game-jam-chat

[drifting jasper]

I did like 3 days worth of work in the final 3 hours of the jam

as one does

[vital sequoia]

Nice. I basically pulled an alnighter last night to fix the last few things.

[drifting jasper]

i was up until 2am doing the same

got up at 6 for work

worked like 3 hours

[fading widget]

I forget, is it Slackers that runs the game trailer jam?

[drifting jasper]

took 3 hours off to finish jam

[vital sequoia]

It's great how that last bit of the jam is so inspiring for everyone

[drifting jasper]

then worked 3 hours late xD

[stoic sedge]

Huge plus to this
Actually, the whole last 1.5 days felt like work with this intensity

[drifting jasper]

I was just slapping bugs down left and right

found a crash that has a 25% chance of occurring so 🤞

[vital sequoia]

Nice

Just hope it doesn't create a new one!

I failed to setup source control for my team and definitely paid the price

[stoic sedge]

That's great! Is the percentage approximate or was there exact probability involved?

Ah, or so, nvm

[drifting jasper]

i tested 12 times

happened 3 times xD

so approximate i guess

[stoic sedge]

Oof, that's harsh. Working wo source control

Too stressful :D
Can't revert anytime if anything goes wrong

[drifting jasper]

yeah...

i ran into that issue

thankfully had source control

otherwise the project was bricked

[stoic sedge]

It takes off so much responsibility

[drifting jasper]

I setup a little guide for my team, seemed to work fine:

[vital sequoia]

I need to (re) learn how to setup perforce. I've been out of the game industry for too long so I'm always using git

Oh nice. Just saw that after hitting enter. I will definitely read it

[drifting jasper]

link in image: https://articles.assembla.com/en/articles/748195-perforce-version-control-with-ue4-assembla

we use UGS, which is a nice interface for perforce and hooks into Unreal quite nicely

[stoic sedge]

Is there any notable difference? Is perforce a standard in gamedev?

[drifting jasper]

it's a standard in software dev from what i've seen

git is also up there

[vital sequoia]

Git is not great for large binary assets

[drifting jasper]

perforce is especially nice for unreal since .uassets are binary files and can't be merged.

i've used git with UE4 before though

it's alright

[vital sequoia]

Git is fantastic for projects that are mostly text

[drifting jasper]

perforce definitely performs better

[vital sequoia]

Every game studio I worked at used perforce

[stoic sedge]

Ah, thanks. Have been using git without any problems so far

[vital sequoia]

I think part of that is too give publishers more control though

I vaguely remember hearing a story about a studio getting locked out of the project when there was a disagreement with the publisher

[drifting jasper]

our publisher doesn't have access to our perforce directly

granted, they run the metal for us

[queen grotto]

that's insane, what developer would put another organization (publisher or otherwise) in charge of their source code?

[drifting jasper]

so technically they do

[stoic sedge]

That's insane
I have machine learning background, so I don't have any real gamedev exp. This world sounds cruel

[vital sequoia]

Ever hear of the golden rule?

[stoic sedge]

Nope

[vital sequoia]

Whoever has the gold makes the rules

[stoic sedge]

Sounds reasonable lol

[vital sequoia]

Publishers tend to control the funding

I'm trying to get back into game dev without working for a poorly managed startup or a cancerous publisher

[drifting jasper]

I honestly lucked out in my job

I don't ever want to leave

we have a rule against crunching

like, you crunch

we fucked up

so no crunch

we'll just push that feature back

super nice

[queen grotto]

Nice to know there are some sane companies around 😉

[vital sequoia]

Ha ha I wish I could work someplace like that

[stoic sedge]

That's some great management

[vital sequoia]

I've been burned and dropped do many times I've lost count

[drifting jasper]

Yeah...

i almost left this company back in December. Got offered triple my current pay, so was a bit hard to turn down

thankfully, it didn't pan out

2 months working with them I wanted to quit.

manager was one of those super duper micro managers and wanted stuff done yesterday always.

[stoic sedge]

I'm so used to crunching after research, where you work insanely several months before conference deadline and then try to recover from it for the rest of a year/half a year

[vital sequoia]

I get paid very well where I am now, is just super boring and not good for my career. Using old tech no one cares about.

[drifting jasper]

just wait for the next pandemic. Your tech will suddenly become relevant /s

[vital sequoia]

The pandemic caused my employer to give me multiple pay raises in a row

Because everyone started leaving to their competitors

I'm like, whatever, this is my dayjob and eventually I'll leave to start my own business

[queen grotto]

lol, the pandemic was one of the excuses my last company used for not giving raises

[vital sequoia]

If you are a software engineer, you are in support high demand rn

[stoic sedge]

Yeah, I think there was also a wave of people leaving tech after spending some time with themselves

[queen grotto]

One nice thing I've noticed, too, is just how many more jobs are remote-friendly these days vs. a few years ago. It was always frustrating to see companies which could be totally remote but insisted against it.

[drifting jasper]

Yeah. Granted, there are some nice perks to working in an office. But it's really hard to beat rolling out of bed and walking to my desk.

no commute? yes please.

[stoic sedge]

Yeah, even if commute is relatively short (40-50 minutes), it's still exhausting on daily basis. That time you could've been spending on getting some rest and work more effectively later

[minor hemlock]

40-50 minutes as a relatively short commute?

[drifting jasper]

depends where you live.

LA yes

Montana? No

[turbid socket]

Crunch sucks 😕

But if it's a cool project then ofcourse!

But still I prefer not to...

How long have u guys crunched?

[drifting jasper]

22 hour days for 3 weeks count?

[vital sequoia]

Crunch is way too common in dev work

I say that after crunching on a game jam entry 😅

[drifting jasper]

crunch by personal choice for your own project is different

[turbid socket]

@vital sequoia But game jam is different thoo.. for me atleast it doesnt feel like office work

Yeah that's true for personal projects it's different

[turbid socket]

That's a lot of hours 😶

[drifting jasper]

good ol military life lol

[turbid socket]

How do u manage such long hours ?

[drifting jasper]

copious amounts of energy drinks

[vital sequoia]

Lol

[drifting jasper]

and always staying busy

[vital sequoia]

I need to find an energy drink that isn't so loaded with sugar

[drifting jasper]

monster ultra, the white ones

no sugar

🙂

[vital sequoia]

Does it have the artificial sugars?

[drifting jasper]

not that i've seen

[vital sequoia]

I'll have to check it out

[drifting jasper]

it has 2 artificial sweeteners

acesulfame potassium and sucralose

[fading widget]

is itch.io down for anyone else?

[tulip viper]

Yes

[civic dock]

Same here.

There was an error with your request

[fading widget]

yup

[turbid socket]

Same

Mine is also down

[shadow hemlock]

Lol just came to ask if itch is down

Maybe the jam crashed their servers

[civic dock]

Epic MegaJam is too mega.

Itch can't handle the power.

[worn hamlet]

We did it folks, we broke the system! 😄

[fading widget]

lol

[civic dock]

https://tenor.com/view/malfunction-system-malfunction-gif-12701875

[shadow hemlock]

Too much creativity all at once.

https://tenor.com/view/over-nine-thousand-dbzv-vegeta-gif-11903334

[fading widget]

https://tenor.com/view/im-sorry-dave-im-afraid-i-cant-do-that-gif-12928790

[frozen rover]

Lol epic mega jam literally broke itch.io

[wintry skiff]

Lmao

[tulip viper]

Due to itch being down, I will delay the stream of games until it is back up

will keep you posted!

[turbid socket]

@tulip viper U streaming a playthrough of all the games ? 😬

[wintry skiff]

Wait you're still awake???

I literally went to bed as you were still streaming lmao

[turbid socket]

@wintry skiff where does he stream ?

[wintry skiff]

May pop in again when you stream again

On twitch I don't have the link since I'm on phone

You can click his profile

Should give a twitch link

[turbid socket]

Yeah thanks man

I just realised my game play video upload on yt doesn't have sound 😕

Man the ai in the game is just trash.. I feel so disappointed 😕

Should have ditched the ai I guess and focused more on platforming

[wintry skiff]

i should have focused more on content

i also feel dissapointed in mine lol

[tepid edge]

Woke up after post-jam nap: Time to do the post-jam room clean

[tulip viper]

yeah

i streamed for another 3HRS

i stream on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/riuthamus

[stoic sedge]

For Moscow it sure is lol

[tepid edge]

I just watched some of the vod (mostly checking to see if I managed to already miss mine being played 😄 ) and your presentation style is great 👍 I'll definitely try to stop by whenever Itch gets going again

Oh, Itch has gotten going again

[tulip viper]

nice

let me get my food made and i will start up again

🙂

getting setup now

🙂 woot

[tepid edge]

[tulip viper]

PLAYTHROUGH OF EPIC JAM GAMES - https://www.twitch.tv/riuthamus - NO SLEEP STREAMING!!!!

okay live now

😛

[wintry skiff]

Played like almost 20 games I think and left some comments

some of these jams are very quality damn

this one even has old man feet so it's automatically a 10 in my book /s

seriously tho some titles like this are so well executed in a short timeframe

[young night]

Ohhh that’s our game!!! Im super glad you liked it! We poured our hearts into it ❤️🐀

[red fossil]

Anyone here used Houdini for game jam?
I have a question about packaging game using Houdini for Unreal Engine 4.

We packaged our game for game jam but some Houdini generated assets were missing from built game. We found out after we published and that made me really sad.
I generated assets with Houdini and Baked it. Someone else packaged it. It looked fine in Editor, but when we built some assets were missing...

In Engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zno3F1ZJj18&ab_channel=DanijelLendvaj
Packaged: https://i.imgur.com/17ciDf5.jpeg

Maybe @fading widget knows something ?

[drifting pumice]

We used Houdini with Houdini Engine v2. We have set the Houdini Engine plugin to Editor-only and baked the results to static mesh actors. Are the baked meshes present in the world outlier? Did your baked static meshes get marked as "Editor only" by any chance? Once you bake the results it should behave as any other static mesh...

[red fossil]

Did your baked static meshes get marked as "Editor only" by any chance?
Let me check that. I was not aware of this.
Thanks for letting me know!

[drifting pumice]

Oh we also had a weird bug when baking houdini assets on different maps due to name conflicts. Baking one map deleted assets from other maps. We fixed it by using a separate baking folder for each map

somehow houdini engine defaulted to the same name

or you could put appropriate unique names in unreal_output_name attribute

[red fossil]

Right. I baked all into one folder. Maybe I should have baked separate. But in our case we did not have problem with that.
But programmer said we should not use underscored for naming coz he has some issues with levels.

@drifting pumice Seems like when baked Houdini merged all instances into one mesh or something.
https://i.imgur.com/qHu8H64.png
So this is one clear difference. And those do not show. BPs. show.
I didnt not have it like this before - so this looks to be something new.

Did your baked static meshes get marked as "Editor only" by any chance?
Sorry, where is that option?

[wintry skiff]

it shows

[drifting pumice]

I'm not at the PC rn but it should be in the details panel
But we didn't do instancing, just plain meshes, so maybe the problem is different

[crude quartz]

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184227 my gamejam solo project

[drifting pumice]

Anyway the details panel should be the right place to debug this since you'd be able to see all the used meshes, materials and other properties there

[red fossil]

https://i.imgur.com/XEJKnFi.png
OK. I found it and its off. So its not that.

I will do that. Thanks. And feel free to share your game jam project. I'd like to check it out 🙂 . I love everything Houdini 😛 .

[tropic wing]

https://mrgooox.itch.io/planet-trashers

If anybody is interested in playing!

[wintry skiff]

lol very interesting idea

charming

[tropic wing]

Thanks!

[drifting pumice]

Here it is: https://hollowdilnik.itch.io/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-click
It's VR-only (both quest and PCVR), but we plan to upload a full playthrough once we rest a bit.
We made procedural platforms, keyboard buttons and this sci-fi-wire-pattern-thingy in Houdini. Just started learning Houdini a couple of days before the jam, it was super fun.

[stoic sedge]

Managed to finish it right now for the first time :D
Initially, it was really hard and after tweaking balance on the last level I was too tired to play somewhat alright

[drifting pumice]

almost got screwed because of the windows logo on one of the keys, apparently that is illegal lol

[red fossil]

I dont have VR 😦 . But I wish I had it.
But video looks nice! Looks fun pressing those buttons, haha.

[drifting pumice]

thanks! yeah, buttons are super fun, I wish we had more control over the haptics, but we tried to mimic the force response curve of an actual mechanical keyboard

[maiden loom]

I fell asleep fully clothed and just slept for 16 hours 😂

looking forwards to trawling through all the entries later

For those who are curious, this was our entry this year;
https://ambershee.itch.io/reclaym-the-kingdom

[stoic sedge]

I absolutely love the animations!

[slow apex]

the clay is adorable! the low-framerate animations work lovely. Here's our submission, we had tons of fun with this gamejam! https://gerbenpasjes.itch.io/timbre

[minor hemlock]

2 entries lost overnight 😮

https://perfoon.itch.io/tiny-container-city this one looks good if executed well 😄

[carmine kindle]

Maybe some obvious disqualifications? There were some paid/old games submitted in the beginning

[minor hemlock]

oh no is unity game still there

nope unity game is still in there lol

[agile plover]

i believe you are going to win! I saw your game, and really loved the animations and visuals.
going to be hard to beat you! haha, good luck

reminds me of the neverhood

[agile plover]

the audio is absolutely beatiful, the visuals are great! looking at the trailer

[carmine kindle]

I kept having dreams about my game constantly when trying to sleep. Not sure if it means it's just so incredibly good or if I have some kind of PTSD from working on it.

[agile plover]

OMG, i had exactly the same, i couldn't fall asleep last night - I kept replaying the level again and again in my mind

kept finding bugs in my head, kept bumping into bad collisions

my wife wanted to beat me up because i didn't let her sleep haha

[carmine kindle]

Screaming out in terror in your sleep "oh no, not the collision boxes! I thought I fixed them?! Why is this happening?"

[turbid socket]

Here is mine 😬
https://devintraining.itch.io/escape

It's a bit hard.. due to lack of time wasn't able to implement any tutorial levels .. and the game suffered from it 😕

[carmine kindle]

If there's some tips and tricks you think the player should know, you can still leave a comment under your own game on the submission page.

[turbid socket]

Yea I should do that...

[red fossil]

Dudeeee. Did you copy us? 🤣
We have some similarities. Our Controls text on itch.io is very similar xD.
Looking nice! How did you use Houdini?
I am dling now to try it out!
Here is ours: https://keldran26.itch.io/pixel-runner

[turbid socket]

No I didn't use Houdini 🙊

Nicee wait let me jump into ur game real quick

[agile plover]

i wonder if i should write down my bugs as well... there's one that's annoying

[turbid socket]

I did mention about a misplaced trigger box that kills people if they went below a certain level 😂

[wooden ginkgo]

Hey, will you play all submited games?

I just want proudly present my team production created during this jam. Tell me guys what do you think;)
https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184023

[carmine kindle]

Yeah, anything to make your game more enjoyable to play, you should probably write down. I don't know if the judges will be any less harsh on your game, probably not, but other people are going to play it too.

[wintry skiff]

i wonder if he ended up playing mine

I went to sleep

man yours has a great style

[wooden ginkgo]

Yea, we hitting for nvidia reward 😄

[drifting pumice]

we went through all the submissions manually and made a list of VR games
if we missed someone, let us know
https://itch.io/c/1793246/2021-epic-megajam-vr-submissions

[vital sequoia]

30 vr games? That's pretty impressive

Did anyone else run into a problem a problem on VR where sometimes the controller buttons just don't work?

[drifting pumice]

for me sometimes the editor steals focus, essentially disabling input

[vale bramble]

Hey, here's a game that I made for jam, check it out and let me know what you think, I would really appreciate some feedback 🙂
https://bigcookiemonster.itch.io/endless-shooter

[carmine kindle]

We had an issue where the Vive trigger and grip didn't work at all in the final packaged build, but worked fine in editor. Was fine for oculus though.

[frozen rover]

Cool to see a lot of VR submissions even though I don't own a headset

[stoic sedge]

How have you fixed that?

[placid osprey]

Does anyone know when we get the results from the game jam?

[carmine kindle]

We didn't have the time to fix it for our submission. I read some stuff about that online about people changing it to something else and then back again working, but I didn't really test it. Because the game still works fine for Oculus, we're not panicking about it too much.

[carmine kindle]

sometime in october according to the rules, it's written in the extended rules under the prizes section

[placid osprey]

Thanks Bohrium

[stoic sedge]

I hope it's alright. I'd test it, but I'm so scared of stealth games

[carmine kindle]

It's way less spooky than I imagined when starting to work on it, but still kinda creepy feeling.

[crude thorn]

Talking about VR submissions, this was my submission 🙂
https://alematrix3r.itch.io/exovoid
https://youtu.be/G-oSZLY_P8E

[stoic sedge]

According to footage, it's really spooky combined with stealth mechanics

Maybe you got used to it

[carmine kindle]

I'll be honest, I did a really good job on editing that video to seem more spooky 😅

You shouldn't believe game trailers

[vital sequoia]

I don't think that's the problem I had. I was running the build with everything closed

[vital sequoia]

Wise words to live by

[distant ibex]

Anyone streaming and rating all the games this time?

[carmine kindle]

riuthamus was streaming a bunch of them. (That's also his twitch handle) Not sure if he's going to continue or how many he's going to do.

[hoary trout]

Shadowriver used to stream and rate jams but I'm not sure if he's doing it this time

[carmine kindle]

Haven't heard from him at all this time and Allar said he didn't have the time to.

[tulip viper]

@distant ibex I have been

sadly I got "distracted" with some chores I have neglected today

[wintry skiff]

oo nice

[tulip viper]

So, I should start some more today

[hoary trout]

hey

I've been trying to message you all night yesterday

[gentle beacon]

Between you and i think Airnean is their Twich name, i reckon streaming all the games will be possible. @tulip viper

[hoary trout]

for some reason my messages don't go through on twitch

I tried following you but still the same

I wanted to see you play my game 😦

[wintry skiff]

oh did you end up playing my game btw

idk if i missed it or not

[gentle beacon]

https://www.twitch.tv/airnean/video/1137650206 discovered another EpicJam streamer. If you guys work together and maybe get a third all the games can get streamed.

[edgy fulcrum]

I miss Allars and Shadowrivers banonkers playthrough of all games:< The PostJam emptiness is real

[lime crane]

me too, people are happy if you download and play their game.

[carmine kindle]

It's nice to get some actual feedback too, seeing the number go up on itch is fun and all, but you don't really know if they hated it or not with just that.

I encourage people to even just leave comments on games they try.

