archived-game-design

[naive lion]

let me know what you think

[cinder hamlet]

Definitely

[late vapor]

that's what I hate about multiplayer games

when there's no setting to disable cosmetics clientside

[naive lion]

do you mean cosmetics for competitive multiplayer games

like cs go where player skins might effect visibility?

[late vapor]

or killing floor 2

where the horror aesthetic is ruined by people running around with rainbow guns and clown costumes

and doing fortnite dances

[cold onyx]

What counts as an activity to you?

[rigid marten]

is it posible to add another scene here without editing the sourcce code?

[sleek phoenix]

I'm not sure why you'd want to do that, and why you're asking in this channel

[rigid marten]

its for my friends thesis but their programmer is MIA so the app is unfinish and they need to add another scene on the app

so im also helping to figure out what to do since i also want to learn how to use unity

[sonic sky]

Hey! New to this server so sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place. If so I'm sorry, tell me where the right place to post this

Anybody in this server know Japanese? I have to design a Tokyo scene and have a few words I want to be sure are represented properly 🙂

[sleek phoenix]

Job posts aren't allowed on this server, see #📖┃code-of-conduct for where to post them

[balmy mica]

Cooking, football (but that would not count because u dont need 2 hands for it)

[sudden pendant]

@civic oak Use the correct channels, #🏃┃animation.

[cold onyx]

You can use a trustee language translator

Trusted

[heavy spear]

Ah apologies

[urban urchin]

What are some common traits of rpgs that have good build crafting? Like Diablo, torchlight, hades, divinity. Like is there some commonality between these games where you can build so many different ways?

[tulip marsh]

So I am being asked a lot about socials for my open world anime RPG game. The thing I would like your opinions on is, should I create the socials now or wait until I have a lot more to show?

[digital aurora]

Earlier is better time wise but id say having an actual product to show will help give it better traction

[tiny girder]

what do you guys think?

it has a spiderman-like swinging mechanic

[rocky walrus]

I mean the asthetics seem good/fitting

[winged dove]

i'm attempting to create a proc gen winding river but it's not going too well, does anyone have any advice?

[tiny girder]

just an idea, but you could try to make different terrain heights and then make the river find the shortest path down from each level

might not be what you want though

[cold onyx]

any tips, websites, or resources for map design?
basically how to plan out all the locations for the game, and best practices for building them

[rancid cypress]

https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1305/Everything-I-Learned-About-Level

Absolutely amazing video. Half the things I learned in my level design class came from this vid

[cold onyx]

thank you, I will watch 🙂

[cold onyx]

very good video. I skipped through it quickly and read all the headings. the points are excellent. also saved and bookmarked

[rancid cypress]

Awesome. Glad it was helpful

[elder bough]

How do you do it now? I think maybe using layered 1d noise to get your rough curve and then another 1d noise to give your radius of your river

[winged dove]

Thanks, that's a pretty good idea and ill have a play with it 🙂

[winged dove]

right now it's simply moving down 1 tile and using noise whether it should be -1 or +1 X

[elder bough]

I think maybe give a particle a velocity and then use noise to control the rotation of that velocity vector which should give a pretty smooth but random curve

Then like I said you can use another noise to produce the radius

[gaunt sparrow]

good lightings

[steel tulip]

https://youtu.be/22U9zzigBVc

ah DUNE based RTS ???
umm yes please

[granite prism]

So I've run into a problem with my games spell system. I recently implemented a basic projectile spell, but this was an after thought to a spell input system where you dial in your spells with the face buttons.

The problem that arose is that I want to implement platform challenges or puzzles that require the use of the projectile spells, but I've removed all ways of getting rid of your prepared spell (aside from getting hit by an enemy, but I may remove that as well)

How should I go about allowing the player to drop their readied spell?

My spells can be charged to release a more powerful version, and previously this cleared your readied spell, but I got mostly negative feedback about that causing the spell to drop so I changed that.
And I want to avoid adding more buttons, although I could do with one more because currently the east face button isn't used for anything outside of being one of the four buttons you use to dial in spell inputs

just trying to come up with a solution to this that isn't complicated for the player to understand and use

or rewarding for its complexity, such as making the charged spells much more powerful and flashy than they currently are, the trade off being that you drop your prepared spell

[fathom spire]

I’m very new here and still new to unity and don’t know C# (I was coming here to ask for help about a game choice too lmao). I’m not sure I’ve got a full grasp of your situation but maybe you could take a leaf out of hollow knights book and use a system similar to channeling to heal (hear me out) your spells can be charged so maybe they could be channeled back into mana or whatever your game uses - this could also work as an ability, absorbing magic and working as a shield of sorts to repurpose any spells thrown at you

Might be an incorrect take but I hope it is somewhat helpful

[primal adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZlOXMbf4Cw&t=5s

My first real game

It's still pretty early in development

and the videos a little blurry

but I still did my best! 🙂

[cold onyx]

Can I get help redesigning this

[faint oracle]

in what way?

[cold onyx]

Make it 2d version of it

[faint oracle]

so redrawn but digitality?

[cold onyx]

Yes

So I can add it to my game I want to create

[sudden pendant]

@cold onyx This isn't the place to ask for free work.

[cold onyx]

Ok

[cold onyx]

Why?

[late vapor]

is it not subdivided as much as in blender?

[median forge]

As if the genre wasn't defined by a Dune adaptation, then rebooted at least twice 😄

[twilit agate]

all I wanna know is why does vladimir harkonnen look like the butcher from cadillacs and dinosaurs?

[steel tulip]

I wasn't aware- Got details?

[night shoal]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_II

[cold onyx]

Here's what I'm trying to build :)

[median forge]

Have you seen the Baron in the new movie?

I'm pretty sure that's the closest they could make without paying the actor for his likeness

[cold onyx]

now everything is not exactly on scale and subject to change

hehe

[median forge]

Isn't that what always happens though 😆

[cold onyx]

I guess it was an obvious statement :)

[twilit agate]

nah i was so pumped about it being a series and jason mamoa then it turned out to be a 2hr movie lol.

[main sonnet]

If I'm making a mobile zombie game with similar mechanics to classic COD zombies, am I legally in the clear to advertise the game as "If you always liked playing zombies, you'll appreciate this endless zombie slayer game"? Im not saying Call of Duty zombies but some people think of COD when you say "playing zombies". I just want to use the term playing instead of something like killing in my advertisements. Didnt think it was a problem but someone i know mentioned it and made me curious.

[remote glacier]

zombies is zombies, nothing related to COD or any other game

[main sonnet]

thats what i thought, thanks

[grave scarab]

Hey Guys, I'm making a game with multiplayer and multiple characters to select from. I just watched this video below on Unity's channel about abilities, he speaks about another video about how to do a character selection tutorial, but I can't find it. Does anyone have a link to that live training video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvRKfLPqQ0Q&t=50s

[mint igloo]

Hey I was wandering If someone could help me here, I'm attempting to make a game, And I've ran into an interesting problem, That I cant seem to resolve, That is happening because Of a ground collision checker not appearing to see a platform as the ground,

Im using a superunit, What is also interesting me ,Is that is seemes to be the exact same super unit I made when using bolt for the first time that works on that game,

However I cant seem to get it to work on this game, And I'm really struggling, I will be very greateful If someone could help

[rare gorge]

Found on here: https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/create-a-character-select-system-with-scriptable-objects#5cf69032edbc2a0b4e20d0a2
Live training video: https://youtu.be/4VxoE-dsziM

[grave scarab]

Thank you @rare gorge , you're the best

[jaunty edge]

Anyone have any suggestions for a setting for a horror game I’m trying to make? Trying to avoid the overdone classics

[ebon bear]

Eurovision.

[jaunty edge]

Eurovision? How would that work 😂

That could be fun to do though

Thanks

[primal adder]

what do you guys think of my game design?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2osAu7GBsg&t=5s

[winged dove]

i didn't watch it all but it feels too far zoomed in

[clear arch]

It's looks interesting but I do agree that the camera is too zoomed in

[primal adder]

yeah that seems to be a pretty common issue

[bitter fulcrum]

I will suggest being a little more enthusiastic

[pure lily]

Hey, I'm developing a story centric social sim/dungeon crawler turn based rpg. Think p5. However I am building a new fantasy world to go along with it. However, I kinda want to have the social sim part of the game take place in an open world. But then I would struggle to tell the story
Does anyone have any ideas for a system that can use :
a) a calendar
b) A story that creates urgency in gameplay
c) An exploration aspect (through open world or other means)
I feel like a calendar in an open world would be an ideal solution
But it creates problems in terms of gameplay...

[primal adder]

@bitter fulcrum I'll try that next time. Thank you for the feed back 🙂

[elfin smelt]

are these good starter cars for a game im making?
Nissan 240SX, Toyota Corrola AE86, Ferrari Testarossa

[fresh dune]

Depends on what you’re going for. If you’re going for like a forza horizon type thing where you collect cars as you go, I’d recommend sometbjng “basic” but also something that catches a person attention. Likewise you don’t want sometbing INSANE like a Bugatti yk? I do like your suggestions but I guess it depends on what your end goal is

I know that answer doesn’t tell you much but I also don’t know much about your game yk

[elfin smelt]

nah like a drift sim

i was looking for low hp retro-ish cars

[fresh dune]

I think those are very solid choices, especially if you nail the mechanics and feel of the car

[elfin smelt]

ah ok

tysm

[elfin smelt]

i think ill change the ferrari to a mk3 supra

any reason why i shouldnt?

[ebon ibex]

Im thinking of making a 3D isometric horror game that takes place in a house. Any concept ideas though?

[cold onyx]

anyone know how to get a VHS filter on my game? that not being a 50 dollar asset on the unity store lol

[sleek phoenix]

A post processing shader

[cinder hamlet]

I think having limited-time objectives (assuming that's what you mean by calendar) in an open world game would hurt the exploration and freedom aspect

[muted cloud]

well, what scares you personally? Not existential stuff but what is the last thing you would want to run into, in a dark house alone? Is that something that would translate to the mechanics of an isometric game? And how?

