Simply amazing! But you know that already.
That last cockpit... I love it! Where is it from?
And many thanks - always happy to hear it works in the end, it helps a lot :-D
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GAF Indie Game Development Thread 2: High Res Work for Low Res Pay
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That last cockpit... I love it! Where is it from?
And many thanks - always happy to hear it works in the end, it helps a lot :-D
LordRaptor
Member
yeah, I probably will
MikeHaggar
Member
Can anyone recommend a pixel artist for hire? It's a paid gig and will take several months. Just want someone who is a strong animator, good communicator, and responsive. Feel free to reply here or pm me. Thanks!
Week over, finally! Time to Persona! :-D
Looking great, the hair has especially nice weight! Reminds me of how fluidly Conker's tail moved in Bad Fur Day.
RelentlessRolento
Member
Did a search and maybe this helps?
https://forum.unity3d.com/threads/best-pixel-art-communities-forums.447352/
I'm strongly considering as my project to learn and get from GameMaker 1 to GameMaker 2, to make a TCG in the vein of SNK vs Capcom: Cardfighters Clash's rules, but planning to blend in some new and different rules...
I've never programmed a card game but I'm intrigued at trying.
Won't be a pixel game but more along the lines of vector stuff I've been working on:
ThatStupidLion
Gold Member
hey all - I'm a 3d animator professionally and dabbled in teaching myself static pixel art a few years ago. was wondering what software you devs use for pixel/sprite art and animation....im looking at Aseprite right now...any other advice and tips?
I have Photoshop, but i don't know how conducive that is strictly for game dev/art
I have Photoshop, but i don't know how conducive that is strictly for game dev/art
RelentlessRolento
Member
Supposedly the new sprite editor in GameMaker 2 is pretty great but I don't do pixel art enough to know.
Wish I had known about this beforehand :/ My nearby school has really been slacking off when it comes to game jams in recent times, and I don't have my dev team ready for this. I'm still gonna be working from home on my dev courses all weekend though.
I bought two new game courses on Udemy yesterday, 20 euros
One for newbies to Blender, and one on how to get a game dev job :lol All from the same guy, Ben Tristem. Seems legit, his Unity and Unreal courses have been excellent.Maybe this weekend is when all my Skyrim talk gets put into action?!
Dlink16
Member
Aseprite is a really good option. Pyxel Edit is also not bad as you can see the whole sprite sheet as you're working. However, it can be a bit of a headache when you need to add new frames in.
oxrock
Gravity is a myth, the Earth SUCKS!
I'm honestly not 100% sure whether I'll participate in this Ludam dare or not. It will probably depend a lot on what theme gets picked and if I get inspired during my brainstorming session. I kind of want to do the compo and not the jam since I'm just doing everything myself anyway, but then you have to create all the assets within 48 hours as well. Seems like a tall order. Might end up with "the incredible box man in box world" platformer, haha. We'll see I guess.
shysaursoft
Member
(edit: oops, beaten)
LordRaptor
Member
I usually spend day 1 doing the actual game stuff - and always try to make it an actual game, so theres some sort of fail condition / restart option - using dummy files / unity primitives, and day 2 making and plugging in assets, which is why I fairly often have no music, because thats a big old time sink
oxrock
Gravity is a myth, the Earth SUCKS!
Could just use a random music generator though, it's a bit of a cop-out but better than nothing I would think.
I haven't participated in the last few Ludum Dare events, but something that seemed good I did at least once was a basic feature set list, like:
Feature Set A
* Level on screen
* Box person on screen
* Box person can run
* Box person can jump
Feature Set B
* Box enemies on screen
* Box enemies can shoot
* Box person can shoot
Feature Set C
* Art for player
* Art for enemies
Feature Set D
* Main menu theme
* Ingame theme
Feature Set D
* Victory theme
* Defeat theme
It doesn't take long at all to write out a rough plan like that, and you can modify it as you go along. The key thing is that you break it into manageable chunks, so if you ever run out of time you still have a working THING at one of those levels, and you're working on the most important stuff at any given time.
Feature Set A
* Level on screen
* Box person on screen
* Box person can run
* Box person can jump
Feature Set B
* Box enemies on screen
* Box enemies can shoot
* Box person can shoot
Feature Set C
* Art for player
* Art for enemies
Feature Set D
* Main menu theme
* Ingame theme
Feature Set D
* Victory theme
* Defeat theme
It doesn't take long at all to write out a rough plan like that, and you can modify it as you go along. The key thing is that you break it into manageable chunks, so if you ever run out of time you still have a working THING at one of those levels, and you're working on the most important stuff at any given time.
Week over, finally! Time to Persona! :-D
Wow, this is so pretty! Is than an attack frisbee she has on her hip? 😅
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Week over, finally! Time to Persona! :-D
Beautiful like always Pehesse!
LordRaptor
Member
I don't know any - depending on whatever aesthetic im going with, I usually use LMMS, bosca ceoil or beepbox.
