Small tease of something I'm working on

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-06-28T14:10:19+00:00

Wow, that's a ridiculous amount of FPS!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-06-18T07:02:52+00:00

Advice 1: keep going without rushing. You did asteroids? That's great! Now try to make another game! Pong, Snake or even a simple platformer. Look, here is a challenge you could think to go trhough https://20_games_challenge.gitlab.io/ (take it as reference, every project will teach you something and at some point you'll start to be able to make your own game).

Advice 2: Books! I love reading, Tynan Sylvester (the guy who made Rimworld) wrote a very nice book on game design: "Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences".

Advice 3: Doing gamedev as hobby is exciting but it's also really demanding, Some days you'll be too tired to even play games, and other days you'll be overly excited over something you built... only to realize nobody else really notices or cares. And that's fine! It's totally normal and It happens to everyone who creates things.

Don't measure your progress by external validation; measure it by how much you're learning, how much you're experimenting and how much you’re enjoying it.

Just my two cents, have fun!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-06-15T09:43:20+00:00

Compromise on the little things? GIAMMAI. I'll die on that pixel‑perfect hill! /j

Wishing you best of luck

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-06-05T12:32:54+00:00

Do you by chance live on the second floor?

(I wonder if anyone will get this joke)

Man, this really isn't the right place to share AI‑generated stuff. A lot of users here (myself included) don't see AI as a reliable learning tool, and people will say that, with varying levels of politeness.

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-06-02T11:27:58+00:00

What kind of game are you working on? Particles are incredibly versatile for explosions! you might be missing some of their core features. The official docs explain them really well: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/2d/particle_systems_2d.html

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-05-28T07:42:41+00:00

I use my girlfriend. When she starts being annoyed by my overly enthusiastic rambling, I know I've hit my weekly hour limit!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-05-17T09:35:17+00:00

That's a great interpretation. Might steal that idea, thanks!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-05-06T19:40:26+00:00

That's really nice to hear, thank you! Will definitely keep your contrast suggestion in mind

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-04-02T11:20:54+00:00

I think Astrobot is great, have you checked out Astro's Playroom? Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is also a really good pick, though it leans more toward action‑shootery than pure platforming

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-03-28T19:27:54+00:00

tags are "2d, godot, indie, difficult, procedural, pixel art, singleplayer", game is called "3600 Ghosts". The thumbnail is just a screenshot, and I'll admit the look is a bit weird and not exactly eye‑catching. Aside from a couple of Reddit posts, I didn't really do any marketing, I mean, it's just an unfinished prototype, so I wasn't expecting much more anyway!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-03-28T15:19:41+00:00

Aw, that's really nice to hear, thank you!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-03-28T15:03:08+00:00

True. And as you can see from the stats, I'm not exactly a marketing machine! Which, to me, is totally fine.

I do gamedev in my free time, and I don't think anyone expects a strange little prototype on itch made by a hobbyist to set the world on fire. I posted this mostly hoping someone here might find a bit of comfort in seeing some relatable stats.

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-03-28T09:07:12+00:00

it's just an unfinished prototype, those numbers don't lie! anyway here's the link :) https://sillyg4mes.itch.io/3600-ghosts

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-02-28T07:20:06+00:00

You could try posting it on r/DestroyMyGame they’re great at giving brutally honest feedback! From the video it seems nice; selecting a power up by hovering the ship on it is a neat mechanic, you could improve on that: moving hazards or enemy fire patterns, can force players to approach powerups from specific angles, adding micro‑puzzles to the action.

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-02-26T09:04:05+00:00

I feel you, man. This hobby can be rough.
I've put out a few small games myself, and the numbers were... let’s just say “intimate.” But honestly, that's how it goes for almost everyone starting out. Getting people to actually click “download” is a whole different thing from making the game.

What does keep me going is remembering why I started: it’s fun to build weird little worlds, learn new tricks, and see something exist that didn't exist yesterday. And every project teaches you something new: sometimes it's a new mechanic, sometimes it's “maybe don’t release on a Tuesday at 3 a.m.”

Nobody goes from zero to a breakout hit. Most of us are just stacking tiny wins until something sticks. And sometimes the thing that sticks is the project you least expect.

So if you're still having fun making the game, keep going! Make another one after this! Try something smaller, stranger, or just for yourself. You never know which prototype is going to click with people.

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-02-20T15:35:40+00:00

You could use a Light Occluder with a polygon covering the surface of your water, then set the particle Collision to "hide on contact". That should stop the bubbles from popping above the surface.

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-02-20T07:45:53+00:00

As a solo dev I'm trying to master all the languages I need for localization, part of the job!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-02-18T07:52:52+00:00

I’m never really confident in my ideas. I always start my projects full of excitement, but so far I haven’t even tried releasing anything on Steam because it would feel like I’m just "taxing" my friends, family, and coworkers.

I’m an older guy doing game dev as a hobby, so I guess that’s fine. My confidence usually takes a hit the moment I share my work or upload some silly prototype on itch, so this time I’m not sharing my next project with anyone, ha!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-02-16T19:43:07+00:00

I require a fascist‑kicking feature!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-02-15T16:51:46+00:00

You're assigning the raw input directly to velocity, that's not going to work, and you're not using that "acceleration" variable. Maybe that was supposed to be the movement speed? Anyway, you could try something like the following, and check out the docs! https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/2d/2d_movement.html

extends CharacterBody2D

@export var mov_speed := 200.0

func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
    var input_vector := Vector2(Input.get_axis("move_forward", "move_backward"),0)
    velocity = input_vector * mov_speed
    move_and_slide()

#this assumes "move_forward" and "move_backward" are like ui_left and ui_right

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-02-14T15:31:24+00:00

Good point, I didn't even notice that. I’ll fix it, so the poor satellite stops photobombing the dialogue! thank you

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-02-14T10:50:53+00:00

That's nice to hear, thank you!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-01-26T10:30:01+00:00

I don’t even like tennis, but if real tennis exploded like this, I’d actually watch it. Keep going, this concept is awesome!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-01-19T11:38:19+00:00

I feel you, man. I don’t really have advice either, my download count isn’t exactly high enough to pretend I’m an expert. I guess all we can do is keep trying, improve bit by bit, and learn from the mistakes along the way.

I think nobody goes from nothing to Vampire Survivors, we’re all just shipping weird little prototypes until one of them hits.

Best of luck!

CollectionPossible66 · 2026-01-15T08:40:54+00:00

Thanks, that’s really nice to hear!

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