A new record edition!>Demo Days NEXT: https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-69Previous: https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-68>AGDG Resources https://hackmd.io/SNd2YQugRG-36CLYc8Og2w>Progress Posting Guide https://pastebin.com/0xEt5atn>Helpful Links New Threads: >>>/vg/agdgArchive: https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/search/subject/agdg//agdg/ Steam Games: https://made-by-agdg.vercel.app/>How to WebM https://obsproject.comhttps://github.com/argorar/WebMConverter>Previous Thread>>568170286
>>568303230Have cobbled together handling and camera control setup in unreal that feels like Driver 2, which is what I'm aiming for, getting this closer to the shape I want it to be, next up will be modelling and rigging one of the boss fights so that I have a playable demo
>>568305249big fan of driver 2, will it be in demo day 69?
post game
>>568307915I'm boycotting all AI. All data centers. This messages was send via psychic energy to manifest it in your mind and doesn't actually exist.
>>568308382
>>568307915and how is this supposed to be relevant to us? we're indie devs, not tripple gay studios
>>568308423see >>568307892
I'm finally out of the UI mines. Now I can work on 3D models and level generation.
>>568308817we hate you here
>>568309158
>>568308409this AI image looks like it was drawn by a luddite. disgusting raw human energy.
last mapgen algorithm moved over to 3d. I want to go back to the combat and leveling systems I have and try to find some basis factors to scale everything off of. most of my math is stolen from diablo, not sure if anybody else out there has any good sources for that stuff?
>>568309356I like you and that burgergirl
Honestly gamedev is cool and all, but I want to do other shit with my life too. Maybe it's time to put in Carmack level hours and get shit moving
>>568309768clock is ticking
>>568310092Truke. Somehow I'll still convince myself to play 4 hours of video games every day though still for "research"
I modified the state system to let you dodge-roll out of attacks. You can also 'weave' in attacks while you're dashing to a target to attack quicker. Also damage numbers are a thing now
>release early access game>the ability to RUN isn't in the first public build but it will be added in an update>the ability to RUNSubnautica 2 looks and plays great but how can this not be in the game at release? I could enter unknown worlds premises speedrun their security grab a workstation add it in 10 lines of code, push to prod and then exit in less than 5 minutes.
>>568310643it doubles the early access playtime metrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySZDIlFcY_kstill unrefuted 16 years later
>>568311441some of it isn't relevant anymore. claude makes steamworks feature integration a breeze.
>>568311907anti lolidev on the left, me on the right
>>568311907when everyone can make games. nobody will be buying them
>>568312023everyone can make food yet people buy it#debunked
>>568312059that's right
>>568310792Yeah that would work but at 2M+ sales I'd think playtime metrics don't matter at all
>>568311441so much whining and bitching lol. non gamers really shouldn't be devs
>>568306913Hard to say, I'm doing it between work and gf, and still learning the tools so stuff takes longer than I'd like. I'll keep sharing progress on vg as I go.The end-goal is a soulslike driving game with big boss battles, tho unlike Gripper - one equivalent I've found - the camera view won't switch to a top down arena in boss battles, and the physics are more realistic. The way I have it in my head might not be fun enough in an actual game.
>>568313970'gress
>>568314650Heh, yeah gloss and chrome trims all the way.In the webm is an early model I made to setup handling and camera, will probably keep it as an unblockable vehicle.Also, testing ps1 graphics shaders, hence the wobbly lines.
>>568307915660 million is tiny amount, half of it is probably just the Stellaris and Black Ops.
you might think your going to make a game without any formal training, but your not
>>568311907You are genuinely retarded. AGI existing means everyone is unemployed and big companies with capital gobble up everything because small businesses get no edge.>Decades of game RnD and allow smaller teams to competeThat was the case since like 2016, you can make masterpieces in teams of 2-5 people. And games RnD is bullshit, we figured everything good out in 2018 and since then the only RnD happening was how to convince gamers to spend more money on skins or gambling. Also AGI could generate the whole game without even a prompt, just looking at you is enough to figure out perfect game for you.
>>568317968
It's over. YouTube is kill. No more tutorials.
>>568317968>looks at me>generates a job application game
>>568318150turn off the adblocker, jamal
I'll do it. I'll make a game. You'll see.
First game I ever made, need some feedback/honest thoughts from /agdg/>Game Name: Emily: Between Shame and Desire>Engine: Ren'Py>Genre: Female Protagonist, slow-burn corruption, slice of life, voyeurism, Sexual Harassment, RomanceThe game follows Emily moving to a new city, trying to balance uni life while dealing with different personality traits (Pure, Dom, Sub, Corrupt).Links, FAQ, and PC/Android downloads on Itch (you can also play it in browser):https://manticorestudio.itch.io/emily-between-shame-and-desire
Godo doesn't have a good solution for simulating hair or cloth (SpringBone and PhysicalBone are too limited), so I'm making an addon that does that, "inspired" by Magica Cloth from Unity Asset Store
>>568319151Nice art
>>568320020meant for >>568319923
>>568319923its called chaosflesh
>>568317968>AGI existing means everyone is unemployedeveryone being unemployed during covid is what generated a boomtime>Also AGI could generate the whole game without even a prompt, just looking at you is enough to figure out perfect game for you.a "perfect for exactly you product" by philosophical paradox cannot fulfill the extremely common desire for shared experiences which would result in this ultimately being a novelty in the realm of 3D movies and CYOA books.... except if it does porn.
