Game Development - 2017-05-11

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Stephane Hockenhull

12:02 AM

@jgallant I wanna flag that only because it made me think of Hillary's donut.

GPD Win still crashes under Linux if I use all 4 cores even with TurboBoost off. Tempted to do the better heatsink mod.

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3:38 AM

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Q: How do we feel in regards to questions that ask if a certain piece of technology is capable of a certain feature?

How do we feel in regards to questions that ask if a certain piece of technology is capable of a certain feature? I am sure I already found a relevant meta discussion, in which we discussed this in regards to being a "opinion-based" or "what technology should I use" question. However, for the li...

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4:04 AM

Really good twin stick shooter.

Assault Android Cactus S-rank

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Chris McFarland

7:58 AM

AC1 was fun
AC2 felt too samey
tried a couple other AC's over the years but yeah I've had my fill

8:08 AM

if you mean assassin's creed and haven't played black flag, you should give it a try

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Chris McFarland

9:41 AM

I've got too many other games I'd rather play :D

10:22 AM

that's a problem I have everyday... halfway thru andromeda and my friend forces me to get factorio... now I can't stop playing factorio everyday. don't get me wrong it's fun, but I'd like to finish andromeda too :D

after 4 mornings of listening to complaining about not wanting to go to school, and having to repeat myself over and over for an hour every morning, while losing my shit when he refuses to leave the car. Fuck kids.

This constant testing is driving me fucken insane.

This week is fucken ridiculous.

Bargaining usually works with kids. You take some give some. Teach em about the real world, tell em to pay for their room / food by studying, heh.

Chris McFarland

Breathe deep

it worked with me at the time lol

Dude, I took him out for breakfast this morning thought I'd take some extra time and treat him

He ate 1/4 of his bagel and then started again

10:28 AM

naw naw, you don't treat kids

I don't know what his deal is right now

they don't get what being "grateful" is

that's a grown up term

PLEASE!!! I'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE AND PLAY ZELDA BREATH OF THE WILD!!

Chris McFarland

Kids' emotions change on a dime

user92578

how old is he?

10:29 AM

I wondered if he was being bullied or something, but it doesn't seem like anything like that.

9

he just loves games

I was the same way when I was going to school

and hates school

I would often skip school and go to internet cafes

at 9?

Chris McFarland

probably not the first kid that declares they hate school

10:30 AM

yup, even earlier

I started at about 7-8

i used to take legit notes my mother wrote for when I was sick, out of the teacher's garbage

even 1 buck you would give me, would be spent in front of a computer

alter the date, and save it for that day

if I had no money, I'd watch people play

like if it was signed May 11th.. i'd change it to a 21 or something

Then I re-used the note

worked every time.

10:31 AM

I never even took the notes or something I would just skip school

Chris McFarland

lol

I almost had to redo a grade

my mom practically begged the principal, and he agreed since my grades were good

I know a guy that was so troubled in high school, all he had to do was attend

I'd reward him according to his grades

his test scores were like 20/100 -- and he graduated

his dad was in jail, and his mother was a psycho

10:33 AM

if his grades are good, what does school have to offer to the kid other than a social environment?

like if he gets all Bs and better, give him a day off every week

if the grades are bad, what does the school offer to a student that doesn't learn in that manner?

All As and better two days off

well, that's the problem with the education system but that's not the issue here

I was top of my class myt entire life, and yeah it was boring as fuck

you want your kid to attend the school

I didn't have to sit there like everyone else. but I did becuase that was the rule.

10:34 AM

and the best way to get him to go is to bargain with him

Shit they would teach you the same damn thing for 4 years straight.

and still 4 years later, some people didn't know how to solve for X

I DON'T GET IT!!!

I was almost the top of my class without studying and still had to go and sit there and listen

it was deathly boring

I took advanced math in grade 12 -- teacher gave a "hard test" on the first day to gauge our skills

i aced it

like I said, bargaining works when he's younger

he was like.. well this class is gonna be boring for you

10:36 AM

my teachers would often reward me with "free class time" in high school for scoring good

(it was)

I'd often try and do that

we had a few empty classrooms for recreational time or free studying time

we got into integration and differentiation near the end of the school year

it worked like a charm, the kids who didn't study would get envious

and try harder later on

school could be much better than it is that is for sure.

this concept of MEMORIZATION is fucken stupid.

