archived-game-design

[velvet lily]

Note: I'm not sure I'll be using Unity, but I'm already in this group and I've learned 7 programming languages in my life so I'll be fine

[sleek phoenix]

a desktop

[velvet lily]

Idk about you, I often work from caffee outside and that is really important to me

[sleek phoenix]

then buy an M2 macbook I guess

[velvet lily]

The ability to take my machine and using laptop screen to continue my work

otherwise ill have psychological problems after 10 years in software development))

M2 Pro

[sleek phoenix]

a lot of people have a desktop that they ssh into

[velvet lily]

I was thinking about that

Not sure it can handle game development

M2 Max is too expensive

[velvet lily]

hmmm

[sleek phoenix]

thats the apple tax for ya

even with an M2 you're still won't match up to the power of an actual desktop

[velvet lily]

What matters for me is to be able to do my work

Without performance issues

[sleek phoenix]

well weigh the tradeoffs yourself then

[velvet lily]

Well 1. performance, 2. portability

The idea too connect remotely to a Desktop sounds interesting

[sleek phoenix]

also this really should be in #497872469911404564

[velvet lily]

Not sure it really works

[sleek phoenix]

of course it works, with some slight latency

thats what a lot of AAA game devs do when working remote

[velvet lily]

In Romania internet is not that consistent

Idk where you from

[sleek phoenix]

aight I'm moving to #497872469911404564

[velvet lily]

Is one of the best in EU, speed wise

okay)

[nocturne fable]

does anyone know a good Free substitute to this? i really want something that can paint and grass and bushes like this so yeah.
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/stylized-nature-pack-37457?aid=1100l9fny&utm_campaign=unity_affiliate&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=partnerize-linkmaker

ping me if youd like

[ashen star]

hi everyone, i'm curious about how do you practice level design(specialy in 3D). Do you think & build your levels directly with Unity tools or do you use level editor or other specific software ?

[sudden pendant]

I like to blockout in Blender

[sharp zinc]

Our blocking is done with ProBuilder

[ashen star]

and are you testing your levels by import it in unity ?

[sudden pendant]

If you import the .blend file, it updates as you save in Blender, which makes it pretty easy to test, yeah.

[ashen star]

oh ok nice, i'm pretty noobie so i try to figure out what could be the best option for making level and test them with gameplay quickly

[ashen star]

proBuilder seems really nice

[rich perch]

Any resources out there on how 2D cameras should behave? Not looking for how to program it, just how the actual design of the camera should be. Follow right on top of the player? Lag behind a bit? etc.

[tender aurora]

Not sure of a definitive answer for camera work design. The specific needs for your game would dictate the uses. The use could also change from moment to moment depending on context.

[rich perch]

well some type of resource listing the "pros" and "cons" of camera behaviours would be interesting to read

[tender aurora]

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354460613_How_Camera_Placement_Affects_Gameplay_in_Video_Games something like this?

[rich perch]

yea, thanks

[tender aurora]

No problem. It was just top of the search for "study on videogame cameras".

[rare warren]

How well do you think a combat system built for single player PVE content would transition to multiplayer pvp? I'm looking for inspiration for 2d side scrolling combat systems that are similar to like dead cells, rogue legacy, hollow knight but unsure how fun they would be pitted against each other like for a pvp game.

[cinder hamlet]

probably not very well

if you want pvp in your game, I recommend you design your combat with it in mind right away

but keep in mind that making online games is very difficult so if you're just starting out, I recommend you don't bother with it

[rare warren]

I am. I was just wondering if there were examples of games that have combat systems similar to single player games that I could take inspiration from and not like a traditional fighter with combos and move sets. It seems ones that are different are very unique like nidhogg or siderheck. I guess at the end of the day I will just have to create a prototype and try it myself.

[cinder hamlet]

Off the top of my head, Minecraft has combat designed with pve in mind (I think) but it seems to work in pvp well enough, though I think it's subjective

[steep beacon]

hey friends... so im having an issue with unity atm and im using chatgpt to kinda coast me through some of the more basic stuff...
right now, im trying to launch my "main menu" so i can see if everything so far works, and my HOPE is that it launches, and i hear the audio play...
but its not, its saying there are compiler errors... and ive checked the scripts, nothing is red that i can see, and i have no clue what im doing wrong (hope this is the place for this)

[cinder hamlet]

you shouldnt rely on something like ai or tutorials handholding you through the whole process. A key thing in programming is understanding what you're doing and being able to find solutions on your own. Otherwise you won't be able to fix even simple issues

I recommend you go a step back and try to learn to write your own code

this way you'll learn a lot more

[late vapor]

1. not a game design question
2. the console tells you exactly what the problem is, and what file/line it's on
3. If you're not getting syntax highlighting/red underlines, your IDE might not be configured properly

!ide

[desert marten]

💡 IDE Configuration

If your IDE is not autocompleting code
or underlining errors, please configure it:

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We recommend using VS or Rider instead.

[steep beacon]

I fail to understand how it isn't about game design as it's about a game I'm designing, so small criticism: If you declare something I'm doing isn't proper, then redirect me to where it becomes proper...
And the console never did which is WHY I asked. NOTHING was showing me.
I finally figured it how though. Redownloaded unity and my console finally fixed itself to which I could solve the issue.
Thanks anyway though.

[sharp zinc]

#💻┃unity-talk next time. Game design is about the design of the game. Such as the narrative, the mechanic, the dynamic, GDD, etc.

[cold onyx]

does anyone have any recommendations for beginner 3d tutorials?

[sudden pendant]

!learn

[desert marten]

🧑‍🏫 Unity Learn can offer you over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience! Make sure to check it out at https://learn.unity.com/

[cold onyx]

much appreciated

[cold onyx]

Does anyone have any good ideas for a Horror Game? It would have to be 3d with more Basic graphics. I just need where it should be set and when it should be set. Any ideas?

[atomic anvil]

While dark setting makes it easier to scare the player, that's not the only option. Think of settings where you might be scared even in a fully lit setting.

One of the main fears exploited in games is the fear of the unknown. Darkness uses the limited visibility for that effect. But you can also invoke that fear with architecture(building interior) or natural obstacles, like trees and bushes. If you can make the player feel like something is not quite normal, even daily environments can be quite scary. Imagine a hospital setting with no person in it. It looks like it's operation, but the absence of people makes it disturbing. Of course other cues like ambient sound or some events or clues might be needed to get the player into the right mood.

"backrooms" games are a good example of it(at least the ones that rely less on the jumpscares). They create a unusual disturbing atmosphere even if the environment is lit.

Oh, you you didn't mention the darkness/lightness in your message. Just noticed.
I was replying based on your message in the other channel.

[cold onyx]

I get that

Its okay

[late vapor]

Mufasa's 2.5d extravaganza

[desert oar]

What's a great project manager for people with ADHD?

[cinder hamlet]

you mean like an to-do list app?

trello is a popular choice, though I'm not sure if it's best in your case

[desert oar]

Well I'd use Github but I don't trust MS with their AI copilot

I hear they use peoples code.

Right now I have Obsidian

[cinder hamlet]

yeah that's how ai works, they 'learn' from existing works

[desert oar]

Imagine if people stole 2K's source code to 'learn' from lol

I'm pretty sure they'd sue.

I don't want my projects going to AI, especially if I plan to make this a career one day. (I'm 44 but I hope I'm not too late cognitivily)

[sharp zinc]

To be honest, if it is the price to pay for using Git, I am more than ready to use it.

[atomic anvil]

If their code is publically available, I'd imagine it's stolen several times a day. And not by/for ai.

Though as a person working with AAA games code on daily basis, I'd assume that there's nothing worth stealing there.😅
Unless you're planning to plain copy paste their projects.

[quiet shoal]

i'm here

[molten basalt]

!collab

[desert marten]

📢 Collaborating and Job Posting

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• Non Commercial Collaboration

[olive jacinth]

Okay, after making lots of toybox projects, non-game Unity apps, and encountering basically every problem that can be encountered from my time in battle in the code channels, I want to start seriously considering releasing a full, polished, proper project. My budget is limited as it's basically just "Whatever I can pull out of my paycheck" so I'm going to need to narrow the focus down on one project and start trying to realize it. I'm going to post two project ideas, I just want a quick gut feel, which one do you think would be the one worth working on?

🇦 Platformer Tag Game

• 3D platformer akin to 3D Mario
• Inspiration from the Super Mario Odyssey Multiplayer Tag Mod
• Online Competitive Live Services Game
• High emphasis on speedrun-style movements with a way to ease players into advanced control techniques
• Customizable character avatars with cosmetics to unlock or buy

🇧 Tactical Physics-Based RPG

• Turn based tactical RPG with physics based battles
• Story Driven
• Quirky
• Single Player
• Battles involve launching characters like pinballs to damage enemies by hitting them or environment
• Similar vibe to Paper Mario

Now, both have some pretty big design challenges. One is online which is a whole can of worms unto itself, with hosting, moderating, and regular content releases. The other is a story-driven game with tons of up-front content costs. Less space for monetization, but more space for having "legs", since it doesn't depend on an active playerbase to continue existing. I'd need to write up full GDDs for either of them, which would likely include some art and design mockups I'd probably need to commission, so I want to figure out which one to pursue.

[sudden pendant]

Defeinitely #2. Multiplayer aside (and even trying to get a playbase), it just sounds like a more fun game.

I imagine a small explorable world where the battles are as you described. Lots of silly dialogue and moments, things to explore (maybe collectibles that are used in battles to alter your attacks).

World building just sounds lot more fun to do with that one.

[olive jacinth]

Basically, A has a bigger chance of getting big but also a bigger chance of just being dead in the water. B has a more tempered release, it's a one-and-done purchase without monetization but it'd have residuals basically forever since people could still theoretically be buying and playing it for decades

[sudden pendant]

I don't know, I would say B has a better chance of success in my opinion

You can make a good game of A with lots of sales, and still ahve it die quickly once the attention falls off. Whereas, B you just have to get them to purchase it and not have to worry about keeping it going.