>>568320858>except if it does porngrandpa
gemini omni porn edition will end society as we know it
betz tried to groom me and steal my game :(
>>568320782No, I mean it for >>568319151Although >>568319923 has nice art too, there's no point in complimenting it since he's not the one that made it.
>>568321568But I did make it? I literally said so...
>>568321869Where?
>>568322097Gora
>>568322120Not convincing. Post some proof you've made the art in question.
>>568322471Troll
I don't feel so good
>>568322576I accept your concession.
AI art was at its peak a year ago and is now regressing...
why do "people" watch e-celebs? are they lonely? surely you could choose better things to do.
>>56832447567% of men have zero friends.
125 days left. Yesterday I did some UI work, can't say it was time well spent. Looking at the to-do list, I realize there's nothing on it I'll enjoy doing. From now until release it's just a slog. Make UI, add a big of content, tune physics, fix bugs, repeat. At least there's no marketing/advertising. I've completely given up on even trying. GTA VI is coming out in November and I'm supposed to be shilling my piece of shit game? Get the fuck out of here, I won't spend even 3 minutes on marketing.
>>568325718Shit, 125 days from now is the end of September. I don't care, I'm not doing marketing. It never did anything for me, waste of time every time
only been working on my game for 3 months and i'm so critical of all the flaws and I should be more forgiving... but gamers will not...
>>568321106is it better than Grok? recently got into Grok dungeon Succubi RP and my brain got fried good
>>568326406Grok writing is garbage though
>>568325718what happens in 125 days?
>>568327278Marriage
>>568326704nuh uh if you use Agents (Expert). Fine tune it by giving the agents custom instructions. Fast and Grok Beta are indeed sucking ass tho
>>568327278It's my deadline to finish my game. That's when I estimate I'll run out of savings and need to have a job.>>568327329Who's the vision impaired mentally ill lucky lady?
>>568327349imaigne using brok
>>568310643Do you have running implemented in your game?
>>568327820yea
>>568327913Post it
>>568328039you first
>>568328076I'll take that as a no. Easy to talk about Subnautica devs without actually doing
>>568328375you don't have game, i do
if input getkey shift currentspeed = walkingspeed *2now you have running
>>568328406Not that I've seen
>>568301112How do you go about picking these color choices? They fit just perfectly or at least it feels that way, mine usually don't come out like this when I make tilesets. Though now that I think of it my current game might not actually work with this style given the vision I have for mine I think I need some more detailed given its nature. Though that's not to say that pic is ugly, it's great. You have a much better grasp on color choices compared to me.
>>568325718>>568325996You're going back to the wage cage
>>568320858>Everyone was unemployed during COVIDNon-essential workers were and literally everyone knew it was just temporary so giving you unemployment pay check for a year and half was not hard political decision. AI when it finally causes gigantic unemployment will be different because those jobs are gone forever. Also perfect game does not exist but you could generate infinite high quality games for nothing, there is literally no market for new games after that happens, and luddites will just buy old games.>>568318068I’m not saying AI will never do that or that it is bad now dumbass, I am just clarifying it because AGI is a strong term. It’s not just better Claude Code.
>>568308817lets fucking go!!!
>>568329817Why is her tongue so long
>>568329856To please AI Chads huge members
>>568329930
So where are all the yesdevs now? It can't be the discord because nobody posts games there, can't be /v/3's discord either because nobody posts games there, are you seriously telling me they all went to reddit?
>>568329672I hope I'll be let back in but I haven't been employed since 2019
>>568312059Food needs time and land to grow, kind of how the only thing to make videogames now is time and computer.
>>568330236how many computers for each game?
>>568330170They are not showing WIP because there is no point
Terrible, what a terrible time I have been having these last few weeks.>got bit by some thing or things and got an infection, was given meds and still on them>extremely stressed from how behind I keep falling on household chores>extremely stressed on how shit I am at certain stuff>have not gamedevved at all this week or last, or the one before that iirc, might be contributing to my stress>so stressed I gave myself gastritis, or maybe it's the antibiotics I've been having>etcUgh I can't even be bothered to gamedev lately. My game is falling behind but it's not like it will make itself. Maybe today will be the day I finally work on it but I need more sleep, I slept little today.
>>568330447come on man, just like come on man
>>568330170Look at the gamedev reddit its all whining dooming and marketing. Gamedev is a dead hobby
>>568330447did you try moving foreskin up and down until goo came out?
>>568330203What kind of game are you making? You have never shown any true progress beyond bananas and sweets. I won't crab you in the thread but I want to quietly assess whether or not you're GMI in 125 days.
>>568330447sorry to hear man. games are not that important. breaks are good.
>>568325718>125 daysUhhhh when did it suddenly feel this short? That's about 4 months, so short that I suspect your game will be early access? I also need to get back in the wagecage. I hope the re-entry is wasy and results in me finally being able to game without being bothered by that thought of>no anon you have to get rich, no time to game, go wirkon your game or get a job!I can see the following occuring>*get job*>this job isn't going to make you rich, stop gaming, and go gamedevI wish things were easy.Have you started applying for jobs? Depending on what you intend to apply on it can be easy and quick to find employment or you could be wait a month or more before even interviewing.
