The main point is to have fun with your friends or join a random game, it’s a fps game where you have a super soaker, I will probably make another game that has the same vibe and coding as pool party except it’s more like a story mode or single player. The story mode pool party will most likely cost money but the online one will be free, I already have a main design for the “kids” and I’m currently working on a map that you will get sent to, it has a pool. Swim in the pool and you slowly regenerate your ammo, after a while you will run out of ammo. I will be adding a single gun for the beta version or early release, I’m the future I will either make an entire new game with the same stuff but better and stores with clothes (colors for your character). This will take a VERY long time due to my creative imagination and I hope for it to release near the summer of 2023
#I’m making a game called “pool party” and it’s about 11-12 year old kids literally at a pool party.
scenic mesa
Do the single player game first
Gets you used to making games without tacking on very difficult multiplayer
Plus hopefully by then you also have an audience, which will lessen the likelihood of the multiplayer game flopping
steady latch
Also with online multiplayer, this sounds like something that can go wrong real fast.
minor nova
Thank you
I’ll do the single player
I just finished making the house in the backyard
I added solar panels to make it better
pine flax
it should be noted that you won't "add" mutliplayer later to your game, you will have to remake that game for multiplayer
steady latch
Even then the idea about having all pre-teen kid characters for online multiplayer just sounds off.
minor nova
Plus hopefully by then you also have an audience, which will lessen the likeliho...
This is the only person that is supporting this idea
Ima post more stuff later
Hopefully I finish deciding on which designs to do, the ugly ones I made on blender that took FOREVER or should I just buy arms in unreal marketplace
Someone help me pick
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THING, THIS GAME IS GONNA BE A JOKE EXCEPT ITS GOING TO TAKE AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME TRYING TO FIND THINGS IN THE MARKETPLACE BECAUSE I AM USING UNREAL 4 AND MOST THINGS ARE FOR OTHER VERSIONS!
minor nova
I just made ammo system and I’m currently getting rid of any trace of arms or feet because I CANNOT DECIDE ON SKINS
scenic mesa
You havent given people much to be hyped about.
No conversation is going to arise about a vague idea that isnt splatoon, that may or may not happen.
Don't give up before you've even tried. When you have tangible things further into development, like gameplay videos, map screenshots etc, you may build a little more interaction. Not much to be hyped about other than marketplace assets and an ammo system.
Dont forget this is also a community of developers, not people looking for games to be hyped about.
steady latch
Developers hyped more about development features or cool looking implementations of a feature
scenic mesa
^^^
Which we haven't seen any of
Even a normal non Dev audience wouldn't get very hyped about a 1 paragraph concept or the fact you made an ammo system
When you get the cool stuff is when you get the attention
steady latch
Also ammo system, for a game supposed to be about "pool party", where the characters are below 13 years old.
I mean, at least I hope it's a water gun or play tanks.
Hard to give benefit of the doubt from that concept without actually showcasing what's the gameplay is all about
scenic mesa
I kind of get it but hope it refers to a water pressure meter so you know when to refill your super soaker
However I am curious as to how the gameplay loop will function. If you have to swim in the communal pool to regen ammo then surely for anyone that has ammo it's easy pickings
I'm also curious about your time frame. Summer of 2023 is not a very long time for an indie game. In fact it's very short. I would expect a polished single player story game like this to take at least a year, maybe more
Also concerned about plans to launch with only one type of super soaker. Your entire gameplay loop is soaking people with blasters but you can only use 1 type. No different ones for different purposes etc.
minor nova
Also
I was trying to make a separate thing that I finished (I didn’t sleep) only for me to miss a step on a tutorial that messed up the whole gameplay.
tawdry thicket
To be honest, I'm still not sure why this thread is still up. This thread goes against the rules for this channel because it doesn't have any WIP images or videos. It's just a concept paragraph and that's it.
Reaching out to the mod team has resulted in nothing, despite the fact that this thread periodically is higher up on this channel.
And while I agree with other people in the thread to not be critical of any idea or developer in the server, it would've been better if you showed something rather than tell us about it so there's some substance here, because you're not sharing your game to gamers, you're sharing it with other developers.