#general-modding
eternal schooner
eternal schooner
it needs more stounezzz
wraith beacon
My beloved.
merry lotus
muted stirrup
https://twitter.com/GameDevKS/status/1545756768042631171 I iz back making gaem
muted stirrup
Thanks 😄
merry lotus
I fucking love the art style
muted stirrup
Thanks man, spent hours tweaking it to get it just like that
merry lotus
fast vault
Ever try to get in a groove with development but family members keep needing you to run errands?
Everytime I try to sit down and work
merry lotus
Almost every day
muted stirrup
Yeah same
and multiple times a day
my solution is just to get up early af, then no ones awake to disturb progress lol
eternal schooner
NO WAY
untold niche
Ever try to get in a groove with development but family members keep needing you...
Take a shit in the living room
Become ungovernable
meager valve
Take a shit in the living room
Display dominance
pliant musk
Until I saw weapon and monster I for some reason thought this was a level for Anger Foot game.
Maybe due to cartoonish look.
eternal schooner
Yeah it looks kinda cartoonish
It's supposed to be an old prison which player's supposed to escape in the beginning of the game. I placed monster just because I wanted to look at him at PSX post-processing
and yeah it's very far from final😁
rotund garden
fantastic
I love when a simple head bob for the camera doesn't work because the tutorial you're following is for Godot 3.3 and not 3.4.4
slate python
I like technology 👍
slate python
Technology 👍
rotund garden
great
rotund garden
I remember why I just stop doing this
until three months later, when I wanna go back and try again
slate python
That’s the experience of making games
Everything just breaks, and then it breaks you.
eternal schooner
fantastic
💀
just added camera shake for my game too lol
It's simple in Unreal
merry lotus
for camera shake I use the EzCameraShake package in unity
earnest lily
It's simple in Unreal
are you using the generic camera shake class
arctic radish
I just make my own script for camera shake
better than whatever the fuck Unity asset store has because fuck paying for something you can script easily
plus more control
eternal schooner
are you using the generic camera shake class
NaniteCameraShake or somethin'
eternal schooner
I just make my own script for camera shake
better than whatever the fuck Unity ...
good job
arctic radish
I also have a camera shake shader for Godot
it's p good, but I usually use it an tandem with the shake script
merry lotus
I just make my own script for camera shake
better than whatever the fuck Unity ...
it's free
indigo shard
it's only three lines of code ffs why is it not WORKING
Certified godot gaming
arctic radish
might can this idea before I finish it
wraith beacon
https://twitter.com/HellishMess/status/1545322239922675713?s=20&t=qTwQp8LbcJDxUp-kGWG_DQ Did a Twitter thread tutorial thing on the basis of the fake lighting stuff in my projects. Will probably do like a more complete write up later down the line but for now here's a thing.
wraith beacon
No, basically it's transparent geometry with a material on them.
arctic radish
UE4 shaders be ballin
eternal schooner
Oh, a'ight 😄
wraith beacon
It could conceivably be used to make sector based lighting? Probably not the best solution for that though.
eternal schooner
Also got this idea for future-stylised arena but clearly I just don't know what to do
Maybe I KNOW what to do, maybe not...
tranquil oracle
No, basically it's transparent geometry with a material on them.
So in other words, you could describe it as "light decals"
wraith beacon
Pretty much yea.
eternal schooner
Aren't those just decals with Emissive Color?
wraith beacon
I generally refer to them as light volumes though since as far as UE is concerned they technically aren't decals.
eternal schooner
but hey, I see your fake geometry is more advanced
merry lotus
what do you all think of these signs just to remind the player what direction they're supposed to be going in the dusk levels
merry lotus
it is a racing game
indigo shard
what do you all think of these signs just to remind the player what direction th...
pretty good
i would recommend darkening it a bit
make it more dusk like
might not be able to see it though
merry lotus
also i gave duskdude's kart actual textures instead of it just using the default material
there wasn't any thought put into it, i just slapped random materials onto it until it looked good enough
spare scarab
what do you all think of these signs just to remind the player what direction th...
a little small to see imo
merry lotus
exhaust pipes look best imo
merry lotus
meatbox made it
tranquil oracle
top job
eternal schooner
also i gave duskdude's kart actual textures instead of it just using the default...
WOW
untold niche
also i gave duskdude's kart actual textures instead of it just using the default...