[stoic sedge]

Got 200+ downloads on our previous (and first) game and waited for 2 weeks to finally have some guy come and say he's completed it and everything's fine and it was fun.
Huge thanks to him, that was a relief. Gamejam community is more generous with feedback, though
But man, those days without any feedback are so nervous

[lime crane]

cool what was the game?

[stoic sedge]

https://youtu.be/wYU2Fk0B3Mg

[carmine kindle]

Oh wow, that's nice. I got a total of 45 downloads on a game I won the jam with two years ago.

[lime crane]

lol looks funny.

lol tell us

[stoic sedge]

Tnx a lot!

[carmine kindle]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 downloads?

[stoic sedge]

Got really lucky on reddit

[carmine kindle]

My most viewed game jam game on itch is probably one of the worst ones.

Got 1248 views, and almost no downloads. Probably because there's another similar sounding good game that people are actually looking for.

[lime crane]

no idea, my highest was 60 or somthing downloads. lol but I delete them pretty quickly. they are unfinished.

[carmine kindle]

I think there have been some jam games with the horror tag that have done surprisingly well, even if they've been fairly terrible.

[tropic valley]

https://dyariko.itch.io/flame-within-ice my first game with unreal engine 😁

[carmine kindle]

-quickly edits game page to include horror tag-

[lime crane]

its because of the youtubers, there are some big ones playing itch.io games.

they make money off of it actually.

[stoic sedge]

No way, I'm so curious now :(

[main spade]

wait you guys get downloads on your jam entries? 🤣

i've got 3 and i know 2 of them 👀

[carmine kindle]

You should get 1 at least, from the Unreal team... because they have to download it

[hoary trout]

I got 10 downloads

and I'm sure that most if not all are from community discord server I'm active in

[tropic valley]

I got 5

download

[rugged plaza]

I have 3 😁

I had no idea post process works on 2D sprites

That would have been awesome to use in my game for black and white death fx

@glass fossil yes... Yes you should. Halloween is Coming

[edgy fulcrum]

Yeah for sure! I've been playing a bunch and trying to remember to give some comments - but I'll never be able to play all of them; hence why it was so nice with the streams that did:D

[fading widget]

i'd love to test out anyone vr entries

[carmine kindle]

Someone made a list earlier https://itch.io/c/1793246/2021-epic-megajam-vr-submissions

[tulip viper]

On all the games I have played so far I have a small write up, going to figure out a good time/method to put comments to. so you will get some comments from me for sure

[cobalt hollow]

Can we expect a stream later today? 🙂

[tulip viper]

in the next hour

or less

wife is going to be going to the gym, ill stream while she is there

😉 to avoid "chores"

the "streaming" madness was something last minute, so she and I had not talked about it 😛

getting wife buy-in is key for these LONG sessions

hope to knock out a bunch in that time

ill be starting with the mouse game again, to finish that one off

then I will be moving through requests + random games

[cobalt hollow]

Will be there. Fingers crossed you'll play ours and have a nice one 😛

[tulip viper]

which one is yours

?

[cobalt hollow]

BotiBoi 😉

[tulip viper]

ah, okay yeah just make sure to send me the link when the stream starts

[cobalt hollow]

discord pm/twitch chat?

[tulip viper]

twitch

im going to go to the bathroom, and then probably start setting up

ill post in here and other places when the stream is live

[brisk zealot]

does anyone know when the winner gonna get announce ?

[cursive vale]

Seeing so many cool looking has me legitimately hyped. Really looking forward to digging in tomorrow

[carmine kindle]

October sometime probably

[brisk zealot]

ohh oki thx

[tulip viper]

ETA 10m

finally got the stream setup and organized now too

PLAYTHROUGH OF EPIC JAM GAMES - https://www.twitch.tv/riuthamus - NO SLEEP STREAMING!!!!

[brisk zealot]

coming!!

[tulip viper]

sorry

small issue

i left my VPN on

lmao

[hollow maple]

What is the name of your game? Looked really cool, curious to see the finished product!

[hollow maple]

Anybody know of another good gamejam coming up?

[carmine kindle]

Can probably find one you like here https://itch.io/jams

[cursive vale]

NEON.COLLAPSE, You can check it out here 🙂

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1180781

[hollow maple]

Thanks!

[hollow maple]

Awesome! I'll check it out!

[tulip viper]

sorry, having technical issues

looks like GPU crashed due to the game

😛

seems the GPU doesnt like dual screen now

im re-installed drivers. This is odd, for a new CPU and a 3080 😦

[maiden loom]

Nvidia Studio drivers?

[tulip viper]

Maybe

This is my pc

Feels dead lmao

Less than 3 months old

Good thing it died after the jam?

Looks good in the monitoring system

And normal temps

[frozen thicket]

@tulip viper RTX 3080? I'm still using GTX970 during jam 😆

[tulip viper]

Lol

It's a laptop

But yeah

[frozen thicket]

Strong one bro

[tulip viper]

normally, I would agree with you

stream just crashed and I cant use dual monitor....

so, I either blew the card, or something is seirously wrong after running that game 😛

it makes no sense

single monitor, no problems

soon as I plug the HDMI in for dual... wam

computer loses it shit

also, it wont let me change resolutions

thats interesting

[frozen thicket]

I think software problem relate more than hardware

[tulip viper]

possible

im troubleshooting now

"The description for Event ID 14 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer."

event occured right before crash

going to try one more thing, then go from there

😦

[frozen thicket]

yes, good luck to you

[tulip viper]

the game... forced resolution on my PC

... wtf

and that force... is causing issues now 😛

FML

who hard codes roslutions and GFX settings in a gamejam 😛

seems this is an issue from 2012.... it only happens on laptops who try to run a second monitor

what is going on susan! lol

oh well, ill try to fix and then stream again, sorry peeps

i get NO lag if I run single monitor

so crazy

[fading widget]

What if you try starting the second monitor while in the game settings, then switching the resolution real quick?

Also is the 2nd monitor a tv? And if so, are you plugged into the hdmi arc?

[tulip viper]

1. i had no issues for the past 3 weeks 😛

2. I only had this issue after this game was run

3. I plug the HDMI cable into the back of the computer, this mouse lag happens

almost unsuable

4. I remove the cable, no lag

5. yes the second monitor is a TV

6. I have no way to control the TV, they have a janky remote for the hotel that turns the shit on and off, no settings can be changed

I have checked refresh rates so that they match

I tried to reduce my settings on the PC to 1920x1080 to accomidate the offset, computer freezes and dies

installed new drivers, removed old drivers, did it again, tried studio drivers, no change to any of these

people were saying turn off shadow mouse, and do this and do that... tried them all, non work from 2012 😛

some guy said disable chrome dark mode

i dont have chrome installed

so...

i have a few ideas... i am going to run this screen to a monitor (take one from the hotel lounge)

see if the issue replicates

if that doesnt work ill try to force the display to the TV/monitor you know FN + F7

ill even try to install the older drivers, god knows it could be a windows update that was forced on em

GPU temps are find and no problems with clock and core, so crazy

i thought maybe one of the power supplies blew

both seem fine

so..... monitor on it, no issues

what the metric

so, it seems the game killed the TV 😛

good thing the hotel owns that shit

well, that is nice to know, at least the Laptop isnt trucked

I am going to the store to get a power cable, I will be back and streaming in a bit, will let you guys know. Sorry for the delays

[oblique hearth]

Glad your laptop's ok! 😅

[fading widget]

Maybe someone played that game on itch.io’s web server this morning.

[shadow hemlock]

Would love some feedback on my submission 🙂 https://kyanr.itch.io/highriser

[tulip viper]

So

afte rputting the cord back into my machine its fixed

that game did something wiht the Display adapters (I think it forced the TV/Laptop) to a UI that isnt supported

everything back to normal

I am going to stream in 1HR (getting food)

then I will start up again

[tulip viper]

PLAYTHROUGH OF EPIC JAM GAMES - https://www.twitch.tv/riuthamus - NO SLEEP STREAMING!!!!

[wintry skiff]

[glad narwhal]

Guys, if I edit my submission page description, will it update submission time and void my submission?

[brisk zealot]

i think you can edit the page because its only text and image or info its not the actual game

[light bolt]

Anyone knows more streamers doing playthrough of epic game jam submissions?

[red fossil]

Are we allowed to post new updates for our game? I think updates are separated.
I dont expect new version to be judged, but I'd like to fix few bugs for regular players who might want to try it out.
But I dont want to avoid our submissions. I'm curious to know. Thanks!

[tulip viper]

You can not update the actual files

the itch page is fine

but the files wont let you update till after the judge releases it

[red fossil]

@tulip viper I just want to point out that I dont want to update existing files. Just to make sure we are on the same page. I want to upload new files, new version on itch io page
https://i.imgur.com/OhSyckv.png
I think that would create NEW version files. And I assume that Epic would use version submitted for Epic Game Jam.
Or am I wrong?
Sorry if I am asking stupid questions. I'm just trying to figure it out. I dont have experience with itch io.
Thanks!

Alternative would be to post update somewhere else.
I guess I can just make itch io post with a link to external download.

[tulip viper]

you can not upload any new files

doesnt matter the reason

it locks it out

you have to post them some place else

and no reason to be sorry, i thought the same when I first did this jam stuff a long time ago

[cursive vale]

If we wanted to update / expand on our game we could still post it to a separate project on Itch though, correct?

