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FAQ:
>When's and where is the showcase going to be streamed
At /mlp/con. Sunday July 12th. The time? No idea, I don't remember. Keep up with the /mlp/con thread! Check the anchor for when I remember and post it
>How long will the stream be?
Maybe 4-5 hours. We'll have a shitton of time.
>Can I work with others to make a game?
Yeah that's fully allowed. You can do it solo or in a team.
>Can I submit multiple games to the Jam?
Yes
>Can I submit unfinished games from previous Jams?
Yes, but specify on your description
>What if I send the game in an email or upload it in a google drive folder?
If you don't want to make an itch account, then you can. Give me instructions on how to run your game and we'll be golden.
>Fuck you and fuck this I'm doing my own thing
Yeah, I guess you can, and we'll still check it out on stream if you decide to share it with us. But I recommend sticking to the restrictions. People find they're more creative when there are limitations!

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I wanted to have a little surprise up and running by the time the thread was up, but I'm sure you anons can wait a little while longer

This is gonna be a fun theme. I already have a few ideas.

>>43294977
why does the mare wink?

>>43295067
Because I'm around.

I'm just curious. if you've made a game for a previous jam, what do the analytics look like?

>>43294931
What's the thematic theme?

>>43295321
RTFM

>>43295471
I read the OP twice and it only mentions the restrictive theme and the itchio jam link has no description.

>>43295492
That's it anon. That's the whole thing. Think up a game that matches that theme however you think it COULD work. Simple as.
If you really need a visual theme, spring/summer since the US is going into that weather.

>>43295321
>>43295492
I think that the description might mean:
>as agreed last thread, we'll be doing a [rotation of: A] thematic theme [first], and a restrictive theme[after that, switching between the two theme types between jams]. And now [, after the Horror/Edge thematic theme we had last jam] it's time for the restrictive theme.
That's how I interpreted it anyway. But I agree that is is a little vague. But my edits would also make it a bit long.
If that was even your point of confusion in the first place.

>>43295530
Oh, okay, that makes more sense. I thought we'd have like a mood theme like "vaporwave" (as ean example) then a gameplay theme if we wanted.

>>43295530
Exactly this, I've gotta stop posting these threads at 3 am

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>>43295744
>>43295777
Some jams also have additional themes. The Godot game jam has a main theme, and 3 optional ones you can also use. Maybe it's something we can try out in the future if jams continue.

>>43295787
Those are also usually 'locked down' as in you must stay fully whithin the theme, so there's not nearly as much variety in the finished games

>>43295787
I never really liked these types of jams. They seem too restrictive. We can have a discussion about how the devs would feel, but I'm of the mindset that we shouldn't be too restrictive

>You cannot move ... forwards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5hoKVra6CU
>>43289063

7 interested in less than a day. Nice

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>>43295124
Let Her In and Sleuth Applejack respectively. I wasn't proud of Sleuth Applejack and thus it was unlisted, so I'm surprised it has 70 downloads.

>>43296315
Fuck man. That sucks to hear. I loved that game, I liked the humor and the dialogue was very enjoyable.

I think I've settled on the perfect idea for this theme. I'm excited to get to work next week. We're already up to 8 joiners too.

I can't think of a single idea for this theme. I'm dreading the jam starting next week. We only have 8 joiners, it's over.

>>43294931
how 2 mak vidyo gaem enter sirch googul

>>43296315
Wait WHAT THE FUCK?! That was one of the best games in the bunch even if the combat wasn't polished, and I played through it like six times to get all the dialogue due to how well the characters were written. Wish I had kept it instead of thinking I could go back to it later. Why are creatives like this?

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>>43295124
These are mine. I'm pretty happy with the numbers. Pony adventure is unlisted from search but you can still find it through the jam page or through my profile. The manor game is from the first jam three years ago so I'm surprised there's still some traffic to it.

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Jesus of Nazareth bump

no movement? i ain't making no card game nor puzzle game nigga

>>43297756
That's not what Ieant with the theme.
I dunno, maybe you play as a nugget (limbless) pony. Maybe you have to stop every once in a while. Maybe you truly don't move. Maybe you HAVE to move but something is stopping you.
The sky's the limit!

>>43297766
alright that sounds fun. i'll join sis

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>Movment

>>43297865
'E' couldn't move in place in time

>>43297865
I did not notice. It's forever fucked. I can't change it or else I'll also have to change the link , and I don't want to do that.
Luckly no one else will notice... 0c0

>>43297865
I'll be sure not include any movment in my game.

>>43297871
I blame the bats stealing all the Es in the market

>>43297971
>Surely this is a bad thing, rather than an opportunity for anons to form an in-joke centered around an innocent typo

>>43298104
Nah, I don't really care. I've misspelled the Jam titles more often than not.
I intended the "Luckily no one else will notice" to be read as "Now everyone's gonna notice", in a joking manner.
I was gonna misspell the stream title as a joke, might still do it

Looking forward to gamares.

So far ten people joined. Not too bad.

>>43298563
progressbeam

I can't think of anything, I need some ideas.

