Exampledustry

[gaunt dune]

The other Example Mod

A mod designed around being an example to other modders.
https://github.com/game-stuff-official/exampledustry

Current objective, Make some turrets now.

[gaunt dune]

To clarify, this mod is a project to serve as an example for other rookie modders. On github i have been building a wiki to explain how to create things and what things mean.

Also a good side quest is to actually make a functional game.

Item Wiki Is Up

Next on list is ores.

https://github.com/game-stuff-official/exampledustry/wiki/Items

[untold marsh]

You should make the explodium wall use destroyBullet so that it's EXTRA EXPLOSIVE

[gaunt dune]

Is that possible?

[untold marsh]

destroyBullet is a bullet spawned when the block is destroyed

[gaunt dune]

I'll do that tomorrow then. That's another example for me. Thanks Meep

[untold marsh]

destroyBullet is in Block, so any block can have this

[gaunt dune]

That's awesome

If you could please provide an example of this being used? And if possible I could ask them to use theirs as an example. I don't want my wiki to be the Only source of information.

Or to only have Exampledustry examples.

[untold marsh]

Pretty sure lixie uses it in some of her shenanigans

[gaunt dune]

Also I would like to give you credit for the idea, are you okay with that?

[untold marsh]

I mean it's just spawning a bullet when a block is destroyed, nothing too special

[gaunt dune]

Okay but if anyone asks

I wanted to credit you with * the idea of adding this concept to the witki*

Wait that's phrased badly

[untold marsh]

meh

[gaunt dune]

Nevermind I'm too tired for this

[echo perch]

neat

[gaunt dune]

neato

[gaunt dune]

The next step is creating the tech tree .

Im starting with the core that i will call Ormalute

[untold marsh]

omelete

[gaunt dune]

No, ormalute

[gaunt dune]

Core Ormalute

Status: 100%

I felt that a core was more important than a block that explodes upon die

[chrome night]

Bro, real Oct jumpscare💀

[gaunt dune]

Oct

[rain elm]

ober

[gaunt dune]

oboe

This settles it, I will name turrets after instruments.

[rain elm]

bro got enough of brainstorming

[gaunt dune]

Inspriation can come at anytime.

Who wants to fact check the ore page? I am not sure what type to use for cores.

https://github.com/game-stuff-official/exampledustry/wiki/Ores

[gaunt dune]

EXPLODING BLOCKS TUTORIAL!
https://github.com/game-stuff-official/exampledustry/wiki/Exploding-Blocks

my first tutorial

If you want you may fact check or suggest changes.

[gaunt dune]

https://github.com/game-stuff-official/exampledustry/wiki/Tech-Trees
Tech Trees page is in the process of writing.

I also created the Explodium walls. They now properly explode thanks to Meep suggesting i use destroyBullet.

[gaunt dune]

Tech Tree page is now full.
https://github.com/game-stuff-official/exampledustry/wiki/Tech-Trees

I may add more small information

[gaunt dune]

Scorch is completed

It's a big scorch

[gaunt dune]

Char has been completed and a wiki for ItemTurrets is going to be created soon.

[gaunt dune]

Exampledustry's wiki for ItemTurrets just got wrote. If you want to look at it go here
https://github.com/game-stuff-official/exampledustry/wiki/ItemTurrets

If you see any errors or want to suggest changes please get in touch.

[gaunt dune]

Announcement

I am looking for people to help me with the Exampledustry project. I will need experienced modders to peer review the wiki pages to make sure they are reliable and I need spriters and coders to help create the mod itself. It is also imperative that you have basic knowledge of how to use GitHub. We will be working in Hjson for the time being.

If you would like to apply then please open an issue on the Exampledustry repository with the label "Application" or get in touch with me.

You can go to the wiki page for more information.

https://github.com/game-stuff-official/exampledustry/wiki/Apply-to-the-Exampledustry-Project

[gaunt dune]

New harcite content coming soon

[gaunt dune]

Told you

Starforge: Fuses Surge and Harcite to make Charged alloy. Simulates the inside of a star

[gaunt dune]

Decided to had some explodium to the mix because i felt it was left out and 5 blocks seems like it would be weird to have 2 inputs.

A single star forge takes 3 nuclear reactors

[gaunt dune]

I think I'll buff it to 2 when I feel like it

[modest robin]

how do you make the particles spin is it a drawer.

