archived-game-design

[terse lichen]

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[split panther]

could someone help me my 2d light are not working at all?

[tiny berry]

Maybe you can look at other games that have wave based combat or games that focus on zombie-like enemies like in Left 4 Dead you can also make enemies that create a specific challenge for the player, for example a sniper can prevent a player from using a minigun out in the open, a heavy unit can force the player to reposition as it approaches, etc - you could also try bosses and minibosses that require a specific way of fighting them like weak points or having to interact with something to damage them indirectly (like maybe throwing a object at them or getting them to stand on a switch that drops something on them) - or you could try adding objectives like areas to capture, or hostages to save, etc

[fast lynx]

guys could any of you tell me what am i doing wrong? the timeline isn't working as intended in the first second tobe specific

[rough harness]

I'm so uncreative that when I needed a testing map for my game, I found an image of an old DOOM map, converted it to an SVG and mesh'd it in blender. Works pretty well. Just wanted to share.

[fast lynx]

If there's any advice i'm going to give, be careful of copyright concerns

[rough harness]

For testing?

[fast lynx]

nah not for testing i believe that's just fine, but if you plan to publish your game with that map there might be some copyright concerns

[real kelp]

Yeah, i was also thinking of like events such as lights going out (power to repair it, and stuff like that

[soft whale]

What type of game are you working on is it fps fast paced?

[soft whale]

Add one more rotation rotation key in 2nd frame

[night shoal]

#📲┃ui-ux

[rough harness]

A roguelike shooter in VR. More specifically, I needed a large area with many paths and exit points to test AI

[olive jolt]

when I saw that the nintendo switch 2 has dual mice, it got me wondering if such a thing could work for a pc game. this uses two mice at the same time, climbing seemed like the most obvious go to

I dont know how accessible something like this would be, considering the main requirement is you have to own two mice

[rough harness]

Haha I could totally see this being a Getting Over It type game on the switch

[olive jolt]

thats actually been partly my inspiration

[rough harness]

Your camera looks the part

[olive jolt]

until now, ive never been able to think of how id make one

[rough harness]

Another way you could do it is with VR, either from a first person or third person perspective

But I don't know if that's more or less accessible than having two mice 😆

[olive jolt]

thats true, though i dont have VR

[rough harness]

Oh one more idea. You're only moving one hand at a time. What about left/right click dragging?

[olive jolt]

i see a lot of games on steam, get excited and once I read VR I get a little sad

[olive jolt]

thats only because the way i control it was the first iteration

[rough harness]

I don't know how moving two hands at once would be very applicable

[olive jolt]

in the footage im holding down to release the grip, the way i have it now is opposite

it now controls so you click to grab the wall

[olive jolt]

left/right is planned, i'm going to want to have a way to jump

that and I really want sections where you have to move both mice around at the same time

if you threw yourself from one ledge to another, youd have to have good timing

[thorn slate]

hey guys how do i make an animation cancel out / take priority over another? and can it be done without code>
(beginner btw)

[rough harness]

You are better off in #💻┃unity-talk

[thorn slate]

they didnt answer me

[rough harness]

Well then ask again, don't ask in the fuckin game design channel lol

[thorn slate]

how is my question not related to game design if im designing a game shitty or not

[rough harness]

Game design is about how to design the shitty game

Other channels are about how to make the shitty game

[thorn slate]

potato potata

[rough harness]

The way I would do it:
Mouse buttons controls each hand, holding it down grips the surface. You can let go of the button to release. Moving your mouse moves your "active hand" and moves you on the surface you're gripping.

You can do this and still have wasd control for the character

[fast lynx]

well I'm still a beginner in unity, could you explain that more?
here are some more information about my problem to be more specific

my real problem isn't about the rotation really, it's that the first second of my timeline isn't even working (you can re-check the video), like i did set it on recording but it isn't working, idk why

Thx for the help btw!

[olive jolt]

there is no opportunity to use wasd, the game is controlled with two mice,

[rough harness]

not if you do this

[olive jolt]

ooh i reread, i see

[soft whale]

if im not wrong you mean when you play the timeline it doesnt work for a second right? for solution add key in 0 frame

[regal patrol]

you mean A Difficult Game About Climbing? @olive jolt

[olive jolt]

yeah

Im not sure whether it'll end up as a full game, or more of a demo for a two mouse game

im a little worried that it might feel too much of a ripoff

jankyness aside, it doesnt actually control too badly with two mice. I expected it to feel very unnatural

[stoic canopy]

youre using two physical mice?

[olive jolt]

yup!

[stoic canopy]

how did you even have unity recognize that?

how would your PC even recognize that lol

[olive jolt]

it switches between the two mice as you use them, as far as unity is concerned theres only actually one mouse that exists

[stoic canopy]

wouldnt it be way easier to just... use rmb and lmb with one mouse?

[olive jolt]

it would, but wheres the fun in that 😆

this is mostly just to satisfy my curiosity on what the switch 2 mice could be like

[stoic canopy]

Lol I was about to say "how many people out there actually have more than one mouse" and then I remembered that I have two mice that I switch between often lmao

[olive jolt]

I had to order a second mouse for this haha

just got the cheapest one on amazon

blue=left, red=right

biggest limitation to moving both at the same time, is that it has to alternate between the inputs every frame. that could result in missed inputs

[olive jolt]

if you plug both mice in (only tested on windows), it should pick them up without any issues

im not really sure what the maximum amount of mice that windows can accept, not that theres really any way you could use 3 mice at once

[toxic vigil]

Hi everyone, I'm working on a seed based procedural generation system for spawning props (trees and such) on a grid system with chunks. The chunks are going to be loaded during runtime and not pre-generated.

Currently I'm spawning these probs based on the sampling code on the shape of the terrain aswell as a pattern system (spawn every n cells with x offset etc). The problem is that as I increase the amount of props that can spawn I will inevitably have them spawn close enough to something large that will create clipping.

I thought of a solution to lock cells for spawning, for example a different props have values tied to how large / complex they are to spawn, for example a tree would have a requirement of 1, and grass might have 5. Every cell would by default have a spawn count of 0, then once a prop spawns it updates the surrounding cells by some ammount to lock anything with a spawning value lower then it from being placed.

Below is a crude example of what I mean by this:

This approach should work (when extrapalated to 3 dimensions and having patterns effect the surrounding shapes better then shown above). However, this opens up a different issue.

Because I am loading, and then setting the position of these entities based on their neighbouring cells conditions, this becomes no longer determonistic. As when taking chunk boundries into account if I load two chunks A and B, both neighbouring each other, in different orders the cells could effect what can spawn.

For example, if I load chunk A first - spawn a tree on its edge, and then load B this blocks the spawn of anything on the edge of chunk B.

Whereas if I load chunk B first - spawn something on its edge, this now blocks chunk A.

So far, this isn't massively an issue, however if the game I am working on does result in any paths being blocked because of this, I would like to know and test the seeds used to determine what exactly went wrong.

My question, now that I have explained my current approach and reasoning, is how would I go about doing this in a simular way that can be deterministic. And do games like minecraft and terraria have this issue when spawning trees and such, does loading chunks in different orders on the same seeds result in different terrain decor (trees, flowers, cacti.. etc) or do they use a different approach to force determinism with their generation?

(p.s I'm going to be AFK for a while, so if anyone has any good insight in to this, please just reply to the message. Thank you ^-^)

[hard fog]

@pallid void Don't post off-topic.

[pallid void]

Seemed fairly on topic too me

[olive dove]

ive got this method that transitions the sun intensity from one state to another based on an in-game clock. my issue is, i want to scale it in some reasonable way so that the transition doesnt happen instantly, but to also scale based on the clock's timescale. by default, that timescale is 60 meaning every second is a minute in game time. does anyone have any idea how i could improve this? currently the transition happens instantly and it doesnt look very good

or alternatively does anyone have some resource on this sort of thing done in other games?

[hard fog]

Map your day passing to sample animation curve https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/AnimationCurve.html , expose it in the inspector and you can map the intensity of light you want for the duration of the day, visually.

[olive dove]

is this unity 6 only?

[hard fog]

It's any Unity

[olive dove]

also isnt this for Time.timeScale? im not using that

[hard fog]

What do you mean?

[olive dove]

if i use an animation curve, how is it going to scale when a different timescale is set in the TimeManager class?

im assuming it only scales based on Time.timeScale like other animations

[hard fog]

Animation curve allows to map any value on the normalized scale, so when you sample it at certain time it gives you that value

time as in t for time ranged 0-1f

You turn your day time into normalized value 0-1f, then sample the animation curve graph for the desired brightness value at current time

it doesn't care about your scale

[olive dove]

ok i think i kind of get it, but ill have to look more into animation curves

thanks

[hard fog]

just serialize one and see how it works

[olive dove]

got it to work

was slightly painful because i had to refactor a bunch of stuff but overall seems like a solid approach

thanks

[grim hamlet]

Do game designers heavily engage in coding?

[sudden pendant]

Traditionally? No. They may do scripting, which is using created tools to put together gameplay logic, tweak values, etc. Depends on the game.

So having a strong understanding of code is pretty important. Having an understanding of all areas of game development, regardless of the role, is important.

[inner veldt]

Hello. This may sound like a novice question, but I haven't made many games with multiple levels yet. If I have my main character in scene1 and finish building scene1, and then create a new, blank scene2, do I copy the character into scene2 and delete it from scene1 and then once all the scenes are done, copy it back to scene1 so it starts in the right place? Is that the general idea? And just to be clear, I'm talking about game building, not game play where I would just put a 'do not destroy' on the character to move between scenes. Thanks.

[chilly hare]

I'm making a game that is based off the popular roblox games "Doors" and "Pressure". I'm having issues on what I should make the Playermodel in this case. If anyone has any concepts or ideas please reply to this. Thanks

[dull ruin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1331456062330769418/1358554766812385360/ezgif-2dc0dbe4946877.gif

been working on this recently

idk what it is... but its something

[sudden pendant]

@dull ruin This isn't a showcase channel. You can make a #1180170818983051344 to show your project.

[dull ruin]

ahh alr mb mb

[uncut lotus]

i am making a 2d game artwork
prototype how is this

[ionic cosmos]

guys need help an someone pls help me if i want to make game assest wheree should i start

i m looking for making a court room

[regal patrol]

blender

[acoustic totem]

Prepare the picture of court room

[ionic cosmos]

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/props/interior/courtroom-66346

[blissful moon]

Hey guys, I need some help , do you know an assist unity where there’s a board with a button the player can press? I’m not sure how to explain it exactly, but I want to design something just like that

[snow spindle]

Hey! I am trying to find out wether I can use the free 'endless runner demo template' published by unity in my commercial project

not sure if this is the right place to be asking this

also where do I go here to try and find a unity dev?

[sudden pendant]

There is no place for that here. You can use the forums !collab

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[snow spindle]

thanks!

Do you know where I would go to find an answer to my question about the endless runner demo template?

[snow spindle]

I want to use it as the template for a commercial project but I am a little confused as to if I can do that

[sudden pendant]

You can use the them for commercial use, generally speaking yes. Things you can't will be stated on the asset store itself:
https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/articles/205623589-Can-I-use-assets-from-the-Asset-Store-in-my-commercial-game

[snow spindle]

The template I am looking at says that "The project also shows Unity Ads, Analytics and In-App Purchasing, to see this in action we’ve released Trash Dash on the App Store & Google Play, with all the revenue going to our partner charity Game Changer."

Does this mean that if I put it on the play store then the revenue generated from ads will go to Game Changer? Or is that only for people playing the demo as it currently is?

Like if I use the template to create my own version can I keep the revenue generated?

[sudden pendant]

Yes, you would have to use your own ID when setting up the ads.

[snow spindle]

thanks!

[stable bloom]

(everything is saperated you can change the position of each object) i have this simple model idk if you like it but you are free to use it https://skfb.ly/pvHxo

[languid hound]

i added an annoying click sound that is spammable should i keep or remove it xd

[hallow stirrup]

Vary the pitch

Makes like any sound spammable

[languid hound]

I want to create a low poly horror game

PS1 style

[soft whale]

learn to make low poly models there are tutorials in youtube

firstly i d suggest you just make a prototype of ur game then test it if its fun and playable then make low poly models as you wish

and use low quality textures

[languid hound]

oop

[soft whale]

mountains dont look naturally🥲

use some references (inspire mountains images)

[languid hound]

took me way too long...

