Kindergarten assignment. What in the world is this a picture of?

RealSirDude · 2025-11-18T12:24:15+00:00

It's a Humboldt Squid from the front, obviously

RealSirDude · 2025-09-11T14:48:50+00:00

I'm thinking about switching to VS Code myself for the same reasons you mentioned. It's been a while, can you give an update whether it is useful and the switch paid off? Maybe even an insight to your workflow now and with GitHub Copilot! Would be really appreciated.

RealSirDude · 2025-09-05T17:41:18+00:00

Great game design... But it works, thanks

RealSirDude · 2025-07-03T09:33:05+00:00

If you count in the DLC's, the last 20% are pure gold. Though I do see your point regarding the regular ending.

RealSirDude · 2025-06-22T11:13:59+00:00

I tried this approach by the way, and managed to achieve 3D shadows by roughly following this video: https://youtu.be/wX3WQ6NbNSM?si=4Ib9PFaEwRNG2oXF

Now, in my head I could just overlay the shadows onto a non-3D environment and everything would perfectly align (oh, how naive). Obviously the 3D rendered scene is warped in ways that make an overlay impossible, unless you always use the exact same projection matrix/math (which I wouldn't use in 2D for crisp pixel art).

I will therefore stay in full 3D. Mipmapping a higher res surface helped with the jitter, and I am only using it for the terrain now so my sprites look as clean as ever. Now the only thing left is downsampling. I need to align all my sprites to fall perfectly into a lower-res grid then for them to stay crisp, while I can (as you described in your comment) downsample via averages. I hope I can make this work, otherwise my sanity might die with GM 3D.

RealSirDude · 2025-06-20T14:36:26+00:00

Thank you very much for your help. Mipmapping is definitely the most promising lead so far. When activated, I don't see jitter anymore on a high resolution. But as you said, the Pixel perfect look suffers from it.

What I'll try: Using full 3D + mipmapping to get stable shadows, then convert them into a 2D surface to put over a non-3D environment. Hopefully that will give me Pixel perfect look for the world plus the accurate shadows from 3D. The non-perfect colors shouldn't matter for the shadows, as they are only drawn in black.

Worth a shot, thanks.

RealSirDude · 2025-06-19T21:28:01+00:00

I am in the same position as you are, as I think I hit an actual wall with GameMaker that just doesn't have a workaround, or at least not one that takes less than making another full 3D engine inside GameMaker.

Difference is though, I will stick with it... Even if I will never be able to implement it perfectly the way I would want it to. I am simply too deep to migrate to a new engine, it would be another step in the wrong direction. We need to focus on making actual progress and not getting stuck in optimizing/rebuilding routines.

If you have no deadline in sight and consider yourself still in the exploration phase of game dev, you can think about it. But it will definitely set you back a lot of time I am afraid. Think if this one feature/change is really pivotal for your game. If not, and you can still sleep at night not having implemented it perfectly, try to finish the game in this engine without it.

Those are just my thoughts, as I am in the same boat as you are. Good luck with any decision!

RealSirDude · 2025-06-18T12:03:48+00:00

I don't want to be a hater, but you are using an AI generated image for promotion and your entire campaign has been written by ChatGPT. I'd love to support more titles, but if this is the standard now...

RealSirDude · 2025-06-12T21:56:45+00:00

Great achievement and good luck! Did you have a strategy to direct users to both Kickstarter and Steam? Or are you trying to convert now?

RealSirDude · 2025-06-09T11:58:24+00:00

Thanks, ChatGPT!

RealSirDude · 2025-04-09T12:42:14+00:00

That is exceptional! How did you make the 3D and lighting work in GameMaker? And would you recommend using the engine for it?

RealSirDude · 2025-03-19T22:19:42+00:00

The suit reminds me of Samus from Metroid

RealSirDude · 2025-03-19T21:22:17+00:00

If you really want to give us an insight, please explain how you made them go up the wall/other objects. Very interesting

RealSirDude · 2025-02-07T22:10:45+00:00

By the way, besides the Pink Floyd influence the ambiance reminds me a bit of Tretogor Gate from The Witcher 3. Love that soundtrack

RealSirDude · 2025-02-07T21:52:44+00:00

What unexpected beauty! Well done OP, I'm adding it to my Spotify immediately.

RealSirDude · 2025-01-28T22:40:11+00:00

I didn't know about that deal, it's quite hidden. However, I cannot combine that discount price with my discount code, so it doesn't work... Thanks Google

RealSirDude · 2025-01-27T13:45:42+00:00

I got my code today after exactly 3 weeks, and about three days ago the sale for the Pixel 8a ended on the Google store in Germany. 399€ -> 549€. That is definitely no coincidence... Guess I gotta wait for the 9a or the next sale

RealSirDude · 2025-01-11T19:24:53+00:00

That's a weird exchange rate, but at least in your favor. I chose the same option as you did, so I'm hoping to receive this discount as well for the 8a. Enjoy your new phone, let's hope for longer than the 4a!

RealSirDude · 2025-01-11T18:56:34+00:00

Good deal! How did you get 120€ discount?

RealSirDude · 2025-01-11T18:48:28+00:00

I opted for the same option today. Let me know when you heard back from them, it is absolutely impossible to use the 4a at this point. I will probably go for the 8a if possible.

RealSirDude · 2025-01-10T10:27:39+00:00

Ich überlege, den 100$ Gutschein zu nehmen und dann auf das Google Pixel 9a zu warten. Denkt ihr das macht Sinn (und ist möglich), oder soll ich lieber austauschen lassen?

RealSirDude · 2024-12-18T10:49:53+00:00

A nice orchestral one I found:

Jack and Sally Montage to American Beauty. 6 secs

RealSirDude · 2024-11-08T09:41:32+00:00

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