[gaunt dune]

Maybe you should look at the wiki.

That is the whole reason i created this

https://github.com/game-stuff-official/exampledustry/wiki/GenericCrafters#effects-and-drawers

This wiki page has the effect that does this

[gaunt dune]

DrawCrucibleFlame
I used this effect on accident. I wanted the silicon smelter type effect but i found this and changed my mind immediately

[modest robin]

o k

[gaunt dune]

Glad to see that i helped you 👍

New unit: Radac
New Blocks: Just cargo pickup and drop off

Radac is a cargo unit that carries items from pickups and drops them at drop offs.

i really wanted a spooder cargo unit but oh well ;-;

[gaunt dune]

Ore wiki page is done. -_-
https://github.com/game-stuff-official/exampledustry/wiki/Ores

[modest robin]

huh

[wooden thistle]

This is cool stuffs🔥👍

[gaunt dune]

Thank!

[wooden thistle]

This is like example mod but for V6 then. Some cool random stuffs?

[gaunt dune]

This is for v7. I'll update to V8 when it comes out.

[wooden thistle]

I meant V7 sorry. Oki

[gaunt dune]

It's okay.

[modest robin]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[gaunt dune]

What should I make next?

[wooden thistle]

What do you have so far?

[gaunt dune]

Star Forge: GenericCrafter
Harcite, Explodium, Charged Alloy: Item
Char: AmmoTurret
Various walls
A core and a core unit
Cargo Drop off Pickup and a cargo unit

[wooden thistle]

Possible ideas:
Item and liquid transportation items using new items as resources,

A turret that uses your items to shoot artillery clusters,

A new liquid that and works a tiny bit better than cryofluid,

A new unit and or unit line meant for close combat cheap defending,

A new reactor that uses explodium to produce power at the expense of buildings around it being damaged in small reaction explosions,

A new drill using explodium to drill large quantities in slow blasts.(In an erekir impact drill style function)

Hm. Now I read this forum I realise I could apply for the mod teams and help make this myself. Interesting. I'll have a go at that tommorow

[gaunt dune]

Ok sounds good

[gaunt dune]

I would love to have you on the team

[wooden thistle]

Do I need to do the application thing for it? (If so I will do it tommorrow)

[gaunt dune]

That would be desirable

[wooden thistle]

Understood

[gaunt dune]

: 👍

[wooden thistle]

: 👍

[wooden thistle]

I have created an application for the dev team.

[gaunt dune]

Thank you Nimbus

[gaunt dune]

I shalt test thine modification

right this instant

[wooden thistle]

I Thank thou greatly

[gaunt dune]

My pleasure

[gaunt dune]

I see from your mod description that you have collabed with Hazno

He is an acquaintance of mine.

[wooden thistle]

Indeed I have. He is a great man and makes some splendid mods of his own

[gaunt dune]

e

[wooden thistle]

What is this I see before me

[gaunt dune]

Errors from your mod i found in the dev console

[wooden thistle]

I have played and tested my mod. It has no errors for me.

[gaunt dune]

In the dev console?

Are you perhaps playing on BE?

[gaunt dune]

Yeah the only block i could find was Aqueduct

Holy fucking shit

I love this

The turn speed is a bit high though, the continuous laser could be very op with the laser being able to hit so much.

This is only the hologram

[wooden thistle]

I don't use dev console I genuinely had no idea that existed. I just tested and tested until I got things to work

[gaunt dune]

I use Mnemotechnician's console mod.

[wooden thistle]

That was originally a unit from the whonk armada that didn't really fit the theme and idea so I moved it over and left it in the state it was in

[gaunt dune]

Cool

So the mod works for you?

[wooden thistle]

Yes

[gaunt dune]

Is this a pre V7 mod?

[wooden thistle]

It works completely dine for me. It is a V7 mod

[gaunt dune]

Wack sprite

Flat

But the unit itself is really coool

[gaunt dune]

Can you show me the mod working on your device?

[wooden thistle]

Here are liquds transportation. and the items I have made

[gaunt dune]

i see ohnos

hhehe

Interesting

[wooden thistle]

Indeeed. I do planto one day revisit the sprite but there are many more improtant things left unfinished

[gaunt dune]

Where did the Focus sprites come from?

