Game Development

1:41 AM

It's kind of weird. Lately I've been kind of obsessed with doing these videos on other older games and studying them. I think it's because with my own game I'm feeling a bit burnt out.

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Yeah, a hobby should not feel like a marathon that you sprint :/

Sie

Not really trying to sprint it so to speak but I definitely had a certain release date period in mind. College starts up again here in about a week or two and I'm sort of taking it easy while looking for some work. 2-3 weeks away from my game won't kill me.

Chris McFarland

1:57 AM

Do what you feel like doing :)

Uri Popov

8:28 AM

ah working on a saturday

such a wonderful feeling :D

user92578

9:26 AM

good morning

Chris McFarland

10:17 AM

morning

user92578

whatzuuuuppp?

Chris McFarland

Well, I've defined 9 different attribute mechanics
think I might tackle the sentence construction next

and the item rolling!

user92578

awesome

Chris McFarland

What are you up to

user92578

working on an enemy with a bazooka

user92578

10:29 AM

nothing special actually, just a little different enemy sprite as the weapon needs to be held in a different position

user92578

All guns are already defined in XML so it's pretty simple

Chris McFarland

sweet

user92578

The AI will require most tweaking, I want the enemy to have a large range and probably shoot if other enemies nearby are shooting

user92578

But the AI isn't really required for getting likes on #screenshotsaturady :P

Chris McFarland

Fun

I assume you'd give each weapon a desired minimum range before firing

user92578

10:31 AM

That's currently a property of the AI controller, and I think keeping it that way

user92578

> I'm sick of poorly thought out retro games in which the sprites move, rotate and scale in a resolution far finer than that in which they are drawn. They're a dime a dozen. The crApp Store is full of them. If you want to make a real retro game, render it in a low resolution such as 320x240 with a fixed color palette (no alpha blending) and then scale to fit the screen. I'm a big retro fan. Do retro properly or GTFO.

user92578

I also got some new feedback

user92578

Dude doesn't apparently like floats

Chris McFarland

Perhaps not all games with sprites are trying to be pixel perfect retro

sounds angry

user92578

yeah

user92578

10:34 AM

not once do I mention retro on the page

user92578

and that's really not what I'm even going for

Chris McFarland

the joy of publishing

where everyone has an opinion

user92578

yup... won't even bother answering to that (which makes me proud of myself, a few weeks ago I would have been all over that guy)

Chris McFarland

:)

user92578

oh looks like @Almo dropped by the GL page discussions <3

Chris McFarland

10:37 AM

"Do retro properly or GTFO."
make your own game then lmao

user92578

lol

user92578

I wonder if he says that to every pixel art game

user92578

except for retro city rampage and shovel knight maybe

Chris McFarland

sounds like the person is annoyed
cuz that's obviously what they want to play
probably miffed heaps

hahaha yeah, maybe

I have never said to myself, "I want to make a 320x240 game"
but that's just me

user92578

lol yeah nope

user92578

10:39 AM

I can draw pixel art at the resolution I'm currently drawing

user92578

You're more artistically skilled so you can do pixel art at a higher resolution

Chris McFarland

actually that reminds me

when I launched my game

there was a big thread on my forum about the pixel art

it's a passionate subject to some

user92578

This one? steamcommunity.com/app/340520/discussions/0/610574106416636543

Chris McFarland

Yeah

user92578

Is there a way to see what the first post originally said?

Chris McFarland

10:54 AM

Nah I can't see it
from memory, was just a small couple of sentences of yelling about the art style being garbage lol

and then I guess he didn't know how to unsubscribe

user92578

LOL

user92578

Chris McFarland

hehe

Some people say my game is too easy
Others say it's too hard
I find it amusing

3

user92578

And surprise surprise, it's @Almo being super nice at that pixel art thread

TheMuffinCoder

11:37 AM

sees chat, kinda empty.. goes back to discord :3

user92578

traitor

user92578

I'll stay here with the nice people

user92578

I mean seriously, you guys moved to discord because you couldn't follow the rules here?

Ali.S

12:10 PM

@ChrisMcFarland seriously? no one thinks it's just right?