[jaunty edge]

I’m making a horror game based around my personal fear of things with more than 4 legs but I’m struggling to pick a good setting, anyone have any ideas?

[ebon ibex]

Could be a forest, lots of trees and room to climb and crawl around

[rancid rampart]

also forests are great places for spiders (insects with more than 3 legs)

[cinder hamlet]

Laboratory map would probably be a lot easier to make and work with than a forest map though

So you can add the "fear the unknown" element as well

[fading star]

Hello...I am new to this world building. Could I ask here some really newbie questions that might bore all of you?

[rancid rampart]

sure

Idk much myself but ill try help anyways

[dusky bear]

Exactly its like saying every ghost hunting game is a phasmophobia ripoff

[honest rapids]

HI guys can someone tell if its possible to get a static data of how many number of tiles were used in an wave function collape algorithm ?

[sweet quiver]

hey so I've been wondering about 3d character controllers

the code part is not the problem

I'm just wondering about the input part

primarily the camera aspect, not the actual controller

because whilst im playing games, I never realize how I look around

[short pier]

Just an idea, but:
A catastrophic event that would cause the need for time to be precious, like An army invading, a Demon ressurecting, and have each night spawn strong monsters that are preparing for said catastrophic event

Just an idea tho, probably would need more fleshing out

[pure lily]

Huh, that seems interesting

a looming threat that makes the overworld more malignant

[weary folio]

Do prople here see GMTK?

[bitter fulcrum]

yes

[cinder hamlet]

you dont have to ask for permission to ask questions

just ask what you need, thats the point of this channel

[toxic peak]

I think if look at the manga / light novel for shield hero for some inspiration there might work.

The heros get to know how much time is remaining until the next monster wave and level up/explore the world before it happens.

[cold onyx]

two teams. golf. one player golfs. one team protects golfer. other team tries to kill golfer. golfer cannot move, can only golf.

chaos. weapons. explosions.

death = stroke

make a YT vid and tag me

[wise saffron]

okay funky question, monkey with minigun hands, or cannon hands ( havent made cannon hands yet)

[wheat bison]

how is this font

[night shoal]

Early 2000's retro

[cinder hamlet]

^ probably not good unless you're making a retro game

[wheat bison]

May I ask for some font suggestions?

like what is a good font

[night shoal]

Look at games that have the same style as what you're going for, and find a font that's similar

[wheat bison]

How is this

[mild dew]

Futura or GOTHAM

[wheat bison]

Where do I get those at?

[mild dew]

Just google for the font. I think they cost money if you want to use them for commercial games.

[mild dew]

https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/futura-pt

[solid edge]

Yeah, usually cheap tho (around £10)

[mild dew]

Yeah but I don‘t really get it though. Does the font come with a license file that than has to be put into the game files? Same goes for assets how do I prove that I paid for those and own the license when publishing my game?

[minor basin]

i made my game have a parralax background b ut forgot the fact the i need tiling

is it possible to build my game on just like a background and have him move and do a bunch of other stuff on it like this

[night shoal]

You keep the receipts and show them if someone asks

Nobody will though, except maybe the asset creator

Or possibly the publishing platform if they have some reason to doubt

[mild dew]

Ah I see aight

I was asking myself this question for quite some time now

Thanks

[solid edge]

Not to sure. I think its trust based, or they will check with you if they see your using their font

[solid edge]

#archived-works-in-progress should be the correct channel for this?

[mild dew]

Yeah thats okay the only thing I worried about was getting into trouble because of not providing some sort of license file in the files where the gamebuild is.

[minor basin]

i dont think so since its a question about the design and if it will work

[vapid wolf]

Anybody here with open DMs and some sort of knowledge about game designing? I wish to converse a plethora of topics that have been on my mind for the past several months.

[digital aurora]

why not put them here?

[glass cedar]

Anything from google fonts is free and open source for commercial or personal use :)

Not sure if futura or Gotham are on google fonts, but that's a great place to start for free fonts, I use montserrat for my UI it's very clean

[sudden pendant]

@feral cloud This channel is for game design. If you want feedback, use #archived-works-in-progress and make a thread.

[terse elk]

@sudden pendant

so

if you're Nitendo only you can prevent others ?

do they have like a patent or something?

[sudden pendant]

1. You can only copyright intellectual properties
2. You can't copyright game ideas (genres, mechanics)

That's it. It's that simple.

I swear this conversation happens like once a week.

If your grand idea is some mechanic where you have to dodge falling cubes with faces (for example), there's nothing stopping someone from seeing your game on the store and doing the exact same game except with falling spheres. And if that someone is a big publisher, then their game will absolutely bury yours beyond sight.

[terse elk]

damn that's crazy.

So atleast I can copy right my assets(game character..etc) fair enough

but that's crazy how you can't copyright game ideas, I will make sure my game is the best mark my word.

to the point where the users will only come to the game not Voodo or Ketchapp

[sudden pendant]

How do you copyright a game idea? Who owns the copyright to First Person Shooter that takes place during WW2?

[sleek phoenix]

You can definitely patent things like loading screen minigames and the nemesis system though

[vale crypt]

A quick question to those of you that play with Shaders... Who does shaders in a team? The coder or the 3D Artist?
I know in bigger teams there will probably be a technical artist that does that and all. But talking about smaller teams...
The question came as I read about shaders I few that my years of coding are basically useless as it seems that what matters is having some 3D knowledge... xD

[sudden pendant]

Whoever is able to, really. If the team is small and without a dedicated tech artist, then everyone just has to wear more hats.

[vale crypt]

On that of course, my question is more to whom the knowledge is more similar to 3D or to coding...

[sudden pendant]

3D

If you had to pick, that is. It's in the middle.

But the fundamentals and understanding are purely art. The code is the implementation.

[vale crypt]

Yeah, that is how I felt. Like the code was not algorithm in itself but more just like a medium for the 3D knowledge to take form.

I am glad that I am not crazy thinking that... xDDDD

[cinder hamlet]

what kind of game

action game, platformer, puzzle?

well, are you better at 2d or 3d graphics?

perhaps a stealth game but fast-paced focused on parkour mechanics?

I dont think ive seen such

[marble lagoon]

fast-paced parkour stealth takedowns would be a fun concept
kinda like Batman but a bit less 'use your fists' and a whole lot more sneaky speed :)

[ornate rain]

how do i make the button better i mean the text. Thats just a clicker game

i've already tried with cursor image but it doesnt look great

not only text the buy button in general

[cinder hamlet]

try making the button look a bit 3d, also consider making the background darker than the buttons

[cold onyx]

Games and software are considered “literary works.” They are copyrighted like books. It’s not as strict as a patent. But games have two components: the code and the graphics. If you go the copyright site the process is not that bad. It’s $30
You should copyright your game prior to publishing or releasing

I suggest avoiding patents on games (doubt you’d get one anyway) but getting copyright registered if you’re serious about going commercial

[cold onyx]

Hello anyone know good free maps for race ? (car game)

[desert oar]

Hi friends, I am in need of a scrollable list of names I can browse via up/down and a button.

I did follow this but I think it's confusing:

https://pavcreations.com/scrollable-menu-in-unity-with-button-or-key-controller/

is there a easier way?

or is this the standard?

[forest forge]

I was thinking... This isn't really game design, I know...
But what do you prefer in 2D platformers? Variable height jumping or static height jumping?
Personally I prefer static height jumping, as you just have to click a button and not worry about it anymore
But my friend says that variable height is much better for platformers.... I'm not sure about that... What do you think?

[round pine]

variable height allows for finer control and more precise movements

it's nice in certain games

depends on the feeling of the movements in the game

[forest forge]

Hm yeah I guess that makes sense

Maybe I'm just too used to playing games with static height jumping, having to hold the button just feels unnatural to me

[hardy marten]

Hey! I've made a scene for 30sec cutscene. Do I capture a wmv video of it or run it like in realtime. Which one is more efficient?

[late vapor]

I would think realtime

hd cutscenes take up MASSIVE amounts of space

[hardy marten]

But I'm not gonna use that scene anymore and it's for a android game

??

[open sentinel]

Ey

Anyone know where I could find some maps

For fps games or even racing games

[pine kite]

It's really just a trade-off between space and quality (as far as runtime is concerned). Probably wanna look into how long the initial download size or loading times within the app would be for it and what effect that sort of thing would have on mobile app retention metrics.

[sudden pendant]

@earnest iris You can use the forums for collaboration posts. #📖┃code-of-conduct

[woven fern]

What type of Math should you learn for Unity, and game dev in general?

[sudden pendant]

Vector math is probably the most important. Look up Freya Holmer YouTube series on the topic.

[woven fern]

thanks 👍

[cinder hamlet]

I think you just learn the basic vector math from unity tutorials

unless you have trouble understanding the concept

[dire osprey]

I'm not 100% sure where the right place to ask is, but is it possible to have a target move along the outline of a sprite - say, a letter, or would I have to create spline pathes for each letter?

And if I have to do that, what's the best tool to create the spline path?

[bright glen]

Question: What is the common reason for someone to have a headache in FPS

[late vapor]

possibly a combination of fov and head bob

[bright glen]

well, I set it to 90, and head bobbing doesn't exist in my programming

however, another person I asked said that there is a possibility that the mouse sensitivity is too high

[late vapor]

I'm not too experienced with it

[bright glen]

hmm

[pine kite]

Well you can rule out mouse sensitivity by having a setting for it 😄

In general good control over the motion on the screen will probably help with motion sickness

[dense jackal]

Hello

[craggy grotto]

Hey, Im making a survival game and want a day and night cycle. My first plan was to make every day in-game 6 hours real-time. Though how long would you (everyone who wants to respond) want a day+night to last in-game in total? Like, what's the best choice

[gilded vault]

is the day and night cycle important in any way?