What the hell does it matter if I can memorize shit?

10:38 AM

I've never seen a kid who was grateful after being rewarded, at least not for long, and have also never seen a kid who responded to being denied stuff. I've seen a LOT of kids who respond to being rewarded after a task is done tho

They actually try harder at it, if you show them a good enough carrot at the end

Chris McFarland

I was in a psychiatric hospital for 6 months at age 12
they had a "school" but it was so below-level that my proper school gave the psych ward a note saying I didn't have to attend
after that, went to a private behavioural school 12-16, learned next to nothing
guess I sorted myself out after that

yeah it's like games, effort for a reward

My parents would often deny my access to a PC

I would find ways to override bios passwords

Chris McFarland

lol

replace power cables with printers etc.

you can't stop me... and if you do, I'm going to an internet cafe

user92578

would you call "first player with X kills wins" a deathmatch?

10:41 AM

classic deathmatch

Chris McFarland

Deathmatch, yeah

I'd call it a bloodbath

user92578

is it death match or deathmatch?

latter

former

Chris McFarland

10:42 AM

Deathmatch, or more appropriately, Free-For-All (FFA, also called DM or Player vs All) is a widely used gameplay mode integrated into many shooter and real-time strategy (RTS) video games. Normally the goal of a deathmatch game is to kill (or "frag", from the military term) as many other players as possible until a certain condition or limit is reached, commonly being a frag limit or time limit. Once one of these conditions is met, the match is over and the winner is the player that accumulated the greatest number of frags. It is an evolution of the competitive multiplayer modes found in genres...

as a gaming term, latter, as a general match to the death, former

What do you call a deathmatch where the goal is to die first?

suicide squad?

user92578

idiotic game design

Chris McFarland

a bad game? lol

10:43 AM

no, wait...

this might actually be genius

you have powers that protect people instead

and everyone is trying to score saving blows

you have to get creative in killing yourself

and trying to die

Chris McFarland

Euthanization Racer

saving blows are like 1 point, deaths are 2 points

The Bog of Love

10:44 AM

and if you accidentally kill someone

your points get deducted

Losing a limb is great because you can bleed out

but someone can cauterize your wound

Chris McFarland

have to outrun the medics trying to help you

"leave me alone!"

the grittier and the more painful the death, the more points you get

if you are bleeding from razor fence

get blood transfusions to keep you going

more points

holy shit this is actually a good idea...

I'm not gonna develop it but it's doable...

10:45 AM

there is a secret way to die by scapphism

which gives you the most points

but you have to do it in a very secluded area as it takes 7 in game days to complete

that's a boring as fuck feature tho, don't do that lol

Chris McFarland

achievement - death by starvation
in real-time, yeah

you actually have to die and post your death certificate to get the achievement

its like the anti-survival game

force feed people to keep them alive

Chris McFarland

10:48 AM

for my game's magic spells
trying to decide if I want weapons
or just balls of energy in front of you

do things need to be tied to a physical thing you can hold

but what about gems/enchantments, hmm hmm

have a different hat for each one

kinda like Kirby

BALLS of energy

goodness gratious, great balls

Chris McFarland

Scrotum of Fortitude

Enlargus Penisus

it's a spear throwing technique

Chris McFarland

10:52 AM

lol

Curse of Mudbutt

Lower charisma to 0

Chris McFarland

+10 Mudbutt rep tho

To break the spell you must venture into the land of the mudbutt king and destroy him

Chris McFarland

if you're into that

"destroy" him

10:54 AM

Join me in the brown side!

Brownies Unite!

Some good brainstorming

I move in favor of stopping before this becomes a shitstorm

i jotted all this down

I've copied it to a txt file

10:57 AM

this is gold johnny... gold.