idk if it does but there's the wheel prop texture you could use for the wheels
eternal schooner
what a 🐐
spare scarab
it is absolutely great
merry lotus
a little small to see imo
how about this
indigo shard
exhaust pipes look best imo
oooh that does look good
merry lotus
or should i make it thicker
spare scarab
how about this
would need to see it form distance
this is up close
like from a moving cart pov
merry lotus
what about this
indigo shard
yeah that looks fine
spare scarab
great
merry lotus
ok cool
untold niche
Maybe put a spotlight at the bottom of the sign for emphasis
merry lotus
ahh that's good
pure jackal
do we really have that little faith in the player to need so many
textures good though
spare scarab
it's not player faith lol
Im talkiin from my tiny ass laptop monitor
pure jackal
good point
indigo shard
you have to plan for the dumbest player
spare scarab
low tier setup nomination
merry lotus
eh it's a guide but it's also decor because i have no other things to put there other than trees and maybe rocks
indigo shard
but remember you can always change things after an initial release
merry lotus
well yeah
indigo shard
if the players seem smart enough you can get rid of it
if they are dumb make it bigger
pure jackal
make it a checkbox toggle in accessibility options
pure jackal
isnt that a retexture from his other project
it is a heavily edited kraig
should probably adjust the boots a bit more
merry lotus
but it's decoration
indigo shard
have you guys been using the sdk or just ripping the files
pure jackal
all the files are in the sdk
indigo shard
yeah thats what i thought
indigo shard
this is why i need the pc version of dusk
pure jackal
(like amid evil/gloomwood) we've been cracking those open like piggybanks
pure jackal
yuuup
indigo shard
havent touched ultrakill yet i see
indigo shard
yeah i forgot about that
merry lotus
well
indigo shard
ooh nice nice
pure jackal
there isn't like a git repo/dedicated chat/dropbox/Unity Teams thing between the team so I only really know the stuff that plaz shows me
tranquil oracle
V1's model was released officially for use in fan stuff (mainly SFM)
pure jackal
oh YEAH
indigo shard
and most of the other models are somewhere if i remember correctly
pure jackal
I forgot about the V1 release
tranquil oracle
indigo shard
i remember seeing a swordmachine model download somewhere
tranquil oracle
You can just rip those from the game
merry lotus
I had to convert the model to fbx by installing a blender plugin
tranquil oracle
AssetRipper will do the job
and will decompile the game into a (mostly) usable Unity project to boot
tranquil oracle
AssetRipper is currently the state-of-the-art when it comes to ripping Unity stuff
merry lotus
AssetStudio is the ripper i've used most of the time
it just takes forever to find what you want
unless you already know the name
indigo shard
ah
pure jackal
never forget the most useful method of ripping
DM-ing the developer and going "hey can we have [ASSET]" and the developer in question going "lmao say no more"
tranquil oracle
I can vouch for both AssetRipper and AssetStudio, I've contributed to both and can confirm they work properly
indigo shard
never forget the most useful method of ripping
DM-ing the developer and going "h...
perfect
wraith beacon
Alright gamers, today should I do trees, clouds or cliffs?
pure jackal
With Assetstudio I found very funny things about that cursed game I always meme about
like how half of the textures have the UV on them
Like it was exported as a PNG and put into photoshop to be used for the model and they just didn't remove the UV from the image before saving the image file
indigo shard
Alright gamers, today should I do trees, clouds or cliffs?
cliffs
merry lotus
Alright gamers, today should I do trees, clouds or cliffs?
Clouds sounds good
indigo shard
ive been outvoted
pure jackal
make a duck
indigo shard
clouds seem fun
pure jackal
or a bunny
indigo shard
make a cat
spare scarab
Alright gamers, today should I do trees, clouds or cliffs?
a pissing mechanic
pure jackal
hatsu hasn't made the petition mechanic tho
merry lotus
One of the thing's i'm trying to do right now in new blood kart is since i'm too lazy to actually code my own AI i'm trying to set up MLAgents
But every time i try to install it i get a shitload of errors
Also Visual Studio doesn't recognize it
spare scarab
and i thought im supposed to do everything myself lol
tranquil oracle
lmao
spare scarab
if u do it then i'll do too
wraith beacon
Well clouds it is I guess.
spare scarab
(im just looking for excuses to cut corners)
tranquil oracle
I wish Unity would focus on making the engine suck less instead of dumb ML shit
spare scarab
what's ML?
tranquil oracle
machine learning
spare scarab
ah
pure jackal
Whats that zombie?
You want MORE ML shit?
wraith beacon
Tempted to just, make the clouds the horizon trees, but with a cloud texture.
pure jackal
no make them funny hatsu geometry
merry lotus
fuck it i'm just gonna try installing it again
and if it fails again i'm just gonna put off working on the kart ai for the next month or 2
indigo shard
nice
tranquil oracle
just set up waypoints on each track and get the agents to follow them in sequence
if they get knocked off track then they should attempt to move back onto it automatically
merry lotus
just set up waypoints on each track and get the agents to follow them in sequenc...
That's what I did before, but it didn't work out
rotund garden
merry lotus
Actually you know what i'm just gonna try it again
pure jackal
whadabout the menu
merry lotus
oh right
rotund garden
https://tenor.com/view/funny-xd-gif-23990751
meanwhile me, struggling with godot
merry lotus
eh i'll finish it later
indigo shard
godots fun
indigo shard
rofl
pure jackal
eh i'll finish it later
just putting this out there-
from what I've talked about it with the programmers on "otherprojectTM" unity menu functionality is far less headspltting compared to AI
eternal schooner
https://tenor.com/view/funny-xd-gif-23990751
Is this...
Is it...
Walter White Mini bull terrier?
ruby atlas
Gzdoom is a pain in the ass
wraith beacon
indigo shard
CLOUDS
wraith beacon
wraith beacon
whys the character now 🗿
Different project.
Also they're 🗿 right now because I was tired of them being a cube.
Will replace their model eventually.
arctic radish
might mix this better later, might not, who knows it works for now
wraith beacon
Making the big tree slightly less debug texturey, still temp art but uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
pure jackal
tree 
indigo shard
🪵
merry lotus
Doesn't blender have a tree addon
wraith beacon
Not really the style I'm going for though so uhhhhhh.
pliant musk
It looks like before this tree was chopped, it was the tallest tree in the forest, seen from miles away, helping travelers find their way. Or it was just a regular tree standing on a really high hill.
eternal schooner
goody aaaah endless-arena
gotta add two portals which teleport to other small areas and... call it a day?
and yes thats hell
looks like a burger not gonna lie
rotund garden
managed to get movement, screen shake AAAAAAND fucking the visuals up
once I wake up, it'll be time to make levels and more stuffs
eternal schooner
...what is thisss
eternal schooner
I made a thing
untold niche
I made a thing
Oh, things are getting serious now
eternal schooner
EXACTLY YOOO
pure jackal
managed to get movement, screen shake AAAAAAND fucking the visuals up
analogue horror
earnest lily
EXACTLY YOOO
this better not be dunes
eternal schooner
Well they are?