[craggy grotto]

It's a survival game so yeah kinda. Im making it as realistic as possible (gameplay wise) btw. Itll be hard to see in the dark and less animals are out at night, but other than that not really

[gilded vault]

personally, i'd say day and night should both last maybe 15 mins? but thats just my own opinion.

[scarlet bolt]

I think it should be around 30 min for both.

or 15.

Longer than 30 sounds like it might lose a players attention if they need to do a specific mission at night (Gather 10 own feathers or something like that)

[craggy grotto]

Only 15?!

[scarlet bolt]

I'm planning to make a top-down RPG where the main character has an ancient wizards hat accidentally stuck on his head. The main character himself doesn't know how to perform magic but the hat does.

basic story:

teen got ancient wizards had stuck on his head, the hat is on a mission to find its old master and save him with its new accomplice. funny hat and human interaction.

gameplay loop:

you go around towns and ask NPCs if they know where a great wizard might be. you do quests to receive info and occasionally get misled and meet the wrong wizard and end up fighting them.

opinions?

[wary panther]

is there a proper move for this kind of movement? not just "X"

[humble briar]

diagonal?

[wary panther]

yeah

right

[ripe horizon]

Is there a way to create my own font?

[twilit agate]

Font generators

but good ones might be paid

[ripe horizon]

I mean like painting it

[twilit agate]

yeah you will need astylus for that tho

[ripe horizon]

Huh

[twilit agate]

lol if the font making software supports handwriting you will need a stylus as in pressure senstive tablet. here are some. https://speckyboy.com/tools-create-your-own-custom-font/
Check there features only buy a drawing tablet if you will actuall use it because these softwares will be more like vector apps drawing with bezier curves I guess.

[ripe horizon]

Soo i cant make with desktop?

Only with premium?

[twilit agate]

no there are many free apps in there

[ripe horizon]

Yea i found

[ripe horizon]

But lots of them are for android

[twilit agate]

and you may only need the drawing tablet for brush script or calligraphy style fonts. That is also when the software supports working with tablet. if it doesnt you will have to draw geometricall with bezier curves only.

there are windows too

[ornate rain]

looks like snowball?? lol

if not what should i change

[broken echo]

Sure looks like a snowball, in the current context.

[cinder hamlet]

seems good to me

[twilit agate]

maybe remove the black outline and give it a thinner pale greyish blue one. also wherever the light is hitting it erase the outline at that spot, coz it will not be visible due to too much light.

[sudden pendant]

@violet oar Don't crosspost

[late vapor]

right click in hierarchy

create particle system

[hard fog]

You can find tutorials on particle system on Unity Learn, there's also tutorial in the manual and free examples on Asseet Store

[unreal eagle]

If I was to make an adventure story telling game what are some pointers

[loud ether]

the what?

have a interesting story

make sure people will wanna find out what happens next

make sure the general game play does not suck ( ik this might be ovious but just make sure it wont distract from the story)

and make sure you like the game too

have fun doing it

[bright glen]

This answer will help, thanks for the help

[cinder hamlet]

on consoles*

[cinder hamlet]

k

[crisp palm]

i need help making shotgun for my 2D game i dont know how to make different weapons types i know only how to make basic pistol

[hazy walrus]

any1 got some good game ideas that are easy enough for beginers to make(other than flappy birb)

[rigid ivy]

pong

2048

asteroids

pinball

breakout

[cobalt night]

depends on what you know as you could look at some of the more basic mobile games like geometry dash also depends if your doing 2d or 3d if your doing 2d you could make games that you have to bounce a ball of the wall like pong or you could "shoot at objects appearing (You could use instantiate for the objects) you could do parkour too

[obtuse trout]

this isnt exactly coding, but a general game making question. i wanna remaster old games. which ones should i try to do? except for galaga. already working on that. also no nintendo. nintendo is crazy with copyright.

and yes. i will contact the people who own the copyright stuff before development

[humble briar]

castlevania

[odd basin]

some days ago i wondered how i would work on ammo system

i concluded that i just needed to put a limit related to the ammo item on the ground and i felt dumb for taking a little while to conclude that

well i'm tellking that because i hope it helps someone

[odd basin]

i would like to post some nintendo games fanarts, but if i make it, i will just share with friends lol

about the remaster, i really like the triangle strategy/octopath traveler graphics style

i would love to see that on final fantasy 6(final fantasy III)

[odd basin]

there are recipes for stories that people like in this type of game, but obsviously it tends to be generic

[sleek phoenix]

Start with flappy bird

[sudden pendant]

Start by learning how to use Unity before you worry about how to make a game. Do the Unit Learn series pinned in #💻┃unity-talk.

@twin mango This isn't a game design question. If you have a code question, use #💻┃code-beginner.

[twin mango]

oh my mistake let me move it

[cobalt night]

you can start by looking at pins or on forums and YouTube but you can first start learning how to make a "player" move with getkeydown and also maybe start in a 2d world and start placing down objects and putting colliders on them experiment with the game objects and simple movement.

[cobalt night]

the code for getkey down is: if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.UpArrow)) {}

[crisp palm]

like this

[odd basin]

While making your game, dont forget about how players can react from things you done they will think of your game different from the creator

[waxen current]

I'm not sure if this is a good place to ask but I have a code that makes a sword attached to my 2D sprite rotate around him towards the mouse point. What I WANT to happen is give the sword weight (so adjust speed of rotation) and also give the sword weight and momentum so it isn't always pointing stonely at the pointer.

Kinda like "Finger!" From binding of issac if that is good reference

[sudden pendant]

Start by learning how to make things in general. Do the Unity Learn tutorials pinned in #💻┃unity-talk

[calm blaze]

My game format is essentially a mix of Chrono Trigger and Ōkami.

[cold onyx]

That sounds sweet! You planning to publish it?

[calm blaze]

With a dash of Final Fantasy 7 Remake in there.

Yes, I am planning to publish it.

But not after some years of hard work.

[cold onyx]

Course! What name are you thinking of; I will keep an eye out for it! 🙂

[sudden pendant]

@cold onyx If you say so:
https://learn.unity.com/course/beginning-2d-game-development

[final hamlet]

Can anyone help I want to license a song for my game what’s the best way to

I’m making an mmorpg and for the credits I want the original sao ending price doesn’t rly matter also

[sudden pendant]

You have to go through the record label or publisher who owns the rights to it, then provided they agree, be prepared to spend a lot of money.

[final hamlet]

Ok

[final hamlet]

Thank you 👍

[lyric tulip]

What should I call my game? It's like a mix of FarCry games, Rust Survival, and GTA Businesses.

[pine kite]

Give it a codename and decide closer to a release.

[lyric tulip]

That would be a good idea lol

[ornate rain]

that green fits the dirt?

ill shadow it ofc

[bitter fulcrum]

I think it looks good

[ornate rain]

ok

[final hamlet]

Start

[final hamlet]

It sounds like you start from the beginning and work up so start

[cinder hamlet]

I'd make it brighter

[ornate rain]

ive also changed the outline to brighter

but idk what about grass

i have no idea how to make great shadow for it

[cinder hamlet]

"Overly ambitious unfinished project"

[ornate rain]

idk why but its harder than dirt

[sudden pendant]

This isn't game design related. Make a thread about it in #archived-works-in-progress

[cinder hamlet]

the grass could use some texture

#🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[old monolith]

Anyone here can teach me basic things in unity?

Please

[sudden pendant]

There is the Unity Learn tutorial series. You can get the link in the pins in #💻┃unity-talk

[old monolith]

Tysm

[glass cedar]

Struggling for ideas in my project. I've been working on it for about 10 months now for college, but since that has finished I'm trying to develop it further into a full game release. I've already got the art style sorted (see attached pictures). My current thoughts are for the player to have to 'research' natural wildlife, similar to Ark/Pokémon, and these creatures each have unique abilities(eg. Ground Smash, Dash, Invisibility) which are unlocked to the player when a player researches that creature for the first time, and upgraded each time the player researches another creature of that species, and the player can choose up to 3 to use. However, I'm struggling to find a good concept for enemies for the player to use these abilities on, as well as a main story to go with it. Any thoughts/feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Previously the enemies were just simple drones, but I'm not sure if these work with my new researching wildlife mechanic

[ornate rain]

how do i make the arms more realistic?

[night shoal]

make them longer

[ornate rain]

okay

[crisp palm]

i would make them like this:

[ornate rain]

thx

[cursive schooner]

My God 🤩

[inner ledge]

It's him indeed.

[cursive schooner]

Beauty at its finest!

ngl unironically I like it if someone did that in a game xD

[ornate rain]

looks awesome im gonna use it

tysm

[cinder hamlet]

Are you going for more of a scifi style or fantasy style?

[glass cedar]

Sci fi, but dont worry, I've already had a long convo in another server and answered the questions I asked here. Ty though:)

[odd basin]

You could add the option for the player to be able to treat the enemies as a pet when the research is at full level and some of them could help you find items automatically

[tropic badge]

im just getting in unity and i have been working on a minecraft clone and this is how it loads the world. (its satisfying (for me at least));

[harsh nexus]

Guys whats the biggest flaw/things you hate the most in run and gun games

[bitter fulcrum]

death resetting all your progress

[bitter fulcrum]

This feels like something that can be turned into quite a good puzzle game (The limited view and objects that are right next to you loading in)

[harsh nexus]

Are there any unique ways to fix the issue that you can think of?

[bitter fulcrum]

No not really

Cause any way I can think of will make death less terrifying

[cinder hamlet]

checkpoints?

or whenever player respawns they get an option to "reconstruct" their previous run in fast forward so they can choose where to continue

[bitter fulcrum]

thats a great idea

[odd basin]

if you put this kind of game as a free to play on mobile you can put ads to revive your player

[clever mica]

hi,i have a game project and characters in my game like this.(like fake 3d) What's the name of this?

