadow]

Que específicamente significa " Running out of space " según el traductor y todo medio que es buscado de traducción es " Quedarse sin espacio " pero parece ser algo relacionado con el espacio, como correr en el espacio y lo digo por que los juegos que han subido están relacionados con el espacio

[knotty adder]

In Iran, they only work with Unity and the quality of games is very low

[placid osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/splatoon-woomy-wink-gif-4975350

[knotty adder]

ok

[tulip viper]

https://riuthamus.itch.io/darkship

does that link work?

[ebon fox]

i mean, i can, but my machine isn't a potato, RTX 2060 and a Ryzen 7 3700X

[tulip viper]

try that link

if it works, download it

i packaged it

[ebon fox]

it fired me a page not found error

[tulip viper]

it will lag out the longer you are in game (spawn issue with NPC's)

k

give me a second

[knotty adder]

no

[tulip viper]

should work now

[knotty adder]

Yes it worked

https://sketchfab.com/fatemipoorm
Opinion?

[tulip viper]

curious to know what/how it performs on peoples machines

@knotty adder those are nice

hand painted?

[knotty adder]

Nine is a 3D model

[tulip viper]

hehe, the main menu is a placeholder

its going to be the main character, standing there, while in the background monsters are scurrying around

peaking eyes out and such

[knotty adder]

OK👹

😂

I am 16 years old
And I worked on model design for 7 years and Unreal for 1 year

[tulip viper]

nice

that is super cool

well keep it up

[knotty adder]

Grateful
How unreal did you do it?

[tulip viper]

?

[knotty adder]

How many years did you work with Unreal Engine?

[tulip viper]

oh... 10 or 15

im doing hand painted with a mouse and keyboard EWWW!!!

[knotty adder]

Year?

[tulip viper]

i started with UE3

[knotty adder]

wow

[ebon fox]

damn bro, good work there, i'm 14, been doing game dev for 6 years now, published my first game at 13 and started working with unity but switched to unreal about 4 years in

[knotty adder]

Well done brother what a good thing👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[tulip viper]

lol, you guys are young and have such bright futures

[civic dock]

No kidding, this is great.

[tulip viper]

when i was 13 i was trying to have sex and playing C and C renegade 😛

what I would have given to have the tools I have now at that age 🙂

[civic dock]

I got started with game development in my late teens.

[knotty adder]

Did you have Unreal Engine at the age of 13?

[tulip viper]

no

UE didnt exist when I was 13

well....

Unreal 2004 😛

[knotty adder]

ok

[tulip viper]

first game I modified/modeled for was NWN (neverwinter nights)

[knotty adder]

ok

[civic dock]

I learned Unreal with the UT3 modding tools in 2007.

[knotty adder]

Do you have a gameplay for it?

[civic dock]

No videos up or anything, no. But I do still have some of the old files on my portable drive. 🙂

[knotty adder]

Blessed are you if you can continue😩

[civic dock]

I think my first games were made with RPG Maker. I also made levels for Timesplitters. That was so fun.

If something like the Epic MegaJam existed when I was a kid, it would have been life changing.

[knotty adder]

nice

ok

[civic dock]

Game jams are great if you want to get into games.

Perfect opportunity to make something small and focused.

[knotty adder]

ok

I had a question

Is Epic MegaJam a competitive race or an online class for Unreal?

[civic dock]

It's a competition. Make a game in 7 days based on a theme. The info and link are in the channel topic.

Are you not participating yet? 😮

[tulip viper]

anybody download the game and try it?

did it run?

[knotty adder]

Must have a group؟

[tulip viper]

lol and not at 5 fps ? 😛

[civic dock]

Has to be under 150 MB to qualify for the Tiny Award.

[tulip viper]

@civic dock damn 😛 so close 😛

[storm temple]

what's the game name

[civic dock]

If you haven't flipped any of the switches to shrink your game yet, you can probably still do it, or at least get close.

[tulip viper]

Darkship

😛

and yeah i have not flipped anything, and i have some bloat in there too so i might...

i dont know

we will see

have a lot to do before I try to crunch

[knotty adder]

ok

[civic dock]

When you're ready to ship, just set build config to Shipping and check Create compressed cooked packages. That alone will shrink your game quite a bit.

[knotty adder]

Do you have to have a group to register?

[civic dock]

No, you can participate alone.

There's even a special award for best game by a solo developer.

[knotty adder]

I did not find anything about this can you explain more?

[tulip viper]

interesting, ill try it

[knotty adder]

Where can you download it again?.

[knotty adder]

؟