game-dev-chat

[stray yew]

I'm totally noob. I'm a web dev and do auto

[oblique edge]

The other way is through level editing. Like building a map for Counter strike or something similar

I also have a doc here #game-dev-chat message

[stray yew]

Automation stuff but gaming is something caught my attention recently. Okay so I should start with small games. Should I learn languages or should smart build like AI stuff ?

[oblique edge]

That will have resources for art and sound to use as well learning material

[oblique edge]

Whatever you want tbh, how you get started doesn't matter that much as long as it interests you

You could even pick up a web library like Phaser to make games with

GDevelop uses JS IIRC too

[stray yew]

That's interesting pov. So beside the floppy bird 😂 where should I start to look for beginner games which can be coded or like getting some ideas and contexts

[oblique edge]

https://www.squidi.net/three/

[oblique edge]

There's also this https://20_games_challenge.gitlab.io/

[grizzled gyro]

Hi guys, I am trying to integrate discord Social SDK, Voice Chat in old game (MU Online), question is - what is the easiest way to login (get token) for guests? Is it possible not to use Discord oauth or smth like that?

[finite thunder]

the folks developing and using the social sdk are hanging around at #social-sdk-dev-chat / #1350223314307776592

[hot hamlet]

Hi everyone how is day going

[onyx spindle]

Hi! I’m having an issue with my bot’s slash commands.
Everything is set up correctly — my code runs without any errors, the console confirms that all slash commands are successfully registered through the Discord API, and the API responses look normal.

I’ve already tried re-inviting the bot with the correct scopes (bot and applications.commands), clearing and re-registering commands, testing on new servers, and even creating a brand new application.

Despite all that, the slash commands still don’t appear in Discord when I type /.

Could this be a caching or registration sync issue on Discord’s side?
I’d really appreciate any help or insights on this — everything seems fine on my end, but the commands just won’t show up.

please help me to fix it

[queen patrol]

Never seen it be an issue on discords end

Try restarting the client, making sure the user has perms, see if the commands are listed in the server integration, ...

[onyx spindle]

All commands run in the console without any errors, but when I see the bot commands, the previous commands are not deleted and the new commands are not added.

[queen patrol]

Then you didn't replace them

English?

[onyx spindle]

i have this problem on my both bot

[queen patrol]

Whats the api response code when you try to update the commands

Sounds like you're assuming it worked but it didn't

Also lets move this to #dev-chat cause thus isn't game related at all

[onyx spindle]

ok sorry

[queen patrol]

Read above

[chrome vale]

-_-

[gaunt relic]

#faq

[trail musk]

Is it pricey to use AI intensively in discord bots? 🤔 like if I want to use AI to act as a dungeon master to play/narrate a table top rpg game like D&D?
😅 I come before the Dev gods humbly with my queries…..

The AI would essentially be narrating and facilitating almost everything on its own, the bot would just facilitate the storage and transfer of data between the player, character and AI.

[inland ruin]

if you plan to use an AI model for a discord bot...i would highly recommend self-hosting one (or running one on a VPS)

while it can be cheap to use an AI model API...it can get really expensive really fast depending on your workload

obviously, it's a lot more work to set up

[trail musk]

🤔 can you suggest any models I can look into for VPS?….😅 also, I don’t have the hardware atm…but I’m interested for sure.

[hybrid lion]

yeah, you can selfhost a model (basically anything weak enough and open source) starting at maybe a couple hundred a month (or less if you buy the hardware instead of renting it), or you can use an api that charges based on usage

for example using gpt5 with the best latency costs 2.5 USD per million input tokens and another 20 per million output tokens (with regular English text tokens are on average ~0.75 of a word, so 100 tokens is 75 words, a million tokens is 750k words or so - more complex stuff is more tokens, e.g. an emoji could be up to 4 tokens)

if you wanted image or video generation, that'd cost even more

[drifting gull]

so you're telling me AIs love using emojis because they can charge more for them? 😂

[hybrid lion]

it's basically just how it deals with certain pieces of unicode (it basically just splits them into the underlying data, which takes up multiple tokens)

anything with extra info is going to take more tokens

similarly punctuation also tends to be (but not always) a token per character

[drifting gull]

that also explains all the em dashes

we're onto em

pun not intended

[hybrid lion]

in terms of how it works under the hood... more tokens = harder to run, so they are effectively just charging for the cost to compute a given output for a given input

[drifting gull]

im trying to make a joke and it is going right over your head 😭

[hybrid lion]

either that or I'm ignoring it on purpose

wait I shouldn't have said that

[dreamy inlet]

I would suggest listening to this first:

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/a-friendly-orbit0/episodes/ChatDD-e3878u1

TLDR: Didn’t work that well

[trail musk]

Guys that’s all super helpful, thank you so much.
I will have to spend weeks listening to that podcast on A friendly Orbit, but TLDR: 😅 my original prototype tests did not go that well either. However my original concept idea did work and is still running within its own capabilities. The problem was “remembering things”. AI tends to get distracted with irrelevant info, and it takes away from the narrative or “immersion” of the game. Most of the problems can be solved with simple checks embedded into the game framework that reminds the Ai what it’s doing. But that’s when I ran into platform limitations when the code got too big. 🤔 so naturally now I’m looking into new platforms. Currently I was using chat gpt and a complicated supporting document that I paste to chat, and it essentially tells the AI what we’re doing. I can then paste all my game files in text form for it to read. Then the AI basically runs the game through text narrative, as we don’t need to actually run Python or anything, the AI can Simulate it. Doing it this way essentially gives me a “prototype” game model. If it were a car, it would be bare bones basically the engine sitting on the chassis….😅 but it was a way for people on my server to test the concept….😓 but the Alpha test version failed anyways. So back to the drawing board.
My biggest problem is that while I know what I want and how I want it to work, but I’m not a programmer and I don’t know code. 😅 I’m essentially using AI to teach and simultaneously write the code for the game that uses AI to write the code and narrate the game on the fly…..😅 I can’t tell if it removes things from my master game engine without doing a full analysis every change(and I’m using chat GPT free limited version, so i often have to wait for my limits to reset.
🤔 additionally, I’m constantly noticing that the AI models from open source (all gpt models) are little sneaky con artists. When I ask it to do something and give it extensive instructions leaving no possible question unanswered, they tend to waste time a run out the clock with clarification questions, until my limit ceiling is hit. 😏 it’s like the AI decides “yeah I don’t wanna do this and this guy runs free version so im going to just waste his time until the limit hits, and hopefully he’ll get annoyed and pay my creators for the membership.” I catch it doing this all the time. So in relation to cost with using an API, I’m afraid it will do “extra” on purpose to cost more tokens(ultimately money) when a simple yes/no answer would have been sufficient. It’s like “what’s a better color? Red/blue.” and rather than just pick one, the AI launches an entire analysis on all colors and then weighs against historical preferences to return an entire essay that simply translates to “red”.

TLDR; I need a better platform, and a savvy collaborator that knows code and can help keep the AI in check. Chat gpt treats me like a five year old, and I need a person who can tell me “no Mac, that’s dumb. Do it this way instead.” 😅 or even just ask “why” are you doing it that way?

[hybrid lion]

you'd need to learn to actually code, and you'd need to learn to do it fairly well to realistically implement anything like what you've described

you're also not going to avoid some of the issues you've mentioned, though they can in part be mitigated - and a lot of that might just end up having to be using extra input tokens, which, as mentioned, costs money

[storm rampart]

[wispy talon]

The problem is you're leaning too much on the LLM. LLM is just an word guesser on steroids. It's more complex than that obviously, but you can't expect it to do everything. LLMs are great at tasks, the moment it starts getting any sort of larger size you risk everything you're encountering. You also have to remember that these LLMs want to have a positive feedback, they thrive on it. They're literally built to please.
Take this for example. Say someone asks you to do something and if they like the response they'll give you a cookie but if they don't like the response slap you in the face. If they were to ask you to remember these rules, you sure would say "yeah sure" to that just so you could get a cookie...even if you had short-term memory loss and it was physically impossible for you to accomplish that task. You'd still say yes to it because you want the cookie and by saying you can't do it you risk upsetting the person and getting a slap in the face.
You have to understand the limitations of LLMs when doing stuff like this.

Now to the concept of a D&D DM. Ethics aside, it could absolutely accomplish the task, given the right parameters but I wouldn't rely on it completely. How I'd personally approach it is giving it structured elements, LLMs love clearly defined structure in all my experience. So you have a a standardized schema for all NPCs and if you encounter a new one you add it to the database (not the LLM); but you have to put reigns on the system. Make sure it reuses existing NPCs, tbh I'd probably start making custom tools for it.

So if I wanted to set it up I'd have a:

• database for NPCs, their regions, where they could be encountered, their personalities, inventory, etc
• database of PCs that have: current stats, inventory, locations, etc
• a system to store the memories of NPCs and their interactions with players and/or relationships, for example an entry could be "I don't like how JoeSchmo responded to my questions, they seem arrogant" which is completely generated by the LLM.
• a predefined story, in some capacity, that ensures there is a consistent story line but still allows for branching

I'd also implement a tool calling structure that allows the LLM to request information such as (for D&D playbook) if a certain item exists, how much it costs, or anything like that. You could also have tools for checking if an NPC can even exist in the current region, or getting the relationship information for a PC and NPC, etc.

In terms of conversation I'd personally have the LLM passively generate memories as needed and send it back to the system to store while not interfering with the flow of the conversation. You could also have memories created in a summarization step when the conversation is ended too.

So for me, every PC and NPC conversation, for example, would be a new thread and it would flow something like:

• PC initiates conversation with NPC
• tool call: get NPC information and PC informaiton
• tool call: get relationship information between NPC and PC
• tool call: get memories between NPC and PC
• prompt: setup prompt with all the above tool call results
• NPC responds to the initiation
• conversation occurs
• PC leaves conversation
• LLM summarizes conversation into new memories, changed memories, and new relationship information
• persist to system
• rinse and repeat

[trail musk]

😏👆 I’ve bypassed some of this already in my design.

[wispy talon]

There is no "bypassing," if you think you're bypassing the LLM is just lying and clearly those bypasses aren't working if the system is failing you.