Damn I really wanna add Sandworm as a special boss for this arena
unique trellis
and yes thats hell
gotta be honest i thought it was inside a ribcage
crimson tapir
So I've encountered a weird "bug" I guess
When I test the online for my game I run one instance of the server app under the localhost IP, and 2 clients, 1 in the editor and 1 in a build
The one in the build works perfectly fine, smoothly moving and strafe jumping around exactly as you would expect
But the one in the editor gets really choppy and laggy whenever another player joins, and I have no idea why
Like, doesn't matter who joins first or anything, for some reason the editor run one just does not get along with the build, and I've never had something like this happen before where the build and the editor behave differently
I mean, I guess if only one has to work, I'd rather it be the build, but still 🤷♂️
wraith beacon
Today on """""tech art"""" with Hatsu, render target decals.
Still needs work™
Was tired of trying to implement preskinned local position so I'm just doing this now.
crimson tapir
Lol, at first I thought a bunch of eyes were appearing on the teapot
unique berry
Today on """""tech art"""" with Hatsu, render target decals.
this looks good
eternal schooner
Forgotten Farm..
well, it's veeeery work in progress, gotta add one big house with other misc stuff like trees
and it should be fine
eternal schooner
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/955204824364900363/996389108886806600/202...
NO WAY
THEY ARE WALKING NOW
unique berry
Any one can recommend modded maps for dusk?
arctic radish
moments before a revelation
spare scarab
Any one can recommend modded maps for dusk?
Check #dusk-modding and dusk.mod.io
Try thee map jams
pure jackal
Play maps made exclusively by Vriska
eternal schooner
this house looks... so bad
untold niche
Try adding wooden pillars at the corners, windows and making the roof prism shaped
snow prairie
this house looks... so bad
average 5mil LA house
eternal schooner
bro 💀
arctic radish
"How's your music file system structured?" ~ Salvati before the fact
"oh no" ~Salvati after the fact
eternal schooner
bruuuh idk
It seems to be acceptable base for the house but these non-solid walls are just killing me
They need to be solid but hell how do I make 'em??? Solidify modifier just screws everything up
i just needed to give negative number for it lmfao
kill me
crimson tapir
i just needed to give negative number for it lmfao
Maybe add the colliders in unity? Like either have it generate a mesh collider, make another object that is the same general shape, but with no details, call it the "geometry collider" or something, put it in the same place and make it invisible, or worst case scenario, add a bunch of box colliders parented under 1 empty object
pure jackal
i just needed to give negative number for it lmfao
Be sure to turn backface culling on because when extruding faces it sometimes messes with the normals, so having backface culling on is good to figure out what face is facing the wrong way
eternal schooner
Be sure to turn backface culling on because when extruding faces it sometimes me...
Yeah, flipped normals are one pain in the ass, thank you! It worked fine in this case actually😁
eternal schooner
Maybe add the colliders in unity? Like either have it generate a mesh collider, ...
It's Unreal Engine 4 game
crimson tapir
Oh, then idk
pure jackal
powg
wraith beacon
Also blob shadows I guess because the blob shadows I was using before were uhhhhhhh 🤢
wraith beacon
TTR blob worked okay but it had some problems.
wraith beacon
Got tired of having everything use the same icon so uhhhhhh.
wraith beacon
Still uhhhhhhh, rough. But not as rough.
wraith beacon
Okay I got it to a place I'm happy with I think.
rotund garden
swift lance
I ported Skullface to SFM
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2834974443
eternal schooner
It's gooood!
wraith beacon
When the shadows are blobs
eternal schooner
awesome unreal lighting
But these damn lights
The house itself... issss acceptable for now actually
I guess it's time to finally place stuff here!
wooden tusk
shroom
wooden tusk
looks cool tho
muted stirrup
https://twitter.com/GameDevKS/status/1547584901146234881?cxt=HHwWgsCiyZSRkPoqAAAA still a work in progress, but hows this?
merry lotus
hell yeah
arctic radish
placeholder menu that I'll p improve more as time goes on
or until I'm ready to die making actual save files with previews of where you're at in-game. H.
oh shit
After I get done with making another tileset I can work on the first area's boss & work on actual combat for the game
Fuck yes
eternal schooner
placeholder menu that I'll p improve more as time goes on
~~or until I'm ready t...
eyyy it look good!
Forgotten Farm house progress by the way
eternal schooner
pure jackal
dinner ended in a hurry
eternal schooner
And there's still no second floor... gotta place bed and tv or somethin'
pure jackal
Some early footage of the Main menu and Handgun Highway. The track and code is WIP so be aware that things are going to change for the better, fast.
merry lotus
vroom vroom
eternal schooner
Some early footage of the Main menu and Handgun Highway. The track and code is W...
SHUT UP NYARLATHOTEP
I GOT A KART TO RIDE
daaaaaym this is impressive stuff!
get your ass on that bed and prepare for the night of your life 😈
ancient sail
new gameplay teaser for a thing I started and first posted about here like 2 years ago now
indigo shard
Looks great
ancient sail
❤️
sudden imp
New sprawl content 
arctic radish
okay made it a little less boring (just a smol bit)
humble herald
new gameplay teaser for a thing I started and first posted about here like 2 yea...
Great to see you guys again, game looks great.
ancient sail
Thank you! Glad you’re digging it
arctic radish
Okay after a bit of code lookup on the Documentation for I/O in godot
it wasn't that hard as I previously expected to make the live preview of the area in game on the main menu
neon geode
I ported Skullface to SFM
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id...
MAJOR! IM ALT TABBING A SOURCE GAME!
eternal schooner
nowwww how do I limit the arena zone
rotund garden
Anyone here tried UE5?
wraith beacon
It's far from production ready TBH
rotund garden
I still wonder if I make a game on UE5, will the game be heavier compared to UE4
I'll stick to UE4 still, just to make sure
wraith beacon
I think you can get UE5 to run the same as UE4?
