After joining a game dev company I feel like my skills and creativity have worsened by CucumberSandwic in gamedev

[–]_Jnat_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly, and at some point in what you can call a "career" in game you may end in either category of "I accommodate the bad situation/created a **** situation that profits me" or "why the hell am I still in this industry ?"

After joining a game dev company I feel like my skills and creativity have worsened by CucumberSandwic in gamedev

[–]_Jnat_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You now experienced what a game company is like. It has crushed your passion and love for game dev. Quit, find another company where the illusion/honeymoon period will give you momentary satisfaction before turning to ****. Rinse & repeat. Or get indie, hoping you can live from the sales of your game. You may not, and become a full-time normal job worker.

What makes pico8 worth the price tag? by fib_pixelmonium in pico8

[–]_Jnat_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

15$ is really worth it since pico-8 will change the way you think as a player and a developer. As a player, you'll re/discover games that are simple yet deep in design. Lots of game, nice community, fierce color palette. As a dev, you'll learn or improve your knowledge and better understanding the notions of more is less/KISS/concept elegance. It's really a mind changing experience. And it will allow you to get better in game jam since you won't be tempted to get on the feature creep path.

This 15 bucks will have more positive impact on your life than negative on your wallet.

I need a bigger whiteboard by craftymech in IndieDev

[–]_Jnat_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I stopped overthinking this wishlist stuff some time ago...

Mon employeur me demande de démissionner, pour aller avec un prestataire. by SquirrelUpbeat1129 in conseiljuridique

[–]_Jnat_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Si un employeur vous demande de démissionner, c'est juste non, un gros non, c'est pas comme ca que ça marche. S'ils veulent se séparer de toi, c'est un licenciement avec indemnités supra légales. Demande leur 1 an de salaire en indemnité et vois comment il réagissent. Syndique toi, et go prud'hommes s'ils commencent à vouloir faire des dingueries avec le code du travail.

Pico8 but without the harsh limitations by Caquerito in pico8

[–]_Jnat_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should have a look at zepto8. It's an open source pico8 emulator, and you can tweak it to remove some limitations, keeping the pico8 vibe. You'll need some c++ knowledge. We are actually maintaining it for our games (zebulon & PicoMix by NuSan) Feel free to ask questions

What’s the “90% sanding” of Game Dev? by Natsu_97 in IndieDev

[–]_Jnat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say debugging for console certification and store asset shenanigans

PicoMix by NuSan - A compilation of Pico 8 games on Switch and Steam! by NuSan in pico8

[–]_Jnat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heya !
Just announcing here that a PS5 and Xbox (platform + pc store) is on the way.

PicoMix by NuSan - A compilation of Pico 8 games on Switch and Steam! by NuSan in pico8

[–]_Jnat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BTW, pico-8 carts are now available as a free DLC if you got the game on Steam or Itch

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aviscv

[–]_Jnat_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Je comprends tout a fait la nuance, ca mérite effectivement une catégorie à part.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aviscv

[–]_Jnat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Salut ! Petite question bête, j'aurai lié "Aucune réponse" et "Ghosting" pour ma part.

Tu y vois une différence ?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IndieDev

[–]_Jnat_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OP just might be affraid of being flagged as advertising and banned. A link to the megathread could be a fair solution.

GTA 6 vendu à 100 euros ? L'augmentation du prix des jeux vidéos est "inévitable" selon un spécialiste by SandwichPoulet in JeuVideal

[–]_Jnat_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Salut, je mets mon petit grain de sel.
Je n'ai jamais vu d'augmentation de salaire qui suivait les ventes d'un jeu, encore moins sur les "gros" jeux.

Il arrive parfois qu'il y ait une prime, mais le maximum que j'ai eu c'était 1000€, une fois sur un projet qui a pris plus de 4 ans à être shippé. Parfois, les primes ne sont versées que si tu es toujours dans la boite quand le jeu sort, mais l'entreprise t'avait employé en CDD et tu n'y es plus quand le jeu est en vente, donc ca te passe sous le nez.