[tropic badge]

That is a great Idea! I never thought of it that way.

[odd basin]

Cellshading i guess

[clever mica]

thx for answer

[autumn bluff]

Anyone know how to get rid of the white square on the top right?

[whole cape]

anyone has an idear for a 2d endless runner theme ? probably anmials or persons i have no own idear 😄

[unreal rock]

@whole cape a caveman running away from a big dinosaur that picks up speed over time!

[odd basin]

The square is not a object then?

Does he appears in the scene?

[cinder hamlet]

You can call it 2.5d

2d gameplay with 3d graphics

[cold onyx]

Yo anyone has some game ideas for me? can't think of anything good for weeks now

[pine kite]

Here's a few. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOGYEqForOU
The easiest way to come up with designs is to be inspired by something. Expose yourself to games in a rapid manner and make a list out of the ones that inspire you. Come up with ideas based on them and sort them based on how likely you are able to execute them and how good you think it will be.

[cold onyx]

ay thanks for the help, will watch that vid 😄

[pine kite]

Use arrow keys to quickly skip around

[cold onyx]

👍

[odd basin]

Good answer
But ps2 has more unique games though

Cuz it would be a pain in the ass to see a list of games from ps4

[odd basin]

But it would be cool if you can do a game like industrial spy but good or immortal grand pix

[pine kite]

I feel like showing old games with jank art and animation is more appropriate for newer devs 😄

[odd basin]

Hm i see

Sometimes i want to do a 3d game that resembles dead or alive 2 artsyle
But people would probably not like that idea

[cold onyx]

i take that as an insult

jk, but i am not that new

i am just uncreative as heck

[pine kite]

Having experience with programming in Unity doesn't necessarily help you with all of other disciplines involved in creation of those jank things you see in the videos.

[cold onyx]

I have been making games for a few years now, not like super professional or anything but i have advanced skills in like composing, design, game design and programming at least thats why i would say from myself after those yearst

what i def need to learn is communication tho 😂

[lofty walrus]

So i have a maze that generates a bit like this (old screenshot). Although i have one major question, so far the player spawns in the first square of the maze. But what if i want to generate an exit? I don't want to randomly pick a spot and cut in the side walls since that might make it either really hard to beat the maze or really easy. SO my question is, how do i tell where i should place the exit if i want the player to spawn from within the walls in a random location?

pls ping me :)

[cinder hamlet]

You can technically place the exit anywhere seeing how every square is accessible

are there any specific requirements?

[lofty walrus]

Yes, i don't want the maze to be easily completed, It needs to be as hard as possible for the given size, so i need to find the exact spot with the hardest spot to get to (which needs to be next to an outside wall)

[cinder hamlet]

well, I'd start by trying the following method: check each square next to a wall, see the lenght of path to it as well as the amount of bad turns that are along that path. Then based on that data, pick the hardest square.

[tight sierra]

"pre-rendered sprites" if I got your question right, SNES Donkey Kong used this technique

[lofty walrus]

Game complexity 1000
It's complicated because that would mean that i would have to make a path from the start to the desired point but since i don't have any algorithm to speed up the process of finding the solution to a specific square it would have to randomly roam around until it finds a path to the desired point. Which will take ages.

What i should do considering what you said would be to randomly pick directions until i hit a maze exterior wall then i restart and i store the length of that solution in a list of lists. I run this for [x] amount of time until i have a good sample size, then i check which list is the longest and i carve a hole towards the outside of the maze. Only problem is, i have no way of telling the program which way they can take (not to go over a wall which would give false solutions). Meaning that for each move i either check if there is a wall around or i store the possible directions the algorithm can go in for each tile that it needs to cross. Both of which are a total fucking pain and i'm sure there is something faster.

[cinder hamlet]

how do you generate the maze? some algorighms should allow you to backtrack the main path easily

[dense scarab]

This feels like a simple pathfinding problem. If I'm not missing something even a dead simple breadth-first search will get you there, you just need to keep track of the last allowed exit tile (in my understanding, that means a tile on the border of the maze) and run the search until all tiles are visited. If all tiles can be exits (something like a ladder out or whatever), it would simply be the last tile the bfs finds.

[lofty walrus]

The way i do it is that the algorithm keeps track of it's path but only to find spots it didn't go to yet. So if it forgot a corner the path might be very long or if it forgot a spot next to the player spawn, the path won't be

[lofty walrus]

the last tile it finds might be next to the player. I really need something to find the longest possible path

[cinder hamlet]

perhaps you can keep that path saved as you generate

[lofty walrus]

.

[dense scarab]

How does a bfs that starts from the player position find a tile that is next to the player last?

Either way, at last, run Dijkstra's algorithm until all tiles are visited, pick the one with the highest movement cost.

[shell pelican]

can anyone recommend a game with well designed side scroller enemies?

[late vapor]

uhhhh

mario?

[waxen roost]

God I feel so discouraged from working on my current project because its on unity 2021 and basically everything needs the ECS system to work.

[dark ravine]

The Story :
You Are A Stereotypical Discord Mod Stuck in a horrific nightmare where showers and bathtubs are alive and their goal is to bathe you fast as possible.
fortunately the nightmare has doors to escape the nightmare but every door is an alternate universe and there is only one door that has your correct universe behind it

[sudden pendant]

Make a thread please.

[dark ravine]

idk how

[sudden pendant]

Then you can dump your thoughts in one place and not flood this channel.

[dark ravine]

how do i make a thread?

nvm i figure it out

[sudden pendant]

Alexy Game Idea

[median forge]

Quick poll: for a top-down RPG/lifesim (single player, 1 PC, lots of crafting, dialogue etc., low on combat), which kind of time flow would work better:

• turn-based, roguelike style (time passes while the PC and NPCs take action, then pauses before PC's next action)
• real time (time passes at its own steady pace, regardless of player's actions, unless you specifically pause the game/go to main menu)
• real time except when in context menus/dialogue/etc.
• Fallout 1&2 style: real time unless in combat mode, then turn based until combat has ended

[median forge]

ECS sounds like an awesome system in theory, what's so bad about it?

[cinder hamlet]

Depends if you want turn based combat or real time combat

[median forge]

That's the thing: I'm not sure which one would be better. What's worse, despite planning to code combat thoroughly, I plan on it being a secondary feature in the game (unless the player insists on fighting things all the time). Also, my problem extends to more than combat, it's about the whole game's flow, really.

[cinder hamlet]

Well, the choice depends on what rest of the game looks like probably

it's up to you

personally, if the game is menu-heavy I'd go with turn-based, otherwise real-time

if the gameplay goes smoothly, being suddenly put into slow turn based combat can get annoying and have people avoid fights

[harsh nexus]

When theres a mechanic called “stress” in a fast pace run and gun game, what do you guys expect it to do?

[cinder hamlet]

Perhaps have enemies panic if you put enough pressure on them without killing?

[harsh nexus]

Yeah sounds good

And what if the player also have the stress bar too, what will it do

[cinder hamlet]

Idk how could you put that without it being annoying

[harsh nexus]

True that

[cinder hamlet]

player characters generally dont panic

[harsh nexus]

I was thinking of stress bar will go up whenever you have a near death experience and it will increase your damage output and speed

Does that sounds ok?

[cinder hamlet]

well that sounds more like adrenaline would be a better name

[harsh nexus]

Oh true

[cinder hamlet]

but it could be a rewarding mechanic

[harsh nexus]

How so?

[cinder hamlet]

in fast paced shooters the player should be able to act as smoothly as possible, without having to hide in cover waiting for health regen

wait, is the game single or multiplayer?

[harsh nexus]

Single

[cinder hamlet]

ok good

[harsh nexus]

And the pace is like cracked out tetris style where the enemy is fast and hit fast and hard

So you have to be constantly moving around, you also can gain health by damaging them too

[cinder hamlet]

this should work best with short ranged weapons to discourage camping

[harsh nexus]

Oh yeah I will make it so the player only has melees lol

[cinder hamlet]

something like ghostrunner?

[harsh nexus]

Dont know about that game

But yeah

[cinder hamlet]

take a look at it, maybe youll get some inspiration

[harsh nexus]

Thanks a bunch

I will

But now that ive think about it

Having both stress and adrenaline sounds cool

But makes it much more complex

[cinder hamlet]

stress for enemies, adrenaline for player

two separate mechanics

[harsh nexus]

Got it

I’ll be on my way now, and again, thank you for the help

[waxen roost]

Well I’m working in Unity version 2021 and the ecs system isn’t out for that version yet.

[median forge]

Ah. Sorry, i understood the opposite

[hard fog]

@knotty star #📖┃code-of-conduct for collab posts location

[knotty star]

oops sorry

[haughty lintel]

How would you make a button to exit your game?

[fiery inlet]

@haughty lintel you just Use

Application.Quit();

if you want a more complete example

public class QuitManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape))
        {
            Application.Quit();
        }
    }
}

[grave quest]

anyone got a puzzle game mechanic/idea?

[night pewter]

make a puzzle where your goal is to fail👍

[grizzled ice]

hey yall, i'm looking for an opinion on my super basic game.
i created a kind of google maps in unity, and this is the route i use with images from google maps on each street. but i use 3 displays to show 3 sides of the player. their front and their left and right.
But the problem is, They are free to move around.
meaning if they take a right turn or go backwards at some points, the camera doesnt always face the way they head towards. because there are only 3 available sides. but if you change direction, you are kinda forced to show 4.
if that makes sense to anyone, what do you think i should do?

[near wasp]

guys, a quick idea i have to share with you: wouldn't it be sick to switch between day and nighttime that is determined at the start of the level, it would be like a 50/50 chance for it to be either day or night

would that be cool to mix things up?

