The most popular engines for indie games

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Some fantasy-like mushroom stuff, built in UE4 ! -Comments?

Posted: 09 Nov 2018 12:54 AM PST

https://reddit.com/link/9viwj3/video/lomcaasgr9x11/player

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Looking for help

Posted: 09 Nov 2018 11:49 AM PST

I am currently learning to improve my skills in c# so I can make a game with 2 other developers and we need some help for item suggestions etc, if anyone would be able to help us think of items or features to add in the game please join my server ( https://discord.gg/epYQEzS ), join the server if you want more info about what the game is about.

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How resources (gold, wood, ...) of players in travian-like-games are "controlled"?

Posted: 09 Nov 2018 11:22 AM PST

Lately I've been very interested in developing strategy games in browser like travian, ikarian, tribal wars ...

I have a little experience with the development of games in the desktop environment, and when I started thinking about the development in the web environment, I realized that there are many different details and doubts specific to the environment (security for example).

My question now is how the resources (gold, wood, ...) of players in games of this type are "controlled"?

So far I've been able to think in the following two ways (if you know other ways, I'll be immensely grateful to read).

1 .Cronjob

Use a cronjob or any other task scheduler on the server that updates player resources on database every minute.

PROS

Intuitive.
Easy to implement.

CONS

Costly and poorly optimized, because in addition to updating resources of players who are not online, would also be running every minute or hour, making a "heavy" process.

2 . Calculate when necessary

We store in the database a production/hour of gold for example and also the time of the last request of the player. When the player makes a new request, we calculate the gold produced as follows: (currentTime - lastReqTime) * production/hour

PROS

"Sounds like something smarter than the previous solution."

CONS

Complex to implement and validate more specific cases, for example if the player activated a gold production bonus while offline, how would be the previous equation?

I'm currently considering the second alternative better. I think might have to use a cronjob or another to handle some cases, but it's still better than having a process running things that are "unnecessary" (offline players)

Anyway, anyone knows any other alternative to this problem? Do you know how games work out?

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Trying to make a small 2D Android game for a project, what engine to use?

Posted: 09 Nov 2018 11:05 AM PST

Background: We're a 3-person team and we want to make an Android game. One of us knows C++ and Python pretty well, the other one knows C++ to a small degree, and I am absolutely crap at C++ (got plenty of tutorials to study though) and know a tiny bit of Python.

We want an engine that:

-(Preferably) supports C++

-Is not too heavy when making 2D games.

-Is good for 2D games.

Anybody got any suggestions?

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Steam bug could have given you access to all the CD keys of any game

Posted: 09 Nov 2018 10:55 AM PST

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GitHub - NVIDIAGameWorks/GettingStartedWithRTXRayTracing: Getting Started with RTX Ray Tracing

Posted: 09 Nov 2018 10:47 AM PST

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Can you avoid music copyright by modifying it?

Posted: 09 Nov 2018 10:37 AM PST

So, if someone modify the pitch of my music, or do the music 400% faster, reverse the music, etc... Will copyright, such as Creative Commons, notice it? I don't mean automatically notice it, I mean, if the creator of the music didn't got paid or the thing that he want and someone stole his music and changed the pitch, the autor can report the guy who stole the music? Also I'm talking about using that modified music in videogames, which can results in commercial games using non-commercial music.

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When's the right time to look for a team?

Posted: 09 Nov 2018 09:07 AM PST

Hi gamedev o/

If you're still learning game development and you're not particularly strong in any area (design, art, sound, programming, etc.), but you're interested in making games, when do you think its the right moment to start looking for someone to make games with? Should I keep practicing until i'm confident about my skill(s) or should I look for someone close to my skill level and practice with them? Thank you

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Making of Stronghold Crusader 2

Posted: 08 Nov 2018 09:54 PM PST

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2D Ragdoll Animation.

Posted: 09 Nov 2018 07:53 AM PST

Hi! Currently im making a 2D Platformer like-game in Unity, but, im a newbie and im unsure about something. Im trying to make the animations similar to the Plazma Burst 2's or Barotrauma's ones.

Is it possible to make animations that are not made by using external programs such as Spine or Anima2D?

Like, i need to make the limbs costumizable like you do in Barotrauma, so i can't make externalanimations for that, because i can't edit the limbs in-game or in the engine.

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How much it cost to have an artist make this kind of background?

Posted: 08 Nov 2018 07:26 PM PST

When making a 2D adventure game, how much would it cost to have this kind of background picture made:

http://steampunkopera.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dc12.jpg
https://wpblink.com/sites/default/files/wallpaper/sci-fi/73481/sci-fi-city-wallpapers-hd-73481-2510633.png

Or the pixel art kind:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5f/ee/8e/5fee8e4a9fea271529cfd8828dd990d5.gif
https://i.pinimg.com/474x/4d/61/d6/4d61d690bb91493aef943033635637d3--pixel-art-animation.jpg

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Intermediate FPS Controller | Unity 2018

Posted: 09 Nov 2018 06:58 AM PST

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Mobile Indie Spotlight Episode #3: Iron Snout – Provoking users to increase retention

Posted: 09 Nov 2018 06:47 AM PST