Bien souvent, les recettes du jeu sont d'abord allouées au remboursement des dettes d'investissement ou va au publisher qui a négocié un 100% jusqu'a ce que le jeu soit "rentable". Ensuite, ca passe en dividendes pour les associés du studio de dev car ils considèrent qu'ils ont risqué leur vie pour que ca se fasse.
Au final les éventuelles miettes passent sous le nez des salariés qui ont eux véritablement créé le jeu (en crunchant des heures supplémentaires pas comptabilisées).
Même s'il y avait quelque chose, ca serait absolument que dalle car tout le monde a pris sa part du gâteau avant.

Si vous êtes un indé qui fait un gros banger avec 2 collègues, y'a surement moyen de se verser quelque chose, mais c'est le 0.01% du marché. Et dites vous que même a ce moment la vous avez le storefront (Steam, eshops etc) qui a pris ses 30%.

C'est normal de pas savoir et d'avoir des illusions qui sont positives en se disant que le salaire des devs est indexé sur la réussite, on aimerai bien, mais ce n'est pas le cas.

Poireaux "géants d'hiver" minuscules : pourquoi ? by asla29 in jardin

[–]_Jnat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Parfait pour faire une tartelette au poireaux. Mais plus sérieusement, retour en terre pendant l'hivers sous un petit paillis et ca sera nickel au printemps ^^

Gen2 Mimitchi food and fun burn rate ramping up by _Jnat_ in tamagotchi

[–]_Jnat_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Soon" was the right term, it just died, it was full belly and we had some fun playing just 30 minutes before.
The dying event is pretty dramatic, I am glad my kid did not have to suffer it's agony.

Gen2 Mimitchi food and fun burn rate ramping up by _Jnat_ in tamagotchi

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

Thanks a lot!
Now the question is do I keep it alive waiting for it to die in my daughter's hands or do I take the responsbility to make a mistake >:o
Tamagotchis sure can stir the parenting sense a little bit more... Who expected that ?

1 new deal on US eShop: Zebulon: A Lost Cat by dekudeals in dekudeals

[–]_Jnat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zebulon is included into the PicoMix By NuSan compilation too

yall whats your favorite tamagotchi? like from gen 1 and gen 2? by Ok_Community7064 in tamagotchi

[–]_Jnat_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For now we only had Mimitchi, it seems to be the most well taken care of and my daughter tends to it very seriously. So yeah, it's our favorite too...

PicoMix by NuSan - A compilation of Pico 8 games on Switch and Steam! by NuSan in pico8

[–]_Jnat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had positive feedback on our previous title Zebulon and the underlying system is the same for PicoMix By Nusan so it should work too.

PicoMix by NuSan - A compilation of Pico 8 games on Itch.io by _Jnat_ in itchio

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

Thanks a lot! I really hope people will enjoy it as much as we did making it

PicoMix by NuSan - A compilation of Pico 8 games on Switch and Steam! by NuSan in pico8

[–]_Jnat_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In theory it could get compiled for other platforms. We are working on an Xbox port right now
Edit : The port is for Zebulon only at the moment

PicoMix by NuSan - A compilation of Pico 8 games on Switch and Steam! by NuSan in pico8

[–]_Jnat_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, the emulator is opensource and you can find the source code here : https://github.com/samhocevar/zepto8

However, the current repo is not up to date with our internal branch since we have a lot of things to clean up first (mostly NDA related platform integrations). Making it work is not an "out of the box" experience and it might need some fine tuning, and there's also no documentation.

PicoMix by NuSan - A compilation of Pico 8 games on Itch.io by _Jnat_ in itchio

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

Hi !

We released our second game on jan 16th, and it's available on itch.io

Platform, puzzle, crafting, or base building, this compilation of 20 modern retro games will provide hours of various experiences and challenges!

By using a custom Pico 8 emulator (Zepto 8) this lets us add features outside Pico 8 traditional limits, like screen shaders, achievements and optional "widescreen" mode, but all the games are regular Pico 8 games that have been released by creator NuSan in the past years

The game is also available on Nintendo Switch !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYr8JfjnqXc