And with a success of a single title, you port it to consoles/switch, and bam, you're the next Stardew Valley.

Why does it matter if people aren't micro monetizing it then, you're already rich 😄 😆

[mellow matrix]

I have a question for my game idea, but it's moreso in terms of difficulty and recommendations.

I'll give the synopsis as to not give away too much of the game, but you can ask and you shall receive more info.

Here's the synopsis lol:

Synopsis:

"Pixel Arcade" is a (will be if it can lol) charming indie game that takes players on a nostalgic journey back to the golden age of arcade gaming. The adventure begins as you stumble upon a retro-style arcade cabinet tucked away in the basement of your college dorm. As you step up to the machine, the familiar sounds of '80s arcade games fill the air, inviting you to embark on a classic gaming experience.

Within the game, you find yourself in an in-game room that captures the essence of an '80s arcade, complete with neon lights and pixelated characters. The arcade game itself offers a delightful and straightforward gameplay reminiscent of the classics you grew up with, evoking feelings of nostalgia and joy. As you progress through the levels, you'll encounter the challenges and quirks that made arcade games of that era so beloved. Collect power-ups, avoid obstacles, and engage in friendly competition with your digital adversaries. It's all about having a good time, just like the good old days.

"Pixel Arcade" promises an "authentic" retro gaming experience, transporting you back to a time when high scores were the ultimate achievement. Whether you're a fan of classic arcade games or simply looking for a fun and lighthearted adventure, this game offers a delightful journey through the pixelated past.

Enjoy the innocent charm of this arcade game, and let yourself lose your mind. And just like the infamous Nintendo 64, will you play the game, 𝕠̷͛̈́𝕣̴̛̼ ̶̀͝𝕨̵̍͛𝕚̴̉̚𝕝̵̈́͑𝕝̸́ 𝕥𝕙𝕖̵̥̆ ̸͛̔𝕘̵̏̓𝕒̸̈͛𝕞̷́͒𝕖̵ 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪 ̸𝕪𝕠𝕦?

[sudden pendant]

Not surehow to answer the difficulty question without context of mechanics.

Are you making a collection of nostalga-esque games, or is this an RPG where you play a game and there's some bigger story about it (like you get sucked into another world, etc.). The synopsis doesn't give much to go on in terms of understanding the gameplay.

[sharp zinc]

A synopsis is far from enough to know what is the game about. Usually, you want something close to a one pager. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/how-to-design-your-one-page

[mellow matrix]

I technically have that in a separate doc

Not in the data's entirety but lemme find it

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yiofgE5Z7yGKm8nvMDM7oNISWWGTkruPWDYNF6_XkFo/edit?usp=sharing

Got it

[sharp zinc]

The gameplay section does not really talk about gameplay though.

[mellow matrix]

It doesn't?

[sharp zinc]

Is it detective game ?

[mellow matrix]

Apologies, I should probably fix that

[sharp zinc]

I mean, i'm unable to find the genre of it.

[mellow matrix]

No 😅

Oh!

Uh

[sharp zinc]

Like, is it first person ? Third ?

Is it an exploration ?

Is it 3D or 2D ?

[mellow matrix]

It's 1st person Psych Horror with Retro aspects. I don't really know how to explain more than that.

Oh uhm

3d and 2d

It changes during the game

[sharp zinc]

1st person horror should be one of the first information we see.

I feel like what you have is too ambiguous and does not translate well in mechanic and gameplay.

What is the goal ?
What you do to achieve the goal ?

[mellow matrix]

Sorry, I'm really new to the game dev scene, so all that I wrote there is a rookie's brainstorm(?)

[sharp zinc]

What are the obstacle ? How are they preventing you from reaching the goal ?

[mellow matrix]

That involves more thought, all I have rn is the concept

[sharp zinc]

At the moment, it feels like a story or a movie.

Not really a game.

[mellow matrix]

Ik

I need to fix that eventually

[mellow matrix]

Could you give me recomendations to figure this out? Or is this an "you're on your own" thing? /genq

[sharp zinc]

Not exactly sure how to help. You might want to read on game design or look at example of what other people have done. Your main issue at the moment is that it is not enough grounded. Not enough concrete information.

[mellow matrix]

Thx

[sudden pendant]

You've only written a very high level concept, with no details on how the actual game plays.

Imagine yourself playing this game and what you are actually doing. What does 10 minutes of gameplay look like?

[manic wind]

do you guys listen to music from the genre of game you're designing?

[late vapor]

yes.

[manic wind]

i've found it helps the inspiration to flow 😄

[languid garden]

Hey guys I working on a game I want to publish and something really really missing I dont knoe what can you guys help me figure it out ?
here a link of the game:
https://turh2018.itch.io/slicer-saga

[fluid agate]

I'm thinking about how to get a stealth roguelite to work - did anyone play around with that concept? I can't find many games like that, and I'm beginning to doubt if procedural level generation can ever play well at all in this context.

[manic wind]

this is what comes to mind

[fluid agate]

I haven't played it yet, but unfortunately, it seems to be neither procedurally generated, nor a roguelike or a roguelite :/

[normal crane]

Hey

Where can I get some help?

[fluid agate]

just ask questions in the appropirate channels, and people usually respond

[normal crane]

Ok

[manic wind]

nope but it has the stealth part down really well

you could copy the stealth mechanics into randomly generated levels

such as shadows

corners

walls

[fluid agate]

reviews seem mixed, and that unfortunately isn't even the point of my problems - the question is specifically about procedural generation of stealth levels

[manic wind]

i dunno then

[fluid agate]

and if it's possible to make procedural good stealth levels

[manic wind]

oh definitely!

just requires layers

a lot of trial and error

randomness + rules

[fluid agate]

Has anyone here actually tried that though?

[tender aurora]

I believe this is procedural generation.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/243970/Invisible_Inc/

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[tender aurora]

For stealth mechanics you're better off looking at the original Thief games than the not so well received remake that was suggested.

[manic wind]

Sorry meant to post the original

My bad 😔

[fluid agate]

oh wow that is procedural indeed! That's so cool, definitely checking it out!
Although now that I think about it, they might have just made like 60% of my whole idea :D

[manic wind]

You can also fake the procedural too 🤫

Combine premade areas with randomness

cough No Man's Sky cough cough

[tender aurora]

As far as I know their execution of a turn based multi character stealth game is quite good. If you wished to make a first person real time stealth game with procedural areas I imagine there's plenty of design space.

[fluid agate]

ah, no - I intended something very similar, just a different story and only 1 character. I think I got some differentiating ideas already though, so it's fine

[ivory shore]

I needed a little guidance on implementing a feature of mine.
So I have a slider (the fill area is red and the background is green), the user will first select the slider to a required value of his. The value is stored and displayed which I have already implemented
Then the user presses a button after which I dont want the fill area and the bg (i.e. the red and green part) to change. But I want the handler to slide from its position back and forth to a random value. The random value is calculated onButtonClick
So basically after user selects a value and presses the button, only the handler moves (slides back and forth a couple of times) and then stops at a random calculated value

Just need help as to how I can only make the handler move here and there without affecting the fill area and background

[manic wind]

sounds complicated

[night shoal]

Sounds off-topic. #📲┃ui-ux

[manic wind]

yeah i'm just pleased its about a game

[ivory shore]

I was thinking of adding two sliders on top of each other
when users places the button, hiding the handle of main slider, (fill area and bg of the second slider is hidden) then only slide the handle of the second slider
Maybe there is a better way to achieve this

[manic wind]

i don't even know what the slider does

[cinder hamlet]

cool, you should put that in #archived-resources

[hallow pagoda]

Got it thankss

[noble willow]

hi guys i need help for a level design. its a speed running platformer

[manic wind]

Please be more specific

[noble willow]

i need help designing the level for my speed run platformer game thats it

[cinder hamlet]

are you encountering any specific issue or just trying to figure out how to approach it?

[noble willow]

how to approuch it

kuz i have something spinning and and running wall

but still feels bad

[cinder hamlet]

perhaps you should try changing some of the values like player's speed or acceleration?

[astral timber]

wouldn't that be the character then

oh come on why is artist pink

[noble willow]

what obsitcles are good for these kind of games ?

[astral timber]

I mean it depends

is it 3d or 2d

does it have complex movement or simple

is it only a platformer or is it a platformer and

[cinder hamlet]

^ yep, we need more details on what the game is like

[noble willow]

can i send a link here ?

[noble willow]

its 3d acually it might be the character movment idk

[cinder hamlet]

yes, but it's better if you just show a video of the game

[noble willow]

okay let me take a video

[astral timber]

oh yeah

nice pfp btw

[cinder hamlet]

best selfie I've got

[noble willow]

is it fine like this or i need to imgur this ?

[astral timber]

idk I'd say it needs weight

[noble willow]

the character ?

[astral timber]

its probably a character thing

[astral timber]

yeah

[noble willow]

okay besides that what kind of obsticles are good for this kind of games ?

[astral timber]

not sure how to explain it but instead of a character running around the level it feels like a bean jumping around

its probably a bean jumping around but yknow what I mean

[noble willow]

its acually a monkey but yeah

[astral timber]

in my opinion its the obstacles that reward you for being good at the game by letting you go faster or get into a shortcut

like maybe you have the main path that's easier but slower but there's a second path that's more dense with the moves you have but faster

its probably not what you're asking about but I hope that helps

[noble willow]

it helps i can make some jump pads on off road

you can skip if you can make the jump with high speed there

okay

ill tweek the player movment for now

[cinder hamlet]

have a look at existing games like this, such as Ghostrunner or Neon White

[noble willow]

the thing is i wanted to remove the speed limit thing

so it gets very fast :))

but it seems like moving on ice just spacing around

okay thanks for the feedback ill be back with a better or worse gameplay :))

[cold onyx]

1 hour difference

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1142727143764279317/1149913535476936736/image.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1142727143764279317/1150140675300544714/image.png

Opinions?