[wooden thistle]

Indeed. I do not know how to make the bridge arrows work properlly. All I have is the bridge working

[gaunt dune]

Those are peak

[wooden thistle]

Focus sprites came from the whonk armada

[modest robin]

it's errors that are auto ignored because they're unimportant

as in they're fields that don't exist in that class

they can have an impact on start up time

[gaunt dune]

HOW THE CRUX DID YOU GET HERE?

[wooden thistle]

If you have ever played new horizons you should recognise the nucleoid art style. This unit is still unfinished.

[modest robin]

wdym?

[modest robin]

dang

[gaunt dune]

mmmm, interesting

looks like a seed copter

its fucking massive

[wooden thistle]

Current turrets. I have some issues with the missiles but the laser thingies work as intended

[gaunt dune]

and slow asf

[wooden thistle]

That is as intended

I also just spoted some missplaced pixels on thes prite. I have to fix that now

[gaunt dune]

OOh i really like twilight

@wooden thistle which of these sprites did you make?

some of them are pretty good

[wooden thistle]

All of them. All helpers listed helped with code and special effects

[gaunt dune]

Retain is fire

i love it

[wooden thistle]

I know it may be a bit hard to belive because of how horrible some sprites are in comaprison to others

[gaunt dune]

Maybe an error on my end is causing it to poo it's pants

?Is your mod on a new planet and not avaliable on others perhaps

[wooden thistle]

It has no new planet and none of the content is specified to a certain planet

[gaunt dune]

Yeah all i am seeing is the auqeuduct blocks

Erm, beating heart, spooky

[wooden thistle]

One of the animated neoplasm related items

[gaunt dune]

Hold up one moment i have been distracted by hilbert curve conveyors

[wooden thistle]

What?

Ah I understand

[gaunt dune]

Hilbert conveyor

Ok quick tangent over

[gaunt dune]

Ur hired

[wooden thistle]

Brilliant

[gaunt dune]

lets get you started

[wooden thistle]

What dost thy require of me?

[gaunt dune]

I need to invite you to the project

[gaunt dune]

I invited you now you have to accept it

on github

I think you can go to my mod and go to the projects tab and you will be there

[wooden thistle]

I am abit busy at the moment. I will be back in a bit

[gaunt dune]

okay 👍

[gaunt dune]

I'm currently working on the explosive drill at the moment.

Heres explodium so you can extract the color pallete

Only if you want to work on the drill sprite of course

[modest robin]

hm

[gaunt dune]

Do you want to help Hazo?

[modest robin]

nu

i am busy

[gaunt dune]

we also need a Blast Mixer that mixes blast compound and explodium to make blast fluid

dang the name already exists

Its called Explodium Mixer

[wooden thistle]

How big is the drill?

Also how do I find the invite?

[gaunt dune]

4x4

[gaunt dune]

Go to the Example Dustry mod and go under the projects tab

you should be in the project then

I am working on the code and stuff at the moment

[wooden thistle]

This?

[gaunt dune]

Or your inbox

[gaunt dune]

Ye

Check the top right of your screen

[wooden thistle]

What am I looking for?

[gaunt dune]

can you not go into the project?

[wooden thistle]

Oh you meant inside the project?

[gaunt dune]

Yeah go in it

[wooden thistle]

Yerp. I am in it

[gaunt dune]

ok get to spriting buddy

[wooden thistle]

Oki doki

[gaunt dune]

Dont forget about all the sprites needed

-top, -glow, -item and -arrow

[gaunt dune]

You got all that?

[wooden thistle]

Yerp

[gaunt dune]

ok good

[wooden thistle]

Are we calling it explosive drill for now?

[gaunt dune]

yes

explosive-drill

thats it's name

[wooden thistle]

Alright

Do you wanna see the sprites now?

I believe they're in a solid state for adding to the drill

[gaunt dune]

already?

that was fast

[wooden thistle]

Drill be upon ye

[gaunt dune]

this is 4x4

the bottom sprite is looking a little sparse

Nah, its fine

[wooden thistle]

As does the airblast drill yet it has realistically less detail than the explosion one

[gaunt dune]

What about the -top sprite?