I really do think it's a good idea to make a reverse deathmatch tho

a small game like 1-2 bucks for pc

if you're the first to do it, it might just sell a ton

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user92578

11:12 AM

arcade update trailer in the works:

user92578

Arcade Update Trailer 0.1

user92578

the end is where the action hits off

cool.

user92578

totally feeling like a pro, animating text and all

Chris McFarland

menus are boring

just skip to the action :D

user92578

11:16 AM

it's true but there isn't a whole lot to show and I want a build-up

No, no. I'd rather have ACTION, menu, menu, MORE ACTION, menu, a bit more menu, A LOT OF ACTION

after a little build up tho

Chris McFarland

GUNHERO

<people shooting each other>

ARCADE UPDATE

Can we get a update where you are a girl?

user92578

how can you tell what you are right now?

Chris McFarland

Boom! Boom! Hype! Get pumped!
Up to 4 players!
CAN YOU HANDLE THE HEAT?

user92578

11:18 AM

hmm you're making a good point

user92578

fuck me

@Tyyppi_77 put some shades under the boobs, they're all girls / really muscled up guys

Chris McFarland

or they're all guys but don't mind dressing up in drag

or they're all body builder women

have a option when you first start the game that asks what gender you identify with

Chris McFarland

11:19 AM

Choose lipstick and wig color!

Then change nothing

^that give an input field that is irrelevant

user92578

lol

just save the value somewhere and keep it like that

no one else will ever see it but ppl will feel nice lol

that is hilarious actually lol

user92578

11:22 AM

I do kinda want to add hats though

so? add them

gender won't stop your hairstyle :d

user92578

that was really just an additional note, mainly for jon since jon likes hats

naw jon hates hats

reddit.com/r/nohats

user92578

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A: Do we need a hats tag?

I sincerely think we need a hats tag. I love hats and I constantly refresh to see if there are any new hat related questions. Please do not remove the hats tag, I use this hourly.

11:26 AM

lol

i forgot about that

It's now at 0.

hats = money for cosmetics, If you wanna add em don't stop at just a few

at 100+ and then jon will be satisfied

Chris McFarland

josh ruining all the fun

who's josh, eh?

Hitman IP being ditched by squaresoft

Chris McFarland

rip

11:37 AM

they done fucked up, episodic hitman...

anything episodic is a NO THANKS from my part.

Chris McFarland

but it worked so well for valve!

If it wasn't a blatant "Hey let's charge people 30$ for each level"

At least with Half Life it was a full damn game

Now it is literally just a way to sell DLC at a premium.

Chris McFarland

I don't even remember what happens in EP:1 and 2

you play fetch with this giant robot dog

for like 50 hours

honestly i never finished any of the HL games.

Chris McFarland

11:40 AM

I remember trying to play through ep:1 a few months ago but quit out of sheer boredom

i played them all but never finished any

Chris McFarland

ah shame

yeah came close though

Chris McFarland

I have fond memories from when I was younger

i played HL1 in university

Chris McFarland

11:40 AM

now I'm just old, cranky, and impatient

and i remember being blown away by the facial animations, lol

Chris McFarland

and the voice acting!

I was like.. WHOA HOW DID THEY DO THIS!

Chris McFarland

yeah, those were magical times

yeah, basically they created an environment that made you feel like you were playing a game way ahead of its time

Chris McFarland

11:41 AM

even just playing online

THen I remmember seeing the HL2 demos

The physics in 3d world

using the physics to your advantage and stuff ... i was again blown away

Chris McFarland

yep

but now all the tricks have been had

seen it all before

that is exactly why HL3 doesn't exist.

Chris McFarland

so... might as well just focus on pvp games

. no

might as well focus on owning the #1 software marketplace in the world.

and take a 30% cut

Chris McFarland

11:43 AM

and that

the game dev at this point is just a side gig

HL3, i'm sure they have a team picking at it, playing with shit

probably a fun job

Chris McFarland

One can hope

they don't even game dev anymore

valve said so themselves recently lol

they're focused on steam and improving it as their words

12:14 PM

imgur.com/a/CoLac

someone playing with my generator :D

github.com/zacharycarter/mapgen

Chris McFarland

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Q: Enemies are penetrating in each other when following player

As you can see the image my enemy (when following my player), penetrate each other. How can i avoid it? I am using NevMeshagent to follow the player. void Update () { currentNavMeshAgent.destination = player.transform.position; } I have added a Rigidbody and a Collider to my enemy object...