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>>43298967
>Anon got stuck in a trap of some kind and now he has to ward off hordes of mares by booping them
>Horseshoe tossing game
>Game about a pony having a cool dream (technically not moving)
>Bullet hell where you play as a mare's snowpity dodging germs or some shit
>Raven Inkwell's paper toss
>Five nights at freddy's but with mares

>>43298967
read >>43297766
Could also consider the game Red Light, Green Light 1 2 3
Maybe even like something NEEDS to be prevented from moving, and you're the thing doing that.

>>43298967
People in this universe don't use their feet/hooves to move. They use teleporters or conveyor belts. We laugh at people who have to move using their feets, hell we even laugh at people who laugh at needing cars and broomsticks to fly, haven't you animals ever heard of beaming me up, Scottie? Peasants man, I think they even heard of spawning magical vines up a mountain so the vines carry them, imagine using your fists, digits, feet to climb a mountain, couldn't be me.
Also the commander of a RTS does not move his fat ass, neither does any tycoon tyrant move away from his PC. He sits there and gives information to the hero character cause you as a player have far more important things to attend to as an adjutant ... such as yelling SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE and eating this hamburger.
Also Eustace has the right idea for this jam with refusing to get out of his chair while he reads his newspaper.

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My slow ass is finally getting around to playing some more of the Horror/Edge games. I'm having a little scramble now before we get another bunch of fun games that I will postpone playing.

I just went through Glue, and it was a lot of fun! The classic feel of the pre-rendered backgrounds was very nostalgic and cozy, and the suspense and mystery were nice. The girls were well characterized, the writing was good and the jokes had me laughing many times!
The first scares got me, and the parts with choices were properly unnerving.
There's not a whole lot of player input. But that was fine, since the times that I was given the ability, I was scared to make those inputs. I liked it a lot!

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I also took a trip into the dark and spooky F.A.G.G.O.T.R.Y.
Right away, the artstyle, all the assets and the 3D world are all very cool, interesting, spooky and evocative. It's a big map with many interesting spaces, and the objectives and hurdles make you explore it a whole bunch.
There are many funny jokes and things to find around the environment, and the factory is quite spooky, especially in the dark.

However! I quickly realized that it has the classic porn game problem of: "Being beaten is the reward."
The hazards of the game; the small random-colored mares that roam the faggotry, are all total cuties, and I love hearing them clippety-clop around, and I love their little pounce-charge-up sprite, and I can't get enough of their "Got ya!" when they get ya, and I love how they land on you you, and Ilovethem.
Therefore; after getting a fair high-score, it quickly devolved into me just looking at them through the corner of anon's eye to trigger their instinct to pounce onto humans on purpose.
I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that several mares can land on you at the same time. While it is very detrimental to ones score and survival, having them swarm around you while three mares press their hooves in your face and then proceed to pounce-lock you in place for several minutes was much more fun and... exciting than it had any right to be.

Very pretty game. I stand no chance against small colorful equines.

>>43299173
I remember Glue being pretty engaging for the dialogue. You probably would have liked Sleuth Applejack too for how well it nailed the characters and jokes.

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>>43299340
>it has the classic porn game problem of: "Being beaten is the reward."
The fucking WORST implementation for lewd game unlocking.

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ok so like what do i do from here?

>>43299556
Did you forget how to use Godot, anon? Select 2D scene and look up a character controller tutorial to start.

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/2d/2d_movement.html

>>43299340
Oh yeah that game just wouldn't work for me.
Title screen loaded and worked, but trying to actually load into a game would just freeze it.

How much time is left, btw?
My summer semester started this week, and next week is probably gonna be my busiest, but I might try and make a game if I have time.

(Also I kinda took a break from working on FNaP to deal with some other IRL stuff this past month or two, so that's still as incomplete as it was at the end of the last jam.
So it ain't gonna be available as an honorary/"non-contest" game, unfortunately. :(
On the bright side, I've been quite productive on the IRL stuff.)

>>43296315
>>43297002
This. Beat it with all 4 combinations and glanced at Solo Jack mode. There was occasionally buggy dialogue where the wrong pony loaded and the dance party ending was silly, but I loved it otherwise.

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>>43299420
Yeah, it can get very annoying in those games.
But in this game's case it's not intentional, and I kinda inflicted it on myself. It feels more like a happy bonus that the enemy system is so enjoyable! Even if it took some edge off of the feeling of danger for me; it instead adds another, unanticipated kind of... thrill.
>>43299676
That's a shame. It's a fun game.
>>43299377
Oh absolutely! I really liked the look of that one from the last jam stream, and I still have it downloaded since then. I hope to get around to it before the new jam, as well.

And I also hope to write some more of these autistic reviews.
That is, unless they are annoying, uninteresting and/or just take up too much space in the thread.

Four days until the jam begins. You do have an idea, right?

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>>43296315

>>43297098
your games are so endlessly charming dude i adore all of them lol

>>43300141
Bro I can't even code

>>43300145
Thanks! They were fun to make. I plan on making something a little different for this jam.

>>43297756
>>43297766
Just to make things clear! The restriction/challenge of this one is to make a game "No movement". BUT, it's up to you to interpret and stretch the concept to your heart's content!

i am making a game where you can move

>>43300944
I'm making one where you can mare.

are we allowed to make lewd games?