Chris McFarland

I think some don't mind

The general consensus is there's not enough variation though, so that's my main aim for the sequel

Ali.S

@Tyyppi_77 I'm pretty sure that's not the reason

user92578

Well that's why it was created

Ali.S

1:38 PM

I genuinely want to start working on a game with procedural music as main mechanic

problem is, I don't have the time to work on such a project, and don't know where to start either

user92578

Trying out persisting blood decals:

user92578

Just gotta position them properly

Leggy7

wow, blood is always good

and females complain about their period

Ali.S

lol

Leggy7

1:45 PM

I need the strenght to beat my lazyness

holy crap

user92578

Fuck I just saw a link about blood particle decals somewhere

user92578

Can't find it

Leggy7

using ff?

user92578

davetech.co.uk/gamemakersurfaceblood

user92578

found it

user92578

1:51 PM

Basically I would for now just need to figure out how to properly position those decals

user92578

Currently I'm painting them where my particles die, but that looks pretty awfull

user92578

Uh oh, I was rendering them one frame too early

user92578

All right, this is already an improvement

user92578

Next I'll try clipping them

user92578

2:33 PM

A lot better:

user92578

However those one pixel errors are super annoying

user92578

Also need to keep those at the borders still

TheMuffinCoder

3:34 PM

@Tyyppi_77 what do you mean you guys, I haven't broken the rules D:

I just move to discord since there's more self advertising potential :P (bunch of servers you can join, especially for art)

user92578

God damnit, don't triple ping me

TheMuffinCoder

sorry, I was just fixing my grammar

user92578

I meant that the server you've pasted here, was setup to bitch about the rules and mods here

TheMuffinCoder

Not really :P we just chat there, we got Icy to join too! :D

user92578

That's exactly when and why the server was setup

TheMuffinCoder

3:39 PM

?

lol Icy joined long after we made it

user92578

yes and?

TheMuffinCoder

now I'm getting confused, there is no and lmao

user92578

Jul 24 at 21:39, by Bálint

@Sie And you prefer discord over this because <insert text here>

user92578

Jul 24 at 21:40, by Sie

@Bálint Well no power crazy mods for one.

Almo

what power-crazy mods?

user92578

3:49 PM

no clue

Almo

josh is anything but power-crazy

user92578

josh wasn't there then

user92578

I think he's talking about artofcode

Almo

he's not power-crazy either

user92578

yeah, exactly

user92578

3:49 PM

the first few pages on the discord chat is literally bitching about rules and power-crazy mods

Almo

yeah i'll pass on that

TheMuffinCoder

oh lol that was a temporary server

we're on a different one called 1337

user92578

Oh, even better, the one setup by mick

TheMuffinCoder

It's pretty chill :P

Sie

4:08 PM

@Tyyppi_77 I deleted the original room. Why? It was a bad idea to begin with. I actually talked to Josh about it and he agrees it was a bad idea to form a new chat room under out of spite.

I deleted it in part because I wanted to wash my hands of it all. Also yes I like Josh a lot but do I always agree with the moderators here? No.

user92578

No kidding, creating a chat room for bashing the rules and mods here wasn't a great idea.

user92578

And no, you don't need to always agree with the mods.

Sie

The rooms creation was not intended to bash the rules or the moderators.

PearsonArtPhoto

Especially not me.

Sie

It was just meant to be an alternative to the main room until things blew over. I still feel like this room has some problems that need addressing but splitting up the main users was not the way to do that.

TheMuffinCoder

4:15 PM

or was it? cue dramatic music

PearsonArtPhoto

If anything, there could be rooms for dedicated topics.

user92578

Now if I believe correctly, the problems seemed to be the main SE guidelines of polite chatting.

PearsonArtPhoto

Unity, Game Testing, etc.

But I don't think this is quite that busy of a place to warrant that.

TheMuffinCoder

nah there's not enough people for that :P

user92578

Yeah.

Kevin van der Velden

4:16 PM

We're not talking about different SE chat room aren't we? We're talking about the discord one

user92578

Yeah

TheMuffinCoder

wait what other discord?

oh lol, nah I think one channel topic is good enough :P

user92578

There was one dude a while ago who got pissed because Almo was learning about pointers, and wanted to create an elite gamedev room

Sie

@Tyyppi_77 That seems to be where the majority of the rooms problems stem from. Some people don't like cursing, some don't care, others don't mind if not directed at anyone, and overall I think it boils down to some people dislike PC and others want to be PC.

Kevin van der Velden

Uuugh the term PC

TheMuffinCoder

4:18 PM

triggered

Sie

Politically correct.

user92578

I think it boils down to insulting someone / saying something that is very out of line.

user92578

No one has been suspended only for using a curse word.

PearsonArtPhoto

I love how to be an Android developer all you have to do is click a button a few times, then it tells you you are a developer.

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