Game Development

Grey

6:00 PM

but maintaining a devlog is a lot like selling a game.

Good times tho

GnomeSlice

I like IndieDB because it has the 'tracking' feature.

Which gives you a nice numbered button you can click to see all of the updates on games you follow.

@Grey Thomas was a clone?

Grey

6:04 PM

@GnomeSlice yes

GnomeSlice

nailed it

Grey

after I did minimal

I p much exploded

and then got bestowed with super amazzing prog skills that I picked up from gam maker.

Stack Exchange

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Q: Community Project Highlights 2014

Welcome to the first Community Project Highlights! Here's what it's all about: As a member, you can post an answer to this question with details about a personal project (preferably an ongoing project, since one of the points of this is for you to regularly update your answer with extra details,...

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joapet99

@Grey why don't we post malware tycoon

GnomeSlice

Now here's how you make a visually impressive trailer while revealing nothing at all about your game:

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Just looking at that hurts my GPU. The render hours...

Grey

6:09 PM

Infamous 2 was the only trailer that was representative of the graphics in game

GnomeSlice

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Hardly the only one, especially if you count indie games. :P

Grey

First down prototype tho

Stack Exchange

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Q: How should we tag modding questions?

Today, I noticed a few mod questions that didn't really have any tags pertaining or indicating they were mod related. I noticed we already had a description-less "mods" tag, so I edited it to add some information. Should we tag existing and older questions with the tag "mods" or is there a bette...

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GnomeSlice

glovecatstudio.com/theintergalactictrashman

I love the animations!

Grey

Hyper Light Drifter

Ikralla has some smooth Aniimations

Moonman is another game you should check out thats in development that p cool.

@gnomeslice polygon.com/2014/3/21/5527310/…

GnomeSlice

6:24 PM

Hyper Light Drifter is going to be good.

@Grey This one? indiedb.com/games/moonman

Grey

yeah

He's not active on indiedb

but the game is coming along p good

GnomeSlice

@Grey =[

@Grey collective.square-enix.com/projects/5/moon-hunters

Didn't make it through the program though...

Grey

Oh man :(

GnomeSlice

CastleStorm is 66% off for a week! Get the base game and both DLC expansions for just over $5! http://store.steampowered.com/app/241410/

Tweeted by zen_studios on April 7, 2014 at 5:06 PM

Alex M.

another crowdfunding platform?

GnomeSlice

6:26 PM

This game is a lot of fun ^

@AlexM. Sort of.

Alex M.

inb4 infinity ward makes their own

GnomeSlice

Square Enix opens its "Collective" curation and funding platform to all indie devs. Guess it was going well! http://www.joystiq.com/2014/04/04/square-enix-opens-its-curation-and-funding-program-to-all-indie

Tweeted by GnomeSlice on April 5, 2014 at 12:08 AM

They trial ran it with three games (moon hunters was one of them)

@AlexM. It's more of a pre-funding platform. Developers can use it to gauge interest to see if crowdfunding is viable at that time.

It's not a bad idea actually

Alex M.

I don't really get what square enix has to do with supporting indies

but okay

GnomeSlice

They're just hosting it I guess?

I don't know, I'm not really clear on that part either tbh.

> Collective is a curated platform that enables creators to post ideas, and gamers to judge whether those ideas should become reality or not. Every idea that's successful with the community is checked and helped by Square Enix, while a partnership with world-leading crowdfunding platform Indiegogo enables gamers to then back the ideas they love the most.

collective.square-enix.com/about

Heart&Slash

@HeartnSlash, Madrid

Heart & Slash is a fast paced 3D brawler game with rogue-like elements.

767 tweets, 337 followers, following 398 users

Anybody else heard of that one?

user4704

@Vaughan Hilts I'm getting a system error from the site when I try to correct the tag issue; I've seen this before and usually it just means I have to wait a bit for the synonym/merge changes to settle in the DB.

Grey

6:32 PM

@GnomeSlice i have

GnomeSlice

@Grey Looks great, no?