Sound effects are a bigger 'bang for buck' than music, imo - its very rare I don't at least get a few explosion SFX or whatever in, they make a much bigger impact.
This is pretty much what I do, but things like music or a title screen are in the 'nice, but not essential' category
timetokill
Banned
I'm so fuckin' sick and tired of the Photoshop. xD
Aww, dang! I was hoping for an actual TIE-fighter fan-sequel :-D Still, fantastic looking, many thanks for the ref!
I should definitely go back and take a closer look at it for reference, it was indeed a sight to behold, and I haven't played it for far too long!
Thanks :-D And basically, yeah! It's what she uses for her throw attacks, which aren't the most useful thing in her arsenal (because of big spiky mace :-D) but situationally handy :-D
that looks super
Thanks a lot you all, especially after you post some amazing stuff :-D
CertifiedFP
Member
Hmm, told myself to stop doing videos and just focus on programming, but eh, felt like this one /w some slight UI progress and the first signs of active-abilities for Kaufman. Also, a slight preview of Kaufman's new sprite (Currently just in the idle/unarmed stance) by Carrill Munnings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeCS4LFqGtI
Would have had a lot more to show, but other work has kept me too busy to truly work on this as much as I'd like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeCS4LFqGtI
Would have had a lot more to show, but other work has kept me too busy to truly work on this as much as I'd like.
Hey everyone! I've been lurking for a while, and I hope to have something to show sometime in the future. Thank you so much for the introduction post, it's a huge help.
I hope this is okay to ask... Would any dev be willing to answer a few questions about their work through PMs/e-mail? Preferably someone with at least one commercial game out (or well under way). I need to interview some people for a university project. I'd be reeeally grateful for any help.
There's no pressure or anything, it'll just be about some choices you've made, difficulties you've had to overcome, etc.
Could be in English or in French (since that's my native language). Anyone interested?
EDIT: Got some help, thanks!
I hope this is okay to ask... Would any dev be willing to answer a few questions about their work through PMs/e-mail? Preferably someone with at least one commercial game out (or well under way). I need to interview some people for a university project. I'd be reeeally grateful for any help.
There's no pressure or anything, it'll just be about some choices you've made, difficulties you've had to overcome, etc.
Could be in English or in French (since that's my native language). Anyone interested?
EDIT: Got some help, thanks!
Welcome at the EXNO Research facility!
Today we are proud showing our first highspeed prototype craft, Onxe, which
will guide us in gaining a deeper understanding of the transcendental state of
mind by operating the craft and your mind at the utmost limits!
Over the next months we will give out some opportunities to become a
test-pilot at EXNO Research. You better get ready!
Today we are proud showing our first highspeed prototype craft, Onxe, which
will guide us in gaining a deeper understanding of the transcendental state of
mind by operating the craft and your mind at the utmost limits!
Over the next months we will give out some opportunities to become a
test-pilot at EXNO Research. You better get ready!
Welcome at the EXNO Research facility!
Today we are proud showing our first highspeed prototype craft, Onxe, which
will guide us in gaining a deeper understanding of the transcendental state of
mind by operating the craft and your mind at the utmost limits!
Over the next months we will give out some opportunities to become a
test-pilot at EXNO Research. You better get ready!
I'm ready!
Welcome at the EXNO Research facility!
Today we are proud showing our first highspeed prototype craft, Onxe, which
will guide us in gaining a deeper understanding of the transcendental state of
mind by operating the craft and your mind at the utmost limits!
Over the next months we will give out some opportunities to become a
test-pilot at EXNO Research. You better get ready!
READY!
CertifiedFP
Member
BTW, anyone have advice on sourcing sounds and such? The silence in REDFOXES is starting to get a bit old and I'm going to need to give it audio eventually.
Like, any good databases of footsteps, gunshot noises, and other SFX I can use?
Like, any good databases of footsteps, gunshot noises, and other SFX I can use?
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Welcome at the EXNO Research facility!
Today we are proud showing our first highspeed prototype craft, Onxe, which
will guide us in gaining a deeper understanding of the transcendental state of
mind by operating the craft and your mind at the utmost limits!
Over the next months we will give out some opportunities to become a
test-pilot at EXNO Research. You better get ready!
Dude this is exciting! Can't wait =D
CertifiedFP
Member
GameSounds.xyz - The massive collection Minamu mentions is here (The Soniss GDC bundles)
Also:
SFXR
Freesound
Chronospherics
Member
How's it coming along? Didn't get a PM from you but no worries.
Here's some UX commentary on Flinthook, for reference. I just write about the gameplay here, but do of course, cover game interfaces and their interactions with gameplay too.
Offer to look at your games UX is still open to anyone. Might not include animations like that one above though, because it was a pain in the ass (photoshop + gif editing actually somehow eats 8gb of ram). Probably just a PDF or forum post with a number of key issues.
