Game Development

Jon

12:00 AM

layyyyyyyyyyme

Godot, more like, goCrap

lol, open source game engine -- much love , jk

Chris

12:49 AM

so if I were to buy an Android tablet
latest Google Nexus 9? cuz I don't really need a phone, just want something Android to test with

Joe

1:53 AM

@Almo ultratron is perfect, but do you remember any of these games from "back in the day"

so after looking for a new game.. i ended up buying a copy of dark souls 1... put in about 4 hours into 3 different characters and finally managed to kill the First pair of "skeletons"

Almo

@Joe how far back? games from way back in the day for me didn't have upgrade systems. :)

Joe

that game is just demoralizing... sure its difficult but seems that its unnecessarily bad at showing me the mechanics

oh idk in the 90s I had some i thought were similar "One Must Fall 2097" etc

Chris

Dragon Quest for the NES? maybe the first Final Fantasy? probably as far back as my console RPG memories go

Joe

2:09 AM

mario rpg nice, forgot about that game

@Almo I guess the time-frame doesn't really matter, just trying to take stock at different ways of doing things

Almo

so you want general games with upgrade systems where the player chooses stuff?

Joe

like the one you showed me... i was particularly interested in oldschool "Shop / upgrade" screens & menus

that relied on "Bars"

Chris

hmm

Joe

upgrade your "melee" from four to five bars

Almo

that's not particularly oldschool though

but that's just splitting hairs :)

lemme think about it

Joe

2:12 AM

I have retracted my statement... age matters not :D

Almo

:D

Ultratron really has one of the best of these upgrade systems I've seen

There's Black Tiger

old Capcom game

thats OMF2097

had to buy upgrades

many fewer choices (not a terribly long game)

Blood Money from the Amiga

Joe

2:14 AM

what system was black tiger four

I cant find any screens

Almo

arcade

get it for mame... if you like combat platformers with lots of hidden shit, you'll love black tiger

Joe

"black tiger" / "black dragon" asian game:?

Almo

Chris

not really any upgrade systems here, but here's a good webpage with a lot of oldschool healthbar styles and bars and stuff, denofgeek.com/games/sega-mega-drive/29578/…

Almo

your google fu is weak

there's the shop

Joe

2:15 AM

I read about this one, in umm "ready player one" i guess

Almo

so you got armor upgrades, keys, potions

weapon upgrades

Joe

ill mame this

Almo

Project X for amiga

team 17 game from before Worms

was like gradius

Joe

leme open up Keep i gotta make a list

Almo

pick up powers, a meter ticks up with stuff, you pick one, and the meter goes back to zero

black tiger is hard though.

Joe

2:17 AM

@Chris nice thanks

Almo

(you'll note I'm not giving you an PC games... only ever owned one for maybe a year)

kept it around to play EVE on until they got the mac client working

Joe

lol

earliest game I can remember playing in my life, all down hill from here i must have been like 6 or 7

Almo

:)

that's mine

pong game

about 1977

Joe

nice

Chris

2:54 AM

how about those 60-second compile times eh?

(╯°□°）╯︵ ʇdıɹɔsʎʇıun

Joe

looks like me trying to play dark souls today

Chris

hahahaha

Joe

my fiance was busting my balls too... that didnt help

Chris

;(

Joe

dies for the 100th time to a normal skeleton "jeeze your really bad at this joe"

Chris

2:56 AM

I drove my car for the first time in like a year today, wife wasn't available
that was fun

Joe

lol, probably at the worst traffic times... such is how life works

Chris

hill starts, too much revving, didn't bunnyhop much at least, but yeah

haha yeah
I much prefer walking, bicycle, public transport, or just being a passenger

Joe

yea my train commute is really growing on me

Chris

how much time each way?

Joe

its about an hour, 45 min on a good day

but i just sprung for a nice laptop so i can code some unity

pretty much added 2 hours of productivity / day

Chris

3:05 AM

I get motion sickness on buses/trains, screens and movement don't mix

Joe

I can do screens... I cant do paper books

Chris

sounds alright if you can muster it

heh

Joe

im lucky

Chris

does the train have tables?

or you just lapping it

Joe

no tables

public transit, the low class version lol

Chris

3:06 AM

yeah >_<

Joe

crammed in there like sardines

im a pretty big guy i usually try and grab two seats to keep people from open mouth breathing on me

Chris

lol

Joe

some weirdos on there man lol, gotta keep a safe distance

Chris

lol

Almo

7:30 AM

what you doin here

I recommend "Reassembly" nice game

Steam

trying to sleep again

Chris

lowdown keeping you up?

Almo

7:45 AM

no, just can't sleep for no good reason

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