Alex M.

you really like a lot of games

Grey

Looks good. Reminds me of Paranautical Activity a bit

GnomeSlice

@AlexM. I know. =[

@Grey minionstudios.com/games/skurvy

Alex M.

all of these obscure indies look like lame excuses for games to me

with absolutely 0 appeal

and only an attempt at standing out through art

Grey

6:36 PM

@GnomeSlice meh

GnomeSlice

@Grey Yeah.

Grey

@AlexM. I can agree with this on some indie games. It really looks like no effort was put into it

Like the art is complete crap

GnomeSlice

@AlexM. All of them?

Grey

the controls are complete crap. the game is buggy. a bad product

GnomeSlice

@Grey Like Moonman? :P

Grey

6:38 PM

@GnomeSlice I HAPPEN TO BE FRIENDS WITH THE DEVELOPER SIR

Alex M.

@GnomeSlice except for the one I mentioned yesterday, the one with the pretty graphics

Grey

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID

Alex M.

it looked like a nice FPS

like Hard Reset

Grey

super sayain

Alex M.

the indie world needs more Hard Reset and less puzzle bullshit

GnomeSlice

6:38 PM

@AlexM. Everything has to be an FPS?

Grey

Alex M.

from my POV yes, from the indie marketplace I expect alternatives to AAA titles

GnomeSlice

@AlexM. interstellarmarines.com

Grey

@gnomeslice

It started like this:

GnomeSlice

@Grey k that actually looks pretty good

I like what he did with the background

Grey

6:39 PM

There are some indies

I wont name any, but there was this one indie who blamed Greenlight's system and attempted to bash it because his game didn't get on and he's been there ever since it launched.

He's finally accepted the fact that his game sucked and that he was getting pats on the backs from "friends"

GnomeSlice

@Grey I know the guy you mean

While he did have some points, he really didn't handle it that well

Grey

There are several of them >_>

"My game didn't get on! SYSTEM IS FLAWED"

There is a game called Burrito Galaxy that got onto steam

GnomeSlice

The system is flawed, but not becuse their game didn't get onto it.

@Grey That game looks funny.

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=119643870

Ahahahahaha I've never seen that message before

> This item is incompatible with Greenlight. Please see the instructions page for reasons why this item might not work within Greenlight.

GOOD

I was really worried that one would get greenlit

Grey

I can't believe this guy payed the fee to put that up there

I guess it's a donation

Alex M.

it should have been approved

from my point of view, it's just as retarded as goat simulator

GnomeSlice

6:44 PM

Goat Simulator definitely looks stupid, but it definietly looks like something I could have fun with

I love messing around with silly physics in games.

Grey

Goat Simulator had polish.

GnomeSlice

Kicking stuff around in Crackdown is the best.

Alex M.

I could also have fun with that drinking game

your point?

GnomeSlice

@AlexM. That being 'retarded' doesn't necessarily make something a bad game. :P

Grey

@AlexM. This one didn't have polish. Consumers are looking for "nice to look at" games

Alex M.

6:45 PM

I think totalbiscuit's video of goat simulator is the best

the game really is just a sandbox full of bugs with no real value other than being retarded

it's one thing when you encounter hilarious bugs in... Battlefield 4

and another when they're served one after the other in goat simulator

in the first case they're funny because they shouldn't be there

Grey

It's not a game persay just a sandbox

Alex M.

in the 2nd case they're funny the first time, probably

Grey

with some gamification aspects.

Alex M.

but once you know that there's going to be a bug if you press W, you sorta stop feeling like it's funny

GnomeSlice

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Grey

6:47 PM

but shrek is dreck

GnomeSlice

I was actually kinda hoping Goat Simulator wasn't as purposefully buggy as everyone says...

It looks like fun just to knock things around.

Alex M.

it may be fun

I'm not saying

GnomeSlice

But yeah, anyway, back to what you initially said about me, I do like a lot of shitty obscure games.

I don't know why.

Alex M.

it's just that it's as much of a game worthy of being greenlit as that soda game is

Grey

@GnomeSlice Idk if you've read their article on how they used "nvidia Physics" to speed up the development of their game

GnomeSlice

6:49 PM

@AlexM. It didn't even have to go through greenlight, did it?

theuniversim.com

^ Not shitty

Alex M.