>>43301451
Yes! The dev will masturbate to it on stream, and rate the game by the amount of semen produced from the ensuing ejaculation!

>>43301451
Yes and please make one.

>>43301451
Yes, and we'll all fap together, live, and then compare scores for how each chatter performed

>>43301471
>>43301472
>>43301500
Thanks guys, nothing has made me appreciate the power of friendship quite like your reassurances and promises of future camaraderie :-)
but I regret to inform you all that you will almost certainly hate my fetish

>>43301534
If it's not diapers I think it would be fine, I think? Like vore would be weird but I would still check it out.

>>43301534
>Making a hoofholding game
You sick fuck

>>43301534
Please tell me. I am now curious.

>>43301534
Mare can't walk if you overfeed her, so it's fine. It will fit the theme.

>>43301451
Yeah, what's your idea? I've been wanting to make one myself but I always get stuck on what kind of framework I want for the game part.

>>43301587
I'm trying to see if I can make some kind of Free Cities esque Twin based management sim work. Or maybe an incremental.They're surprisingly challenging if you want them done in a way that doesn't suck.
And then do text based for story related stuff because I can't into art.
Was contemplating a twin stick arena shooter for a bit but idk how to make that respect "no movement" in a way that doesn't feel excessively coy.

>>43301564
Mostly maredom/maretriarchy, maybe something with Changelings. No human/Anon. Lots of noncon.

>>43301569
Fuck that works really well I wish I had that fetish.

>>43301553
>Immobilized by hoofholding requirement
huh..maybe....

i assume a colony sim/mini-geopolitical sim wouldn't really be in the spirit of the gamejam's theme

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>>43301628
>Mostly maredom/maretriarchy, maybe something with Changelings.
Ok, this can work easy
>No human/Anon.
... not as exciting anymore
>Lots of noncon.
that's not nice
mfw

>>43301645
>not as exciting anymore
nta, but you're a big faggot

>>43301648
don't fucking call twiggie a faggot you faggot!

>>43301648
Anon, I'M okay with being bullied. The nice and qt ponies do not deserve bullying. And whenever "domming" is involved with other people, it's almost always in a mean way instead of a gentledom like Fluttershy would do.
And what >>43301653 said I guess.

Yeah you guys can make lewd and spicy games. Just specify somewhere in your page

>>43301645
>>43301661
ITA and I try not to make my stuff like BDSM coded or especially cruel. I don't like physical abuse, pegging, NTR, cbt, sph or a lot of the trashy femdom stuff you see a lot of. I believe in happy endings.
pls no cri twi

>>43301721
Cheers king.

>>43301641
why not? isn't the theme just no movement? technically a menus game adheres to that theme

We need a game where you have sex with a limbless mare, and put cool hats and sunglasses on her.

>>43301905
>Limbless mare that can't move on her own
>you are the one who has to help her move

And this got me thinking, if someone doesn't have ideas:
Idea 1: Making sure the pones don't leave their stalls/grazing field
Idea 2: Needing to get Screw Loose back into her straitjacket

>>43301641
Concept: gloomy civ sim in a time loop. Everything you do will be undone, and/or you do it in every iteration and it leaves terrible marks.

>>43301919
weird that I have had a similar idea

12 jammers!

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I think I'm actually going to be able to participate this time...

oh snap I thought we'd only have like the week before the con to work on our games, but I guess we can start in like three days? that actually works really well for me, since I'll be out of town for a week for the 4th. thought I'd have to be sneaky and cheat lol ^:)
signed up!

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>be in discord server
>Anon announces they're entering in
>Remember about the game jam

I'm entering this at the very last second just to be said anon's rival.

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>>43302360
I don't know if I'll be skilled enough to finish what I start, but I'm here for it.

>>43302392
Rival energy is good stuff.

We crashed itch due to so many people joining the jam.

damn every game idea I've ever had has involved a shitload of movement..
maybe I'll just sit this one out

>>43302927
Cheat code: Turn based
But please fags, don't ALL use it now. Just helping this one Anon

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>>43301628
I was trying to marry a game to an incremental too, they are indeed challenging to make it feel like you're actually progressing meaningfully. I wish I could scoop up an ideas person to help.

>>43302927
what if there was like a planning phase in your game where no movement was involved?

Idea: time stop

>>43303332
Minuette, no!

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>>43303332
>>43303355

I can't wait for OP to reveal the real theme in a few days! It's not really no movement.

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>>43303782
This is probably an advanced shitpost that I'm too retarded to get

>>43303863
I get it... I the real theme is either gonna be special, retarded or shitpost.

What makes a game good? What separates the good from the bad?

I mean sex technically doesn't involve movement since you're sitting in the same location doing different poses.
Maybe no movement can involve house arrest, you're not allowed to go outside the house.

>>43304989
You can design a game around that whole soaking thing. Where some mare jumps on the bed to create friction for another mare and anon who are refusing to move despite wanting to fuck.