[soft whale]

good progress! more spending time = Better

[languid hound]

now i gotta make trees ;-;

[soft whale]

goodluck😄

[languid hound]

im done for the night

[languid hound]

thinking about making a game where if you don’t consume enough energy drinks your insanity level goes up

and like lights flicker off

and the whole map change

[soft whale]

My idea. When the player sees a silhouette in the camera view, the insanity bar starts to fill up, he needs to take his pills and the pills can spawn in a random place. When the player's insanity is full, he can turn into a monster and you may have difficulty controlling him. He can kill himself in different ways, such as jumping from a place, running to a thorny place or burning himself, etc. If the monster stops, you can easily control the player for a while and try to find his pills.

@languid hound

Forgot to reply

[sudden pendant]

They've been sinced removed from this server.

[desert trail]

could someone help me brainstorm some Game Name ideas?
I really cant come up with good name for zombie wave based game
similar to COD zombies

[cerulean holly]

I made one of them

I took the name zombie breakout

Put something with zombies in the name or something about the quantity of the zombies

Like zombie rush

Or something like that

[pastel fulcrum]

I've created my first low poly jungle trees. Any feedback besides the roots going into the ground looks bad atm? Maybe how lowpoly colors could be improved?

[desert trail]

Just looks too dark

[pure hawk]

Is there a way to make working on a closed in level easier? It’s just hard to maneuver around and look around.

[red swan]

https://discordapp.com/channels/489222168727519232/497872424281440267/1360114757717196902

I need help creating a single player game from these mechanics Ive created

Im not sure where to go from here

I have shooting mechanics with bullet projectiles, damages enemy, grenade projectiles damage self.

[pure hawk]

Maybe an objective?

[red swan]

I have basic building and resource collection, similar building to Rust

[pure hawk]

Like the goal of the player

[red swan]

Im just not sure if I should keep the open map, or create a smaller map for like an operation sortof gamemode

like taking out enemies and yeah maybe getting to an objective or something

[pure hawk]

Well if ur going to have multiplayer having them closer to each other is probably best, well matter on how many there are

[red swan]

the projectiles bounce a lot and I thought it was sortof a cool mechanic, it might make fighting indoors really difficult though ahahaha

[pure hawk]

Sounds cool

[red swan]

I was thinking of making like basically a goofy version of Rust with less grind

but rust doesnt have any objectives besides kill other players

[pure hawk]

Thats were the fun is

Wheres that fun in yours?

[red swan]

there is none xD, its singleplayer

[pure hawk]

Lol

[red swan]

it was supposed to be a zombie raid defense sortof game, like tower defense, but I was working on those mechanics and it was kindof boring. Could have been my basic implementation to test it though

and now i want to make a goofy version of rust with it haha

but I need to make a single player game for my final project of this class im in first

[pure hawk]

Maybe ur in a room and theres waves but after each one u get an upgrade until the whole room is filled with bouncy balls destroying the waves of enemies

And u can add multiplayer to that too

[red swan]

thats not a bad idea lol

like upgrades that make bullets bounce more times, do more damage, and maybe some turrets that fire as well

[pure hawk]

Yup

[red swan]

thats a good idea, and a lot simpler, thanks

im going to implement that lol

[pure hawk]

Ur welcome

[red swan]

heres another video of the projectile physics, theyre really funny

I could almost make a tactical shooter like counter strike instead of rust too. But with just really funny projectile mechanics. After I finish the singleplayer project

[pure hawk]

Wow love the sound it makes. Lol

Gud job

[red swan]

Thanks 😂

[desert trail]

Guys idk if it should be here or in UI but how do I make the fancy healthbars that isnt just Box filled

[lost merlin]

UI/2D has stenciling features you can look into that'll allow you to clip areas outside of other UI elements

[soft whale]

Looks nice is it will be multiplayer or will be single(creating own map with spawning random enemies)

[unreal falcon]

One of the issues of the current version of #kingofcrokinole is that not all collisions between discs were detected... found a new way and also cleaner code (ie better) 👏

[pastel fulcrum]

Normally u plan the objective of the game before starting creating assets or mechanics.

You should make Document, and just to clarify, dont overcomplicate these point, stating the following or similar points:

• Whats the objective of the game
• Whats the background story of the game
• In what place does the game take place
• Are there any similar games, if yes, why is my different
• etc...

And if u want to go with the idea of a CS like game, consider which maps could be nice to make.
And what is the primary focus/aspect - In counter Strike the focus on the pure mechanic and tactical aspect. Do you want to do the same?

These thoughts processes should bring you to the next objective of your game/development

[red swan]

Thankyou sir, that’s extremely helpful

[red swan]

I want to make it multiplayer, but I need a single player game mode

[icy valley]

thnx

[true harness]

are turn based games kind of out of fashion?

[rain ore]

No games out of fashion if it's good ^^

[peak stirrup]

true

[coarse mesa]

hello, would someone be able to quickly help me setup a galery for my unity vr experience? It would just be a place where you can walk around and discover some pictures and descriptions of plants. Any tips, free assets or little setup would also really help. ping pls(sorry if this is the wrong channel...)

[viral lagoon]

hi

how do i scale my game objects in unity to fit the size i want eats a really low space so the project wont be too big

[weary thicket]

Are you talking physical size or filesize?

[cinder turtle]

Would anyone be interested in a PvPvE game where 2 teams verse eachother and zombies that try to attack?

[sacred plover]

What would be scarier, a completely silent zombie or one that vocalizes a lot (Heavy breathing, roaring and screeches and so on) while chasing? The undead in my game don't need to breathe, as in, breathing is completely optional for them, so I could make them not make a single sound at all while chasing you, but I don't know which would be better for a horror setting

[copper locust]

I'm trying to make 2d game like hallow knight but it's my first time creating game and I can't figure out which size would be best for Sprites like baground and character can anyone help me

[sudden pendant]

@scenic fractal You can create a #1180170818983051344 to share your work

[full tangle]

Anyone here have experience using Unity to make a hack and slash like DMC?

[clear rock]

Making a hack and slash game like Devil May Cry (DMC) in Unity is definitely possible, but it's a pretty advanced project. Creek and cook its hard

[clear rock]

yeah maybe

[heady agate]

Hello all. Is it a bad idea to mix two sizes of pixel art in a game? For example, starting with a higher base resolution than 320x180, e.g. 640x360, so that large boss sprites can have finer detail, while the player sprites can be at 320x180. My friend wants to do this, but I fear that this can look strange enough to ruin the player's perception of what they see in scale?

[sharp zinc]

Yes, it is a bad idea. You should always keep the same ratio. If bosses are twice as large as the player, then you should definitely increase the size though.

[olive jolt]

an exception would be an intentional artistic choice

[pastel sundial]

just do both

[potent brook]

any ideas for this? i think its enough but still want ask for ideas (nuke game)

[light jetty]

Implement custom text formatting for the money. So that 1'000'000 -> 1M wont eat as much space visually and will be easier to comprehend

[potent brook]

sure good idea

thanks

[strange sinew]

dont see enough shrapnel physics in games these days, good stuff!

[red swan]

That’s awesome haha. Yeah I know, shrapnel is the only damage in real life, surprised more shooters don’t use shrapnel for grenades and stuff

Most likely for balance, and performance, but man shrapnel is cool haha

[red swan]

I think escape from tarkov uses shrapnel for its grenades

[strange sinew]

Do you spawn in gameobjects for shrap or do them mathematically?
If you do it purely in code by using lists and stuff, you can have up to 18K shrapnel at a time with minimal impact on performance

[red swan]

What do you mean mathematically? Like ray casts? I’m just trying to think of how you would do it mathematically. Yes I’m currently using game objects spawned around the grenade and sent outwards

[regal patrol]

do you at least use object pooling for these game objects? 😋

[red swan]

I have no idea what that is 😂

I’m somewhat new to game development

Would appreciate some tips on being as efficient as possible

[regal patrol]

if you're spawning and destroying a bunch of game objects like shrapnel then it's better to have a pool of them that you enable and disable, because destroying so many game objects is gonna cause a lot of garbage collector lag spikes

[red swan]

I heard of that before, I just wasn’t sure what to do with the objects when they are disabled, I guess it doesn’t really matter because they don’t have any attributes when they’re disabled?

I guess for each grenade object I would probably have a list of the shrapnel objects and enable/ reposition them when the grenade is exploding?

[regal patrol]

if they are disabled then dont do anything with them, and when they are enabled you just have to set their position and make them move and stuff

[red swan]

Okay sweet haha

[regal patrol]

not for each. just have one pool that all grenades and guns take from

[red swan]

I’m just not sure how many I would need to make at the beginning, because multiple players would be able to throw multiple grenades

[regal patrol]

if the pool runs out you instantiate new ones

[red swan]

Would I just create an object in charge of the object pool to keep track of the next index to start taking objects from in the list?

Name it something like ObjectPoolManager? Haha

[regal patrol]

indeed that's how it's done, you can look up object pooling tutorials to find out more

[red swan]

Cool, thanks for the tip, I’m for sure going to use that

I had one other question, why is destroying game objects and recreating them so disastrous to performance, is it the reallocation of memory?

[regal patrol]

uhh idk someone else needs to answer this question because i don't exactly know how the garbage collector works

[red swan]

Kk

I’ll ask in code general haha

[narrow torrent]

A particle system based approach would honest be a lot better

Its kinda optimised for these applications and acts as one game object you can enable and disable

You could also try a VFX graph but im not sure if physics based scripting could be possible in this kind of application

[torpid charm]

makin a little game for fun and practice since I never did this before. Just a little confused on where to go from here. I think I want to have a melee/throwing combat where I can throw objects dealing knockback and then kill them with me sword, any other ideas? I like the sword so I feel like I gotta have the sword

then again throwing things and physics are quite exciting

now im conflicted

do I throw crap around like a monkey with their poo or swing a sword around like a knight

cant I pick both

[gray zephyr]

Where u learn that throwing things

[umbral lagoon]

Hi guys should I use Cycles or Eevee render engine for my game assets in blender?

[night shoal]

Not a game design question but Blender doesn't render the game assets so its render engine is irrelevant

[lost merlin]

Unless you're baking maps or general 2D assets then usually it's cycles

[stone finch]

Hi everyone, which channel would i go to, to look for help regarding things not rendering properly in the camera view?

[buoyant sapphire]

#🔀┃art-asset-workflow and #archived-urp and #archived-hdrp and #archived-shaders and #💻┃unity-talk and #archived-lighting and #💥┃post-processing

[leaden igloo]

Is there a place to find people who love to make animations costfree? Just for a cool pixel art game which im making?

I have the default sprites but have a hard time making the animations for it. Since i have 0 experience

[snow nacelle]

!collab 👇

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[strange sinew]

The best way i know of how to do shrapnel, is by having an array or list to store every single piece of shrapnel, the individual shrapnel piece doesnt exist in the physical sense and the list is iterated through in update to update each pieces position and velocity. This honestly improves performance litterally 100 fold from my experience!
Then you can store the hits which happened in a single update loop into another list and have the code apply like 5-10 holes per frame, this will add delay however but will also make sure that performance doesnt tank from applying these holes.

[tacit bone]

i need help rq. so i have an ai charachter with a navmesh agent and when i walk past an area with my player character i can activate a web which will act as a wall. my player character cannot walk through it which is intended but my ai character can which i dont want to happen. yes they both have capsule colliers and rigidbodies. im not sure why its not working pleas help

[stoic canopy]

you'll have to provide more info on your current setup in an appropriate support channel. try asking in #💻┃unity-talk

[red swan]

Damn, that is a great idea. I guess that is the math approach of doing things. I’ll try it out

[radiant carbon]

Quick Video of one of my AI systems. Not really sure where to take it from here but I am thinking about making a wave based shooter. Potentially like COD Survival. (Ignore the blood that I spent 5 minutes on) Any other ideas for what I could do with this?

[frosty blade]

Medieval idiot savant John Wick. Super good at throwing stuff, knows weapons are deadly, no idea how to swing a sword or thrust with a dagger. Literally just throws weapons at people who are trying to kill them.

[torpid charm]

This is awesome 🙏 Maybe a sneaking mechanic or what if I had rooms where there were objects scattered everywhere on tables and whatnot and you had to throw shit at oncoming waves of ragdoll enemies

Now I’m just thinking of superhot

damn

[frosty blade]

I inspiration!

[noble sparrow]

Random question guys... Do you think visual novels need VSync?

[oak wave]

Its certainly nice to have

[sharp zinc]

Definitely. They usually have a really high FPS otherwise.

[trail solstice]

im about to make a small open world map on unity for my first game i was thinking of a hilly pine tree filled forest with a gas station(starting area), abandoned power station, watch tower and forest trial as key areas im about to start making the terrain/map any advice tips suggestion etc i have no idea what im doing going to try my best any tutorial suggestions would be appreciated too

[civic oxide]

I currently have a singleton script that creates a singleton input manager on runtime, but how do I reference assets to it, if its created on runtime?