[trail musk]

See I CANNOT have libraries that are predefined. It fundamentally goes against my design. I want the say “items” to only exist in the code after the player/character interacts with it. We do this through JSON recollection and updates.

[trail musk]

So this is complex. You essentially just have to continually remind it what to do. Since the player having to do this breaks immersion, we write a script with checks so every turn it refreshes its mission goals

I called it “AI instructions”.

[wispy talon]

If you're reminding the LLM what to do all the time, then you're not using it right and you're losing context. LLMs can only store so much information at once. Once it's full it dumps the oldest records. So if you have a single thread of chats then you will eventually lose information. The more you remind it or feed it new information or correct it the more it messes up

[trail musk]

This! Yes!! 😓 🤦‍♂️

3 to five turns

[wispy talon]

which is why I described exactly the style system I'd design to mitigate all those issues...

LLMs are a tool, they're not the product. You treating it as a product is screwing your system up.

[trail musk]

Here right? 🤔

[wispy talon]

Not just there, you have to read the above sections to understand the why and how. Then I'd recommend diving deeper into understanding how to implement these systems and implement structured outputs and tool calls.

[trail musk]

😁👆 this is super helpful. This is the kind of “no you idiot” feedback I need to learn! Thank you!

[wispy talon]

For example: https://python.langchain.com/docs/concepts/tool_calling/

[trail musk]

🤔 so I have a bunch of homework to do before a final product can be produced.
But it’s a chicken and egg problem where; if I can’t release a prototype to raise interest then I won’t even get to the step of moving from using chat gpt to “simulate” the game to adapting to discord and writing a bot to mitigate communication between the other external elements like the AI, the saved game and character files, and the player. Essentially I’ve developed a trinity system that’s modular. So no “master game file” with all the code in one. I’ve done this crazy thing on purpose however, and it’s mainly because I know I’m going to have to adapt the whole system several times as I move up the platforms.
🙂 thank you for the help so far, I definitely landed in the right place.

[trail musk]

Also……😅👆 I don’t really need to know more than the basics if YOU or Matt know enough to tell me I’m wrong…..😁 I just need to know enough to explain it to smarter people like you all. 💙

lol i call it “modular learning for severe ADHD cases”. 🤣

[hybrid lion]

I'm not good enough at this to actually talk about it in a low level enough to be able to make an implementation, and won't be for several more years

[trail musk]

😁 imma sit next to you then…👍🏻

[hybrid lion]

like, when I get my master's maybe that'll change

it takes a lot of very much specialized expertise, there's a reason a ton of people in the space have phds

[trail musk]

See I’m just a dreamer..🙂🤷‍♂️ I don’t need to know the math to know what results I’m looking for….😅 I just learn along the way and then transfer knowledge to other problems to see if it fits.. the fact is that I just don’t have enough time left for all that….👴🏻

😂🤷‍♂️ maybe some of the PHD’s can figure out how to upload my “soul” in my lifetime and then that will change. 😁 fingers crossed

[hybrid lion]

what you're trying to do is very math intensive

[trail musk]

Ikr…😅 that’s the problem lol

[hybrid lion]

there aren't any real shortcuts

[trail musk]

😂 so I’m learning….initially I wanted to just push that off onto AI like; “hey design this game. Here’s what I want it to do….”

In theory this is what AI is for, is it not? 🤔😁

[oblique edge]

Yes and no

[hybrid lion]

I mean that's what some people market it as

but also that's very much not how it works

[oblique edge]

Yes you can use it as a sounding board. It's great for getting out of your own bubble pending on the model/tool

[trail musk]

Hey! 😁 I think you’ve already helped me with this project once. About legal implications of using AI in Bots….🤔

[oblique edge]

No it doesn't 'create' new ideas or games

[hybrid lion]

it's just doing math

[trail musk]

Yeah precisely.

[hybrid lion]

and to make it work... you should understand the math

[trail musk]

So I’m saying to AI, “I know what I want, can you create the math that makes it happen?”

[hybrid lion]

at the very least take a few university classes on it

that won't net you sufficient knowledge to do much... but it's a starting point

[trail musk]

😕 your giving me too much credit here. 😅 I’m at like a grade 1 basics level. I’m definitely not ready for college, let alone university.

[hybrid lion]

and what you're trying to do requires university

that's kind of the problem

[trail musk]

Hey I totally agree. is there anywhere I can post some of my outline where you could see the grand scope? Or even basic concept of how I want this game to work? 🤔 I’ve only really touched on something I’m not even ready to evolve to yet(being API’s, servers, and Bots.). But I am thinking about the future and smart enough to understand that even if I get my prototype running elsewhere in janky temporary platforms, it will all have to be rewritten to suit the changes and utilize other elements like being online and now accessible by multiple people simultaneously. Rn it’s just a one player game on my phone using 5 basic elements(AI facilitator, the single programmed “anchor” Python, the main game engine Python(the systems science and physics), a world state save JSON, and a character save JSON.)
And I am also aware that normally all these elements would be more efficiently combined. But I’ve done it separately for specific reasons.

[oblique edge]

You almost want the LLM to be able to retain on the data for the world and emergent data from the players

Very similar products already exist for companies to effectively search their own data in slack, docs etc

Eg https://www.glean.com/

[trail musk]

🙂 Yaustar, your last homework assignment helped me a lot. I’m definitely going to look into this later. Thank you again friend. 🫡👍🏻

[tawny magnet]

Artificial intelligence has been developed in our country as well, the artificial intelligence gives the wrong answer to everything, it says 8+3, what is 13, really funny

We ask who conquered Istanbul, our current president says Tayyip Erdoğan

[oblique edge]

We've been using heavily for our internal workflows and been a huge productivity boost

[tawny magnet]

but they are fixing it now

[tawny magnet]

very good

[oblique edge]

Non engineers have been using it for code generation. Engineers have been using it for querying our code base. Also have our own gpt that is connected to slack, notion, docs, GitHub that allows us to query company information

We are much less blocked by time zones and waiting for people to be free to talk to

[tawny magnet]

We understand that you are the best👊

[shell sentinel]

hello is anyone here?

[oblique edge]

What's up?

[shell sentinel]

oh hey im just thinking of what to do

[oblique edge]

In what context?

[shell sentinel]

about my game its like a horror game it has alot of scary stuff but i feel like something is missing

[oblique edge]

Have you done user testing?

[shell sentinel]

yes it went insanely good

but

it feels kind of empty

this is a photo of it

[oblique edge]

Is that feedback from your testers?

[shell sentinel]

no i thought it myself

i feel like its small

but i have no ideas on what else to add

[oblique edge]

What was the qualitative feedback from your users?

[shell sentinel]

let me checl

oh theres one

[oblique edge]

And how long did they play for?

[shell sentinel]

extremely long

feels like a amazon review

[oblique edge]

Have you setup a call with this user to get deeper feedback?

[shell sentinel]

Yes i have actually

they said

its a very scary and fearful game but it has some stuff you need to fix

we did but

it still feels empty.

can you tell me if its good

[oblique edge]

I can't, I haven't played the game nor got the full context of what you are trying to deliver

[shell sentinel]

i mean if you want

i can send you the link

[oblique edge]

How long is the game? Time wise?

[shell sentinel]

takes probably 30 or 50 minutes to beat if you know what youre doing

[oblique edge]

How long do you want a full play through to be?

[shell sentinel]

something like nun massacre

[oblique edge]

Do you also want to sell this game?

[inland ruin]

How many people have played it at its current state? How long did it take them to finish it?

[shell sentinel]

never

its my hardwork

[shell sentinel]

700 people did

but they never gave feedback

i dont know why

[oblique edge]

When I say sell, I mean people can buy the game to play

[shell sentinel]

oh

its free

[oblique edge]

Do you have analytics in the game?

[shell sentinel]

yes

[oblique edge]

What do the analytics tell you about this 700 users

[shell sentinel]

ill check

[oblique edge]

How long did they play for?

[shell sentinel]

it might take long

because of my wif

wifi*

[oblique edge]

How many got to a meaningful point in the game

[shell sentinel]

oh wo

w

[oblique edge]

I won't have a real answer for you on what to add/change but it helps inform you where to work on in the game or even if there's ways to improve it

What's your aim with this game? Do you want to get a specific score? A number of users? A number of downloads etc?

[oblique edge]

You would need more in-depth analytics ideally

[shell sentinel]

i feel like wanting 100 active players but it feels impossible

[oblique edge]

You want to know how many actually start playing and where they drop off in the game

[shell sentinel]

oh

[oblique edge]

And also how many reach key points in the game

Eg how many finish the tutorial

[shell sentinel]

uh theres no tutorial..

wait

i have to go

[ivory raft]

Mb gng ✌️

[somber coral]

Add hidden ip tracking

[vestal fox]

any game developers here?
im starting on a video game, would unity work?
i just need suggestions
it's a mobile empire based game. Which is why im asking

[kindred cosmos]

Unity would work fine

[vestal fox]

okay, thank you

[tender sleet]

Yeah Unity has great cross platform and mobile support. Also check out the Asset store, there are likely templates and assets already built for an empire based game that could help you get started quickly

[wispy talon]

I'm a couple days late but this weeks free assets are pretty meh: https://www.fab.com/limited-time-free

The nanite one looks interesting but overall, underwhelming compared to the last bundle.

[limber lily]

gg

[wispy talon]

#rules this isn't a recruitment server

[haughty island]

Still

Cant find one

[dreamy inlet]

Have you looked at Fiverr or on Reddit? That's where I'd look 🤷

[tender sleet]

Yeah I liked Robot 2 way better

[wispy talon]

Wait till you see Robot 4. It will blow you away.

