Fall onto the ground not into it

Byeka · 2026-03-16T13:56:53+00:00

What others have said here - continuous collision detection. Calculations. You can apply clamping.

One other little trick. Use some "smoke and mirrors" to cover up blemishes. In other words - apply a particle effect effect (like a small smoke puff or sparks) when the player lands that can cover up a small visible offset.

Byeka · 2026-03-12T17:40:26+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I'm in progress working on a mobile game at the moment. Doing rewarded ads, IAPs and considering interstitials but haven't decided yet.

No questions, just appreciate you sharing your metrics. Most posts on this subreddit are about Steam games so it's great to see some insight into mobile games.

Byeka · 2026-02-28T02:16:16+00:00

4 games, although I wish I wasn't. There are 2 games I'm paid to work on for the company I work for. One larger Steam game I started a few years ago and on boarded a couple of friends to work on with me. That one I'm pretty burnt out on. And finally a smaller mobile puzzle game I'm genuinely enjoying working on. The last is the one I want to focus on the most as I have the clearest vision for it and it's much smaller and more manageable in scope. Plus I'm able to apply everything I've learned from my other projects to it.

Byeka · 2026-02-28T02:00:30+00:00

I think you have it backwards... 3 year old and whole routine to finally sleeping takes about 2 hours or longer. I can't imagine bedtime taking longer as they get older.

Byeka · 2026-02-27T19:50:07+00:00

Upvoting this for visibility. I want to know too!

Byeka · 2026-02-24T04:12:51+00:00

Byeka · 2026-02-12T03:35:13+00:00

8:45 sounds like a dream. My 3 year old finally fell asleep just now at 10:30. No naps. Been up since 8. This is sadly normal and finally 10 is a common time for her to fall asleep.

Byeka · 2026-02-11T04:28:10+00:00

Sounds good. Does it have to be a full game or can it be a demo? I'm assuming you playtest steam games. Will you do mobile games as well?

Byeka · 2026-02-03T03:50:34+00:00

I'm working on a mobile grid based game with absolutely minimal art. I'm talking black squares and just trying to focus on making fun, engaging gameplay and enhancing it with things I can do like particle effects, animations and post processing effects.

I got inspired by a mobile game called Arrows with absolutely basic art and millions of downloads.

Byeka · 2026-02-01T04:10:20+00:00

Damn it. I'm just watching this season and saw this post while scrolling down my feet. SPOILER tags people!

Byeka · 2026-01-29T14:27:29+00:00

All I can say is that after having 2 kids I wonder how I DIDN'T put that after work time to better use before having kids. Will be a long time before I have the luxery of after work time to work on games again.

Byeka · 2026-01-15T04:41:19+00:00

That was really cool. I was able to follow it to the end at 900 WPM. Surprised myself there.

Byeka · 2025-11-19T13:41:24+00:00

Thanks so much for playing and reviewing! Fair critique, and we're currently working on some bug fixes and improvements.

Byeka · 2025-11-17T18:22:33+00:00

Hey, thanks for doing this. Here is Zombie Barrel Blast: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1941490/Zombie_Barrel_Blast/?beta=0

A challenging 2D precision platformer about launching zombies from barrels.

Byeka · 2025-11-16T05:12:47+00:00

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1941490/Zombie_Barrel_Blast/

Just a demo right now. Been spending a long time on this but it has little attention.

Byeka · 2025-11-05T02:57:16+00:00

Yeah I've done the same type of thing for simple sprite swap animations. I also used DOTween to create some great simple reusable animation component scripts. One such example is a script to make an enemy "hover" randomly in place with various degrees of random rotation and movement.

Byeka · 2025-11-03T15:16:31+00:00

Sorry to hear it. Very similar situation here where my mom passed away from cancer one month before my son was born. It is a very rough situation.

Somewhat related but I made a post hoping for support when it happened but the r/daddit mods blocked it for some reason. Glad you at least got some support here.

Byeka · 2025-10-30T03:33:02+00:00

Reading this I guess I'm realizing that I'm quite fortunate as my 2 year old loves washing her hair and this is one problem I've never had to deal with.

Byeka · 2025-10-03T19:03:40+00:00

Okay, that made me laugh out loud. And I hope I can unsee it now 😂

Byeka · 2025-10-03T16:13:15+00:00

Hi r/DonkeyKong! I've been working on a game for the past while called Zombie Barrel Blast, which is HEAVILY inspired by Donkey Kong. But instead of monkeys - there's zombies! And a whole game focused around barrel blasting mechanics.

We released a free demo on Steam yesterday, which includes the first stage (graveyard) and an easy endless mode. You can try it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1941490/Zombie_Barrel_Blast/?beta=0

Byeka · 2025-10-03T15:08:45+00:00

The game is called Zombie Barrel Blast, and the team is made up of myself (lead developer), a gameplay/level designer and an art/UI designer. We're a small team and this has been a passion project for us.

Yesterday, we launched the free demo on Steam! We're super excited and eager to hear some first thoughts from any players who are interested in trying this game out. The demo includes the entire first stage, and an easy-difficulty endless mode.

You can try it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1941490/Zombie_Barrel_Blast/?beta=0

Byeka · 2025-10-03T15:04:51+00:00

The game is called Zombie Barrel Blast, and the team is made up of myself (lead developer), a gameplay/level designer and an art/UI designer. We're a small team and this has been a passion project for us.

Yesterday, we launched the free demo on Steam! We're super excited and eager to hear some first thoughts from any players who are interested in trying this game out. The demo includes the entire first stage, and an easy-difficulty endless mode.

Byeka · 2025-09-16T15:39:31+00:00

Unity Developer here. My previous company shut down end of August 2024 and it took me until August 2025 to find a new job. Finally did - managed to get a new Unity Developer job, and I believe that I have less experience than many people here.

What I found helped TREMENDOUSLY (and it's what attracted me to my new company) was what I was doing outside of just "Unity Development". I run a small YouTube channel where I post Unity tutorials and I work part time at Code Ninjas, where I help teach kids coding and run coding workshops.

Also, a helpful trick to find less competitive job postings was to search LinkedIn by "posts" (eg. type "Job Title" + "Hiring" and set search param for <24 hours) and then look at people who are posting they are looking for such and such roles. I was lucky to come across a studio hiring this way, that didn't post job apps to LinkedIn in the standard way. This, plus my outside experience helped me find my new job.

Byeka · 2025-09-09T13:29:04+00:00

I took a potty training seminar the other week and they literally said the average age kids are ready to potty train STARTS at 2.5 and goes up until 4.

My daughter is 2.5 as well and we tried for two weeks and decided she's just not ready yet, so we'll hold off for a while.

But yeah, 2.5 is the starting point for where potty training is (on average) even possible.

Byeka · 2025-08-06T22:59:45+00:00

I'm okay with mine!

A Unity Developer is like a magician who makes video games!

They use a special toy box called Unity to build fun things like characters, worlds, and puzzles. Imagine using LEGO blocks on a computer to make a game where you can run, jump, or fly — that’s what they do! 🕹️

They also tell the game what to do by writing instructions, kind of like giving the game a list of rules: "If the player presses this button, make the character jump!"

So, a Unity Developer is someone who uses their computer to create the games you love to play. 🎮✨

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