>>43304989
>>43304992
>BDSM with erf mare
>Mare her moves, match her rhythm, or learn why snu snu with those strong erf breeding genes is so dangerous
>Anon is tied down, and you need to match her rhythm or take damage on contact, maybe different keys for different slamming angles
>Can your pelvis survive?
I'd play it, kek

>>43304663
I think trying to develop an idea enough that the mechanics interact in such a way to provide an interesting challenge, without being too easy or too hard.

16 people joined! The ratio for game jams is usually 1 game to 20 people joined.

>Mare hasn't moved from her bed in years (She is smelly)
>Needs to escape burning home alone
>Needs to figure out how to move or die
>Qwop clone

>>43305328
Can't wait to play those amazing 0.8 mare games.

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>>43305328

Up

>>43294931
time crunch looks so cute (and sleepy) in this image i adore it so much

Would any artists be willing to collaborate with me on a game? Just looking to fill the gaps in my skillset. If you can do something else, still feel free to reach out. I made a post on the Itch.io community.

12 hours until you legally start!

>>43306259
I'm gonna start 1 hour early

>>43306387
If you do that then im gonna cheat too and start 3 days early.

>>43306166
what did you have in mind? what skills do you have and which ones do u think u lack?

The jam has been canceled due to the cancellation of /mlp/con

Anyone making those design documents as a bonus? I think at least making one if I can't finish all my game's planned features is going to make me feel good about myself. Like holy fucking shit why doesn't RPGMaker have a built-in stealth system? How am I supposed to make a stealth game?

I expect to see progress pictures tomorrow. Slackers, you better work hard.

Well, I've just about finished the Godot 2D tutorial today, so basically I am an expert now and fully expect to crush all of you in the competition.

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We are live!

>>43307486
Nice, time to idle until the last hour

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>>43307486
joke's on you I started yesterday

Where progress pictures?

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>>43306831
I added a library from the asset store!

no games submitted yet?

>>43307710
I'm still designing!

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>>43307710
Game is nearing completion.

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>>43307710
Day 1 of progress, mostly just visuals so far.

>>43308468
I think you've done more in a day than my entire hobbyist career fml

>>43308468
interesting that you start with the visuals first, that is always the very last task for me

>>43308600
I just enjoy being able to see my game at any point of development if that makes sense. And making the visuals is usually pretty fun.

I could crush you too. Into powder. If I was allowed to make an action game that is and had the time.

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>>43297865
The batponies are taking over this jam.
>>43298967
>newly employed Berreh trying to stand still while Ms. Harshwhinny is watching, having drunk horse-appropriate amounts of alcohol last night (she's a little pony so it got her a bit tipsy), the Earth is calling to her earth pony roots, (You) must help her offset the attraction on random axis by holding keys to push her into opposite direction
>rushed Raven attempting to save a report to a floppy disk for Celestia's important meeting, but it just doesn't want to bucking move to the floppy (it's due to some made up on the spot magic the pony computers run on, you need to check what's wrong out of multiple silly places and get the file to move before time is up, Papers Please-ish)
>Anonymous tries to stop his roomie pone from moving out (otherwise Mare Mare will find out he's been living there for years performing the despicable acts of humie tax evasion)

is there a collection of the highlights of every mlpcon game jam? I want to see which projects I am supposed to mog

>>43298967
Wheelie booper jad her wheels stolen and she moves by doing the worm

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>>43309606
Not really, since we failed OP by not delivering any rad clips for a "previously on" sizzle reel leading up to last jam's trailer bumper, so it's only got stuff from the One Button jam: https://u.pone.rs/hdrzkajb.webm

And here's a compressed ass pile of clips from some other older jam games.

>>43309606
sort of, you can click on our host's account and see his collection of submissions
https://itch.io/c/4098468/pony-games-from-previous-game-jams-click-to-see-all

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trying to make daring do from a topdown view. not sure if its possible to make look good lol. the biggest problem is the wings though

>>43310199
cute topmare

>>43310169
I don't remember if I added the last Jams

this is gonna end up just like my last one i can already feel it. A complete mess

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>>43310199
i realized i had to make her one pixel fatter or else it wouldnt align properly

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>>43310239
walking animation

>>43310275
Look at that fat ass wobble around
very cute mare. Good job

>>43310239
She's F A T !

>>43309909
Sauce for that mare border control game?

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>>43311163
It is "Post Poners"; https://ponkerds.itch.io/post-poners from the "Hobbies" Jam.
It's a very pretty and polished game, with cute boopable mares, cute dialogue, and fun but not depressing Papers Please gameplay that properly ramps up in difficulty between the days! Lots of fun!

There was also this other mail-room game in that same jam; Derpy's Hearts N Hooves Day Mailroom Sorting Simulator.
It's also a lot of fun, but somehow a bit harder for me to get a grip of. Maybe I just missed reading some instructions somewhere. But still a lot of fun to send mail and HnH day gifts to ponies to make their day!

>>43311202
>>43309909
Hmm, actually, this might be useful for ANOTHER surprise I have planned (different one from >>43294977). So if you have any more clips, feel free to post them!

>>43311208
Oh goodness! I'll try to get some more out here, then! I hope.
And also upgrade this >>43309909 compilation to a high-quality version and put it in a u.pone link, since I rendered that one at 720 and compressed the hell out of it to fit the size limit!