[cinder hamlet]

yeah as long as you make sure the game looks fine both during day at night

for example Witcher 3 does similar thing

[near wasp]

yeah

currently struggling with crest skybox reflections but other than that it is working out quite well!

[cinder hamlet]

you should probably rephrase this because I dont really understand

[nimble bluff]

I have a 2D top down character, and he wants to be crazy with a sword. I'm unsure how to go about handling collisions if the sword is capable of multiple attacks. If the attack is always the same; I've seen use of center points + range, and a collider per player direction... but what about if the sword can attack in multiple ways? Such as a slash, and a stab.

[late vapor]

this probably isn't a good idea, but I used to have an empty on the end of the sword and then raycast from its previous position to its current one

either that or put/animate a collider on it

I haven't taken the time to check, but I can see there being edge cases where an attack won't hit an enemy

[nimble bluff]

Do you mean, if the sword has a collider around it, the sword moves, goes through an enemy without it being detected as a hit?

[late vapor]

more so if you do some sort of perfectly precise movement, you can pass the sword through an enemy without their colliders ever touching

as long as they do collide, it should work

[near wasp]

i am thinking about upgrading to URP or HDRP but the amount of time it takes to switch all the materials to URP/HDRP materials seems really concerning

i have a lot of custom shaders and i don't know if it's worth the time and effort to change these materials

i have roughly 300 materials currently in the game

any ideas?

[cold onyx]

I have this very ugly scene with my player (the green blob) and the walls on the sides, the idea is that my player now just goes upwards and basically dashes to the other side with a tap, would you prefer it if he automatically went up and you just need to tap or hold the screen to make him go up and then on release dash? I could potentially make 2 modes out of it i just wanted to know what the main mode should be

Also do questions like this belong here?

I would say they do but i am not sure lol

[hard fog]

anything design related

[cold onyx]

I count that as a yes

[sudden pendant]

Make a thread in #archived-works-in-progress if you want feedback.

This isn't game design related

[river aspen]

And I'm not going to argue... so I'll just go post it there...

[ancient rune]

Hello, question for game dev/programmers that have or are working for companies, is it easy to get part time job in the industry rather than full time?

[sudden pendant]

I've never heard of a part time developer job, it wouldn't make sense.

Short-term contracts, yes.

[ancient rune]

Might be a dumb question but how does grad student spot companies that make games that he/she would be interested in

[sudden pendant]

You would start by looking up local studios. But generally speaking, if you're fresh, you don't have the luxury of being picky. Get whatever you can, and build your professional portfolio.

[late vapor]

I can vouch for this

[cold onyx]

Depends on the type of game. If this is supposed to be a hypercasual game I can see the blob climbing this tunnel/tower by itself and jumping from side to side by a tap

[cold onyx]

Thanks for the answer, i also did it like that now

You can now actually hold to stop it and you jump when you remove your finger from the screen

[hybrid osprey]

I'm not sure where to post this but I was looking for comments on my basic hierarchical state machine design. Does this make sense?

[pine kite]

#archived-game-design message

[hybrid osprey]

https://letsmakeagame.net/game-idea-generator/

[broken echo]

I sometimes do this quick test to see if my basic communication to the player works well, so can some people explain to me what they are thinking is going on, what do you believe each thing is and or how it works?

[sudden pendant]

1. The yellow areas are the entrance/exit
2. The blue arrows indicate the start (as in, you're leaving the cargo bay)
3. Solid red are doors closed, dotted red are doors open

Actually, I just realized there's another blue arrow and a red one. Uh, those I have no idea then. Are they guards or something?

[broken echo]

Amazing, I never get this close on my first try.

Yea they are guards and enemies, only the field of view may need some explanation I guess but that is part of the tutorial.

I was mainly concerned the doors would be misunderstood.

[sudden pendant]

Well the doors took me a second to decide whether they were lasers or not, but I opted for doors because they're too thick.

Might want to just give them a texture at least.

Also, maybe not red. Red in minimalism means bad/will-kill-you

[broken echo]

Mm, I might make them a dark blue as blue is the player color, but that also kind of blends into the map which may not be a massive issue.

[hushed walrus]

whats a good method for coming up with creative puzzle ideas?

[pine kite]

Look at creative puzzles in other games 😛

[hushed walrus]

what about for coming up with a creative mechanic? im starting from scratch here and im totally lost

[pine kite]

I would look into creative mechanics in other games. Having at least some inspiration to draw from is key to avoiding super time consuming iteration.

[hybrid osprey]

bump

[odd basin]

Play zelda games

😋

[odd basin]

Lol dude technology got that far

[tidal pagoda]

These are rad https://www.echo3d.co/post/10-free-virtual-museum-tours-you-can-take-right-now-no-headset-required

[sonic badger]

hi, working on a unity project for school, iwanted to ask for some help, is it feasible to design an issometric game with 3d movement (jump move attack etc.) but only using 2d sprites for the game? something like this:

[glad sand]

Certainly, many games do this. I'm sure you can find some examples

[sonic badger]

Ahhh awesome thank you!!!

For the project then would it be atarting with a 2d template or 3d? Since its 2d art but in a 3d landscape?

Thanks!!!

[late vapor]

3d

[upbeat bough]

just released a really early beta for my video game

[heady terrace]

So, I'm making a mobile fighting game. I've made a virtually endless map where you can unlock next level after beating last enemy. But I feel that it doesn't have any sense of achievement, you just battling enemies one after another endlessly

I'm start to think maybe I should make it have worlds, where each world have 10 levels(enemies) and a boss, after beating the last boss in the last world (say 10th world), you'll unlock hard(er) mode

What do you think? Should I just continue with a world with virtually infinite levels? Or should I just make it into worlds with limited levels?

[sleek phoenix]

why not have both be different modes

[heady terrace]

🤔 That's a good one... maybe unlock infinite mode after completing normal mode... Thanks

[forest panther]

Got any ideas for creative health indication?

[hoary robin]

very random but: green sine wave that gets progressively redder as health reduces + increases in frequency

[cinder hamlet]

That probably wouldnt be very comfortable

[hoary robin]

its got idea guy vibes, i won't deny 😅

[spare void]

anybody here a fan of stranger things? Trying to come up with some ideas for a st fangame (im using the horror fps kit, im just trying to figure out a setting, and a premise for it

[forest panther]

Not very easy to make, not very fitting to game theme and not very comfortable so I won't use it lmao

[hoary robin]

Was simply a random suggestion, no worries 😅

[unkempt leaf]

Hi, someone knows where I can download good textures to use for materials? Some high quality textures, it can be free or paid, I’m trying to find some websites

[spare void]

@unkempt leaf with what i've seen I saw some cool stuff on itch.io at one point

[unkempt leaf]

@spare void so you can download assets on itch.io not just games

[spare void]

you can do both i believe

they have assets on there to which is pretty awesome

[unkempt leaf]

@spare void ok thanks!

[spare void]

np! @unkempt leaf

[cold onyx]

Trying to think of how to design top down WASD combat that works with skilling and clicking on items on the ground

[cinder hamlet]

you mean melee or ranged?

[cold onyx]

Both

[cinder hamlet]

well I'm not sure if clicking on items is a good idea since it can interfere with aiming

unless you mean right clicking

[cold onyx]

Yeah that’s true. My problem is the game needs to strike a balance between casual but with combat

[cold onyx]

Yeah that’s kinda the game design idea I need

Maybe use different mouse buttons for different actions

[cinder hamlet]

LMB for weapons, RMB for interacting

and maybe MMB for something

[cold onyx]

MMB for camera ?

[cinder hamlet]

wdym

[cold onyx]

Zoom and rotate. Currently I have RMB doin those

[cinder hamlet]

yeah that could work

[cold onyx]

I’m just gonna need to modify my controller code. I have a controller that has both nav mesh and WASD but I’ll need to modify it so you can click to path to interactable a when you right click them

But left clicking just attacks

See how that feels

[cinder hamlet]

not sure if automatic paths are a good idea since player might want to interact with something during combat and wouldn't want that to overwrite the controls

[cold onyx]

Ohhh good point

[cinder hamlet]

make the automatic movement stop if WASD is pressed

[cold onyx]

This game is inspired by RuneScape’s gameplay but trying to make it more action
Without going MOBA ability style

I guess you could call it a mix of old point click adventure with modern action combat

Haven’t seen any games that let you do both. They’re either point and click, or shooter

[mild dew]

With which one should I stick with? Really can‘t decide what looks better.

The one with the particles is the newer one but I‘m not sure if I should go back to the old style…

[silent badge]

i just got a rly good idea for a game but im afraid to tell anyone about it, and then it gets stolen by someone with more skills/motivation/resources than me...but i reaaaally want to talk about it with someone

😢

[humble briar]

Why not make a prototype with your name on it

Then they cant steal it or theyll lose reputation

[cold onyx]

Ideas aren’t yours, you have to create the thing. Then it’s yours.

[silent badge]

o thats a good idea ty dude

[silent badge]

ah ur right, thnx for the wisdom

[cold onyx]

NP sorry man, it’s just how it works

[silent badge]

ye tru..ima work on a prototype then and be back here soon

😅

[cold onyx]

I like the top one

[spare void]

anybody have any advice for designing horror games? (mostly what environments do and dont work for a first person horror game and what the best way to do AI is)

[mild dew]

Thanks

[cold onyx]

Write it down. Good ideas are a dime a dozen. Well fleshed out ideas that a development team could literally use as a game design spec are actually more rare than some people may lead you to believe. So work on your idea and flesh it out from beginning to end. Game design, mechanics, visual style if you can and so on. If it's as good as you think it is it'll be time well spent. And if it isn't you'll run into those issues yourself as you flesh out the idea way before others spend time programming it.

[silent badge]

will do, thanks for going in depth on how to achieve it

🙏

[cold onyx]

No worries. Good luck!