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I actually laughed a bit too hard at this one

the title got to me lol

Chris McFarland

answered

tried to come up with something witty but I'm too tired lol

that did make me smile, so job well done I guess, heh

12:30 PM

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Almost, I was really close

Had to practically choke on my coffee

Chris McFarland

ah dear he's tried to edit my answer with a thank-you feedback

It's cute though, he made this screenshot

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that's cute.

Ehh, he's not a bad guy, just not the best with English

I'd include that anyway with a "from the asker in response:"

or something like that

Chris McFarland

12:38 PM

Too tired lol

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2:03 PM

@jgallant HL1 and HL2 were just scripted FPSs. HL3 is hardly warranted, and all the hype and memes about it are superfluous.

This unpopular opinion brought to you by Cherry Blue keyboard switches.

We put the klikadeeclack at your fingertips

:D

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I like blue

This may not seem like it, but it took me at least 2 hours

I'm a bit rusty now

2:06 PM

I can believe it

lol

time well spent

sometimes the simplest-looking things are tricky

now we can look at it

I even copied every opengl helper file I could, only the vertex positipns tool that loong

I copied them from one of my older projects

It' not even a cube, just the 3 faces you see

Alexandre Vaillancourt

I see a cube.

2:11 PM

@Alex Leci n'est pas une carreau

Alexandre Vaillancourt

Ceci* :P

But yeah, it's an illusion :)

Game devs try to fake things as much as possible :)

They are smart people!

I misread it

If you take a photo of a phograph, do you see a photograph on it, or do you see a photograph of a photograph

?

Alexandre Vaillancourt

I'd say I see a photograph of a photograph of something

2:43 PM

Hearts of Iron IV - "Take Action" - Release Trailer

this lkooks cool

hmm the reviews indicate the AI is weak :(

user92578

3:18 PM

It's not perfect but might be good enough

user92578

GunHero Arcade Update Trailer 0.9

user92578

The last pitch shift is a little off

3:38 PM

WWE Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U 『CAW』

user92578

4:01 PM

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user92578

jooooooooon

user92578

jooooooooooooooooooooooooon

user92578

3rd page loads, first two don't

You know, yesterday I started writing an algorithm, that creates a random path between 2 point in a 3d space...

user92578

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user92578

4:11 PM

now this

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I'm pretty sure I overdid it

user92578

looks pretty cool tho

It does, but you should be able to see how it goes

And in it's current state...well...you can't.

I probably should add some limits to it

I have an idea though

And it may or may not involve rainbows

4:48 PM

@Tyyppi_77 i think there was some issues with steam workshop

user92578

ah yeah, makes sense

5:14 PM

actfually

can you do me a favor?

5:27 PM

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Q: Is "IAP" a synonym of "microtransactions?"

We've had microtransactions for some time now. We've recently created iap. Are these tags the same (and thus, should iap be a synonym of microtransactions)? Note that the excerpt for microtransactions currently contains the text "also referred to as... in-app purchasing."

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@Bálint that looks really cool!

user92578

@jgallant me? uuh sure but I'm not at PC anymore, so PC favors need to wait till tomorrow

Use it if you want

It's just a simple random walk

@Tyyppi_77 yeah linux users are saying pt doesn't work in fullscreen

user92578

5:46 PM

I can boot up my VM tomorrow

i tried in a VM and it worked for me

What drives me insane is that it works fine unless fullscreen lol.

and it is like the hitboxes are just gone.

6:17 PM

Object-Oriented Programming is Bad

hmm

user92578

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7:08 PM

christ man

can you add more jpg to that jpg?

Alexandre Vaillancourt

@Almo Yeah; OOP has its flaws.

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