Actually; would you want it as a bunch of individual clips from each game in a bunch of links, so you can edit them freely yourself?

>>43294934
Also, Jam started like a couple days ago. Oops! You guys can still join! I know most of you, dear devs, start a week before the deadline anyway oco

>>43311212
If you have big clips that'll do as well, no need to separate it. I'll do minimal editing, if any.

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tiny proggy. my game will be about a mare teacher making her fillies behave

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>>43311223
Here's the clip compilation in high res: https://u.pone.rs/ztclokmr.webm

Here's also an additional "The Bartender" webm.
It might not be the most exciting thing to watch, but I love playing it so very much that I just have to overrepresent it a little.

And sorry for even more questions but; By "big clips [will] do as well", do you mean stuff like multiple-minute-long, continual screen recordings? cause I have those as well. Or are relatively short "Mainly the good bits" clips more practical for you?
Do you want primarily older game clips, or ones from the "Horror/edge" jam as well? What about from "One Button", where you already had some clips of your own when making the bumper trailer?
And if you don't feel like answering all that, I can just wing it. Regardless, I'll try to make some more clips in a day or so.

>>43311259
Ooh. That's an interesting idea and a fun visual!

>>43311428
Nice! Multiple minutes long is perfect. Don't worry about the theme. If it came from a Jam feel free to dump it.
And you can ask all the questions you have. That's why I lurk the thread!

>>43311208
>ANOTHER surprise
Two surprises? I don't think I can handle two at once. That's so much.

>>43311213
I still don't have really any good ideas.
All the stuff I think of would require a bunch of branching paths, which would be a nightmare to implement in a short timespan,
especially since my custom Python engine still isn't "done" per-se.

Ponyso cute

I have no idea how to do the input part of the idea of the cryptography game. Like it shows runes and do I just let the player guess the letter by typing the letter of the selected character?

I'm interested and have an idea but I'm a fat chud who's never touched gamemaker/unity/whatever and I'm terrified or making something that doesn't live up to the high standards I have for literally no reason.
Also bump

>>43313619
A common situation, and one I'm also in. I start thinking about what it'd need for me to be proud of it and conclude that I shouldn't even be jamming.
But then I remember I need to learn early game startup by rote

>>43313619
Unreasonable high standards are something we're trying to fight here anon! The main thing I want you to do in these Jams is to make a complete game. Everything else is secondary.
I sure as heck don't feel proud of my own novice games, but we all gotta start somewhere!
But you know what I AM proud of? Even if they're not great, I got ofd my ass and actually made something. Let me tell you, it felt great to share

>>43311929
Hmm. Why not start with the minimalistic idea of your game and see where you go from there? Actually doing something might get the brain juices flowing. That is if you're doing nothing but thinking roght now.
And you're doing an engine? How daring! Hopefully you don't spend the whole Jam building it though!

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some progress. i guess the ponies moving around is contrary to the theme of the jam but the main mechanic will be to shoot them a paralyzing magic beam and get them fillies to sit on their place and behave haha

>>43314340
>postgame extra stage turns them all into pinkie clones moving fast as fuck

>>43313928
>And you're doing an engine? How daring! Hopefully you don't spend the whole Jam building it though!
It's the one I already got somewhat built from working on FNaP.

>Hmm. Why not start with the minimalistic idea of your game and see where you go from there?
The problem is my two ideas were sort of visual-novel kinda things, but in order to be a "game", the player's decisions would have to affect how the game progresses.
For example, the first of my two ideas was a game where you're on a date with Rarity, and basically you can do all sorts of various things at the table, which will affect her mood and opinion of you.
While something like that's DO-ABLE, it'd probably take way too long to properly script out.

>That is if you're doing nothing but thinking right now.
Actually I'm mainly trying to make sure I get my weekly college coursework done on time. :<

>>43314442
yeah that behavior will be totally implemented. pinkie however... don't really know. it will be ocs only or just random colored ponies

>>43311572
Hey! I finally got around to those gameplay clips!
This is the first batch, the ones that were not too big as raw mp4's. Some are still pretty big, tho.
I have some more, longer and more data intense ones that I'm rendering into a slimmer format right now as well.
Since I have no guideline for how much footage you need, do say "stop" if you feel you have too many clips, or if they are not what you were looking for in some way. Otherwise I'll just intermittently post my links in the thread until I'm out of them.
These ones are with audio as well. If audio is not required, I have a few more from before that I can also post.
Here's the first batch:
https://u.pone.rs/fusawdqm.mp4 (Muffin Love) https://u.pone.rs/egnyesxp.mp4 (Mare Ware)
https://u.pone.rs/toqpdufr.mp4 (Anon's pony adventure (1)) https://u.pone.rs/rbqyucyh.mp4 (Anon's pony adventure (2))
https://u.pone.rs/stlibhkj.mp4 (Jammin' With Lyra) https://u.pone.rs/oddumqsu.mp4 (Mare Honking Simulator)
https://u.pone.rs/hfwmgsua.mp4 (Derpy Delivery (1)) https://u.pone.rs/qgokqppr.mp4 (Derpy Delivery (2))
https://u.pone.rs/swonnqus.webm (Scooter Scoots) https://u.pone.rs/qdzozbqy.mp4 (City to the South)

