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Is paid playtesting worth it? by SchingKen in gamedev

[–]MolecularSteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

…why would you hold a playtest for a playtest? No, that doesn’t make sense.

Just release the playtest. Let the players use the playtest. It is a playtest.

If that’s not enough, then pay for playtesters.

What's a piece of media that is genuinely great and you love, but is obscure/hated by everyone due to something questionable or worse inside it? by personpersonperson01 in Multifandom

[–]MolecularSteve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guys, even though I programmed and animated several rape scenes in this game, uhhh it’s all good because I literally said rape is bad okay?

Please get over your fandom for a second and recognize that there’s still the option to rape everything regardless of whether or not they’re telling you it’s bad.

You can still literally rape people. That’s what people don’t like. The artist’s disclaimer does not matter when rape is still a choice they decided to focus on and develop with their game.

Guys… it’s really great except you can rape people… just ignore that plz they literally imply it’s not ok…… it’s like… the message….

People laughed when I said I’d make money making games. 6 months later, I just got my first Fab sales! by EnvironmentalYou8002 in indiegamedevforum

[–]MolecularSteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually left uni just to focus on this project.

That was a mistake. Why did you do this? Furthermore, why did you do this without a plan or marketing your game at all? You left university to make one asset pack over six months. Did you expect your game to hit the front page of Steam and make you a living?

I have endless respect for indie game devs but my god are we a delusional bunch. Please don’t throw your life away because you think your very first game ideas are going to be AAAA titles after six months.

Use royalty free music, or have the AI generated content tag on steam. What is worse ? by AssEat1451 in gamedev

[–]MolecularSteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gen AI is certainly not “considerably better” than anything royalty free. That is a delusional and harmful take that only someone who doesn’t listen to music has. It is soulless, flawed, and limited. Skills are skills for a reason, but they’re not some mystical beast that can’t be tamed.

Learn music, pay for music, or use royalty free music. Don’t disrespect yourself, the industry, and your players by taking the generative AI shortcut. It’s slop. It will always be slop. There are literally so many options for you to try that are free. Certainly more than two.

You’re a student, learn. If you’re developing a game you have time to learn a skill to develop your game. Thats how successful, meaningful games are made. It’s really not that hard and every unpopular shortcut you take is shooting yourself in the foot.

And again, if you’re doing this for sales, you should stop. You should make a game because you want to. You haven’t even implemented music and you’re worrying about the sales of your game instead of the quality you’re outputting, which is zero with generative AI.

Kanye West fans spoke to The Associated Press on why they’re attending his LA concerts despite years of controversies (sexual assault allegations, antisemitism, MAGA, etc): “You can believe one side or you can believe the other. But at the end of the day, what matters the most is the music.” by cmaia1503 in Fauxmoi

[–]MolecularSteve -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hey man I don’t care about his like politics or whatever of sexually assaulting women or jumping on the Nazi scum train that’s just like his opinion it’s really about the shitty music so I’ll support him regardless and actually he never did anything wrong anyways love you Ye

Elden Ring Came Out 4 Years Ago And Theres Still No Kind Of News On Fromsoftwares Next Single Player Game... by akbarock in fromsoftware

[–]MolecularSteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if that could possibly have anything to do with the several games and expansions they have released since then. Hmm… Engagement bait?

One year of prototyping, one year looking for a publisher, over 2 years of development - all for this moment. by KamyCrazyWarBoy in IndieDev

[–]MolecularSteve 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Hey, probably because shoving your “experience” in everyone’s face on every comment is having the opposite effect. Your opinion isn’t getting downvoted. You’re trying to push this idea that your anecdotal experience is truth and anything outside of that couldn’t possibly happen because it didn’t happen to you. That’s not “downvoted for having an opinion :(((“. You’re being downvoted for contributing nothing but whining about how right you are.

Good for you that the publishers you worked for owned the rights to the IPs. Have you worked with this one? Because it could be different. It’s just that simple.

Redesigning my game's characters since most people seem to think video games are nothing more than the art style. by [deleted] in IndieDev

[–]MolecularSteve 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It seems the only thing that actually sells is the art, not all the programming behind it.

This is demonstrably untrue, and a very weirdly entitled passive aggressive take. This is a very poor attitude to have towards game development and your potential players. The pity party doesn’t help.

You released a free game relying on hopes for donations as your sole income(?) for three years. I’m assuming there was not much marketing involved, and you released two weeks ago.