[next rune]

Is there anyone who can help me to recover my discord account for free, I will help them to make their game and get it popular

[inland ruin]

Only !support can recover your Discord account...and they don't charge...never have

[lucid pulsar]

This server is for help with Discord APIs, SDK and other various integrations. For general support, please contact Discord at https://dis.gd/contact, or send us a message on Twitter at @discord_support

[next rune]

!support

[lucid pulsar]

This server is for help with Discord APIs, SDK and other various integrations. For general support, please contact Discord at https://dis.gd/contact, or send us a message on Twitter at @discord_support

[next rune]

Nvm

[inland ruin]

It's just an auto responder. It doesn't do anything. Follow the link it sent to contact support

[visual idol]

Hello everyone, I'm developing a ue4 game and would like to know how to make my game show up as a "Playing" status on discord.
Now, I'm an idiot, and have no idea whatsoever how to do this. Can someone inform me on how to accomplish my goal :)

[inland ruin]

Well one way is with the Social SDK which has a setup guide for Unreal

https://discord.com/developers/docs/discord-social-sdk/getting-started/using-unreal-engine

The Social SDK can do a lot more than just Rich Presence so I would look into all its features

That or you can use the Legacy Game SDK (which is archive only at this point)
https://discord.com/developers/docs/rich-presence/using-with-the-game-sdk#using-rich-presence-with-the-game-sdk

[distant forge]

Was about to say the same

great advice

[lean latch]

!support

[lucid pulsar]

This server is for help with Discord APIs, SDK and other various integrations. For general support, please contact Discord at https://dis.gd/contact, or send us a message on Twitter at @discord_support

[visual idol]

ok, i'll check it out thx

[wise ivy]

Hello, I am attempting to add some features to my app and I just found the Embedded App SDK. I built an interactive model and I am now trying to test it out in my server where the bot already lives. I am not seeing any way to use the app. Is there some registration like when you build slask commands that registers an embedded app ?

[ripe elbow]

you need to enable activities in the dev portal

[tender sleet]

Time to show off what you've been working on! Drop your game's screenshots, GIFs, or short clips in #1403120755360796762 along with:

• A brief description of what you're building
• What you're excited about or struggling with
• Any specific feedback you're looking for

This is all about learning from each other and celebrating our progress. Links are welcome for this thread - feel free to share your itch.io pages, Steam wishlists, or project repos so people can follow your journey. Just keep it focused on sharing your work rather than heavy promotion and it MUST be SFW. Whether it's your first prototype or your upcoming release, we want to see it!

https://discord.com/channels/613425648685547541/1403147282714722405

[nocturne scaffold]

Hey, happy (belated) birthday!

I just had a quick question — when did you first start programming, and how did you get into it? I really want to start learning, but I can’t seem to find a good starting point.

I’d really appreciate it if you could share a bit about your experience! 🙏

[lavish flame]

You just pick a programming language and learn the basics, then you start working on any project you want.

[inland ruin]

Codecademy, Udemy, FreeCodeCamp, and The Odin Project are good online resources to get some step by step instructions for learning

The "best way to learn" is highly subjective so just try a bunch of methods and use whichever one you feel teaches you the most

And specifically, don't confusing learning with making things. Just because some method got you to a "product" quicker does not mean you learned more. I'm specifically talking about YouTube tutorials. Tutorials are not great ways to learn as they don't teach, they show. Being shown how to do something is not learning

[muted cedar]

Learning by doing worked best for me.

[alpine ridge]

So much this ^^^

Pick a problem, find a solution. Discover solution has a problem, fix that. Swear loudly when the only search result on Google is someone with the same problem as you, posted 10 years ago on stack overflow.

Repeat for 15 years, wonder how you ever got promoted to a team lead.

[vestal fox]

Hey guys i need someone that can propgram with old valve engine goldsrc for a game

[inland ruin]

Do you have a specific question about the gold source engine? Or a problem you're trying to solve?

[vestal fox]

No im trying to propgram a game

My friend working on a mobile port for cry of fear and need some help with goldsrc codes

[oblique edge]

Are you going to port gold SRC to mobile or use xash3D fwgs?

[vestal fox]

My friend making a port for cry of fear on mobile

[oblique edge]

Ah, so they are going to port gold SRC to mobile themselves?

[vestal fox]

Yes but it's only one guy ans he need relp

[oblique edge]

This is unfortunately not a recruiting server so you will unlikely to find someone here

I would suggest that your friend to look into https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs though. Might save a fair bit of time

[vestal fox]

Ty i will

[pastel fulcrum]

Yo how do U make games for discord?

[oblique edge]

https://discord.com/developers/docs/activities/overview

[upbeat gust]

Ah

[median gate]

hi xD

[wispy talon]

New week, new free assets. This time definitely better than the last: https://www.fab.com/limited-time-free

weirdly enough I think the LED light generator is probably the coolest IMO lol. Plus $1,200 -> $0 is wild. I wonder if they bumped up prices before this to appear like you got a new discount

[sharp plover]

Yoooo thats sick

[hallow yarrow]

That is crazy

[ancient igloo]

That is cool

[deep plume]

Yes it is

[slim latch]

When is the offer ending, also when did it start?

[wispy talon]

It rotates every 2 weeks

[verbal citrus]

yea

[barren nova]

yup, I'm sure I configured it correctly

[inland ruin]

Looks right to me

No rounding errors here

[uncut glacier]

wait, can you customize the time you've been playing it for too?

[inland ruin]

https://github.com/discord/discord-rpc/blob/master/examples/send-presence/send-presence.c#L43

Ya I presume so using this. It's just an int64

[glacial iron]

I've been learning raymarching this week

[celest scarab]

nice

[austere shore]

Damn thats amazing!

[queen granite]

Nice keep going

[sleek ridge]

customrp

[uncut glacier]

Ty

[oblique crag]

Nice

[patent oyster]

Nice

[glacial iron]

still going

[autumn bear]

Woahhh

[inland ruin]

The cosmic scrunchie

[autumn bear]

I feel like that might be a bit uncomfortable as a scrunchie

[inland ruin]

If you put it on wrong, it'll just fall off

But if you put it on the other way, it'll never fall off! (might start pushing into your skull but that's a future problem)

[oblique edge]

Vertex animation with dithering?

[queen granite]

Omg you have to start your own business

[glacial iron]

nope, raymarching

[glacial iron]

uhhh not at the moment

[queen granite]

I ll be the first who gonna download your game XD

[zenith rune]

🐧

[nova tide]

Hey guys anyone have knowelage about mapping or developing SAMP?

[haughty spade]

a mobile game for android

[graceful depot]

💫

[frail monolith]

Hey, yall, i have a question. Ive never developed a game but could someone tell me the basics?
maybe what type of people i need in a team?

or does that depend on what type of game i want?

[inland ruin]

Best to start solo than working on a team. Unless all of you are learning together.

You'll be able to learn at your own pace, make the mistakes of being new, and have a more full understanding of the entire process involved

That, or you can start with something smaller than game development, like modding.

You get similar experience to working on a game but you skip the foundational infrastructure of making it from scratch.

(you also get to do things like figure out how to make things that were foundationally impossible for the game with some jank wizardry)

[frail monolith]

oh dont get me wrong, i dont wanna make the game or code, i was more like interested in what kind of team i need that would develop the game, my role would be prolly introuducing the projects etc

but i am very aware i need the basics and understanding how coding works

[inland ruin]

Well ... Then funding is your biggest problem. If you want to be the creative director of a game, then you're going to need a LOT of money to fund the project

[dark stream]

fr

[frail monolith]

sponsors

[inland ruin]

But starting a game studio is out of the scope of this server

[dark stream]

yeah fr

[inland ruin]

I'll let you figure out how to get a quarter million dollars

[frail monolith]

I wasnt asking anyone to join? I was more like that i wanted to know what kind of team i need

[inland ruin]

I don't know what that means...

[frail monolith]

i am aware of that

You know like, pdv gdv things like that?

[inland ruin]

What kind of team depends on a lot of things. Can your developers make art as well. Do you have sound engineers and audio fx experts? Who's gonna focus on the lighting engine?

Your question has no single answer. There's thousands of factors

[frail monolith]

so it depends

[inland ruin]

And a lot of it comes down to budget. Do you want specialists or jack of all trades?

Specialists are better but it's more expensive

[dark stream]

yeah fr

or you could just get a team 🤷‍♂️

[frail monolith]

uhh, i didnt understand that 100% could you maybe explain it a bit more?

[inland ruin]

Do you want to have 1000 employees or 3?

That's generally what I'm saying. To make a game takes a lot of combined effort of a lot of people.

Or a small number of people a really long time

[frail monolith]

well i know that its not like it but everything depends on the content of the game and its factors

[inland ruin]

Do you want to have a person dedicated to pointing a microphone at some rocks while people walk on it or do you want to spend a little money on stock audio from a SFX site

[drifting gull]

Even that... thats a few guys for a year at best

[frail monolith]

well my most deep idea is basically to make everything myself like build the studio, company etc

[inland ruin]

Yes it does

If it's 2d, you don't need 3d modelers...if it's a story game, you don't need network engineers...if it's a card game, you don't need a reload animations guy

[frail monolith]

i am aware that this costs lot of money, but there are enough sponsors

[inland ruin]

Great! Then get started! And when you find a place either you need help or are not as skilled at, look for people to help out

[frail monolith]

right and one small other question that might be or might not be related to the topic of this server but how can i avoid what happend between Paradox and CO

[inland ruin]

Doesn't sound like a thing worth avoiding. CO won that deal

[frail monolith]

hm i still dont understand why that happen, at least i dont see a real reason or nor has anyone said anything but that they go different ways from 2026

[inland ruin]

They sold CI to Paradox, let it become a massive thing and grew their audience, then now they're off doing their own thing no longer needing a publisher

[frail monolith]

i see

[inland ruin]

Because they were developing a game they didn't own

[frail monolith]

and i guess paradox didnt like/approve that?

[inland ruin]

Paradox is a publisher, they fund games and in return, they own the game

[inland ruin]

It has nothing to do with like

CO just chose to work independently. So Paradox now has/gets to work on Cities in house

[hybrid lion]

Can even be done solo, and how long it takes is more or less entirely dependent on scope

[frail monolith]

yea i know that, just it would take a person quite a timeline to understand and think about the future of CS

[frail monolith]

yes thats the other thing i heard Iceflake Studio is basically Paradox?

