/agdg/ - Amateur Game Development General

Could you theoretically develop a game for an old system and use an old cartridge to play it?

>just finished a 2k line script
>going back and adding summaries to every method and making sure to comment non-obvious things

I just have a fear that i'll need to make adjustments 5 months down the road and completely forget what shit does

sure, that's fairly common
just google homebrew carts

Yes, it's been done many times.
see tanglewood

reaper is superior to lmms in every way for audio editing

elaborate
of course tbs is objectively better but I'm curious why you think rts is flawed.

>non-free

>not writing comments
>not creating class diagrams
>not having detailed descriptions of every feature

RTS is flawed because at any given point your success is not determined by your overarching strategy unless your actions per minute is equal to your opponent. RTS serves only to compare your performance to what a computer could do, and strategy and decision making plays very little role in it. some games contain more or less strategy and decision making, for example supreme commander is very much a game about strategy and decision making. starcraft is a game more about decision making than strategy. both games have the above flaw.

writing comments is bad practice. Just write good code.

why is it so popular I wonder
and why aren't there more competitive TPS?

doesn't matter how good code you write, you're not going to immediately digest complex nested logic. What could be 'good code' 5 months ago could be awful to your future self.

I do comment, though it's not much. thankfully VS has an extension where I can toggle to hide all comments so they're not in the way.

>not creating class diagrams
I don't think I've ever done this. Sounds like fun and a waste of time

Are there any shortcuts to doing animations in pixels? honestly fuck doing layer by layer

is it popular?

>popular

How do I make graphics?
I have experience with digital art but no experience making game assets.
What programs should I use?
I want my game to have 2d graphics and look like an illustration (like pic related) but I'm concerned about what different resolutions can do with the assets.

you get what you pay for ;)
true

>you get what you pay for ;)
There's a free game engine that is the best for 2D games.

I'm also confused about this pls respond to this user's post

>I want my game to look like pic related
fatal1ty_talks_about_the_importance_of_practice.mp4

how so? planning can save a ton of time.

UE4 doesn't support global variables, does it?
I know OOP is allergic to them but it would be incredibly useful if I could stick references to my character controller and game instance somewhere I could access them easily without needing to cast every time.

never listen to this nodev.

>writing comments is bad practice
There used to be a time when people like you would hang from trees.

If you take mecha as mechanical its quite a broad theme.

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ok why do you disagree with him and how are we suppsed to know you're a not a nodev too? replying with just "no u wrong" is kinda autistic

why the fuck did you guys remove the other engines from the OP

Here's Spaceship Crew Self Defense Simulator. Promising game and gets my idea guy juices flowing.
youtube.com/watch?v=pVrrk859fCM&list=PLQOFZ7Uvt6WxSzRyabBtUn3XFK7xHOdMk&index=3

FYI, pirating FL Studio is so popular that the chances of you installing malware in the process are pretty high.

glfaraday.itch.io/project-delta

Hitmarkers are scientifically proven to increase dopamine, ergo my game is now better.

samefag

Why are there no screenshots

Started on a new side project, I took my Swing For Love platformer i released here a while ago and added ability to attack. I dunno where to take this shit, any suggestions?

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I didn't feel like it.

yeah ok /b/fag im a samefag cos I'm questioning both comments and I don't just believe you lol

And I don't feel like downloading a game without screenshots.

which were removed?

why do you think games for retards like flappybird or minecraft where such huge successes? like what was the variable that clicked with the audience?

Fun

probably means shit like love

it's not like anybody ever used construct 2 and love

luck

minecraft or flappybird are the direct opposite of fun

>minecraft
indie gaming scene was new
>flappy bird
mobile gaming scene was new

flappybird is simple and challenging
minecraft is a well-made sandbox
they're totally different and appeal in different ways
the only thing they have in common is

Accessibility and simplification of mechanics. There were about 10 other games similar to minecraft before minecraft but were too much of a timesink with high learning curves.

Flappybird and all other mobile shit have no bearing on whether theyre good. Its literally if it gets word of mouth by normies because they have to stay on the current fad.

Minecraft actually filled a niche that was lacking. Albeit one Notch just stole and slightly polished.

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then add stuff like libgdx

no dev

insightful no dev that puts thought into games

dev

butthurt person that might be a dev

flappybird was a meme game. minecraft is a genuinely compelling idea. it's basically legos.

>tfw I have no desire to make photo realistic games
It looks cool, but I don't think I'll be using any of that fancy stuff.

Where is your game?

the average IQ is 100, half of them are even dumber

if you want your game to be popular, make it for retards

Flappybird was viral shit.

Minecraft exploded thanks to the mod community. Sandbox games and modding go hand and hand.

It wasn't some brilliantly designed game either. Early Minecraft was slow as balls. Most of the optimizations and speed improvements did not come from Notch, but rather the team that took over.

Maybe if you have no friends to play with you

I think I'm gonna stick to flat movement

Im not butthurt at all for either.
Cant be jealous of someone else in a capitalist world. Just stating facts m80, unless youd like to disagree.

you don't even need friends. most of my fun came from playing alone.

something in me wants to enjoy it again, but everytime I think of minecraft, I think of 12 year olds and bronies.

literally any game is fun with friends

Hey, I'm the one that made this game. Thanks for making this video! Watching it now.

What does the average IQ being 100 have anything to do with it? I mean that's literally how IQ is defined so of course the average IQ is 100. You might as well be saying "The average IQ is the average IQ"

>dash doesn't continue if you dash into a ramp
you had 1 job

you better do my game man

You are one of those devs who get excited about their new project, keep consistently posting progress for a few days and ultimately are never to be seen again

well my friend, you see, you're gonna make a really popular game no matter what you do so feel free to forget what I said

You're too stupid to understand how IQ is measured and even more stupid cos you misunderstood the logic behind that user's post so now you're trying to play it with a smug shitpost

come one dude how old are you

not him but what makes you say that?

True, and I'm not gonna bother. I'm keeping to flat platforms so a flat dash is okay
Probably, yeah

I need feedback on the latest build. Bully me if you have to

See

Based french devs

If you don't care about your game enough to put screenshots then why would anyone bother.

>no screenshots
>namefag
no ty

Your law is stupid

takes one to know one

>no screenshots
So, your game doesn't even exist? Why would I download this virus?

>imagine being this autistic

the point was obviously that the average person is dumb and half of them are dumber and you're arguing some inane semantics instead

great fucking job dumb namefag animeposter

Cool Minecraft clone but where are the voxels

>namefagging
>no screenshots
>anime
Yeah, I have to.

No bully

I actually idea-guy'd a bunch of ideas for your game and wrote them down. Message me on Myspace if you want the details.

I'll consider it. What are you threatening me with?

>spent the whole day playing music
D E D I C A T I O N
but in the wrong field

It's not out. And I'll have to agree with Although it is a nice feature to have.

Who is the most skilled 1MA in the industry right now?

>inb4 googem

ZUN

Banished dev

me

starjew valley guy

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