>>568330907no they are not, hopoo didn't take breaks, look where he is, meanwhile gogem did, and look where he is
>>568331334holy frickin trvke
>>568331334proof hopoo didn't take breaks?
@AIchads WWA?Let's show those benchods luddites where the krishna bleeds from.https://itch.io/jam/gic-6
>>568330170This thread was taken over by half a dozen seriously mentally ill posters. That's why I haven't been here for like 6 months. Communities like this get taken over be legit crazy people after a period of time. I moved to X. Not because of marketing, it's just easier to block/mute the mentally ill. I'm not trying to sound to cool to post, I like this place, when it's not overtly insane.
what if Timesplitters but made in Unity engine?
>>568331334>hopoo didn't take breaksi dont think wagies are allowed breaks in big current year
>>568331712only if it has the level editor from ts3
>>568331513He's Asian
>>568331908nah that would be too hard to make
>>568330170The discord is full of progress every day, and almost every message is either contains progress or is discussing recently posted progress. The Aggy discord, I mean. Probably the v3 schizo tranny cord is a different vibe, but the Aggy cord where nodevs get banned has 4 channels that are just progress.>>568331638Yeah I think the trouble is that devs come and go, typically leaving after a release, but schizo nodevs accumulate because they never leave.
>>568332015ok, well, if you have a monkey and a virus mode, I'm in.
anyone else here can't focus on anything else but gamedev? like I want to some thing, I get bored out of my mind, but when I'm deving I can go for days without rest
>>568330841I'd say my game is 90% likely ngmi like less than $1000 in a year.>>568331201>Have you started applying for jobs?No, I took one look at job listings and got cold sweat. It's going to be a nightmare applying to any job. I have to do some exposure therapy or something before I can start applying.>no anon you have to get rich, no time to game, go wirkon your game or get a job!>this job isn't going to make you rich, stop gaming, and go gamedevGrass is always greener and all that. But being able to live without having to be employed is a privilege and a luxury few adults can afford.
>>568331638I don't even post my game on twitter but I assumed that's the place to go besides discord. At least the mentally deranged can be blocked and making new accounts is time consuming compared to them using a vpn on 4chan. Just look at that one psycho that hates us yet joins the discord and fumes when they ban him. Yet he keeps rejoining and lurking but doesn't dare speak since he's so easy to spot. Would not be surprised if he's the one that posted all that stuff about Acrolyte anon which resulted in his team abandoning him. I told them to gatekeep the discord but last I saw they haven't. Gatekeep it and you slow the mentally ill from getting in easily.
>>568331334>>568330447mental hygiene is also important, find ways to deal with stress
>>568332284yeah. though I can't dev like I used to and go 18 hours without blinking
>>568332415Why do blogposters share intimate details about their personal lives but won't show a single screenshot of their game?At least describe the project and gameplay. Is it 2d? 3d?
>>568330170you can filter most of the seriously mentally ill peopleit means the threads will move slowly but whatever. I'd still rather be here than reddit.
>>568332284It's so hard having a job and game dev. My day job is so completely pointless and yet consumes my energy. I'm thinking to go full time on game dev and quitting my career. Just work like, 2 12 hour shifts a week to cover bills. Spend the remaining 5 days working on game dev. Realistically there's no change in the quality of my life being a professional or a dishwasher. I can't afford meaningful assets either way. At least with gamedev I'm happy and have a chance at a better life.>>568332256I should check out the discord. If I can find it.
>>568316451>vertex jitterdisgusting
>>568330170>can't be /v/3's discord either because nobody posts games therei post games there pretty often
>>568332784artistry is a hard job. You leave your safe paycheck, and you will suffer. There's no easier money than having a job
>>568333432Ya well, a think certain people are better equipped to succeed than others. And I might be one. INTJ. IQ high enough for the industry. Not claiming to be super high IQ, but smart enough to program. Industrious. No vice other than women, which I'll exclude during this time for the most part. I know how to live cheaply and yet healthy. Also like I said, a paycheck doesn't really do anything. You need to work 40 years to amass anything of note. So taking off a couple years to try to live out a dream is imo really not much of a risk.
>>568332826this. all these modern physics yet you're opting for psx graphics. disgusting.
>>568333860>all these modern physicsit's clearly trying to ape the driver 1 vehicle physics (though imo they seem to resemble GTA 4 more)
>>568333779I get the need to be free. Well, in the end it's your life and your call. Do what you feel like doing
my motivation and will to succeed>gone
>>568334535all because of that fat cunt gabencunt...
>>568334598well partially I do blame him, he started that flood of shit and "everybody wants to be a gamedev" trend
ok, that's it.My project has officially became spaghetti.I'm losing motivation with every line of code added to it.
>>568334953take the refactorpill
>>568334154You're not wrong. The life of an artist is typically cursed. I just think the stars might be aligned on this one. I have some investments that hopefully will pan out. I could always sell if anything disastrous happens. So I'll two paths to success. Stocks, Games. I feel like if I work nonstop, even if my games aren't a hit, I can grind out a life I enjoy. We'll see. Plan on quitting next May.
my votv clone is almost done core mechanics wisejust need to make a map and some events
>>568335102>inconsistent texel densitygross
>post on X>get views>nothing happenswhy even bother with this shit platform? how do you get that fame there?
>>568335405>how do you get that fame there?hope your tweet goes viral and you get 5m+ views. unironically.