[mild dew]

Before:

WIP:

And after:

Im pretty happy with how it is now. But let me please know if you have any recommendations or tips. (Its the character selection screen and its all dynamic and animated)

[mild dew]

It’s HDRP in case anyone‘s wondering

[hybrid osprey]

Does it make more sense to link super states together or link sub states together?

[mild dew]

Super states is what I would personally go for

[hybrid osprey]

Thank you Chris I.

[mild dew]

Youre welcome

[sand portal]

@coarse granite I don't know if it was ever brought up with you after I went to bed, but

https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-176

Factorio uses a system where they segement each belt into smaller sub-sections and then just store the difference in space between items

They never actually move items

[coarse granite]

well that's when I saw that that I understood I might try to make another kind of game for my first real game

a factorio-like might be a bit too much for me as a beginner in game-making

[sand portal]

Factorio runs in their own proprietary engine and has a team of very smart people behind it

who have years of modding experience before they even started making their own games

[coarse granite]

Yeah I know

that's why I think I'll go for a much simpler game genre before an automating industry game XD

[vernal tapir]

question about my health system

every unit in the game has a HealthSystem script which manages their hp

and they also have a unit specific script for stats, animation, and unit unique things

so on start it gets the HealthSystem and then uses a public method to set the max hp based on their stats

but im unsure if thats a good way to go about it since setting the max hp is a public method

[silent badge]

dam good job bro

[mild dew]

Thank youu

[wheat radish]

like this more tbh

[mild dew]

This is the finished version:

https://media.giphy.com/media/EmaMHieKjFHR2Eadib/giphy.gif

Did a .GIF so you guys can see it with its animations

[sudden pendant]

@mild dew This belong in #archived-works-in-progress, you can make a thread for feedback.

[fathom spire]

I like the top one but I also like how the lighting is coming from in front in the second shot - you could do a bit of both, maybe make a hybrid one with some sort of virtual scene or just use the top scene with a different lighting angle or some sort of light like a lantern somewhere? idk just my ideas

[fathom spire]

The end product looks very nice tho

[mild dew]

Thanks mate

[dapper moss]

hey guys, I wanted to know if making turn based games in unity was easier or harder compared real time ones? I am still a newb but from what ive seen real time seems easier, any input?

[hard fog]

It's a different challenge. Turn based game has less complicated problem dealing with immediate AI decision making, but could be more complicated overall.

[dapper moss]

pros/cons?

[hard fog]

Yes

You can find articles on design choices.

[dapper moss]

specifically for unity?

[hard fog]

You'll never know until you search.

[cold onyx]

Turn based involves using lists and managing them more than a real time game.

[dapper moss]

What about in terms of programming?

[molten valve]

hello I need some advice

I'm making a Lego themed game (personal project), the Lego game itself is based on a TV Series, kinda like Lego Star Wars, however unlike Lego Star Wars, Action isn't really the main focus, it's a realistic fiction show (let's say breaking bad for example) would it be better to make the game Lego Star Wars styled in which there is totally no dialogue or should I add dialogue

[sick siren]

how do i "un-entity" a group of blocks?

[hybrid osprey]

Do you mean, unpack a prefab?

[snow nacelle]

perhaps you should be asking these question in a discord server where they are relevant because last time i checked valve's Source engine is not the Unity Engine

[sick siren]

ahahaha lmao both discords has "game-design"

if you could see how much i cringe rn

hide the evidence

[molten valve]

meekmeek

[cinder hamlet]

first of all before you start, you should do some copyright research

[molten valve]

mhm hence the (personal project) statement, I won't release the game unless I figure out the shit

[cinder hamlet]

well I'd start with that since otherwise you risk your work going into the trashcan

[molten valve]

I already have no intention of releasing it

[cinder hamlet]

well ok

[molten valve]

so what's ur opinion

[cinder hamlet]

then start by making core features like movement and camera control

[molten valve]

yes

that I already did

can you just like please focus on the main question lol

[cinder hamlet]

alright

well if you add dialogue you will have more writing to do

but without dialogue, showing certain scenes can be tricky

I dont know what exactly are you aiming for though

[molten valve]

alr ye

the action isn't the most Inportant part

i want like 50% game play 25% story 25% action

[cinder hamlet]

if you don't mind me asking, why are you making it if you're not going to publish it?

[molten valve]

let's say the show was breaking bad, you'd do all the "missions" that really happen in the show, the story ofc matters that's why I wanna ask if it's important to add dialogue

[molten valve]

for fun

and learning

and myself

[cinder hamlet]

It's not important provided you can find a way to handle the story without dialogue, like the original LSW games did

[molten valve]

alright

[austere canyon]

So
I'm making a game
You're the grim reaper
The dead are coming back to life
You have to kill them again
With your ak
I need help coming up with a name

[sudden pendant]

Make the game and let the name come naturally.

[austere canyon]

Makes sense
Thanks!

[tulip path]

What sort of movement abilities could I do involving health? I already have a mechanic where sacrificing health restores movement abilities, and hitting enemies restores health, what else could I do?

[shrewd loom]

What sort of game are you making? My immediate first thought is that you could have it so that your mobility is dramatically increased at low HP (like how being at 1 HP in some Paper Mario games lets you use powerful abilities), but you could probably get more specific responses with more details.

[silver plover]

That was my thought as well

[silver plover]

To be more specific to magfrag instead of just slowing down the player could occasionally stumble more often depending on hp

[cold onyx]

Hi, I have a question, so I am developing a game using Creative Commons Share-Alike assets, is it alright to use the assets with editor extensions from the asset store with single entity license? I am really hoping I can use both in the same project, it is a free game and not paid to make it safer with Creative Commons, also I bought the extensions from the asset store and are not restricted so I should have the licensing to use them

[vernal tapir]

quick question, i have an object pool for bullets and enemy ships, should i reuse powerups or just create and destroy them

the number of times powerups appear on screen is far less than enemies which makes me think i shouldnt

but i wanna know the cost of making and then destorying comparing to just storing them on the pool

[late vapor]

I don't think there's a better way than measuring yourself

[vernal tapir]

ok

so seems like for beside obvious things like bullets

or just a rapid create and destroy

its kinda up to me to decide if i wanna pool it or not right

[late vapor]

probably

I would think that you can get away with it

[vernal tapir]

ok

just been hearing about the cost of constantly destroying and making

[indigo glacier]

im trying to make a system where when I collect 100 footballs the game ends. How should i add this?

[wheat radish]

when you pick the football up add one to a variable when the variable = 100 end the game

[sudden pendant]

@flat spoke There's no memes allowed in this discord

[cold onyx]

I love this artstyle so much

it's simple, low resource cost, easy to make and doesn't lose anything not having hd models. i just need to learn to normalmap and all is good

anyone know of any other games with this style? i know there's the horror one with the laundromat

[quiet fox]

Hey whats that game mechanic is when you are on the ceiling? Is it anti-gravity?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnfdQniGlZw

this basically

[sudden pendant]

So you've posted so many times before. Why not take one someone has already suggested.

[sonic badger]

Just set the y axis rotation to 180

[quiet fox]

can you expand on that?

[sonic badger]

U want it to be automatic right?

Under the function for your gravity flip

U want to transform it for rotate by 180 on the y axis

[quiet fox]

rotate my player?

[raven marsh]

So for a fixed angle camera, I am working on making the tank controls as smooth as possible, but I want to be able to add a quick 180* turn, but I don’t want the turn to be on a dime, would I have to animate the 180turn for that effect?

[sonic badger]

yepp

depends if u want it in C# or unity engine

but for what u want prob need to code it into a script using the transform component

[dreamy roost]

stanley parable maybe

[lofty walrus]

Do you know and care about sticky shift for 2d games? Should I even bother implementing it
especially since running takes energy

[granite prism]

https://gfycat.com/jadedbrightdegus

hey, so I'm working on a metroidvania featuring a robust melee combat system, and a spell input system.
I recently implemented an alternative to the heal that works as seen in the gif. You exchange mana for health at a slow pace at first, the longer you hold the button, the faster the exchange happens, but you're completely immobile while channeling it (it also goes a bit slower than in this gif)

I'm looking for advice on how to fit this into my tutorial sequence, and make sure the player understands how this works before moving on, and without pausing the game to throw a wall of text at them.

Any advice or ideas?

if you'd like to give the prototype a try to get a bit more context, here is a link to a playable web build, no download needed.

https://orikalin.github.io/Platformer/WebBuild/index.html
The old heal and tutorial section for it are still in this build of the game so that you can see both

and the new heal button is 'O' on keyboard, or R2/Right trigger on gamepads

[brittle parcel]

what could be the dumbest object who can I put a smiley face on?

[granite prism]

a smiley face

[naive marsh]

i want to make a card game where for example the user selects 2 cards and then a creature gets summoned

how would i implement the "waiting" for the selection?

[pseudo crane]

I'm creating a space shooter type game and I wonder what's the best approach to spawn the enemies in the levels. I'm thinking a list of [time, enemy, spawn_point] and a simple timer.
Are there any better alternatives to consider?

[cinder hamlet]

Do you want a manually set enemy set for each level or a random generation

[pseudo crane]

a set pattern that the players can learn, looking at the old games, enemies always spawn the same time and place

[old halo]

We're building a game with chests (loot boxes) that contain 1 or more resources or items, including small amounts of rare resources ("gems") that can be bought for real money.

I've recently become aware of rules/regulations around these boxes and making the odds available to the end user.

After some light googling, I'm not sure what we need to do in game. Anyone have a good resource for information/guidance on this sort of thing?