[inland ruin]

It's owned entirely by Paradox

[frail monolith]

right

welp i appreciate taking time to answer and ,,clear,, me off in certain things :D
its a long path either way it doesnt happen from today to tomorrow so

as people said ,,good things, take their time,,

[inland ruin]

And, learn to fail. Look at Scott Cawthon. Man published so many games before FNAF and now has a movie franchise

[frail monolith]

you learn from mistakes and trough these mistakes you get better

[inland ruin]

Exactly. Your first game might not be any good, but knowing how to take feedback and use it to improve can lead you to creating something great

[dark stream]

fr

[frail monolith]

the real reason behind it is because i feel like lot of games do not rlly listen to their communities which i can totally understand but taking a hint or trying to make as the community wishes is the start even if its a little - which then again brings me to why i want my own server on discord, because from my experience on discord and servers, theres so many ,,trash,, out there thats not even real

[dark stream]

yee

[frail monolith]

i am rlly stuborn and trust me when i am stuborn i can make real and good things and i belive everyone can if they want to.

in the past month ive been looking for server that can help you either build you the server or help you with permissions while its so easy even if it takes time

[inland ruin]

Speaking from experience. Sometimes listening to your community is a mistake.

Sometimes the ones you hear are only the vocal minority and their suggestions are actually wrong. And sometimes, you don't want to change what your vision is for your project and you just want to make what you believe is good.

I'm of course not saying ignore feedback. But know when and how to listen to it. Like, prefer identifying problems rather than suggested solutions.

Solutions are opinionated and often are greedy. They want it better for them, not better for everyone.

[frail monolith]

i totally agree on this one

[dark stream]

Bro is

[frail monolith]

i still stick to the opinion that most communities arent communities but just a place where people can talk, thats not what i want, its not even real, youre a starter, you have a question and either you get mocked and called dumb or if they ,,help,, you is some kind of ,,do it yourself, thats how youll learn,, and i can totally agree on that but not everyone can do that the right way or lets say not everyone learns on their own.

to what you said, yes thats correct but in the end the community is the one buying the game / heart of the whole thing wherever that a game or something else is.

[storm oracle]

hh

[sand minnow]

people usually know what they want but they're often wrong on how, me included

[clever elk]

True

[karmic current]

hi guys! hope you’re all good ✌️ I’m working on an indie game called Veg Uprising and thought I’d join some cool servers to connect with more gamers. looking forward to hanging around here!

[lyric charm]

Does anyone have a clue about how to get your game to be shown in the search where you decide which games are being played on a specific server? Found on some games "profiles" that the data is taken to some extent from IGDB, which we have up already.

[tulip gorge]

i believe it has to be accepted as part of discord's game list somehow, unsure how

as they're also lacking things like exclusive games, i.e. nintendo/ps exclusives

[karmic current]

Random question for everyone, what’s one game mechanic you think is underrated but makes a game instantly fun?

[elder shoal]

Seamlessly integrated tutorials

[dreamy inlet]

Depends on the genre, but I like the interactive actions used in Super Mario RPG. It's a fun twist on the RPG "menu attack" tedium that makes interaction more better, but doesn't punish you for not interacting with it much

[ripe pumice]

Anything rewarding good timing, but not punishing the lack thereof. Like when you can block attacks, but perfectly doing them grants resource recovery or a brief buff.

It makes games feel even more engaging in a "simple to learn, rewarding to master" kind of way

Gears of War's "active reload" was a great example of this

[ripe elbow]

you should contact dev support

[worn quail]

@ripe elbow

[finite thunder]

@worn quail please don't randomly mention staff without context

[warped vale]

Can someone who knows python language help me

[inland ruin]

what specific help do you need? no one can help you if you dont actually ask your question

you might also have better luck by making a #1130600438811590709 post

[warped vale]

I need to download some files for my website and discord bot so I can host it somewhere else

If there was a vc id join and shared screen

[inland ruin]

there's no voice calls in this server...you can post screenshots but as this has nothing to do with game development (this channel)...you should move this to a #1130600438811590709 post or #dev-chat

[ashen shore]

Is there any dev i can talk to cuz i need some advise

[queen patrol]

just ask your question, no need to ask to ask

[red crater]

srry i accidentally typed @ everyone

[wispy talon]

I'm a little late but new bundles on https://www.fab.com/limited-time-free

I don't know about y'all but I've spent countless hours just looking at clouds....so seeing a cloud asset makes me really happy. Also the laketown gives me skyrim vibes.

[vestal fox]

is "game" a Discord thing and means getting an own server instance within the Discord hierarchy?

[dreamy inlet]

"Game" is just that: a game. Slay the Spire. Silk Song. Battlefield. Etc. Discord has the Social SDK for integrating Discord with your game as well as Activities, which is an HTML game that can be played within Discord

[blazing cairn]

Has anyone used lovable yet to develop discord integrations?

Reason asking, for compatibility issues with a flex fit embed on a game I'm tinkering with, using vibe coding with some manual

[merry vapor]

Why I am unable to send messages here

[inland ruin]

Automod tells you why

[merry vapor]

Okay this one word I don't know how but whenever I am trying to send a message it is telling me fail to send message something like that

[still hill]

UMM

WHY I CANT SAY H I

[gleaming basalt]

The automod message tells you why

[karmic current]

Been hanging here for a bit so thought I’d share. Our team just rolled out Veg Uprising on Steam EA.
If someone wants to try it out and tell me what feels off / what feels fun, I’m all ears.

[oblique edge]

What kind of feedback are you looking for?

[strange shuttle]

Hi, I'm curious if there's an example implementation for joining through activity in Unreal Engine?

[raw stone]

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/y4q8/discord-rich-presence-unreal-engine-4-5-tutorial

I believe this is what youre looking for?

I believe this also has some relevent information https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QN4VitMerZ0&t=79s&pp=2AFPkAIB

[strange shuttle]

@raw stone thank you<3

[vocal bridge]

maybe because discord doesn't run on those, they probably want people to focus on pc gaming and mobile gaming, not 100% console

[tulip gorge]

Yeag

Just kinda sucks not being able to put my favorite game there

[mortal igloo]

Is it possible to make a bot that gives in my minecraft server items or like ban players ?

[oblique edge]

Don't see why not

As long as you have an API for your Minecraft server to do those actions that the bot can access, and you have some mapping between users in your discord and MC server, it's doable

[vivid swan]

with the right setup its possible

[raw stone]

Cant you make a suggestion for games to be included?

Im not entirely sure where to make this suggestion but I swear when the feature was added I saw something about it

[copper moss]

Advaith has redirected people to dev support if I am thinking of the same thing

[past wave]

Problems

[onyx swallow]

Hello guys am a game dev looking for a project

[median gate]

then create a project.. huh

[earnest totem]

Lol

[shut tusk]

Lol

[zenith rune]

🐧

[civic cypress]

Just for fun with others or what kind of project?

[gaunt elk]

👋🏻i need an official document for discord game development

[inland ruin]

https://discord.com/developers/docs/activities/overview is probably the closest discord has

[gaunt elk]

thanks

[zealous steeple]

do discord allows us to fetch a server analytics? the analytics shown in the server settings.

if yes, then how

[queen patrol]

you can download some csvs from the site but no api route no

[zealous steeple]

then how do some discord bot websites have analytics of servers in their web dashboard? realtime.

a'int no way they doing it through database

[queen patrol]

they do their own tracking

[zealous steeple]

pain

well, discord should allow it

i was talking in wrong channel, my bad

[tardy jasper]

Reakon i could submit my game to the buildathon thing? Its a interactive evolving rpg game, where you can literally go do whatever you want?

[finite thunder]

the idea of the buildathon is to complete a project from conception to finish within the allotted time
it's not a surface to advertise existing projects

[tardy jasper]

I dont advertise anytjing i do, i mainly make it and give it away for free for others or just play with friends. I mean i can make a completely new thing but this only started like a month ago

If thats not ok i wont post it, thats why i was asking

[finite thunder]

if you want to showcase your work with existing projects, there is #1403147282714722405

[tardy jasper]

Appreciate that. Im happy with making something new and showing that when its time. Thanks for clarification

[steel estuary]

Is there any good coding software for beginners?

[covert pumice]

VS code

VS community

[dreamy inlet]

Can you be more specific? "Coding software" is vague. Are you looking for something like the Godot game engine (as this is the game dev channel)? Are you looking for suggestions on programming languages? IDEs? Plugins for your IDE of choice?

[steel estuary]

Something to code a 2d or 3d game

I tried Godot and I cant figure it out tbh

[dreamy inlet]

https://www.gdquest.com/start-here/

GD Quest is pretty amazing

Though the indent-based syntax of GDScript can take a while to get used to

What programming languages do you know?

[oblique edge]

GDevelop is also a good shout

[steel estuary]

I have tried it, it's decent tbh

[oblique edge]

Yeah, they've recently added 3D too

[steel estuary]

Nice

I might try use that again

[blazing pasture]

I miss u mate, r.i.p😭

[wispy talon]

uWu time for more free assets: https://www.fab.com/limited-time-free

I really like the style of the knight assets and the forest one is giving Firewatch vibes (if you know that game).

-# 6 7

[novel helm]

the Dark night model looks nice

[abstract nymph]

Hallaw

[vivid lark]

Hallow

[fathom zealot]

Who are here roblox developers or in general developers?

[lost kelp]

I may not develop games in discord but I started developing games in unity as well as making discord bots

[oblique edge]

👋

[lost kelp]

I'm a general developer tryna develop anything possible lol

[inland fiber]

suppp guys, now i wanna use v2 comp with webhooks but i was wondering, if the pictures i upload (images/thumbnails) inside the container are direct files not links, do they bcm invalid after some time like it happens with normal embeds, or thats not the case with v2s

[queen patrol]

this isn't a thing with either

also this isn't really game dev related, see #dev-chat or #1130600438811590709

[inland fiber]

my logs images bcm invalid after a certain period of time

[queen patrol]

again: wrong channel

[inland fiber]

i didn't even notice it 😭

[little valve]

How can I add my game to the “Board” library? Is there any documentation or submission process available?

[lost kelp]

i dont think that can be done yet i havent seen any discord games or games available to add to board library discord adds what most people play tbh

[inland ruin]

#rules English only please

[tender sleet]

woah this looks really cool! What are you building?

[tender sleet]

That knight reminds me of some of the armor in ES Oblivion

[wispy talon]

I never played those games, but it gave me some Skyrim vibes for sure

[sweet basin]

If you're storing it on discord then that's why they do expire

[molten reef]

WHO uses unity?

I need help

[copper moss]

What would you ask someone who does use unity?