[buoyant sapphire]

you use the static field that stores the singleton instance or have it injected when the objects that depend on it are spawned.

[buoyant sapphire]

"secret robot place shooting game 3D"

[red swan]

Jarvis, erase that direction

[lone slate]

I don't know if this is the right channel so forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong place, but any thoughts? Still very early prototype, working on a potential co-op/physics fun combo game, looking for ideas

[hallow stirrup]

I’m sure the movement system is in the works, but try making it less “floaty” for more responsive and satisfying movement

[lone slate]

on decelerate you mean?

If you think it takes a bit too long to land, I could up the gravity scale

[lone slate]

I'll try to up the gravity scale when I get back on the project but all advice is welcome

[hallow stirrup]

There’s a really good video essay about this

Somebody knows what I’m talking abt

But yes gravity is a good start

[frozen ingot]

And yes I'm using bandicam

Also I need help with the shadows

They render late

[stoic canopy]

you need to up your max shadow distance. that is a question for #archived-lighting though

[floral plover]

How is this animation for my gacha game ?

[sudden pendant]

Reminder, use #1180170818983051344 to showcase your games and get feedback.

[crude tree]

I REALLY want to learn to make a game using Unity, but I don't have any experience. Any suggestions where to start? Should I learn to code first?

[sudden pendant]

You can start here: !learn

[desert marten]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[crude tree]

Would you say this would tackle my lack of coding skills as well?

[sudden pendant]

It's a general set of tutorials that will teach code alongside learning the Unity engine.

[crude tree]

I was hesitate to use Unity Learn, but if that's the case I'll tackle it that way

@sudden pendant One thing that also made me hesitate is the two games I want to make are relatively ambitious for a beginner, but they're the only thing I want to do

[sudden pendant]

If you fall into the beginner trap of making dream games, you're just going to waste your time.

If you fall into the other beginner trap assuming there are tutorials and course to make the game you want, you will waste your time.

[crude tree]

One game is my "dream game," but the other is very experimental and very much what I want to play with

[sudden pendant]

In any other skill set outside of game development, jumping into wanting to make a polished dream piece would be laughable.

But for some reason, in game development, beginners thing it's a great way to stay motivated/start.

In the end, you're in charge of your learning, though.

[crude tree]

That's why I don't want even attempt to tackle my dream game.

The other game I want to make is an isometric hack-in-slash

[sudden pendant]

Which would not be beginner friendly at all.

[crude tree]

Really? That wouldn't be?

[sudden pendant]

No

[crude tree]

O.o

[sudden pendant]

What is an existing game, that you would equate your idea to?

[crude tree]

Stardew's mining section

[sudden pendant]

Considering that game took a solo, experienced developer 4 years to make. You could probably double that amount of time for someone who needs to learn everything from scratch.

[crude tree]

What types of games would you suggest I do for learning in the Unity Learn website?

[sudden pendant]

None, you don't make games when you're starting. You learn.

Do the tutorials, then when you're done them all, ask that question again.

[crude tree]

OK, I just had no idea what to expect. I have mountains of writing about things like UI, gameplay, dialogs, etc but since I can't pay anyone I feel compelled to learn coding in order to get momentum

I basically have two "Fallout Bibles" for both games

[sudden pendant]

Yeah, that's only one chunk of the pipeline.

So if you intend to do it all yourself, better start learning.

[crude tree]

Not that I "intend to do it myself," rather I can't afford a team

So I might as well learn to code and go from there

I'm native enough to think "maybe I can make the hack in slash on my own," but I know I could NEVER achieve my dream game without a team

@sudden pendant Last thing. Is there any big differences I should be aware of learning how to use Unity of I use it on macOS vs Windows? I have both, but prefer to use my Mac

[sudden pendant]

Nope, they work the same way.

[gleaming schooner]

Does anyone know how I can achieve the Fears to Fathom visual art style?

[sudden pendant]

What about it specifically?

Asking just how to do in general is impossible to answer.

[gleaming schooner]

it looks real but also a bit cartoonish and i dont know how to find good textures

i tried to create a F2F inspired scene to learn 3D in unity but it looks bad

[sudden pendant]

Does it look bad, or does it simply look empty?

[gleaming schooner]

I think it looks bad because the colors are kind of clashing with each other.

the colors in F2F are more natural.

and i dont know where to find good textures...

[lucid vale]

hi could i get some blender help here

[sudden pendant]

!blender

[desert marten]

A supportive community for Blender artists of all levels. Share your work, ask for help, and learn from others! https://discord.com/invite/blender

[oak wave]

You dont need to be good at coding to make games

[crude tree]

I'm not great at most (if not all) of the artistic side of things from 3D modeling, coding, and stuff like that, but I have spent over a DECADE creating a game Bible and I want to see it made before I die lol

[oak wave]

Undertale is written in a massive switch statement with thousands of cases (cases are like if else) and there are a ton of games that succeed even with what some would call "subpar" graphics

[crude tree]

@oak wave I'm not worried about that as much as I wanted to express how I have the idea and the passion, but I don't have the technical know how

[oak wave]

Nobody knows how to make games at first, you just get started making very simple games and then go from there

[oak wave]

About 9 months ago i barely knww how to make a variable but now im making a top down 2d rpg

[crude tree]

My dream game cannot be made by one person no matter how long I take, I know that for a fact.
My second game idea is ambitious, but given it is a single player game and my 'requirements' for it are much, much lower. Ideally, I would LOVE to make that and use that game as my "example" to hopefully find a team for the dream game.

[oak wave]

And im not saying ur game doesnt need a team, that could 100% be true and mostly your decision, I'm trying to say you might not know how to do things right now but if you start you could learn

[crude tree]

@oak wave That is the short term goal. I am finally going to buckle down, get Unity installed onto my MacBook and just freaking GO.

It is just, my isometric RPG with simple button prompts to hack-in-slash seems way more obtainable than my dream FPS game with campaign, multiplayer, make editor, etc etc

[oak wave]

And i know i already said this but never start on your dream game first, start with very simple games first

[crude tree]

I will NOT even attempt to do my dream game. I want to try the isometric game first and just slowly work on that.
That isn't a dream game - I don't even like fantasy like I do sci-fi - but I at least see a path with that one and willing to scale it back a LOT

[oak wave]

Isometric game may be too complicated to start off with in my opinion

[crude tree]

Which I'm ok scaling that back to 2D or whatever I end up getting comfortable with

Isometric came to mind first because I appreciate a well made game that uses it

[stoic canopy]

i see people saying this a lot, but if undertale came out today it wouldnt find much success. the market is much more different now

[oak wave]

I feel like this is partly undertale at fault

[stoic canopy]

how so?

[oak wave]

Undertale is the earliest game that comes to my mind when you think of a game with choices that matter

And that genre now has a ton of wonderful games with absolutely amazing storylines

[crude tree]

@oak wave I think of Fallout 1 & 2 and want that level of detail in my RPGs

[olive jolt]

undertales schtick isn't really all too impressive from a design standpoint. It's more or less "if you kill any enemy you don't get the best ending"

Which the player wouldn't even have any idea that's a core mechanic of the game, especially when approaching it like any RPG with a battle system

I think it gets a lot of extra credit because its a mechanic that's ties in with a story, there's a message

the first time I played through the game, I killed toriel (and basically most enemies) because what else would you do when encountering a boss. I unknowingly botched that save profile, then ended up confused as to why I got a mediocre ending.

[crisp crest]

Schedule 1 is a good example

1 dev beat assassins creed sales I believe

[olive jolt]

but thats only one drop in an ocean of indie titles that dont

[river briar]

Guys any tip on making better models

[sudden pendant]

Get better at art 🤷

[unborn rose]

im a CS year 1 student trying to make a game on his own, currently have adoubt and idk much about unity could som1 help

[kindred bison]

!learn

[desert marten]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[oak wave]

!learn is the best way tbh

[desert marten]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[formal oriole]

Question for unity learn does it teach about project architecture n whatnot

going through hell in our course because our teachers refused to release us our assignments for half the year and we cant properly ask these questions

[oak wave]

Project architecture?

[formal oriole]

as in how to properly organize stuff n whatnot

[oak wave]

Its more of something that you learn as you go

Everyone has their own method of doing it tho

[lost merlin]

The secret is abuse singletons and ignore the naysayers

[stoic canopy]

100% agree. i love singletons and will abuse them until the day i die

[sharp zinc]

There are issues with singletons, but given the nature of game programming they are mostly negligible for the benefice they have. It's not a question of ignoring the criticism.

[kindred bison]

I find that Singletons are useful, but a ServiceLocator pattern is way better for the majority of cases.

[maiden moat]

Is something like an enemy coordinator that places assigns behaviours to active enemies, think DOOM eternal AI, something you should do very early on? My current AI works fine individually but they can often overwhelm the player and stunlock him.

[sharp zinc]

If the only issue is that they overwhelm the player, you could add a data directly on the player which each enemy can then read to know if they should attack or not the player. By example, you could have the player knows how many enemies are "actively" attacking it.

[maiden moat]

How would you implement this? Is it a simple static variable? I have an assembly that's exclusively to enemies. Both classes can access the Health.cs class though, I could use that.

[fathom cypress]

What are some appropriate ways to deal with this?

ive been putting it off for years now.. i'd finally like to do something about it.. but i literally have no idea what to do or where to start..

the only thought i even had so far is maybe i can use the player's velocity to add onto projectile so it'll atleast track the player/weapon a bit better

possibly for (x) amount of time.. and/or lerp it to zero

[full tangle]

Are you talking about how the rockets seem to lag behind the player movement? I feel like that's a general tradeoff with projectile weapons at this speed.

[fathom cypress]

yea

the strafing.. and the rockets being where they were shot

[fathom cypress]

yup, i mean i could very well add the velocity to the rocket and make it drop off

📌 but im just curious how other games deal with the issue..

well.. the rocket is solely RB but my other weapons are a hybrid of both

i've also added a mechanic where I raycast to the crosshair to get the target and then the projectile makes a subtle rotation when you fire that causes it to face the direction that will impact the point directly behind the crosshair

this is part of that hybrid approach..b/c if i shoot str8 from the weapon.. it'll hit differently depending on how far the target is.. (the pre-raycast target) helps fix that.. but now i'd like to tackle the strafing and movement paired with the rocket..

(it also has an issue where if we're running forward really fast you can shoot urself in the back) 🤣

Im going to initially try to just add the players velocity to the projectile at first and see where that goes... but if anyone else has any other tips/hints/tricks im very interested in hearing..

-# Original post: #archived-game-design message

[vague wren]

Yep, I think just adding the player's velocity will do what you want. That's how it works in real life.

[sharp zinc]

if(myPlayer.GetActiveAttackerCount() < 3)
{
  myPlayer.RegisterActiveAttacker(IAttacker attacker);
  //Attack
}

...

myPlayer.UnregisterActiveAttacker(IAttacker attacker);

[maiden moat]

I like it thanks.

[fathom cypress]

alrighty! i'll give it a test a little later..

thats what i was originally thinking.. but wasn't sure if that was the game-dev "standard"

im thinking about 1 second of the players vel added to the projectile and then just having it fall-off quickly just leaving the original projectiles vel..

we'll just have to see how it pairs w/ that little rotation adjustment i mentioned that makes the projectile hit the target behind the crosshair and varying distances...

[maiden moat]

Has anyone done a token system for their enemy AI similar to what's used in Doom Eternal or Dark Souls where you assign a limited amount aggressors at any given time?

[crystal estuary]

does anyone know how to create a tile map like the app you have to use?

[sudden pendant]

Aesprite is one of the most popular pixel art programs.

[sinful hazel]

i am thinking on some attack and a few attack changes for Jester Bat

Bouncing Blaze - Jester Bat bounces across the stage on his flaming ball in a zig-zag pattern. Each bounce leaves behind a small purple flame that lingers for a few seconds.
Fire Juggle - He juggles three flaming juggling pins, then hurls them one at a time in an arc at the player.
Laughing Drop - Bounces up with his ball and laughs. Then suddenly drops from above, aiming at the player’s position. Causes a mini shockwave on landing.
Balloon Trap - Inflates a colorful balloon that floats slowly toward the player. When popped (by player or time), it releases confetti and a toy bomb that explodes after a short delay.

as for phase 2

Bouncing Blaze - Now he leaves behind two purple flames per bounce, which swirl outward.
Fire Juggle - He juggles five pins, and some now bounce twice.
Laughing Drop - He drops twice in a row, second one faster and without warning.
Marionette Mayhem - (new attack) Summons two small toy marionette Batlings on strings who mimic his bouncing or juggling moves for 10 seconds.
ThisUnrealman7 — 03:37

[sudden pendant]

Is this a question? Or an update?