IE - Do I even need to display the odds for this sort of thing if you cannot buy the loot boxes from the store? Even if there's "one hop"? Like - a "diamond chest" that you can only purchase with currency that's purchaseable from the store (gems)

[cinder hamlet]

Personally I'd avoid lootboxes completely seeing how they're getting a bad reputation. Also Im pretty sure the regulations depend on the country so you'd have to adapt to that

[old halo]

Unfortunately, we're a bit too far into the project to design them out. 🙂 There's sort of a core functionality of the game.. ie, all of the loot you can get in the game comes from chests of some sort. (chests pretty much identical to something like Clash of Clans)

[cinder hamlet]

I see

I'm afraid I don't know any sources of information about that, I recommend you do some heavier googline

[old halo]

example

those reward boxes on our proposed store pages are free or purchased with gems, but different kinds of boxes are ubiquitous through the game.. finish a battle, reach a milestone, random rewards from normal gameplay, etc

[lunar lily]

there are waves of enemies in my game, and in the beginning all enemies must be killed for the next wave to spawn. as the game progresses however, less and less enemies need to be killed for the next wave to spawn (i.e. the next wave spawns as soon as only X enemies remain, X = 0 in the beginning but growing as the game progresses). any input on this? it's supposed to make the game consistently harder with less downtime as it progresses, but I fear users might think it's a bug

[lilac plinth]

i think having a time limit might be better? other wise it seems a good player that kills fast gets penalized for killing enemies fast and getting attacked by more and more waves

a decreasing time limit seems maybe like a more justified difficulty curve

[lunar lily]

how about a combination, i.e. the wave advances when either a) no enemies remain or b) the timer ran out AND at most X enemies remain?

that would make it a bit easier for the player instead of leaving out the second condition for b) and being entirely timer dependent, while also making it easier/more forgiving to pick timer delays without it immediately being unbalanced (since the second condition will stop players getting completely overwhelmed)

[lilac plinth]

yeah combination sounds great

but it has to be clear to the player i think

[rich spoke]

Hello unity brothers and sisters i have this question on my mind for a while and i think you might be able to help me reach a conclusion.
I have this mindset of prefering to make my game code as free as possible to be able to implement multiplayer later on easier, for that i know it is better not to use static references as much as possible, my question is:
What referencing method do you guys advise me to do in general when making a game? Taking into account what i said above.

[somber rivet]

Is there source like open game art assets or itch.io assets websites ?

[zinc radish]

I would also like to know i had created one but that time i used get component in child and parent

[craggy grotto]

If you hear about a realistic survival game based around a real world island, what is the first thing you think of?

[cinder hamlet]

fortnite

[craggy grotto]

no

[cinder hamlet]

jk, but a 3d game in a forest

[craggy grotto]

this is a genuine question

[craggy grotto]

yes and what more

[cinder hamlet]

third person comes to mind first

generally things like gathering resources, building, fighting animals, etc

[craggy grotto]

Yeahhh alright we have those down already

[cinder hamlet]

Let me think

since it's going to be realistic, you'd probably want limited inventory

as well as a lot of player statistics

energy, hunger, thirst...

also health system more complex than a simple health bar

[craggy grotto]

Wdym?

[cinder hamlet]

like separate health for head, torso and each limb

[craggy grotto]

Ohhh alright

[cinder hamlet]

bleeding effects, etc

[craggy grotto]

Alright

[turbid sundial]

Hello i need help with putting my maya textures in unity

I tried different ways such as obj and mel, binary file, and fbx with embed media. none of these worked.

[loud ether]

does 3d modeling have anything to do with game design?

[hard fog]

depends on the question, if you are looking to ask for a technique might be better off asking in #🔀┃art-asset-workflow where other artists are

[turbid sundial]

Ok thank you,

[marsh nest]

any mobile game ideas?

[tawdry beacon]

Im making a movement based shooter and i know the basics wall running, sliding , and vaulting but im not sure what i should do to make my game more unique as well at least to me a movement based shooter is as generic as it gets any ideas?

[hidden rapids]

Anyone have any good tutorials for a 3D endless runner?

[cold onyx]

Not a tutorial, but it makes more sense to me for the world to be moving than the player, as eventually you will run into floating point precision issues if you were to play for long enough

[old moon]

this looks like it should work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5hRtTEhnOA&list=PLZ1b66Z1KFKit4cSry_LWBisrSbVkEF4t

[hidden rapids]

Great thanks!

[lilac plinth]

not only that but also permanent damage that will never heal you back to full, leave visible scars. hardcore experience where an encounter or accident will cost you permanent mutilation with permanent debuffs. if you have a good character designs it will really add to the experience if your advanced game has a character with visible scars in the face, maybe an eye patch or missing limb, cut off to avoid infection.

[craggy grotto]

Interesting. Yeah

[lilac plinth]

not a tutorial, but something i did before in terms of level designs was to create a lot of sections, eg a jump with coins and obstacles. separate these sections into difficulty levels. And then randomly spawn these sections to create a random seed, but with time increase the chance of harder difficulty sections to spawn. sections you pass will despawn. the game felt well designed instead of too random as every obstacle was human made, but it was also varied, because combinations of obstacles were randomized

[lilac plinth]

what type of game is it? 2D or 3D environment? real time or turn based?

[craggy grotto]

3d, real, we're doing 24:1 time scale so that 1 game day takes 1 irl hour

[lilac plinth]

haha was just about to say, one important thing is to make hunger, thirst and those mechanics engaging. a day in a video game is much shorter, but with 1 day being 1 hour, you won't be bored to hell with fishing all the time.

1st person?

[cinder hamlet]

Not sure if thats a good idea since that would mean the player will have to play a whole week just for one day/night cycle

[craggy grotto]

What?

No

[lilac plinth]

one day night cycle is 60 minutes?

[craggy grotto]

Turn it around

[craggy grotto]

Yup

[lilac plinth]

low earth orbit day cycle timing

[craggy grotto]

Exactly

[lilac plinth]

will the island be carefully crafted, scenario based, or randomly generated

and is there an end goal like building a raft to escape or is every run doomed and you try to survive as long as possible

[craggy grotto]

The island is based on the real existing island, and will look as similar to that as possible. Theres no end goal yet.

[cinder hamlet]

wait no am dumb, I thought it was 1:1

[weary folio]

I need a chest-like idea, but, ideally, without the usual GUI(it is mostly my laziness, but also i need a unique thing)

[last crypt]

Suggest a name for my fps game

[weary folio]

https://nerdburglars.net/namegenerator/war-game-name-generator/

[cinder hamlet]

Can you give use more details

what theme is the game? what is the gameplay like?

[storm hearth]

Does anybody know a good tutorial for implementing game center with unity?

[last crypt]

It would be a shooter game

[real lynx]

Hello everyone! I'm new to the server so I hope im posting in the proper channel. I'm having a color issue when I import this model from blender to unity. The top of his head (his hair) is supposed to be the same color as the bottom part of the back of his head (the part thats just making him look like a balding old man -- the brown looking color). Also, it isn't supposed to be brown, it is supposed to be black ( like it is in blender). His belt should be black, and his shoes should be black, and his suit should be brown... am i burning some lighting effect into this model when i export to a .fbx? Should I add some kind of lighting effect in unity to fix this? Maybe I forgot to turn something on or off? This is stumping me, please help!

ive changed metallic, roughness, and specular values in the shader tab in blender but it seems to have no effect, what could be cause this color change when moving models from blender to unity? ill attach a picture of what it looks like from the same angle in shaded view in blender

whats happening to my beautiful colors? D:

[cold onyx]

Hey guys, I'm making a 3D platformer. But I'm not sure how many levels I should make. Here is the link to my game: https://simmer.io/@jino1212/pink. Open to all feedback!

[lilac plinth]

played the first 5 or so stages. more important than adding more levels is making a menu to choose your level and adding a leaderboard for the best time you have, either comparing local scores or online.

[cold onyx]

Thats true, this is just the early prototype of the game with some levels.

I’m not sure how many levels I’m gonna make. I was thinking about 40 levels?

I am also struggling to come up with new enemy turret ideas.

[lilac plinth]

moving platforms could be more interesting

and i prefer the rotating bar you have to jump over (in level 6?) over turrets

the controls could be improved, but the gameplay loop is fun enough with the short levels

[cold onyx]

yes the rotating bar is used a lot in later levels

[cold onyx]

Yes true, the controls def need improvement. It’s already on the list!

[cold onyx]

Def true, gonna work on moving platforms today

[lilac plinth]

good luck

i havn't even started my project within unity yet, still working on design and writing down ideas and trying to make sense of some concepts i want in the game.

[cold onyx]

whats it gonna be about

[lilac plinth]

i want to make a city builder

but have only done platformers in the past

gridbased, but larger scale, so instead of building one by one building, you build a plot with several buildings on it, eg housing estate with many buildings

and there are no streets, it's like fictional egg people that like to run around all the time instead of driving cars, so no car parks and streets much more compact cities.

and a tech tree. so unlike many city builders where cities grow but the options of what you can build are the same, i want new technologies, new architectural styles and the like come in.

[cold onyx]

@lilac plinth Thats sounds so hard to make as a beginner. But you will probably learn so much from it.

[lilac plinth]

yeah, i've done game jam games before, but i wanted to start a big project finally

[cold onyx]

@lilac plinth is it gonna have things like an electricity system?

[lilac plinth]

no electricity system, it will be rather minimal in those terms

also no waste or pollution

well except for having parks that influence desirability

[cold onyx]

oh ok so quite simple still

[lilac plinth]

mostly a chill game where you decide what building goes where to make a nice looking city. the game and optimization comes from placement, distance between jobs and housing, housing quality

[cold onyx]

oh ok sounds something fun to work on

I would like to playtest whenever

[lilac plinth]

yeah, have to work on a minimal viable product for it, eg. instant build, no money, work on GUI placement, plot designer, stuff like that

[cold onyx]

yea its probably gonna be a lot of googling and research

[lilac plinth]

yeah

[cold onyx]

goodluck with it

[lilac plinth]

thanks

how to make it fun and balanced will be tough though, but while i try to figure it out in design doc, i can work on placement and GUI in unity, and create more buildings in sketchup

[lapis vector]

I found a bug. Do u want to see it?

u have to press a and d and just spam space/jump

[pliant grove]

Hi Guys

I have a problem

After applying, go to Calculate again!!!

