- Hi Everyone! I recorded over 5GB of intense protest & demonstration sounds in Hong Kong & if you work on a project that requires these sounds you are most welcome to use them because sounds like this will always be free available on my site..
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- Students: From university to launching on Switch
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- Hi everyone, I'm starting a new series on my channel about creating mini-tutorials about famous cool game mechanics like enemies - player controls or just some really awesome game systems. I need your help and suggestions about what is your favorite mechanics that you like to see a tutorial on.
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| Students: From university to launching on Switch Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:09 AM PST hey r/gamedev! For all the students browsing this sub, I wanted to show you guys how our student project turned from a weird prototype to something actual releasing on the Switch! It was the first time for us as a team working together, so I wanted to share our journey briefly with you guys, as these stories always feel inspiring for myself to read. The game is about being a jumping and flying through the air as a hat. It's called "Chapeau" and is a frantic multiplayer party game focusing on couch-coop. In different modes you fly and jump on peoples hats to score points. The idea came when we were out drinking on karaoke night, let that be a lesson to you that Karaoke is not all bad. The first prototype was created in about 2 weeks, the controls were absolutely horrible and we realized how hard it would be to create fast-paced 3D movement because the control of the camera in all axis is insanely important. We did get rid of the weird moaning and the backstory of the hats being aliens after that, people were not ready for such a deep story ;P But friends and professors told us that it has potential and the feeling of soaring over the heads of people is something fun and new, so we doubled down on that. One of the biggest issues we had to tackle for a multiplayer game was player interaction. The miniature Vienna map you can see in the video above was great to explore, but terrible for people to actually interact with eachother. So for the next steps we created a bunch of smaller maps and tried different modes of play that force people to a location, like the floor is lava! Here's some early footage of the floor is lava mode With rising lava levels, people were forced to interact and battle eachother once most of the playspace sunk in the lava. In other modes we tried to focus people on specific special humans to find, to get them to one place. Similiar to our inspirations like Mario Kart, we wanted to add items you can pick up that help you with your battle. In the meantime we also created many hats, and recreated special places of our hometowns in Austria as playable maps. It was also at this time that we started going to conventions to show the game off more and gather feedback outside of our little university bubble. One event that I can't recommend enough is Reboot Blue in Croatia. It's an insanely fun event, with great guest speakers and many indie devs showing off their games. In Europe their are a few smaller to medium sized conventions that are not too expensive to go to and help a lot in outreach and feedback. Here's a short clip from Reboot Blue 2019 To be honest all the travelling and the press attention we started getting was a bit overwhelming for our first game. But while the schedule can be tiring and a bit stressful, showing a multiplayer game like Chapeau at events is really fun! From the beginning people told us that the game looks like a Switch game, but we didn't think it would be possible for us to pull off a Switch port for our little game, however we managed to get in contact with Nintendo and worked on a dedicated Switch version over the last few months. With the Switch Nintendo really opened up their platform for really small indie teams such as ours, which is really amazing. Porting a game is still a lot of work, especially as conventions and technical specs are way stricter on a console platform than just releasing on Steam. A lot of work that comes with porting a game is a bit hidden. At first it's optimizing the game so that it runs well, which wasn't that easy for a game with a 4 player splitscreen (and now we realized why probably nobody makes 4 player splitscreen games anymore ;P). But also using the gyro controls for single joycon controls and making sure the console knows which controller you are using at all times was a bit tricky, something you don't really think about when using the Switch yourself. Here's a last clip to show you how the game looks now From art perspective the light has changed a lot over the years, which had style, but also many performance reasons. So that's a little recap story of the creation of Chapeau, if you want to see the Switch Announcement Trailer, you can do so here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXoZvFW8XQw If you are thinking about making a game, are making one or consider studying games and have any questions for me just let me know! Would be happy to help out with all we know, just like the other indies that inspired us :) Hats off to you, hope I was able to inspire some of you guys to keep making games! Mat [link] [comments]  | ||
| [C#] [Unity] What are the things I could do to understand Unity better? Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:02 AM PST I'll get to the point where I know, I will get told that I should just keep watching tutorials, make games and all that stuff, but I really need to ask stuff that I don't really see much with tutorials/didn't make sense to me. How do you 'properly' structure your code with Unity? - Knowing that is is component-based, but like... still apply OOP. I'm really confused as of how would I do stuff. And then there's ScriptableObjects that I'm still trying to get hang of. The DontDestroyOnLoad function - so, if you want to change scenes and not delete an object from the previous one, you would put this in the script of the said object. But with this however, when you move back from scene-to-scene, it duplicates itself, causing you to write a function that deletes the 'instantiated' object (i hope i explained this right). Is there another way to do this with objects staying at scenes? But in general, is there other ways to understand Unity? Any books to recommend? Practices I should do? Thank you! :) [link] [comments]  | ||