[noble willow]

why not do this in blender ?

or it is one model ?

[cold onyx]

I suck at blender

[noble willow]

learn a couple of short cuts you would be swimming

[cold onyx]

Ehhh

I'd rather make some quick models in unity then spend a month learning blender

Plus, it's two quick models

[astral timber]

eh its not that bad

this is a sackboy a friend asked me to make and I started blender like 2 weeks ago

[cold onyx]

I can't learn that fast

🤣

I am trying to learn blender though

wait guys

how do you get to the intro scene of a game in unity editor

[noble willow]

wdym ?

[golden kayak]

like a cinematic?

[noble willow]

you were absolutely right my slope detection was not even working so the player was getting constantly speed, now feels better i adjusted the player speed run speed and gravity, feels better

[cold onyx]

so I used the karting microgame scen and the scen where it ends it still has (game name here), how do I change it to show my actual game name

[noble willow]

you need to find the ui text, and i think its better to ask these question in the coding or some other channel i am new here too, but i dont think this is the channel

[cloud delta]

yay or nay allowing the player to fight his own characters LOL?

or would that confuse newer players and be more of a annoyance

[vapid stream]

Nay unless it’s the core concept, or maybe make it an optional setting (sounds like a funny concept)

[torpid siren]

Hi i need to make a uneque minigolf course map. And im looking for any cool ideas that can be implemented. Its hard to come up with anything that would work great.

How the map works? The map contains scenery with 18 minigolf levels that players go thru one by one, and by going from one to another level they slowly travel around the whole map. For example there is a pirate island with pirate themed scenery around it and the golf course starts off on one islands side then goes thru a cave, reaches the other side of the island and then moves up a mountin. <- example

If you have any cool theme/map ideas please let me know.

[sudden pendant]

Look at Golf With Friends for inspiration on themes

[manic wind]

i'd be down to make mini golf stuff

sounds fun

[manic wind]

you could have a spring under the hole that launches the ball into the air and the player has to time the swing and get a power shot

the ball can just fall back down if the player misses

to try again

[nova plover]

If I wanted to practice making visual novels, branching narratives, or heck small scale RPGs...would it be dumb to essentially copy and make a gamified version of a published DnD adventure like Curse of Strahd or Tomb of Annihilation?

Obviously, DnD's adventures are meant to be more open ended with choice making and geared towards multiple people in a party. And dice rolls obviously. I just think that by translating a pre-established RPG storyline into a game, it can be a great way to practice and grow as a game designer.

[manic wind]

nothing wrong with copying someone elses work if you have the intention of replacing it with your own work 👍

you could design an NPC and design interacting

[nova plover]

Bear in mind I don't plan on selling the games I would make.

Share them? Yes. Sell them for money? No.

[manic wind]

i don't think you're allowed to use someone elses copyrighted work even if its free

[nova plover]

This would just be for practice until I feel confident in making a game to sell on my own.

[nova plover]

I guess that's fair.

[fossil temple]

doesn't it depend on the licensing

[manic wind]

yeah but he is talking about taking it from DnD books no?

[fossil temple]

ah i didn't read context

despite that, i don't think the generalization works

[manic wind]

i'd like to make a hologram NPC that has prewritten dialogues like from the movie I, Robot

you could even create a little stand like Warhammer models use

i'm just trying to help avoid any legal issues

[cloud delta]

can d&d games me copyrighted lol?

[fossil temple]

they're creative works, they're copyrighted
not can be, just straight up copyrighted
stuff is copyrighted upon creation

[cloud delta]

im aware of how the copyright system works however my assumption would be thered be some nuance since its built upon a copyrighted system from a different entity

[manic wind]

i don't think so? unless you're using someone elses artwork

[fossil temple]

the art would be the artist's copyright, idk what you're talking about

[manic wind]

wouldn't it be easier and safer to make your own work?

create your own dnd campaign

[cloud delta]

i mean the d&d ruleset by U.S law cant be copyrighted

so i assume thered be some leeway

to copyrighting "adventures"

[fossil temple]

the adventures are creative works

[cloud delta]

in the context of the story sure

but itd still fall under parody law then

in the scenario that the original person was trying to do

[fossil temple]

that means DND as a ruleset cannot be copyrighted. this is good as people who want to make and sell homebrew content for the game can just not sign OGL 1.1 and still do so as long as they don't reference the copyrighted bits of DND which is the worlds and the wider lore of those worlds.

[cloud delta]

no one has disputed this?

LOL

[fossil temple]

you did?

[cloud delta]

i mean the d&d ruleset by U.S law cant be copyrighted
so i assume thered be some leeway
to copyrighting "adventures"

what i said

[fossil temple]

ah yes, emphasize the entire thing so you don't emphasize anything at all

[cloud delta]

i said thered be "leeway to copyrighting adventures" under U.S law

ur just a moron

if u cant interpret that correctly

[fossil temple]

not because of the ruleset.

but "adventures" are pretty transformative.

[cloud delta]

i made the point earlier that since its built upon the system of d&d there might be a pushing point however, i later clarified what i posted earlier

obviously

so youre not even arguing with me lmao

[fossil temple]

what even is your point here then, im confused

[cloud delta]

and yes a "visual novel" would still be considered transformative so long as some things are changed

[fossil temple]

are you asking about the adventures themselves being copyrighted, or the adventures infringing dnd copyright?

[cloud delta]

whats ur point?

not asking anything

what?

[fossil temple]

this seems pretty obviously a question

can d&d games me copyrighted lol?

[cloud delta]

i asked a question and then later clarified after googling that answered it

[cloud delta]

in context of the snipet

of conversation

LOL

[fossil temple]

but if you want to be pedantic,

are you referring to the adventures themselves being copyrighted, or the adventures infringing dnd copyright?

[cloud delta]

right well anyone can read the conversation and understand

what was occuring im not gonna argue with someone who may have issues understanding social ques lmao

[fossil temple]

lmfao the irony

[cloud delta]

"the irony"

[fossil temple]

[cloud delta]

[fossil temple]

what even are you referring to there lmao

[cloud delta]

lmao

[fossil temple]

im damn near a literal child and even i can tell that that's being so childish

well i can only blame myself for expecting any community to have only sane members

[cloud delta]

you should probably not be on discord then

[fossil temple]

speak for yourself

[cloud delta]

gen alpha is doomed

...

[fossil temple]

lmao im not gen alpha

[sudden pendant]

Can you two take it to DMs if you want to bicker like children.

Keep it off this channel.

[fossil temple]

please do purge it if it's within your power and unwanted here, wouldn't want unrelated discussions here either

[sudden pendant]

I'm not going to manually delete it, no. It will bury itself over time.

[fossil temple]

i mean, dyno has a purge feature, i assumed that would be used, but aight.

[tender aurora]

The mechanics of dungeons and dragons, I.e. rolling dice and adding variables to get a result, the concept of classes, and most others cannot be copyrighted. Specific words however are trademarked. Particularly such as many iconic monsters.

Published adventures are copywrited materials. They are not specifically mechanics but a narrative work of fictions.

[hybrid sail]

Hello, I want to make a run and gun game but don't really have any good ideas for mechanics. If anyone has a good idea please tell me, I might make a game out of it.

[manic wind]

make it parkour with moves

[hybrid sail]

What do you mean

[manic wind]

allow the player to perform tricks and score points

[glacial dome]

that is cool

i can give you 2 robux for this so i can add it to my game

2 robux cuz i have only 2

[astral timber]

darn

[glacial dome]

will i have it

[astral timber]

biggest money of my life holy shit

[glacial dome]

?

ikr

i am rich

[astral timber]

its pretty bad but sure you can have it

if I saved it

[glacial dome]

ok

i wuv you

finally i dont have to watch a 40 mins toturial to make a 3d model

[astral timber]

I didn't save it

[glacial dome]

then look like trash

[astral timber]

but I do have a turtle

[glacial dome]

ah shucks

[glacial dome]

noice

trultle is good for health

i eat 3 in a day

that is why my pfp looks shit

i got fat and drunk and made the pfp

[sudden pendant]

@glacial dome There is no off topic in this server.

[glacial dome]

ok

me sorry

i just wanted the 3d model

[celest heron]

Woah

I oboe it!

Lovr*

[astral timber]

thanks

[proud escarp]

not quite sure if this fits here, but i'm wondering if anyone has some advice for general approach or certain tools/assets that could be helpful in a point-and-click type game. specifically i am thinking about how the characters emote with facial expressions or body movements, or walking animations to show different gaits. i don't really care about detail in the models necessarily, but the expressiveness of the facial expressions and body movements are important for comedic reasons. this is a blank slate project and i'm not exactly new at programming, but i've never done any 3d modeling so i'm just looking for high level advice. thanks

my thought would be that the 3d environment would let me use different camera angles/positions as well, to help sell the scenes, so to speak

[tender aurora]

If your question is focused on the 3D models it may be best discussed in #🏃┃animation or perhaps #🔀┃art-asset-workflow and the pinned messages there?

[pine spruce]

how could I go about making sand tetris? I get most of the game mechanics except the blocks splitting into a bunch of sand

[cinder hamlet]

you'd make a cellular automata for the sand probably

not sure what method is good for that though

[pine spruce]

yeah that's what was getting me

[pine spruce]

im just trying to figure out how to transform the tetris blocks into a bunch of sand pieces

[hybrid sail]

Well go over every pixel and spawn a grain of sand

Its not the most efficient but it works

If you know the piece dimensions and the pixel density, then its not that hard to go do this

[manic wind]

inbox you with what?

my rates are $500/hr

[mystic hill]

hlelo

@manic wind

[manic wind]

yo

[pine spruce]

I thought I could just give each piece a grid layout group and then instantiate a sand prefab for each of the cells in the grid

[torpid siren]

Whats the best way to plan out a map? I have the theame in mind and what it "Has to" contain, but just come to the point of where i know where everything should go so that i can start modeling assets.

