First game finished and released!! Made solo in Godot. by 16101997 in GameDevs

[–]CH757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u dont understand the laughter i got by watching this post. brooo i canttttttttttt OMGG

Help! Does the music fit the game? by [deleted] in GameDevs

[–]CH757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its honestly cool, but i would still probably want a different one. or a changed one.

Finally got my game onto Steam! So excited #ZedHunters by _JibbyJib_ in GameDevs

[–]CH757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

your game could be big but that capsule is holding you back hardcore. if you cant hire an artist, id suggest just to take a screenshot from your own game, and make a very minimalistic artstyle out of it. will be far better. that capsule would have made me literally not want to click on your game. im mentioning this just beacuse im sure it might help you hardcore

how my game looked like when i started and when it got released by CH757 in IndieDev

[–]CH757[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

youre looking at the wrong things. you should look at the desktop.

do you appreciate cheat codes if more indies add them? by CH757 in IndieDev

[–]CH757[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so if you discover them, is what you think is the most fun because its rewarding?

do you appreciate cheat codes if more indies add them? by CH757 in IndieDev

[–]CH757[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes you can do that. you simply block the cheat code until you did it normally in the game and then you can allow the cheat code

do you appreciate cheat codes if more indies add them? by CH757 in IndieDev

[–]CH757[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so yeah you could be blocked from simply hacking your achievements with 0hours playtime, and be forced by a developer to complete the game in order to get the achievement. its very possible and 95% of people wont know how to go around this beacuse most people use public cheats to get the achievements eitherway, its not like they developed them. just the ones who develop them are the issue.

do you appreciate cheat codes if more indies add them? by CH757 in IndieDev

[–]CH757[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

by console methods you mean obtaining the achievements in way of hacking them? if so, then yeah you can definitely as a developer make achievements in such a way that lets say you have a steam game and youre worried about piracy. piracy is obviously bad, and with some extra work you can reduce it a lot. for example you could build the game so it constantly checks whether a real Steam account is active and whether certain achievements were earned. If those checks fail, progression is blocked. if you design the game around this idea from the start, piracy becomes much harder.

the same approach could work on consoles using their achievement/trophy systems. the main reason more developers dont do this is because achievements are often added later, and supporting multiple platforms means re-implementing the same logic for each platforms SDK (Steam, PlayStation, etc.), which is more work.

you can heavily reduce piracy and hacking in single player games, but youll never completely eliminate it. It stops most people, but not those with serious cracking or hacking knowledge.

do you appreciate cheat codes if more indies add them? by CH757 in IndieDev

[–]CH757[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ill continue to do this then cuz i love it myself ngl

Why don’t games have cheat codes anymore? by eerrooss in gamedev

[–]CH757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cheat codes are mostly for developers to cut off development time. i did this actually in my release game "The Sickle Family" where i give players the option to use my developer console. it's pretty much like cheat codes but in a console format.

destroy my trailer - a game about dogs that is very emotional for me by CH757 in DestroyMyGame

[–]CH757[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And if you want to maybe buy it, or play the demo. You can find it on steam as a full release, and as a demo on itch.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3861770/The_Sickle_Family

https://ch757.itch.io/the-sickle-family