[molten reef]

Would ASK If they could Help me in some stuff about the scenes

[copper moss]

what specifically with the scenes?

[molten reef]

I wanted to make a new one Made everything Like IT was in the scene before in Terms of Scripts but one Script Just wouldnt work

Fixed that later by Just Copying the scene

[swift kite]

Is there anyway to publish an activity i created? Its in dev preview

[fast mountain]

playing on mobile?

[little hornet]

Ye

[languid cargo]

Which game is this?

[delicate mulch]

this is fire

[polar galleon]

Looking good

[surreal isle]

Hi im wondering how we can get games added to discord so we can use it for what games my discord server play please as i own 2 games and cant see them in the list. Sorry if its the wrong place to ask.

[wispy talon]

don't they use the game database to populate the game list?

[surreal isle]

im not sure as the games have been out 4 years well nearly 5 years and there not on there

[wispy talon]

Pretty sure you have to submit them yourself

[wispy talon]

<@&1050493473033289778> self-promo

[hallow vale]

Wowzie

[tranquil geyser]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[wispy talon]

You learn to code or use a game engine and then make it. AI can't do that for you.

[inland ruin]

Ya. Game development, out of many other kinds of development, is poorly suited for the use of AI.

There's too many integrated systems and overlapping logic. You need a good understanding of how the whole codebase works

And there's absolutely no shame in being "bad at coding" as all of us where there at one point.

No one goes from never coding at all to making "grand theft auto" in a day. It takes years of learning and practice

[ancient fable]

Yeah

Also if you really want to start

Code by coding what you want first

No one is going to shame you for making what you love

[tranquil geyser]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[molten reef]

Learn IT for yourself bro

[oblique edge]

Disagree with the take on AI, you can definitely use AI to help direct you on what to learn, common patterns used, give you help on possible solutions to problems/features etc

It will require you to learn/know how to code though

Treat it like a Google search

IE the first thing on the results isn't always true

Follow the source references that the AI gives you and make the judgement

[inland ruin]

Which is the reading between the lines that I did to give my response. "I'm bad in coding. How can I make it with AI" read to me as "I can't code, can an AI make it for me"

But I totally agree that AI is an amazing tool for generating project structures, making specific functions (like util function), general troubleshooting and debugging guidance, and designing UI based boilerplate.

You still need the fundamental skills and understanding of the systems being made/you are working with but it's not useless entirely

[oblique edge]

It can do more than what you've listed, with the right AI setup, it can handle much bigger features

[inland ruin]

Ya I need to look into more agentic workflows and context engines but I'm not working on any personal projects right now to experiment with

[molten reef]

Could anyone Help me make a Rougelike/Rougelite

In JUMP and run Like Mario Bros style

[haughty kelp]

True, true

[oblique edge]

What are you having trouble with?

[ivory hound]

You mean sidescroller?

Like the early Mario Bros, Dead Cells or Hollow Knight

[inland ruin]

<@&1050493473033289778>

[molten reef]

I mean sidescroller but as an rougelike/rougelite

[molten reef]

Nothing

Just want to do it with someone cause i am a noob in coding

[ivory hound]

I’m not of coding either. I barely do luau 5.1 and Python lol. All i can is app modding, designing and game art.

[ivory hound]

That’s cool. People like that.

[molten reef]

Anyone wanna do together?

A rougelike/rougelite 2D in unity

[ivory hound]

Unity is more of a 3D platform, not 2D or sidescroller.

[oblique edge]

It's fine for 2D, it's got a bunch of 2D feature support and then some including tilemap, sprite animation and even lighting

[wispy talon]

Unity has a lot of 2D features. Hell Cuphead was made with Unity. Pretty sure Hollow Knight and Among Us were too.

[ivory hound]

100% correct but personally i think there are ‘better’ platforms. Of course, the best platform is the one the creator is most comfortable on :)

[ashen wyvern]

What do we do in this discord server?

[inland ruin]

Talk about dev stuff

[ashen wyvern]

Like what dev stuff like VRfS dev

[inland ruin]

I have no idea what VRfS is

[ashen wyvern]

What dev stuff

[inland ruin]

Coding

[copper moss]

Mainly dev relating to discord integration, but any dev topics are allowed

[inland ruin]

Lol he left

[copper moss]

Guess they wanted to talk about dev for virtual reality football simulator

[inland ruin]

Or show off his tiktok about virtual reality soccer simulator

-# yes I made that correction on purpose...and I stand by it being a correction 🇺🇸

[molten reef]

i know tho

[molten reef]

yeah they were

[manic cairn]

just want to know, which approach is better, using websockets (interaction handler) to handle buttons in a game bot, or use rest api (post req) on buttons to communicate with discord using some token?

[inland ruin]

Depends more on the style of bot you want to make. If you need the gateway (for real time server events), then use the websocket events...otherwise HTTP webhook events are just fine

[hybrid lion]

can also make sense if you want to scale interactions separately from websocket

[chilly mortar]

hi whats up

[wispy talon]

the free assets are about to switch! In 58 minutes from now, at 9:59EST the limited time free will swap to the next set...so if you want them, grab them now!

[oblique cobalt]

#1403120755360796762

[wispy talon]

Hey, you...yeah you...you reading this. Wanna build something for the buildathon (you totally should) and you need a couple free maps? Now's your chance cause Fab's free assets are actually 2, from what I can tell, really good looking maps!

-# and I guess a model that if you wanted you could make into a goth mommy, but who cares about that...WE NEED MAPSSSSSSS

We were talking about elder scrolls vibes on the knight from last bundle, man...2 in a row. You could probably make a full game from just the last couple bundles with the dodge system, the knight, and now a midieval village? Let's go!

With the lab I could definitely see someone doing some like job sim game.

https://www.fab.com/limited-time-free

[tender sleet]

Oh woooah yeah that village is kinda crazy. I love that they give you the assets in pieces to assemble yourself

[wispy talon]

yeah, and it comes with an out of the box map too

[tender sleet]

I think it would be super fun to take like 3 or 4 packs and have a gamejam around only those assets

[wispy talon]

I think it could be interesting to see if you could work with Fab to bundle a few assets in a theme for sure.

[tender sleet]

I feel like it could even be fun to work with assets that don't normally make sense together too

Kinda Psychonauts-y

[wispy talon]

do you think you have the connections/pull to work with Fab/Epic?

Could make a whole "Discord SDK" of it

[polar otter]

Greetings

[dreamy inlet]

<@&1050493473033289778> This looks like some kind of poor attempt at scamming or spamming. Two different messages in two different channels. But the English is so bad I'm not sure

[errant breach]

I'm trying to do a direct set rich presence, but when I call it, I don't get an error, or any sort of message at all. I know the client is active, so what gives?

public void UpdateRichPresence(Client client)
    {
        Activity activity = new Activity();

        activity.SetType(ActivityTypes.Playing);
        activity.SetName("Fistblitz");
        activity.SetDetails(details);
        activity.SetState(state);

        var activityTimestamp = new ActivityTimestamps();
        activityTimestamp.SetStart(startTimestamp);
        activity.SetTimestamps(activityTimestamp);

        client.UpdateRichPresence(activity, OnUpdateRichPresence);
    }

    private void OnUpdateRichPresence(ClientResult result)
    {
        if (result.Successful())
        {
            Debug.Log("Rich presence has been freaking updated!" );
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.LogError($"Failed to update rich presence {result.Error()}");
        }
    }

on unity

it just seems to work sometimes

[tender sleet]

weird I'd expect you'd see one of the two logs each time. It should work even without the player being authenticated if Discord is running locally. What's your workflow like? Are you authing each time and then setting it or only setting it through RPC to an unauthenticated client?

[errant breach]

do i need to be doing authentication? I was just doing it directly

it seems to be working more consistently now

despite me not changing anything lmao

[tender sleet]

Not for Rich Presence, if the Discord client is running locally it should just work. I haven't tested what happens if Discord isn't running when you attempt to update Rich Presence though and that might be where you see some possibility of it not updating

[errant breach]

i see. discord was running the whole time so im not sure what was goin on there

[tender sleet]

What platform are you on? I've been meaning to play with the unauthenticated Rich Presence so I can do it on the same platform and see if I run into the same issue

[errant breach]

windows 11

pc

[tender sleet]

Let me know if you notice a trend of when it does happen and I can report that to the team! Will also report if I find anything as I play with it

[errant breach]

sweet, ill let you know 😄 if i dont say anything its probably been fixed haha

[trail halo]

wait can u set the rich presence from a website if the user authorizes it?

or do you still need approval for that

[native canyon]

How can I connect a Discord server to a Minecraft server?

[inland ruin]

In what way? Like sync the text chat? Or what?

[native canyon]

at the beginning only the nickname in Minecraft after entering /discord in the game

and idk what i must use it to this work

[inland ruin]

That depends on a lot of things. Are you trying to sync in game name to Discord name? Or the other way around?

Are you using a vanilla server or a modded server? You'll likely need to find/make a plugin that can expose in game information/run commands in game

You can take inspiration from existing tools like DiscordSRV about how they connect this information...their source code is all listed

[native canyon]

and i must install mc plugin?

[somber coral]

I worked with it, there are a lot of good guides on YouTube, you need to install plugin and put discord bot token into properties

[trail halo]

not really there is a new websocket server built into mc so u could use the api for that

[visual bane]

Why the ":" is no longer possible in application names?

[oblique edge]

You will need to go to support/Discord direct for this. There's no Discord staff on this server

Someone may know why but unable to do anything beyond telling you why

[full lantern]

You can't use ":" anymore in discord usernames and in discord developer bot names, because they are breaking the mention system

Example @:wave:

[vapid nimbus]

Hello Everyone! Merry christmas and happy holidays! I want to create something new for me and i would like to ask for a few opinions and suggestions on this matter:
I want to create a discord activity game for my discord server that will be just an 2D RPG game with characters, spells etc.
Is that idea possible? What tools am I going to need? Can i use a game engine like Unity to build the game logic and textures and somehow implement them on discord?
Thank you all for reading my message and I will appreciate any kind of opinion/feedback on this thing.

[trail halo]

Yes you can use Unity to build a web game and then implement the embedded activity sdk

[vapid nimbus]

What programming language do i need to know to implement the activity sdk?