[tulip viper]

if you wanted, sure

just wait the week and then do an update on the page when it unlocks

that is what I am doing, you can still dev on yoru game

and upload files AFTER the judgement

[hoary trout]

@tulip viper hey man, there is an issue you don't receive my messages on the stream on twitch 😦

@tulip viper sorry to ping you again, I'd love it if you could play my game, I want to watch someone play it 😄
https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183708

[tulip viper]

ill play it

ill do that one next

@hoary trout I am playing it now

[hoary trout]

I'm watching, if you have any questions ping me here ^^

Thank you ❤️

@tulip viper Use mouse to shoot

[compact falcon]

Hi! This is our submission on jam, check it out!
Would love some feedback and support 🙂
https://othersidebay.itch.io/dungeon-bag-raker

[tulip viper]

I played it earlier, i can walk through it again if you like

join the stream chat, ill respond there

[hoary trout]

sorry the stream went down for me so I didn't hear if yo uhad any questions

Thanks for playing ❤️

[tulip viper]

no problem

fix the cursor issue and it will be a lot more enjoyable

[hoary trout]

yeah I know about the issue and couldn't find a way to fix it in the remaining time

I only worked on the game for 2 days and one night

[red fossil]

Thank you for the help! I appreciate it!

[queen grotto]

I also couldn't spend the whole week on my game, and the morning after the deadline I noticed a typo which happened to be responsible for almost all of the annoying bug behavior in the submitted version 😅

[compact falcon]

I have found previous stream on your channel, thanks for playing! Sorry for some inconvenience in the game)

[tulip viper]

@compact falcon dont worry it happens, my game was not perfect either as youc an see from my review of it lol

[tulip viper]

FOr anybody who wants to see where I am at, GDOCS is here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10NFTqAvq3Ru4OmtIkxihAmy-NT4wRrlGCQ4xgIiI46E/edit?usp=sharing

[tulip viper]

Okay, heading out for the night, will stream more tomorrow! thanks for showing up

[thick plover]

@tulip viper try Pixel Runner - if you are flexible with the order in which you are playing them

[stoic sedge]

Just watched some hoomans being stabbed from behind :D

[maiden loom]

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[unique birch]

Do you know of any ways to remove / disable this without breaking the packaged project? Seems this is only intended for raytracing?

Maybe it's safe to delete and the game will still run fine?

In 4.26 there was turbojpeg.dll though, I wonder if OpenImageDenoise is doing the same job

Ah there's a plugin for it, trying a build now with it disabled

Yes it looks like simply disabling that plugin fixes it

[civic dock]

Good to know! Does the plugin have the same name?

[unique birch]

Yes

Completely gone and another .dll gone after packaging too

Nice and clean, just the .exe and .pdb in the binaries folder now

[maiden loom]

you can delete the pdb for distribution, IIRC

[mortal osprey]

@tulip viper Hey man, I just watched you on twitch playing Mr. Nosy. first of all, thank you for playing it. second, I had great laughs watching you playing the prototype. Making funny games is like writing jokes. it's hard to laugh at your own jokes/games but watching other people reacting to it, pure gold! 🙂

[tulip viper]

@mortal osprey it was well received, I showed it again to my wife and we had another good laugh.

keep that stuff up

[stoic sedge]

Thank you for so much fun in the last days!
I shared the footage and game link with my friends, everyone loves it

[tulip viper]

I have had just as much fun! So thanks, we almost made it to 100 last night, but I enjoyed a few of those game too much and went well past the 10m timeline

after 9hrs of streaming I was dying, I wanted to keep going, but you know sometimes you just have to sleep 😛

ill try and get through some more games today

@thick plover sure, just try and join and remind me

if not PM me the link and i will get to it

Right now I am playing the games people ask me to play as to keep the stream lively, but when I dont have any requests I am going in order of submission

@mortal osprey I think everybody, when we saw yours, agreed it was a top notch game for funny but that the "undertones" would stop it from being on the big list. I would take comfort in knowing it was a fan favorite

😉

i still think the most disturbing game was the grape one

lol

[mortal osprey]

Super glad to hear that. This was my first GameJam ever that I participated with. My day job was bringing other people's dream to reality and I had to do it for the past 10 years as a game programmer.
I quite from my day job to work on my own project as a solo developer. Don't be worry, it is not Mr. Nosy it's something else.
but hearing from you guys, did like the thing I made in the past couple of days, just gives me a lot of motivation to fight through the whole development period of my main project in the upcoming years.
I do very appreciate all your kind feed backs.

[tulip viper]

nods well deserved

keep it up, I understand and know the feeling all too well

[mortal osprey]

Thanks man, happy to hear that🤘

[thick plover]

thank you - let us know when you are back to streaming

you rock!

[tulip viper]

It was working, and the use of the concept was rare (which is why I gave it a high score for that), but the undertones.... dear lord no :p

[tulip viper]

lol yeah, i got forced to play one 😛

damn bastard

i downloadd all the games today I plan to play early

that way I wont have to kill the hotel connection

[near lake]

It would be nice to get some feedback on my game if anybody has some time. I want to continue developing it but want to make sure I'm on the right track before putting too much effort into it. https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184394

[tulip viper]

I will play it on today's stream

[near lake]

Thanks

[fading widget]

When are you thinking of starting back up?

[tulip viper]

It is 11am hetr

Probably when my wife goes to workout so 12 or 13pm

2hrs...ish

Then I'll steam for another 6 to 8hrs

[dreamy mulch]

@tulip viper Hey, just watched you play my game "Galaxy Industries"

[tulip viper]

Nice

[dreamy mulch]

Thanks a lot for the feedback, its much appreciated. Yeah everything (the art, music/sound, code) was made during the jam, so it was quite a rush to get it all done

[tulip viper]

I understand

I like having people tell me while I review

Helps to understand

I am getting my wife some food then I am going to start the stream

[dreamy mulch]

Will definitely be doing a balance update when the jam is over, but no plans to make a fully fledged game out of this so your plans/ideas are safe 😄

[tulip viper]

Nice

And I didn't really think you were taking it

I just thought it was cool somebody else was on a similar path

I wot be releasing what I showed

You had a super solid game

So many good entries this year.

[dreamy mulch]

Definitely! Really cool to see what people come up with

[tulip viper]

Anything I missed?

[dreamy mulch]

not sure if you played this, but https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184461 was quite neat

[tulip viper]

It is on the list for todat

Okay, eta 30m

im showering then I will post here the start

[tulip viper]

PLAYTHROUGH OF EPIC JAM GAMES - https://www.twitch.tv/riuthamus - NO SLEEP STREAMING!!!!

[cinder harness]

Good Sunday to all, This is the Game i Made for the Epic MegaJam, Is Called MAYA.
I Would love some feedback on the game! https://galramirez.itch.io/maya-mk1

[tulip viper]

@cinder harness ill add it to my list

[cinder harness]

👍 Thank you!

[rugged plaza]

Lmao

They know the rules, just trying to score exposure

[tulip viper]

Got to 100games LMAO!!! Fun times, and thanks for all the interaction from people.

[young night]

Hey! we just published Day 2.5 ~ 4 - Art, Gameplay & RockNRoll in our devlog! You can check it out here if you are interested ! 😊 🧀 🐀 https://vaerys.itch.io/the-rat-way-home/devlog/291433/day-25-4-art-gameplay-rocknroll

[vital sequoia]

Nice love this! Reading it now. Planning on doing something similar for my team's game later today.

[tulip viper]

Was a good read, always good to see the insight of people who made these things

[iron minnow]

Hi All, I would really appreciate it if you gave feedback on my solo gamejam game: https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183374

[stoic sedge]

for folks without a VR headset - we have recorded a full playthrough of our game
https://youtu.be/AIxQ8ZUeU1M

[tulip viper]

@stoic sedge nice!! ill go through it so I can grade it

@iron minnow sure, no prolem

[light bolt]

Outta curiosity, how many downloads do your submissions (link game too) have people? I'm trying to gauge what's an average

[maiden loom]

I would expect most submissions to be able to count downloads on the fingers of one's hands tbh

the most popular might be hovering ~50 or so

[stoic sedge]

Thanks, great!
There's camera glare on the last level, that looks out of place. It doesn't happen in the headset, just on the spectator screen. Going to fix that for future recordings

[jade sonnet]

Hey everyone, just noticed people posting here asking for feedback and thought it was a great idea. Our team is discussing continuing development on the game, would be much appreciated to get some notes in the comments. Thanks!
https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183119

[tulip viper]

@jade sonnet I reviewed your game, it was late but it was a very interesting concept.

Major concern was the RNG feel of how things ended up

i get that was part of the purpose, but it didnt feel like I had any real control of the outcome

[jade sonnet]

Haha, yeah we didn't have time to get some proper AI in there so it was just random 😅

[tulip viper]

ah

good concept and certainly interesting theme

going forward I would highly suggest a super quick tutorial that showed the "key to success" otherwise good stuff

[jade sonnet]

Thank you!

[carmine kindle]

Our game (Human Isolation) is 17th in popularity on the list and has 35 downloads. And 3-4 of those are probably the team members downloading it as well.

[light bolt]

Ah, cool, we're at like place 70 with 16 downloads. Guess it's as ambershee said, most games can count downloads with one hand.