>>568332892ok betz
>>568335007I'm too retarded to do it correctly to begin with, let alone refactoring it.And the spaghetti is too messy for me to understand it now.
>>568335482>hopeyeah... seems like everything in the internet is made around hope and pray
>>568335672>seems like everything in the internet is made around hope and praynigga that's life in general
>>568335405>>568335482
>>568335752that's still more than marmoreal and your game
>>568335672You make a game that is cool looking. That is how twitter works. If you can't do that, then what do want. Millions of people to get excited over what exactly? I got on X to talk to cool people. I've had semi famous people interact with me, and while that wasn't my goal, it's cool to have happen. You post for the love of the game. If you don't love posting then don't, spend time on what you love doing. If your game is ugly, then release a demo. Hopefully your gameplay is good.
>>568332415>No, I took one look at job listings and got cold sweat.Some months back I saw all the stuff I need to do to apply. Demoralization hit me asap. Haven't had a job since maybe 2022.Unlike you even if I think my game has okay chances of being a lowly success my bigger issue is getting everything it needs in place. Hard stuff or stuff I've got little to knowledge on results in me avoiding it. Good luck tho
>>568335858the point is your game being twitter famous isn't worth as much as you'd think it shouldthis picrel is the most liked tweet for cast n chill prior to release
>>568335752Honestly this is really cool looking.
>>568335904>You post for the love of the game. If you don't love posting then don't,that might be me to be honest... I just can't imagine myself sitting here in front of a computer POSTING 24/7I get posting here on /aggy/ because you get instant feetback, while X feels like posting in the void
>>568335405do one of those humiliation rituals.
>>568334770I blame youtubers with their romanticized day in a life videos.>>568335102Can I see gameplay
>in a meeting at work>new gamedev lead says "hey we should stop building games with our custom engine with 5000 C (not C++) printf statements">another guy I work with cries and shits himself and argues there's no other way of doing it>thinks unreal and unity are the same thingI am not making it bros
>>568336332well, at least your paid for listening to that bs
Finally got my rocket booster move looking good and functioning properly! Also added a triple fireball move.
>>568335102Nice. How's the gameplay? Is it also spooky signal sim game?
>>568336149Ya, I've posted into the void a few times. It's a little odd. Usually the only response I get is from Indians I pissed off elsewhere on X, so they come to my page to call me a bastard bitch or whatever. But I have fun posting on other peoples feeds. But I've always been a forum poster. Reddit killed that and Reddit is gay as fuck, but X is actually alright in the current state.I haven't actually posted my game yet. Still putting together art work and a trailer. I assume it'll get 400 views and zero interaction, but I Don't give a fuck.
>>568336541this is the type of shit thats gonna make some money at least
>>568336541Good shit anon
>>568336628yeah retarded gamercunts go CRAZY for games like these if marketed correctly
>>568336725>cutesy cartoonish animu dodge ball?! TAKE MY MONEY!
>>568336332Software Devs everywhere are kind of retarded anon. They all think they know everything, most are retarded. Even if they are genius at code, they can't lead a business or have good ideas. Obviously this isn't true for all, but it's very, very true, overall.
how long until people stop caring if solo devs use ai for art/music/etc?i love how popular games like arc raiders get away with using AI since it's too popular to fail meanwhile HOW DARE solodevs use AI
>>568336973stop giving a fuck, it's just a meme in my opinion nobody seriously thinks using AI is evil
>>568336973>meanwhile HOW DARE solodevs use AIsomeone post that mgs hindi game that got reviewbombed for using ai voices
How do I sperate myself from the pajeet way of thinking about gamedev which is always to make something way out of scope. How do I get to like this hobby? Actually enjoy myself.Some context for such a retarded basic question: Started learning gamedeving a few years ago to make a GTA clone... My autism actually lead me to learn the whole thing (from sculpting, to rigging, to animating, to coding, etc.). I'm not enjoying working on my project anymore cause it's too big. But I can't manage to come up with an idea that'll make me go "Hmmm yeah let's start amking ap rototype for this". I just can't...
>>568337245look at smaller games, I like to watch gameplay videos likehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqcgRvsZP6Ithen picking some game and thinking "this looks doable"
>>568337245take a break and do something else and come back to your big scoped project later. you're not forced to shit out someting by a publisher contract, are you?
>>568333860I don't care how retro your game is there's no excuse for including vertex jitter or warped texture mapping as those make every game look worse
>>568337385Thanks, that's exactly the type of advice I need.
>>568336541Kek nice
>>568337403No, only by my thirst for money. Which is a factor of my unhapiness about this, to be quite honest.
>>568336670>>568337457Thanks!>>568336628>>568336725>>568336813Reeaally hope yous are right. Would love to know some examples of how to market a game like this if you have any.All I know is at some point soon, I'll have to start pumping out Tiktoks and Shorts like Guns and Nuns.
>>568337436I like when gamedevs do try to make PS1 era games, but then they shit all over it with "retro filters"
>>568337245Well anon maybe step one is don’t try making a game that costs a billion dollars to make. You have a plan for art. Estimated how long every single asset in your game will take to make to a level you could release it. Have a plan for programming. List every major system. How long will it take program. Double the estimate. Figure out all the extras. Game play trailer. Demo. Dialogue writing. Voice actors to hire if you’ll have any. Marketing. Double that estimate. Figure out how much time you have to program. But honestly this should all just be obvious. So maybe just keep it as a hobby.