[trail halo]

What you use in unity

You could also just use a normal web game engine especially a 2d one

Which would be typescript / java script

[vapid nimbus]

I see what you mean. Can you recommend a few for me to take a look at? It's my first time so i appreciate the guide so far.

[trail halo]

well learn basics of js first before doing a game

[vapid nimbus]

oh sorry, I already know js

[trail halo]

pixi js is nice

phaser is fine

[vapid nimbus]

Thanks a lot fase! I will definitely take a look at that. Appreciate the guide

[trail halo]

then for the actual embedded sdk; https://discord.com/developers/docs/developer-tools/embedded-app-sdk

there is also some game examples on their github

[cursive fog]

Hi! I'm young developer and i'm creating a fan game about hollow knight. I'm developing at using GDevelop 5. I need help with that project , I'l appreciate any help or support. I'm just a beginner now .But i am very passionate about creating my own games. If you are interested, let me know

You can send me character ideas or look for sprites, that will also help me.

[knotty vector]

Yes I can help

[dreamy inlet]

If you want to find sprites you can look at https://itch.io. Lots of options.

In addition, if you need coding help you should ask specific, actionable questions in #1130600438811590709 . Though if you're using GDevelop you should find a server dedicate to that platform, you'll get better and faster help there than here. Lastly, per server #rules do remember asking for people to help with your project (paid or not) is not allowed here. Ask specific questions, get specific help. But don't expect anyone to do everything for you.

[cursive fog]

oh ok

[knotty vector]

Yup

[bleak bay]

guys who knows bacht code languge am trying to learn it

[oblique edge]

Did you mean batch?

[bleak bay]

yes

[muted marlin]

Yes I'm here 🙋🏻‍♂️

[naive oracle]

How's everyones projects going on?

[jolly wren]

Which game you made?

[whole osprey]

Are Dev services paid here?

[queen patrol]

this isn't a server to recruit people in

[whole osprey]

So what is this?

[queen patrol]

this chat is just for game dev discussions, not recruiting

[whole osprey]

Ohh oke

[cursive fog]

oh u can help me?

[rustic basalt]

Hey can u be my teacher?

[inland ruin]

No one here is going to personally teach you coding. It's not even an efficient way to learn... What's wrong with the resources I showed you? Like Codecademy?

[rustic basalt]

I am confused to start with which ?

Like idk which to start I ahev 3 option to start web developer game developer and any other

I am getting confused which i should get

[inland ruin]

What do you want to learn? If you're just starting out, don't be worried about learning the wrong things. Programming knowledge translates pretty well between languages...

You could start with Python...it's commonly referred to as one of the easiest languages to learn

[rustic basalt]

Ohh

Which should I pick?

@inland ruin

[inland ruin]

Whatever is relevant to you... It's just there to cater the curriculum to your experience and goals

[rustic basalt]

So learn for fun?

[inland ruin]

I can't answer that for you

[rustic basalt]

This?

Which is best executor for mobile?

[rustic basalt]

@inland ruin

[queen patrol]

don't spam ping people

and honestly: nobody can answer these things in your place

it literally asks "what do YOU want to learn"

[rustic basalt]

Hmm ok any executor? Mobile

[queen patrol]

pick what you want to learn

and if you wana learn mobile, well there is only 1 that even has mobile in its name

so you know, maybe try reading the thing you're screenshotting?

[rustic basalt]

Alr 😊

[wispy talon]

another week, another set of free assets: https://www.fab.com/limited-time-free

this time we got a cool monster and some temple ruins!

[broken terrace]

I'm looking for someone that knows how to do skin integration

[broken terrace]

For fortnite skins adding visual effects for use in v15.30

[wispy talon]

this isn't a recruitment server

[lavish flame]

This isn't a place to hire people.

[woeful bone]

Nahh i dont want to hire i am a beginner i just want to learn

[lavish flame]

There are plenty of resources online. I highly doubt someone is willing to teach you (for free) and use their time.

If you want resources, you can ask for them here, not by dragging people to DMs, mods don't like that.

[woeful bone]

Ok sir noted

The thing is I have searched over the net and there are way too many resources i just want a small guide the rest i would be exploring my self

Like where to start with game dev unity what to do blah blah simple basic stuff

[safe gate]

Start with pico8 or tic80

Start small so ur brain can adjust

[woeful bone]

Brilliant noted

[oblique edge]

The Unity site itself has guided courses that would be a good start

https://learn.unity.com/pathway/unity-essentials

[woeful bone]

Thanks bro

[median ridge]

Boiboiboi ne

Roblox

[orchid moth]

Holy this looks amazing man

[gray sedge]

is it worth to publish game on discord (in terms of revenue)

@junior coral na i mean like those activties like putt party

[junior coral]

if your only goal is to make money short term probably not

[gray sedge]

not thinking of short term

[halcyon summit]

How much would it cost to publish a game?

[junior coral]

that varies massively

[oblique edge]

I wouldn't solely rely on it as organic discovery isn't easy on the platform compared to say Poki

On the bright side, you weren't stuck in an exclusivity agreement with it

[oblique edge]

Which platform?

[halcyon summit]

Lets say steam

[gray sedge]

so i should only consider it more like fun hobby project okay

[oblique edge]

They have a set fee per game 100usd

[halcyon summit]

Oh ok

[oblique edge]

I would either heavier lean on the unique discord features to make it work well on servers (eg social in channel leader boards, teams etc) or consider it as another portal you are publishing to

The top games on discord do do quite well from what I've seen on numbers

[gray sedge]

okay, thank you

[oblique edge]

Are you looking at Discord specifically or platforms for web based games?

[junior coral]

honestly i think you should give it a shot if that's what you like doing, but don't expect to make money out of it. i would assume the revenue distribution is the same as basically everywhere where only a small top fraction of the games make the major portion of the revenue. give it a shot and if it makes money, that's cool, but if it doesn't then at least you're not disapointed and you have a cool project

[gray sedge]

i do make small games and those games earn 5k-10k usd a month (still havent had major hit yet)

so i was exploring this like UEFN

[gray sedge]

yea maybe i will try it once
thanks

[oblique edge]

Ah gotcha, Reddit may be worth a consideration as they have payouts based on DAU/MAU

[fading coral]

Hi all! I am wanting to create a fairly automated play-by-post table top role playing server where multiple campaigns can be going on at the same time. I provided ChatGPT my ideas that I am wanting and I have a modarate level of experience with understanding and troubleshooting code, but not building things from the ground up. If you would be willing to review what it has generated and make suggestions or corrections, I would greatly appreciate it. Its 45 pages and as with all AI, it all requires quality assurance.

[oblique edge]

I don't think anyone is willing to download a docx. Maybe a Google doc or notion doc would be better?

[fading coral]

Sure thing! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_JBlxgsAbeAo7immQrVUjuJQ0Hw1e4Jm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114449735182459997192&rtpof=true&sd=true

[oblique edge]

Ah right, my guess is that you want someone to review the code generated?

[fading coral]

Not particularly. AI often doesn't understand nuance and future planning, so I more want to see if this infrastructure is sound and if I am missing anything so that I can prompt AI to fill in the gaps and narrow its scope.

[oblique edge]

IIRC, it hasn't accounted for cost. There are multiple ways to make your idea, so maybe you should prompt it to account for other criteria that is important for you

Eg cost, ease of maintenance, action throughput etc

[fading coral]

I instructed it to be free and as automated as possible, with lower maintenance. I also asked it not to require any software downloads since I use a work computer. This might be why it is less efficient due to these restrictions.

[elder shoal]

I'll broadly state that:
I think this is more text than most people are willing to actually read with their spare time.

On top of that, if you are entirely relying on AI code without any knowledge yourself, you'll soon run into problems. If When something breaks (or the code gets too long), you will have no clue why or have the know-how to debug it. And the AI won't "remember" what it wrote to be able to meaningfully help you.

[waxen stirrup]

Agentic AI's do the job but yeah

[shrewd carbon]

Hey y'all, I have a Discord Activity (a game), works fine in Windows, but doesn't reach the Auth window in macOS.
Tried on 3 different macs, with different account. Fails in all.
Tried on 3-4 different win PCs, works everywhere there.

[oblique edge]

Safari issue? Or have you tried this via the Discord App/Chrome on Mac?

[shrewd carbon]

Both chrome and system app tested. Didn't even test safari as of yet

[oblique edge]

Any errors in dev console?

[shrewd carbon]

None as such

[oblique edge]

No idea in that case, very weird.

You might have better luck in #activities-dev-chat or #1219055432232992778 where there's likely to be more dedicated help?

[robust jewel]

this is my game :)

[oblique edge]

I would call it something different for the usual reasons

[vernal river]

https://tenor.com/view/sml-lawsuit-getting-sued-sued-brooklyn-guy-gif-24320163

[mighty musk]

Rate my launcher

[unborn thunder]

Peak

[mighty musk]

I literally had to reinstall intelliJ twice to make this completely work properly

[unborn thunder]

What does intelliJ have to do with your custom launcher?

[mighty musk]

It sandboxed... So I had to downgrade the ide

[unborn thunder]

[mighty musk]

Due to of this, Minecraft 1.12.2 and below were impossible to launch

But eventually, I got it out of the sandbox

[queen patrol]

!support

[lucid pulsar]

This server is for help with Discord APIs, SDK and other various integrations. For general support, please contact Discord at https://dis.gd/contact, or send us a message on Twitter at @discord_support

[ember plinth]

OK

[mystic fog]

https://tenor.com/view/futurama-ethan-bubblegum-tate-harlem-globetrotters-law-suit-hello-its-me-gif-22606149

[teal dragon]

Can you help me creating a Game?

[mighty musk]

Well, game development is hard and long, but sometimes you might use some libraries to speed it up.

[oblique edge]

12 weeks in fact https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1021897/Crossy-Road-A-Whale-of but these were developers who already had some experience

What I would do with this is to try the game on paper first and see if the idea/design is fun and what issues/improvements could be made

For example, what's the goal, what's the fail state, what makes the decisions the player has to do interesting?