[carmine kindle]

I've got games there with around 5-10 downloads long term that have been in previous jams

And even my winning game after all the extra exposure only has 45 downloads total in two years

[tulip viper]

I have 22 downloads

no clue what number we are on, and almost 0 comments LMAO

its just a thing, you cant really expect much interaction

That said, my game with Shadow that won has 607 downloads. It really just depends on what itch is pushing at the time

As I said a few times on the streams, the attention span of this generation is future generations will be SUPER small

your lucky if you get them to click a fav icon 😛

[carmine kindle]

You've got a few comments I can see

[tulip viper]

I have two 😉 which is why i said almost 🙂

not that it bothers me, just making the point that downloads != interaction

I think we all would love feedback, I wish there was a more clear way that could be provided

just dont see it in the cards

somebody had a good idea to create a "jam playthrough" group, which I thought was a cool concept

[carmine kindle]

I've been actually trying more games out myself this time around than I usually have, maybe because there wasn't anyone planning to do a jam-game-streaming-extravaganza from the start.

[tulip viper]

yeah

i can tell you, that shit is work. I didnt think it would be, but after 20+hrs im only on game 120 😛

10 of them i couldnt even play, so I am really on 110

😛

[stoic sedge]

Oh, my device must have cached your Google sheet then. I see only 100

I'm very curious what you think of titles I found interesting, so I check quite often :D

[drifting pumice]

It really sounds like a rough time! I tried to play like half of all vr submissions and I can't even imagine streaming that, especially since you have to try different headsets most of the time and getting stuff to work is sometimes tricky

[tulip viper]

@stoic sedge nah, I didnt post the update from last night. I need to do that (I use excel on stream and then copy pasta later)

@drifting pumice the time is the only real "issue". I enjoy the company and people, and its honestly helping me push myself back into streaming now that I am on shore duty

I was just so ill prepaired 😦

need a new streamdeck setup, with sexy events, and then a voting system!!!

[tulip viper]

I will be down for streams after tomorrow for 2 days, due to getting the new router put in place, but after that I will be back up and going

[maiden loom]

so checking analytics - our third place winning game from last year is sitting on 336 downloads to date, 72 of which were in the first week, 35 in the second

our game this year (different team) is sat on 40

my 2018 game that wasn't amazing has 108 downloads, and my 2017 solo entry has just 22 (ouch 😂 )

I would actually suggest the quality of the artwork on your game page is probably the biggest indicator of number of downloads

[drifting pumice]

We are sitting with 32 downloads so far (in space no one can hear you click).

Our previous VR game (deconcretizator), a submission to a noname jam with 3 submissions, got 240 downloads in a month. We made a juicy video that got 1.6k upvotes on r/virtualreality, which brought us about 200 page views and put us at the top of several itch categories for a couple of days (vr, parkour, 3d platformer).
Surprisingly, we got most of our page visits from itch, not reddit (about 1k views total rn). Did not expect itch discoverability to work so well.

[maiden loom]

I think itch claims credit for any arrival that it cannot determine the origin of (e.g. through Discord)

[stable kiln]

Incoming visits from other sites over the past 30 days... i see some really odd sites there from time to time

[drifting pumice]

Hmm, would google analytics work better on itch?

[maiden loom]

I couldn't say

[lime crane]

Im comming in with crazy 3 downloads one is me the other epic and someone else. lol

[carmine kindle]

Just link it here, and WHAM easy couple extra downloads

[lime crane]

no worries, I know you and can send it to you via DM but this is my private discord account.

[carmine kindle]

What is your game though?

[lime crane]

thats what I said, its my private account and Im not linking it.

[carmine kindle]

So you don't want people to know that you (as in this discord account) made your game? Is it that bad? Just kidding though, I'm sure you have some kind of valid reason.

[lime crane]

yes the reason, its my private account and I want to have my "studio work" and private stuff separate. also you are my colleagues.

[tropic valley]

15 downloads so far 😁

[lean maple]

Hello all! First time posting in this chat, but I'd love some feedback on my game! This is my first time participating in a game jam and I've only got 2 months of experience learning unreal engine and had an absolute blast making it.
https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183477

[carmine kindle]

I left your game a little review in the comments.

[slim pawn]

I've got 203 downloads which I'm super proud of 😄

It's my first time doing this jam as well and as a solo dev

[lean maple]

Thank you! I really appreciate it!

[obsidian gulch]

Wait you guys have game jams?

[tulip viper]

Used the offtime from streaming to make the updated devlog! https://riuthamus.itch.io/darkship/devlog/291957/ue5-megajam-submission-postmortem

[red fossil]

Cool read. I should really do a postmortem as well...

[tulip viper]

You should, it will give insight into your process and will be enjoyable to read later on. I can promise you that 😉

[red fossil]

Yeah. It can be valuable seeing how others handled it. Something to learn from maybe. 🙂

[stoic sedge]

It would be really interesting to reflect, considering how many things we've completed. And how many we had to cut off on the last day
I need to dig into the git history

[queen grotto]

I normally don't for quick personal projects, but you convinced me to write my own, as well 😉
https://noir.itch.io/lxor/devlog/291988/jam-postmortem

[oblique cairn]

43 downloads - more than I was expecting!

If anyone is curious to see analytics, here is mine: https://i.imgur.com/VWkSOKv.png

Would be great to see analytics of anyone else here (out of idle curiosity)

[light bolt]

Here's ours, 19 downloads now.

No idea why we have referrals from handle.itch.io tho 🤔

[maiden loom]

'related' games tend to get linked on other pages - so other jam games might have a widget at the bottom that show more games from the same jam

[light bolt]

Ah I see

[brisk zealot]

i got 25 im not gonna lie im pretty proud cause all my other games is 0 download haha

[light bolt]

Seems like good numer for jam!

Btw, does anyone know when results will be announced?

[tulip viper]

So, a team of one (me) got through 110 games in 3 days with less than 10m on small submissions, and less than 20m on big submissions... 😛

Assuming they didnt put a team together to judge, and that all judges have to play through all of them 😛

I would say 1 - 2 weeks is fair

If it is anything like last few years, 2 weeks

For my game (22 downloads)

[gentle beacon]

ah damn guys. We missed the results. https://gyazo.com/8bf2e70319db7d25da9e16accdcb6722 😂

[tulip viper]

@gentle beacon lol

@glass fossil ill look, but i think it was like 2 weeks, could have been 2.5

that said, I wasnt in 2020, since I was deployed

so i am speaking of 2019 😦

[gentle beacon]

I think it's october 14, thats when they do the playthrough livestream

[tulip viper]

so this one is a full month, oof

well, gives me plenty of time to work on my updates

get them fingers rigged 😉

[gentle beacon]

are you gonna do more streaming? i been tuning in every day hourly to check hahaha

[tulip viper]

@gentle beacon I will, i am leaving the hotel (today in a few hours) and heading on an 8hr bus ride to my new base

At that time, I will have to setup my workstation and internet, but should be able to stream in a day or so

Then I wont be stuck to the crappy hotel internet, and will have my own room to stream from, with proper lighting

I am also updating my stream deck with my new custom layout and such

going to design some alerts, and maybe make an intro 🙂

depends on how "Crazy" I want to get with things

I know the wife will want to explore this weekend as well, so I will probalby make some time for that, but will try and stream every night for at least 2hrs

until I am done with all 500

[gentle beacon]

I will be there. I havent got a cam and my mic is from hell. I would stream to help but have never streamed either and i don't think my mic will cut it.

[tulip viper]

would have been nice to have added the 3090 to my machine, but it seems that hope is gone 😛

[gentle beacon]

Plus i would only do small games not made in ue5 cos so far those i havent been able to play either. lag too much on my potato

[tulip viper]

yeah, I know the feeling. I wouldnt normally stream with a headset mic, but the steelseries wifi pro is a really good headset and isnt bad

When my equipment is shipped here from the US I will be back to full operation (lights and all)

until that time, will make due with what we got

Most people dont seem to mind at this point, so I will keep them happy 😉

Mester likes when I stream too, he listens at work and laughs at me

[gentle beacon]

When you are streaming though i will be glad to help with online multiplayer games if there are any. So we can see them in action aswell.

[tulip viper]

I saw one

there is a guy who setup an AWS server, he does UE tutorials and has 30k followers

his game looked like spleef

he has a dedicated server up, which is fucking unreal if you think about it

[gentle beacon]

Awesome, will look for it and playtest it. Master it before the stream so can kick your ass. 😛

[tulip viper]

I think it would be funnier if I didnt

[light bolt]

They dont accept any updates to the submitted files tho, do they?

[tulip viper]

Nope

most people do a "post results" update

I say most, its actually fairly few... but I like to think most 😉

[maiden loom]

most people don't, but it can be nice to put an update out with a few notable bugs etc fixed

I'll probably do that for our game this year

[drifting pumice]

we'd probably put ours on steam/sidequest soon-ish
good to start somewhere, wanted to figure out steamworks for a long time
just need to make a menu, saves and some improvements to the graphics and audio that we didn't have time to do
we went for fully unlit shaders with fake dynamic lighting and had to cut the fake shadows we initially planned to do
and achievements ofc lol

[queen grotto]

I always think about it and then don't do it 😅
But this time a few bugs annoyed me so much that I fixed them the morning after the deadline, so I guess I'm committed to a proper post-results patch this time around, haha

[formal gulch]

Hey @mods/comteam
I didn't know that I needed to opt in for the conductor category and do a writeup, as i wasn't the one to upload the game - just handled music/sfx

I went into the submission today and opted into it, and did a brief writeup, is it too late for me to have done that? Or am i still eligible for the category?

