Talking 'bout that game development!

Karasu

shane Oh wow, that is pretty terrible to hear (but also not completely surprising somehow, haha). I had pretty much written Godot off at different points, but yeah, I think this makes it final. Thank you again for the information!

And yeah, the idea that they can’t provide ports is totally garbage! But again, it’s not that surprising– it’s as though they learned from the unbelievably predatory ecosystem that’s developed around mobile app porting/localization/monetization services or something. It’s extra gross to have it foisted on you by the folks who make the engine you’re using.

And I mean this is all some real yacht-whining on my part, given how like 25 years ago the idea of porting a game to multiple consoles would have meant just writing it over from the ground up.

hellojed

Karasu And I mean this is all some real yacht-whining on my part, given how like 25 years ago the idea of porting a game to multiple consoles would have meant just writing it over from the ground up.

this always terrified me to read in hindsight.

shane

Karasu If you joined the discord for Luxe and mentioned how you’re working on something and interested in using Luxe it might speed up your access. From what I understand access is given to those who are making the most effort to show they are interested and have enough experience to work in the engine. Just because a lot of people have filled in the form.

If you’re too far into it with Unity though don’t worry about it!

bankbank

for those interested in NES/FC dev, there’s a really cool web interface for coding games in both ASM and C (!)
check out this example in C: https://8bitworkshop.com/v3.9.0/?file=climber.c&platform=nes#

treefroggy

Had an idea this morning at church:

The game is called Dead Reckoning
The game has no GUI or maps or tooltips and doesn’t tell you the controls and you have to find you way to your cousin’s house with no phone
Also you don’t know what time it is and have to guess bud schedules

MSGhero

treefroggy like Minit “keep iterating and you’ll get there” or more procgen survival?

treefroggy

MSGhero just thinking of what a game called Dead Reckoning would be like
I have real good dead reckoning myself, good spatial / time awareness

Sredna14

Hello! I am developing a Game Boy Color game called Tomte Trouble and am sharing a demo of it with the friends of Insert Credit. It is a single-screen platformer with 10 levels at this time.

This is my first personal game project I have worked on outside of interactive fiction, so I would appreciate any suggestions on the design, art, or anything else.

I shared this recently with some family and friends and included the following play test guide to help explain the game and setting up an emulator:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CtUdt9ZSdGu-P9CtM4LyWfSz-PvjWBvoB5DvcdYGZmM/edit

This document also includes the ROM and a survey if you have the time to fill it out. Thanks!

P.S. I hope this is an okay thread for this, as I made a previous comment on this thread but deleted it and decided why not here. I am not usually one to self promote but I feel I am comfortable enough on these forums to share something I am genuinely hoping to improve. Please let me know if I should toss it somewhere else.

Chopemon

Sredna14 wow, that’s very cool. Going to try putting it on my flashcart to give it a go on hardware.

Sredna14

Chopemon Thank you! Yeah please let me know how that goes, I’ve tested it on a few flash carts but always helpful to hear from another player’s experience.

Syzygy

8BitDo SN30 gamepads, USB wired for $24 at Bestbuy. I’m putting it here because that’s not exactly cheapskate price, but a good deal for game devs who might want extra controllers for demo stations / testing.

Chopemon

Sredna14 Played it, enjoyed it and filled out the survey! Well done on making something within the limitations of an old system. I had fun!

bankbank

so you know how 8-bit and 16-bit consoles all rely heavily on 8×8 tiles for graphics that aren’t sprites, right?
well I had the idea to do a new MD puzzle game that doesn’t use 8×8 tiles (dr. mario) nor does it use 16×16 tiles (puyo puyo) - it uses 12×12 tiles. and boy howdy is it complicated as fuck to draw the screen using 12×12 tiles! but the challenge is fun and rewarding.

Dunkr

I don’t have time to do a game jam right now but I saw the gmtk jam just started and the theme is “roll of the dice”. This is a good opportunity for me to quickly get an old idea out of my system. Originally I wanted to make it 3d printed object but that’s a lot of work. For now I just want to make it a little browser thing. More of a D6 than a game but it’s compatible with a bunch of games! You load the itch.io page and one of these images will randomly appear. Better quality or different images if I can find them but that’s it!

Any opinions about my controller choices? I want them to be different manufacturers. 5 is Mortal Kombat but could also be a guitar hero controller. 3 would have been the original Genesis controller but you can see the start button which could be confusing. 1 is Space Invaders but there’s probably a few more options there. Also, if anyone here wants to flesh this out into something more game-like you are welcome.

Dunkr

Best version of this would use nicely shot video and do a crash zoom into the buttons. Also needs an appropriate sound effect for each system. You’d also be able to reroll by clicking on the buttons.

Dunkr

It works!
https://duncan.itch.io/controller

Dunkr

I didn’t have time for any sound or animation (or a game) but I found a bunch more images and submitted it to the jam.

saddleblasters

Dunkr I’m glad you posted the original version right at the beginning of the jam, because I used it to convince my friend who was reluctant about participating to at least try something similarly small. Though what his project became turned out to be not small at all. He did all this neat 3D stuff (unfortunately he didn’t have enough time to get anywhere near finishing it): https://sonny369.itch.io/unfinished-dice-game

Here is my own extremely dumb entry, based on a pun that, like, 20 other people also used for the name of their games: https://saddleblasters.itch.io/role-of-the-dice. I don’t really like or relate to dice at all, so I was clueless for the first 3 or so hours after the theme was announced. I ended up combining all the random sketches I made while brainstorming into one not-very-coherent form.

Dunkr

saddleblasters

One thing I’m surprised about looking through entries for that jam is very few (if any?) people went for a Squid Game/Liar Game-esque “death games” premise. That was one of my first thoughts on seeing the theme, but I didn’t pursue it any farther because I figured it was too obvious, and given how big Squid Game was, I was sure that would be one of the dominant themes/genres in the entries. Instead there’s just a bunch of dice-based puzzles and games based on rpg/tabletop aesthetics. So now I’m a little disappointed I didn’t go in the death games direction! I feel like I might have been able to make something a little more immediately understandable.

Dunkr

saddleblasters I never saw Squid Game but from a quick scroll through the submissions I agree about the aesthetics of a lot of the games being similar. It’s such a vague theme which could basically mean randomness but the majority (including me I guess) seem to have taken very literally.

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