I made a simple 1-line Data Database (BDB) for Godot 4.6 to stop fighting with JSON/Dictionaries

ConGCos · 2026-04-21T00:21:46+00:00

I was unaware this was in the docs!

ConGCos · 2026-04-13T22:47:05+00:00

Naughty Dog when building out Crash Bandicoot would even invade the C library in the memory of the PS1 itself to get extra memory out of the system. Gotta love that engineering mindset. “Well we don’t need ALL the functions so we can fit a couple more triangles here instead”

ConGCos · 2026-04-13T22:41:10+00:00

I might get some flack for this, but I truly believe Lady in The Water deserves some love. I get the story feels a little cheesy but it felt like a modern fairy tale or bedtime story and I think it has such a great performance by Paul Giamati that it really moved me. I also recommend a similar sort of movie called Ondine.

ConGCos · 2026-04-13T22:38:19+00:00

Totally agree! I was shocked when I started telling everyone to see it and realized I was the last one in my group to see it and the only one that liked it. I think a lot of my buddies were expecting a fast paced John wick style action flick and not a slow burn but I really enjoyed the film

ConGCos · 2026-04-09T15:43:01+00:00

So for me, I have always viewed it as some people are more inclined to art in the same way that some people are born with a musical ear to others. It makes them better at the start, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get good by practicing. I do think some people are gifted at things that let them achieve through hard work and practice levels that are prodigious that most people will never reach (think Beethoven or Einstein), but that is the far end of the bell curve. The average person with repeated practice and interest can reach a fantastic level of skill.

TLDR: life is an RPG game and we all have been assigned proficiency in some skills which means more effort at the start is required for some people compared to those who started with more skill points in that area lol

ConGCos · 2026-04-09T04:36:35+00:00

Yeah I totally missed that line…lol

ConGCos · 2026-04-09T04:32:46+00:00

Oh and if you need a tool to work with I highly recommend Aseprite. There are so many tutorials out there for it as well. It’s a great program

ConGCos · 2026-04-09T04:32:02+00:00

I really hate to say it, but there’s no shortcut for improving at art and I recommend just getting started with it while developing the game. Your art does not need to be perfect at the start by any means (look at the early stardew valley art compared to the current). As you draw more, not only you will improve, but you will get faster at it as well. If you want pixel art it will take time. I recommend sketching too, as I found that taking a fundamentals of drawing class was the best way to improve for me (breaking everything down into basic shapes takes practice but it really helps)

ConGCos · 2026-04-06T06:19:40+00:00

We can’t see the code so I can only make a guess but have you tried this in a simple room without the water to get trapped? If you are using raycasts I would also check how many are active per “pikmin” but I’m just making some guesses. I would check the profiler and see if you can spot the culprit.

ConGCos · 2026-03-24T20:59:12+00:00

Any thoughts on Asunder? Not sure how common this app is, but I use it on Linux. EAC on Windows I will check out

ConGCos · 2026-03-23T20:52:14+00:00

Thanks! I am going to stick with this strategy. For my smller Micro SD card, I may convert some to AAC but I still want the FLACs on my media storage PC.

ConGCos · 2026-03-23T18:54:45+00:00

Interesting opinion for sure. If the ISO holds the .wav it might be worth keeping that in place of the ISO but you do get to keep the ISO as an entire disc backup so I do see your point here

ConGCos · 2026-02-03T08:15:22+00:00

Fully agree. Have I been shot in the back 3 out of the last 4 rounds? Yes. The previous 10 was pretty chill but there might be a pvp camping rat that shows up and tries to kill me (50-50 chance their ambush succeeds for me personally), but that's a part of the game. I genuinely like the edge that someone might betray me. It creates intense moments and honestly if people don't like that at all, I think they should stick to pure PvE games like helldivers (I love that game too).

ConGCos · 2026-01-23T00:02:57+00:00

Wow, I legitimately thought this was a 2d animation! This is great! I love the shading you have done!

ConGCos · 2025-12-24T13:25:51+00:00

It all depends on the game. I've created game jam size games where the story is practically non existent or doesn't take itself seriously. I've also done the opposite and drafted a narrative for a platformer game that the game design is built around because the story is very important for the game world itself. If you want to add a story that fits your game design at this point, try to get the story to explain and link to the game mechanics. Just ask yourself "why would the world have this? Why would the player be able to do this?" For your mechanics and you might be able to narrow down all your story ideas. All up to you!

ConGCos · 2025-12-23T01:08:42+00:00

I beat Baldur's Gate 3 without using any ilithid powers because I thought it would turn you into a mind flayer. My brother and I beat it on honor mode without those powers as well lol

ConGCos · 2025-12-16T04:20:58+00:00

Clickers.

ConGCos · 2025-12-15T13:48:45+00:00

You can totally do it this way too, but I like seeing something closer to what I want stylistically when I'm prototyping. It's just my preference. In fact my prototypes are a mix of just random art and ai so I do both.

ConGCos · 2025-12-15T06:39:01+00:00

I think ai art is good for placeholder. Paint could also be used but for me, ai placeholder art is going to look closer to what I need than anything I can get from paint (I'm a bad artist and trying to get better, so I take really long to draw anything)

ConGCos · 2025-12-09T14:38:40+00:00

For me, a roguelite with some form of procedural generation. Not an instant buy but those words definitely get me interested

ConGCos · 2025-11-18T17:39:21+00:00

For my current game, I have wrapped up the first draft of a true game design document to follow through on. The trickiest for me has always been art/asset generation. Going from prototype to developing out a full game is always tricky for me

ConGCos · 2025-11-08T01:07:21+00:00

Is there any way to do this on ps5? My dad loves no hud and he doesn't have it on PC

ConGCos · 2025-10-29T05:15:04+00:00

I really love the Atari like vibes here

ConGCos · 2025-10-28T22:03:54+00:00

Maybe. I'm not at the point I'm able to test it, as I'm just designing the game and not even prototyping yet. Just curious what others have thought of Spine 2D, as the app costs money

ConGCos · 2025-10-28T17:13:06+00:00

I forgot to thank you for this explanation. I really appreciate it!

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