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| So, I analyzed game pricing to help my fellow devs determine their prices... Posted: 13 Feb 2020 07:07 AM PST
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| Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:14 AM PST I'm not really trying to learn a skill, I just feel like I'd like to know more about influential people in the field of CS and Game Design, about the origin of Open Source , history of video game dev, etc. In terms of experience, I'm a 4th year in college who's been making Unity games for 5 years. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Making a tutorial about how to make Playstation 1 games. Just released the fifth video. Posted: 12 Feb 2020 01:56 PM PST For anybody interested, we are going to make a simple Playstation 1 game in this series. In the first episode we compiled some sample code. In the second episode we built a loop counter program from scratch. In the third episode, we drew some shapes and made them move using the PS1 controller. In the fourth episode we burned our game to an actual CD and tested it on a real Playstation. In this episode, we are drawing sprites. Enjoy! [link] [comments]  | ||
| Is this game idea feasible for a game development beginner? Posted: 13 Feb 2020 04:47 AM PST I want to learn game development. I've chosen to learn Unity simply because I'm much more skilled in c# than for example c++ or blueprints which unreal would use. My programming skills are at a good level from previous stuff I did, mainly mobile app development. I started a beginner tutorial from the unity webpage to learn the fundamentals, after that I want to start my first little project for fun, obviously without any intentions to make revenue from it. My idea was basically a 3D arcade style space fighter with a first person view from the cockpit, avoiding asteroids and fighting enemies. Ideally I'd want the levels to be generated procedurally rather than modeled by hand to increase the fun in replaying the game. Is this idea out of scope for a beginner? My modeling and animation skills in blender are quite good, so doing the assets shouldn't be that much of a problem. Any tips to increase the chance of succeeding and what are good platforms the release the game afterwards to get feedback? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:00 AM PST Hey! Situation is as follows - I did approach [unsuccessfully] a quite a freaking large number of publishers. Via e-mails. With prototype. How big is the chance, that now, when I will have full fledged amazing demo on my hands, that my name and the name of the game is in some sort of a black list of theirs? Or is it just a myth? Should I use different email? Should I change the name of the game? Should I sacrifice a goat? [link] [comments]  | ||
| How is a story implemented in a game? Posted: 13 Feb 2020 08:39 AM PST Every time I play/watch games with storylines, I am lost as to how they did it. I know it is complex but what is the basics to program this? Most game engine make you type code that runs at every tick. I don't want my story event to run always. I figured I make an integer variable called storySequence and increment it to represent story progress and each event that happens in my game is an integer value. Then check e.g if storySequence == 1, then npc should move to a point, storySequence == 2, npc should say something etc. But I see this as a bit tedious and frustrating in the long run. Most tutorials I have watched don't cover this topic. So I like to know how people do it. At least for a quick intro to the game [link] [comments]  | ||
| How easy is it for solo developers to sign with a publisher? Posted: 13 Feb 2020 07:43 AM PST You would think that most publishers wouldn't see a pitch from one guy and go "okay here's $100k to live on for the next couple years until it's done. hopefully you can make something good enough to make our money back" but I've seen it happen. I know a good amount of Devolver games were made by 1 or 2 people. Are they just crazy generous to indies if they like a prototype enough? [link] [comments]  | ||
| How To Make Easy Tileable Texture in Photoshop (No Art Skill Required) Posted: 13 Feb 2020 11:09 AM PST
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| should background music ever stand out? Posted: 13 Feb 2020 03:06 AM PST It seems like common opinion that background music should only ever stay in the background, and set the tone and mood of the scene. Are there any examples of background music that stand out, while still representing good design? Also, any recommendations for games that have really good sound design (non-ambient based)? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Blender 2.8 Hair Beginner Tutorial Posted: 12 Feb 2020 09:28 PM PST
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| ScreenPointToRay and Raycasting - Mouse to World Space - Unity 3D Posted: 13 Feb 2020 10:27 AM PST