Why? Someone had such a problem؟

[cold onyx]

ah yes I see, hmm not sure how to fix this

[shrewd olive]

I have a question about my map. I'm basically creating a sort of battle royale on floating platforms but I can't decide whether to connect these two islands together. They are a jumpable distance from each other. I hope I put this in the right channel

[cinder hamlet]

I don't think it's needed

besides, you can test your map and change it later if necessary

[shrewd olive]

Thanks!

[wicked agate]

Any level designers looking for freelance? I’m building a western era realistic fps and need someone to build the first map design. 1kmsqr. Will be paying for your time of course. Pm me if it’s something you’re interested in.

[weary folio]

I am searching for a chest/storage idea that is not the common chest like minecraft or some inventory
I have an inventory system, made by code monkey and an item entity

[vocal rune]

can someone suggest me a good, but also simple free to use 2d designer program?

[round pine]

designing what?

[vocal rune]

characters and items (objects) in indie games

but it can be possible so not designer program, but also 2d art program

or something like this

do you get it?

[round pine]

paint

[vocal rune]

i don't really like paint

[vocal rune]

something else?

[round pine]

paint.net

[vocal rune]

i tried that, just there is a problem with that

but now

i found a really good one

called "Krita"

[gleaming nexus]

Best way to make roguelike items? Im making it so you can pick up weapons, roguelike style items, and then kinda just like normal items that sit in your inventory that dont actively do anything. Should i make a seperate inventory for each?

[round pine]

what's a roguelike item?

[gleaming nexus]

stuff like if you hit an enemy you get health back or something

[round pine]

you mean passive items?

[gleaming nexus]

yeah i guess

[round pine]

it's up to you

[gleaming nexus]

well everything is

[round pine]

yes

lol

[broken echo]

Well it depends on how normal items work and general gameplay, but having your 'roguelike items', normal items and equipment in different sections of your UI/inventory is recommended.

[pseudo crane]

I have several player objects that are swapped in and out, what's the best way to keep track of which one is active? I assume ScriptableObject?

[unborn pollen]

yo guys, i'm trying to make a pvp 2d projectile type game

but idk how to use the physics, i want the player to be able to shoot his projectile and to hit other players with that projectile

but that doesn't work bec the projectile keeps colliding with the player as it shoots

[pseudo crane]

use tags, if(collision.tag == "player")

[unborn pollen]

yeah, but all players have the player tag...

[pseudo crane]

give them different tags

a randomly generated string or their names should do

[unborn pollen]

ah

thanks

[unborn pollen]

that should work

[plucky berry]

im about to make a game with a time loop mechanic where each time you die or something time resets and you can carry over items ant stuff. any ideas?

[urban marten]

Prob best to use a scriptableobject as inventory since those don't destroy and keep changes made in the runtime

[plucky berry]

not too sure what that means tbh ive only made one game. i think i understand tho

my first game i didint do any inventory or any gui stuff really i just focused on cool mechanics

[urban marten]

If it's too technical think of it as boxes that hold data, only different to anything else that has data is that those boxes can actually keep that data stored in runtime

So like, you can access it even if you, let's say, want to change the scene

[plucky berry]

oh gotchu, so like a seperate script that saves stuff to carry over might work?

[urban marten]

yup

[plucky berry]

cool

do you have any other ideas? i have pretty much nothing

this is litterally all i have lol

[plucky berry]

[plucky berry]

yes i think this is a good idea

[plucky berry]

i agree

[plucky berry]

maybe you could add procedural npc conversations?

[plucky berry]

good idea

[sterile hornet]

Hi 👋

[hard fog]

!warn 929911273309745192 Do not spam on the server. Read #📖┃code-of-conduct

[desert marten]

Warning logged for SHUP#7827. I couldn't DM them.

[plucky berry]

dude come on😂

[hard fog]

!mute 929911273309745192 1d Read the rules. Do not spam.

[desert marten]

SHUP#7827 was muted

[sand snow]

guys is anybody good at blender here

why the heck is this the only black edge and the others are grey?

not only that but it affects the rendered resaults

[hybrid sphinx]

The vertices may not be connected (merged), or that quad is not smooth shaded

[hard fog]

add it to the same smoothing group

[sand snow]

it is smooth so that means it's not connected

[sand snow]

txt i needed to merge by distance

[hard fog]

@latent sundial #📖┃code-of-conduct for collab posts location.

[hybrid sphinx]

Txt ?

[sand snow]

sorry i meant thx but messed up so bad

[hybrid sphinx]

lmao

[sudden pendant]

@ionic wren There are no collaboration/job postings on this discord, you can use the forums for that. Links are in #📖┃code-of-conduct.

[ionic wren]

ok

[knotty wolf]

Hey does anybody know why my instance disspears when i run my game???

sorry if my game looks messy too im new to making games

[strong wolf]

em anyone has game ideas

im bored

pls help

[sudden pendant]

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[eager stratus]

Make one of those base building games, but your only land is a tiny rock, so everything has to go up, and things can break if there is too much weight

[cold onyx]

Hey! I don't know if this is the right channel to post so, but
I'm new to blender & i don't know yet how to do a good texture, i only know how to paint

[marble birch]

anyone have the CScape City System asset?

[broken echo]

This is more something for people with knowledge on visual art so I recommend going to #🔀┃art-asset-workflow .

[cold onyx]

Alright thanks

[plush orbit]

hopefully this is the right place, but anyone know whats going on with my tiles? they load right for the first maybe 10 seconds but then they get all pink!

[plush orbit]

looks like my tilemap was broken / moved 👍

[viral wadi]

What is the best way to plan a project, and lay out all the mechanics before making the game?

[cinder hamlet]

First thing first, start with the core mechanics

[sudden pendant]

It's impossible to know everything about a game before you start it. Look at pitch decks of successful games (you can find them online, for games like Bioshock even), and see how much the final game differs from their initial proposal which was greenlit.

You plan out the overall idea, mechanics, yes, but you start prototyping and seeing what is fun or what needs to be changed.

[cinder hamlet]

then you can experiment with them until they feel good

[viral wadi]

Alright thanks. This pre-planning stage is where I fail most the time. I want to be more organized before making a game

[sudden pendant]

It'll be a never ending hole if you try to nail everything down conceptually before you even start actually trying it.

[viral wadi]

Then what should I do? Because in the past, I would jump in immediately

[cinder hamlet]

Do some light planning, jump in, make the core mechanics (only the necessary ones), test them, make necessary changes

[sudden pendant]

Plan high level, core mechanics, and start prototyping. If it helps, start a mood board of inspiration and ideas from other games you want to try implementing into your own game.

There's no need to plan a whole dialogue system, for example, if Animal Crossing's system is exactly what you need. Just copy it.

[viral wadi]

I see. What would also be the best way to organize this info?

[sudden pendant]

Milanote is a great tool. There's others like Miro, or just good ol' fashioned Google Docs.

[viral wadi]

Thanks

[glacial raven]

i have a question about my FPS game's balance, is tihs the right place to ask it?

my question is simple: i have made bullet spread for my shooter game, but i am not sure how many seconds is enough time to wait for the spread to reset. any ideas? (the current amount is 3 seconds)

[cinder hamlet]

just test it in practise

[glacial raven]

hmmm good point. why didnt i think of that?

[naive marsh]

csgo has 0 spread

ww2 games have big spread

its about the game style

[cinder hamlet]

what

csgo has more spread than most games

[glacial raven]

i might as well also make the Ammo pickups also give more ammo to the player to make it not necessary to pick up 3 at once just to kill 5 enemies (i am making a zombie horde shooter).

[naive marsh]

knockback != spread

[cinder hamlet]

For a zombie horde shooter I'd recommend not having too much crosshair growth

[naive marsh]

if you focus on headshot zombie games the spread need to cooldown fast

watch 7 days to die for it

[glacial raven]

my game's zombie do not have a headshot hitbox and i dont want to add one for EVERY single variant (i have made many variants of zombies, each being its own prefab, and i dont want to go through all of them just to implement a headshot mechanic)

[naive marsh]

then high amount of ammo and high starting spread

with low increase of spread would be prob better

[glacial raven]

i mean my current spread can even go straight sideways if the player is shooting for too long so i think i have to perfect the spread first... i also have made the spread to start from pinpoint accurate and then get less accurate with the speed of the spreading depending on the ammo type (i have made it so the player has different ammo types instead of weapons so i dont have to make 3d weapon models)

[naive marsh]

well .. guns are the easiest

and if you dont have guns in a shooter

humm

[glacial raven]

my player character only has a pistol and like 3 different ammo types, although the player can also pick a class to use different ammo types and abilities.

[digital aurora]

If the variants follow a similar enough model shape you might be able to get away with 1 hitbox for all of them meaning you wouldnt have to add a seperate hitbox for each type. As for bullet spread reseting after shooting id base it around the amount of time it takes for the weapon to recenter after not firing. If a gun takes 5 frames to return to its resting position then it should take 5 frames for the spread to reset.

[glacial raven]

i mean when it comes to the headshot thing some of my zombie variants do not have a head so i cant really do that for consistency and when it comes to the spread reset stuff i dont have any animations made for the pistol so i cant really do any frame-based stuff. so i guess i will just have to do what i want with the game and see how it works out.

[digital aurora]

Fair enough

[urban marten]

I have a ball that the player has to drag upwards while dodging enemies and collecting coins, this drag has a cooldown. The ball already changes colors when reaching a new level, what's a good way so signal that the ball can't be dragged due to CD besides color since it's already in use for the level visualization ?

[lilac plinth]

white flashing?

border around the ball