@GnomeSlice I don't think so

I think it got approved because of the hype

Icy Defiance

@Grey physx maybe?

Alex M.

I'm sure a million people bough it at release

Icy Defiance

just a way to use the GPU to calculate something other than graphics

Grey

@AlexM. hype is a dangerous thing.

but it's how most indie games do well.

GnomeSlice

6:50 PM

@AlexM. Valve saw a money machine.

Grey

Even if they are shallow as hek

Icy Defiance

that's how all games do well

Grey

That Frog Sord game that me and Spartan Donut were arguing about

is in fact DEAD

GnomeSlice

@Grey That game looks awesome... but it's dead

Sadly

Grey

It got Kickstarted too early

GnomeSlice

6:51 PM

HOWEVER

Grey

even one of the artists said that "It was just a platform engine with good art"

GnomeSlice

frogatto.com Is a game more people should play.

John McDonald

@Grey Really?

GnomeSlice

If it had come out on the SNES or something, people would still be talking about Frogatto today.

John McDonald

Hmm, that game always had a lot of activity on TIG

Grey

6:52 PM

forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=35723.645

@JohnmcDonald read from here and down

John McDonald

I wasn't terribly excited for N on steroids, but it was well made.

Alex M.

uh can anyone star the project highlight stuff

pwetty pwease

GnomeSlice

@AlexM. which thing

Grey

@AlexM. SRRY NOT ENOUGH POLISH

Alex M.

GD.SE's community project highlights: meta.gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/1576/…

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thx

GnomeSlice

6:53 PM

@AlexM. Here you go

Grey

ur welcome

Alex M.

<3

GnomeSlice

@AlexM. store.steampowered.com/app/236370

for the graphics whore in you

Alex M.

I'll try that once I get my GPU fixed

GnomeSlice

What's wrong with it?

Grey

6:54 PM

There's also

Alex M.

@GnomeSlice it's broken

Grey

There's also the tigsource develog magazine

GnomeSlice

beforegame.net

@AlexM. Oh.

Grey

I think it's supported by Venus Patrol

GnomeSlice

This is something I'm really annoyed that there has been no news on in a very long time: hitboxteam.com/mystery-and-mastery

Maybe they gave up on it

Grey

6:55 PM

Wow. They still haven't released it?

I remember hearing about it shortly after they released Dustforce(which has a great OST btw)

GnomeSlice

@Grey Yes. Yes it does.

@Grey No, they've barely posted any news on it.

Grey

It's our first day of livestreaming our development of Spire: http://www.twitch.tv/phrase_

Tweeted by hitboxteam on April 7, 2014 at 12:43 AM

GnomeSlice

@Grey WAIT WHAT

Grey

lmao

You should follow Terence Lee

One of the members of the hitbox team and who actually made this site I use for almost all of my screencaps

snag.gy

GnomeSlice

@Grey I follow him on bandcamp. He's Lifeformed, their music artist.

Does he do cool stuff on twitter?

Grey

6:58 PM

not really ;p

Icy Defiance

snag.gy doesn't work with hoverzoom very well, so I don't like it. >:(

GnomeSlice

I hit the follow limit a while ago, so I probably won't in that case.

Icy Defiance

gotta use imgur

Grey

THE FOLLOW LIMIT

GnomeSlice

puush.me > snaggy

@Grey 2,000

Grey

6:59 PM

I used to use a service that allowed 10mb gif uploads but the host couldn't afford it anymore so it's been taken down.

it was called gifti.me

I WILL MISS IT

GnomeSlice

I want the students making Outer Wilds to drop out of school and finish it

Grey

"drops out of school to finish Down"

GnomeSlice

If you guys haven't played that... you should check it out ^

Really unique experience.

Grey

What do you think about Night in the Woods?

GnomeSlice

@Grey Haven't seen any videos of it yet, but I'm interested in the art.

Really stylish

K you guys I'm gonna stop posting hundreds of games in here. Just the ones I think have wider appeal.

Grey

7:04 PM

good idea tho

grumpy cat follows my sister on twitter

this is insane

I need to organize my stuff so I can post on GD.SE community highlights

begins to organize stuff

Alex M.

