Aye, I am just looking for someone with experience in the subject to help me out. I am not a programmer myself and Unity isn't the engine of my choice
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Aye, I am just looking for someone with experience in the subject to help me out. I am not a programmer myself and Unity isn't the engine of my choice
lordfroakie
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Bah I missed a call from Nintendo, hopefully they call back tomorrow
Finally!
It's time to reveal the game I've been working on for so long.
The name of the game is Katakomb, and you can check the trailer down below on the crappy tumblr site:
http://katakombgame.tumblr.com/
Or you can watch it straight on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5riize7WA-g
Enjoy!
Spooky shit! I'd love to make a horror game..
Oh, they started calling already? Let us know how it went, what kind of questions they ask and information they want, please.Bah I missed a call from Nintendo, hopefully they call back tomorrow
Yes, some of us should team up on something one of these days.Spooky shit! I'd love to make a horror game..
Cool man. Still wondering though, are there enemies? I'm always curious for monster design.
About two weeks ago I posted my idea here to start a website dedicated towards the indie gaming. And now I come back here to show you how it looks like so far. The main idea behind the website is to provide a place for gamers to find interesting crowdfunding campaigns, greenlights, news and even some fun features like a hot or not screenshotsaturday contest.
http://www.indiespotted.com
I will be doing more updates on the website soon, as not all the features have been implemented yet. And I will probably also do a small indiegogo campaign in order to raise some money to set up some marketing for the website and also a decent forum for gamers and devs to talk about their passion.
Glad you guys made it to Steam in the end. You were one of the first indie games that I featured on my indie channel on youtube. I will be continuing the impressions and also provide them as early looks for the website. And i'll make sure to post your game tommorow again and share it a bit more for you guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z93Dg6u-5YA
http://www.indiespotted.com
I will be doing more updates on the website soon, as not all the features have been implemented yet. And I will probably also do a small indiegogo campaign in order to raise some money to set up some marketing for the website and also a decent forum for gamers and devs to talk about their passion.
Glad you guys made it to Steam in the end. You were one of the first indie games that I featured on my indie channel on youtube. I will be continuing the impressions and also provide them as early looks for the website. And i'll make sure to post your game tommorow again and share it a bit more for you guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z93Dg6u-5YA
Hey guys. I'm not sure if this is a good place to post this, but Jforce games is looking for someone with Unity experience to port their Xbox Live Indie Game Murder Miners to other platforms.
If anyone is interested, here is their Unity Forum post.
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/198088-PAID-Port-Murder-Miners-to-iOS-Android-PC-Mac
I'm mainly posting this because I'm a big fan of the game, and am really interested in seeing it come on PC. It is a pretty fun game too.
If anyone is interested, here is their Unity Forum post.
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/198088-PAID-Port-Murder-Miners-to-iOS-Android-PC-Mac
I'm mainly posting this because I'm a big fan of the game, and am really interested in seeing it come on PC. It is a pretty fun game too.
Yep, but I don't use Unity
I wonder if there is a section on NeoGaf where I can find someone to help me (like contract work or something of that nature) ?
Ok. How much does a 3DS or Wii U devkit cost?
I've got too many things to get out before collaborating, but there's lots of time
When my/previous/this generation of people retire I think there's going to be an explosion of super high quality indie games, worked on by fellow retirees, worldwide. I think that's when you'll get an expansion of games as an art. When people who are driven to deliver a real experience, with a lot of time, experience, and a team of like-minded people on tap, without having to pay the bills... or, y'know, maybe not
I'm going to make a button in NGUI now.. baby steps...
(super excited about this prototype, but nothing worth showing as yet)
Keep it cool indie-GAF!
Probably not really allowed to say but this is pretty much accurate:
They've also started to lend out devkits quite a lot now from what I've heard (I'm waiting for a WiiU devkit to arrive now actually). Not really sure how easy it is to get them to do that if you don't already have an established relationship with them though
DarkSiegmeyer
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It is legally true, because that's what the legal paperwork says, almost word-for-word.
Whether you want to follow that, whether it is enforceable, whether even members of those first-party companies follow those rules are all entirely different issues.
But I guess we actually probably agree. I just wanted to clarify for any other readers
SpacePirate Ridley
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I can't wait for it!
We played at the studio, it's pretty difficult hahahaha. I couldn't pin point the real assassin in any of the playthroughs I did lol Even one that was 66% and I was sure it was here. Then comes another guy here, pin points the first person he talks to and wins, hahahaha. Its was pretty fun.
I love the artstyle and the game itself, but the 10 seconds limit makes it somewhat frustrating, I would love to play a version of this with another type of time limit.
The website looks great, hope all goes well!
We've talked personally with them, and that's exactly what they said. I don't know if they force anything more when you really try though.
Have things changed much since GDC? Because in March 2013, Dan Adelman mentioned in a Gamasutra interview that you do need to register as a business.
