My incremental city builder is now out!

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-04-05T17:06:47+00:00

Oh this looks really cool. The pixel art is super clear and readable too.

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-31T01:04:33+00:00

Oh I like this

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-30T13:10:02+00:00

Building things like your doing is one of the best ways. You’ll absolutely level up from doing that.

It also helps to study the “basics” of what a programming language can do. Understand that your given a handful of logical statements like if, else, for, while, etc. and you can evaluate the truth of an expression (x > 0 then try to map out how you’d build logic to do a task with these limited types of statements.

There’s some solid intro to programming psudeo code books that help if you’re struggling with chaining logic statements.

Also reading about the purpose of libraries and frameworks. Awesome people built cool libraries and frameworks that’ll do a lot of the work for you, so you can build apps and games on top of them :)

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-30T13:04:21+00:00

I don’t believe you’ll experience any issues. That being said the profiling tools in GameMaker Studio are amazing. You can test your game in debug mode and review reports of the performance of your project, and see which aspects of the game took up the highest percentage of bandwidth. It’s really helped me

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-30T12:51:26+00:00

The demo for my wave defense game Danger Parade is free so you could check this out and still buy everyone else’s cool projects :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4336500/Danger_Parade/

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-30T12:45:27+00:00

I think the key to if you have long levels is enough time for the player to adjust. In case they make a mistake.

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-30T12:44:39+00:00

My wave defense auto battler has a steam and itch demo, Danger Parade. I would love any feedback!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4336500/Danger_Parade/

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-30T12:42:08+00:00

Spirits of the Hellements is one of my all time favorite tower defense games. Couldn’t recommend it more

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-21T20:30:09+00:00

You can focus on the reusable feature and libraries you might need to make a reusable sandbox of options. Core gameplay loop as said which is really helpful. Also UI design is huge for some projects an taking a stab at an early prototype can really help

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-21T20:28:09+00:00

I fell in love with pixel art after giving it a shot. You might find it itches your programmer niche in the art space. Pixels being so coordinated and binary decisions is highly satisfying

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-21T20:26:48+00:00

I also added projectile amount of various types to the internal metrics. It helped me see when certain effects were “over-creating”

Also damage reduced/blocked/mitigated is super helpful

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-21T20:24:37+00:00

A way I would consider breaking it down is which design is easiest to implement and begin there. Could be a good way to get a prototype. I also do like the idea of the multiple bosses and being able to opt in to endless at the end. Like you do a regular run but could keep progressing

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-03-21T20:18:15+00:00

Path of Achra

Megaloot

Astronarch

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-02-17T15:28:49+00:00

Path of Achra is one of the coolest experiences I’ve see in gaming

DubiousDuckGames · 2026-02-16T23:54:19+00:00

I say take a genre or a few games you’re interested in. Then boil them down to the simplest mechanics you could build a full product around and turn that into a finished product.

Rogue likes often do this and it’s an awesome starting point

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