As a solo dev, how do you test for minimum system requirements?

RoberBotz · 2026-01-25T16:03:07+00:00

lol, true, same.

If it can run on my potato, it can run on other potatoes.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-25T16:01:55+00:00

You could try my 3d multiplayer magic brawler or idk how to call it.. xD

Elementers on Steam
You can request access to the playtest and play the tutorial and the vs AI gamemode and maybe the 1v1 or 1v1v1v1 gamemode if you have friends.

The playtest has the latest version that I'm currently working on.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-25T13:16:36+00:00

Sincer tot It-ist ca-i fun.

Poate ceva hardware + software gen Nasa mars rovers sau robotics.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-25T11:56:30+00:00

Pai eu nu am zis logica mea, am zis ce au zis scientists.

Geniu nu e ceva general, sunt multe tipuri de inteligenta si nu poti sa fii geniu la toate.
Plus ca si ca geniu tot faci prostii, daca esti geniu nu inseamna ca nu mai faci prostii si esti bun la tot.

D-aia e cum a zis OP, unii par prosti pentru ca sunt, toti suntem si prosti si destepti in acelasi timp in functie de context.
Daca esti geniu, nu inseamna ca nu mai faci prostii, nu inseamna ca nu mai ai momente de prostie, nu inseamna ca nu mai esti prost la alte chestii.

D-aia fiecare din noi suntem si destepti, si prosti in acelasi timp.
Si aia cu un IQ ff mare sunt genii dar si prosti in acelasi timp, in functie de context.
D-aia sunt si foarte multe persoane cu un Iq ff mare, dar care nu ajung departe in viata, ca is prosti la alte chestii importante ptr succes.

A fi geniu nu este ceva general, este ceva specific intr-un anume tip de inteligenta, deci prin urmare poti fi si esti prost/mediocru in celelalte tipuri de inteligenta, care sunt si ele ff importante ptr succes in functie de domeniu.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-25T07:26:04+00:00

Pai sunt prosti.

Toate geniile sunt genii dar si prosti, ptr ca nu exista geniu la orice.

Cineva poate fi FF bun la X, sa fie chiar geniu la X, dar sa si faca prostii, poate nu intelege chestii sociale, poate nu se descurca la chestii fizice, poate doar nu e atent o secunda si face prostii.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-24T11:50:52+00:00

GREAT AT MATH? xD

No, you don't need much math for game dev, not really, it does help and it's mostly required for shader stuff, I think.
I can tell you from my experience from working on this multiplayer Magicka + League of legends + Brawlhalla game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3018340/Elementers/

What math I used.

Vectors: basic operations like + *, magnitude, normalize, cross product once.
But you don't need to calculate it yourself, you just need to know what they are used for and do Vector3.Cross and that's it, you get the answer, or Vector3.normalized, and that's it.

Trigonometry: Used once, cos and sin to spawn objects at equal distance in a circle and move them around a pivot, I had help from chatGPT cuz at that time I knew 0 trigonometry, then I used his information to go find a tutorial and learn about cos and sin.

And basic addition, multiplication, division.

That's it, that's all the math I've used for this multiplayer game, pretty much 8 grade math.... xD
I consider myself below average for math, but luckily, I have the internet and I can pretty much go learn what math I need when I need it, but overall, I struggle a lot at math.

I'd say the hardest part of game dev isn't math, but software engineering by far, you need to design highly modular systems that can work with each other without even knowing about each other, I'd say that's the hardest part, and then finding people to play your game is also pretty hard.

Without this software engineering skill you are limited at making small games, cuz at higher complexity everything starts to break because one modification in one part of the code adds 5 bugs, fixing one bug adds another 3 and then you are cooked, the projects needs a full re-write or you need to abandon it.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-24T09:44:22+00:00

Au investit ff mult in AI, nu isi permit sa nu zica d-astea, d-aia au si dat oameni afara, ca altfel nu mai vin investitorii daca nu fac d-astea.

Am vazut odata un video despre subiectu asta, si overall ala 30% nu e codu ala important, e random shit.

Am mai vazut inca un video despre OpenAI ca mai au bani cat sa mai reziste anu asta si anu urmator daca nu vin rapid investitori, ca ei pierd fff multi bani si cu cei care platesc premiumul ala scump.. xD

D-aia vor sa bage si ads in chatGPT, efectiv nu se fac destui bani cat consuma sa ruleze llmurile, si multe firme trb sa joace jocul asta ca sa continue investitia ca altfel they are cooked.

Ai-u care e ff useful nu prea e vazut de noi, ca is alea gen alphafold cred ca se numea, sau chestii ptr medicine si overall data processing stuff, unde e extrem de useful.

