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GAF Indie Game Development Thread 2: High Res Work for Low Res Pay
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Wow, this is very cool!
Geminosity
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I think my least favourite part of gamedevving is making trailers :/
HandsomeCharles
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I finished the start animation, I´ll probably add some small changes but I´m pretty happy with how it looks now:
Enter the level with style!
That's looking really good! Maybe need an extra frame or two at the end of the idle animation, but still nice!
guys, what are you doing WRT sound effects?
are you all scouring free SFX collections for what you want, is there a good collection of free effects everyone is hiding from me, or a cheap paid for library?
or some site for stock effects at low prices like with stock photos?
my project needs mostly UI sounds (pushing buttons, sliding stuff, pressing things, electrical connections, etc) and not sure what's the best way forward
I do not loathe spending a little money here tho obvs free suggestions would be appreciated
are you all scouring free SFX collections for what you want, is there a good collection of free effects everyone is hiding from me, or a cheap paid for library?
or some site for stock effects at low prices like with stock photos?
my project needs mostly UI sounds (pushing buttons, sliding stuff, pressing things, electrical connections, etc) and not sure what's the best way forward
I do not loathe spending a little money here tho obvs free suggestions would be appreciated
ThePhotoshop
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I've had really good experiences with buying sounds from www.asoundeffect.com. Relatively cheap and heaps of variety, especially in UI packs.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Got Hollow Bliss up on Greenlight, a game I'm hoping to release on Halloween.
Appreciate anyone who takes a moment to look at it, I want to get this game greenlit before Halloween to release then, but if not I'll release in November. Original soundtrack by me, has full voice acting, number of the 3D models are by me, has a branching story, and has been my Halloween project this year.
The trailer currently up was a bit quickly done since I needed to post it on Greenlight around now to hopefully get it Greenlit by Halloween, but there is more and much better gameplay videos coming to the page soon, I just made that one quickly as I've been focused working on the game first off Steam and now on Steam.
I'll post some more about it in this topic as we get closer to Halloween, I've been experimenting with a lot of engines recently, and this is one of the results of it. I like doing a Halloween project each year to try out new things, and this is this years.
I love the night one.
Good idea, I plan to make a different and smoother idle animation, guess I´ll also put some transition frames between the end of the enter animation (when the fist is up) and the start of the idle animation. Thanks for the idea!
I will check this out, thanks
JeffG
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I finished the start animation, I´ll probably add some small changes but I´m pretty happy with how it looks now:
Enter the level with style!
I love the look of this game. Very GBA-esque, which I've always been very fond of.
I use freesound.org
Also, there is this.
You'll have to hunt through it, but there's a crap ton of sounds in there.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I mainly use Freesound as well, though I do think if possible recording your own personal sound effects can add a lot to the game's subtle charms. I have a series of noises I kind of use between my projects recorded from around my house. Some things you need you just can't conveniently record, though.
I put together a test machine with spare parts I had lying around and installed Windows 7 on it. I thought I had done it the proper way, using the rollups. But it keeps wanting to redownload and reinstall dozens of updates even after they've already been successfully installed.
I did manage to get some testing done and know how everything behaves (and what needs to be installed to get things to work) on vanilla Windows 7 SP1 without updates. That was something I wanted to check so there's that at least.
Maybe I'll just wait for the big "October Rollup" and try again.
I did manage to get some testing done and know how everything behaves (and what needs to be installed to get things to work) on vanilla Windows 7 SP1 without updates. That was something I wanted to check so there's that at least.
Maybe I'll just wait for the big "October Rollup" and try again.
Geminosity
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Currently scratching my head over what to do for the trailer for 'Advance: Mechanical Masquerade'. I have my old greenlight trailer but I feel I could do better, especially after seeing awesome trailers like the one for inVersus 
Someone mentioned before they weren't a fan of the blurring effect I use to avoid the text getting lost in the background so I may at the very least look into doing that differently :s
Is the idle loop afterwards still WIP? It looks like it's about halfway through then jumps back to the start, or maybe I'm misinterpreting it?
edit: if you're interested in dabbling with recording your own stuff this is a great list of ideas on how to get the sort of things you want: http://www.epicsound.com/sfx/
Someone mentioned before they weren't a fan of the blurring effect I use to avoid the text getting lost in the background so I may at the very least look into doing that differently :s
Nice :3I finished the start animation, I´ll probably add some small changes but I´m pretty happy with how it looks now:
Enter the level with style!