>>568336332Now would be the worst fucking time to switch to unreal imaginable
>>568337689Well, maybe just make a trailer or just have 15 seconds of exciting gameplay like the example above had. Post on X. It’s actually a pretty cool looking game. With a little polish and like, a completed game loop, it looks almost like a proper Nintendo game. A mini game.
>>568337689>Would love to know some examples of how to market a game like this if you have any.well you already named one, nuns and guns... then there's motorslice, of recent fame... basically, lean in on your tranime girls for the gamercunts to salivate over (but don't do straight porn, just slight sexualization here and there) and get active on whatever social media you want (xitter, youtube, instagram - whatever). the very basic jist of it is that you want to make sure as many people know about your game as possible, but there isn't a uniform solution for this, ESPECIALLY in gamedev. you gotta think about what your game has and what's the best way for you personally to do this.
>>568336973I think you just lie about it, or avoid talking about it. I would just go ahead and use it if you think it makes the game better and there’s no reasonable alternative. BUT also don’t write off non AI too quickly. A little money can go a long way in certain situations. And you might get better results. But that’s a case by case thing.
>>568329631I "Caveman" this stuff to be honest. For that palette, I used Aseprite, locked color mode to Indexed, and then basically just messed around with hue/saturation values of individual indexed colors until I liked the result. Tertiary/triadic color schemes are a good thing to fiddle with especially in my opinion.You might try a site like this. Could help.>https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel
>>568336973if your game is great nobody will be able to hold it against you.
>>568336973You can use it.Just don’t be surprised when nobody sees you as an artist
>>568335752>200 reviewsDamn I need to learn how to do this
>>568335752the high view count is due to negative replies from chuds
>>568338396>nobody sees you as an artistwell... yeah. videogames aren't art. not sure what your argument was there.
I'm gonna ah.. I'm gonna.. I'm gonna RESUME MY PROJECT
>>568338396Who cares about art
>>568338498plus>Total playtime is approximately 10 minutes and that at price.wtf HOW. hOW RTHE AFUCK@!!~!
>>568338653Me!
>>568335752Why doesn’t it lead to reviews
>>568338682gamercunts don't leave reviews for the most part, and it's very hard to convert views into page visits, and page visits into sales....
>>568338653the pope
>>568338660The game is vomit inducing
how the fuck they did that terrain? I'm pretty sure it's some sort of a procedural generation with textures applied automatically, theres no way someone sculpted and textured all that shit by hand
>>568338396Be artist. Use new tools. Schizo “You’re not a real artist!”Ignore schizo. Profit off art.
>>568338771It’s just kinda sad, isn’t it?
>>568339176https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset/3134
>>568339232Not really, no. Why aren't you playing it and leaving a review if it so important to you? Ohhhh didn't think of that did you
>>568339386gemini told me the truth, exactly what I suspectedI need to replicate this in blender somehow
>>568336541you're gonna be rich my man, i'm telling you
>>568339398Because leaving a review isn’t something I do at all regardless of how good the game is.If I have something to say, I’ll talk about it on social media or something.
>>568339535AI is so good for this kinda shit. You won't find answers like this anywhere on the internet. If you genuinely want to learn AI is great
>>568339974I mean how do you know that?
In all honesty Roblox should be your target
>>568340072You are more than welcome to scour shitholes like reddit and stack overflow to get that information if that's your preference. Can't say I envy you though
I actually finished my detective mystery adventure game and I am trying to upload it to steam. I have no idea how to promote it lol
>>568341419Idk, YouTube shorts
>>568341398I day dream of making it as a dev and some nerd asking me if I used ChatGPT to help program. And I respond something like “Yes, and if you have an issue with that, YOU can go try and get help on stack over flow. Enjoy that fucking hell.”
>>568338653>Who cares about artArt is a mating call, so women are actually extremely attracted to a man who creates art. It pretty much implies creativity, high intelligence, and abundance in resources.
>>568341419fliers at the nintendo store
>>568342384>abundance in resourceslmao, i wish
>>568341419good games promote themselves. if you post a single screenshot and don't immediately start getting hundreds of wishlists a day you might as well delete your game
Is it too late to get my game into v3?
wtf I love heightmaps now
>>568339535To make low poly heightmap terrain in blender:>Create new object: Grid>Give it 128x128 divisions in the bottom left pop-up (don't know what this box is called) More or less divisions for the terrain resolution you want>Scale it up to be the size you want your level>Add a displace modifier to the grid object>Add new texture in that modifier >Importantly, set the "Coordinates" item to "UV" (I believe it defaults to Local)>Go to the bottom tab, it's a checkerboard looking thing, open your heightmap image here under "Image" the same way you'd add an image texture in a material>Return to your modifier and tweak the displace modifiers value for Strength til you like itYou can import it to Godot after this and add collision to the object there.
>>568342384Being able to use AI also signals an abundance of resources and IQ. I find AI art to be karma. My ENTIRE LIFE I was told art is subjective. It can be anything. To care about quality was the sign you were a simpleton. To desire a sculpture from Michelangelo over some chick who opens a studio for 24 where spectators can watch her piss and shit herself, is the sign you don’t understand art. But now that a computer can make art all of sudden I hear “omg this minor technical detail is incorrect, that means the entire piece is SHIT. IT IS FUCKING SLOP because it’s not a technical masterpiece! Artists can go fuck themselves.