Only worthwhile if you want to think a little bit more about usability, or want to ship a real game. Happy to help anyone here that might want it.
shysaursoft
Member
I'm tempted, but with the game done (and it being my first real game), I'm a little hesitant because I don't want to crush my spirit just yet. Every time I play it, I see about a hundred things I could fix or improve had I the time or ability, so I have to sooth the nerves by basically going "done is better than perfect", and hoping I do better on the next game.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Does your offer also hold for games that are not close to completion? I am working on a game right now that is still looking at ~8 months of development, but I feel it would be great to have some early feedback on usability of the game, based on a one (out of nine) level demo.
Chronospherics
Member
Generally speaking the sooner you integrate UX practices into your production pipeline, the better it will be. Obviously I'm only talking about helping you with an expert analysis style of thing, but a lot of big devs are looking at UX and conducting as early as the conceptual stages (with artwork and stuff).
The sooner you get UX feedback, the more of a postive impact it can have on your game.
So yes, so long as it will run I'd be happy to. Something to also bear in mind though, is that UX analysis is not quality assurance, so I'll ignore anything that clearly isn't working as intended.
We've been preparing our first patch for The Wild Eternal this week. Some bug fixes, polish, and a post-credit puzzle. It's been interesting listening to what our players have liked and want more of.
Also playing around with some of our effects a bit while brainstorming easter eggs and things.
Also playing around with some of our effects a bit while brainstorming easter eggs and things.
We've been preparing our first patch for The Wild Eternal this week. Some bug fixes, polish, and a post-credit puzzle. It's been interesting listening to what our players have liked and want more of.
Also playing around with some of our effects a bit while brainstorming easter eggs and things.
Whoa, that looks neat. I'll have to go check it out
Welcome at the EXNO Research facility!
Today we are proud showing our first highspeed prototype craft, Onxe, which
will guide us in gaining a deeper understanding of the transcendental state of
mind by operating the craft and your mind at the utmost limits!
Over the next months we will give out some opportunities to become a
test-pilot at EXNO Research. You better get ready!
Yay! I've been waiting for all this tech to turn into a game. It's been exciting to follow your progress ♥
timetokill
Banned
Wait missile is actually making a game?!?!
Cool!
Cool!
Something that seems to be the case for UX problems we uncover in our studio is that 90% of them are super easy fixes. You can make the game feel meaningfully better for just a couple of days work addressing problems that have been found.
If you approach a usability pass as "finding opportunities to make things better" rather than "finding reasons why your game sucks", then combined with the relatively small effort it takes to resolve many issues it should be a positive experience.
shysaursoft
Member
Oh, for sure. But after four months of *just* playtesting, I don't think there are any remaining UX issues that would be "super easy fixes", or they'd be fixed already.
Granted, a fresh pair of eyes could never hurt...
PM sent.
Chronospherics
Member
How would this UX feedback work?
For now I probably won't be able to do any more since I have 3 people PMing me and going to focus on giving feedback for those.
I'll post again when I can have the time to do a little more, but if I remember I can send you a PM and see where you're at. How far is it off releasing?
Multiplayer games might be hard to do a ux analysis for as an individual. In general performing a UX analysis as an individual is a little crude (ux researchers usually generally work in pairs) but especially difficult if an element of the game relates to interaction with other players.
I'd have to find someone else to play it with me, presumably, which might be tricky.
How's it coming along? Didn't get a PM from you but no worries.
Here's some UX commentary on Flinthook, for reference. I just write about the gameplay here, but do of course, cover game interfaces and their interactions with gameplay too.
Offer to look at your games UX is still open to anyone. Might not include animations like that one above though, because it was a pain in the ass (photoshop + gif editing actually somehow eats 8gb of ram). Probably just a PDF or forum post with a number of key issues.
Only worthwhile if you want to think a little bit more about usability, or want to ship a real game. Happy to help anyone here that might want it.
This looks very detailed and informative to me - I'd gladly take you up on your offer, but I won't have a build worthy of such thoroughness before the end of the year at the very least (likely more early next), so I'm hoping your offer will still be around by then :-D
That's okay, focus on those who contacted you first
The game is essentially done, there's mainly some small polish and bugs to fix, I just need to find a way to get my programmers to quit the feature creep streak they're on >_<Multiplayer games are tricky indeed. We try to explain the functionality through a "how to play" menu; if players aren't ready to do some light reading, I don't know what to do :lol Since none of us have any graphical talent whatsoever, our HUD elements are probably what need the most work. That might be doable alone, yes?
That reminds me, I should probably make a HUD element description screen, doh.
I'm ready!
We will see!
Me, too! :-O
Seems to be my first take in here posting some real games stuff of mine. lol
But as I said last time, will do some more game posts instead of graphics and
tech. In the end all the cool stuff won't pay the bills anyways.
o rly? Glad you like it. Thx a lot!
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