Is the idle loop afterwards still WIP? It looks like it's about halfway through then jumps back to the start, or maybe I'm misinterpreting it?
Cool, is it a game of chicken with accuracy cones? If so it's an interesting idea :3
I kind of use a mix of my own foley work and CC0-license stuff from Freesound like JeffG mentions. I usually edit the heck out of any freesound clips in Audacity though just to get them more in line with what I want :3
edit: if you're interested in dabbling with recording your own stuff this is a great list of ideas on how to get the sort of things you want: http://www.epicsound.com/sfx/
I like your original trailer, conveys the idea pretty quickly and accurately. I guess you could show more victories happening? People like that haha. I guess I get that the text kind of gets in the way of the gameplay shots sometimes. You could do like banner text instead of blurring the background? Might be too big, though.Currently scratching my head over what to do for the trailer for 'Advance: Mechanical Masquerade'. I have my old greenlight trailer but I feel I could do better, especially after seeing awesome trailers like the one for inVersus
Someone mentioned before they weren't a fan of the blurring effect I use to avoid the text getting lost in the background so I may at the very least look into doing that differently :s
Essentially, yup.
Although there's a lot more mechanics on top of that basic concept on all the various stages. Obstacles, environmental modifiers, stuff like that. I'm working on a hero mode with special abilities, but who knows if that will ever get done (I'm no animator). Geminosity
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Thankies :3 Due to the constraints of time and whatnot I may end up having to just re-use the flow of the old one but if at least some people think it's informative I can live with that XDI like your original trailer, conveys the idea pretty quickly and accurately. I guess you could show more victories happening? People like that haha. I guess I get that the text kind of gets in the way of the gameplay shots sometimes. You could do like banner text instead of blurring the background? Might be too big, though.
Essentially, yup.
Good idea on the victory: I might record some footage to see if I can get a robot to reach the finish line when I'm explaining it in the trailer
Not quite sure what the best way to do banner text would be but I'll poke about and see what I can find :3
Sounds like a good idea for your game though
Is it going to be purely player vs player or are you thinking of adding versus AI? I ask because that'd be an interesting challenge given the conceit of the game :3
shaowebb
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This sucks. Its beginning to look like that even though I can get all the awesome shader stuff I wanted to happen in 3d that it wont animate as fluidly as I wanted in 3d for my fighting game unless I went full ASW and did damned near frame per frame editting on every animation.
At this point its a tossup...I can either continue on in 3d on this which front end loads my work with lots of 3d cleanup, modeling, unwrapping, and weighting or I can go 2d which doesn't load anything but requires lots of hand drawn animation and waiting on engine updated for Unity 2d while I setup frames.
To be fair I can still get the lighting stuff to work in 2d given I can setup maps on sprites similar to how things like spriter have done in the past, but this is a real tossup here because for some things no hesitation i'd go 2d. Other cast I draw are super elaborate and tricky to keep on model in 2d. I was getting to the point of outsourcing for help and 2d is cheaper than 3d so thats also a consideration.
Maybe I should go Blaz Blue and use 3d for only some stuff. Its working out well for the Fearless Night folk on their game.
At this point its a tossup...I can either continue on in 3d on this which front end loads my work with lots of 3d cleanup, modeling, unwrapping, and weighting or I can go 2d which doesn't load anything but requires lots of hand drawn animation and waiting on engine updated for Unity 2d while I setup frames.
To be fair I can still get the lighting stuff to work in 2d given I can setup maps on sprites similar to how things like spriter have done in the past, but this is a real tossup here because for some things no hesitation i'd go 2d. Other cast I draw are super elaborate and tricky to keep on model in 2d. I was getting to the point of outsourcing for help and 2d is cheaper than 3d so thats also a consideration.