[ebon trout]

what scale sizes do you guys prefer to stick to - larger numbers (where the XYZ scale is like 60,85,90) or smaller numbers closer to zero (like 6, 8.5 and 9)?

[tiny berry]

For me, it depends on what im scaling, I generally try to keep parent objects at a scale of [1 1 1], and if I have to scale the child up, I prefer to use a unit I can convert - for example if 1 "unit" in Blender is 2 "units" in Unity, if I need something to be twice as large, then I make it 4 units, and if I need it to be twice as small then I make it 1 in Unity or 0.5 in Blender - the numbers you mentioned dont seem uniform though, what do these scales represent in your game?

[oak wave]

I go off the first sprite i "borrow" but i probably should have a system for that

[ebon trout]

does the unity scale have to stay around (1,1,1) like it does in blender? like is there an ‘apply transformations’ feature for unity too?

[void bolt]

i wanna make a vr sports game that isnt similar to echo or orion drift, but still has that robotic, futuristic, cyber, competitive feel with amazing movement. any ideas?

[tiny berry]

It doesnt have to stay at any value, but maintaining 1 1 1 (or any consistent number such as 5 5 5, 30 30 30, etc) means you can uniformly scale the parent, say you had an apartment building that was 14 36 14, scaling up by 1 floor or making it twice as large would be changing 3 numbers that need to be a specific ratio from eachoher, as oppose to changing 1 number to the same value for the exact same result

There is a "Reset" context menu that will zero the position, rotation and set the scale to 1 1 1, you can also reset just the position or just the rotation, theres also a "link" button next to the scale that lets you keep things uniform, so changing the x value also changes the y and z to the same value (or rather, scaled by the same amount)

[tiny berry]

I dont develop for VR, though in terms of design, I would take a look at both those games, note down what you like about them, what they do well, and what you dont like about them, what they dont do well, and then you have a starting point for describing what "not similar" will be - from there, you could start with 1 specific model that you think will best represent the theme your going for and test on making that look good with different color pallets, textures, structural changes that gets you closer to the keywords you mentioned (robotic, futuristic, cyber-like, it may help to look at references when making these changes), whereas a competitive feeling and good movement will come down to how you intend for your gameplay to work - movement in VR could be difficult though, as I understand it, fast movement can cause motion sickness for some so that may require a good bit of playtesting

[void bolt]

thank u, ill note all of this down and do some brainstorming

[civic oxide]

In the sonic games, sonic can jump higher or lower on slopes depending on his velocity and the angle of the slope: (code from the sonic physics guide)

Y Speed -= jump_force * cos(Ground Angle);```

However, what would happen if the new Y speed value doesn't allow Sonic to gain height from his jump?

For example:
Y speed= 16 (positive values mean downward movement, negative means upward)
Ground angle=45
Jump force=7.5
16-7.5*cos(45)=10.69

As seen here, the new value is still a positive value, which means that sonic doesn't gain any height

[night shoal]

That's normal if the slope is steep and the speed is high enough

[sinful hazel]

#💻┃unity-talk message was just told about it

[sudden pendant]

Then please use your devlog.

[thorn bough]

I love scriptable Objects

[distant nexus]

Hey I want to make a flexible customizable Turnbased Battle System and I have developed a prototype but I'm not sure if the general approach on how I define Attacks is good. So basically I have a SrciptableObject for the base Attack that holds a List of "Attack Instructions" Like Hit The Target wich then Has a List of Different actions like Do Damage, Healing, Place Debuff usw. Also The Attack Instructions can Spawn vfx do Screenhake and so on.
When using the Attack I basicly use a Couroutine wich performs the Inscrutions with delay so that a Attack flow is created.
Another Aproach that I had in Mind is to Define The Attack Settings like damage, what Buffs to place etc in a Json and for each attack define A Methode that gets called when the specific Attack is used. So the Big Question is wich one is better in the Long Term and has anyone a Different Idea on how to acomplishe sth like this.

[sharp zinc]

• Using scriptable object is better than using Json because you can more easily control how to modified and visualize the data.
• Instead of using Coroutine, you should use StateMachine to have a better control of the flow.
• Usually, you want to have some sort of "state" to your attack. The first method would use the ScriptableObject which, while not necessary wrong, should be prevented. Instead, you should return a new object such as "Attack" that handles the instruction associate to an attack. The second simply remove the possibility to have a state without using an additionnal object. (Its not necessary wrong either. In fact, that would be how Data-Oriented approach would works.)

At the end, I believe the best approach is to have something like an AttackDefinition that handles everything that is not specific to a given execute of an attack such as the name, the description or the base damage of the attack. This, joint with an "Attack" class that would handle everything that is specific to the instance of an attack such as the remaining cooldown, the current damage, whatever the attack is being used, etc.

[empty escarp]

when i export a city model from blender to unity only the plane is exporting
i just checked and the file size is only like 10mb
i selected everything
but its still not working, can anybody help?

[distant nexus]

Thank you I will Take a Look into StateMachines 👍

[boreal summit]

Does anyone know a good way to make roads in unity?

[foggy birch]

So I have been working on my first game and i am realizing that playing it without a controller will be a nightmare.

3d mech game in the style of a armored core.

[arctic walrus]

Hi, im working on "Tarot Chess" Game

Im currently trying to get a cool effect for 'the world' card

which is basically deadzone, board from 8x8 becomes 6x6, then 4x4, then 2x2

What do you think? Should i go with more fire? I tried fog, but kinda stopped the visibility of the board

[normal spire]

there are some tools on the asset store for that

[arctic walrus]

i think i cooked, what do you think?

[oak wave]

#1180170818983051344

[unreal falcon]

Is there a way to have the linerenderer not do this flipping thing?
Or perhaps a better way?

I am basically trying to visualize a Vector(force and direction) , but the linerender is doing my head in atm ... in the previous version I just made the line very thin and use the view alignment ...but want to do it properly now

[night shoal]

Not a game design question, but if the line renderer alignment is local then make sure the object it's on isn't rotating

[unreal falcon]

Thanks ... but that wasn't it... this worked:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71711406/how-can-i-rotate-the-linerenderer-mesh-to-make-it-appear-flat

Basically had to create an empty GO rotate x -90 and then it worked like a treat!

[night shoal]

Great but tbf you just put it on an object that isn't rotating

[unreal falcon]

Well nothing is rotating, I just use the touchposition raycast it into teh gameworld and use teh vector as a force multiplier

[ebon hedge]

Hey guys i just started using unity and ive always liked death’s door unique art style and wanted to have that same isometric feeling in the game i wanna make, can someone guide me on how to go about it or there are some certain tutorials on getting it started (like setting up an isometric camera)

[lost merlin]

Nothing too hard. It's right on the main camera. You'd probably want to rotate is like 35-45 on the x

[cold onyx]

WTF FPS-Chess

[arctic walrus]

Tarot Chess 🙂

An old calculated game with a hint of madness trapped in the fragile form of cards

[oak wave]

Love this concept ngl

As an avid fan of lotm its kinda awesome

[ebon hedge]

am i supposed to use 2d render pipeline or 3d render pipeline template for this 😅😅

[lost merlin]

That game specifically is 3D isometric

I'm pretty sure it was made in unity too (and used probuilder ;O )

[ebon hedge]

oh thank you

so i set the camera to ortographic and on the rotate axis i set the x coordinate to 30 and the y coordinate to 45

[fiery marten]

Can we send here some clips of our own game?

[night shoal]

If they're related to a game design question you have then yes. Otherwise post to #1180170818983051344 instead

[fiery marten]

Thanks

I just did, can y'all let me now what you think? It's still very early in development ofcourse.

[mellow osprey]

Hey! I really need help with a game design assignment that’s due tomorrow. 😭
We’re supposed to make a basic walk cycle and simple attack movements, but we can only use visual scripting (no coding allowed).
I’m in my first year of game design and I’m really struggling with this part.
If anyone has time to help or give me some tips, I’d be super grateful!

[snow nacelle]

#763499475641172029

[mellow osprey]

ty!!

[viral mauve]

Hello , i need help with not being squashed under a tilted ceiling

[hollow spruce]

here is the 'ask' bot message again. make sure to read and understand the whole thing. last couple of lines are very important

[desert marten]

:thinking: Asking Questions

:mag: Search the internet for your question!
:book: Use the API Scripting Reference and User Manual and this troubleshooting site for commonly posted issues.
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[fossil locust]

pls give me some suggestions for this zombie game.

[light birch]

Does anybody know like a good workflow and/or tool for sketching out leveldesigns for top down stuff

[viral mauve]

thank you bean my English is not that great so I wasn't able to understand this very thoroughly .

I am also new to unity and programming , so just asking around 😅

[hollow spruce]

posting a video of the issue, in the #💻┃unity-talk room, would be a good start to get help

[viral mauve]

I understand , thank you

I will do so if the issue persists after troubleshooting , thanks

Another quick question , which recording software can I use ?

[hard fog]

Windows has built-in one https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/learning-center/how-to-record-screen-windows-11
I prefer ShareX you can install it from Steam for free.

[viral mauve]

ah hello

I use windows 10 by the way

I will attempt to use the built in recorder

Thank you

[hard fog]

Pretty sure it has similar feature

[viral mauve]

kind bean

[soft whale]

Hands dont hold the weapon well and gun should be pointed at to the crosshair UI needs some changes

[oak wave]

how would yall make one button invoke different methods depending on the parent? massive switch statement?

[regal patrol]

what's the purpose of this?

[oak wave]

dialogue system

decided to make a generalized script for PvE and npcs following you

[regal patrol]

massive switch statement for a dialogue system is a terrible idea, undertale did it and now everyone's saying how he's a terrible coder

[oak wave]

oh sorry i phrased that wrong

this is only used when a player answers a question leading to a specific action

[marble pond]

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to make a point-and-click style game. The environment and objects are 2D, while the main character is 3D.

However, there's a problem: my objects are Rive animations, so they can only work on a Canvas.
I want my camera to use Perspective projection.

What should the Render Mode of my Canvases be?
I want to use the Z-axis for layering, but when objects are placed on a foreground Canvas, they appear too large.

What kind of setup would you recommend?

[brazen thistle]

(animations and textures are broken for now)
but i'm working on this system where guns aim where they're physically pointing, so I can make it so heavier/lighter guns actually physically handle different https://streamable.com/bcy2uh

so i can have the lighter pistol actually lead the shots when aiming, but i can't tell if that'd be too awkward

for heavier guns I can make it so they really sway around too, like this https://streamable.com/vsdqox

i do wanna make gun fights a bit more patient and chaotic since there's gonna be melee weapons to use too so it'll be atradeoff, i'm just not sure if it's gonna be annoying rather than interesting

[weary thicket]

Add zombies?

[open yoke]

Does anyone know why my changed states and transitions keep being deleted and reverting back to original states after I ctrl+s? I am using a free asset from itch.io

[desert wigeon]

ok how much time should the player have for a parry?
I currently have it at a relatively strict 0.1s before it becomes just a normal block
and I'm relatively happy with where it's at but I'd like to hear some thoughts
since I'm currently the only person testing it's a bit hard not to have a biased perspective, what with being the dev and all

[sudden pendant]

How can anyone possibly give a hypothetically number without first trying it themselves in your game?

If you think the number works, leave it and make it something you can easily adjust after playtesting.

[desert wigeon]

well I mean, yeah

I just wanted some thoughts

[sudden pendant]

Sure, make it 0.12s.

[desert wigeon]

nvm then

[oak wave]

besides traumatizing the player, what makes a story based rpg so good?

[fossil locust]

i have added them..

[uncut wyvern]

hello, i'm trying to add a brick asset to my wall but it looks stretched no matter what i do, i cant make the brick tile repeating

[stoic canopy]

Not a game design question but you have to play around with the tiling values

[uncut wyvern]

is there no accurate measurement to how i can tilt it?

[weary thicket]

Do you have proper UVs on the wall?

[olive jolt]

Id argue that if the code works, you understand how it works, and there isn't a real demand to need something more optimal, then the code in undertale is fine

Last time I played it, I don't recall the game grinding to a halt whenever you talk to anyone

[stoic canopy]

there is. your tiling values should be the same scale as your wall

[regal patrol]

the problem is that if your system is badly made, adding more dialogue might become painful and more time consuming and error prone

[weary thicket]

I've seen plenty of dialogue tools that were worse than a switch statement in terms of accessibility and maintainability.

