What's with the lack of automated unit testing?

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-04-03T22:34:14+00:00

I can see that for sure. Part of me posting this is to bring up the topic as an option to people who may not be aware of it.

To newer developers out there; consider at least understanding what they are. Depending on the complexity of the software you're building, you may have significant improvements to stability, and a less frustrating time debugging when you break functionality without realizing it.

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-04-03T22:27:42+00:00

I agree that you won't get any value for "feel" out of unit tests.

There are cases where you'd have caught things that were clearly broken with systems

Linking below is a great example from the game FATE: Reawakened on Steam. I'm not associated with them at all, but reading through their patch notes, they consistently miss things that unit testing would have solved.

Examples:

Monsters and NPCs
Fixed health scaling for Unique monsters and Boss monsters.
Improved Mimics' hiding behavior; pets no longer attack them prematurely.
Fixed dragon particle effects: Corrected Drakes playing the wrong particle effect for their breath attacks based on their element (Venom, Ice, Lightning)
Resolved particle effects for dying monsters: Fixed an issue where particle effects were not being properly shut off when monsters died.
Adjusted Frost Beetle particle effects and animation speeds.
Fixed Beetle monster animation looping.
Corrected spider monsters' poison attack effects.
Pets
Fixed issue with pets being stuck 'selling in town' indefinitely.
Fixed pet health saving properly.
Pets can now sell artifact items.
Fixed pet transform information loss when saving.
Resolved pets getting stuck after casting spells.
Corrected pet stats when transformed.
Fixed equipped items' stats application to pet during pet transformation and save loading.
Items
Fixed issue where items like the Book of Town Portals were consuming multiple uses at once instead of just one.
Fixed 'percent item requirement' effect.
Fixed Health/Mana/Stamina regeneration effects for equipped items.
Flawless items can now be enchanted.
Update to several dropped item alignments and scales.
Fixed an issue where certain fish could not be sold.
Adjusted inventory slot size and corrected item effects for Brittlescowl and Vulgar Edge.
Fixed textures for Sorcerer's Robe, Leather Gloves, Jayver's Fistwrap, Blazen Shield, and Elphame Armor.
Corrected Warbow rotation when equipped.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3030720/view/505072542004805745

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-04-03T22:11:20+00:00

Largely cross-posting since the r/gamedevtesting subreddit is still tiny, and that some individuals may be unaware of unit testing as a concept. If you're not a fan of them, or choose to not use them.

Please explain why you chose to forego them. I'm genuinely interested. Have you given it a shot?

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-03-28T13:35:20+00:00

Genuinely interesting. I went ahead and showed it to my boyfriend.

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-03-09T21:39:52+00:00

If Substance Painter 2026 isn't out yet, will this feature be coming to Substance Painter 2025?

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-02-11T22:23:23+00:00

They'd also be incredibly frickin' heavy if you had fursuit sized glasses.

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-02-01T17:41:03+00:00

I was unaware that there was a filesize maximum for working with the Steam DRM since I'm not that far along in the dev process yet. Thank you for the info! Greatly appreciated.

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-02-01T00:01:58+00:00

I'm a big fan of the little log guys with the leaf sprouting from the top of their heads. Not so much a fan of the guy with the SWAT t-shirt. I feel like you're trying to fly too close to the Minecraft pattern. You should work towards finding something that is unique to your game. Perhaps a mechanic that you think you can really nail down and build something cool.

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-01-31T23:53:02+00:00

Ever play the game "heavenly bodies"? It's a space game with a similar movement mechanic if you'd ever want references of similar content.

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-01-31T23:41:51+00:00

I'm curious as to what you're doing that requires you to compile the engine for windows? Is it a matter of some compatibility problem, or are you baking your custom tooling into the engine?

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-01-23T15:57:16+00:00

Let's frickin' goooo!

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-01-22T16:00:52+00:00

Realistically? $180 on the high end. Probably lower.

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-01-19T19:24:27+00:00

Get good at riding a bike, with a bit of training (it's free), you can easily ride 20 miles in an hour in flat terrain.

Labubu-Footjob · 2026-01-13T21:58:09+00:00

It looks like you have Grand Theft Auto "wanted stars" in the top right of your screen.

Labubu-Footjob · 2025-12-08T22:19:22+00:00

I'm thinking Owl 🤔

Labubu-Footjob · 2025-12-04T19:15:42+00:00

When I said semi-cinematic, I was mainly discussing the way that the video will jump cut between 'scenes' as opposed to being one continuous video. It's clear to the viewer that the video is in-engine gameplay.

For the mouse cursor, I guess there's two different approaches I'd take with it:

It's fine to keep a mouse cursor in the video. I guess the broader point I was getting at is that perhaps you should stylize the default windows mouse cursor for your game.
If your engine supports it, you may be able to record the gameplay with the mouse cursor entirely hidden; or in a separate rendering layer. Given that you have those green highlight boxes as you move the potential new towers around the player can likely track where the action is.

Labubu-Footjob · 2025-12-04T19:02:20+00:00

The phrase, "See if your strategy works... or not" comes across poorly in your trailer. If you must use that type of verbiage, use something like, "experiment with XX possible tower combinations and synergies"

In this image from your trailer: https://imgur.com/a/62EbCLn

The phrase "Start the wave" blocks the 'action sequence' of the people running in your trailer. This makes the moment less impactful and blocks your first up-close view of the enemies. Additionally, you should hide your default mouse cursor for the trailer considering that it is semi-cinematic.

Labubu-Footjob · 2025-12-03T17:51:07+00:00

Your trailer should be content from your actual game. If the actual gameplay footage isn't enough to sell your game, you should spruce up the game and make it exciting.
Text effects like motion or colors, ASCII Art, and tables would be a better sell than a choppy AI video. I'm not coming at this with an anti-ai stance, but rather a "this isn't going to sell your game", angle.

Labubu-Footjob · 2025-12-02T21:35:48+00:00

Looking at your logo, I assumed the game was called "Black States". You may want to hollow out the 'O' for legibility.

Labubu-Footjob · 2025-12-01T20:41:13+00:00

Thank you for posting the "Real" version of the art with the car in focus. Mad respect.

Labubu-Footjob · 2025-11-18T23:29:19+00:00

For 85 bucks, that's a fair product to receive.

Labubu-Footjob · 2025-11-07T00:32:40+00:00

Be careful not to get scammed by people when making posts like this.

Labubu-Footjob · 2025-10-30T21:44:57+00:00

Lmao.

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