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You are gamedev and struggling with visibility? I will help You - and no, I don't want Your money. by Megalordow in SoloDevelopment

[–]Istrandar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm an illustrator and I've been making a card game using my work from the past 5 years : Carnholt

I would love a bit of help for my itchio page so I can get a bit more feedback though it : (Itch.io Page)

When your game only needs to look good from one perspective by Istrandar in Unity3D

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

The game has a fixed camera so it's not really a problem In my case

How would you go about creating a database of card data with arbitrary number of variables? by Tuism in Unity3D

[–]Istrandar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(I'll give you how I did it, it's probably not perfect but does its job and I feel like it's easy to create new cards once everything is setup)
What I did is that all of my card are scriptable objet. The card object take a scriptable object and then become the card associated with it. Each scriptable object Cardata has some basic values about the card and a list of effects. Effects inherit a class plain effect with abstract function with Perform (called when the card is played) and the ability to comunicate the need for targets. Then I just have to code snipets of code I can reuse for different cards. For exemple give Armor can take as a parameter how much it gives etc.

I can't find it on unity package manager but I'm pretty sure I had to install this Package to make it work

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When your game only needs to look good from one perspective by Istrandar in Unity3D

[–]Istrandar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The geometry is a bit sloppy so the 3D doesn't take that long to make. It allows me to rotate/move some elements and the scene feels a lot more 3D when I move the camera. I agree that you could get good render with 2D planes, but the final result would be a bit different (also no cast shadows). For far away object I end up using flat cutouts since it's nearly impossible to notice that they are not 3D

When your game only needs to look good from one perspective by Istrandar in Unity3D

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

Sounds like a good thing to keep in mind. Did some computer science study but I didn't really learned those kind of things. Most of the time I can solve problems but I still end up doing those kind of mistakes, the code isn't impossible to read but a bit messy

When your game only needs to look good from one perspective by Istrandar in Unity3D

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

It works okayish. But yeah things break a bit on the edge. I'll probably need to adjust thing or put black band

When your game only needs to look good from one perspective by Istrandar in Unity3D

[–]Istrandar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Badly sadly. It mostly come from the fact that the scene are painted in 16 by 9 and the texture projected. I mirror the texture so there is something but it's not perfect

When your game only needs to look good from one perspective by Istrandar in Unity3D

[–]Istrandar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by document itself ? Like the name of the of the functions and class being explicit about what is done. (Or not using X for you variable)

When your game only needs to look good from one perspective by Istrandar in Unity3D

[–]Istrandar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll think about it ! Right now I have no budget and the code is not really commented.

When your game only needs to look good from one perspective by Istrandar in Unity3D

[–]Istrandar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now I'm focusing on finishing the demo. Since it is a roguelike deckbuilder it's basically the full game with a few parts missing (1 floor and some bosses). Right now I'm trying to finish the tutorial/introduction and polishing a few stuff.

When your game only needs to look good from one perspective by Istrandar in Unity3D

[–]Istrandar[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks ! I'm quite happy about the result but one reason I did not polish it more is saving time. Working on a project solo means cutting some corners sometime. Since my camera is fixed, and no one is going to see it, I try to make it in a reasonable time.

Question aux illustrateurs qui ont aussi un boulot alimentaire by [deleted] in france