[gaunt dune]

Yeah that seems good

[wooden thistle]

The last sprite in the five I sent is the -top sprite

[gaunt dune]

The -top sprite dosent spin btw

[wooden thistle]

I am aware

I wanted to make the top more unique so I chose to keep it straight instead of diagonal

[gaunt dune]

Oh, i thought it was a spinner

mb

[wooden thistle]

No problem. Easy to confuse when referencing serpulo

[gaunt dune]

throw them sprites in the mod

in sprites/blocks/drills/explodium-drill/

[wooden thistle]

Am I missing something here?

[gaunt dune]

Zoinks!

[wooden thistle]

Indeed

[gaunt dune]

Ok go accept the invite

[wooden thistle]

It has been accepted

Sprites have been uploaded

@gaunt dune Visual problems with the drill arrows.

Otherwise it works wonders

[gaunt dune]

l arrows

[wooden thistle]

I also wanted to ask if the lead conveyor is meant to be faster than titanium conveyor?

[gaunt dune]

nah, its supposed to be a slow one and also be armored

Early game armoured conveyor belt

[wooden thistle]

You mind if I change it to be slower then?

[gaunt dune]

sure make it as slow as regular conveyor

i think i know the problem

Th arrows are coded to go diagonally

[wooden thistle]

Ye I thought that too

btw I might have a go at spriting the walls that don't currently have sprites

[gaunt dune]

that was the wrong value to change XD

[gaunt dune]

yes you may

The charged wall is made from Charged alloy

harcite sprites

[wooden thistle]

Lol. Drill heat gave up

[gaunt dune]

charged alloy

[wooden thistle]

I don't need to worry about sprites and colours. I have the extracted version on my laptop to nab sprites from at will

[gaunt dune]

Great nimbus

Celver

*Clever

[wooden thistle]

I just thought that the harcite walls look a tad more detailed than vanilla walls for they're size.

Maybe a resprite is to be considered in the future

[gaunt dune]

definetly

[wooden thistle]

I can have a go at that once charged alloy and reinforced plastanium walls are done if thats fine with you

[gaunt dune]

yes

Keep in mind what resources they use

Also i don't know yet if we can make the drill arrows go orthogonaly instead of diagonally

we are in uncharted territory here

[wooden thistle]

I'll have to resprite it if thats the issue

[gaunt dune]

You could just have one arrow

and it would still be orthogonal

i already updated the code so it has 1 arrow now

so no issue

[wooden thistle]

New wall sprites and some wall resprites

[gaunt dune]

yum

I dont like the large harcite wall

can we throw away the round things on the edge and try something else?

[wooden thistle]

I can change it

[wooden thistle]

Yes. Give me an idea for the new textures/patterns

After that I'll try make a sprite for the explodium mixture and blast fluid if you aren't

[gaunt dune]

Sure go right a head

You are very helpful

The harcite wall could be just like the small one but bigger

[wooden thistle]

Sure

[gaunt dune]

With more details of course

[wooden thistle]

Thank you! I had a regretable experience with making sprites for someone before and they had a supposed time limit to finish it so I learned to make building sprites very quickly

[gaunt dune]

interesting

[wooden thistle]

Harcite wall remake

[gaunt dune]

e

good in deed

[wooden thistle]

I'll upload everything in a bit. Just got a matter to attend tor rn

[gaunt dune]

Okiedoki

[modest robin]

ye they're a wee bit overdetailed

[gaunt dune]

uh, we already fixed this problem

[modest robin]

huh

[gaunt dune]

if you are so busy then why are you here

[modest robin]

idk

[gaunt dune]

problem fixed

[gaunt dune]

ok bye for now

[wooden thistle]

New wall sprites!

[gaunt dune]

ok yeah, now were cooking

Peak

[wooden thistle]

I'll work on explodium mixer and blast fluid then

[gaunt dune]

great

[wooden thistle]

Also can I ask what this is for?

[gaunt dune]

you really are just abosolutely chugging out these sprites

[gaunt dune]

A miner unit

[wooden thistle]

Yerp

[gaunt dune]

i already have some sprites for it

[wooden thistle]

Nice. I was gonna ask if you need a sprite for it lol

Is it gonna have its own factory then?

[gaunt dune]

yeah

[gaunt dune]

Nevermind i don't have sprites for it

[wooden thistle]

Damn. Need one?

@gaunt dune How's this mixer?