But there's a lot of stuff you'd need to turn off.
One of the big ones being TSR.
rotund garden
oh okay, there are videos that tells you how to move a UE4 project to UE5, so I'll try that in some months when I have a more worthwhile project
I womder if Leon did the same just to try and test stuffs out, since he's the main UE dev on NB, next to Simmo
earnest lily
don't forget both are meant to scale to phones.
eternal schooner
Forgotten Farm done... ? dusk 2?????
the one who screams... again lol
gotta finally focus on AI from now on
wooden tusk
AI is always the problem....
eternal schooner
exactly
wooden tusk
just steal someone else code who knows what they are doing haha
arctic radish
for me
I love making AI
Pathfinding is annoying, but the actual advanced in depth AI is fun because it usually presents a unique coding challenge
wooden tusk
imagine being smart enough to write working code...
arctic radish
who says it has to work 
wooden tusk
eternal schooner
Unreal Engine uses AI Behaviour trees
Quite a complex thing, but I heard it's also veeeery advanced
For me I just wanna make enemies aggressive and give separate roles to them in combat
Then I should do two concept levels for the campaign, complete other Wave Mode arenas... Jesus
Also gotta find composer, publisher
Polish everything
Sound design
wooden tusk
work..
eternal schooner
k
humble dagger
Also gotta find composer, publisher
Good luck man it's extremely hard to get anyone into your project without first giving them a bunch of money
There's no free rides
eternal schooner
exactly...
But isn't that how publishers work? Like, givin' ya a budget to develop the game?
i must try real damn bad to get one
arctic radish
I don't plan on finding a publisher
If I was, I'd make a totally different game that would appeal to "industry standards" in all directions
eternal schooner
I think it's a matter of taste
I don't think that without publisher I'll make anything, it's basically a loooong shot
arctic radish
Besides there's no real good publisher that doesn't have a good budget price for a start or a good reputation in their game catalogue
and as well as I'm just one gal
not like I have 2 or more in a team working with me at all times
Game dev is a hobby, not a job, If it were a job, then I'd think more people would jump on board with just trying to be a game dev
Like that's something I think most people don't understand sometimes. You NEED another source of income while making games or else money would be p thin pickings until release, unless you're like me, living in your parents house and just got outa highschool a year ago
But even if you fully release a game, it's usually going to cost more for ads or promotion for your game than it is to just see if the game gets noticed naturally.
I don't have time to polish the sprite, so have the base animation instead
untold niche
Damn they do be punching
elder forum
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/955204824364900363/997529455847284756/B...
that's a a punchy robot thing god damn
eternal schooner
k there's a playlist of almost all things done atm
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIE7hqwr4goD2h6KLdjEAsDan0YO3GPKq
didn't show enemies because they don't have ai y e t
humble dagger
Besides there's no real good publisher that doesn't have a good budget price for...
Yeah this 100%. I'm only able to push so hard on game dev in my free time because I already have enough money to live. Hell, even getting a publisher wouldn't mean I'd quit my job necessarily, I'd likely just reduce my hours. Game dev does not pay well lol
For every indie dev who makes it there's 100 who don't. We shouldn't get into this hobby expecting to be the ones who make it, but rather because we enjoy it
pure jackal
To create is to give back
If at least one person finds and plays your game, and likes it, thats a success.
Financial failure though, not gonna look good on your taxes
humble dagger
To create is to give back
If at least one person finds and plays your game, and ...
I want to say I do all of this moralizing and still hope that someday someone publishes me and I make it big lol
untold niche
This "making it big" talk is making me think of my own gamedev anxiety. As mostly an outside observer it's pretty hard to gauge how much of a game's success is due to how good the game itself is and how much is just random circumstances.
Like I have this game idea that's pretty important to me that I really wanna do at some point, and I will fight tooth and nail to hone my skills to make that game as good as possible
humble dagger
Well yeah, it's 10% skill, 30% marketing and 60% luck
untold niche
But it fucks with me to think that it not being appreciated could be down to dumb luck
Yeah
Way I see things even if we don't "make it big" what's really important is that we made something genuine and we fought as hard as we could for it
Goes for most things in life too
humble dagger
Don't even go that far. Just do it because it's fun
If you're fighting yourself to make a game then you're not doing it for fun, you're making it out of some misguided sense of duty
untold niche
You're right
arctic radish
legit I got into a heated discussion over Game design from 2 people who are making a voxel based MMO, and those 2 people have a Team of seemingly 4 people Those 2, an artist, and an outside coder
However
They were trying to say "if you have the option to roll, it MUST be faster or equal to running speed or useful for mobility in some way or else it's a redundant feature "
And I told them my reasons (Which is the roll is to slow down the momentum of the player and to precisely control the character to take cover)
And they kept on saying "make the roll faster or else it's redundant and should be removed from your game"
As well as "you need to learn about Game design before you can break the rules of Game design"
Despite the fact I've been in game dev since I was 16, no amount of GDQ game dev talk and tutorials will EVER Substitute for experimentation and just making what you want to make.
Game design is subjective, like art, you don't NEED to know the rules before you break them, break the rules first, and define what you like about breaking said rules.
And DO NOT limit yourself to what you already know as a reason for not doing something.
humble dagger
Yeah honestly fuck the rules
untold niche
Yeah, using your brain and gut feeling are the most useful tools in these scenarios
humble dagger
Like I have this game idea that's pretty important to me that I really wanna do...
What game do you want to make, if you don't mind me asking?
untold niche
Basically a mix between a boomer shooter and another genre entirely that I don't wanna spoil yet
afaik there's not really another game that's combined these genres like that so I'm hoping it'll be atleast somewhat interesting
humble dagger
afaik there's not really another game that's combined these genres like that so ...
