Game Development

12:00 AM

Don't misunderstand me, the second part of the talk is interesting, but he should really give up on hiding the fact, that the game was a huge flop.

MickLH

12:53 AM

@Tyyppi_77 aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh how could you??

PearsonArtPhoto

1:06 AM

@Bálint I know it's in there, but still...

Possibly, just possibly, the most played game on Steam, but I find there aren't many PC games that people really obsess over.

I can almost guarantee that BOTW has been played more thus far than NMS has since release.

I saw the same video, BTW.

MickLH

2:30 AM

@PearsonArtPhoto There used to be one... until Valve ruined it

Almo

3:56 AM

@Bálint no way they beat LoL

jgallant

9:58 AM

BE CAREFULL WHEN BUYING THIS!
My account got flagged because one of my uploaded puzzles got banned by the developer for "violating the Steam Community Rules and Guidelines." My puzzles was 100% legal and did not violate ANYTHING in the rules and guidelines.

The developer is actively spreading lies about his customers. If this happens, no viable reason or explination why he randomly bans peoples workshop items and make their accounts get flagged even though they do nothing wrong, will NOT be given.

Chris McFarland

dick puzzles? if so, reply and out them :)

jgallant

steamcommunity.com/id/veltrex666/recommended/476460

i replied

Chris McFarland

good on ya

I just discovered C# has an is keyword

jgallant

i rarely use it

typeof

Chris McFarland

yeah that's how I found it, was googling

just to see if a class is an inherited extended class of a certain type

Alexandre Vaillancourt

10:04 AM

Every answer should be along those lines

-1

A: unity shader : Applying ZOrder to sprite renderer conditionally

i forget it. it's a too hard in 2D game. i need to restrict some of features in varierty perspective.

jgallant

lmao what does it mean?

forget it it is too hard? lmao

Alexandre Vaillancourt

I guess :P

Chris McFarland

white flag

jgallant

"Too hard" accepted answer.

i guess its valid since he asked the question

Chris McFarland

"Last seen 18 hours ago" so they're still kicking around somewhere

jgallant

10:06 AM

this was posted a year ago

Chris McFarland

yeah

so hasn't given up maybe lol

jgallant

still trying

Alexandre Vaillancourt

10:38 AM

It popped up in the close votes review queue..

@Almo You wanted to go have lunch?

user92578

11:19 AM

ha, performance issue disappears while profiling

Chris McFarland

:|

jgallant

nothing worse than not being able to get a goddamn fucken test case setup

because the fucken business rules are so fucken ridiculous that it is impossible to get it to the fucken state youy need it

just about ready to kill something

Chris McFarland

:(

jgallant

then i have a clown on steam telling me I spread lies about my users, on a fucken free game I continually support and add requested features.

AFTER removing his fucken ban and apologizing

And he is still fucking bitching

Mondays.

Kevin van der Velden

11:37 AM

@AlexandreVaillancourt this question is also off-topic as a how to get started question

Chris McFarland

@jgallant We're here for you <3

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@KevinvanderVelden Yeah. We don't really care whether he's trying to cheat, the point is that he's not trying to cheat a game he's developing.

Kevin van der Velden

It's also kenorb shudders

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Yeah?

Kevin van der Velden

(tl;dr; guy behind a lot of terrible proposals like the 15thousandth reincarnation of the paranormal.se proposal)

jgallant

11:50 AM

You know what though, I'm sick of stupid telling me what they think.

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Ah, ok, I saw that on his profile page...

We don't have a stack about magic, right?

Kevin van der Velden

No, because it's not a thing that exists =p

jgallant

gamedev, i'm done .

gonna move on to woodworking now

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@KevinvanderVelden Are you sure? I've seen many movies about it. The great Harry Potter! Merlin!

Kevin van der Velden

@jgallant woodworking is cool

Chris McFarland

11:54 AM

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Magic!!