[limpid topaz]

Anyone have any ideas on how to develop automation for a game that exists somewhere between minecraft redstone, and factorio? I know that's vague so I'll expand. I want a game that has a similar tone to stardew valley or roots of pacha. Casual, light, mechanically simple. Centered around farming and community development. But I also want to integrate some level of logistics system/automation that adds complexity. Minecraft redstone does this well in a way where it's not necessary unlike factorio where it is the game. The issue with minecraft redstone is that it can be clunky and isn't designed for automation in the same way factorio is.

Stardew has "automation" with sprinklers and I'm thinking of expanding that to incorporate water pipes/water flow.

[weary thicket]

The first th8ng to do is make some design decisions about how you want it to work; thrn you start breaking it down into simpler problems.

[buoyant sapphire]

you will have to decide if stuff produces only locally or whether the "factories" form a logistics network

if you want logistics you need to find a transaction/production model that can be implemented very efficiently (depends on how many nodes you will have how far you need to take that).

you need to devlop a declarative config language for the gameplay rules for those factories and ultimately an engine that executes these configurations.

you would typically run that logistics network separate from any game-objects and only update views into that network, view gameobjects, based on visibility.

[limpid topaz]

When you say declarative config language, are you talking about something like schematized json?

[limpid topaz]

Yeah I think this is step one. I have loose ideas but until I decide on something concrete to implement it wont matter. I think a a simple fluid system might be a good start.

[limpid topaz]

could you elaborate on what type of model I would be looking for/developing? Part of me feels like it gets into graph theory territory

[buoyant sapphire]

can be anything that suits your workflow, typical start would be some scriptable objects

[buoyant sapphire]

likely a graph, yes, but most importantly an execution model that can extress all the features you need from the simulation. the key here is that the config language, the config workflow, game design and implementation and cooperate optimally. it is very easy to make a powerful systems that is annoying to configure and design with.

most games (factorio etc.) have some very invasive constraints in their simulation that are felt everywhere. these constraints are enablers of optimizations.

you may on the other hand not have so many objects as factorio, then you optimize for other things (design speed, expressiveness, flexibility)... just be sure you don't try to do it all at once.

executing a graph structure efficiently is generically not possible. its also not inherently parallelizable. so your execution model, game design and workflow must add that efficiency by constrainging themselves. for example you could make a rule that a node can only have exactly 8 neighbours and they are all are either 2m or 1m away. This would allow you to know exactly which nodes are participating in any given camera frustum without calculating distances to every individual node, as they would likely be in a grid, which can be chunked easily.

[limpid topaz]

I see. I'm working in 2d space so I think I may limit relationships to 4 potential neighbors.

(i understand that was just an example)

[weary thicket]

Pipes with fluid can be done pretty simply as cellular automata

[hot pulsar]

Hey everyone!
I’m working on a modular vehicle-building system where parts like frames and suspension components can deform dynamically. For example, I want to be able to change the shape of the bike frame. In Blender, I've set up how I think it should work but I don't know what's the best approach for doing something like this in unity. I set this up using a parent bone to control the base and a Stretch To / IK+Stretch constraint to pull the head toward a target. But Unity doesn’t support those constraints, and bones only rotate or scale, not move. What's the best way to replicate this kind of two-point stretch/deformation in Unity, especially in a modular, runtime context?
https://streamable.com/x2byxl
https://streamable.com/l09tro

[buoyant sapphire]

You need to custom build that, simple cases like your video can be hacked together with a few existing mesh generators and constraints, but it’s not gonna be nice to work with.

[sly moss]

Quick question, is there a way to incorporate eye-tracking within a unity game that doesn't involve VR?

Basically doing a dissertation (it's over the summer) where I'm making a serious game, but the MVP is implementation of eye tracking where if I'm running behind on dev time I can forgo using VR and just have the game be first person instead

[sudden pendant]

You would need a device that specializes in it. Tobii eye tracking for example, which they have a bar that tracks eyes on a monitor.

[sly moss]

Thank you so much, considering it's for a dissertation, would it make sense to go with tobii for now as an MVP but once I have the MVP, then switch to incorporating VR?

Or just go for incorporating VR anyway?

It's because all VR would do is add more immersion to the game, not necessarily be needed for the player to complete objectives.

[night shoal]

Honestly for a dissertation I strongly recommend going for the simplest possible implementation. If you have time left over (which you won't) you can then add more features. Making an actual game with things like eye tracking in just a few months is pushing it already, not even counting doing the dissertation work itself

[sly moss]

Fair enough, I can scrap the VR then, I was just going to have the game be like 3 levels max. Like I can still talk about it in the literature review, but don't have to implement it since it's not really necessary

Thanks for the tips man

[hot pulsar]

Thanks I was hoping there was an easier way since I’m very new to unity and way in over my head but I suppose I might as well learn the right way to do this. Btw is there any good resources out there that do or explain how to do this?

[desert wigeon]

this is for an interactive main menu where you're this little soul physically selecting buttons to load into the game. Should I allow Y movement or just stick em on the ground? I feel like the benefit is being able to better select things whereas the negative is that this kind of movement is potentially more disorienting for the player.

the pause menu is not like this, it's an actual menu, this is purely for selecting which save game you want to load, which is going to be signified by a player model with visual changes depending on how far that save file is in the game

[violet crest]

Okay I am learning so much. Using this simple game built from the John Lemon's Haunted Jaunt tutorial to develop a simple game framework I can employ (and test using this game) so that I can tear loose and just make things later and properly - had to study sound and all that stuff, cuz things make sound in games it turns out.

Found a whole lot of tutorials on audio source emitter pooling, and all that jazz, and made my own set of management classes for the various aspects that any game would entail. No more audio sources on game objects, just their SFX controller (which hooks into the AudioSystem management).

If I get this right, I can make my own package to use in any project I make, and if I need to update the package, I can also update any projects using it. Fun fun!

Added a main menu that is an active scene with no player controls and a UI overlay as scene 0, and moved the game to scene 1 - that way I could play with and test the PersistentManagers object in scene 0 and its singleton scripts, and toy with a simple settings menu to explore changing the global music (a singleton controller) independently of pooled audio sources... added some simple Kevin MacLeod spooky music tracks, selecting one for the main menu music and creating a basic playlist system for the other two. It's been an edumuhkashunal week 🤓

[arctic walrus]

Thanks. Will be coming live next year, with it's own story mode with changes to gameplay every game, online, hotseat, and bots to train against

In few days we should have a steam page up and running

[sudden pendant]

@frigid inlet You can use #1180170818983051344 for feedback.

[desert wigeon]

quick question, I've got my menu set up to be you as a little soul flying around selecting buttons in the scene. Should I have it so you have to aim at each button or more scripted like the second video? (don't mind the visual bugs)

[warped robin]

Hey folks so i'm making a horror game, but it relies on atmospheric and physiological fear over cheesy jumpscares, I'm wondering what kind of aspects might help with that if you guys have any ideas, I have bulbs/lights flickering, ambient sound effects and dust particles to give it that 'vacant feeling' it's an abandoned asylum.

[snow nacelle]

https://discord.com/events/489222168727519232/1369806030070091848
there's literally an upcoming livestream about stuff like that

[daring tapir]

when it comes to linear level design elements where things happen to the level or the player interacts with things that they can't interact with after- ie. the edge of a cliff crumbling off or a wall being destroyed making a big hole --what's the best way to organize the programming of these interactions as efficiently as possible? like obviously it would be super wasteful to make 100 different scripts to control the logic for one level

[worthy nexus]

What are people using to create their maps in games?

For example, im planning on making a horror mental asylum game, but im not sure which tools to use for it, does anyone have any recommendations?

[lost merlin]

mspaint

[hushed gulch]

The second video is better behaviour, as its not immediately clear what the meaning of the first methods behaviours are.

[desert wigeon]

kind of a bad example on my part tbh since I'm comparing the main menu (the one where you're the lil floating dude) to the hub world (where you're the human, think hunter's dream from bloodborne)

but yeah I gave it some thought, probably much better to have the main menu scripted in the same way

anyway, I have 2 videos here, in the first the player faces your input direction when jumping and in the second they face their velocity's direction. I'm going for a more frenetic feel to it so I feel like the first is better but it could also be a bit disorienting, on the flipside with the second it might be less obvious that you're free to dash in any direction when jumping. Which one do y'all think looks better?

[willow island]

!code

[desert marten]

Posting code

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[forest pulsar]

I'm trying to design a game of my own with a combat system simmilar to dark cloud 2 - starting weapon, you pass dungeons, infuse gems into weapon, evolving them (basically a weapon tree), It's my first project ever so I've been doing the coding for now for the combat system and I think my biggest problem will be the models, I'm trying to go for that old school 2d poly look like on playstation 2 games. I suck at modeling and drawing but I know I got no option so can anybody recommend something to start with?

[hot pulsar]

You mean graphics like this? https://youtube.com/shorts/k0uD1tWU7wY?si=wOlqQOJgVNltgcE_

[forest pulsar]

Not really like that a bit more detailed without the moving particles

Something like this

[fathom cypress]

Does anyone here have any real-world experience in professions like Environmental Graphic Design or Experiential Design? If so I was hoping to ask a few questions. i.e. I’d love to hear how your background in those areas have helped or hindered your game development work. Any insights or advice?

[candid mist]

I've been trying to model 3D assets (game pieces and cards) for my TCG that'll be used for marketing purposes. I really have been struggling trying to create the models and then create animations to use for short and long-form demonstrations in the video.

Would anyone know where I could go to try and find someone to bring onto my team to help model and animate for these demonstrations?

[hot pulsar]

Maybe a billboard and character sprite sheet will give the best results for that you can have the weapons and the various attachments be their own sprites and assets that are attached to the player model. I think pixilart is a fairly well know pixel art tool easy to learn

[twin palm]

anyone here that make top down level for games like pokemon or zelda, been trying to figure out how to best approach creating them but theres not many guide on planning them, some issues i fall into is asset placement and scale.

[forest pulsar]

Thank you! Much appreciated

[hard drift]

this is my first ever “game” so please bare in mind it will be bad

but any suggestions on what i can add to my town?

[snow nacelle]

take a walk through your neighborhood or look at a neighborhood on google's street view to get inspiration for what to include

[sudden pendant]

!collab

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[tawdry egret]

You should add a park and maybe a few tables and whatnot

[tawdry egret]

You can check out the Blender server and ask for tips, or you can go into indie discord servers with indie devs/artist

[hard drift]

started making a forest but hasn’t gotten very far

[tawdry egret]

Also you might want to shrink those Plants a bit because they are a bit big compared to the house but you can do whatever you want

[hard drift]

thanks for the advice 🙂

[tawdry egret]

No problem

[tawdry egret]

Hey guys im working on a Dual Movement VR Game and i want to know if you were a VR (Or if you are) would you player a game where you can toggle between Joystick and GTag movement?

[quasi whale]

what if video game scale comes from NOT level design but rather all game devs are short

[hazy prairie]

Could someone give me some advice, i wanna make a autochess game but its hard to decide what perspective i should do to make it work in 2d. currently im thinking something like this https://ibb.co/YB1JWxF7, or maybe just having the heads as icons but that would still feel weird.

[hard fog]

You can also embed illustrations so the people won't have to follow links

[heady agate]

Hello guys. Is it worth making a SHMUP game?

[fathom cypress]

i would absolutely play a game that i can toggle movement styles (seems fun)
altho, when anyone says GTag or Gorilla Tag i instantly lose interest.

[tawdry egret]

My bad, Hand locomotive lol

[fathom cypress]

niiice

[river sky]

Is it normal to lose interest in a game you've been working on for more than 2 weeks? Took me a while to make the map layout and now that I have done that I have completely lost interest and am having second thoughts about it.

[river sky]

I was going to make a fnaf style game but a 3D first person version. It would have been set in a cave/catacombs where you monitor a creature and there are two gates protecting you. The power randomly shuts off which leaves you vulnerable. Your goal is to turn the power back on by turning on the 3 generators and once turned on you have a limited time to go back to spawn before the gates closed.

[river sky]

I had second thoughts about it cause it would be ABIT boring just monitoring a creature roaming around

[stoic canopy]

yes this happens to me with almost all of my projects

[hallow stirrup]

Creative burnout is normal and can be preventable!

But not possible to entirely avoid ofc

Try to take smaller breaks and DO NOT FEEL GUILTY ABT IT

Because it feels worse to take longer breaks where you want to work on it but you just don’t have motivation than to take smaller breaks and use that time to catch up with life

The biggest piece of life advice I have gained from game dev is TAKE BREAKS WHEN YOU FEEL YOURSELF GETTING TIRED

I’m using caps for tldr, not in an aggressive tone, just thought it was a little unclear

[scenic rover]

I took a year long break and now I'm hyper focusing again. It happens.