Retirement won't exist then though.When my/previous/this generation of people retire I think there's going to be an explosion of super high quality indie games, worked on by fellow retirees, worldwide. I think that's when you'll get an expansion of games as an art. When people who are driven to deliver a real experience, with a lot of time, experience, and a team of like-minded people on tap, without having to pay the bills... or, y'know, maybe not
Thanks for all the comments!
I cannot go too deep on that matter, but I think this screenshots should give you a clue.
I cannot go too deep on that matter, but I think this screenshots should give you a clue.
Understood.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
I don't know. I've only just started working with 3D stuff. I think I've got blender figured out though now. I've been doing what I read in the unity forums:
"In object mode, set the X rotation of your model to -90. Press Ctrl + A and apply rotation, X rotation appears to be 0 now in Blender, set it to 90 and save/export it. You'll see that it will appear both correct and at 0 rotations now."
About two weeks ago I posted my idea here to start a website dedicated towards the indie gaming. And now I come back here to show you how it looks like so far. The main idea behind the website is to provide a place for gamers to find interesting crowdfunding campaigns, greenlights, news and even some fun features like a hot or not screenshotsaturday contest.
http://www.indiespotted.com
Very cool website. I'll be keeping my eye on this.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Screenshot Saturday (placeholder art):
prankster101
Banned
Moar Screenshot Saturday: from my solo project, Proxy Blade
I never could save enough money for greenlight, thinking it wasn't worth it (I'm dead broke all the time, a life fit to the thread title)... but if I took them seriously enough to invest, I would've probably been among the 100. I feel very bad now.
I never could save enough money for greenlight, thinking it wasn't worth it (I'm dead broke all the time, a life fit to the thread title)... but if I took them seriously enough to invest, I would've probably been among the 100. I feel very bad now.
Ihateyouchris
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Been working on some cave artwork:
Ihateyouchris
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Moar Screenshot Saturday: from my solo project, Proxy Blade
I never could save enough money for greenlight, thinking it wasn't worth it (I'm dead broke all the time, a life fit to the thread title)... but if I took them seriously enough to invest, I would've probably been among the 100. I feel very bad now.
Looks awesome!
I doubt the 100 games being greenlit is an isolated incident. While they might not do another batch of 100, I suspect the batch sizes are going to be much larger than before. My guess is that at some point the question isn't going to be "Will I be greenlit?" but instead "Will I get promoted on the front page?"
RelentlessRolento
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Kinda stoaked that this is in the Unity Asset store + it has Playmaker support!
http://www.uniduino.com/
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/#/content/6804
I'm most likely using Unity + Playmaker to build an art installation for my thesis and I was worried I would have a hard time having Unity talking to my Arduino stuff... thankfully someone did the work for me ^_^
http://www.uniduino.com/
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/#/content/6804
I'm most likely using Unity + Playmaker to build an art installation for my thesis and I was worried I would have a hard time having Unity talking to my Arduino stuff... thankfully someone did the work for me ^_^
Sorry, it's possible things have changed since I went through the process. I didn't think those elements were particularly restrictive...
And as others have said, they went through the process with the exact same requirements. Are things different now?
Hard to talk about some of this stuff without knowing what the NDA covers, my advice was more along the lines of 'get your house in order' than specific legal talk.
More_Badass
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Whoa, was just skimming through the thread and saw that GIF. Proxy Blade looks awesome. You should drop by the Indie Games Thread (well, wait for September's). Do you have a site, any more info?Moar Screenshot Saturday: from my solo project, Proxy Blade
I never could save enough money for greenlight, thinking it wasn't worth it (I'm dead broke all the time, a life fit to the thread title)... but if I took them seriously enough to invest, I would've probably been among the 100. I feel very bad now.
I recently started an indie gaming blog Indie Game Enthusiast, could do a write up on Proxy Blade if you're interested
Woah, I remember this. Did you post youtube footage a few months back here or did I find it somewhere else?Moar Screenshot Saturday: from my solo project, Proxy Blade
I never could save enough money for greenlight, thinking it wasn't worth it (I'm dead broke all the time, a life fit to the thread title)... but if I took them seriously enough to invest, I would've probably been among the 100. I feel very bad now.
I remember a good part of mechanics looking pretty nice.
Moar Screenshot Saturday: from my solo project, Proxy Blade
I never could save enough money for greenlight, thinking it wasn't worth it (I'm dead broke all the time, a life fit to the thread title)... but if I took them seriously enough to invest, I would've probably been among the 100. I feel very bad now.
Looks sweet man. Just keep going!
Thank you guys.
I basically describe the game as a character action game with robots and energy blades. With the focus on fluid and fast combat gameplay. It's a pretty hardcore game, I expect I'll have lower its base difficulty modes more than once before release.
I am absolutely interested in a write-up, the best way to directly contact me is by MP here. I'll try to catch the September indie thread asap.
Yes, I have website dedicated to my projects. You can also easily see me post more regular updates on twitter (@drag0nsix).
I basically describe the game as a character action game with robots and energy blades. With the focus on fluid and fast combat gameplay. It's a pretty hardcore game, I expect I'll have lower its base difficulty modes more than once before release.
I am absolutely interested in a write-up, the best way to directly contact me is by MP here. I'll try to catch the September indie thread asap.