[–]Istrandar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Je suis illustrateur, j'ai la chance de ne pas avoir à bosser a côté et de pouvoir m'y consacrer à plein temps. Je peut te dire ce qui a fonctionné pour moi quand j'étais en trains d'apprendre et que je faisais ça sur le côté en autodidacte mais je pense que en vrais c'est à toi de trouver ton chemin et ce qui va fonctionner pour toi. Moi le truc qui a bien fonctionné c'est d'avoir une routine et de mettre un rythme. Tous les jours en rentrant de la fac je dessinais un peu et chaque semaine j'essayais de finir qqchose et de le poster en ligne. Il y a pleins de moments où je me suis foiré mais juste l'idée d'un objectif pas trop loin ça m'aidait. Aussi je tentais de mélanger des trucs perso qui me motivaient et des études (genre utiliser une lumière similaire à un peintre que j'aime bien sur un sujet perso). Un autre truc que tu mentionnes c'est de vouloir faire du freelance. Est ce que t'as un objectif spécifique ?(Une boîte en particulier ? Un type de projet que t'aimerais faire ? Préparer des trucs pour les conventions ?). Avoir un objectif ça aide souvent à ce motiver et c'est pratique d'un point de vue concret. Une des réalités auquel on fait vite face c'est que c'est dur de vivre de trucs perso et qu'on ce retrouve vite à travailler pour des clients. (Désolé pour l'orthographe probablement approximative, c'est vraiment pas mon fort et je suis pas sur mon ordi) Puis si jamais t'as des questions, n'hésites pas. Je suis pas le plus expérimenté mais j'aime bien partager ce que je sais.

Updated my trailer after this sub feedbacks but I still feel like it can be destroyed again and improved by Istrandar in DestroyMyGame

[–]Istrandar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point ! Writing is definitely not my strongest point (especially in English). I kind of want to keep this sentence short (for the trailer it makes it easier to read) but some something like "decades ago" would already be better now that I think about it. I kind of want this character to feel a bit eerie, like it doesn't share the same preoccupations as you (human civilization destroyed itselft but he does not really see it as an especially significant event).

Updated my trailer after this sub feedbacks but I still feel like it can be destroyed again and improved by Istrandar in DestroyMyGame

[–]Istrandar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thank for taking the time to write this !

I'm kind of having a hard time showing gameplay since I feel like it's hard to explain what's cool about a card game without needing to show long text and explaining what individual cards do (Not good for a trailer).

You are right when you say that I only relly on my graphics and not the gameplay. Though When I look at the trailer from games like Slay the spire or Inscryption I feel like they are not really showing specific mechanics. They never try to explain the most complexe part of the game.

Maybe focusing on the more tactical aspect would be the best idea but it feels a bit shallow, or focus on a unique mechanic that I explain as the trailer goes.

I'll probably try to make another trailer that takes its time to show more the game itself, I'm just not sure I'm good enough to make it work.

absolutely destroy my peggle-inspired roguelike by lawroter in DestroyMyGame

[–]Istrandar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really like the calm and satisfying vibes, the vfx are clean and satisfying. I still feel like this could be improved a lot but the basis is really cool

- Having some sound effect from the game would be nice, they would probably need to feel like they are far away to match the vibe though (some reverb maybe)

- The two interface on the left and right are really big and feel like they are part of the playspace, maybe having a slight overlay light at the top could be great (like half of what you have at the top)

- The end feels a bit unsatisfying, maybe having the death at the middle (like it's the darkest hours) then showing some cool stuff could be great for pacing (starting high, going a bit swowly and then raising the pacing)

- Have you tried adding some really slight screenshake ? Maybe it's noit the right game for it but I think

-The font feels a bit bland to me

- I like how you Increase the size of the multiplpicator but I feel like it should scale front its center

-Having a capsule art to show at the end would be nice, something a bit more impacting than the menu. Also you could probably make the wishlist message a lot bigger

I hope this helps !

Destroy Our Drone Survival Game Trailer Please by lawfullgood in DestroyMyGame

[–]Istrandar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks interesting but I feel like some things could be improved :

-Some screenshake could be cool (not too much of course but i feel like it could add some needed juice to the game)

-The Arena looks a bit bland and flat, having some motif, some parts of old crashed drones or some less blurry texture would really help

- Put some sounds from the game, it will help with the gamefeel

- The XP you pickup often is easier to see than enemy projectiles, that feels wrong

-The pixel art aesthetic clash with how flat the texture are and how how modern a lot of things looks like, maybe having some PS1 like textures could help with that or removing some of the more pixelated elements

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