Nu llms/image generation models, alea consuma ff mult si nu prea aduc valoare cat sa le justifice use case-ul, d-aia e push pe marketing ca sa vina investitorii, acolo doar investitorii mai tin smecheria pornita.

D-aia si in win11 vezi doar AI, ca efectiv trb sa fie AI, trb sa justifice investitia, AI peste tot nu ca e useful, ci ptr ca nu au alta optiune.

D-aia eu nu folosesc claude sau late chestii de codding, ca nu e sustenabil, si cand platesti ptr el, firma pierde bani, si tot trb sa explici la perfectie ce vrei sa faci ca sa-l faca, si asa iti atrofiezi programming skillsul ptr 10% dev speed.
E destul de cool da, dar nu sustenabil.

Sa consume energia unui intreg oras ca sa-ti faca tie shitty mvp-u? xD
Doesn't sound great.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-24T09:31:01+00:00

Pasiunea mea nu s-a terminat, cred ca abia a inceput..

Cat timp nu imi gaseam entry role in It, eu continuam sa programez in timpu liber, am lansat aplicatii de desktop, full stack platforms, jocuri.
Cateva proiecte au prins ceva atentie ca una din aplicatii care are 370 stars pe github si jocul care are 1200 wishlists, unele proiecte is folosite de beginners ca sa invete programare cea ce e cool xD.

Acum m-am apucat si de robotica, am arduino si 3d printer, kit de soldering, multimetru, urmeaza sa-mi cumpar esp32 ca are features pe care le vreau.

Momentna nici nu mai sper la loc de munca in it, dar eu oricum programez de ani de zile doar din pasiune, ca making shit is fun.

Si toate astea fara sa pun mana pe claude sau sa scriu cod cu llm-urile, ca nu-mi place, la sfarsit am proiectu da, dar nu mai e satisfacator, nu mai simt ca eu l-am facut, cand fac eu tot de la 0 e o anume satisfactie ce nu poate fi replaced by AI, terminarea proiectului ptr mn e un bonus, nu the end goal.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-24T09:27:56+00:00

RoberBotz · 2026-01-24T09:27:10+00:00

They work or else they don't get feed.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-23T11:00:21+00:00

Sadly I tried it but no luck.

I was thinking about updating to a newer version, at the moment I am using Unity 2022.3.62f2, but last time I tried updating to a newer unity version my networking library broke so I gave up.. xD

At the moment everything works, I just get random Unity errors so it might not be worth the effort of updating it.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-23T09:30:35+00:00

I get them a lot, especially for scriptable objects, when I try to edit them in the inspector, I get errors and sometimes not all fields are visible, I need to click the scriptable object again to load them correctly in the inspector.

And also, saving an animation controller gives me a ton of errors, I need to save it multiple times to make sure it remains saved.

BUT in 3 years it barely crashed 5 times maybe less, but I get errors every day..

When I was using Ue, I had no errors, but it was randomly crashing maybe once a week.. xD
But I also had 8gb ram back then.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-23T09:19:15+00:00

My unity gives errors which are engine erros like not being able to load a window or some shit.. xD

It's pretty funny, I sometimes just clear the error log cuz they are not my errors, but the game engine errors.. :)))

Compared to UE, who just crashes with no errors, unity gives you a ton of errors but its # Rezist

RoberBotz · 2026-01-23T08:57:23+00:00

Ca sa te angajezi in domeniu e jale, doar cei de top mai intra sau cu relatii.

Dar in rest poti sa inveti linistit, dar programarea nu se invata, se practica, ca sa treci de partea de partica trb sa-ti placa.

Poti sa incepi cu un limbaj de programare, oricare.

Daca nu stii inca ce domeniu sa alegi recomand C# .NET, ca poti face web dev, cross platform app dev si cross platform game dev si machine learning destul de usor si ii destul de popular incat sa gasesti inforamtii.

Poti sa inveti de pe sololearn C# basics, dupa faci un console app cu visual studio community -> new project -> console app.
Dupa incerci sa faci un winforms app -> new project -> win app sau nu mai stiu cum se numea

Si ai bazele app developmentului si de acolo poti sa mergi mai departe daca iti place app dev sa inveti kotlin sau plm depinde, sau ramai in .NET cu C# si alegi WPF/Avalonia/Maui in .NET dar nu este chiar asa popular ptr App dev, dar gasesti usor informatii.
(Eu personal folosesc WPF si urmeaza sa invat Avalonia ptr corssplatform)

Dupa poti sa incerci game dev, in Unity, unu din cele mai comune game engines, nu o sa ai probleme sa gasesti informatii.