>>43315241

>>43311572 >>43315674 (me)
Here is most of the second batch. These are the long and/or large ones.
One video was too slow to render, and now I need sleep. I'll post it later.
https://u.pone.rs/sbfjjsme.webm (Cheer and Warm) https://u.pone.rs/orkvuvsn.mp4 (F.A.G.G.O.T.R.Y)
https://u.pone.rs/ddrrfrux.webm (The Bartender (part 1 (Part 2 is the one I didn't render in time, and is also a tiny bit more exciting than this part)))

>10

>>43316390 (me)
And the last two.
https://u.pone.rs/tukdsghk.webm (The Bartendert part deux (I love this game. But it might be a bit less exciting to watch than it is to actually play.))
https://u.pone.rs/ttxcubtk.mp4 (Post Poners)

I could try to make more if all that's still not enough. Plenty of of cool anons' games left out. Especially the ones that I can only play in browser, since I don't know how to record them in any clean way.
Even though I really should be working on my Anti submissions.

>>43317160
Hey thanks a bunch!
Though I can wait for after the Jam. Get to work your anti submission! We can keep this up after /mlp/con.

Up

Alrighty! It's been about a week! How're you guys holding up? How much progress have you made? Have you managed to build an MVP yet?

>>43317899
Too much gaming

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>>43317899
progress is smooth. i added the shooting and paralyzing ability. once a filly is paralyzed you have to move them to their place. i'm adding that feature right now. also added some sprites. there will be the 3 types of ponies. i'll add pegasi later.
sorry for quality. i'm still learning how to webm

>>43317899
I have not even started yet. Only just came up with an actual idea. Today first day deving. I'm sure I'll be fine.

>>43317899
I'm doing this to learn a new engine that's too young for a gui editor, so so far I'm taking pride in having learned how its asset loading system works.

>>43317899
Not great, barely finished barebones art and animation, still no MVP; gonna have to lock in this weekend to catch back up. It is very fun watching things move around, at least.

>>43317657

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I think I might try to copy the Mario Paint fly swatter game. That counts as no movement, right? Because the PoV is presumably standing in place? Also, I doubt it's already been ponified

>>43317899
I kind of quit, unless I somehow magically get a bunch more time.

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>>43317899
This is a very big stretch with the whole train idea, but if you think about it, the conductor has no movement, the train does, you know...?

I want it to be a very short and railroaded (get it) scripted little action game, all core game systems are practically complete (train (controls are placeholder assets), terrain, camera controls) foliage and further terrain is simple enough, and such I hope in the next week to get started on the gameplay (and intro) instead of just a lackluster tech demo. There will be plenty of pinkie pie shenanigans.

Also sorry for the quality, I'm not very intelligent.
>>43318111
Will the ponies survive being frozen alive?

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>>43319403
they will be fine haha. look how happy they look after.
progress is good again. ponies now sit when you drag them to a certain area (which will be their school chairs). unicorns will have a one hit shield that prevents them from being paralyzed. earth ponies have none. pegasi will fly fast if you miss and the magic passes close to them but i still have to add them.

>>43319607
are those your sprites as well? this is really good progress for the time taken

>>43319333
Come on anon! You can do it! I recommend you at the very least make a little 10 second game.
Again, the goal is to finish a project, not make the next skyrim

How long of a game should we be aiming for? I got the mechanics sorta kinda working, and I'm iffy on how long I can stretch it out before it gets boring.

>>43319716
only the shield animation I took from a free assets pack on itch. everything else is handmade for now. i might look for some floor tiles if i don' have time to make them

What engines are you using? Mostly Unity?

>>43317899
I just opened up a game engine for the first time since the horror jam

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>>43317899
I figured out how asset loading works, so now I've grabbed urimas' spritesheets (https://www.deviantart.com/urimas/art/MLPonline-Sprite-Sheets-341840400) and have figured out animation indexing, overlaying, cutting out the non-transparent background & recoloring.
Now I just need a game lmao.

>>43320557
https://bevy.org/
The Rust programming language's premier game development offering.
I highly do not recommend it. I am indulging several unwieldy overlapping interests in using it. There is no editor, I work entirely in IDE.
I absolutely adore it, however.

>9

>post progress
>thread dies
idk what I did wrong but I'm sorry

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11 days left, no graphics, crunching to add basic mechanics

I'm amazed at all of your quick progress! I'm excited to see the final results!
>>43318200
I mean more the core mechanics, For example if your game revolves around picking and ponies around, if you've managed to write the code to pick and drop suff around the game. I believe in you anon!
>>43318133
Whatever your goal is I'm glad the Jam is helping!
>>43318131
It'll be fine anon, as long as you commit and are consistent!
>>43318933
Yeaaah. It's fine anon, go for it! Ponified games are always a joy to see!

>>43320302
I personally tell people to aim for smaller games, 30 second highscore based games for example are perfectly respectable. Just try to not overscope!
>>43320589
Hey at least you're starting! Keep at it!
>>43321018
Progress is progress!