[river sky]

Stop cross posting 🛑

[steep breach]

there aint a single question channel for my question so what do you want me to do + i didnt get any help from this channel

[obtuse talon]

One advice I got long ago from a seminar at college about creativity is

To do unexpected / new things on the day to day routine to keep the brain active

Decide to take a slightly different path to the store / home. Decide to use your non-dominant hand to brush your teeth. Try to see if you can pour yourself a glass of water from a jug with your eyes closed. Tie your shoelaces putting the opposite shoelace on top as what you usually do. Dare to put the milk/cereal in the oposite order for once!

Small things like that help the brain stay creative. It takes you out of the routine. It helps you be slightly more decisive when you are having ideas, too

[sinful comet]

Yo can someone help me rq

i really need help

Whats a good tree pack that is free

[stoic canopy]

stop crossposting. read the rules

[upbeat haven]

working on survival weapons

[pastel sundial]

skybox seems a little post apocalyptic

[charred warren]

So I found a Udemy course on how to make a fighting game primarily because I wanted to know how fighting game AI worked and, I have to ask, this isn't it is it?

I've certainly heard that some games (Smash Bros for instance) use a timer like this to differentiate between difficulty levels, but I've also heard the opposite and I don't know what's true anymore especially with how little this code seems to even try simulating a player character.

[slate scaffold]

is there a place to share our socials? would love to follow more solo devs on ig and bsky

[sudden pendant]

You can #🤝┃introductions yourself if you haven't already. Otherwise, no, there is no portfolio sharing space.

[sudden pendant]

@tepid axle You've been told once before to make a #1180170818983051344 if you're going to showcase something.

[tepid axle]

Oh, sorry, I thought this was just for games.

[sudden pendant]

It is. If you're sharing artwork, this isn't the server.

[weary thicket]

Do you WANT to simulate a player? Or do you want an npc to fight?

[charred warren]

Does a timer not work for simulating a player?

[weary thicket]

I'm just saying, you don't need deep simulation to make a fun enemy to fight.

[charred warren]

I'm just trying to figure out how fighting games normally tackle this problem

Because I keep finding so few resources on it

[little crow]

what program do i download to write C# scripts for unity?\

[buoyant sapphire]

!ide

[desert marten]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
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• :question: Other/None

[little crow]

Visual studio opened but it said incompatible

[buoyant sapphire]

Read the info in these links

[little crow]

Ok

[snow nacelle]

if you've followed all of the steps to configure visual studio but it's still not working (such as showing incompatible for the project) then go through these additional steps: https://unity.huh.how/ide-configuration/visual-studio#if-you-are-experiencing-issues

[hard fog]

@lone slate This is a #archived-game-design channel.

[ebon stag]

Excuse me everyone, is there any text to speech plugin that is still free? Because right now I can't afford the paid one, and I only need it for my thesis game

so i hope there are still free ones if you know

[frigid inlet]

Does anyone here have experience with or know much about creating outdoor procedurally generated “dungeons”? I’m thinking something like REPO or Lethal Company, but instead of interior levels, imagine it’s outdoors — like a forest or wooded area. I’m looking for ideas or resources on how to structure open, natural-feeling procedural environments with objectives and exploration loops.

[buoyant sapphire]

Maybe have a look at this talk https://youtu.be/mA6PacEZX9M?si=YwY4PKJBAzZHdGR6

And you can do most of that stuff with this asset https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/dungeon-architect-53895

Whether it’s indoor/outdoor is a matter of asset choice and style

[frigid inlet]

Gotcha so you’re saying to simply apply the same logic I would to a dungeon crawler maze/dungeon algorithm but just use outdoor assets? I’m thinking what becomes the wall of an outdoor forest generation. Like for interior it’s easy just throw a wall to make some maze. But achieving that for an “outdoor” feel is kinda what I’m thinking. Do I just use trees for walls instead? Mhmm

[buoyant sapphire]

If you have no ‘rooms’ the idea of a dungeon and all the design language regarding it goes out the window. Most outdoor game still use rooms and corridors/tunnels with very deliberate loops

a truly open map (typical open world game) uses entirely different designs where areas are connected more freely and you generally don’t see lock/key puzzles/challenges as much

On a macro scale you can still view many open world games as using the dungeon lock/key language, just with much larger rooms and a more narrative interpretation of a ‘door’

[sudden pendant]

Nowhere, if you're not paying them. 🥱

Otherwise, search ArtStation or Twitter/Bluesky where artists share their portfolios. Find one which appeals to your style and see if they're available for hire.

[modern condor]

Do you guys know any games where you charge up your abilities by getting hit? Im making a game where you play as a character that can absorb electricity and use powers. It can be absorbed through your own reserves, environmental traps and enemy hits. I'm not sure how well this mechanic would work in a metroidvania game.

[buoyant sapphire]

any game with a rage-meter does such a thing... often seen in some berserker type classes in RPGs, there is also collection of "souls" (energy from slain enemies), i think that was first done as a popular core mechanism in Soul Reaver.

[west goblet]

Any tips on how to make this level look more "full" ? I feel like this level looks empty although its the first level where the player is introduced to the mechanics

[soft shell]

perhaps some decoration in the ground below

or weather

birds in the trees

[lost merlin]

Weather is a good idea. Particle system yourself something like wind, leaves, rain in the air

another idea is using a textue that scrolls over you geometry to simulate light between the clouds

[toxic fog]

some grass sticking out maybe instead of just a flat floor?

[olive jolt]

some texture on the edges could go a long way. Compare the look of both of these, the right is way more interesting

[snow nacelle]

!collab 👇

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[sharp zinc]

In general, you should always start it as a hobby. Quitting your job and going full time in video game development is terribly risky and usually results in burnout.

The only case that I know where it works is if you have multiple people with different talent set that has been working together for a while.

I have been doing small games as well as an hobby in a programmer perspective. I usually never finish my project, by choice, because at some point you need to make Art (UI, Light, 3D/2D, Animation, Sound, etc.) and Content (Level, Story, Design, etc.) to progress. Neither interest me.

The rare case where you see single developer succeed is due to a mix of chance and a unique talent/interest profile that is extremely rare. I say interest/talent because you might suck at Art, but as long as you are interested in doing it you will improve and be able to achievement something decent down the line.

[elfin summit]

Hey friend. Sounds like you are going through a tough time. The only person who can answer your questions are yourself - maybe reach out to a therapist, he/she can probably help get your thought and motivations sorted. Let me know if you make some progress!

[warped pine]

Hi guys I really want to build a metroidvania game inspired by hollow knight and have my ideas laid out but am unsure and kinda nervous how to start as i don't know coding yet and i'm worried I won't have the commitment or gain any attention when I eventually publish it what should I do.

[sudden pendant]

You should start by !learn the basics of Unity.

[desert marten]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[warped pine]

ive found lots of tutorials for what i want but idk why im just nervous to start

[sudden pendant]

So what are you asking for exactly?

[warped pine]

learning a whole new programming language while in school seems alot

[sudden pendant]

Finding tutorials that make your game, isn't going to get you very far. No tutorial series will be a start to finish completed game, it can't be. Without the basic foundations of game development, you're going to be lost the moment that last video ends.

So then, wait until you have more time to dedicate?

[warped pine]

where would you recommend finding a good tutorial

[warped pine]

I have the whole of summer in about a month

[sudden pendant]

🫴 #archived-game-design message

[warped pine]

alright thank you I am probably gonna try learning movement for 2d stuff before I start and then learn as I go kinda

[earnest crow]

try connecting the platforms with the ground using background tiles

[scenic rover]

"empty space" isn't a bad thing. It gives the eye time to rest between looking at assets. Too many assets and the eye has too much to look at. Especially if this is a "tutorial area". You want players to get used to the environment and then add things as you go.

[west goblet]

thank u guys for the help! The next few levels will look more complex since ill be adding underground aspects to the level which should add some depth xD

[weary thicket]

Doing this in a tutorial level is important because it teaches the player what is and isn't an obstacle.

Ideally, you'll want some consistent design language to let them tell the difference and the earlier they are exposed to it the better.

[sharp zinc]

I currently work in game dev. It does not really matter, it is still better to pursuit it as an hobby. If somehow the project you are doing find an audience, now you might think about going full time. (Alternatively, you find a team of professional that is willing to commit themselves. This is how most studio starts now)

Yes, I do not commit myself to do things I know I cannot do. Or at least, if I attempt to do it, I always keep the exit door open.

In the past, simply making a game was enough. Today, with the ease of access, you need other means to attract people. There is 40k new apps per month on the Google App Store and 19k new games on Steam per year. And you also need to compete against the 3.3 million already existing app on the Google App Store and the 100k games on Steam. (Which is still growing)

[sharp zinc]

5 years.

• 6 years of study in prog/video game.
  1 team.
  Also, I am the prog lead.

However, the studio where I work is 10 years old. It started exactly this way, a team of people (4-5 ?) decided to quit their current job. We were 30 at some point, but due to the recent events we are more around 15 now. I also happens to be in a place with a lot of studio. They all share a similar story.

[desert star]

Hey folks I am trying to determine how big my top down pixel RPG should be. Does anyone have an estimate of how many player area units it takes to make the world feel big? For example if the player takes up a 32x32 pixel block, I would call that one player unit. Maybe I am just using the wrong terms when googling the sizes of old pokemon or legend of Zelda maps. Any pointers or resources?

[desert star]

Nevermind finding stuff

[oak wave]

I've also been trying to make my own game by myself, solution I found is to use stolen assets/stickfigures u draw in 2 minutes it around the right size and then work on the game with a plan to get someone to join later on/comission

(aka making it a future me problem)

[whole vector]

Hi guys question 😄 I got like a solid prototype of my game finished. but im using the basic Unity UI buttons, panels, etc. and the TMP..

needless to say it does not look good. How do we start learning how to make the UI better or where to go for that 😄 thanks

[lost merlin]

https://www.gameuidatabase.com/

[whole vector]

oh sick @lost merlin thanks

[sharp zinc]

5 games in 5 years. But again, quitting your job to pursue game development full time is, as you are experiencing, hard and not really realistic.

If I were in your position, I would definitely have a standard job as well as doing game development. You gotta eat

I understand that you were working in the field. However, it still is the same.

If the issue was management, you could always try to find other job. You seem to have quit the experience, it should not be that hard to get a new one.

Try making game jam or !collab That is probably the best place if you have nothing else.

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[rough scroll]

Howdy. Was curious about making a branching-dialog system that can tackle multiple characters but not sure how to design it in Unity. I'm not talking about block-scheme for branching choises, talking about making a designer-friendly system, where another dude can drag-drop and select appropriate options to create, let's say, dialog-choises-based questline with multiple characters

[lost merlin]

Visual scripting if you want to go that far with it

I don't think dialogue works well enough for custom inspectors

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/behavior-ai/dialogue-system-for-unity-11672
One of the more popular visual scripting dialogue library as an example

[rough scroll]

Coding is not an issue. I'm talking about designing a designer-friendly system

[snow nacelle]

they are referring to a visual scripting system for the dialog, not using visual scripting to code the dialog system

[rough scroll]

Curious... okay, i'll look into it, thanks!

[late vapor]

!collab

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[warped robin]

I cant find the sound a door would make when you try and open it but it's locked lol

Any one know of anywhere?

tried pixabay

Found one

[silver flax]

Would this look better with or without the lens disortion effect?

[olive jolt]

depends on how it looks in motion, i'd imagine that effect looking neat if you had it move around

center the distortion around which button is selected

in a still image, its hard to tell whats going on, it just looks like stuff is a little distorted

[silver flax]

Ok, so I changed it so that the entire UI moves to selected option that way the distortion is centered on the selected object (I don't know how to properly change the center of the distortion)

[swift pasture]

Hmm, maybe change the buttons going from side to side instead of up and down?
And if possible add a sort of flicker to the shine of the laser, like lightsabers for example. To make it feel more alive. But I have to say, that I really love the idea

[silver flax]

flicker in what sense? as in on and off, or a pulsing effect with the emission strength

[final kiln]

how's the UI for my game? Any suggestions?
Here's what everything is:

Bottom Left Corner: Health & Hunger

Top Right Corner (top to bottom)
Season & Time (animated)
Management Buttons (gameplay features)
Season, Year, & Day

[soft whale]

in my opinion health&hunger bars are too big it will be look good if it was a bit smaller and the date and season indicator can be next to the tree icon(i dont know what exactly its that but it will looks better next to it) resize managements buttons a bit smaller

[olive jolt]

virtual pets kind of went out of fashion a while ago, so its a genre thats gathered dust. what could be a way to do a modernised virtual pet?

it would be an idle game, the point of those isnt really to keep the player having to focus on it all the time

[gritty sparrow]

Like starts from the middle then goes to the edges when selected? I think that would make it a lot more nicer to look at

[wise cliff]

Does anyone have any tips on how to make a delivery game fun in general

I haven’t really had a chance to play any cuz of time restrictions

[buoyant sapphire]

then make time to play some, you can't learn what makes them fun from theory

[wise cliff]

Does anyone have any general tips tho

I’m probably going to find some time now that’s it’s summer

[silver flax]

consider silly.
look at games like Wobbly Life or Totally Reliable Delivery Service and see why they seem fun.
everything looks better when it's silly. Do something different like include special delieveries where you have to take something to the moon or smth.