Maybe I should go Blaz Blue and use 3d for only some stuff. Its working out well for the Fearless Night folk on their game.
aw shit son
lennylightspeed
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Put together some pre-alpha footage of a Vive project my wife and I have been working on called 'All the Little Pieces':
https://youtu.be/ac08zFCmMyU
Everything is still early and slightly on fire, but I suppose that's just how it goes. Our project is a narrative driven game that deals with the themes of grief and loss. You can also punch concrete, so there's that.
https://youtu.be/ac08zFCmMyU
Everything is still early and slightly on fire, but I suppose that's just how it goes. Our project is a narrative driven game that deals with the themes of grief and loss. You can also punch concrete, so there's that.
Thankies :3 Due to the constraints of time and whatnot I may end up having to just re-use the flow of the old one but if at least some people think it's informative I can live with that XD
Good idea on the victory: I might record some footage to see if I can get a robot to reach the finish line when I'm explaining it in the trailer
Not quite sure what the best way to do banner text would be but I'll poke about and see what I can find :3
Sounds like a good idea for your game though
Is it going to be purely player vs player or are you thinking of adding versus AI? I ask because that'd be an interesting challenge given the conceit of the game :3
Well, I got how the game worked completely from your trailer, which I can't say about most trailers. So, to me, that's exactly what I'm looking for in a trailer. So you got my attention with it! Also, I really love the concept for the game. I think I might have already told you this months ago, but whatever. Excited to see it come out, I'll definitely grab it. I love games with "hidden" elements like that.
So, I tried doing a basic AI, but as you can imagine, it becomes an exercise in randomness and optimal play (for the computer, that is). I've come to realize this is a game more about psychology than it is about reflexes, and it simply doesn't work (on it's base level) as well against AI. That being said, I might have a basic "story" kind of mode with AI where it's mostly just for learning timing and the ins and outs of the levels. I think that'll be useful for players, but it wouldn't be a mode people wouldn't be coming back to or anything.
Thanks! I´m trying to get a SNES-GBA style, glad that it´s showing
I agree with Timeaisis in that the trailer explains how the game works really well and I think the blurr effect is nicely used. I think it only needs a little more impact, maybe showing some victories or something that disrupts the rythm. I don´t know if it´s too late to change this, but I think the game (and trailers) would benefit from adding some kind of effect when a laser hits a robot, like some particles or something.Currently scratching my head over what to do for the trailer for 'Advance: Mechanical Masquerade'. I have my old greenlight trailer but I feel I could do better, especially after seeing awesome trailers like the one for inVersus
Someone mentioned before they weren't a fan of the blurring effect I use to avoid the text getting lost in the background so I may at the very least look into doing that differently :s
Yeah the idle animation is...not good lol. I tried to make an energetic animation but it looks broken, I´d probably scrap it and go for something else.Nice :3
Is the idle loop afterwards still WIP? It looks like it's about halfway through then jumps back to the start, or maybe I'm misinterpreting it?
BlazeHedgehog
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Another Halloween, another project I've started
Double incentive to get this one done as I'm going to be entering Clickteam's "Weirder Things" contest, so I really do have to be done by the 31st
Double incentive to get this one done as I'm going to be entering Clickteam's "Weirder Things" contest, so I really do have to be done by the 31st
Reminds me of Quackshots Transylvania levels, nice work on the character
We started working on Little Knights overworld this week, this is how far we got in two days:
Overworrld uses same tilemap system we built for the game itself, pretty handy
I finished my deadline for Beastmancer but I was off by two days, still you can check this article to see what I did last month: http://www.indiedb.com/games/beastmancer/news/beastmancer-progress-report-7
My plan for this month is to prepare for Greenlight, that means creating enough content for a gameplay video and a trailer.
My plan for this month is to prepare for Greenlight, that means creating enough content for a gameplay video and a trailer.