Well I want to know what the other genre is lol
We're in new blood of course it's an fps
untold niche
Wouldn't even be an fps actually
acoustic fiber
neo boomer shooters have been mixed with tons of random genres so i am doubtful
humble dagger
I'm not going to be able to steal your idea or whatever, your vision is yours too keep
acoustic fiber
mostly involving parkour
untold niche
more top down shooter with boomer shooter specifics
acoustic fiber
oh?
humble dagger
more top down shooter with boomer shooter specifics
Hotline Miami?
indigo shard
@ [TOP DOWN SHOOTER]
acoustic fiber
Hotline Miami?
my thoughts exactly
untold niche
Hotline Miami?
Yeah somewhat similar, enter the gungeon or Serious Sam bogus detour is probably the closest to what I have in mind
humble dagger
Nice
untold niche
In terms of game feel anyway
humble dagger
What differentiates it from other top down games?
untold niche
Story and the way it's presented mostly
Don't wanna say too much until I have something to show though
humble dagger
I don't mind taking in hypotheticals, I have nothing to show for my hypothetical opus either lol
meager valve
If the project seems good to you it can still be bad to others
But yeah, if you are the only one who knows about then yeah it's win-win situation
humble dagger
If the project seems good to you it can still be bad to others
What does this mean
meager valve
The problems you don't see in your project might be visible to other people
pure jackal
I point out details that people could add when looking at their environments
and then when I make my environments I forget about those exact details
meager valve
Yeah
untold niche
It do be like that
meager valve
I point out details that people could add when looking at their environments
and...
General problem with any feedback
crimson tapir
Building is very very hard
Arm chairs are very comfortable
long leaf
just spent a whole day pulling all my ability code into another class because I know full well it'll need to be done at some point and nows better than ever but refactoring for a full day makes me want to not be alive currently
humble dagger
If anyone needs help with code I'm happy to assist
long leaf
it's done fwiw
humble dagger
long leaf
just need to rig up the new signals
once it's done i'll give all you people a show (though it's all backend and not much front)
humble dagger
I'm still stuck in development hell where I don't want to implement any of the systems I need to implement
long leaf
I'm still stuck in development hell where I don't want to implement any of the s...
this was me a few days ago but I knuckled down and I implemented it
to be fair it wasn't hard but just tedious
humble dagger
I have to write a dynamic UI thing that works for any item in my game, and also a leveling UI thing, and also I need to implement saving and loading, and it's just like
meager valve
Building is very very hard
That too. The main problem is that if you have a couple of people who can criticise you, the pool is too small to be reliable. When there is a lot of feedback you need a lot of time to sort it out
humble dagger
And then I need to start writing my AI lmao
Another big problem is hugboxing
Which is the opposite of the criticism pool
Everyone looks at your project and goes "Oh it's so fun there's no flaws!"
It's so so hard to give good, useful criticism that isn't cruel
untold niche
If you're fighting yourself to make a game then you're not doing it for fun, you...
I wanted to bring this up again because I've been thinking about it. To me it's a bit like working out, where the satisfaction and feeling of power from overcoming something is fun in of itself. but it fucked up as in you "miss the forest for the trees" as they say
At the same time, I do feel like putting in the hard work that can sometimes be tedious is necessary to do great things
eternal schooner
Idk guys, if I spend a lot of my time and effort on game, I want it to be successful. And it's not just about the muneh (don't get me wrong i would love to make something from it) but about making... a difference, I suppose? Make a game that people will actually talk about, play it, discuss it and shit
Which actually means a success...
I don't want to put my time to waste, ya know
eternal schooner
Hard work must pay off... If it's hard, of course
arctic radish
for me, I've been building up my game dev and art skills to get to this point in my life
While I would love for people to play it, I'm well aware It WILL be swept under the rug, I can guarantee it.
But instead of that deterring me from giving it my all, I'd rather go all in and put it out there so that I know what I'm capable of. Think of it like self satisfaction of knowing "I made this and I'm satisfied with what I've made here" instead of "I made it, I want people to play it to know it's worth something".
eternal schooner
It's all about goals of game developer, sure thing
But you need resources to achieve these goals too
arctic radish
I make my own resources
eternal schooner
If you're capable of doing so, sure!
untold niche
Depends what kind of resources
arctic radish
I mean anyone can make any type of resource
Again, refer to what I said a while ago about "Don't let yourself be satisfied with only what you know"
untold niche
I've basically started learning how to draw purely for future gamedev purposes
arctic radish
If an old dog can learn new tricks
Anyone can, you just have to find out which kind of learning method you like
eternal schooner
I mean anyone can make any type of resource
Again, refer to what I said a while...
I mean other type, financial
untold niche
But at the same time it also ends up making it harder to enjoy the things that I draw
Because in a way it's just a means to an end
pure jackal
arctic radish
I'm more of a "I don't need this skill waits 3 minutes Fuck how do I do this? looks up the documentation" kinda learner
eternal schooner
Marketing, hiring people for whatever you need help with. I need composer, but I don't have shit. I need to advertise the thing I put my soul into, but I don't have money. Hell, I want to make a whole campaign for my game, make it old-school like Doom, Quake or whatever else, its my dream since childhood, and I didn't even finished school at this point😂
arctic radish
Because in a way it's just a means to an end
I use to think this about my Pixel art,
It wasn't until I combined 3D modeling into my workflow that I started enjoying making pixel art, otherwise I would've already canned Corner Light 
merry lotus
i'm more of a "I don't need tutorials, I can make my own system" 10 minutes later "the fuck is a quaternion"
arctic radish
Mood
eternal schooner
Full 3 episode, at least 32 maps like Doom 2 had, with different worlds and dimensions, enemies. I want to make it as epic as these games were (which isn't happening because no game will be as great as Doom/quak but ya get me)
untold niche
Marketing, hiring people for whatever you need help with. I need composer, but I...