[wise cliff]

Yah. Fast travel system where u ride a big ass sloth

[wise cliff]

Thx a lot

I’ll go check out those games when I have time

[silver flax]

exactly, now you're talking, really fast sloths

[lethal flint]

Trying to do something like R6 but ended up doing something like BF. Its still cool but to do this with out ray fire and other destruction paid software with this being free to do.

[limpid topaz]

Anyone willing to read a 3 page design doc

[scarlet lily]

Hi, when I try to check in to send something one of my partner see is in pink and the other is sees it normal

what is the problem and how can we solve it

[limpid topaz]

Are the assets being included as part of the build?

Pink generally indicates missing textures

I would suspect for some reason or the other, your textures aren't being included

[sudden pendant]

Please don't crosspost, thanks.
#💻┃unity-talk message

[formal oriole]

Question when you're making level enviorments n whatnot do you want to build them using tools from the editor or do you use applications like blender

[buoyant sapphire]

Both

[modest atlas]

hello. I am having an issue with Unity 2022, I have 4:3 aspect ratio in the editor but when I build it it looks like this. it is supposed to be looking like this. Any clues why this happens? I have set the resolution in the player settings.

[modest atlas]

fixed it

i just made it windowed

[zinc elk]

Can anyone confirm if it's worth to get paid game design courses? Like, if previously you struggled a lot with making decent designs that you were sure of then did it make it easier after the courses?

[stuck raft]

Hello, does anyone know why my decals on my URP asset keep flickering after i build and run on my quest 3? they keep disappearing and it causes a weird vision effect, i disabled motion vectors but nothing is working. Thank you!

[torpid kettle]

What's the best way to implement a vacuum sucking mechanism in unity, like the game werecleaner? Does it uses rigidbody or simple vectors and code only? Devs have implemented 'rolling' in assets too if you don't use vacuum all the way and stop in between. so it gives the impresssiono of a rigidbody.

[junior jacinth]

It is infact really hard to design good stuff at least for me

[junior jacinth]

Uh I'm really new so my idea will probably be really bad, but you could make the vacuum shoot a bunch of rays and whenever it sees an object in the path of the rays with a suckable tag it applies a force towards it (with rigidbody)

[desert star]

Hey I wanted to check in with how people do iterative design processes. I’d like to release 5, 15, 30 minutes long version of a game as I continue to build levels and the world. Does anyone else have a method for doing a fast waterfall development for small games?

[kindred bison]

Hello! I'm currently trying to implement something to help you know the center of your screen in first person view. I'm creating a relaxing game that doesnt involve any type of shooting, but ive found its hard to know where your cursor is (middle of screen) without visual feedback. However, when i put a dot in the middle of the screen, it feels off. How does first person games handle centering view without needing something like a FPS crosshair?

[junior jacinth]

I think making the dot be light gray and if needed smaller would look pretty good

If it blends in too much maybe add a very thin dark gray outline

[kindred bison]

ahh, alright, ill try it out, thank you for the help

[frozen ingot]

Just a project I started a few days.

[quaint finch]

What version of unity are you using how come I have screen tear but you dont 😭 also are you using dx11 or dx12

[frozen ingot]

I'm using unity 6. And I think I'm on dx11

[quaint finch]

How come i get screen tear when i build my project i used dx11 to fix it in the editor but in the build its tearing

I had to cap fps to 60 via code without that i get a tiktok wave effect like tear

[limpid topaz]

Anyone have any tips/resources on state management and code organization.

[sudden pendant]

#1180170818983051344

[river sky]

Try turning on vsync

[quaint finch]

already on 😭

[river sky]

Did you set VSync to Every V Blank?

[quaint finch]

yep even tried via code

rn im clean installing unity incase there was a corruption

Im downloading it from the correct place right https://unity.com/download

[short fog]

i like movement :p

guys, where do you generate your design with IA ? i dont like models on unity 😦

[frozen ingot]

Thank you

[strange star]

i want to make my game moddable. what langauges should i consider except lua?

[snow nacelle]

well if you're expecting lua, then i'll be the one to go ahead and provide that answer: lua

[strange star]

sorry i made a typo, I meant except Lua, not expect Lua.

[sharp zinc]

It depends what you want exactly. People can easily decompile your games and add mod if they want without you needing to do anything. (We are not suppose to speak of how here though)

[wicked pewter]

Are there any driving games with pixelart styling but 3D? I can't think of any way to achieve something like this without ending up with a pixelated, wiggly mess

Please ping if reply 🔔

[signal vapor]

You can actually it all depends on the shaders and then also using grease pencil and texture painting to bring it down to 2.5d

[strange star]

true, but i want to make it as easy as possible for people to add new content

[sharp zinc]

A finish game is easier to add content to than a non finished.

[ornate merlin]

Hi everyone I'm here to ask if anyone here knows how to create an interactive UI system like that of the game Paper Please or even better did Lucas Pope himself post any article related to that topic?

[sudden pendant]

Tweens and more tweens.

[pastel sundial]

this is the first day ive ever done any visual effects/particles

i dont like it

its supposed to be a weapon that uses loud sound to damage enemies but i dont have models or audio yet

how could i improve it?

[silver flax]

what part of it do you not like?
or it just something that just doesn't sit right but you can't figure out what?

[gilded trout]

hi all,

I'm trying to make a VR battle game where you can select different characters and each character has their own different movement style. That isn't just joystick movement. For example you play as a dog so you have to move your limbs like a dog would. Obviously though I think literally having my players get on all fours and have trackers on each limb would be too far. I just want to generalize arm or head movement for each character in a way that feels immersive, but doesnt feel punitively weird.

Do y'all think this is possible, or is it just a screw it go with joystick movement because no one will want to play that.

[rugged pumice]

okay so im very new to unity so idk if this is even the right channel but im having issues changing the gravity in my game bcs when i go to the physics tab in project manager all i see is this

[snow nacelle]

have you tried clearing the search bar?

[rugged pumice]

searchbar only applies to all the stuff on the left but yeah i did and still nothing

[snow nacelle]

okay, now clear the searchbar and look at the stuff on the left

[rugged pumice]

brudda i need to be in phyisics but the stuff that is supposed to be in that tab arent there

[snow nacelle]

if you would just do what i said you might have already figured out where you actually need to be

[rugged pumice]

i needa change the gravity u know anywhere else where that needs to be done?

• can

[snow nacelle]

if you won't bother paying any attention to the instructions provided then i'm done attempting to help

[rugged pumice]

listen i already cleared the search bar what else u want me to do

[snow nacelle]

and what do you see then

[rugged pumice]

1s

[snow nacelle]

crazy how what you need to look for is right there in your screenshot

[rugged pumice]

what

holy fuck i have a tism mb

thank you very much @snow nacelle

[pastel sundial]

yeah it just doesnt seem right

ive been using reference too and its similar but still different and its throwing me off

[silver flax]

can i see the refrence?

[pastel sundial]

a mix of these two effects

also what i showed then was hdrp and tbh i dont really need all of that so i switched to the urp and the distortion is worse

[molten creek]

Nice

[silver flax]

well, i'm guessing it feels off because you don't have those small god ray things in the first image that surround the ring, maybe try including those in your effects.
If not, what I like to do is just play around with values in the particle system until it feels better. Consider adding noise to those particles you have on the outside, that way the movements patterns are more scattered.

[frozen flame]

Hello. i'm currently working on a research project and would really appreciate a bit of help. I'm looking for someone with experience in the VR/AR industry who could kindly give me some feedback on an idea I’ve been exploring.

It’s nothing complicated—just your thoughts based on a short explanation of the concept. That’s all. 😊

Thank you so much in advance!

[stoic canopy]

there are dedicated #🥽┃virtual-reality and #🤯┃augmented-reality channels. It's best to ask a specific question there

[hybrid wing]

That’s just ear game movement

[restive terrace]

in a hotline Miami style top down 2d game, would it be better to use raycasts with bullets as purely visual effects, or actual bullets with collision? i want my bullets to be rather fast and i know that the faster you go, the more unpredictable collisions get in unity.

[regal patrol]

you can have projectile bullets that raycast every frame, without using the unity physics system

[restive terrace]

have a tutorial that goes more in-depth?

[warped robin]

Howdy, I'm trying to find a specific type of model pack, basically I have an abandoned asylum (horror) but looking for like, Creepy vines and stuff that can come through the walls. To really capture that 'vacant, abandoned vibe' anybody know of anything?

(Obviously premium)

This kind of stuff (obviously not this much but yeah)

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/vegetation/vine-plant-pack-239810

Sweet, Found one

[regal patrol]

i dont know any but its pretty straightforward, instead of relying on unity's physics that can go through stuff and be inconsistent at fast speeds, the bullet does a raycast every frame to check if it has hit anything

[restive terrace]

Im assuming different scenes are the best way to create different "levels" within your game, correct?

[stoic canopy]

yes, that's usually how you would go about it, but circumstances may differ for each use case

[onyx girder]

Yo i made a game well its not compete but i need help i had 20 scenes game was 15 gb now i have 30 game is 30 gb. Math is ok but i use same assest in each scene just placed different. If there is someone who can help me trough anydeskvor something i will be gratefull, thanks .

[snow nacelle]

check the build report to determine what is taking the most space

unless you are referring to the entire project folder, in which case this is fairly normal. the Library folder will be taking the majority of the space and that contains a lot of artifacts for different things (including assets)

[restive terrace]

the bullet differenciates between terrain and enemies. better to use layers or tags for this?

[buoyant sapphire]

layers and components

[solar knoll]

I copy

[restive terrace]

What

[restive terrace]

☹️

[sudden pendant]

These are not game design issues. If you have a coding problem, use #💻┃code-beginner, otherwise if you're showcasing something, use #1180170818983051344.

[restive terrace]

I was designing a modular camera system for my 2d game. there would be a trigger in each room and upon activating the trigger the camera would transition to the next room. I was using a state driven cinemachine to do this. I had configured it so that the state driven cinemachine would on load: remove every state, add new states for every virtual camera that was present, and modify the instructions of the state driven cinemachine to transition between the cameras. the triggers would change the state of the animator, transitioning the cameras. by doing it this way i could add as many cameras as i wanted without needing to modify my code or link it to the state driven cinemachine manually. uhh, yeah AnimationController doesn't compile when the game is built, so all of that wouldb't have worked

tl,dr made a modular camera system that uses cinemachine to transition to the next camera. turns out, it wont work

i could just manually create a new state for the cameras and manually add them to the instructions, so its not to big a deal, but i would like to know if anyone has any alternative suggestions on how to accomplish the above that doesn't involve messing with AnimatorController i suppose

[weary thicket]

Can't you just do it all with cinemachine? I don't see what the animator brings to the table for that scenario.

[restive terrace]

i was using the statedriven cinemachine to transition between cameras, which uses the animation states to control when it transitions

the tutorials ive watched uses the state driven cinemachine to do it so i assumed it was the best

[restive terrace]

ok, i want a the binding of issac style camera. I go into another room and the camera swoops over into that room. how? only stipulation is NO state driven cinemachine. state driven cinemachine is cringe and wasted two days of my time

[sharp zinc]

Just activate the next Virtual Camera and disable the previous Virtual Camera. (If camera differs)

Otherwise, you can simply "Reset" the Virtual Camera whenever it teleports so it does not transition through every room of the level.

And, use #💻┃unity-talk next time.

[foggy birch]

Hey, could I get a little advice. I am thinking of trying my hand at an adaptive music system. Are there any good videos on the matter I should watch?