>>568342917just did that>>568342838now the uncomfortable part, making a shader that automatically applies cliff texture to cliffs etc
>>568342618Problem is, what if nobody sees it?
>>568319151There's a hentai game general on /d/, /vg/, /h/ and even /co/, where you can probably find a more willing audience. /d/ is super chill and corruption seems like up their alley, /h/ and /vg/ are a bit brainrotten and generally only consume NTR but they're still okay otherwise, can't comment on /co/ one since I don't go there often. (I'm not saying you shouldn't post here, just in case you want more players. I'm doing nofap right now so I can't play your game.)
>>568342943Seems that everything "subjective" is just a way for weaklings, losers, and dummies to assert a soft power based on their "expertise" in something that can apparently never be truly known.
>>568342838I have no idea how to do this
>>568325718>GTA VI is coming out in NovemberOh man that was supposed to be my release month.
>>568343115Yes. That’s exactly what happens. That’s why I want to get into gaming. It’s pure. It sells or doesn’t.
>>568343059well at least one other person has to see it, preferably someone who can communicate with others. then it will spread by word of mouth if it's a good game. but if you show your game to your grandma and she doesn't tell her orgy coven at the old folks' home and they don't tell their grandkids and their grandkids don't share it everywhere, then your game is shit
>>568332826>>568333860>>568337436>>568337732Sounds like ps1 shaders are off the menu, no problem, was just a way to see if I can hide my shitty low poly models
>>568343548Idk, I don’t think anyone seeing it is likely
>>568343059I would do a limited amount of work. Perhaps a blog, a demo, a Twitter page where you just post into the void. Contact streamers to play it if it’s a genre they are into. Have a Steam page with some good images up. Look up how to make a decent trailer. There’s many low energy steps you can take to at least get 100’s to thousands of eyes on your game. And maybe that translates to one buy. But at least you tried. And then it’ll be easier the second game.
>>568343791the best way to hide low poly models is good texturework. also with that design, the car doesn't look too bad (again, if you texture it well).
>>568342838all that good shit that made games look good is lost technology nowchasing photorealism was a mistake
>>568344087Yyyep
>>568343791>1million poly tires>6 poly rimsthat's funny.
>>568344087picrel was peak graphics
>>568344261No, PS2 was
>>568344261The graphics I enjoyed the most recently was Tears of the Kingdom: Zelda. The lighting at times was so immersive. It made you feel like you were in an old school RPG adventure world. But no single aspect of the environment was beautiful on its own. But everything together was. Nintendo is like the only developer with its head not up its own ass.
>>568344417of course it was, punjab. it was the only thing you could afford.
>>568344417post an example
>>568344532Kingdom Hearts, Monster Hunter, Silent Hill 2-4, Ninja Gaiden, DMC, God Of War, MGS2-3, etc.It was just high fidelity enough to not look stupid but just low fidelity enough that artistry made it look way better
I'm the only one here that likes photorealistic graphics in video games?
>>568341419>>568343059What's your game? How long is it and did you plan for a demo?
>>568344748post a screenshot that looks better than what I posted
>>568343179Try this >>568342917
>>568344974Yes
>>568344984Anon, you’re replying to two different people
>>568342731yeah you missed the deadlinethere's always next year
>>568345234I knew it. I'm so special and unique.
>>568345392Those questions are valid for anyone posting on the amateur game development general. You do have a game, right?
>>568345571Technically
Honestly, what am I going to do?
>>568345486Idk man Betz is getting ass mad about the jannys and threatened to call it quits if he meets resistance. Kid of a bitch move on his part but we'll see how it pans out.
>>568344984The game is about 3 hours long. I mean if you know all the answers you can beat it inside 20 minutes. But from letting people test it it takes about 2-3 hours to solve everything. The game follows a structure of investigation-interrogation so I thought the demo could be the first interrogation and investigation. Kind of like the demo I posted on demo day, only not broken lmao
is there any other place besides itch.io where I can download free assets without making an account?
>>568346094Opengameart
>>568344974I personally dont like it, but most people are impressed by it. Same as most people not minding ai. I think its just that people cope about not being able to realistically use it in their project without it looking like an asset flip.t. pixelshit luddite.
I alternate between thinking I can do it and thinking I can’t do it. Usually the latter
>>5683460693 hours is quite short for Steam, but if you can carve out a 30-60 minute demo that lands on a meaningful resolution but also a cliffhanger, that would be ideal for visibility.
I have no clue how to texture this
>>568342731just spam the game name in chat and in the v3 thread. say betz rejected it because you wouldn't put farts in it
I don’t care
>>568339752I really appreciate it! Hope you're right!>>568338018Okay I'll give that a go and thanks a ton.>it looks almost like a proper Nintendo game. A mini game.That is extremely encouraging if my game gives off that kind of vibe. But yeah I'll work on the proper game loop. Right now it's like an rpg where you level up an unlock moves that way, but I think it might be a bit bland so I was thinking of switching over to an rng unlock system.I really love unlocking weapons in Earth Defence Force so I might try that style.>>568338020True, Motorslice is really taking off. Thanks I think you're right. Got a lot to think about now.
>>568338020Why did Motorslice get popular
this shit filtered mehelp, how do I texture this any ideas?
>>568348935assign textures to vertex colors. then paint vertex colors. then set up the shader in your engine and assign the textures.