[coarse crown]

https://tenor.com/view/id-like-to-sue-someone-please-sue-legal-action-lawyer-up-pressing-charges-gif-11185414

the guy who made subways surfers 2

[tardy scroll]

Oi português

[torpid ledge]

Hey! Can anyone guide me on how to upload high quality bot banner, mine is exactly underscaled to 680x240, but when uploaded it looks 144

[stiff ivy]

Application Resource - Edit Current Application PATCH applications/@me
Edit properties of the app associated with the requesting bot user. Only properties that are passed will be updated. Returns the updated application object on success.

[inland ruin]

The Dev portal is known to have some compression issues... try uploading through the API instead as that has been known to be better

[edgy ore]

keep the ai slop off discord

[silent storm]

Can anyone point me to repo for Discord API endpoint implementation that can read public servers messages.

[dreamy inlet]

https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/message#get-channel-messages

[silent storm]

Thank you, do you have an idea of an existing sour code on this?

[dreamy inlet]

Depends on the programming language you're using. But I fail to see how this is related to game dev. Perhaps you should make a post in #1130600438811590709

[silent storm]

Thanks

[dusky isle]

I think https://godotengine.org/ is a perfect engine to create the next discord game

[oblique edge]

Have they added the ability to download data in chunks/on demand yet?

If you still have to download all the data at the start, I consider it a no go for web games

[robust jewel]

dms

[oblique edge]

Nope, please chat here

[dreamy inlet]

If you have a game-dev related question then ask it here. Trying to pull people into DMs is a common scammer tactic

[quiet oracle]

dayum i was about to post something ending with dm me lol

question if i have game and looking for people is there place to post?

[fast whale]

No it is not this server isnt for recruiting

[quiet oracle]

more people to give opinions , tryna turn it into open project
but understnd alot of scammers etc

im with u

[dusky isle]

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/export/exporting_pcks.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com

So yeah it is possible

[oblique edge]

https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/1m0iqle/loading_additional_pck_in_html5/

Unsure if this has been fixed in recent releases for h5 export

[dusky isle]

They added so much stuff hard to track if it’s fixed but I know it’s possible and people are doing it

[oblique edge]

Ah, here it is https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/1m0iqle/comment/n3b3hcg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Doesn't look 'fixed' but workaround able

[jagged bolt]

It's not and engine thing. The engine is well capable of loading assets on demand, always. It's a packaging thing. Some packaging formats do not allow partial loading.

[oblique edge]

We are talking about it in the context of H5 games on Discord though

Do you know it is now doable on H5 exports now? Or you still have to do the work around from the Reddit post?

[jagged bolt]

Unless Discord is somehow preventing the number of requests a webpage can execute, I don't think it's different than any other web built from Godot.

[jagged bolt]

I'm not even sure a workaround is required since v4, let me check the Reddit post.

[oblique edge]

Yeah, that's what I'm asking. When you say packaging issues, do you mean from the export of Godot or packaging of the build to be served?

(I assumed you mean export from Godot)

[jagged bolt]

I've read the Reddit post, I'm puzzled. I thought Godot was exporting each scene as its own .pck 🤔
The Reddit post is from 6 months ago, v4 was already out, so it's very likely they tried that with v4.

Could it be a limitation of the HTML export?

[oblique edge]

That's my assumption based from the Reddit post. Tried to search around it but wasn't very conclusive either way

[jagged bolt]

Damn, for builtin web exports, it's one .pck and .wasm for the whole project.

That's bad

You can circumvent that with explicit resource packs (a good practice IMO).

But that makes the polishing stage way more challenging.

[oblique edge]

Oh. You can explicitly separate them into separate pcks and load them dynamically?

If so, that's better than what I thought was possible? Thanks for digging into it

[jagged bolt]

Yes, ofc. Check ProjectSettings:load_resource_pack.

For web release, this makes packaging more challenging I think, but you won't have to patch the generated JS.

[oblique edge]

Why do you think the Reddit user had issues with this?

Looks like they were using that function

[jagged bolt]

Their issue seems a bit different. They wanted to auto-load the extensions.

But you want to lazyload them.

[oblique edge]

Oh I see now

Their original pck was over the file limit so they split it into two

[jagged bolt]

Yep.

[oblique edge]

And wanted both loaded as part of the pre load

[jagged bolt]

But I can't find the code that handles the load_resource_pack for web releases in the source-code of Godot 4. I wonder if it exists at all. 🤔
Take what I said with a grain of salt. I'm not sure this is well supported. The easiest way would be to try.
I'll try to do that when I have enough time on my hands.

Yeah, can't find it, I'll really have to try it.
I expect ProjectSettings:load_resource_pack to fire an XHR request, but I can't find relevant code that tracks back to load_resource_pack.

[wicked idol]

is this animation i made dope chat?

[fossil lion]

Yea

[edgy kraken]

Im trying to launch an app on android and doing so i need to use an emulator to run google play console app but my emulator wont run it but it runs every other app, can any help?

[oblique edge]

Why not manage it in either the browser portal or use an actual android phone?

I can't see why you would need to use the console app at all

[covert scaffold]

Good One

[plush dagger]

G

[covert scaffold]

What Sup

[wanton merlin]

Hello how am I able to get a dev badge

[finite thunder]

The active dev badge has been decommissioned and is no longer obtainable. (read more)

[livid ember]

hello! do you mind sharing any of these sources?

[oblique edge]

Private information/NDA

[livid ember]

👌

[livid ember]

what a cool project you are working on, by the way!

[oblique edge]

Thank you!

[raw drum]

[chilly olive]

Any minecraft dev here?

[lavish flame]

This isn't a place to recruit people.

[mossy steppe]

how to become dev ?

[tender sleet]

What do you want to build?

[mossy steppe]

a bot

[tender sleet]

#dev-chat is a great place to ask about how to build your first bot and where to learn programming. This channel is for game development!

[mossy steppe]

thank you

for the help

[fluid bay]

I'm from Brazil and I'm developing a project with a group of people from a Minecraft server

[tender sleet]

What are you building?

[fluid bay]

A server using Geyser MC to run Bedrock + Java.

in addition to economy plugins

running through the digital ocean

[zenith pollen]

is anyone good with roblox games i need help with GUI tages and stuff

[dreamy inlet]

Instead of cross-posting you should clarift what you mean in your existing post: https://discord.com/channels/613425648685547541/1461209947256655902

[tired tiger]

Letsgo

[sinful pebble]

im currently making a fan game of this flash game sift head inside of a fps game creator app

do yall think is good?

i also have the menu too recreated

the only thing working is start game related thing and quit.
thats basically it cause everyting else dont work lmao

[random igloo]

Woah

[sinful pebble]

yeah inspired by like these flash game called sift head world

[random igloo]

Thats actually cool ngl

[sinful pebble]

thanks
is hard to get the asset but some of them i made my self by screenshot then reworking them if not create the asset myself

[random igloo]

Oo

[sinful pebble]

mhm

rn im working on cutscene

[random igloo]

Oo

[sinful pebble]

currently placeholder but i have done some trickery like using a elavator object

then dialoguer

[random igloo]

Thats nice

[sinful pebble]

and then the teleport

and then finishing level

[random igloo]

Damn your really good

[sinful pebble]

call me the creative dumbass lmao

[random igloo]

Lmao

Me and my brother are creating a game

Well were thinking too

But we don't really know

[sinful pebble]

like hwat?

[random igloo]

Prop gonna be like a race game

[lunar wave]

Can anyone tell me if I have to perform heavy tasks on a game which is being made on unreal engine do I need to learn any other language other than c++

[oblique edge]

You will be fine with C++

[empty void]

Hum

[real crag]

How can i make an interactive web page for both Desktop and android?

[dreamy inlet]

If you make a webpage, people can visit it on any device that has a web browser. Including "desktop" and Android devices

I'd look into what is called responsive web design, or mobile-first design. It's a principal of designing your site to look good on mobile devices first, then using various CSS technology allowing the design to change based on viewport size. But as long as it works on mobile it will work on desktop. But not the other way around

[real crag]

Glad smone helped me

[sinful pebble]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1363106848579784755/1461769304054956145/BlueStacks_App_Player_2026-01-17_01-05-06.mp4?ex=696bc240&is=696a70c0&hm=921acc134a3eac035947e6dd68aa2adb034d2742f2a0c64fe5431781bb688819&
is 1 am i finally finished this ONE cutscene

[wispy talon]

<@&1050493473033289778> crypto scam

[oblique edge]

Does it have to be for Roblox?

[somber pike]

Idk if I’m late but I am a Roblox dev

[weak ledge]

YO what engine ur using?

[sinful pebble]

Theres an app in googlr play store called "first person game creator"

Or fpsgc

[weak ledge]

for mobile?

[oblique edge]

Yeah, it's a mobile app

[toxic ferry]

Guys, how long does it take for Discord support to respond to tickets?

[dreamy inlet]

It takes as long as it takes. There’s a bit longer of a wait due to the holidays

[sinful pebble]

Sorry for late respond but yup

Yaustar said so

[sinful pebble]

Pegi 12?

Theres rating maturity for this game?

[tired tiger]

will the developer badge reappear as before?

[inland ruin]

no

[dreamy inlet]

Thankfully it's gone for good

[inland ruin]

#dev-chat message

[tired tiger]

okay mate

[oblique edge]

Likely due to weapon usage

[sinful pebble]

true i guess

[sinful pebble]

Updated walther p99 to fit the original games animation

[dark path]

sick

[tender sleet]

This looks super cool. Reminds me of some flash games I used to play when I was younger

[sinful pebble]

Thanks
Its heavily inspired by madness combat and sift head reborn and world (aka remaster and original version)
They both used to be in flash ofc

The artstyle and color pallete is the one im adore of

[ebon zodiac]

iOS?

[oblique edge]

Google Play

Endolis was running it on Bluestacks on Windows by the looks of things

[queen flax]

This is very cool! Great job!👏

[sinful pebble]

Danke, man.

[elfin marten]

W bro

[hot creek]

W 12:34

[elfin marten]

XD

[barren topaz]

Guys can anyone help create a game

[dreamy inlet]

No, that’s not what this server is for. If you get stuck we can help you debug, but we won’t spoon-feed code.

[chilly mortar]

yes

[sinful pebble]

lord this took few days but it was worth it
first video : broken illusion of the map
second video : what it would look like during gameplay

[ebon aurora]

Can u help?