Zzzz, still haven't started

>>43322553
chad procrastinator

anyone know where i can find the mlp walking sound? i need the iconic hoofstep sound for the game

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>>43322553
Alright, no problem! You just need to get started soon! Like REAL soon! You've still got over a week, DON'T PANIC ANON!

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>>43308600
Same. That's how you tell I'm a Compsci brained faggot

>>43317899
Ion got much. I got the clicking logic done but still far from a functioning game. I just got out of another month long project so I'm having a hard time context switching.

General post: anyone have any advice on creating more compelling narrative or characters for your game jam projects? I'm too technical and am not really good at coming up with that kinda stuff.

I think I'm about 50% done, but I just got a ton of new obligations this week

Does Time Crunch have a cutie mark?

>>43324487
Technically she's supposed to have one. But I haven't decided on what exactly. I was thinking on disintegrating alarm clock just to give her ass freckles, but an alarm clock is the general idea. An anon gave her a red one.

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Does anyone have a copy of this game from previous jams? https://needmareplshelp.itch.io/pone
The link gives 404

>>43325576
check in the pony games archive

>>43325643
And where is it?

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>>43325559

>>43325576
>>43325643
To my knowledge, that game was unlisted before anyone had the chance to back it up. Unless someone has it downloaded, it's gone.

>>43326230
Is this the same PONE game from Steam? https://store.steampowered.com/app/3922920/PONE/

>>43326232
Nope! Different games

>>43326766
Shame, it looks kind of interesting. I wonder what the gameplay was. Looks like some kind of tactical rpg.

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Back to work on writing events for my game.

>>43327033
>exotic merchant that sells PCP
I was just about to say it must be a zebra before I read the very top, kek

>>43327339

>>43327033
Pony Celebration Pills

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Maybe the placeholder graphics don't look too bad.

Emergency bump

>>43328862
Not bad at all. Did you make those assets yourself or dl them? AI?

>>43328862
Dashie against the communist mennace

Making decent progress finally. Up to 53 events. I want to aim for around 150 at least.

>>43330755
Is that a Chinese or a mushroom pony?

>>43330969
shroom

yeah idk im close to my breaking point, i dont think i'll get anything out, i feel like such a moron just staring at the engine

>>43331377
No shame in it. If you want me advice, if you know you can't make it, then the pressure's off. I'd use the time to get as far as you can, solidify a bunch of baseline skills (especially all the busywork that goes into vidya like menus, assets, rigging, settings), and that way you'll be that much better for next time.
It was a pretty restrictive theme this time, even with how creatively one might interpret it. Not sure I'll get my game out either.

>>43331377
I feel the same way anon.... I keep panicking a bit I only have five days left to do something in. Like I want to add some autobattle stuff but I couldn't find any asset packs on itch.io with monster art I liked.

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Not sure if anyone will want to, but I added mod support to allow custom events. You can also add in custom ponies along with portraits for them.

>>43332037
nice

>>43331377
me when I try to replace parts in my car for the first time

Finally got a minimum playable version today. Still got plenty of shit to do, like adding a score counter, but at least I am confident I will have something to submit.

Added music, sound effects and a simple main menu. Now I can just focus on the fun parts and ship the game within 20 minutes if I need to.

hey op i just thought of a really dumb joke but i dont know if it'll work ingame
which stream is this going to happen on?

Four days left is soooo much time. I didn't even open godot yet, but there's no rush, so I might even begin tomorrow!

>>43333141
I know what you mean, there's so much time I started playing a new minecraft modpack.

>>43332449
Youtube stream at the regular chanel. It'll have slightly worse quality so there's less of a delay if that helps

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I've been working pretty hard over the last week, but I still feel like I'm going to release it very close to the deadline.

>>43333807
>lyrant kino
hyped for this

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>>43333817
You should be

>>43333903
damn, I had an extremely similar idea earlier. Hope they turn out unique enough.

96 hours remain!

Eh might as well post my idea I'll never work on cause I don't know how I'd make the technical aspect of a hacker game or how to make a shitposting & snu snu hacker game enjoyable. Also you'd probably have to ponder over an orb like a wizard cause I don't know how medieval internet would work. Putting a magic box would look so out of place in Equestria.

Game idea slightly inspired from Misery:
You're faggot Anon sitting at the PC all day and your waifu gives you stuff for your PC and hacker gameplay if you fuck her good and treat her good. There's also a murder mystery going on in the background and there's a 2nd anonymous waifu that develops a crush over you online and gives you stuff that helps your hacker and shitposting on 4chan gameplay. The 2nd anonymous waifu wants you badly, sadly you discover that she's the murderer by leaving your home for the 1st time in the middle of the night.
You evade her and your 1st waifu drags you out of the house to the beach and you have sex in the water under the moonlight.
Plot twist: your 2nd waifu was actually your 1st waifu having a Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde episode. She was samefagging the whole time. You either kill her(through sex), be killed by her(through sex) or join her in the murder only to find out something worse.
Plot twist2: She wasn't a pony, she was an ancient spirit human lady all along and she was kidnapping horse colts for thousands of years in a timeloop. You are not the first colt neither the last to be snu snu'd by her. You lived in the fucking Matrix all along, Morty.