Kevin van der Velden

@ChrisMcFarland no no, that's for fiction about magic

Like we have $religion.se for fiction about gods

Chris McFarland

shun the non-believer!

where does jedi.se fit in

Kevin van der Velden

You can't reliably ask questions about things that don't exist, but you can ask questions about things (which do exist) that themselves are about things that don't exist

@ChrisMcFarland questions about existent things about non-existent things

Chris McFarland

hehe

user92578

11:57 AM

It is not, as it assumes such things doesn't exist in the first place and trying to find every possible theory to deny it. E.g. when I've sent the link to UFO on Google Maps they said it is pair of shoes hanging from the powerline and the question was removed. It's not possible to ask about such things or anything serious there, because ... they're so "skeptics" that deny every possible evidence. So this is complete opposite of Paranormal scope. — kenorb Mar 7 '16 at 18:05

user92578

paranormal.se

user92578

the fact-based Q&A site for speculation

Kevin van der Velden

Yup

jgallant

MakeShitUp.SE

user92578

user92578

12:00 PM

ROFL

Chris McFarland

lmao

Kevin van der Velden

kenorb should update the link in his profile, it links to a dead paranormal.se, not the current reincarnation =p

user92578

"- btw. blind people doesn't know they're blind, similar with the religion, everybody thinks they know the truth, but it's just matter of perspective"

user92578

huh?

user92578

blind people don't know they can't see?

Chris McFarland

12:03 PM

"blind people doesn't know they're blind"
all my what

user92578

don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good occasional conspiracy scheme

user92578

but this stuff is ridiculous and totally doesn't work on SE

Alexandre Vaillancourt

He answered his own question.

user92578

"So anything with actual evidence to back it up is off-topic."

user92578

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Chris McFarland

12:08 PM

life seems easier when focusing on concrete things in front of me

user92578

this is pretty funny: area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/105950/pastafarianism

user92578

"My employer refuses to give me every Friday off, (requested on religious grounds). What are my recourses?"

user92578

"Has the Flying Spaghetti Monster invented rice in order to test us?"

Chris McFarland

hahaha

Kevin van der Velden

@Tyyppi_77 good guy sterno

jgallant

12:14 PM

can you all go flag this fucken comment for me

steamcommunity.com/id/veltrex666/recommended/476460

Kevin van der Velden

Not at work:(

jgallant

like flag it saying it is spreading false accusations

Kevin van der Velden

Err, not at home*

Not at work would be :) not :(

PearsonArtPhoto

Dev Blog- Colonial Sea Trader- Improving the UI, adding theme and localization support. kd7uiy.com/2017/05/dev-blog-colonial-sea-trader-theming-ui.html

Alexandre Vaillancourt

> made lame achievements that if you want them, force you to upload puzzles to the workshop.

I'll complain about every single AAA game that force me to play multiplayer games to get achievements.

PearsonArtPhoto

12:20 PM

Isn't that the point about achievements?

user92578

does this look like an okay comment to make? pastebin.com/0GCQzicR

jgallant

i don't get how that is forcing you to do anything

PearsonArtPhoto

Or in-app or in-game purchases...

jgallant

that is a great comment

you want the achievement, then do it

forced? because you wanted something?

fucken idiot conclusion.

user92578

lol yeah

PearsonArtPhoto

12:21 PM

If I want a Tesla, I'm forced to buy it...

user92578

this stupid game is forcing me to 100% it for an achievement

jgallant

yeah fuck tesla for forcing me to spend all my money

Kevin van der Velden

@PearsonArtPhoto really, I just stol... uhh yeah, buying it, really sucks

jgallant

I CAN'T GO TO SLEEP NOW SOMEONE IS WRONG ON THE INTERNET!

PearsonArtPhoto

What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong!

jgallant

12:24 PM

the best by far is the video of edmund

he somehow managed to get it removed completely from the internet

user92578

my XKCD conjecture: every conversation will get to a point where there exists a related XKCD

PearsonArtPhoto

I'm not sure that day hasn't happened yet...

user92578

> You game severely lacked content when I wrote this review.

user92578

which was yesterday

user92578

almost 3k custom levels

jgallant

12:38 PM

he is a troll.