>>568348908it randomly went viral on youtube (dev was continously posting devlogs about it on his channel) and it had goonerbait for all the incel gamercunts. this is the part i know for certainmaybe it also went viral on twitter i dunno.
>>568344974I liked old attempts at it. max payne 2. that was so cool looking.
>>568349339i maded a game that looks like max payne 2 but nobody boughted it. sad!
>>568349254That’s sad.
do you really need more?>>568349445that is sad. did it have guns and coats?
>>568349556>did it have guns and coats?it did. nobody boughted still.
>>568349174that will have that blended effect I dont want thatI give up, for now
>>568336973Only Twitter and Reddit care, aka people who don't buy games anyway.
>>568349647did it really look like mac payne 2? that's quite a feat.
>>568349663Retarded faggot if you don't want any blending between the textures just make an atlas image and then snap the UV squares onto the texture you want for that spot. If you have 3 textures on the atlas you select three times and place a square 3 times it's easy. Why even post if you're going to give up like a quitter. You will NEVER prosper.
>>568349663Nta and no idea how the process 100% works. But couldnt you either clamp them? Or if you have too many colours and the mixing would go bad you could maybe split the vertex and give each vertex a different colour. Although that might be more labour intesive.
We need devs to explain how they did it back then
>>568350535they werent you
>>568350535cheap economy so a year worth of retail shelf stacking savings = 5 years of devving, and since multiple people could easily afford that, you could easily assemble a small team and chill
>>568350708I meant on a tech level
>>568350214>>568350263I give up on heightmap world building, sure the effect would be probably nice, but FUCK THAT, I will just do manual world building by modelling every fucking rock and every fucking cliff
>>568350749they asked claude code to implement it
Fidelity is temporaryStyle is forever
>>568350795At least you can texture maps
>>568350186well it was closer to max payne 1 in graphic but yeah
they are not telling us somethingI think skills compound, you make one shitty game, then your next game is going to be better and so on, nobody mentions this because its competitive advantage
>>568351616I believe that is called "practice"
Honestly does it even matter
>>568351616if that were true then developers would keep making better games.
>>568322637that's from EQ isn't it?
>>568322637Damn, how do you even approach this
>>568351616>nobody mentions this
>>568338557At this rate you'll finish it by 2036
>>568351616>you make one shitty game, then your next game is going to be better and so onThe only problem is very few make more than one good game
>>568352224Trvedevs ARE making better games while perma/beg/s will spend the rest of their lives on an anonymous basket weaving forum crying about luck, jeets, and gabencunt.
If I could generate a small set of pixel art fit for my games, maybe 200-300 sprites total, a small set of sound effects (like 30-60) and a few music tracks so that I would have the art side of my games handled, I could 100% make 3-4 viral hit games in the next year or two.Why is AI automating programming instead of art?
>>568353102https://www.pixellab.ai/https://elevenlabs.io/
>>568353102AI might be a bit too big brain for you if you don't even know how to Google >>568353231
>>568352901if experience mattered, you wouldn't have examples of devs making worse games than their previous games
>>568353231The issue with these is that each pack is usually not sufficiently big to contain things you would need for a single game and the style between different releases is divergent enough that your game will not look coherent enough.
>>568353371No amount of experience matters for a low-IQ loser. Not everyone has it within themselves to continue growing throughout adulthood. See >>568125597
>>568352901>the retard posting about "high iq", "ngmigger" and e-celeb shit is a gacha niggerlmao
>>568352689I wasn't even working on it, I wonder what will happen if I decide to actually do stuff
>>568353371>either experience doesn't matter or it's the sole determinantLow IQ detected
>>568353737You're not going to believe me, but that's not me. Perhaps that anon and I happened to save this same image off of /pol/ at the same time. I'm not against gacha titles, but I've also never found the time to play any myself (unless you count PoE as gacha). Genshin has been on my to-study backlog for almost a decade now.
>>568354269>Perhaps that anon and I happened to save this same image off of /pol/ at the same time.ain't no way you're actually using this as a defence lmao.
>>568339974It is pulled from the internet just from old forums that nobody uses anymore like gamedev.net and polycount as well as stuff taken from the waybackmachine.
>>568344261Dishonored 2 came out ten years ago
>>568355047whale oil beef hooked
>>568303230: Hirdrih Technologic ::progress :: The one time you'll see Illou smile, given who he's talking with.
>>568354116if it doesn't correlate with success then it doesn't matter
>>568355047that bottom pic was dishonored 1 (2012)top is bioshock infiniteboth unreal 3 btw
>>568344261>Dishonored
>>568356214delet this
>>568353737>someone says something you don't agree with>immediately look through his history to find something to discredit himI think reddit is more up your speed fella.
I think I finally can make HD art that looks 2D, cheaply.My goal of cheap AAA art is now done.
why are you ignoring this?
>>568352901
it's a nice play activity, but I have to say no to that
>>568356587you samefaggin now,b punjab?
>>568357101both are benchods thoughverbait
>>568356214emily...
>>568357101>left guy>tried getting a job, couldn't, immediately gave up>tried being a mobile dev, flopped, immediately gave uphe's actually a good case study for giving up the moment you fail at something
>>568355635Experience doesn't correlate with success for NGMIgger like you, since you're incapable of learning from experience. You can only ever play the lottery.>>568354434You know what? TBF, I do have it in me to be a "gacha nigger" if only I was born later. I did enjoy OG MapleStory back in the day after all. I'm sure I would've enjoyed modern gachas if I was a teenager when they came out.>>568357101Kino.