idk what kind of music you want for your game but I would look into learning how to make music if I were you
arctic radish
^
untold niche
It's not easy but you do start to understand it once you know the basics of music theory
arctic radish
Gotta start somewhere
there's plenty of free DAW's
untold niche
And if all else fails put random notes in the same scale until it sounds cool 
eternal schooner
I need to own at least guitar OR FL Studio, and still, even if I will learn something, I still won't be able to do music as good as actual composers, whose work is basically a music, +there are plenty of other activities I must spend my time on
It's so frustrating and yet so fun 😂
eternal schooner
And if all else fails put random notes in the same scale until it sounds cool <:...
based
arctic radish
If you like Tracker style DAW's
Famitracker, Deflmask are my faves
as for actual 'in depth' (idk how to describe them) DAW's
FLStudio, Cubebass, Ableton, and hell even LMMS if you're wanting to go free
untold niche
Yeah
untold niche
Tons of free plugins for all sorts of instruments online
arctic radish
FL has a built in Guitar VST (FL Slayer)
Actually most DAW's have good guitar VST's/Samples
eternal schooner
🗿 🗿 🗿
Internet discussions can actually lead to something! Jesus guys, I didn't know that
Thank you
Gonna try it as soon as I can
eternal schooner
And I still would stick to a publisher😂
arctic radish
I don't think Publishers give direct help (From my knowledge) maybe QA teams, but in terms of composition and stuff like that I don't think that's what a publisher is for
eternal schooner
I just think it's more reliable than self publishing
arctic radish
I mean I understand from a legal paperwork side, yes
But from what I've seen it isn't something to fall back on
and you gotta know the publishers as well
like if someone just comes up to you after looking at your game and tries to pick it up for publishing
You better have done some research about them before hand, like checking the basics of What is their homesite? orrr like Who's on the publishing team? What's their track record for releases?
The list can go on
But you catch my drift.
eternal schooner
Of course you do
Ya gotta know their story and think twice before saying something
humble dagger
Yeah I used to think getting published was code for "someone will fix my problems for me"
But I'm really starting to think it's more "someone will pay me to fix my own problems"
meager valve
honestly, sometimes I feel like it's better to do something when I decide to not care to much
But not sure how it converts to game design
merry lotus
you ever just
rotund garden
yeah
merry lotus
my submission for the GMTK Game Jam
so far it sucks
cunning wing
funky spider
indigo shard
the GIANT enemy SPIDER
merry lotus
What I have after the first day
indigo shard
looking pretty neat
indigo shard
yoo pog
long leaf
next to add:
dialouge box, levels, basic enemy ai
desert shard
Stompey Dicey
crimson tapir
Ok, so here's the situation
I want to add a way for the server host to ban players from a server for cheating, shilling in chat, etc.
So just make a struct that stores the IP, screen name they were using, reason for the ban, and for how long, add it to a "banned_players" list, then when a player attempts to join iterate through the list to make sure they're not banned
Easy enough
But the problem is cheaters can use a VPN to spoof their IP and evade the ban.
That would make the whole system basically useless.
merry lotus
finally i'm implementing the theme for the game jam
whenever you enter this dice thing it gives you a random powerup (in this case, a speed boost)
also if you don't pick up a powerup for an extended period of time the game will give you one automatically because i like unfair gameplay
pure jackal
The scrungly
earnest lily
Ok, so here's the situation
I want to add a way for the server host to ban pla...
yeahhhhh good luck with that. I know that some were looking into HWID as a solution, but that can also be spoofed
I'm not sure how games of old (pre drm) handled bans tbh
merry lotus
rockets
indigo shard
Pew pew
merry lotus
Tanks + Dashing
sudden imp
looks more like a teleport
eternal schooner
Yup
merry lotus
it does actually teleport you
but i call it a dash because i don't know what else to call it
eternal schooner
fair😎
merry lotus
title + promo art
fast vault
Updated an old Game Jam game with some new rigged arms and attacks
merry lotus
Second Day Progress
Less than 24 hours left
fast vault
Second Day Progress
Less than 24 hours left
Visually already looks better than any of my previous gamejams haha
merry lotus
SFX + Music (Music by Hinkik)
arctic radish
missiles because yes
wooden tusk
looks sick
merry lotus
game's pretty much done, just need to add a couple more powerups and design the itch.io page
desert shard
Finished my GMTK jam entry
wooden tusk
dicing
merry lotus
Finished my GMTK jam entry
https://badpiggy.itch.io/stompey-dicey
you're definitely gonna win the jam
wooden tusk
just submit NB cart plaz
wooden tusk
!!!!
fast vault
Finished my GMTK jam entry
https://badpiggy.itch.io/stompey-dicey
Haha that's a cool idea
desert shard
you're definitely gonna win the jam
Lol. There's going to be like thousands of games so I highly doubt I'd get a good rank in the end.
merry lotus
Technically speaking, humanity has led up to the point in time where I would release a top down shooter about robot spiders.
That's funny.
ok back to new blood kart
humble dagger
I spent the whole weekend writing a serialization/save system that's scalable to my whole map
The problem is I can't show anyone that it works, because it just spits out a file with a bunch of binary info on it, but it works
Really starting to think I can't afford putting off art for much longer
arctic radish
Serialization is chaotic
and annoying when your project has a lot of script flags that needs to be saved
pure jackal
The problem is I can't show anyone that it works, because it just spits out a fi...