Chris McFarland

12:58 PM

quick gif before bed
https://gfycat.com/MadSlowButterfly

so much still to do. one day at a time

jgallant

pimp

doppelgreener

1:22 PM

@ChrisMcFarland that's all looking pretty nice. the papery wobble & flip animations make me laugh.

dcfyj

@jgallant He seems to have calmed down a little now, also he very clearly stated what it is he wants. Obviously whether you do it is up to you lol :P

jgallant

yeah thanks

dcfyj

I can understand his ire, but he went a very poor direction to get his issue resolved >.<

jgallant

well he succeeded in pissing me off.

I have done nothing by try my best to fix any problems that community has.

for a year now

for free.

And this guy comes in with 8 hours play time .. submits 4 shit puzzles, and then attacks me on a personal level

dcfyj

Yeah, I was seeing that, thus why I decided to say something (on steam) to see if I could get him to be clearer

I think he only submitted 2 puzzles, the picture you posted and he both agree on that.

jgallant

1:34 PM

he deleted the other 2

he submitted 4 puzzles like this.

I admitted I was wrong in banning -- these should have just been set to incompatible instead.

dcfyj

Ah ok, that makes sense. Yeah I know you admitted that, his feathers are still a little ruffled. He seems to think that because he posted his review before the PiCross thread, that you of course saw it first. Not how that works lol.

jgallant

i got up this morning and read reviews

i had like 4 new ones

he is pretty upset about that.

says I read his review first, lol.. whatever.

dcfyj

shrug

As a developer I would probably just try to fix the flags/bans and move on, not much else to do.

Almo

2:04 PM

@AlexandreVaillancourt Yes, I did. :)

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@Almo I was FAFK, like, far away from keyboard :P Feet in the sand ;) I can go today, or Thursday or Friday if manure does not hit the fan by then.

Almo

2:29 PM

hahaha

jgallant

Might as well face it your addicted to spuds.

Weird Al - "Addicted To Spuds"

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Almo

yeah that's a good one

"Weird Al" Yankovic - It's All About The Pentiums

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also love that one

the geek jokes are spot on

you know his guitarist is Rick Derrenger, who's been with a few big rock bands.

been with weird al since really early in his career

Gotta be a chameleon to hang with Al. :)

Beach Boys style

"Weird Al" Yankovic: Off The Deep End - Trigger Happy

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I love weird all :) thanks jon. Spuds is definitely one of his best

@AlexandreVaillancourt lunch today should be fine

Alexandre Vaillancourt

2:47 PM

@Almo Where/when? I should be available starting around 11h35.

jgallant

lol

Almo

@AlexandreVaillancourt hmm not sure what you think

Alexandre Vaillancourt

La traite or Nudo?

Almo

tough choice

lemme think a bit on that

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Sure, I'm open to other suggestions too :)

dcfyj

3:00 PM

La traite? that's the name of a place to eat?

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@dcfyj Yep!

dcfyj

Interesting name choice lol

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@dcfyj Yes?

dcfyj

"The traitor", no?

Almo

@jgallant I don't know how familiar you are with Weird Al's catalog (I have all his stuff up to Running with Scissors), but not many people know about his "super weird lyric" songs like this one.

"Weird Al" Yankovic: Even Worse - Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White

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dcfyj

3:02 PM

Or is it spelled differently, my spelling sucks in French (left Canada when I was 10)

Almo

Unless Alapalooza is before RwS... I don't know

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@dcfyj That would be "le traître" or "la traîtresse" ;)

Almo

so what does la traite mean

Alexandre Vaillancourt

"the treat"

jgallant

i'm not super familiar but I have listened to some stuff

Almo

3:03 PM

well try that one, it's pretty strange :)

dcfyj

@AlexandreVaillancourt Ah, the lacking second r

Almo

ooh

thanks

jgallant

Traite is a treaty

dcfyj

As I said, I left When I was 10, so I understand French fairly well, but my spelling and grammar are atrocious.

Alexandre Vaillancourt

It's referring to the expression "se payer la traite", not sure if there is a direct equivalent in English, but it's used in the context of indulging.