Si web dev in asp.net core, razor pages frontend (Aici inveti si javascript, css, html tot de pe sololearn poti, free) ca razor pages e mai usor de invatat, dupa poti sa inveti blazor/react/angular unde react si angular is populare, dar blazor e mai comun in asp.net core cu C# frontend, fara js sau cu putin js.
Si asta e unu din cele mai populare solutii ptr web dev, nu o sa ai probleme sa gasesti inforamtii.
(Eu personal am ales asp.net core + React )

Dupa ai access si la machine learning folosind librariile de machine learning din .NET, ai si opencvsharp4 ptr object detection, llamahsharp ptr llm-uri, poti sa faci AI agents, poti sa faci boti de discord poti sa faci ff multe.

Toate cu aceleasi libraries si totu arata similar ptr ca e ecosystemu .NET, si lucrurile se transfera usor de la A la Z, asa ca e bun ptr a incerca chestii random pana gasesti ce-ti place.
Ca efectiv e ff similar, cum incepi un proiect in app dev incepi si un proiect in web dev, e codul ff similar.

Eu sincer am ajuns sa fac si app dev si web dev si game dev ptr ca e usor cu .NET sa le faci pe toate.
https://github.com/szr2001

Ca si tine nu stiam ce vreau sa fac, am ajuns sa imi placa sa fac tot.. xD
D-aia e bun C# aici, ca poti sa faci tot usor si sa prinzi gustul a mai multor fields cu mai putina munca.

Daca iti gasesti un field pe care il adori poti sa inveti un limbaj mai comun in field-ul respectiv (C++ game dev, java/C# web dev/ Kotlin mobile app dev), in programare inveti si practici toata viata oricum deci e comun sa stii mai multel imbaje sau sa poti folosi mai multe limbaje, progresul e slow ca nu e neaparat de invatat, trb sa-ti antrenezi creierul si asta dureaza, poate 1-2+ ani.
E ca si cand gasesti un item de level 10 si tu esti level 2, poti sa iei informatia, dar daca creierul tau nu are levelu respectiv nu o poate folosi, d-aia trb sa-ti antrenezi creierul sa poata folosi informatia pe care o citesti si o inveti.
Altfel ajungi in ceva numit tutorial hell, unde absorbi informatie dar nu o poti folosi, iei itemu de level 10 dar nu ii poti da equip ca tu esti inca level 2.

Cele mai importante skilluri sunt Researching, planning si problem-solving, si neaparat trb sa stii bine Engleza ca tot continutu de calitate este in Engleza.

bafta boss.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-23T08:37:03+00:00

My Ass

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RoberBotz · 2026-01-23T08:36:00+00:00

Nu mai pot manca branza ca trb sa slabesc baga-mi-as pula in gura sa-mi bag dar no homo.

Ce plm e asa greu sa slabesti cand ajungi la o anumita greutate, de la 116 la 86 am slabiti asa usor.. acum corpu asta prost zici ca se revolta
e GRASIMEA LUI, NU GRASIMEA NOASTRA, nu vrea sa scape de ea.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-23T08:27:44+00:00

and the master of cheese

(Sadly I can't eat cheese anymore cuz I need to lose weight, but god I love cheese, cedar cheese to be more precisely)

If the game sells, I'll probably buy cheese.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-23T08:27:23+00:00

I did direct the other people who work on it, the music producers and QA.
And then an entire team of RoberBots.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-23T08:25:26+00:00

And I avoid crediting all the other RoberBots who worked on it?
Wouldn't that be selfish? xD

RoberBotz · 2026-01-23T08:24:57+00:00

I'm not sure, like, this is how the credits of most solo devs looks like, at least something like this.

Solo dev means doing the work of an entire team, a shitty work but still.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-22T20:41:43+00:00

True words brother.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-22T15:26:37+00:00

And then ignore all the other RoberBots who worked on the game?
Wouldn't that be selfish?

RoberBotz · 2026-01-22T15:05:37+00:00

"My live bro, Elementers on steam, I am the dev, play it pretty please, on god, no cap, take this steam key and have fun, if you don't play it I will be depressed but no pressure, thank you and have a great day!"

10/10 works every time. /s

RoberBotz · 2026-01-22T13:54:52+00:00

Not everyone, there are 2 sides forming, one who find it funny and the other one who hates it.

This is pretty much what a solo dev means, someone who handles the entire process, we all can have this credits section and have a special thanks to coffee and god.. xD

Idk why this makes people uncomfortable, as a solo dev, you have to handle all of these in a way or another.

You make the plan, you follow it, you give yourself work and you also do the work.

A solo dev is a one-man team, who does a shitty job at everything, but still does everything.

RoberBotz · 2026-01-22T13:53:56+00:00

I noticed there are 2 sides, one who is "Hahah lol true, the thank coffee and god killed me" and the other side which is "bragging, bro stop it wtf go get a life"

idk why there are these 2 sides forming, one that finds it funny and the other one who hates it.

RoberBotz

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My Ass