Somebody's got to do something about physics. I thought we had pretty much nailed this stuff in the 1600s, but nah
I'm just trying to scoop the rock into the cup but it "falls out" the side of it when I shake it even though there's no seams in the colliders and I'm compliant with every stack exchange.
I'm just trying to scoop the rock into the cup but it "falls out" the side of it when I shake it even though there's no seams in the colliders and I'm compliant with every stack exchange.
electroflame
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Somebody's got to do something about physics. I thought we had pretty much nailed this stuff in the 1600s, but nah
I'm just trying to scoop the rock into the cup but it "falls out" the side of it when I shake it even though there's no seams in the colliders and I'm compliant with every stack exchange.
What is this, Unity? If so, you likely need to have interpolation on if you don't already.
Had a random idea for a brand new power and had it realized in the game about 48 hours later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfS91FzeLQI&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfS91FzeLQI&feature=youtu.be
Interpolation is on. Continuous dynamic is on. Using box colliders without seams. Moving things by their Rigidbodies instead of transforms.
Geminosity
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Thankies
Yeah, putting AI into my own game was somewhat of a challenge as it's very psychological to some degree. If it's too predictable then it becomes a chore, if it's too random then it feels... well... random XD
Done right though, it could (as you mention) be a decent tutorial for those just picking up the game :3 Keep in mind that AI doesn't necessarily have to play by the same rules as the player: e.g. the bomberman baddies were kind of their own thing with each designed to really pull out a different aspect of the game.
thankies, and yeah I'll probably put in a victory thing if I can.Thanks! I´m trying to get a SNES-GBA style, glad that it´s showing
I agree with Timeaisis in that the trailer explains how the game works really well and I think the blurr effect is nicely used. I think it only needs a little more impact, maybe showing some victories or something that disrupts the rythm. I don´t know if it´s too late to change this, but I think the game (and trailers) would benefit from adding some kind of effect when a laser hits a robot, like some particles or something.
Yeah the idle animation is...not good lol. I tried to make an energetic animation but it looks broken, I´d probably scrap it and go for something else.
Not quite sure what you mean by lasers and particles. Do you mean the laser sights on the guns? :3
The idle for your spirit fox might not be perfect, but the intro anim of it jumping in is great
Good luck. I find short stuff like Jams and whatnot are good for getting your gamedev flow onAnother Halloween, another project I've started
Double incentive to get this one done as I'm going to be entering Clickteam's "Weirder Things" contest, so I really do have to be done by the 31st
Good luck! Greenlight can be a pain if you don't prep for it. Make sure you use those few days when you first add yourself and appear on the front page as best you can because your traffic will drop off massively once you get pushed off
Love that sprite and movement looks great!Another Halloween, another project I've started
Double incentive to get this one done as I'm going to be entering Clickteam's "Weirder Things" contest, so I really do have to be done by the 31st
Oh I just rewatched the trailer, I thought the laser sights were in fact laser beams and that robots would only get sent backwards if you hit them with the laser for a while, or if more than one shooter hit them at the same time (you could use this for a coop mode or team mode). Now I see that in fact you shoot bullets, it was difficult to see in my phone´s screen. Maybe if the shooters had a recoil frame after shooting it would´ve been clearer...or maybe if my phone´s screen wasn´t so dirty I could´ve seen better what was below the layer of dust and grease marks XDthankies, and yeah I'll probably put in a victory thing if I can.
Not quite sure what you mean by lasers and particles. Do you mean the laser sights on the guns? :3
The idle for your spirit fox might not be perfect, but the intro anim of it jumping in is great
Glad you like the intro jump! I´m thinking of leaving the idle animation for last when I learn to animate better, as it´ll be something the player sees often so it must look really good.
electroflame
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Last time I had a prototype with fast moving objects, I had to roll something like this: Don'tGoThroughThings
Basically, you just keep the object's previous position and raycast towards its current to double-check that it hasn't phased through anything. Performance-wise, it's pretty negligible, so slapping it on any objects you expect to move quickly enough to phase through should work pretty well.