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| Price Comparison: Unity 3D and Unreal Engine 4 Posted: 13 Feb 2020 10:10 AM PST There seems to be some confusion about the Pricing and Costs associated with Unity and UE4. This is a basic comparison of the two, as per research and talking with Reps from both engines. There are very different costs associated with each Engine. UNITY 3D: Personal - Free to use - Restricted to use Unity splashscreen. Revenue or funding is less than $100K in the last 12 months. Plus - $40 per month/ $480 per year - Splash screen customization. Revenue or funding less than $200K in the last 12 months. Do not need to give Unity a credit. Pro - (Plus Features +) Required if revenue or funding is greater than $200K in the last 12 months. Do not need to give Unity a credit. Unreal Engine 4: Free to use - Revenue or funding less than $3,000 Per Quarter (3 Months)). 5% of ALL revenue (Above $3,000 Per Quarter (3 Months)). Must give UE4 a credit within your Title. Unity - Unity has what they call SEATS. It just means 1 person. The Subscription price for Unity, above/below, assumes there is only 1 seat (1 person) creating the game. You can create as many games (TITLES) as you like. Still waiting on Unity Rep to confirm or deny this. But, if 1 game title makes at or above the threshold for a subscription, you must upgrade to that subscription. EXAMPLE: You have created 3 game titles and released each one with a Personal subscription. The first 2 games both make under $100,000. The 3rd game makes over $100,00. You must upgrade from the Personal subscription to the Plus subscription. One of the first 2 games suddenly makes over $200,00. Again, you will need to upgrade, from Plus to Pro. UE4: Does not have SEATS. But, the 5% is based on a Per Title revenue. EXAMPLE: You create 3 game titles and released each one. Two of the 3 titles makes above $3,000 per quarter. You pay 5% for the 1st title, and another 5% for the 2nd title. Another thing to look at: UE4 defines Revenue as any money derives from your game. EXAMPLE : You create a blockbuster game. So many people are playing it that you decide to create a line of toys and T-shirts. UE4 adds the revenue made from those toys and T-shirts to revenue made from the actual game. Your game makes $1,000,000 per year. Toys and T-shirts brings in an extra $500,000. You will pay the 5% royalty on $1,500,000. I'm not sure if Unity includes revenue beyond the actual game. Still waiting on Unity Rep to confirm or deny this. Price Comparison UNITY (Per Year) PERSONAL - Free Revenue: $50,000 = Costs: $0 PLUS - $480 / $399 (Monthly Sub / Yearly Sub) Revenue: $100,000 = $480 / $399 PRO - $1,800 (No savings for Yearly Sub) Revenue: $200,000 = $1,800 Revenue: $500,000 = $1,800 UE4 (Per Title) Revenue: $50,000 = Costs: $2,500 Revenue: $100,000 = Costs:$5,000 Revenue: $500,000 = Costs: $25,000 Someone commented in a previous post that UE4 will not take the 5% royalty on the initial $3,000 Per Quarter. I have not been able to confirm or deny this through research or contacting EPIC. If anyone has Real World experience with Unity and/or UE4 in regards to pricing, please comment. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Understanding Velocity Acceleration Force - Buildbox/Unity Demonstration Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:57 AM PST
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| Speed-bumps to accessing a game's assets. Good idea? Posted: 13 Feb 2020 09:08 AM PST I'm working on a single player game. The game's assets (maps, music, save data) are all currently stored on disk in the clear. I have no issue with players modifying these assets for their own amusement; in fact I think mods and hacking are very cool. I'm concerned that making assets too easily accessible will encourage piracy and knock-offs. There's no way to prevent these things completely, but I'm wondering if it's a good idea to put in "speed bumps" such as encryption or converting assets to a binary format. How do most game devs handle their assets? Are "speed bumps" effective, or do they only frustrate honest players? EDIT: To clarify, This is more of an opinion question than a technical one. I'm thinking of five different groups of people:
Groups 4 and 5 are the issue. 5 can't be reasonably stopped without a lot of cumbersome security measures which affect the experience of casuals, group 1. 4 can be stopped, but doing so also blocks group 2, friendly modders. Is it worth stopping group 4 (unskilled pirates) at the expense of group 2 (unskilled modders)? [link] [comments]  | ||
| 50 copies of $50 Unity/Playmaker textbooks for FREE! Posted: 13 Feb 2020 11:57 AM PST Currently my publisher is selling my textbook, No-Code Video Game Development Using Unity and Playmaker for $50.36. That seems a bit steep to me. Last year, ebook rights reverted to me and so now I'm giving away 50 copies for free. All the accompanying Project art assets too. If you want a physical copy, DM me, I probably have a couple laying around if you want to pay shipping. https://nickelcitypixels.com/product/free-no-code-video-game-development-using-unity-and-playmaker/ If you pick one up and put it to use, please keep in touch. I'd love to hear about your experience and what you created as a result! [link] [comments]  | ||
| Unity Unit Testing Via Azure Pipelines Posted: 13 Feb 2020 11:50 AM PST
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| Posted: 13 Feb 2020 11:45 AM PST Hi everyone, I really want to start with game dev. But don't know how does anyone have any ideas on how i can start Thanks already [link] [comments]  | ||
| Tower Defense 2D projectile calculations Help Posted: 13 Feb 2020 11:44 AM PST Hi everyone, While I may not be directly into game development I enjoy writing games in my freetime and have been trying to think of a solution to a previous program I made. I was wondering on how to improve my aiming for towers in my tower defense game. I plan on rewriting the code again by scratch(in Java, as I haven't picked up an engine yet). My previous game had a basic lives, currency, tile, enemy pathing, and a buy, seeking projectiles, and upgrade system for towers, but was badly optimized. Last time I made a tower defense game I use a simple comparison to X,Y of the projectile to the target enemy to make the projectile chase the target and hit them. It felt cheesy and would rather not have the projectiles appear "heat seeking" and instead have the projectile aimed ahead of time. I'm assuming it would be requiring cos & sin for calculations in some manner for angles. I was also wondering if there was a solution to making the projectiles hitting enemy check not run through the whole projectiles array and enemies array with a double nested for loop. If you have any suggestions to go along with fixing this ideas or how to make redeveloping the game better/easier, please post them below. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Real-Time Synthesis and Audio Visualization in Unreal Engine 4 - Portland, OR tonight! Posted: 13 Feb 2020 11:21 AM PST
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