For anyone who may feel like havin' a listen, This is the soundtrack for the game we submitted https://soundcloud.com/nysralel-996648090/i-wish

[vale bramble]

here's my 26 views and only 7 downloads which 4 are from my friends so not great, but I spend last two days fighting with my friend over 1st place on leaderboards, so I am happy that a least one person is having fun 😄

[drifting pumice]

sounds like at least two people having fun

[vale bramble]

haha, well yes and no, I will have when I fix the bugs 😄

[maiden loom]

is it really a game jam game without a few bugs 😄 ?

[delicate patrol]

Hey, all

I hire for a team for create a game, just a 3D-artist and a Blueprint dev - in priority.
Its volunteer project, when you have a free time.

Its a game based on a Sci-fi genre and a many games and movies, such as the "Rised by a wolves", Half-life 2, Alien: Isolation, AVP 2, Soma, Morrowind and others...

I would like create a Sci-fi Action Rpg, Survival Horror game.

What is done ? Little bit
I just place a androids and create a forest wih a water, cause game will be start in a other planet.

I'm waiting for a devs, please dm me... 3D-artist i need in 100%

Screenshot from a game:

[maiden loom]

indeed, this is absolutely not the place.

[tulip viper]

lol, he trying 😛

the hustle is REAL!

"I hire for a team for create a game, just a 3D-artist and a Blueprint dev - in priority.
Its volunteer project, when you have a free time." However, those statements contradict one another

there is 0 hiring going on if I am doing this in my "Free time"

[carmine kindle]

You're getting paid in experience

[tulip viper]

lolololol

I saw that on a special site once 😉

[drifting pumice]

don't forget exposure

[stoic sedge]

Did you mention a special discord role?

[delicate patrol]

what channel i need ?

[carmine kindle]

Try #volunteer-projects

[lean maple]

Joining the postmortem party!
https://patrickdean.itch.io/bit-barrage/devlog/292175/epic-megajam-2021-postmortem

[earnest bear]

Hello!. I really like the rule set I've come up in this jam and I'm thinking in expanding it to a full game. I would much appreciate any comments since is a quite different movement system than usual! My game uses all the keys, not only wasd! If you have some spare minutes check it out and tell me your opinion!
https://isra.itch.io/into-the-enter

[slim pawn]

thought I'd throw my jam analytics into the mix

[earnest bear]

damm congrats! I have 100 views and like 40 downloads... I would really like to have some quality feedback and you don't have any comments after 200 downloads... I'm loosing all hope! jaja
Your game rocks btw!

[earnest bear]

What do you mean update it? I think i can't touch files until the "contest" is over. I'm really interested in grabbing feedback but I assume that you mean update it after the fact.

ah, ok!

I'm thinking on it since I have some ideas for expanding it but I'm not sure if it's too much deviation from the standard. No words for a typing game and sick controls for a platformer. I will polish what I have for sure since I like it a lot, but I don't know if, for example, anyone has tried more than 10 levels already .. why make 30 more.. if you know what I mean...

[carmine kindle]

@earnest bear I wrote your game some feedback.

[earnest bear]

thank you VERY much!

[near lake]

If anyone is willing I would like some feedback on my game. https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184394

[gentle beacon]

I haven't done a postmortem yet. But did some work for something i want to add to it after the jam. https://youtu.be/tHNhkHQBZa0

[shrewd vapor]

If anyone here has a VR headset to play games with, we would love to some feedback on our game! https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184138 We're seriously considering continuing to work on it and eventually do a full release, but would love to know what people think about it and if there are any features they think should be included!

[slim pawn]

Thank you! I got some comments on the jam page but not the game page weirdly enough

[oblique cairn]

Same, think it was the other way round in previous jams

[oblique cairn]

Interesting seeing these analytics, mostly more similar than I was expecting!

[lime crane]

@shrewd vapor I played it but gave up quickly, slashing only on some cubes is kinda no fun. the slice effect was cool though. everything worked no bugs or something like that. I used Quest 2

[shrewd vapor]

Thanks for the feedback! Do you know why it didn't feel fun to you? Did it not feel like you were really slashing the cubes to pieces? Or not enough motivation to slash them? Or just not a slashy type of person?

[drifting pumice]

for me it was fun until things got completely out of control. I think most fun for me in your game was the initial feeling of power when you slice the first poor couple of slimes to pieces. But when the corridors were 100% slime (for me it was after like the second powerup), I stood no chance at all 😅
So I'd say maybe turn it down a bit and add more mechanics/fighting styles to empower the player?

Like chopping down one slime took more time than for other slimes to grow and fill that space

but maybe I need to git gud

[shrewd vapor]

Awesome feedback! Thank you! There was so many slimes to really help feed into the "Running out of Space" theme, but for the full release I think you're right in that we should reduce the amount of slimes that spawn and how big they can ultimately get.

We do plan on adding more weapon variety too! Such as a war hammer like weapon that can hit the slimes back and make them 'splat'.

We also hop to add some other mechanics just as spell casting into the mix to help mix up the fighting style like you said 🙂

I don't know if self promotion is allowed here or not, but for those of you who have given feedback, we have created a subredit for the game (r/Plus2Studios) and will be posting updates as they come!

[drifting pumice]

There was so many slimes to really help feed into the theme
yeah, I thought so
I think that's perfectly valid for the jam
good luck with the journey ahead!

[shrewd vapor]

Thank you!

[drifting pumice]

here is our journey for this jam
https://hollowdilnik.itch.io/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-click/devlog/292510/surviving-epic-megajam-or-the-best-way-to-celebrate-a-wedding-anniversary

even though both of us are very new to game development, I really think we did a lot of things right, especially since we ended up with a *working* *VR* game for both PCVR and Oculus Quest. Having an academic background really helped.

Here are our keys to success:

1. Release a small finished game beforehand. You do not want to experience the full stack of building a game for the first time during a serious jam like Epic MegaJam. Nailing basic stuff beforehand allows you to experiment with the fun stuff!
2. Study the winners, the judging system and the unwritten rules of the game.
3. Prepare a good template and have a shipping build ready before the jam.
4. If you can’t turn the idea into the complete vision for the game, start doing something, and let the game write itself.
5. If you are developing several different mechanics, separate minimal testing levels will improve your iteration speed. Having a level for stress testing is also crucial when developing for mobile VR.
6. Organizers know their stuff. Package early, package often. We had a shipping build ready before the jam, packaged multiple times a day every day, and had no problems with packaging.
7. Stay organized. Have a plan laid out as early as possible and put a large buffer in. Adjust daily and even more frequently near the deadline. Use version control, name your builds. Have team members with low-spec PCs? Set up a shared DDC and forget about compiling shaders ever again.
8. No pressure - no fun!

[drifting pumice]

also spoilers for the game, lol

[stark olive]

i forgot to post as well:
https://generalsoundwave.itch.io/holevos-bound

[tulip viper]

Just as an FYI, in the new house, router setup and in place. I will try and stream tomorrow

[tulip viper]

So, my TV hack doesnt work in the house I am in now (no TV). I will be streaming but it might be a bit wonky today

Going to clean some things up, then get on it

[tulip viper]

PLAYTHROUGH OF EPIC JAM GAMES - https://www.twitch.tv/riuthamus - NO SLEEP STREAMING!!!!

[tulip viper]

Okay, done for the night, got through 20games or so, updated the GDOC https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10NFTqAvq3Ru4OmtIkxihAmy-NT4wRrlGCQ4xgIiI46E/edit#gid=0

will stream again early tomorrow! Thanks for watching

[iron minnow]

Many thanks to @tulip viper for play What Do You Call A Group Of Cats? on stream. I'll add checkpoints next time 🙂

[stoic sedge]

It was awesome, I'd been laughing for quite a while!

[tulip viper]

@iron minnow I liked it more than I thought I was going to 😛

[tulip viper]

i think I found where I dont like UE5 :P, landscapes

[wide fossil]

Is this where I can find game jams ? Potentially get involved as well ?

[maiden loom]

in theory, yes

[tulip viper]

@wide fossil they do them yearly, and I think quarterly. However, if you want to find gamejams to join you should go to itch.io and they have a game jam calendar showing all of the open ones and who is hosting it.

[wide fossil]

thank you

[crisp raptor]

Hey guys, can i update my game on itch and dont it break my gamejam submission? I mean if i update build it not be updated on the submitting page?

[tulip viper]

@crisp raptor it wont even let you update it 😛

updating the "upload" section is not possible

you can modify the theme, make devlog posts, etc, but you cant actually modify the upload section until the results are posted and EPIC team unlocks the jam

[crisp raptor]

Oh, i see, thanks. We prepared next update of the game, but ok, we will wait

[tulip viper]

Yep, we have the same, just have to wait till they unlock it

[dreamy mulch]

is there any ETA on when the results will be out ?

[mortal osprey]

14th OCT if I recall correctly!

[maiden loom]

that sounds correct ^

[vital sequoia]

I finally posted a video showing the gameplay of my team's submission: https://youtu.be/EAz0pm53fWI

This is great for anyone that hasn't got past the more difficult levels, or who don't have VR. I would love feedback on the game!

[marble sandal]

Are you using the VR Expansion Plugin in that game?

[vital sequoia]

Yes

[knotty flume]

Hello everyone.
I have trouble with epic jam, described here.
https://itch.io/t/1646784/could-not-get-answer-from-support
In short, I deleted the file from the game page, and could not reupload it, because the game submitted to jam.
Mod on itch.io gave me advice to find an organizer of jam. Could anyone here help me?

[red fossil]

Here is our Epic Megajam 2021 postmortem!
https://keldran26.itch.io/pixel-runner/devlog/295080/2021-epic-megajam-postmortem

[lean maple]

@red fossil Great write up and really impressive project!