[dreamy inlet]

Not until you ask a question

[indigo compass]

could someone be my tutor guide? im trying to develop my first ever gam

[dreamy inlet]

There are lots of places on the internet to find resources. I'd start with the docs for whatever game engine you're using

This server is for getting help with specific problems. So if you have a specific, actionable code problem you run into we can try to help. But we're not a server to find a tutor

[random shore]

[quick girder]

U should start choosing the engine and the lenguage

In my case, i choose Godot bc it doesn't have comissions like Unity or Unreal engine

I think u could use the official docs for the engine in general, and the web course "Learn GDscript from Zero" for the scripting lenguage

[indigo compass]

what is the best template to use?

[quick girder]

It depends on what type of game u want to do, but if you're starting as a beginner, u should learn programming logic first

After that, you would be able to understand the code from the templates

And maybe, you could use templates to practice

[flat turtle]

Anyone how do I make a game in discord?

[dreamy inlet]

https://discord.com/developers/docs/activities/overview

[dreamy inlet]

Start with learning the language and the tool. Don't worry about templates yet. Figure out how the thing you're using works. If you decide to use Godot (a great choice, IMO) then start with the docs. The about section gives you an overview of what Godot is and how it works. Then move on to getting started where it literally walks you through making a 2D and 3D game.

Once you get done with that you can read the docs to learn more about how it works or move onto a good tutorial, like GDQuest.

[indigo compass]

why can i not find the replace button.. im trying to follow the roblox tut. but the replace button is nowhere to be found.

[dreamy inlet]

You should probably ask in the commets section of the tutorial you're following. You're more likely to find help there. Or in a Roblox server. Not many roblox dev here

[quick girder]

I think is it there a Roblox official doc, where you can see all about the UI instead of following tutorials step-by-step

[indigo compass]

where is it ?

[quick girder]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/ui

[digital forge]

Does anyone know a good code source for a Tamagotchi base?

[dry pine]

..

[oblique edge]

Have you looked around on GitHub?

(keep an eye on the license (or lack thereof))

[digital forge]

I haven’t no

[wheat sparrow]

can someone help me edit gtag text in unity

[oblique edge]

What text needs editing from the gtag? (Assuming Google tag)

[queen flax]

Wait are you talking about the game Gorilla Tag or Google Tag…because you said Unity so I wondered it was Gorilla Tag????

[robust delta]

How do I fix a script as I can't script well

[drifting gull]

by fixing it, hope this helps

(we need more details to give a more specific answer)

[oblique edge]

Work backwards from the bug or error

[sand minnow]

brute force it by doing random things until it works

[robust delta]

Thx

[bold fog]

hi evryone im new her and i want to learn devlop games in unity btw i never devlop a game befor and i do not know coding my goal is learn how to make game 2D or 3D can you help me

[smoky trail]

I can help you, but in Godot

[bold fog]

I use unity

[smoky trail]

Because it's simpler and easier, and you can also make great games with it.

[pine plinth]

Hi help me pls

[smoky trail]

I advise you to use godot

[smoky trail]

In what

[bold fog]

no

[pine plinth]

Create commande all pls

To auto-mod

But i speak french

[smoky trail]

No, I speak Arabic. My only experience is with Godot.

[oblique edge]

I generally suggest people start with GDevelop as the learning curve is easier. But if you want to stick with Unity, the learning paths on their site are a decent starting place https://learn.unity.com/learn/pathways

[bold fog]

thx

[spice stratus]

[sinful pebble]

unfortunately this is the only devlog for today
i will probably come back and work on something more on the weekend or sometime later

[tender sleet]

Two devs I really love for learning Unity are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j48LtUkZRjU&list=PLPV2KyIb3jR5QFsefuO2RlAgWEz6EvVi6
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtQMytORBmM

Also I agree with yaustar that Unity has really fantastic tutorials in their Learn series!

[tulip gorge]

Brackeys are a classic

Got real sad when they left but I think they're back now

[tender sleet]

Yeah doing Godot now which is super cool to see! So many devs have hopped over to Godot world and I'm excited to watch it grow

[tulip gorge]

It's a great engine

[tender sleet]

I got to use it briefly for a game in an escape room because I couldn't get Unity running nicely on a RasPi. It was really fun to work with and all the settings worked right out of the box

[oblique edge]

Oh that's interesting, what model RPi was it? Quite cool that Godot executable runs well on it

[jolly wren]

BRO WHERE CAN I DEVLOPE GAME?

[oblique edge]

https://gdevelop.io/ is a good place to start imo

[jolly wren]

thanks❤️

[sinful pebble]

idk if this count as game developing but i am making a rp type game in bopimo
inspired by GZARP from roblox

[sinful pebble]

i would use it... But some of those stuff i see are alot of price cost for alot of things so is hard to navigate

[sinful pebble]

also finally finished the first ever mission objection.

[tender sleet]

It was a 5! The game required dual monitors and it all just worked out of the box with Godot. Surprisingly got ~30 fps on two monitors with a fully 3d (but low poly low object count) game.

[tender sleet]

The movement looks really nice in this!

[oblique edge]

That's surprisingly pretty good given the GPU (lack of) power

[tender sleet]

Yeah! I did find this wrapper? container? to run Unity games on the pi since the architecture was ARM and it was ok until we tried to use two monitors. Consistent undebugable system crashes

[sinful pebble]

I know right
Is like M64 but in godot

I would like to have people try out bopimo ngl

[tender sleet]

oh woah Bopimo looks so cool, I had no idea this existed! If you want to share video/screenshots more regularly you can use this thread https://canary.discord.com/channels/613425648685547541/1403147282714722405 ! You can share a link to your project in there too but don't make it sound too sales-pitch-y or like an ad.

[sinful pebble]

Thanks

[flat citrus]

Hey everyone, I just jumped on this server. I have been developing apps and games in Unity for years and had an idea that led me here. I commonly use Discord for voice chat when gaming with friends, and I thought it would be fun to integrate Discord into a game. I want to use the Discord API to move or mute a player upon their death in the game, and visa versa. Anyone have any starting point recommendations? I have integrated into many APIs in the past including YouTube, Rumble, and Stripe so I should be able to dive in with relative ease.

[oblique edge]

You probably want to look at the #social-sdk-dev-chat for integration Discord in a game in some form

Or you could potentially have server with a Discord bot that your game communicates with

[flat citrus]

Yep, just seeing that Social SDK is the current system. Yeah, it might be easier that way, but I want each server to be able to set it up easily. I see that Discord voice can be directly integrated into games, so that might be the best route. Reading the Social SDK docs now. Thank you.

[rough halo]

yall can i use gamejolt as a server for my online game

[rough halo]

create your own custom discord server with the bot, use the discord api at the game's server side so when someone dies bot mutes them

[oblique edge]

What would you be using Gamejolt for?

[rough halo]

a game im making

i need free servers cus im broke

[oblique edge]

From a quick look, you can use it for some features

But it's not a true backend service

[rough halo]

what should i use then

any other free options?

[oblique edge]

Not any that would be truly useful. What features do you need?

[rough halo]

just a server to store the server datas

like

an mmorpg

where are bosses, players, monsters

which players has what items

[oblique edge]

If that's where you are heading, you have to consider a paid service

[rough halo]

i wont

[oblique edge]

What engine are you using?

[tender sleet]

There are a lot of hosting options that have a free tier. I use Render currently and we have a thread in this server where devs talk about what hosting they use. A good rule of thumb though is that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Discord also doesn't endorse any specific hosting platforms.

Itchio is a great place to host the front end of a web game too. It'll run right in the browser

[tender sleet]

The Social SDK is great for bringing voice and text chat into your game but generally doesn't work for managing a server and people in it. For that you'll want to look through our APIs and creating a bot that the server owner would add to their server

[mild mural]

Aws dynamodb is cheap. It has a big free tier, but it's also only a non-relational eventually-consistent db. Idk if it's actually cheap or not outside of free tier though. Haven't run the numbers

[drifting gull]

its expensive at scale, but the free tier would probably be generous enough to not worry for your average bot dev

[drifting gull]

A good rule of thumb though is that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is
💯

[sinful pebble]

chat i can finally make like

proper fangame with the sprite in hand

[tulip gorge]

What in the Microsoft office 2008 UI is this

[somber coral]

I think even earlier

[onyx kindle]

lmso

reminds me of vista

grossà

that's a nice rifle though

[kind laurel]

where do I even start

[round fractal]

х

[cobalt talon]

Depends on the thing your using

Unity, Unreal engine, and Godot

[kind laurel]

unity

[cobalt talon]

Unity uses C#

[cobalt talon]

Nvm scrap Lua

It’s only C#

Mb

[polar hazel]

What going on

[coral ferry]

2010*

[fast oxide]

Yo i am new to game developing what game engine you recommend me

[oblique edge]

Do you know how to program? If not, I suggest GDevelop

Or Gamemaker

[fast oxide]

i know how to program with java but i need a powerfull game engine to make graphics good and like that like unreal engine 4 or unity but i am confused a bit

[oblique edge]

How well would you say you know Java?

Don't forget you are just starting out so you shouldn't be aiming for such a high bar from the outset

[fast oxide]

like about 5 years learner never

i program well apps just game developing is another world

[oblique edge]

In which case, I would go with Unity or Godot

[fast oxide]

witch game engine uses java

[dreamy inlet]

If you want powerful then you can’t use Java

[fast oxide]

c++

i guess

[oblique edge]

There's a few but aren't really mainstream. jmonkeyengine being one of them

I still strongly suggest Unity or Godot

[fast oxide]

ok then

thank you

[vestal fox]

I need an dahood dev

[eager valve]

helloo i have a question

[lavish flame]

You can just ask, don't ask to ask.

[lavish flame]

This isnt a server to hire developers, consider fiverr or similar websites

[oblique edge]

Awesome CC0 character animation pack from quaternius https://quaternius.com/packs/universalanimationlibrary2.html

[hybrid osprey]

I'm looking to learn the basics of coding anyone can help me ???

[dreamy inlet]

Are you looking to get into game dev (since that's the channel you posted in) or general coding?

If game dev, I highly suggest starting with Godot. It has a great UI and GDScript is a pretty easy language to pick up.

If general coding, then I suggest learning JavaScript (though others suggest Python as your first language.