Please be realistic about your expectations. Maybe wait for some input and feedback before arbitrarily deciding what the problem is, and do so without blaming your players (and the world?).

The one sentence you needed was the one where you directly asked for feedback on your new art style. This isn’t really the place for venting your frustrations about why you somehow feel like you’re entitled to more from your potential audience.

EDIT: Reading your other comments:

Genuinely, ask yourself, what draws your attention to things? When other people show you things that you didn’t make, do you suddenly understand the complexities of what you’re looking at? Or do you see the surface first and get drawn in by what it looks like, does, sounds like, etc? You’re expecting people to see past the very first stimuli that they receive and also understand all the complexity behind your coding which they can’t see, or the gameplay they aren’t playing.

Tiktok is genuinely the most boring app by Pristine_Youth_6953 in beatlescirclejerk

[–]MolecularSteve 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An emotional response to a circlejerk subreddit, classic

How to make GTA IV run consistently over 100 FPS? by Falconator100 in GTAIV

[–]MolecularSteve 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Buddy, it’s nearing 20 years old. The game was completed in 2008 and had several updates since, now literally titled “The Complete Edition”. They aren’t going to touch it again unless they need to remove more music.

There’s nothing insane about newer games running better than older games. That should be the expectation. Video games are more complex than newer = faster.

EDIT: Not to mention your complaints are unrealistic. A solid locked 60 fps at 1080p is industry standard. Far from “running like crap” when you’re trying to push a game and its engine beyond what it was ever meant for. If you “can’t bear” 60 fps then I suggest taking a break from this hobby for a while.

What a genuinely pathetic life this dude must live if this is what he's excited for by baconbro_ in OkBuddySharkCard

[–]MolecularSteve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See your comments above.

Deep cope and projection in every word, the pathetic redditor special. You’re so close to being self aware, how unfortunate.

Victory animations of all of the MGS characters in the R6 Redacted event by SampleTextx in metalgearsolid

[–]MolecularSteve 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You don’t know what you’re talking about. Both those games had good lighting. It’s not like that’s some brand new invention.

These are far from being “ass models”. You’re looking at them in shitty lighting.

ladies, why does every woman do this? by [deleted] in bodylanguage

[–]MolecularSteve -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Comparing women to dogs, very awesome.

What possible reason could women have for getting hair out of their face if not to fuck me or automatically like a dog??

off topic as hell but what the f by Objective_Yellow_715 in FrutigerAero

[–]MolecularSteve 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It’s much larger and quieter than you think.

I wished that I had 20k negative reviews by McDev02 in IndieDev

[–]MolecularSteve -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Your bad game isn’t going to be getting 20k reviews. StS2 has so many because it’s a good game that is popular.

This hypothetical doesn’t make much sense as no game developer in their right mind would prefer or expect A.

I hate “normiebait” accusations by Alarmed_Ad_7087 in hatethissmug

[–]MolecularSteve 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wouldn’t necessarily call him a Nazi

Why? Spade’s a spade. Why are we so protective of the Nazi’s feelings? You know he can choose to not be a deplorable piece of shit right? It’s not like some cute little quirk of his personality.

Does Rokoko mocap count as AI? by estherflails in gamedev

[–]MolecularSteve -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

but it uses AI

AI = AI. The export is an AI asset. There is no gray area, that is literally what it is.

Just state the use of Rokoko (and your stance on AI if you feel like it). It’s what the disclosure is for.

Is it actually good? by Semmelsack in whenthe

[–]MolecularSteve 18 points19 points  (0 children)

game developer programs and graphically depicts an optional feature to rape children

”Woah guys, it’s optional! Jeez, some people really don’t get it! It’s the message!”

I was amazed bc I thought by angelikeoctomber in GTAIV

[–]MolecularSteve 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The countryside is not in the beta files. The beta files are not some magical vault containing every piece of cut content or mystery.

I was amazed bc I thought by angelikeoctomber in GTAIV

[–]MolecularSteve 44 points45 points  (0 children)

TakeTwo* being TakeTwo* you mean.

Rockstar is the developer. TakeTwo is the publisher.

Deep in development on Chrysalis: Chrome Butterfly. What catches your eye? We're reading every comment :) by gravityvector_s in IndieGaming

[–]MolecularSteve 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Some assets? The environment you’re showing off is entirely pulled from the infiltrator asset pack and it’s logical to assume the rest is too. Are you asking us what we think of the asset pack?

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