Also my needed assets contains things such as low poly terrain, trees, rocks + any other astetic like statues. Whats the best way to make these. For example if i need like atleast 5 different versions of the same tree to not have it identical everywhere.

[cinder hamlet]

first once you've got general plan, make a very simple model of the map with no details and test it thoroughly to see if it works

[torpid siren]

What if i use cubes and simple shapes to assemble it?

[cinder hamlet]

yes, that's a good approach

[hybrid sail]

grid layout group? You're using UI for your game board?

[pine spruce]

no my bad I forgot grid layout groups are just for UI elements

I meant just make a grid associated with each piece

[hybrid sail]

ok

yeah sure that works as well

[pine spruce]

okay good

[proud escarp]

thanks

[torpid siren]

Ok so i got like a basic layout. Next challange would be to get the terrain part of it in. and im going for low poly terrain so idk how that will work as the map consists of very specific turns, mountins, up and downs. And issue is that in blender you can esely mess up the scale.

[river onyx]

guys what you think a game like dishonored but set in a futuristic city? im currently doing that and uh yeah you can suggest things if you want.

[proud escarp]

haven't played it, but i've played lots like it. seems like an approachable / scalable format and that type of 1st person melee action game has been popular since day 1. i don't really have any suggestions other than maybe look at how dead space 1 sets up their rooms/challenges. i always felt pretty happy/relieved/exhilirated when everything was dead in that game lol. anyway i'd make sure you focus on making it fun before you scale up.

[snow jackal]

Hello beautiful people, does anyone know or can recommend a place to make a Text Logo? or Text Graphics?

My artistic level is currently -infinity, the only place i can draw things is MS Paint 😛

Its specifically for UI text 🙂

[cinder hamlet]

dishonored is an immersive sim so designing a game like it would be a ton of work

[proud escarp]

i'd probably start with a nice font at google fonts or whatever then look into how to extrude text in photoshop / gimp, or try making a 3d model with the font in blender

[grizzled spindle]

which design cool?

short?

or long???

[full tangle]

This shorter one looks nice and beefy

[cold onyx]

hey guys haveing some issues with a map im editing, ( yes i baught the rights for it ) when standing at my spawn point im having an issue where the rooms goes black like the first image, when it should look like the second image i thught maybe there was some profileing groups or maybe some lod groups, but i cant seem to find any. no idea what it keeps blacking out and could really do with some help as there used to be a Curtain with some fairy lights over them to cover this issue up,, but i want to make the turn on and off so that i can see through them, ive tried turning them off and rebaking the lights and probes, but it did nothing if anyone has any idea on whats going on it would be amazing. thanks.

[cold onyx]

shorter looks better over all, maybe have the long version as pump action without the under barrel attachment? or change the long barrel to something more fitting, just haveing a tube feels a little lacking

[grizzled spindle]

the underside is a rotating tube thing ;D

[cold onyx]

a place called, pixlr is fairly good its easy to use and understand over all

[grizzled spindle]

the windows textures are directly taken from a youtube link right?

[cold onyx]

yea, if you just changed that out to be like a normal shotgun with a pump action handle it would look better over all,

[cold onyx]

no

the youtube player is just for background music

[grizzled spindle]

I see a little error down here

ah alright

[cold onyx]

yea that error is just because it dosent have access to yt2mp4.exe, it shouldnt pose an issue.

[grizzled spindle]

hmmm

if the original creator made something to cover this problem up(assuming someone else made this since you said you bought it)

it might be hard to solve

[cold onyx]

yea maybe, but im really trying to fix it as it would look really nice

[grizzled spindle]

what I suspect is a shader issue

[cold onyx]

yea it was a prefab that allows commercial use as well as customisation.

[grizzled spindle]

check if they used any cool custom shader

[cold onyx]

only shader they use is the mochi, ive had no issues with it anywhere else. or on any other project, reimport it?

[grizzled spindle]

if the problem happens to a model, it is a problem with 1 or more of these reason

model
UV
textures
shaders
your camera

UV and textures shouldnt be a problem

it might be the model?

my guess is the shaders

[cold onyx]

before i removed the Curtain it had no issue no matter where i looked, ive just reimported the shader file, ima try again

[grizzled spindle]

try to switch it to the standard shader

[cold onyx]

it also has no issue in the editor view, its onyl when i play inside the editor, i might try and see if it works within the game itself.

[grizzled spindle]

see if the same problem occur

[cold onyx]

i would but then i lose alot of the work.

[grizzled spindle]

oh um

make a backup

[cold onyx]

yea. let me check if its just an editor issue then ill get back to ya.

[grizzled spindle]

alr!

[cold onyx]

you dont mind me dming you right?

[grizzled spindle]

idk, it is pretty late

[cold onyx]

oh ok, sorry man, ill leave ya be then

[grizzled spindle]

and I am by no mean good at shader or anything like that lol

[grizzled spindle]

oh it is fine;D

good luck on fixing whatever it is dude!

[cold onyx]

nether am i, know its posibly something to do with the editor, because the sdk for the building of the map isnt really the best right now and has a few bugs, its just finding them ya know,i also know that 2019.4.31f1 unity can be a.... "bit of a pain" to deal with. XD

just testing now if its the editor or the map itself

ok yea no seems to be the map

here take a look at the videos

[grizzled spindle]

maybe culling

turn off occulusion culling

[cold onyx]

let me try now

[cold onyx]

that did it, had to rebake the culling, cheers

[vestal laurel]

How do you people get ideas for games?

[granite dagger]

build around a mechanic or design

[cinder hamlet]

remix mechanics from existing games

[vestal laurel]

ok

[pastel compass]

Think of a mechanic or a character and build a gameplay style off the mechanic/how the character would interact with the world around it

[vestal laurel]

Ok

[pastel compass]

it might not work for everyone but it do for me :)

[vestal laurel]

Ok Thanks for your help i Will try it

[grizzled spindle]

haha! nice

[wild reef]

Hey guys I'm trying to move my project from one computer to the other using my flash drive, but when I try to open the project it says "Project Failed to open, Project not valid". How do I fix this?

[remote barn]

this are the only folders/files that you must to move to another computer

ignore the ".gitignore" and the "gitatributes" files.

[mighty cypress]

hello what do you think about valheim graphisms ? (like simple textures but beautiful graphisms)

[full tangle]

All about cohesive art design. Even with low poly stuff, if you learn how to do proper lighting and complementary colors, you're already like 70% of the way there

[brave coral]

Hey, I have some doubts related to 2d character interaction in unity. Anybody free to help?

[night shoal]

Ask the question and if someone knows they'll answer. Not here, #💻┃code-beginner if it's about code and #💻┃unity-talk if not

[solemn stump]

Any good tutorials on game art

[manic wind]

depends on the art style

[solemn stump]

Horror/tim burthonesque

[manic wind]

thats a theme not an art style

[solemn stump]

Dark/Morbid?

[cold onyx]

Anyone has any idea on how they made the things in these two clips?

In the first one he shows that he has a "sun/sky slider control" where he can set the time of the day, and then the sun/light and the sky dome changes (I guess the domes and lights were made in unity and the scripting to change in TTS, but i might be wrong)

In the second one, he says that, when the players entered a building, he would hide the ceiling/roof so that he could see them from the top view, but inside the building, they would still see the ceiling.
anyone have any idea on how that was made?

[sharp zinc]

Adjust the directional light rotation than blend the skybox, light parameters (ambient) and post processing effect.

Something like: https://github.com/Bonnate/Unity-Skybox-Blender

[cold onyx]

Thanks@

[brazen lintel]

The time of day one, I believe they're using a custom script that adjusts the directional lighting's rotation, which if you notice when you adjust your directional lighting to turn upwards, you'll find your scene to have the sunset effect.
The hide ceiling from top view one, either it's a raycast to hit the separate roof gameobject to hide and unhide, or it's a Z / Y detection.

[austere basin]

hey anybody here intrested in hearing a new game idea its a shooter game like val, csgo i have already done a lot of brainstorming for a lot of the agents (3d models) and some maps and basic game mechanics, guns and more

[brazen lintel]

Sure if you're willing to share, are you thinking singleplayer or multiplayer?

[austere basin]

multiplayer also dms

[steel swift]

umm

so i kinda messed up how i view my scene and i dont know how to fix it

nvm dumb iso view

[vestal raven]

you dont need the .vscode folder or .vsconfig

[strong rock]

so all in all we should never do cutscenes again

i dont think its exactly cutscenes i dislike

what i rather dislike is me sorta just doing something and then controls being forcefully grabbed away from me to make me look at something or to push me in a certain direction when i'm honestly just trying to do something else

idk if that makes sense or not

[smoky nova]

Anyone have good resources about character stats and how to balance or implement them? 🤔

[manic wind]

How many textures files does the average video game load onto memory?

I can only check VRAM used

[cinder hamlet]

I feel like amount of textures varies wildly from game to game

[chrome schooner]

Anyone have any good starting places or tutorials for creating ai.. I am looking to make AI for a 2D football game.