[quasi pivot]

Anyone else feeling impatient right now? I can't wait for the 14th.

[humble topaz]

What's on 14th?

[young night]

they announce the winners on October 14th 😊

[hardy agate]

https://wixeus.itch.io/this-is

[brisk zealot]

cool

[maiden loom]

Was that actually made for a game jam? Why is it posted here?

[minor hemlock]

going to have to stash this in my jam memes folder 😄

along with

https://tenor.com/view/dawn-majora-finalday-gif-9607331

and one of my latest favorites, the blursed

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

[maiden loom]

the Majora's Masks ones I also use 😄

[oblique cairn]

Yeaaah!! Really nice to see some numeric feedback, and a way to compare between games

I still really wish the judges would publish their score sheets too - but think I can understand why they dont 😉

Funnily enough, I would have expected a worse score for "Creative use of theme".

Still main areas for me to improve... uhh.. everywhere needs to go from "OK" to "Awesome" 😄

[tulip viper]

I would have done more but I checked into my new command in Japan and my schedule has been bad for Streams :(

[gaunt jackal]

3D Artist looking for a team and a game jam to compete in here

[gentle beacon]

you missed this years jam. Winners for this years jam will be announced 14th next month

[queen grotto]

There are other jams https://itch.io/jams

[visual rover]

https://itch.io/jam/gamejam-by-backtrace-2

$2500 cash prize guys!

[tribal helm]

anyone else doing this?

[glass fossil]

Oh Bruh I saw it now🥲

[untold summit]

The classic Ludum Dare 49 is coming up this weekend! Oct 1 6 PM thru Oct 4. All engines allowed.
In addition to the free-for-all Jam category, they also have an interesting "compo" category, where you only have 48 hours and everything must be made by one person.
https://ldjam.com

[spiral shore]

✋hi guys
im one of the organizers for the game jam plus Canada. its non profit marathon with a lot benefits to grow your projects
here is the link to join and learn more about this Awsome event
👇👇👇
https://www.eventbrite.com.br/e/canada-gj-2122-tickets-178386668327

[echo escarp]

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/uns-table-4

Play and rate LD49 entry

[stark olive]

hello, would anyone have any information as to when we may hear back about the game jam results from last month?

[dreamy mulch]

14 october supposedly

[gentle beacon]

8 days plus minus.

[dusky vessel]

Crowdforge.io is dead. Where can I go to find game jam teammates nowadays?

[maiden loom]

<@&213101288538374145>

[simple garden]

:triangular_flag_on_post: Neddy#5211 received strike 2. As a result, they were muted for 1 hour.

[gentle beacon]

They should add like red eyes to manny when he does that. His eyes glow red for awhile and then go back to green.

[gentle beacon]

@tulip viper are you still with us?

[tulip viper]

Lol

Yes

@gentle beacon thanks for asking <3

[gentle beacon]

Just checking. Missing the streams. :p

[tulip viper]

I know, I am in a complicated relationship with New Age... add that to the fact that my house is not setup yet and well... I'm being a lazy ass

Guess I should untruck myself, eh?

[gentle beacon]

That relationship is not gonna work, New Age is just gonna break your heart, but do it long enough to break your bank aswell. 😂

[tulip viper]

Lmao

It's crazy how tru that is

[dusky vessel]

🙁

[worn hamlet]

Hey folks!

This is just a quick reminder-- this Thursday (October 14) is the 2021 Epic MegaJam Results livestream!

We cannot wait to see you there. ❤️

https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/inside-unreal-2021-epic-megajam-results-october-14-2021

[rugged plaza]

I'm stuck in Florida working this week so I won't get to watch, but good luck everyone and congrats to the winners 💜

[gentle beacon]

Anyone else so excited that stayed up all night working and thought today was thursday?

[gentle beacon]

⏲️

[cinder harness]

😆

[maiden loom]

https://tenor.com/view/judge-judy-time-hurry-come-on-times-up-gif-7242002

[gentle beacon]

🍿

[agile plover]

where the stream!

[true tree]

https://www.twitch.tv/unrealengine is in here, right?

[young night]

https://tenor.com/view/the-muppets-kermit-the-frog-smh-shake-my-head-no-gif-4883582

[brisk zealot]

also in youtube

[minor hemlock]

Army of One: https://perfoon.itch.io/tiny-container-city

I honestly forgot who was eligible for tiny

I did watch some playthrough streams 😛 and browsed a lot (but mostly before deadline)

[maiden loom]

didn't enter Tiny this year

[minor hemlock]

didn't enter the nvisionary one because RTX was pretty bork on our level

[maiden loom]

we considered it, but the obsession with raytracing was kinda eh

this one is running at like 5fps?

[minor hemlock]

NVisionary Environments: https://seager1111.itch.io/botiboi

oof yeah, OBS issues

[drifting pumice]

it's about quality, not quantity

[maiden loom]

hardware + streaming maybe

aye

[minor hemlock]

wish unreal defaulted to 60fps cap 😛 but that's very unpopular opinion

[drifting pumice]

do visual novels not count as games?

[maiden loom]

visual novels are games, yes

but well

they'll still want to render at a decent framerate

[minor hemlock]

renpy games made my laptop burn

[maiden loom]

for things like UI rollovers, transitions, all that smoothness

[minor hemlock]

IT ME

The KitBasher: https://partlyatomic.itch.io/seekers
IT ME

SOMEONE DIDNT PLAY PAST THE FIRST MINUTE

I'll get one up after the stream 😂

[stoic sedge]

UI is so pretty

I mean it's all pretty, but UI just melts my heart

[minor hemlock]

compliment us more I'm feeding the teams ego with screengrabs of chat right now

[maiden loom]

haha

[minor hemlock]

Conductor: https://gerbenpasjes.itch.io/timbre

YAS YOU DID IT

Puppeteer: https://ambershee.itch.io/reclaym-the-kingdom

[stoic sedge]

Yay! Those animations are so coooooooool

[drifting pumice]

ooh that game was great, my personal fave

[maiden loom]

I do not, but can probably do one later, lol

[minor hemlock]

divivor is desperate

they'll tweet whatever they can dig up

Is This Real Life?: https://tonire.itch.io/hoarders-cloud

what a fun idea

houdini pogs

you won this last year right? @thick breach

ohh

I remembered the right game, wrong award 😄

clocks game

Procedural Magicians: https://sourysk.itch.io/mr-prd-programmable-robot-of-doom

procedural magician is always a hard one for me to justify during a jam time frame

maybe if houdini had a runtime engine hint hint

who gave the robots a gun

the sniper one?

[drifting pumice]

works pretty well to make procedural platform tools for platformers for example
but yeah a runtime engine would be amazing

[minor hemlock]

I get that part, but my iteration process is usually 1) Make it work,~~ 2) Make it procedural~~ain't got time let's jam

best modifier for last

https://tenor.com/view/wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-leonardo-di-caprio-one-of-us-jonah-hill-gif-5441859

👀

I heard what you heard right?

[edgy fulcrum]

what tiny-game won?

[minor hemlock]

I could have sworn the rules said max one modifier category 😅

I thought it got changed this year

THIRD PLACE: https://vaerys.itch.io/the-rat-way-home

it me 🙃

[slim pawn]

Seekers

[drifting pumice]

maybe not inside the keyboard, but we do plan to do something similar 😉
but maybe a numpad dlc? 🤔

[minor hemlock]

Tiny Award: https://partlyatomic.itch.io/seekers

sorry I was too confused to remember to post

[drifting pumice]

yeah the timing is pretty tight haha

[stoic sedge]

But some of the people we tested on have actually never played gorilla tag or anything like that (and almost no vr) and completed it from like 2nd or 3rd try

Really hard to tweak difficulty with this locomotion

[drifting pumice]

sure thing!
but it aint pretty lol

[maiden loom]

if PageTurner doesn't get a prize I'm gonna riot

https://tenor.com/view/angry-mob-riot-torches-pitchforks-gif-5859895

whut

Seekers again?

[minor hemlock]

PogChamp

I mean

SECOND PLACE: https://partlyatomic.itch.io/seekers

[stoic sedge]

Tons of congratz!

[edgy fulcrum]

Seekers - Impressive!:D Gz

[minor hemlock]

my pogmeter is broken

absolutely agree

on one hand if you pick up a modifier category that makes you a strong contender

on the other hand it feels weird

ok so I wasn't going crazy for thinking that

FIRST PLACE: https://seager1111.itch.io/botiboi

[heady adder]

Some cool games won though!

[minor hemlock]

I hear a super cool game got 3 awards tho

[brisk zealot]

one thing i learn from megajam they dont really care how much asset you used you just neeed a great concept and great game play

[drifting pumice]

it also says 100mb for tiny in the rules, but 150 on the jam page and the stream
who reads the rules anyway i guess

yeah, in the official rules lol

I mean the doc files

[brave mango]

yeah im pretty surprised by the xr category winner tbh

played most of them and liked a lot myself

also biased since i made one obviously

spaceship repair

huh, never heard that one before

[shrewd vapor]

How was Harold’s Harrowing Heroics? (The slime cube game) did you run into bugs?

[drifting pumice]

same haha

[fading widget]

Congrats to the winners!

[brave mango]

did you fall through when changing gravity from zero-g?