[wooden thistle]

We have successful blast stuff

The only thing to work on is the code for the explodium mixer being full of water with the hole in the middle being blue

The only thing still left spriteless is horticulture

[wooden thistle]

So what if I said I got bored, made a sprite for horticulture and resprited ormalute, recoloured the radac-full cells and resprited vdulk

[gaunt dune]

Dude, slow down

[modest robin]

no

those sprites are pretty good

[wooden thistle]

I think I got a bit too hyperfixated on respriting

[gaunt dune]

My chrombook decided to stop connecting to wifi

[gaunt dune]

sure did

you can keep the Horticulture sprite

[wooden thistle]

Do we not need that one

[gaunt dune]

No like put the horticulture sprite in the game

[wooden thistle]

I have

[gaunt dune]

ok great

[wooden thistle]

The way horticulture is coded it disappears when you try to spawn it but the sprite is working fine

[gaunt dune]

wut

[wooden thistle]

I have managed to get rid of all unsprited stuff with a sprite in around less than one day

[gaunt dune]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

thanks

[wooden thistle]

When you spawn it in it disappears

[modest robin]

hm

[gaunt dune]

it is supposed to do some mining

[wooden thistle]

Only way to see it spawned in is to pause the game first

[gaunt dune]

fixed it

[wooden thistle]

Just remember if you need sprites come to me for them

[gaunt dune]

please revert the core and core units

[wooden thistle]

Okay🥲

[gaunt dune]

I think i'm done for today, I'm going to go and crochet or something

[wooden thistle]

Oki doki

[frank snow]

update?

[gaunt dune]

All that sudden work tired me out for a while (HunNimbus sprites really fast. It's actually kind of scary.) Right now I'm working on a web based ASCII art farming game.

[wooden thistle]

[frank snow]

oki

[wooden thistle]

This place is kinda dead rn. Imma add something to the mod so it isn't dead empty.

[modest robin]

lol

[wooden thistle]

Might just make a bunch of units. One for each type because examples.

[uneven mesa]

just putting a message here so I can find this post easily tomorrow

got a feeling it'll help me a lot

[wooden thistle]

I remembered this exists when you sent a message here. Maybe I should add one or two things to the mod for fun

[leaden saffron]

Yo this is sick! Thanks for making and maintaining this. A far better repository of information than diving through mindustry core.

[wooden thistle]

It truely was an example-dustry. Absolure cinema

[uneven mesa]

you should

[wooden thistle]

I'm making some updates and changes so that blocks are in correct categories and the one turret we have currently has different effects for different ammo

I remember joining this project when I could only sprite and new little about code and now I have much more experience I can add entire blocks, units, and turrets in aswell as sprite them so I can make the mod an even better example

[wooden thistle]

Char now has different coloured flames for coal and pyrite to match scorch which it didn't have before

I also had a headache trying to change around some names and code for conveniance but it just made things worse so I undid it and I'm sticking with the way the names are set up now

[wooden thistle]

I wonder how GameStuff is doing?

[wooden thistle]

Visual and code updates to blast mixer. Changed the sprite and made it visually progress like cryofluid mixer filling with water and slowly producing and filling up with blast fluid

I might add some more applications for high end materials like blast fluid and charged alloy because they currently have only one use each and they seem underwhelming to make if they have little to no use

I also need to add a way to create horticulture. Maybe a specialist factory

I'll think of unit ideas because having only flying units in the mod is limiting for examples

[wooden thistle]

What if you wanted cryofluid fluid but Nimbus said. No, evil cryofluid

[untold marsh]

ammonium nitrate (stored improperly)

[uneven mesa]

Ammonium Nitrate (or Ammonium Nitrite, I forgot which one) is actually something I plan to add to my mod

[untold marsh]

explosiveness: 2000

[uneven mesa]

it'll be used in crafting my "final item"

[wooden thistle]

Is ammonium nitrate and explosive thinger

[wooden thistle]

?

[untold marsh]

Beirut

[wooden thistle]

What

[uneven mesa]

is this not on the mod browser?

[wooden thistle]

No

I'm not the owner of the repo so I can't add the tags to get it into the browser

You can download it and import it tho

[uneven mesa]

idk how to download from a repo

nvm found it

[wooden thistle]

New crafter. Blast Infusor uses oil and explodium to craft blast compound. Making this a simpler recipe for blast compound but requiring a more expensive structure

Explosive drill has been buffed to mine faster than the airblast drill and is now more expensive

[agile bridge]

It has glass but no glow or liquid inside

Very weird