[manic wind]

sounds difficult

[cold onyx]

AI is just a bunch of different cases stuck together. Run to the ball, but also don't stray too far from position, don't move too far from goal, etc. The difficulty is that AI should not feel omniscient, but really for a prototype just try out the basics

First implement run to ball, if have ball run towards goal, if at goal, shoot

Then implement tackling opponents with ball, etc. and just build up from there

[cold onyx]

Something that actually really stuck with me is when I watched a Lex Fridman interview with Elon Musk. He asked Elon how the AI in Tesla Full Self Driving was developed and Elon said "it's just a huge number of if statements"

One tip I have though, you can think of making a cost function that describes how "bad" the AI's current situation is. It could be something like L = w_1 a + w_2 b + w_3 c where a is how far away from the ball it is, b is how many goals have been conceded, and c is how many defenders are in the area, and add whatever else you want, and then you could calculate given a specific AI action, will this number L increase or decrease? If it decreases, you would have the AI take the action. The numbers w_1, w_2, w_3, etc. would be used to weigh how much impact that criteria has on the decision

[chrome schooner]

Thank you

[steady hollow]

@chrome schooner Finite State Machines, Behavior Trees, Goal Oriented Action Planning, and Utility AI

Then there is also Unity's ML Agents framework

[late vapor]

fsms I think are easiest to implement if it's your first time making ai

but they have limits that I've run into with my current project. I've been recommended b trees for more complex behavior

[humble star]

What are some good sources to learn and do the general gist of game writing quickly and see if it interests me?

[manic wind]

i'm not sure what you mean

[elfin beacon]

also not sure, but I would say, just do it and see how far you get of the top of your head with a random Idea you have

[manic wind]

do you mean typing words per minute?

creative writing exercises?

word count?

[manic wind]

you could try speedwriting short stories

set an egg timer

[deft patio]

Hi all
Can i ask things about writing GDD here?

[hard fog]

Don't ask to ask, ask the actual question.

[static raven]

Anyone got any recommendations for Talent Tree design tools? Doesn't need to be polished but something flexible and functional that I can use for sketching out ideas.

[cinder hamlet]

yeah just ask your question directly, no need to wait for permission

that's what "don't ask to ask" means btw

if youre in wrong channel we'll just redirect you

[deft patio]

So my friend just said for his project, the GDD is split to 100p of gameplay, 100p of story

And in the GDD template I'm using, it also links the monetization docs

As in, expects the monetization to have its own docs

[night shoal]

and the question is...?

[deft patio]

Few questions

Should sections like the project scope, asset needed, timeline, etc be separated for the needs of the gameplay and the story? Or be combined?

Actually it should be combined. Was not gonna ask bcoz it's silly but just gonna send it anyways

[static raven]

That's too big of a GDD, nobody is gonna read all that. You can put story stuff in there where relevant but you should probably have a separate doc for story alone.

[deft patio]

I'm joining like a public business meetup event in 3 weeks

1 of the investor asked for my docs, so I'm just polishing some old one first etc

Should I make a slide too for the meeting?

[sudden pendant]

If you're pitching/showcasing something, a slide deck is the best format for that, yeah.

[winged lotus]

slides for meetings is super important.

[still cedar]

Hi there!

Can anyone suggest a simple game idea to resume my unity journey with . Like it should be a simple but fun to play 3D game. I have been thinking a lot but don't know any unique or suitable simple 3D project.

For Android Especially !

[snow nacelle]

here's an idea that nobody has actually gone through with yet afaik #💻┃unity-talk message

[still cedar]

bro that's sounding so impressive. Can we discuss it lil bit like you clarify it a bit more cuz I didn't understand half of it

[snow nacelle]

that's the whole idea. you take that idea and come up with the details on your own to create something

[still cedar]

ight..thanks bro

[sinful hazel]

#💻┃unity-talk message uhhh, I did not understand that one

[deft patio]

Maybe he meant skill cast range indicator

[sinful hazel]

?

[lilac shadow]

does anyone have a youtube tutoral or something to help me get started with game develpment and just get the basics down

[sleek phoenix]

!learn

[desert marten]

🧑‍🏫 Unity Learn can offer you over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience! Make sure to check it out at https://learn.unity.com/

[bright storm]

How hard is jt to make roguelikes?

Currently taking a course to make a game and my team wants to make a roguelike

It is a sound idea but I worry about how much design it will tKe

Kinda want to get into game dev so I want the resulting project of this class to be good

So i worry if my team is underestimating this genre

We also have no design people hahaha

[hidden crag]

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvhEMb8vW_iAGdCmweOecpB2gtNpevVhvB8-eVSyIZqqcR6g/viewform?usp=sf_link
can u help me with ideas

[manic wind]

there is no context to the questions

[winged lotus]

i usuaully make rouge likes for game jams so i guess inherently they cant be that hard.

[bright storm]

Any tups for that @winged lotus

[cinder hamlet]

a simple roguelike shouldnt be very hard (relatively)

[cinder hamlet]

My tip: keep it as small possible at start. Make a simple prototype, test it thoroughly, develop it into a working game and only after that think about expanding it with less crucial features

although that applies to any game

[bright storm]

What about stealth game

Someone pitched a stealth rogue like

but feels a bit difficult

[winged lotus]

design the core gameplay loop and systems first. make it so you kill things and number goes up and then expand on that with time

[sudden kestrel]

Is there any other site like Mixamo for finding created .anim files that can be used for mecanim humanoid rigs ?

[north coral]

Not really. Sometimes you can find some animated humans on TurboSquid for free but you are probably just going to be disappointed in them.

[elder sorrel]

yeah

[thorn bluff]

I need help with my unity project. I did a bake with Bakery. Immediately following that, Unity is running extremely slow and laggy. I can't hardly move around in the editor window, and even selecting windows and options in any other party of the program, everything is slow and lags.

What would cause the entire project to run like this? IDK if the bake had anything to do with it or not, but it was the very last thing I did before I started to experience this issue.

I am not having this issue when I open other projects.

[atomic anvil]

Could it be that the bake didn't finish yet and still running?

Aside from that, use the profiler to troubleshoot the cause.

Also, wrong channel. This here is about game design, not technical aspects.

[final kiln]

https://imgur.com/a/bCMYWth

does anyone have any tips?

im very new to game design & tilemaps, this is the second tileset ive created

I want to make this look really nice

[lost merlin]

Looks fine. Perhaps some 2D shadows and some post processing for polish

[final kiln]

What would you suggest for post processing? There’s actually already a bit on there for color adjustments and such, I’m still exploring all the options

[lost merlin]

Ah, I was going to suggest some color adjustments, but of course just messing around with the other options for a more vivid look if that's what you're aiming for. Also, another suggestion would be to delve into some particles and animate some wind for the scene.

Render an animated texture of falling leaves over the camera, ect.

[wraith falcon]

thats game needs a shop system right ?

if there is a programmer it should to help me 🤔

[pearl moat]

[chrome jetty]

This channel is for discussing design. So, to answer the design question, I would say yes. Since you are collecting coins, it should definitely have a way to spend them. A shop system would be good for that. With maybe skme powerups you can get, or skins changing from a cube to like a skull or a cat or something. Only cubes to start with though?

Ah. I missed the unlock random button. So yeah, adding a DIFFERENT way to spend money would be good. Variety is the spice of life and all that

[winged pagoda]

u using transform for move character right?

If I'm right, watch this video https://youtu.be/_QajrabyTJc?si=KbfL0GR9dTaI36Dp. After that, your character will not get stuck in other objects

[pearl moat]

That’s 3D not 2D yknow

[winged pagoda]

it is also suitable for 2D

[pearl moat]

Oh

[tepid veldt]

Ok, is it just me or are there no isometric cityscapes avaliable online? Not like the bird eye's view, brightly colored cities with small sizes for a game like a city builder- I mean like isometric downtown alleyways and streets type. I just assumed there'd be way more, and I can't find any. Am I crazy or bad at googling, or is there just a lack of this?

[manic wind]

you could copy how to make isometric stuff and then make your own buildings from what you've learned

[wraith falcon]

Thanks bro, but i can't program all this by my self because i am a biggener lets program togheter !

[chrome jetty]

No

I have my own stuff going on, I only tutor for money

[chrome jetty]

I do pc games. I've done a mobile game to learn before, but not super interested in that

[wraith falcon]

it has ads like unity ads

or admob ?

[chrome jetty]

I've done one to learn.... just a prototype

No

I have a company

I make my own things

I have said three times I don't do mobile.....

[wraith falcon]

i understanded

do you have steam account ?

[sudden pendant]

@wraith falcon Can you try to read this social interaction here and stop pestering to see someone's work?

[wraith falcon]

no i just asked them do not worry i will stop bro ill leave this channel

[glacial raven]

I have a bit of a balancing/enemy gameplay-design problem.

context: I am making an arcade style singleplayer horde-shooter game, and I made an enemy that is completely invisible until it takes damage from any source (including other enemies, because I also made an enemy that deals damage upon death via explosion). Also, please note that the only way of attack most of my game's enemies have is walk straight towards the player at all times to use melee attacks.

my problem lies in the balancing and designing combat against the invisible enemy, because right now the enemy (who I named Stealthy by the way) is completely invisible in all ways, but not on the player's minimap which is the only way Stealthy can be seen before it is damaged.

My previous version of Stealthy was always visible to the player, but also always invisible on the minimap. Should I keep Stealthy like it is now, or swap back to the older version, atl east partially?

[manic wind]

All I'm thinking is invisible apart from casting a shadow

Maybe can only be seen by light?

Invisible only in shadows?

The player is safe around light

[sudden pendant]

@elder sorrel You can use the forums for commissions: !collab

[desert marten]

📢 Collaborating and Job Posting

We do not accept job or collab posts on discord.
Please use the forums:
• Commercial Job Seeking
• Commercial Job Offering
• Non Commercial Collaboration

[pearl moat]

I have way too many game ideas written down to the point I have to make atleast some of em

[final kiln]

i need some opinions

im concerned because
the map is 16x16
but the fox doesnt follow those regulations, not noticably really anyway
and the foxs' pixels against the 16x16 textured map looks a little out of place

At least to me, but id like a second opinion before i do anything drast like reanimate the entire character in a proportionate size or redo the map on a 32x32 grid

[cinder hamlet]

generally you should keep the pixel scale consistent so I'd redo the fox or the map

BUT for now you can stick with it, make a working prototype of the mechanics, test it if it works and then work on graphics and polishing

[spiral marsh]

As a general rule of thumb don’t worry too much on the graphics of the game till later on, you might find that it actually works better with your completed prototype.