@Grey post Down

Grey

@AlexM. v _ v

@AlexM. fo sho

Don't they have DNA tests that can clear that stuff up?

Alex M.

you first have to have intelligence

to understand DNA

ALSO

HOW CAN SHE GIVE BIRTH TO ANOTHER WOMAN'S CHILD

Grey

xD

Almo

I tried the PS3 CastleStorm demo

found it really boring :(

@AlexM. Implantation?

GnomeSlice

7:19 PM

@Almo It starts out kind of slow.

@AlexM. Maybe she's a surrogate mother?

But yeah, that's not the case.

lolololol

Almo

I didn't like the interface at all.

Grey

netstat command is amazing

Yo

Hey Noc

hey

7:28 PM

Anyone have any experience with building personal user calendars on a website

Icy Defiance

I've used the API for google calendar...

or tried anyway. but it wasn't an important thing, I was just messing around, so I gave up quickly

Noctrine

I need calendars for users for the thing I'm building. But I've never had to maintain multiple individual calendars for users on a site

Pip

@joapet99 Nice progress

hey Icy

Icy Defiance

sounds like a pain

Pip

you playing?

Icy Defiance

7:33 PM

was, but I'm leaving for class now

Pip

cya

joapet99

@Pip Yes. You know what you told me about making a new class for each operating system. I found a better way to do it another way

GnomeSlice

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That looks familiar! ;3

Lasse

First try rendering my voxels

Now some bug hunting

joapet99

@Lasse that looks really nice

it is so... 3D

Lasse

7:39 PM

It's also not what I wanted

Pip

@joapet99 how?

joapet99

look at the new commit

Pip

I know another way too

ah, kk

joapet99

talked to grey

Pip

I admit there is a better way, or maybe multiple ones :P

joapet99

7:41 PM

Yes, it was kind of horrible making a new class for each operating system version

Pip

yeah

you did pretty good :P

bbiab

joapet99

did you look at it?

Jon

@Grey cool game bro

joapet99

@Pip It should have been grey taking the honor since he came up with the better idea

Pip

lol

joapet99

7:44 PM

but I could have figured out something similar

@Pip Did you like the button system?

that one is just by me

Pip

yeah

but there is a better way, I will work on it a bit

joapet99

ok

feel free to change

@Pip can i change some of your code so that your computer generator implements operating systems?

Pip

go ahead

did you see the meeting hash and I had? check the doc if you didn't

joapet99

Yes

it was about code formating

right?

hasherr

Correct.

Coding standards and such

joapet99

7:49 PM

Yes

hasherr

@Pip Hey, should we post something on the highlights page about Malware Tycoon

Pip

sure

have a blast, and if I feel that anything else is needed, I'll edit and chip in.

Alex M.

@Noctrine sup

hasherr

@Pip Okay, I'll do it later. I have to prepare an image though, that could take some time.

Noctrine

tryiing to make a calendar

Alex M.

7:55 PM

it just occurred to me that Noctrine would be a great name for a company that deals with car stuff or with gasoline

hasherr

Noctrine Incorporated

A company you can truly trust.

Alex M.

the Noctrine tires.

now with 99% more tires.

Pip

@hasherr kk

Alex M.

or you know make it a gas company

and hire Rammstein to sing in an ad

and instead of "Benzin" they'll go "Noctrine"

hasherr

Hey Alex

Alex M.

7:56 PM

yo

John McDonald

@Noctrine You might look at jQueryUI for some useful date/time tools

hasherr

I keep forgetting to tell you

A few weeks ago we had a sub in class

and she was from Romenya

Alex M.

a substitute teacher?

hasherr

Yeah

Alex M.

whoa, was she hot?

hasherr

7:57 PM

Not really

6/10

Alex M.

she was probably not truly Romanian then

hasherr

Her accent was Romanian

Alex M.

what was her name?

hasherr

I didn't think humans could make that sound lol

Alex M.

lol

hasherr

7:58 PM

I don't remember, it was nearly a month ago

Pip

@IcyDefiance @Lasse 6 more diamonds!!!

hasherr

@AlexM. She was... not very smart.

Alex M.

yes that's sorta the issue with Romanian women

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