>>43334403
>sugar mommy mares
is this like that meme of the big tiddy rich girls luring shotas with high end GPUs and RAM?
Honestly sounds awesome. What kinda hacker gameplay ideas did you have, if any?

>>43334846
>is this like that meme of the big tiddy rich girls luring shotas with high end GPUs and RAM?
Yeah pretty much. Kid Wizard might have also had something to do with it but his inspirations are obviously Stephen King's Misery, yanderes, crazy women.

>What kinda hacker gameplay ideas did you have, if any?
That's the problem I didn't have any beyond let's actually make a real 4chan shitposting game where it feels like 4chan gamefied with scores and everything rather than "lol hacking is actually like tower defense" (no, no it isn't).

It would be a power fantasy on 4chan and php forums where your 1st waifu gives you the hardware power and your 2nd waifu(a 4chan moderator defending you) gives you the "hacking" proxy powers to mute, ban, shadowban, dox, spam a fictional 4chan with your favourite topics nobody wants to discuss until you shillbot them to death and they're forced to discuss it. And you get a satisfaction when your 2nd waifu finally gives you said powers so you don't have to depend on her and she doesn't tug on your leash to obey her especially when you break up with her and she takes away all your priviliges/defending you online.

The 1st problem I realized is that only a few fictional threads on the entire catalog would be available to open per day cause otherwise it's too much custom text & images to insert.
2nd problem is what I just mentioned where you need to feel a sense of satisfaction arguing with fictional users online and taking a shit on them. You need either a few A,B,C dialogue options, or A-Z options generated from an AI and curated by a human or an actual real-time LLM responding to your bullshit which still has to be curated(in real time) to actually feel REAL when that piece of shit reaction image fag replies with an image and 2-3 words and argues with you like a parrot(which isn't hard to do, a bunch of the fleshbots I argued with online are way dumber than even Cleverbot but they occasionally make those "clever" replies that makes you feel like you're arguing with the combination of a dumb as fuck person and a smartass that knows exactly what he's doing(AKA a 9 year old who barely understands the English language) that makes you want to strangle him to death through the screen to give you that NEED to WANT to do it and then that satisfaction.

I can also go into "detail" about the sex aspect on what not to forget and what not to do.

>>43318933
Over a week later, I have made great progress following through on this plan. Right now, I am preparing to implement Numgetron and the ending. Then I will likely keep tweaking values until I am happy,

>>43334976
1st waifu along with the hardware could also give you the social aspect of your life if we don't go with this jam's limit of "no movement".

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>>43335092
In case anyone was doubting

>>43335277
I would still smash her like that. And now she has feet for ants too, bonus.

Continuing to update during the con, is that cheating?

some progress. there's little time left and still a lot to do even after 3 weeks. i liked this prototype so much that i even purchased some 8bit music tracks for background and also some sound effects. hope you guys like it. i will publish at the last hour of the jam
u.pone.rs/xvyiznmb.mp4

>>43335567
by the way was too lazy to convert to webm haha sorry

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>>43335360

>>43335594
This is the most beautiful thing I ever seen. Looking at her this music instantly pops into my head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt28MRvBzrQ

I've been experiencing a lot of bugs trying to implement Numgetron. I have a full time job, so I'm worried I might be submitting past the deadline

This event chain I'm working on is just evolving into porn.

>>43335467
Nah, if your game is in a playable state then it's all good, if you submit an empty file or something you risk your game played last. In the end, it's fully allowed.
>>43335567
Coming along beautifully Anon!
>>43335624
Yeah, it's a hard thing to balance between giving too much time and risk feature creep, and giving people with 10 hour jobs a chance to participate, apologies anon. If anyone has any feedback on the event feel free to voice it.

>>43335567
Been losing motivation after struggling with godot for the past couple weeks and this gave me a lil bit of a kick in the ass that I needed, thanks anon.

My game is really coming together nicely now. I wasn't very passionate about it when I started but now it's a lot of fun making.

>>43335733
you can do it sis

I notice the jam ends super late at night, no shot we can move it ahead a few hours?

>>43336303
>>43294934
Yeah, alright. I can extend the official time limit one minite before the first panel starts.
As always, once the time is up, I'll re-open the Jam for late submissions, BUT you may miss on being part of this year's BIG surprise!
(Late submissions will still be shown off and mentioned)

>>43336525
can we submit early and keep updating the game?

>>43336552
>>43335673
Ye

This is getting stressful. I'm SO CLOSE to finishing this game. I have basically everything I wanted to add, but Numgetron is just SO BUGGY

have to fix the bug in my game where the mare turns into a pulsating mass of flesh and blood

>>43337764
Isn't it what band-aids were invented for?

It wasn't just the web version broken, the regular version NOT in the editor also had the bug. I don't know if I'll be able to ship this in time...

>>43338330
You have overtime Anon, you'll have time! The panel is on sunday!

>fell behind because I kept letting my friends distract me
I have simultaneously disappointed and impressed my Equestrian overlords