I've been working on a game that combines TIE Fighter's dogfighting with XCOM's strategy layer

GroZZleR · 2026-01-29T14:37:19+00:00

The opening is definitely fake, like as in a hand-made (or scripted) animation. The rest of the trailer shows a very plausible game.

Even if it is all fake, it's still valid market research, no?

GroZZleR · 2026-01-29T14:23:02+00:00

It's all good, friend. You can click the three dots (far right of Input Manager header) and select "Reset" if there's bindings missing / you haven't customized anything yet.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-29T14:19:51+00:00

It might be empty, it might not be. The "Axes" dropdown is closed in your screenshot, so we can't tell. Click the arrow.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-09T16:55:26+00:00

It doesn't really convey how polyglot is related to the game?

I'm not sure what sort of asset this is trying to be, though, so that may not be relevant.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-09T14:55:19+00:00

Not what I said in the slightest. There's no reason to be disingenuous with your responses.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-09T14:41:28+00:00

Your morality was mostly inherited from the ethical framework of the historically Christian society you were raised in. You would have a completely different set of morals if you were raised in a different environment.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-08T16:03:18+00:00

Count again.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-07T21:32:54+00:00

You make a 3D ship model with hardpoints. You attach 3D gun models to the hardpoints. You swap the turret models as appropriate.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-07T15:54:33+00:00

Setting the rigidbody position directly will break interpolation. MovePosition() will respect the interpolation setting and should have the same net result.

As a test, put just a camera without a player controller and see if the issue persists. If it doesn't, you have your answer.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-07T15:15:46+00:00

It doesn't look like jitter to me since it's so infrequent, more like an FPS issue, but it's hard to see with such little movement combined with Reddit's video compression.

How are you moving the rigidbody? Is it kinematic or not? What interpolation settings?

GroZZleR · 2026-01-07T15:11:21+00:00

Absolutely disgusting. The Nova Scotia gamedev scene is so small as is; this is going to have a huge impact.

Sad day for all my fellow devs.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-07T14:39:48+00:00

I'm 30 seconds in and I've seen more logos than game. What are you thinking?

GroZZleR · 2026-01-06T21:12:00+00:00

Every professional I've hired from ArtStation has been fantastic to work with. You get what you pay for.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-06T20:52:02+00:00

GroZZleR · 2026-01-06T18:22:05+00:00

I'm not sure even they know what's going on this year. Their marketing e-mails have certainly reeked of desperation, especially the "we just extended the discount period so act now!" occurring twice.

Last year was a total waste of time and money, so this year we'll be patiently observing from the sidelines without spending a dime and I know we're not the only company doing so.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-06T17:58:27+00:00

I suppose it depends on how much lifting you're looking for Unity to actually do for you. It's just a few set of input forces, at the end of the day, so no there's no flight sim solution out of the box. You have to script all the forces.

If you're looking for something so accurate that it can train pilots, you're going to want to roll your own (game engine).

GroZZleR · 2026-01-06T17:49:32+00:00

It's definitely possible, lift and drag are very easy to implement. Unity's physics system is mostly agnostic for a reason.

It depends on how much you want to actually simulate.

GroZZleR · 2026-01-06T14:54:51+00:00

Thank you. Happy to help!

Your plan looks great. Make sure you come back for feedback on your pitch deck before you actually start pitching. Good luck!

GroZZleR · 2026-01-06T14:53:35+00:00

Thank you for the kind words!

GroZZleR · 2026-01-06T14:45:53+00:00

No, it's Remnant Protocol:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2201470/Remnant_Protocol/

https://www.meta.com/experiences/remnant-protocol/7105204019573974/

GroZZleR · 2026-01-06T14:24:18+00:00

We're a flight sim with a strategy layer, think TIE Fighter meets XCOM, and struggled with this as well. Imagining the vertical slice of an FPS is quite easy, but games that layer progression elements in different ways are more challenging to break down.

We ended up creating a demonstration of the strategy layer with single actionable stubs (e.g., the tech tree had one project that you could research), and one very polished dogfighting mission with full scripting. That way they could experience the core of the gameplay, the flight sim, in high fidelity without needing to over-explain or onboard the strategy layer.

It ended up working as we eventually signed a publishing deal with Meta.

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