Good luck! Greenlight can be a pain if you don't prep for it. Make sure you use those few days when you first add yourself and appear on the front page as best you can because your traffic will drop off massively once you get pushed off
Thanks, I know though, its not my first Steam game.
Seconding. DontGoThroughThings is a cornerstone for me, and is widely in use in TCAE.
MikeHaggar
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gif of a game i was working on years ago. Battle Farts:
Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk3Gxy01ulw&hd=1
would actually love to resurrect this if any artists are interested. would have to start over with all new character designs and animation. i was sole programmer on the project and would continue on in that position.
Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk3Gxy01ulw&hd=1
would actually love to resurrect this if any artists are interested. would have to start over with all new character designs and animation. i was sole programmer on the project and would continue on in that position.
Reusing the previous position will not work in that case with the mug or what you wanna call it
. I'd just move it the same amount as the mug is moved as long as it's in the same direction.
shaowebb
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2d animation wtih 3d models used to stay on model is working surprisingly super fast. I had an animatic of a move done in next to no time. I'll find out what the clean up is like but as is I can use things like animatic rough cuts and unfinished stuff to prototype as I go. Even if my engine isn't setup for Unity 2d pipelines just yet I can still test things like ranges, tone, impact and other stuff like hit spark and visual flair. Chainsaw Incident folk did that for awhile I believe before they got an engine.
I think I'll be okay and all my hardwork at 3d is paying off for stages with appropriate textures and keeping things on model in the 2d work.
Neat.
I think I'll be okay and all my hardwork at 3d is paying off for stages with appropriate textures and keeping things on model in the 2d work.
Neat.
liliththepale
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I'm using InControl right now and love it. You barely have to do anything and it just works.
gif of a game i was working on years ago. Battle Farts:
You put South park to shame. And it should have said "FART" instead of "Fight" in the beginning of the round.
electroflame
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Rewired is currently the best, in my opinion. It basically does everything you could ever need, and is the most cross-platform as it supports the various input types (XInput, etc.).
It's not free, but honestly the time saved is well worth $45. I have no complaints. I can even control the lightbar on a DS4 (on PC) if I wanted to (without a specific driver).
Geminosity
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Oh... It seems i need to create some weird ICNS thingy if I want to put my game on Mac. This is going to be interesting :s
(the gun holding animation is actually a button pressing animation suspended halfway through XD ) Hopefully it'll all be a bit more clear in the new footage I'll have in the 'proper' trailer as the robots and their shields glow when they get hit or reflect a shot respectively :3
And yeah, your jump in is snazzy. I also really like how the environments have come along since I last saw it too: the entry gate you start on is neat
"Crate expectations"
"Mary-Crate and Ashley"
"Crate to the party"
"There's no crate but what we make"
"Love and crate"
"Master crating"
Heh, no worries. I'd love to have the contestants recoil and flinch but I haven't the foggiest how to animate them: I've got what's there by mostly savaging the mo-cap unity provided
(the gun holding animation is actually a button pressing animation suspended halfway through XD ) Hopefully it'll all be a bit more clear in the new footage I'll have in the 'proper' trailer as the robots and their shields glow when they get hit or reflect a shot respectively :3And yeah, your jump in is snazzy. I also really like how the environments have come along since I last saw it too: the entry gate you start on is neat
Oop! Sorry ^.^;
Just reading the stuff you're experimenting with scares the heck out of me but I'm glad it seems to be working out. Always been curious how your fighter has been going :3
Haven't used it myself yet but I've heard good things about rewired?
"Hey, I just met you, and this is crate-zy"Still very much heads down at the moment, so haven't posted in here for quite a while. Here's a recent shot from the game. Please insert your own crate puns here:
"Crate expectations"
"Mary-Crate and Ashley"
"Crate to the party"
"There's no crate but what we make"
"Love and crate"
"Master crating"
I saw this on my phone and had to enlarge the image to believe it was pixelart. F*cking amazing.Still very much heads down at the moment, so haven't posted in here for quite a while. Here's a recent shot from the game. Please insert your own crate puns here:
Dang, didn't think to enlarge before you mentioned it. It looked good, now it looks incredible!
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