Now to write the loading system
sudden dome
https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-jam-2022/rate/1624731 my team's gmtk entry!
humble dagger
Now to write the loading system
oh that's done too actually
I have a built in load-unload system
Here's an example of how it works, this is a bottom-level class and serialization happens in a hierarchy. SerializedWorld has SerializedWorldObjects and a SerializedPlayer, which has a SerializedInventory, which has SerializedWeapons etc etc
neon geode
anyone else here use probuilder in unity?
meager valve
More like ultrakill
pallid depot
eternal schooner
that was supposed to be... my own thing...
pure jackal
DO NOT INSULT THE SOLODEV
eternal schooner
^^^^i am completely broken and devastated 💀
crimson tapir
Nah, dude, that's cool. Resist the change.
eternal schooner
thanks mate 😄
crimson tapir
Np, game looks rad too
eternal schooner
you got windows 7 too?
crimson tapir
On my old PC, but on my main one I "upgraded" to windows 10 years ago
eternal schooner
Aaaah, got it
fast vault
anyone else here use probuilder in unity?
Me me, I like to torture myself
merry lotus
I use probuilder, how could you tell?
fast vault
What's that? Random errors just started popping up? Oh you rascal
humble dagger
I use probuilder, how could you tell?
Use realtime csg instead
Make sure to use the GitHub version though
arctic radish
is done
and my ears are tired
time for code and art
drowsy escarp
Use realtime csg instead
whats that?
humble dagger
It's a mapping tool for unity
drowsy escarp
yeah i think i remember david saying he had issues with probuilder when developing dusk
merry lotus
probuilder functions fine for me but when it comes to uvs and lightmapping
arctic radish
drowsy escarp
question: do you all use the default 3d template, hdrp, or urp?
merry lotus
default 3d
drowsy escarp
but what if i want decals or a shader for darker shadows?
merry lotus
post processing can give you darker shadows I think, and there are shaders out there for decals in the standard pipeline
also you can get darker shadows in the lighting settings
drowsy escarp
i tried messing with the lighting but i couldnt get them dark enough
eternal schooner
I use probuilder, how could you tell?
making a level in blender
neon geode
is done
and my ears are tired
time for code and art
Indie MFks are getting to crazy, just saw a cross between rust and Animal Crossing on Steam
fast vault
Camera quickswaps
indigo shard
looking good
slim lanceBOT
@sleek swift, please do not discuss politics.
sleek swift
sudden imp
It was the last word in the title
neon geode
anyone wanna explain how this happens multiltiple times?
merry lotus
what happens multiple times
neon geode
sorry
indigo shard
attempting to translate that into gdscript
neon geode
when the player gets within a 3unit radius of the object, it should add to the inventory x amount and disapear
neon geode
it sometimes just does as its supposed to
indigo shard
hmm
neon geode
but sometimes it gives 100x its supposed to
indigo shard
not sure then if its doing it right sometimes
neon geode
it could just be a "feature"
but itd be too op in its current state
maybe
this is a unity problem
not a scripting problem
arctic radish
It should work well with gdscript
merry lotus
why not just use on trigger enter
arctic radish
Also that
merry lotus
just destroy the collider afterwards
merry lotus
do either of the gameobjects have a rigidbody?
neon geode
the item the player interacts with does
merry lotus
try adding one to the player
neon geode
im using a character controller that would not work well
this check already works elsewhere so
it doesnt work
HOW
is it because there is a physical collider and a trigger?
merry lotus
try having a public layermask object and using that instead of 6
neon geode
I think I solved it?
i moved it so that in each case it is set to done so it has more priority
nevermind
trying this out
wraith beacon
Bush
neon geode
REVELATIONS
it was spawning two instances of the object
therefore
I CAN FIX IT
so
the script that created the interactables created multiple of them
which created the random increase amounts
so I just added the limit script to the spawn script
wraith beacon
Tree canopy wip.
wraith beacon
Anyway experimenting with procedurally generating the big tree that you're going to climb.
wraith beacon
brisk merlin
meirl
wraith beacon
Squiggle.
wraith beacon
eternal schooner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf7wbYY4PBE
Explosive deaths 😄 finally got em working
earnest lily
how are you handling the AI? are you just telling them to go to the player's location?
eternal schooner
Yeah, they got to player's recent location and if they are close enough, they attack
The only problem is that they take some time to play attack animation and it usually makes them stop for a second, so I decided to make them jump while attacking, so they are still kinda moving
unique trellis
bruh I dont have the fucking image perms
spare scarab
You can upload stuff to imgur or smth and share the link
unique trellis
You can upload stuff to imgur or smth and share the link
Oh yeah, forgot 💀
https://gyazo.com/3d0b026341c365a1f05a2d5e571b91c7 where do I need to put this
pure jackal
After 2 days of tears, anger, begging, and 3 human sacrifices, we got Plastic SCM working and now I can put models into the NBK project without just passing them to plaz!
fast vault
Finished animating and programming the cameras
pure jackal
Yoooo
earnest lily
Finished animating and programming the cameras
incredibly chunky and I really like the throw
eternal schooner
Finished animating and programming the cameras
That looks awesome! What the game will be about?
crimson tapir
Finished animating and programming the cameras
You've heard of game journalists, now get ready for the journalist game
fast vault
That looks awesome! What the game will be about?
This is an expanded version of a Game Jam game we made last year. You play as a man who finds the world overrun by sentient shoes
And he uses his camera flash to disorient them
https://jungaboon.itch.io/shoemageddon
Here's the original version
eternal schooner
Sentient Shoes?
You mean like... shoes?
NO WAY
making a level in unreal engine using bsp geometry thing...
isssss quite a thing
any tips on how can i make this prison actually look like a prison?
fast vault
any tips on how can i make this prison actually look like a prison?