Best to keep it for now and change later if needed. I would avoid adding any animations to the fox at the moment to save time in the future if you ever decide to change things up.

[final kiln]

Thanks for the feedback but it’s a lil too late lo. If you know anything about animation could you help with my post in #🏃┃animation

[hoary flax]

Ok so I am relatively new too coding and want too start making my first game with my best friend and I genuinely think it’s a really dang good idea I’ve told my friend where going too start designing it but I don’t know where too start in terms of getting the game organised and how to make each thing a task for each of us I guess I’m trying to say I don’t know how too get it started may I please have help I would like help with getting started also if this is the wrong channel for this sorry wasn’t sure

[hard fog]

First of all you should start with something very small and simple just to work out the workflow. Learn to use version control. Git for example.

Multiple people working on one project generally would have to work on separate scripts, scenes then have someone dedicated to merge them into project to not have merge conflicts.

[hoary flax]

I think where more gonna have one person make it the other focus on stuff like materials animations and such then we slowly develop it and give the game code too the other when we want too add something cause we’ve tried GitHub many times but it was really hard for us to work it out took us a while and we never worked it out even with YouTube and other softwares

@hard fog

Sorry forgot to reply

[hard fog]

Make sure you are using correct gitignore file as well !vc

!vc

[desert marten]

Using version control in Unity

• PlasticSCM
• Git: Get the latest .gitignore file from here. It should be placed at the root of your Unity project directory

[hoary flax]

Ok thank you but how should we organise everything is that also through GitHub

[hard fog]

You can't work on the same scene for example. If you make any changes together you will create conflict.

So create separate scenes to work on

If you want to work on the same one, make sure it's not at the same time and all changes were pushed before another one touches it

[hoary flax]

Is there a tutorial you think we should work too start out

[hard fog]

Vertx has a few guides here https://unity.huh.how/info/git

[hoary flax]

I want it simple most of them we watched where so complicated

[hard fog]

Make sure you are using a client program for Git, it will make it much simpler

Fork for Git for example, although starting with something like SourceTree might make learning easier. It has large knowledge base

Generally you can apply answers from other client programs though

[hoary flax]

Can you please send me whatever you you recommend

[hard fog]

Git client https://git-fork.com/

[hoary flax]

Ok thank you

And could you also send me whatever else I am going too need other than the GitHub itself

Sorry I’m just not sure I’m saving all these your sending me

[hard fog]

Well this has step by step guides, check two links inside https://unity.huh.how/info/git

[hoary flax]

Ok thank you got them all

Is there a way you can send me a link to the gitignore I should use please

The one you sent before I don’t know how too get too the link from there

[hard fog]

!vc

[desert marten]

Using version control in Unity

• PlasticSCM
• Git: Get the latest .gitignore file from here. It should be placed at the root of your Unity project directory

[hard fog]

click the "here" link

[hoary flax]

Ok thank you

[hoary flax]

Also if you don’t mind one more thing is my game basically involves the same building with multiple versions should I make a skeleton version of said building and update it too each time frame and make it all seperate

[hard fog]

You should take advantage of prefab variants https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/PrefabVariants.html

[hoary flax]

It’s not like that it’s like in a campaign game you go back too the same place but said place is not how it was would that apply too this prefab variant

[hard fog]

If you have a prefab that has at least some parts of it the same as other prefabs, that would be a good opportunity to do variants, if not, separate prefabs

[hoary flax]

Ok thank you

[plucky dock]

Is this even free? O.o

Ah not.

[sudden pendant]

Fork is completely free. Paid is optional

[plucky dock]

Am I missing something?

[hard fog]

You are free to evaluate however long you like

[sudden pendant]

Yes, free evaluation. You don't have to pay and it's fully usable.

[plucky dock]

Ah I thought it was for a limited evaluation period of up to 30 days at no cost or something like that.

Well thanks for the info!

[manic wind]

Unity is free?

[sudden pendant]

Yes

[placid tartan]

You guys know how you could like move rotate stuff? It’s like snapping whenenver I am moving and I want my smooth move and rotation how do I do this?

[cinder hamlet]

on its own it's free but you gotta pay if your game earns enough money

[manic wind]

good job i'm making free demos

[echo flume]

What language does unity use

[sudden pendant]

C#

[echo flume]

If I’m looking to make games, is that what language I should try to learn, I am literally brand new

[sudden pendant]

If it's in Unity, then yes

[hybrid relic]

How could i build a profitable game in 6 months

[lost merlin]

mobile game that spams you ads every time you click a button

[manic wind]

you can find some really good tutorials that will cover the basics of coding in C# and how it works

pretty easy language with it being OOP

[pulsar elbow]

Does anyone know any good software to make 3D platformer Levels?

[manic wind]

Blender

[pulsar elbow]

Really?

Blender is actually usable to make levels? x _ x

[manic wind]

well you usually make modular assets and import them to make levels

into unity or unreal

[pulsar elbow]

Yeah I know that

But what I meant is, the interface is good for levels, is it hard to navigate?

[manic wind]

Blender interface is very beginner friendly

[pulsar elbow]

Alright, thank you i'll try : )

[manic wind]

i love Blender

@pulsar elbowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XyIYRW_2xk&t=10s&ab_channel=Blender

[pulsar elbow]

Thank you : ))))

[manic wind]

i've got to buy some calipurs tomorrow

[chilly oriole]

I have a part of a scene that has a puzzle that needs to be finished before the time ends, but what should i do if the time ends. I'm thinking about just popping up a "Failed" screen, but i want to make it better and add something different that would add fun to the game?

[manic wind]

i'd like it if all the lights turned off and i had to walk through a door

[chilly oriole]

Well all of the lights are baked, so i cant turn them off.

[manic wind]

hmm

pause time?

[chilly oriole]

What do you mean?

[manic wind]

if you had a clock ticking during the timer it could stop

clock stops ticking

everything stops moving

[manic wind]

i dunno i have nothing much to work with

[thick lichen]

For a first person shooter that has multiple weapons how are the first person hands/arms typically done when considering different gun sizes, hand positions, etc? Are they part of the weapon prefab itself or are the hand/arm models given specific animations for each weapon that change when the correct weapon or weapon type is equiped?

[late vapor]

second option

I used animator override controllers to prevent a single animator from needing states with every unique weapon's set of animations

please don't put every animation in one animator

[sharp zinc]

There is also the usage of IK to align the hand with the gun.

[glacial raven]

would it be a smart idea to make a sort of "Hub World" Scene (basically, a Scene that the player can walk around in and touch certain objects in the scene to open different UIs) for my singleplayer horde shooter game just so I can save space on the menu UI?

currently, there is only one UI for both picking a level and a character, but the menu is getting kinda crowded so I am thinking about making a Hub World just to have an excuse to make separate UIs for each selection that are tied to player progression as well...

[pulsar elbow]

Thank you Bakagajin for recomending me Blender, I love Blender too now : )))))))))

[manic wind]

yeah Blender is amazingly powerful for free

open source too

lots of add-ons

which become features

[manic wind]

people that wanna collab never tell me what they need making

[fallow lintel]

For a 2D platforming game we design our maps as small levels, per scenes.
Currently we have movement set up so that it reloads after transitioning to a new scene (level).
The issue with this is that when holding the movement button during scene transition, the input is stopped thus player starts in idle state in the new level.
Is there a way for move input to continuously be detected even after scene transition, so player keeps moving?
Im finding threads that are 5 years old. Seemed to be a non supported feature back then. But I wonder now?
Honestly, testing some Unity games, this should be possible. So what is the best way to handle this?

[manic wind]

sounds like a programming problem? #archived-code-general

[fallow lintel]

ah sorry if wrong channel.

[manic wind]

np

[eternal rain]

Hello, here we can discuss about game design, right?

I've a RTS project on Unity and wanna talk about settings and programming configurations.
I Kinda know how to program but need to be sure how to set script and organizing stuffs

which problems to avoid etc

[night shoal]

that's not game design though

[eternal rain]

where can I talk about it?
Game design means only the style and graphic /music behavior?

[manic wind]

game design is gameplay loops

asset designs

art directions

level building

storylines

character development

game rules

character designs

[cold onyx]

Game design broadly means what makes a game enjoyable and interesting

[manic wind]

you can talk about making a board game here

you could discuss the rules of Monopoly

[cinder hamlet]

basically I think what you wanna do here is technical design which we don't seem to have a designated channel for so I guess you can just ask in unity talk or programming channels

[mossy rapids]

Does game design also include the psychology of the game?

[cinder hamlet]

I think it does

[chrome schooner]

Anyone have a clue on making a UI with pixel art? I would like to make it scalable depending on the screen size. Was thinking of designing it at 320 x 240

Just unsure of how this would look on an actual TV without testing

[manic wind]

of course you could discuss pacing in video games if you wanted

most people don't even know about pacing or letting the player breath

[mossy rapids]

Thats a great point. Im new to game dev, but Ive been writing songs for a while and great songs I find also have awesome pacing or "breathing room" in the work of art.

[mossy rapids]

Good question. I would check some graphic design blogs or tutorials like this one. https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/156711/how-should-i-insert-sharp-crispy-pixel-perfect-text-into-a-pixel-art

[fading grove]

Hey guys, I need a bit of help with bringing a concept to life.

I'm trying to figure out how I'd make the roof look here work in Unity

This bit

I've got individual rooms, seen here:

And I'd like to fill the external area with a flat plane

I'm not a programmer, but what I'm thinking is have a flat plane with a sort of boolean shader

If a room intersects with the plane / shader, it culls the inside so you achieve the Zelda look

I actually think I'm posting this in the wrong channel haha 😦

[sage parrot]

Looking for some feedback on what looks better.
The tower on the left uses some low-intensity lighting without any color and the tower on the right uses the world lighting that has a red hue to it (Im trying to go for a simple sunset aesthetic). I like the left but I'm worried its making the red too bright.

