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Garry Newman: The new Unity pricing would have cost him $410,000 of lifetime revenue in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[-] ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org 3 points 1 year ago

@verysoft @popcar2 I briefly tried it before when it was the proprietary game engine Amazon Lumberyard. It was alright but personally I prefer developing games without an engine

What are some actually decent marketing strategies for an indie game? in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[-] ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org 1 points 1 year ago

@ICastFist
I would treat every indie game as basically a lottery ticket. Keep making more fun games until you get lucky.

Tim Sweeney says Epic Games Store is open to devs using generative AI in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[-] ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org 3 points 1 year ago

@ICastFist
I would argue that "zero-skill" games can have charm if they're still fun or creative. Perhaps I'm a bit biased though as a beginner gamedev who doesn't have much skill outside of programming though.

QOTD: If you could go back in time, what advice would you give your past self before you started making games? in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[-] ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org 6 points 1 year ago

@bikesarethefuture
That I'll actually finish it

QOTD: If you could go back in time, what advice would you give your past self before you started making games? in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[-] ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org 2 points 1 year ago

@Ategon
When you think your game's scope is small, it isn't. Keep scoping as tiny as possible so you could finish your game in a week or two

After years of just lurking on other social media sites, I've found myself posting here a surprising amount, because in c/futurama@lemmy.world
[-] ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org 35 points 1 year ago

@The_Picard_Maneuver
One of my favorite parts of Lemmy is that you can reply to posts (and even post directly to communities) from other ActivityPub services such as Mastodon. That's what I'm doing right now, actually! :p

QOTD: What game development tools or software do you find most essential and why? in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[-] ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org 1 points 1 year ago

@Ategon
The most essential personally would be the C programming language and vim. After all, it's what I'm most comfortable with

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[-] ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org 2 points 1 year ago

@Justdaveisfine I would say yeah! Especially send it out to those who specialize in something niche that applies to your game (like linux gaming or retro-style games)

It doesn't hurt to send your game out, especially to independent reviewers.

[meta] can we change the language to undefined for this community? in c/futurama@lemmy.world
What library to use c++? in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[-] ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org 0 points 1 year ago

@nexusnovaz I recommend at-least checking out the official documentation.

What library to use c++? in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[-] ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org 2 points 1 year ago

@nexusnovaz I generally like SDL, and would personally recommend it

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[Now Released] Here have a little preview of The Sun Gem (us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org to c/gamedev@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[Now Released] Here have a little preview of The Sun Gem

an upcoming choose your own adventure game I'm working on for the #Commodore64 as part of a game jam

Some things I learned when making this:

  1. It's better to make smaller games, as my last game was a more complex one that I couldn't finish
  2. Developing for a retro computer is easier when you don't use a game engine (luckily I don't really like working with game engines anyways)

Edit: I released the game! Check it out here!

#GameDev #RetroGames #Commodore @gamedev@lemmy.blahaj.zone @gamedev@programming.dev

The Summer Fediverse Game Jam has Started! in c/gamedev@programming.dev
[-] ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org 2 points 1 year ago

@sirdorius @Ategon I think it's just that discussion about it happens on the fediverse, and it was started by some people on the fediverse. Otherwise there doesn't seem to be anything special about it.

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I made a horrible mistake with my first game (emeraldsocial.org)
submitted 1 year ago by ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org to c/gamedev@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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I made a horrible mistake with my first game

So for context: I'm a programmer and I like the idea of not using a game engine, but I have no real prior experience with game development specifically.

I thought it was a good idea to make a text adventure game (think Zork) in C, since the language offers great portability, including the ability to run code on the 6502. Also a text adventure game made sense because I can't make art and idk anyone else who wanted to work on a game with me.

This was a terrible idea for a few reasons:

  1. A text adventure game is impossible to make with a small scope
  2. My from-scratch engine wasn't really designed with modifying the game data mid-development in mind
  3. I have no clue what I'm doing.

I just don't know what to do now. Any ideas? @gamedev

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New Update for @calyxos released a few days ago. (emeraldsocial.org)
submitted 1 year ago by ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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New Update for @calyxos released a few days ago.

Make sure to update!

@privacy

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Waiting for @futurama to return 🥺 (emeraldsocial.org)
submitted 1 year ago by ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org to c/futurama@lemmy.world
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Waiting for @futurama to return 🥺​

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Season 6 Episode 3 Attack of the Killer App is Still Amazing! (emeraldsocial.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org to c/futurama@lemmy.world
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Season 6 Episode 3 Attack of the Killer App is Still Amazing!

This episode aged soo well! Especially all the commentary about Apple, privacy, and internet culture. It's surprising how well all the jokes aged in spite of all the changes to technology and society since the episode released.

@futurama

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I love having an entire live TV channel dedicated to re-runs of old Star Trek episodes (emeraldsocial.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ch0ccyra1n@emeraldsocial.org to c/startrek@startrek.website
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I love having an entire live TV channel dedicated to re-runs of old Star Trek episodes

Ok so, I have a little Kodi setup which includes a live tv system hooked up to Pluto so I can grab a bunch of channels for free. Turns out, this includes not one, but two whole channels of just Star Trek!

The first one is mostly TNG and the original series, and the other one ("creatively" called More Star Trek) has mainly Voyager and Deep Space Nine. I like these because I don't even have to think about what episode to watch, and can just enjoy some Star Trek!

The only downside to this is well, ads lol

@startrek

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