You can add more grates and metal supports. Also things like chains and collars lying around
untold niche
Add a secret bdsm room as well
pure jackal
Nevermind, Plastic is still broken and is looking for things as if they were on Plaz's drive and not my own install
fast vault
That's what I was afraid of when they replaced Unity Collab
pure jackal
Collab had its issues but it was never this bad
humble dagger
What level design constraint should I use to make my demo level more interesting
I'm leaning on "entire level must take place within/between 3 towers" but I'm open to suggestions
untold niche
What kind of game is it?
humble dagger
First person shooter but I feel that's a given here lol. More specifically it's an attempt to make an fps bonfire game
untold niche
Interesting
Personally I always felt like those worked best in linear levels
Where it plays with the tension of being far away from a fire and the relief of finding a new bonefire or a shortcut to the last one
humble dagger
I mean individual levels can be linear ish
But the areas themselves are arranged in a deeply interconnected manner
It's less non-linear and more linear-ish areas, non linear world, if that makes sense
humble dagger
I'd say metroidvania more like it
I think levels at a minimum need to be designed to be a little bit bidirectional
untold niche
I meant more that you need to know if you're advancing in the level/game
So it feels tense when you might die and go back to a previous bonefire
And you'll know where to go when you respawn as well
humble dagger
Yeah I think a lot of the more traditional key hunting fps level might go out of the window. It's not going to be a series of fps levels connected seamlessly, it's kind of necessarily its own thing
untold niche
On another note I downloaded and started fiddling around with Godot
So far it definitely feels less convoluted and janky than Unity
humble herald
How's the 3D component?
untold niche
I've only experimented with 2D so far
arctic radish
Friendly reminder (like any major release) there will most likely be bugs in 4.0 that hasn't been touched upon
muted stirrup
current progress on gaem level 👀
drowsy escarp
So if your making a shitpost game, would it be a dick move to download an anime girl model (with credit) and replace the face texture with ||Saul Goodman||?
I thought it would be funny, but at the same time it would seem like an attack on the original modeler
muted stirrup
hmmm, honestly not sure
indigo shard
So if your making a shitpost game, would it be a dick move to download an anime ...
eeeeh
ask the modeler
best plan
muted stirrup
^
merry lotus
current progress on gaem level 👀
blue: ✅
glow: ✅
fucking amazing
indigo shard
plazmin loves his neon
indigo shard
current progress on gaem level 👀
also this looks sick
drowsy escarp
Eeeh fuck it that gag has been done to death
indigo shard
lmao
merry lotus
I love neo n
indigo shard
neon white
merry lotus
the colors that work best with neon are red, blue, and of course purple
indigo shard
yes
muted stirrup
speaking of that here's one I made earlier
merry lotus
YEAAAA
sudden imp
enemy base
indigo shard
R E D
arctic radish
now make sure the player actually is able to know where they are
and where they're supposed to go
merry lotus
add a map
arctic radish
because I can see it could get confusing with a solid color scheme of neon and black
muted stirrup
objective atop screen solves that 😅
(cant find a recent screenshot with darker lighting, this one was while ago)
arctic radish
Bloom?
Naw mate this is UE4's natural look
muted stirrup
Aye, with a post process for the outline, lighting is off on this image compared to recent, got feedback to darken the whole thing a little, give the neons better contrast without intensity
arctic radish
Good advice ngl
muted stirrup
thanks
muted stirrup
Good advice ngl
thing is its a tricky balance when using quite a limited colour pallete, often takes me hours of tweaking to get it just right balance
fast vault
objective atop screen solves that 😅
Far Cry Blood Dragon vibes
muted stirrup
Aye taken some vibes from that, always dug the retro '80s' aesthetic
and of course, just having a lever action flip cocking is a must...my biggest worry is the enemy sprites though, they need some additional work
unique trellis
objective atop screen solves that 😅
yo that looks delicious
merry lotus
do not eat the neon
neon geode
https://youtu.be/Bv_tk01HQNE Compared to everything here this isnt much but heres todays progress
pure jackal
repost from genenal
eternal schooner
look at this duuuuuude
cobalt hemlock
Meat
eternal schooner
and bounezzzz
pure jackal
Mfers not medium rare, dudes a legendary drop
pure jackal
What .MDL does to a motherfucker
spare scarab
Modelfucker
cobalt hemlock
Gooby
fast vault
I'm really curious about how the ai is done in Ultrakill. If you destroy the ground beneath them, they just start falling like a regular physics object. How do their pathfinding work?
fast vault
making something using the HPSX render pipeline, all textures by me
The what pipeline? Is this a custom pipeline for unity?
unique trellis
yeah
i'll get the github link hold on
https://github.com/pastasfuture/com.hauntedpsx.render-pipelines.psx also known as haunted psx render pipeline
merry lotus
I'm really curious about how the ai is done in Ultrakill. If you destroy the gro...
Looking at the source code, looks like it just enables and disables the NavMeshAgent and re-enables and disables the Rigidbody
fast vault
Huh, that's cool! I gotta learn how to better utilize that. My enemies sometimes just get stuck in place even when their navmesh agent is supposed to reactive
fast vault
https://github.com/pastasfuture/com.hauntedpsx.render-pipelines.psx also known a...
Thanks, I gotta check this out. Been using another psx shader that isn't really supported on versions past 2019 anymore
humble dagger
Looking at the source code, looks like it just enables and disables the NavMeshA...
How do you have the source code
merry lotus
dotPeek
humble dagger
Ah
muted stirrup
https://twitter.com/GameDevKS/status/1550196444866412546 not sure if any car enthusiasts here, but bonus points if you can recognise the car that inspired this one
slate python
I fixed it
merry lotus
ok
slate python
ok
merry lotus
https://twitter.com/GameDevKS/status/1550196444866412546 not sure if any car ent...
YEAAAAHHH NEON
slate python
👍
eternal schooner
wooden tusk
green guy
wooden tusk
looks like a funky enemy
untold niche
That's some nice enemy design
Good job
if I were you I'd try adding more detail to the texture though
muted stirrup
like the style of this, got its own charm
eternal schooner
thank youuuuuu