[dim sphinx]

right piece is more noticable

[atomic anvil]

If you ask me, the right one looks out of place due to the tiles not being affected by lighting the same way.

[sage parrot]

Thats a good point but im having trouble with that, the tiles change color completely because of the light having a color, so i had to make another layer for the tiles with just white lighting

[old shuttle]

Im confused why cant you just make that texture behind the rooms?

[atomic anvil]

Well, you can either fix the tiles and use the same lighting style or not highlight the pawns.
It's just my opinion though, but consistency is very important in game(or any at all) design.

[sage parrot]

Valid points, il look into that, im new at this so the two things im actually struggling with is understanding lighting and camera movement. I am a developer irl so the coding side of things isnt too bad but the rest im still getting to grips with.

[sage parrot]

Very good point, im not stuck with that flooring style so im still looking into this.

[old shuttle]

wasnt talking to you lol

[sage parrot]

lol sorry

[celest heron]

Anybody have any ideas on how to implement a camo select screen for my game?
Here’s how I’d generally having it work:
Select Scene: you select an option from the list
Then when you click done, you are sent to a different scene and the image you selected is applied to the gun of choice.

[atomic anvil]

What's camo?

[manic wind]

what is a network game?

[winged lotus]

i prefer the one of the right. it stands out more and i feel in a tower defence game you probably want to notice the towers :)

[cold onyx]

this is kind of a theory question, but also a design question. I have a player build system and a third person camera and controller. I hide roofs and things like that with my own client-side script. This works very easily for objects I placed in the editor (static buildings and parts of the environment) but not for things that players placed in the world (player made buildings and objects and other players). Any thoughts?

[winged lotus]

just have a seperate system for placec objects and differentiate between the two.

[sudden pendant]

@cold onyx!collab

[desert marten]

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We do not accept job or collab posts on discord.
Please use the forums:
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[cold onyx]

Do you know gorilla tag

[sudden pendant]

I'm aware of it yes

[cold onyx]

Then yes

But

[sudden pendant]

Okay, not sure why you're sharing these details with me. I was just redirecting you to where job/collaboration posts should go. It's not here.

Good luck

[cold onyx]

I need good spawn for my game called galaxy monkes

[manic wind]

a good spawn?

[cold onyx]

Yes

I need help adding texture to blocks

And importing gtag locomotion into Unity

I just need help with that no building but

U want be mod

[sudden pendant]

Again, if you're looking for someone to collaborate with, use the forums as directed. This isn't the place to find people to help you with your project.

[cold onyx]

Okkewuwuuwuwuwuwuuwuwuwuwuwuwuuwuwuw

[cursive phoenix]

Do i get help here?

yes its culled @chrome jetty

the picture of space is when i run the game and the space shooter is how it looks in the scene w the camera pointing at it but it wont show

[chrome jetty]

This channel
https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/497872424281440267

But you have depth only set and the Culling mask has specific layers on it

That's probably the issue.
Play with those settings

[cursive phoenix]

thats what the video said

or tutorial

[chrome jetty]

Is the ship object on a layer included in the culling mask?

[cursive phoenix]

tbh, im new to this, but it says its on the default layer which is in the culling mask

[proud vale]

I have a question

My friend and I are trying to create a game similar to flappy bird, but we’re having an issue where the bird doesn’t die when it falls below the camera or goes too high up. Is there a way to fix this?

[atomic anvil]

You need to code it. It's not really a game design question. Might want to move to #💻┃code-beginner

[proud vale]

Oh oops mb

Wrong channel lol

[cold onyx]

Ok so I have tried a million assets, tutorials etc. but they are all for one-piece buildings or buildings placed by the developer - I am trying to hide roofs, ceilings, furniture, and players on floors above the player in player-made buildings. Does anyone know a good approach?

[fossil heart]

How do i make Quake, but like, the good edition

no im joking, how should i go about balancing weapon damage and enemy health? should i base the enemies health off the player's damage? or the player's damage off the enemies health?

My game is an FPS that is heavily inspired by quake

[late vapor]

either. just choose one.

[winged lotus]

the ratio will always be the same so shouldnt make a difference. the main goal is balancing them correctly.

[pearl moat]

Yea no gun with a bullet that does 999 damage per shot

[manic wind]

999 out of what?

[winged lotus]

999 outta 3

[pearl moat]

Outta 0.1

[manic wind]

-997?

[pearl moat]

Negatives are great

[idle kiln]

anyone there to help me i am on a college team project and i am facing problems regarding blender and untiy can anyone help ???

[sudden pendant]

Not a game design question. Post your actual question, with details, in #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[thorny perch]

@fossil heart how good u want it be?

[fossil heart]

The best 4 level 1 boss twitch shooter ever!

[thorny perch]

u will need to incorporate as many test dummies in your level design. players like to shoot dummies

[manic wind]

i'm a gamer and this is true ^

we also like shoot stuff that explodes

[thorny perch]

gamers are a rare breed now in days - much could be lerned from u

bout game design

[manic wind]

gamers love microtransactions and content locked behind DLC

[vivid pendant]

🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[fossil heart]

i think i have that covered

[pearl moat]

That dabbing squirtle must die

[manic wind]

dabbing squirtle goes first

[regal patrol]

what's wrong with quake's approach?

[fossil heart]

Nothing? Idk what quakes approach is... Lol

[regal patrol]

u said u were making a quake inspired game tho.
anyways in quake enemies just have a set amount of health and player does a specific amount of damage. they arent dynamically connected

[fossil heart]

No, I know

I was asking how I should figure out the numbers

[regal patrol]

depends on what u want. if u want an enemy to die in 2 hits then make it so. if that feels too weak for u make it 3 hits, etc.

[ashen hearth]

Hello guys, I got an open question regarding Additive/Multiple Scenes as a way of loading levels. The information I have found is very spotty and seems to point to the fact that if several scenes are open in the hierarchy, you still cannot access member variables from separate scenes regardless of their encapsulation...so, is this a viable solution? I have seen a big project that SEEMS to use this technique, but I would love some more info on how to implement it practically.
One example is there is one scene that holds things like the game managers, camera Post processing etc, then another loaded additively holds the UI another may hold the level objects etc...any help is appreciated

[fossil heart]

Alright, fair enough

[regal patrol]

at least thats my opinion, maybe someone who's actually made a fps game knows better and can share their knowledge

[cold onyx]

@cold onyx
#💻┃unity-talk message
Colors seems cool. Could you try using a 2D fog? I mean a fog that stylized by you. I think it can be done with some particle system but you better do search for easy one maybe there is a unity-implemented 2D fog. Maybe you could even shift the area's color by using Post Processing effect. I would try blue a little but not much. Fog's color can be shifted to something near to blueish and orangish maybe :d you should test and see

[pine comet]

I have a game I;m designing that involves 4 players based on a point system that ranks them from 1st to 4th place. Points are converted to in-game currency after the match. There will be two winners and two losers. Should the points count down or count up? I take in consideration that if the points count down, the worst player may be inclined to leave the game early before they hit 0. However if I count up , the game runs until the first player hits 20, then ranks players that way. However, players may quit if the first player is too far ahead? Would like some feedback.

[vast ingot]

How about you add like a bounty system. In case for count up, to let the last place catch up maybe they get more points for example or if it's the count down system maybe put a higher penalty for the player with the highest point or so. Regarding to your question...if someone is really far ahead people tend to give up. i don't think it matters if it count up or count down

[winged lotus]

dabbing squirtle?

[orchid pewter]

I didn’t know I needed to see a dabbing squirtle arrayed with other squirtles at the business end of an fps, but I feel so much better now. Thanks.

[pine comet]

Thanks for the insight. I try to keep all players in the game as long as possible, I think it is normal for frustrated players to leave the match. I take that the mindset of things going downward (ex when ppl lose health) has a bad effect, so that is where counting up has a slight benefit. Also, if player 1 leaves early, the score at the end of the match would be 3, 20, 18, 18. So I wouldn't have to add additional penalties if the player left, they would just not have that many points. I also don't want them to stay at the end of the match if it is not worth it to. A bounty feature could help though

[fossil heart]

Yeah, one of the delinquents!

I like the sleepy Tatu, myself

[vast ingot]

i think it depends what kind of game it is....but for example minecraft also have both option

something like those games? https://www.thegamer.com/8-best-games-that-allow-you-to-swap-from-2d-to-3d/#perspective
i think it would be viable as long the mechanics aren't to confusing/complicated

oh true😅

i don't know how it will turn out but i think the idea is interesting

[manic wind]

Do you have any examples?

You should try Magika

Sure

Or ones that don't

Your rules

It would be interesting to play video games but only using magic. Fable but magic only. Dark Souls magic only. Skyrim magic only.

What would be fun is being able to cat magic using chi energy but with the environment.

I know

I'm not talking about that

I'm not sure how you would avoid hotkeys

Unless you use Kinect for inputs

Hand gestures

Ok

Good luck

[chilly oriole]

How is this for a Item Position, the item will be frozen in this position: https://i.imgur.com/JKvdV8J.png

[fossil heart]

Probably not the example you're looking for, but I know that GTA 5 actually changes it's physics, keybinds, animations, and difficulty on the fly when you change between first and third person

[cinder hamlet]

sounds like a fun jam game, basically playing two different games at once

[sharp trail]

mecha with scout copter as support. 1st person for shooting mecha and 3rd person for point repairs/throwing lights/guiding arty/scouting(camera pos in copter pos)

[manic fern]

What do you guys think of a like a parkour FPS fantasy game

Like it would have powers like valorant but also like a bunch of different parkour things for a fast paced game

Like something like this but like not this low poly

This is a better example 👇

[crimson raven]

on a related note, how about a special forces agent who also happens to be infused with mystic powers and is also a cat-type person?

also, her special ability is to use the knowledge of those she interacts with to formulate magic attacks based on those experiences, and by extension she opts to use that ability upon beating a boss to kind of pick their brains, circuits etc. for ideas on what those attacks are going to be

[pearl moat]

Plot? How’d she get that power or who is she fighting I need details

[junior shale]

anyone have a good tutorial series on how to develop a 2d world? I want to find a good series on level design but an open world level design with towns

[manic wind]

follow some 2D devloggers

Terraria?