Yup you remember well, last year I've put up a trailer. I try to avoid reusing it until I can make a new one.
For the screenshot saturday pic we posted the logo animation when you are in the game.
This is the Portuguese version. It says "Caress the keyboard to start"
Screenshot Saturday
Case and Bot
This is the Portuguese version. It says "Caress the keyboard to start"
Screenshot Saturday
Case and Bot
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Oh man... Just started up the Unity for the first time and fiddled around with the scripts.. Not digging at all :| I think I'm just gonna go back to use XNA...
What don't you dig? I've been loving unity. So quick and easy to get stuff up and running. Only negative for me so far is render textures being pro only.
Mystic River
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Our game in action.
Editor:
Ship in action:
Another ship:
Super Crazy Ship:
looks nice!, i still need to make time to record some shorts like yours, but I can't spam so many bullets like yours
my enemies do have the same weapons as me, and most of the times I do get killed too easily so I need to limit bullets on screen or otherwise I will be fried chicken in no time , almost finished my game, decided to add some eye candy the last few days and auto targeting system, got frustrated that in space physics do not work as on earth and is hard to target enemies and turn on timeWell, I really dislike the fact that Unity does not follow any of the C# naming/formatting conventions and that it seemingly is full of static classes (Input, GameObject, Component, Time etc.), though I'm not sure if those are necessaraly *that bad*. I also don't understand how the scripts' Start/Update/Awake etc methods work. I mean, according to the Unity's reference, those area all methods that are defined in MonoBehaviour, but I have to "create a new method" in my scripts because they aren't virtual (I mean, I can't override them and they aren't even visible to me in my own scripts).
That doesn't seem to make any sense and I can't understand how the Unity can even internally call those Start/Update/whatever methods, since they are not "guaranteed" to exist since, if I don't explicitly implement them, they shouldn't even exist.
I'm not sure if any of that made any sense
But anyways, these are not exaclty "huge" flaws or anything, but I'm a bit of an perfectionist when it comes to the aesthetics of the code I write/read.But anyways, that being said, I already did a small test-scene where I had bump-mapped plane, couple of cubes, shadows and a moving point light. Took me like 5min even though I had no idea what I was doing. Doing the same thing with XNA would've taken me like 1 month
bumpkin
Member
I'm probably stating the obvious, but have you considered a Kickstarter? It's done wonders for several people here in the thread.Moar Screenshot Saturday: from my solo project, Proxy Blade
I never could save enough money for greenlight, thinking it wasn't worth it (I'm dead broke all the time, a life fit to the thread title)... but if I took them seriously enough to invest, I would've probably been among the 100. I feel very bad now.
masterkajo
Member
I am rebuilding my "engine" from scratch...again. JS+HTML5. This time, I plan on building it for both a 2d Canvas and a WebGL 3d option as well.
WHY DOES BUILDING/REBUILDING SOMETHING FEEL SO GOOD?
I feel you, man. Do this myself from time to time. Feels good, tidy and like you are in total control of everything. I like it.
Bomber Bob
Banned
Probably using reflection to check if those methods exists
Moar Screenshot Saturday: from my solo project, Proxy Blade
I never could save enough money for greenlight, thinking it wasn't worth it (I'm dead broke all the time, a life fit to the thread title)... but if I took them seriously enough to invest, I would've probably been among the 100. I feel very bad now.
Woh! This looks terrific! Rocket pack robot ninja gaiden. Edit: I see you said you're working on it alone. All the more impressive.
Yeah I know but.. why..? Why couldn't they just be defined in MonoBehaviour and be marked virtual? And it's also annoying since I can't just write "override" and then press space and see all the stuff that I can "override" in theory, like Update and Start etc. But instead it kinda works by magic. But anyways, besides of those "issues", Unity has started to feel pretty damn awesome now that I've tested it more
Bomber Bob
Banned
i'm no c# expert but doesn't a virtual method need an implementation (even if only in the superclass)? Maybe they don't want to waste methods call
phantomsnake
Neo Member
Our game in action.
Editor:
Ship in action:
Another ship:
Super Crazy Ship:
It's like a mashup of Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and Asteroids. Looks really fun!
You need to implement interface methods and abstract methods but not virtual methods. This is definitely an unusual design choice on Unity's part...
Everyone seems to be posting gifs now so here's a WORLD EXCLUSIVE (!!!) gameplay clip from Manic Mole:
Well I'm 99.99% sure that reflection is a lot slower than calling empty methods (which, anyways, will most likely get optimized/inlined by the compiler). But I don't know, I guess they had a reason.
More_Badass
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Can we comment on games here or is it just strictly dev discussion? Manic Mole looks like a lot of fun, reminds me of Worm Run on IOSIt's like a mashup of Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and Asteroids. Looks really fun!
You need to implement interface methods and abstract methods but not virtual methods. This is definitely an unusual design choice on Unity's part...
Everyone seems to be posting gifs now so here's a WORLD EXCLUSIVE (!!!) gameplay clip from Manic Mole:
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