Or good examples of it in games I should check out

I am working on a machine game and I want the music to reflect when system systems are being used

[warped robin]

So my horror game has the following things, Find the fuses to fix the fusebox to open the elevator door to get a crowbar you need to pry open a grid to get an item.
And then several hidden keys to get into locked rooms.
Objects of interest you can pickup to inspect that hint to the main characters past.
Cutscenes.

But i'm looking for other puzzle ideas to increase the playtime a little, but I feel like everything has been done a million times over. Fusebox / Valve / Safe etc

Anyone got any ideas?
(it's based in an abandoned asylum) so certain things/ideas wont make sense.

[foggy birch]

Make puzzles based on your player character going insane. Like picking non existent worms out of their skin.

If they go too crazy they have to do a mini game/puzzle

[elder timber]

Can I share my game design here ?

Or is this more for pictures and or ideas on something ?

[snow nacelle]

#1180170818983051344 to share your work

[elder timber]

Ok

What’s this channel for then ?

[snow nacelle]

for questions and discussion related to game design. showing off your work/getting feedback on it belongs in #1180170818983051344

[queen condor]

The laboratory known as ARKOS (Anomaly Retention & Kinetics Overwatch Sector) Biotechnics Site 1, located in northern Florida, was experimenting with dinosaurs. Not in the way you would think, however. This was a secret weapon intended to be used against the Soviets in case of a all-out war. They were going to be made radiation resistant, and extremely durable. The site, made in 1992, didn't have as many safeties in place as it should have, leading to a containment breach in 2001. There were 55 personal on site at the time, however, it's estimated they were all killed in the accident. The weaponized Utahraptor escaped, and made it's way to the nuclear power plant powering the facility. Once it arrived, it started tearing at the reactor, nearly causing a full meltdown. Thankfully, the Reactor Operators were able to shut it down before that happened. Enough gamma radiation was released to make it dangerous to enter without hazmat suits. The only power source being shut down caused all other subjects to be released as well.

A 20x20 square mile perimeter was established to prevent any escape of the subjects to nearby residencies. An elite team, SPEAR-9 (Special Paranormal Extraction and Recon – Unit 9) is tasked with retrieving information on how to terminate the subjects. Subjects include Utahraptor, Spinosaurus, Troodon, Giganotosaurus, Majungasaurus, a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a pack of Velociraptors. We also have information that hybrid experiments were taking place as well. Bioweapons like fungal pathogens and/or parasitic infections from the Mesozoic were also being experimented with. You play as one of the elite operatives on SPEAR-9, and have to retrieve information on the weaknesses and strengths of the subjects from the server, found in the main lab. Any survivors, if found, should be extracted. The government is covering this up for as long as possible, but it's unknown for how long it can be kept a secret.

Me and my friends have been working on this for a day or two and I want advice

[weary thicket]

What do they eat?

[sudden pendant]

You can use !collab for these posts.

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[sharp zinc]

You now need to define the actual gameplay loop. Is it a hub base shooter ? Is it an "Open World" ? Do you have RPG elements ? etc...

[sly moss]

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows about using gen AI to create 3d models of characters or backgrounds? This is only for a dissertation project, not releasing the game on steam. It's because I have the summer to do it and while I am fine with coding it, I really need to cut down on development time as much as I can.

If not it's fine, I can probably just ask someone on Twitter for help init

[sly moss]

And yes I would be clarifying the use of Gen AI in this way, this game is not being made for profit

[fringe crystal]

GUI concept for a first person shooter

[soft whale]

Whats left panel of arrow 182 and 94?

[fringe crystal]

its like supposed to be a 'team deathmatch' game counter

[soft whale]

Ohh

[fringe crystal]

yea something like this

[soft whale]

so player will have 1 type of utility or more im asking because there is only one fits there

[fringe crystal]

like the grenade icon?

theres a 3 beside it

also for the ammo amount I basically did a reverse on what the old call of duty's did

[soft whale]

Yep

There will be multiple utility to use or only one?

[fringe crystal]

yea

flashbangs, stun grenande, HE grenade

a lil more

[soft whale]

how about adding primary secondary and utility icons like in counter strike but horizontally

[fringe crystal]

thats a good idea

idk where to put it tho

[soft whale]

right left

[fringe crystal]

replacing the weapon name?

aight

[soft whale]

Weapon names can be under icon (also u can make it name can only be showed if its selected)

[soft whale]

Imo its useless to have total clips just make it 30/90 <- total bullets left

so ui will be more simple and readable

[fringe crystal]

eh ill think about it, this just looks cooler imo

[cold onyx]

What are the 4 bullet like things in bottom right corner

[cold onyx]

I agree

[fringe crystal]

they supposed to be like a "fire mode" but i just removed it its useless tbh

[cold onyx]

Oh like burst fire and single fire ?

[fringe crystal]

yea

[cold onyx]

Nice looks better, less congested in bottom right too

[cold onyx]

Is there secondary weapon

[fringe crystal]

yes but its not shown

[cold onyx]

Okay

Oh btw

I suggest make the match timer and important stuff at the top of the screen

[fringe crystal]

good idea

[cold onyx]

I'm guessing 5:34 is match timer

[fringe crystal]

yes

[cold onyx]

https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/893ee8f2-6d4e-4521-91d0-942c37300dfa/d8xqc5z-24733266-7462-43f6-a26b-d06bd3b43c93.jpg/v1/fill/w_1024,h_576,q_75,strp/fps_ui_design_concept_by_wolfwoot_d8xqc5z-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NTc2IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvODkzZWU4ZjItNmQ0ZS00NTIxLTkxZDAtOTQyYzM3MzAwZGZhXC9kOHhxYzV6LTI0NzMzMjY2LTc0NjItNDNmNi1hMjZiLWQwNmJkM2I0M2M5My5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTAyNCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.0WT7-jHTocoCtUywL5nzeci9XFNz9SHELWF1A5dUqDM

@fringe crystal I found this on google images

[fringe crystal]

interesting

[cold onyx]

The health ui looks simple and informative u can * take inspiration

[fringe crystal]

i will

simplicity is best

[cold onyx]

Yep but sometimes being creative also has its benefits

[fringe crystal]

that too

[wicked lark]

[sudden pendant]

Please make a #1180170818983051344 if you want to show progress of your game.

[fringe crystal]

ok

type shi

[knotty mortar]

Hey all, random question here. I'm working on a small phone game that has a tech tree. How do I assemble a tech tree for a game that is fun and compelling? Are there any kind of standard guidelines these usually follow?

[soft whale]

<@&502884371011731486> steam scam

[weary granite]

Hiii everyone, im working on a little game for fun and i want the game to look a bit anime / cartoonish, i tried to mess around with the shaders etc but i feel like a kid playing with a nuclear bomb... can someone give me some tips to make it?

[solar knoll]

Really a design full of buttons, but curiously they seem few thanks to the use of Sceollview, and the measurements, I like Unity

[cold onyx]

Can anyone help me with openworld map design, I got a rough shape on paper, now I just need to make it a polished digital design. Question 1 how much meters should 1 pixel be, the map is 7km by 7km

[cold onyx]

Still alot of buttons, try to make a door system(or a corridor system) where you slide to view rest of the room, press on the door to get to the corridor, slide to view all doors in the corridor, press on the door to take you to its respective room

[solar knoll]

That sounds very old, I'm a big fan of Asian ones, that's why I chose a more modern and futuristic design, when you turn the buttons and try to use the buttons, it's very gratifying, you notice something new, I didn't want to do something that already seemed played, it sounds strange, pwro when playing pou, it makes sense, and other types of games like that

[warped robin]

Anybody know of any free monster type assets that come with animations?

Need something spooky for my horror game

[tiny goblet]

Checkout Frenzy - Convenience Store Simulator can anyone help me set this asset up or know a way

[ocean comet]

Don't cross-post. This has nothing to do with this channel.

[chrome anchor]

in 1780 lines [Single Script] i have created old school battlezone (tank game) using vector graphics & zero 3D models.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.vectorgraphics@2.0/manual/index.html

[chrome anchor]

Oh and everything is completely random

[tiny goblet]

where should i post it

new

[ocean comet]

#💻┃unity-talk was fine. Nowhere else.
Add some more context if you want help, there's no way someone will help with no real question

[tiny goblet]

ok sorry

[acoustic kraken]

alrighty

so what ive done so far is

a menu screen (placeholder cuz i was testing menu screens)

[fathom cypress]

you need to be thinking long-term already.. like the game-loop

whats the objective..

[acoustic kraken]

and u spawn into a room with a table and some other objects, then u have to solve a puzzle (made an object for placeholder) which drops the key to the outside, then thats it (outside has a few trees and nothing else

[acoustic kraken]

i was thinking either a specific story (with randomization for replayability) or a survival/multiplayer survival horror game from multiple monsters

[fathom cypress]

yea, in my opinion having a story to follow keeps u on track better than if u just going after certain game mechanics

u can always add mechanics into ur story as u see fit

(as a beginner, naturally keep it really short tho)

[acoustic kraken]

by randomisation, i meant like

random item locations, random enemy patterns

sounds blablabla

[fathom cypress]

ya, thats fine..

flashlight on -> battery drain -> lights go out -> u get eaten

lol.. thats ur typical survival genre.. and imo it needs some more flair to it

i like the idea of puzzle-rooms

for puzzles i like to work backwards..

its really the only way i can make puzzles w/o getting confused with my own setup

[acoustic kraken]

lol

not rlly that

yk nun massacre?

that but instead of progression its more like survival, + u could find items on the ground to defend from the killer (preplanned that the killer would be very fast and have a pretty short/mid range of vision) like stuns

instead of items to progress

[fathom cypress]

you should use a notepad / note taking program to stay organized..
list of ur ideas as u brainstorm.. keep inspritation images/videos/etc all in one place..
I use obsidian but theres other good ones as well..

[acoustic kraken]

i had an idea

theres a clock object which is a puzzle for the key

but it only spawns in after the player has interacted with the door

good?

also, i made it physically impossible to see the clock while interacting with the door..

[fathom cypress]

sounds good to me.. just build on what u have.. and rinse and repeat..
if something doesnt work out or feels too "out there" just take a step back.. refactor a bit and move along..

organic game-design is my favorite.. (just let things happen)

you'll make cool discoveries u just cant when trying to line out everything before hand)

[acoustic kraken]

mhm

[drifting spoke]

ive got an idea for a gta vr game but im struggling with the city. Right now ive got a basic city grid layout but i want to make it feel more alive and different from other parts rather than so repeated

[buoyant sapphire]

Gamedev in a nutshell: 1) make a grid 2) finish making the game.

There are no easy ways to add variety to a game.

[radiant carbon]

What is your skill level? GTA-style games are definitely gonna be one of the more difficult things you could do (and especially in vr)

You should first decide whether you want to base the map off of a real city or not

Then I would start creating the ai characters (which will be the hardest part by far)

You'll definitely want to use a state machine or something similar for the ai so that it can do actions like driving, walking from place to place, reacting to player actions and other ai

To make your city more lively, I would focus on trees and small details. High quality buildings, city materials, ect will take the longest to create (and cost the most if you buy them). But the result will be great IF you put in the due time and you have the skill. There is a reason gta 6 is taking so long

[fathom cypress]

idk.. High-quality City + VR doesn't sound like it synergizes too well

audio is the magic sauce... a good audio track can living up even abunch of cubes

[drifting spoke]

I’m intermediate and already have a basic pretty big grid layout and I’ve got the characters done, I’m also using occlusion culling to make performance better

[tiny berry]

If your trying to build a GTA-like game, maybe take some references from GTAs map, or even Schedule 1 which is also GTA-like - figure out your points of interest and the reason the player should ever be in any particular area to begin with, and decide how those areas connect (are there islands? Bridges? Highways? Residential areas? Shopping centers? Police/legal/government establishments? Faction-controlled zones? Utility/gameplay-specific stores? Etc) - also looking at different city street layouts can help, see in the real world how some cities and countries decide what should go next to eachother, and how/why roads and pathways are designed the way they are, sometimes its to get around terrain, other times it started as a small town and developed into a city where things were added unplanned and adapted, some streets curve, others have dead ends, some areas are under construction or owned by private companies developing land, or developed with wealth disparity or distribution - for example in GTA, some parts have expensive houses and you only see high-end cars, others are barely standing homes and cars from the 70s

[steady granite]

I want to make a unity game, however I don't know how to start. Should I learn basic coding first or just jump in and learn along the way? What are some things I should know before getting into unity and starting?

[sudden pendant]

!learn

[desert marten]

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[steady granite]

What courses do you recommend?

[sudden pendant]

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[lost merlin]

You need to know your coding else you aint getting far with just Unity.
https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php
Go knock out each of those sections and everything on classes