[junior shale]

Terraria is a bit different than what I want. I’m thinking isometric like Diablo but not a dungeon hack and slash. Just that traveling between towns and exploration. Appreciate it I’ll look to some dev logs though.

[manic wind]

Check out Populous for the Amiga

[junior shale]

Sick thank you

[manic wind]

Anno

Too many options to make what you're after lol

You need to be more specific 😉

The Oregon Trail

Start by making an isometric house

Have fun

[manic fern]

How would you guys start my game?

Like I need pointers cause I’m so confused on how to start 😂

I’ve had the idea for sooooo long but I just never started

[stoic violet]

HEY

Everyone

[vast ingot]

i'm a newbie but assuming you have your idea planned out....maybe start with the terrain...the parkour part or like the map in general?

[manic wind]

Start by making a player

Make the player sprint

Make the player vault

Make the player jump

Ignore everything else and just focus on one thing

[cinder hamlet]

it's a nice simple artstyle but 3d is still a lot of work, keep that in mind

[crimson raven]

I'm thinking of perhaps throwing in a hook where she realizes that she's got an extra sense that allows this ability, maybe either an X-Men type of thing related to who and what she is, or maybe have a setup where an entire society of cat people have to cross worlds because of some pending cataclysm. I haven't completely decided yet. Also, sorry about the delay in response.

I'm also thinking about throwing in a plot mechanism where she completely destroyed a dangerous criminal three years prior with that power, only for said criminal to have a backup plan that allows for revenge planning

[pearl moat]

Hmm I see

[crimson raven]

Yeah, so it's possible that said power could be written as being fully discovered during the encounter as a third possible option

[pearl moat]

I feel like it would be cool if the character had amnesia and they somehow retained memories of the fact that they were an agent and of how to use their powers which were obtained in some way and memories are slowly regained by beating criminals

This is very minimal info compared to the game ideas I could create but it works as a potential idea starter

[sleek phoenix]

!collab

[desert marten]

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[cold onyx]

Any ideas how to implement spelling correct English words will result to an action performed?

[copper zenith]

Anyone on here willing to help me? New to game development and did a tutorial but I'm a bit stuck. Any help appreciated

[atomic anvil]

Have a list of valid words and check if the inputted word is in the list.

You can also use a dictionary to link the word to some behaviour.

[atomic anvil]

What's the actual question? And is it related to game design?

[copper zenith]

It is. I am brand new to game design. Spent about 6 hours watching tutorials and decided to try out the most basic looking one. The tutorial has me using two 2d collision boxes and when the controlled model hits the trigger collision model it is supposed to update a score menu

@atomic anvil however, instead of updating the score I get "method LogicScript.ADDscore has invalid parameters

"MenuCommand is the only supported parameter"

[atomic anvil]

This is not a game design question. Game design is not about implementation. It's about a general feel of the game. For example "how do I make my game more difficult" is the kind of question that is related to game design.

Your question should be asked in #💻┃code-beginner seeing how it's related to code.

[copper zenith]

Kk ty

[atomic anvil]

Make sure you check the #854851968446365696 on how to ask question too, and provide enough details for people to help you

[manic wind]

does each word have a set length?

that would make things MUCH easier

[cold onyx]

Since I'm using 8x2 grid for the tile letters
I guess 16 letters maximum length for the words
I mean 16 letter words are the maximum

[cold onyx]

I see, dictionary
Thank you will check on this later
Also list of valid words? Man that's a lot of English words I'm about to input, is there like an vocabulary where it validates if I input an correct spelling English word it results to an action (it's a turn based game)

[manic wind]

maybe word size increases per level?

[cold onyx]

The letters once used will be randomly generated into a different letter again

[cold onyx]

Well the goal on my game design is just to beat the opponents every turn
The longer the English words the higher damage output

I think I'm posting this on a wrong channel

[atomic anvil]

So, like any English word would do?

[cold onyx]

Yes any 16 letters words below

[manic wind]

maybe each letter could be a certain value?

kinda like Scrabble

maybe obscure word wins?

[cold onyx]

Man, I'm thinking of this but
Feel like a lot of work for a short deadline

[atomic anvil]

Sounds like a job for some natural language processing library.

[cold onyx]

Ooohhh are there any forums or tutorials I can check on it?

[manic wind]

assign a value to each letter?

hmm

[cold onyx]

I've thought of this that some random generated letters will random got some value like increasing damage etc

[cold onyx]

Or this

[manic wind]

a database could be kinda fun

if the player random letter and they spell a word

sounds fun

one reroll per round

[cold onyx]

Wdym a database? Like words?

[manic wind]

yeah

[cold onyx]

I forgot about this lol
Thank you
Cause there might be instance there aren't any vowels generated

Having a Scrabble button

How about scrabble every turn?

[manic wind]

yeah Wales mode

[cold onyx]

Idk is there a system or a way to detect possible words in a scrambled tilegrid to check if there's possible words can be formed there, the scrabble button will be available to be pressed
If there's not
It won't pop up

[manic wind]

make it so you shake six letter pieces

spell a word

one free reroll

[atomic anvil]

Actually might be simpler just to download an English vocabulary list and use that. I think there are a few open source available online.

[cold onyx]

So use it and have the game rely for correct English words there? Right?
This my first unity game so I might asking wrong questions here or not fully understood some terms

[manic wind]

maybe a ten second timer

[cold onyx]

Yeah a timer I'm thinking of adding it
Currently I'm making the letter tiles and the tile grid problem is that idk how to implement those that's why I asked 😬
Is chatgpt reliable on these kinds of codings?

[manic wind]

timer would be good to stop people from googling lol

[cold onyx]

Definitely
That's what my professor said lol

If time runs out
The enemy will attack first

[manic wind]

aye

[atomic anvil]

You'd create a list or hashset from that vocabulary and check if it contains the inputted word. If it does, then it is a valid English word.

[manic wind]

bonus points for naughty words

[cold onyx]

The game is for children 😭

[manic wind]

maybe you can flag those words then

[tiny marsh]

i wonder if this is enough space/time to get people invested in a demo

the white path is the intended route, but all of the locations shown on screen will hopefulyl be accessable

[manic wind]

a demo can be one hour long

is enough

[winged lotus]

a a demo is almost never a bad idea imo.

[tiny marsh]

i'm set on doing a demo with my kickstarter
but i'm just not sure on the scale
this is pretty much full act 1 of the game i have planned but i'm not sure if i should cut out the side areas until full version

[winged lotus]

i would imagine a lot of the draw to your game is the expansive world so cutting that may not be the best idea.

[manic wind]

watch a friend playing through the demo and make changes accordingly

[cinder hamlet]

https://youtu.be/9Yomqk0C6kE

^ relevant to testing

[thorny perch]

is it bad game design to yell player if they r not good?

like audio msg play ' you r not very good get better or don't play'

@fossil heart thoughts?

[fossil heart]

Alotta games do that

[thorny perch]

good way to save api calls on bad players I think

[fossil heart]

Idk if it's good design, it can bring some comedy to your ganey

Wat

[thorny perch]

I was thinkn maybe 'we have high scores not low scores'

could be random shuffled in too

i saw a youtube video where people pay to get yelled at when buy philli cheesesteak and thought maybe people want to be yelled at when playing coin jigglin games

maybe new genre

[cold onyx]

I n eed some ideas, would it be efficient to build a new scene on every enemy on my game? like theres 5 of them scattered on the map and if a player goes near to it, it plays a turn base battle scene rpg like on the concept art?
should I make 5 seperate scenes for these 5 scattered enemy with different numbers of enemies or just generate? idk how this works lol (apologies if english bad, i have no idea what kind of terms im using on these thigns lol)

[manic wind]

i've not got a clue 😄

looks cute though

[cold onyx]

thank you lol, thats just the map roaming artsyle and the battle artsyle is different 😄

[manic wind]

maybe try different art style prototypes?

then poll people lol

[real stratus]

Anyone in here who wants to help me create a damage calculating formula for my Idle RPG?
Currently I have weapon min & max dmg, the main stat that increases damage and armor that decreases damage
I am planning on adding several different types of damage and damage resistance though (slashing, stabbing, lightning, fire, ...)

I want my damage to go up a noticeable amount each level (you get 10 stat points each level, of which most but not all will go into the main stat)
Items can give bonus stats as well, which will get bigger and bigger as you progress and level up
For example at level 1 you would deal 2-10 damage, then if you level up you would deal 3-11 damage
But by the time you reach level 50 the damage should be in the hundreds of even thousands

I want my game to scale up to level 100
Most damage should come from item bonusses with a smaller percentage also from stat points you get from leveling up

The first 70 levels you really notice yourself getting stronger, but then the difference between 70-100 shouldn't be too big
Especially 90-100 should be a small difference
Not so small that it's not worth leveling to 100, but it will take a long time so the advantage shouldn't be too big

I'm terrible at math so 😦
Looking for something as simple as possible, can always expand or rework it later

[manic fern]

Maybe ask ChatGPT for help? 😂

[manic fern]

Me too bro

I’m really bad at math too

But also is it possible to model low poly weapons in unity?

[sudden pendant]

Unity isn't a modeling program. You could try to use Probuilder, though. 🤷‍♂️

[manic fern]

Oh ok

[sudden pendant]

But you'd be better off learning the basics of modeling in Blender, and actually gain a skillset.

[manic fern]

Oh ok

Do you know any good tutorials for blender?

[manic wind]

i hate probuilder