>>568357101
>>568357525>learning things increases my chances of successthis is what public school education does to people
>>568357525>admits he likes gachashit>admits to being a /pol/fagimagine being this 'tard, holy fuck
>>568353819Right now you're working on it at the rate of what, a couple weeks per year?
>>568352901>luckReminder that "luck" is just cope for >I know good games succeed>I know sometimes bad games succeed due to luck>I want to succeed due to luck
>>568356587>>568357525punjab, you better stop samefaggin' before the jannies are on your case
>>568353102AI sprite gen tools like >>568353231 are trash for now3d is doable but it still requires quite a bit of work to get a usable model out of it and the good ones are paid services
>>568358389>meritcoper>in entertainment>believes Taylor Swift makes the best music and whoever wrote 50 Shades of Grey writes the best novels
>>568358550I just told you>sometimes bad things succeed due to luck
Added passive atlas tree a'la Path of Exile, with automatic passive node clustering (you only define the cluster's starter point and connections) and the layout is created automatically.
>>568336973I've been using Suno for musicgen. Kind of janky but simple process of feeding it my shitty 20-30 second melodies/beats and running covers, then editing the covers, cutting them in half and re-arranging the haves, then re-generating the cutoff points to create loops.I like AI for entertainment purposes, but I figured if I'm going to be generating music for fun, why not use it for placeholder? Not like I'll ever finish anything anyways!
>>568358323I’m finnna bouta work 0 weeks per year on this because this sucks, I see nothing good in this project.
Merit posters don't understand that success is not based on talent and quality.Luck posters don't understand that it is not a matter of random chance.Enter the Circumstance poster, a true modern gentlemen for the amateur game development era. The Circumstance poster understands that a complex web of past, current and future events conspire to determine the outcome of all things.My game will not succeed because I worked hard, or because I was lucky, it will succeed because it has been preordained. The Divine Right to Dev.
>>568359259post your circus game
>>568359259>my game's success was promised to me 6 trillion years ago
>>568358635>things happen because of X except when they don'tnobel prize worthy theory
>>568358635>bad games can succeed due to good luck>but good games can't fail because of bad luckwhat i always laugh about is how your retarded ass always handwaves away games like fear and hunger or among us.
>>568359562barachod
>>568359562Look, I'm not an expert in "taylor swift" or these other things and I can't comment on them. You'd have to give me game examples, in this game board on a game thread.>>568359612you just listed two games that succeededwhat is the problem
>>568359462
>>568359752>what is the problembecause they were objective failures when they released, punjab
>>568359259ultimately there is no such thing as luck. when you roll the dice, you control how they rollbut if you need to predict which way the wind will blow 3 years from now, then it is a matter of luck
>>568359927no it isnt
>>568359752your statement that good games can't flop is unfalsifiable if you can't define a good game in objective terms
>>568360091bro it's a literal retard from a fucking gacha thread, it's best to ignore it.it's probably south east asian as well
Added in a good amount of tiles, which enables better randomization of dungeons. Here you can see my test tool as I rotate through different dungeon layouts.Current constraint is a 7x7 grid, but it takes an arbitrary grid and fills it.
>>568360091btw if a statement is unfalsifiable, it doesn't mean it's true but that it's worthless
>>568359259luck is just a name for when circumstances perfectly align in a way that could not have been foreseen by you
>>568338164I think it's insane to spend more than like $500 on a game before you're making any money from gamedev. For your second or third game yeah sure but the first one? Fuck no. Keep it minimal. 100 bucks for the Steam fee, maybe some on the capsule art if you can't manage it yourself and possibly some on assets if there's something that fits your game and making it yourself would take too long to justify it vs the cost of the asset.If AI helps you finish a project and you can still make it something worth selling then fuck yeah go for it.
>>568359882>b-b-but the game didn't succeed instantly>what do you mean people have to find the game to know if it's good or not? people should just inherently magically know!That's the trick. If you find a good game that isn't successful, it'll soon be successful, like with Banquet for Fools. A guy found it and it wasn't successful, then it was.
>>568342543It only implies it. I think it's something do with our monkey brain. From a biological perspective a male engaging in artistic pursuits would suggest he's got it so good he can afford to do so = he has resources and he doesn't have to starve. Your caveman can't afford to be painting cave walls all day if he doesn't have his food source sorted out. Your starving artist archetypes still get bitches because of this if they're not the schizo kind.
>>568360491your chatgpt bot broke and is spitting nonsense now, sar
>>568359927You don't control the dice, because you don't control the hand that rolls them. Your actions are determined before you take them. Free will has been disproven in the laboratory using split brain psychology, where electrodes create a barrier within the brain revealing a second and distinct individual operating within you unknown to your conscious mind. When they report their favorite color is Blue, but see that they have written Green, they immediately walk back their choice and say I must have misspoken, it is Green. Free will fags believe their conscious mind is a director but it is infact a 24/7 coping mechanism of the mind to process information that it's receiving late and then justifying the actions taken. Within you is the Yesdev who lives your life, and what you perceive as yourself is the brains Nodev bocchi poster shitting up the place.
>>568358708Now with allocations and shit.
Is this (You)?