Almo

3:06 PM

oh right

(it's a greasy spoon restaurant)

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@jgallant That's "traité", not "traite" :)

Almo

hamburgers corn dogs, poutine

if you get a burger, they even put the bun on the grill a while

ok let's go there

been a while since i had a burger

dcfyj

@AlexandreVaillancourt Literally "to pay yourself the treat" then

Almo

though

Dunn's has these great hot dogs... but that's a bit far for you?

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@dcfyj Yup!

dcfyj

3:08 PM

@Almo I miss poutine. Sadly, I wouldn't eat it even if I went up there now.

Almo

haha

I won't touch the stuff. I think I would like it, and I'd rather not be tempted to eat it more

dcfyj

My wife has celiac, so to make it easier for her I eat gluten free too.

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@Almo I guess I could go there, yeah!

Metcalfe/Ste-Catherine, right?

Almo

yeah

meet normal place then head over?

twitch.tv/videos/138886155

dcfyj

@AlexandreVaillancourt Those roads sound incredibly familiar lol

Almo

3:10 PM

Video of me playing BLUE REVOLVER

a bullet hell game

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@Almo Yeah, what time?

Almo

how about 11:45?

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Works for me!

PearsonArtPhoto

3:36 PM

I'm somewhat tempted to package my theme scripts together and try to include it in the Unity Asset Store.

It's really not that complex, but it's making my life way easier...

jgallant

do it, its a great way to build up a portfolio of some sort

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@Almo I'll be acouple of minutes late

jgallant

Ozzy Man Reviews: Adults Being Dodgy

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user92578

4:41 PM

damn one of my puzzles didn't get published

Almo

5:09 PM

@AlexandreVaillancourt oh shit I don't know if I can handle you being a few minutes late.

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@Almo :P

Almo

5:29 PM

NSFW audio, video is acceptable.

Ozzy Man Reviews: Adults Being Dodgy

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jgallant

glitch in the matrix

Almo

oh shit I'm stupid hahaha I forgot where I got this video.

how you doin jg

jgallant

groovy

Earthworm Jim: Groovy!

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Almo

oh no i hated groovy

unless you didn't mean hte programming language.

:)

Earthworm Jim - Intro/ Stage 1 [Genesis] Music

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jgallant

i beat both ewj1 and ewj2 on SNES no cheats

Almo

5:37 PM

oooh

jgallant

back in the day

Almo

I got pretty far into 1 on genesis

not sure if I actually finished it or not :(

jgallant

the queen slug for butt is insane

Almo

hehe

jgallant

you need to stockpile the guns

those ultra cannon guns if you have a certain number she can be taken out easy

fun games

Almo

5:46 PM

Did Shiny Entertainment ever make another great game?

R/C Stunt Copter was pretty good on PS1

can't think of any others

jgallant

6:07 PM

i never knew they made anything else.

Almo

MDK is one

I think Boogerman is another

they were one of the HOT SHIT studios for a few years, mainly because EWJ was such a breakthrough

mainly in gameplay and presentation; they had a way of importing hand-drawn animations.

I mean not in gameplay

the gameplay was good, but nothing really new

jgallant

nothing new? you launched a cow

github.com/Facepunch/Facepunch.Steamworks

holy fuck

Almo

what's Facepunch mean?

PearsonArtPhoto

So, I'm realizing that UI/ Graphic wise, there are 3 things that I need to do with Colonial Sea Trader.

The first is to update the dialogs.

The second is to figure out the row of buttons on the lower right that I still need to add.

The last is to add in graphics for all of the temporary items I have, the Sea, Ship, Cities, and goods, all of which don't really fit my theme.

jgallant

facepunchstudios.com

it is a steamworks implementation from the creators of rust.

Almo

6:23 PM

right but what does it mean that there's another implementation of steamworks

jgallant

it is an alternative to steamworks.net

Almo

but why would you want it

jgallant

They're not C#, they're just a collection of functions.
They're not up to date.
They require a 3rd party native dll.
They can't be compiled into a standalone dll (in Unity).
They have a license.

Almo

so that's what's wrong with steamworks.net?

jgallant

^

Almo

6:24 PM

ok thanks :)

jgallant

6:41 PM

hehe i'll let you know if I ever use it

Bálint

I started getting random upvotes on old answers of mine