[fading widget]

I fell through the floor too

[brave mango]

yeah, thats what the double trigger press teleport recall is for as mentioned in the comments, i didnt hit it much in testing

but thats testing bias for ya

[drifting pumice]

the slimes were a bit too much haha, I was running out of space a little too quickly
needs balancing, but it was fun

[shrewd vapor]

Ya we’re working on balancing it out some 🙂 just really wanted to hit that theme

[drifting pumice]

loved the welding, feels very satisfying, almost like power washing porn

[shrewd vapor]

How many times did you try? And did you ever make past the tutorial?

Also, was it just you looking at VR games or was there other judges?

Ok, thanks for the feedback

[brave mango]

thanks, it started out with more puzzles but i thought so too and it ended up with more and more welding and then a radio lol 🤷‍♂️

[main spade]

id love some constructive criticism on my game, Bunny bash.
https://suspensionstudios.itch.io/bunny-bash
My personal thoughts are that the art is a little weak, the balance is off and that is just isn't quite fun enough. I'm pretty proud of it overall but i'd love to hear some thoughts of you lovely talented people.

[drifting pumice]

talking about VR games, I also really liked the shooting style in Gravitas and the bird game (skylight) has a super neat style

and the noir game was soo pretty too

[maiden loom]

happened last year as well - even though the pages say otherwise, what you gonna do?

[slim pawn]

So they break their own rules in the judging? FeelsBadMan. Seekers is awesome though!

[maiden loom]

aye, lots of good games this year, and some very deserving winners

[shrewd vapor]

How do the clips at the top of the stream get created? I know they’re from the videos we made, but how do you choose which part is shown? @thick breach

[maiden loom]

I suspect they put pretty much all of the clips together and just played them in a random order

[cursive grove]

Wow, I'm the Army of One: https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184461

[maiden loom]

you give 500 entries 10 seconds each though, and even then less than half will make it on to the stream

[brisk zealot]

congrats!

[brave mango]

the only prize i wanted from the xr category 😢

[slim pawn]

You did awesome dude, congrats!

[cursive grove]

Thank you!

[shrewd vapor]

Got it - thanks! 🙂

Ya the order was fine, they just grabbed a weird part of our game to show… the death screen and end title screen

[cursive grove]

Well, I wasn't even sure if I manage to get in time until the very last moment 😆

[brave mango]

guess ill just have to buy it xD

had to check, so many discords. im in the cool kids mordentral discord 🙂

[crisp raptor]

Strange why our game just skipped and even didnt show it on the screen(

[maiden loom]

just for you :p
https://twitter.com/ambershee/status/1448737608385896462

Luke Parkes-Haskell (@ambershee)

Another year, another @UnrealEngine Epic Megajam - and I'm blessed to say it, another win! This time in the Puppeteer Category (for best animation). We've taken some time after the jam to fix up a few bugs, and should you wish, you can play our entry here;
https://t.co/PhAqkdnFRf

Twitter · Oct 14, 2021, 7:48 PM

[minor hemlock]

excuse me? @thick breach ?

clearly the current-Tiny Award winner 😉

[maiden loom]

haha

[solid abyss]

can some nice fella .. point out each game which won each category

in one single post

[minor hemlock]

yes one sec

Army of One: https://perfoon.itch.io/tiny-container-city
NVisionary Environments: https://seager1111.itch.io/botiboi
The KitBasher: https://partlyatomic.itch.io/seekers < IT ME
Conductor: https://gerbenpasjes.itch.io/timbre
Puppeteer: https://ambershee.itch.io/reclaym-the-kingdom
Is This Real Life?: https://tonire.itch.io/hoarders-cloud
Procedural Magicians: https://sourysk.itch.io/mr-prd-programmable-robot-of-doom
Tiny Award: https://partlyatomic.itch.io/seekers < IT ALSO ME
THIRD PLACE: https://vaerys.itch.io/the-rat-way-home
SECOND PLACE: https://partlyatomic.itch.io/seekers < THIS ONE IS ME TOO
FIRST PLACE: https://seager1111.itch.io/botiboi

[solid abyss]

Thanks man

[minor hemlock]

[young night]

yayyyy we won 3rd prize here! Celebrating right now 😆 https://vaerys.itch.io/the-rat-way-home

[solid abyss]

have I got the wrong person .. due to similar names?

or perhaps two accounts of same person?

[young night]

haha nono, similar names it seems

[solid abyss]

congrats..

I liked your game (only personally speaking) best of other winners

[minor hemlock]

I love seeing winners come out of nowhere, I saw rat way home... but not botiboi 😮

[solid abyss]

perhaps you fell short because of lack of textures .. or something?

just curios as to your personal opinion (as to where you lacked)

[young night]

Im super humble that we got all the way to third place tbh 😅 this jam there were 500 submissions and some games where incredible!

I think its a bit slow compared to other games

gameplay wise

Im really glad you liked our game! 😊

[gentle beacon]

I did a search for unity only jams and wasn't much I could find. So glad i chose unreal. I want to send them links for unreal. https://itch.io/jam/unity-professional-game-jam/entries

[minor hemlock]

there are probably more that are primarily unity but maybe not exclusively? like brackeys game jam

https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-4

[shrewd vapor]

For those of you interested, now that the jam is over we uploaded a new version of our game. It added a couple improvements here or there, but the main thing was just fixing some bugs - specifically getting stuck in the tutorial. You can find the newest version here: https://plus2studios.itch.io/harolds-harrowing-heroics
@thick breach I would be very curious and appreciative to get your opinion (good and bad, and can be DM) if possible. Though know you're a busy person and the jam is over 🙂

Thanks!

[cobalt hollow]

Thanks for the jam everyone! We had a blast creating BotiBoi and learned a lot along the way. None of us really expected the first place as there were so many excellent submissions from all of you guys. We loved Reclaym the Kingdom, Timbre, StarChonk, Busy Day, Last Light, Gotta Go Fast and many many more! Thank you again and hopefully see you next year!

[worn hamlet]

The Results blog is now live: https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/presenting-the-winners-of-the-2021-epic-megajam

Congratulations to the winners, and to everyone that participated in the Jam. So many wonderful, conceptually inspiring games. You should all be proud of yourselves!

[maiden loom]

I believe we did actually

[minor hemlock]

the blog is so hard to navigate I just google for it 😂

[edgy fulcrum]

Dont think we had one for 2020...

[drifting pumice]

The updated version of our VR game is live too! Much better graphics on quest, better sound, fixed bugs, added saves, etc. Also the Quest version is hopefully coming soon to SideQuest and AppLab.
Congrats everyone, it was a ton of fun!
https://hollowdilnik.itch.io/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-click

[maiden loom]

I found the 2019 one through Google, but only the 2021 one comes up in their own blog search 😂

[cursive vale]

Great stream today, the Jam was super fun. Congrats to all the winners, triple to @minor hemlock - that was pretty wild. 🙂

Slightly bummed I didn't see neon.collapse anywhere in the highlight reel, but that's alright

[cobalt hollow]

An online interview with @golden matrix - 3D Artist behind the BotiBoi project on 80 LEVEL - an online gamedev portal.
https://80.lv/articles/boti-boi-creating-a-platformer-game-for-epic-mega-jam/

A little bit of behind the scenes for those interested in the technical aspect of our project.

[minor hemlock]

Maybe it's time for me to finally find a job

[true tree]

Mi game is the mushroom one!! I didn't notice they used it as the banner :DDD

[cursive grove]

I also recorded a video where I'm showing and explaining how my game was made:
https://youtu.be/WlqX2npGvNk

[dreamy mulch]

https://arvuti.itch.io/galaxy-industries/devlog/305699/post-megajam-update released a quite chunky update to our megajam entry, if anyone wants to give the Definitive Edition of Galaxy Industries a try 😄

[minor hemlock]

game jamming in a nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9AjrnoskKg&t=171s

[analog matrix]

looking for 2 people for a Spooky Halloween Game Jam we need a:

-UI/Gameplay Programmer
-UI Designer/VFX Artist

Please DM me if interested

[worn hamlet]

Don't click the link folks!

<@&213101288538374145>, can you remove this above post please? And the same on every other channel 🙂

[maiden loom]

they'll get to it

the spam appears several times a day

[onyx hare]

sorry, looks like the spammer caught an unfortunate window where none of us mods was at the ready

[autumn plaza]

We upgraded our game jam entry into a complete halloween themed experience!
https://e5-games.itch.io/the-mansion-special-halloween-edition

[minor hemlock]

Nice! We're so close to releasing ours on steam as a free title

Just so many store assets you have to make 😓

[stoic sedge]

cries in Oculus AppLab

[stoic sedge]

Tons of experience, though
We're adding achievements and leaderboard rn. Useful for our actual game and apparently speedruns are already a thing even without leaderboards

Super fun to watch someone discover skips for your game, even if it's a little jam entry 😁 Turns out it can be completed in 1:38 and the jumps this guy does are just amazing

[queen grotto]

I updated my entry, as well, but it's less "extensive update with new features" and more "it resembles a game, now" 😅
https://noir.itch.io/lxor

[minor hemlock]

final assets uploaded, just waiting for store approval

[glass fossil]

Is anyone interested in learning unreal together and building an XR application? I know little about unreal and came from learning unity over a couple of years (non professionally) I can 3d model and texture and would be happy to contribute to a project in that way while learning unreal blueprints!

[simple garden]

:triangular_flag_on_post: Vanshaj#6066 received strike 1. As a result, they were muted for 10 minutes.

[marsh sail]

@minor hemlock #released

[glass fossil]

Guys

I'm an awesome 2d ui/cover artist

Does anyone wanna include me in a project?

I'll take Steam Giftcards as payment

Here's an example of what I can do