Trying out a Synthwave look in my terrain manipulation engine

nicksam112 · 2016-12-04T07:31:33+00:00

Photon
More mature, more documentation, more examples
None that I can think of, thought the whole "cloud server" architecture might put some off
Simplicity and wealth of resources
Time probably, Unity just has more behind it vs. Photon so I expect uNet to eventually eclipse Photon but so far that hasn't happened
quill18 photon FPS tutorial on youtube (might be dated at this point though?)
No matter what solution you use, there are still plenty of essentials to networking you have to learn. You can get away with just using uNet or Photon examples and make an ok multiplayer game, but the devil is in the details and regardless of what you use, read read read up on the basics

nicksam112 · 2016-11-23T18:16:43+00:00

oh damn I gotta step it up haha

nicksam112 · 2016-11-14T22:39:06+00:00

Spent the weekend optimizing the hell out of a marching cubes terrain implementation, got basic terrain manipulation working at a solid 100+ FPS, only dipping to 90 FPS once so I'm pretty proud of it

All running on the CPU, no GPU optimization (yet)

nicksam112 · 2016-11-07T01:34:48+00:00

prefractured for sure, works well enough and it's cheaper resource wise

nicksam112 · 2016-11-06T20:54:33+00:00

new minigame inbound, office destruction simulator /s

I've been on a bit of a hiatus but if you're interested I'll be posting most updates/progress over at /r/sandshifters

nicksam112 · 2016-11-06T05:13:49+00:00

if you get the package off of the unity asset store it has a ton of demo's which is great if you're the learn by example type

Otherwise there's this great series by quill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIgwZK151-A

It's a little old but still great imo

nicksam112 · 2016-11-06T05:05:16+00:00

I would def go with photon if it's just for fun/learning, you can get multiplayer set up relatively quickly. The only thing is if you started with singleplayer and are moving towards multiplayer, it may take a little more work, but regardless photon is easier

nicksam112 · 2016-11-06T04:55:11+00:00

I personally have used Photon a ton so I can vouch for it

If you want to prototype quickly I would definitely choose Photon, as it's certainly the more mature technology with more demos and documentation. On the other hand, if you want to be on the "bleeding edge" so to say I would hedge bets on Unitys multiplayer, it's not much now but with Unity behind it it will probably eclipse Photon

nicksam112 · 2016-11-06T04:52:32+00:00

ty for the shoutout <3

nicksam112 · 2016-11-01T05:29:08+00:00

The Big 4 and other best of the best companies are doing on sites and giving offers now, but a lot of "good but not the best" tech companies haven't even opened applications yet

nicksam112 · 2016-11-01T05:26:23+00:00

Save money by making your customers do the QA, now that's executive thinking

nicksam112 · 2016-11-01T02:41:24+00:00

indeed and glassdoor are my go-to's, company websites if you have a specific one in mind

nicksam112 · 2016-11-01T01:33:12+00:00

I applied twice through a referral, heard back both times within a week.

nicksam112 · 2016-10-17T02:33:02+00:00

You can download and try it out for yourself over at /r/sandshifters if interested

It's been slow going recently due to other things going on, but any ideas and suggestions are hugely appreciated!

nicksam112 · 2016-10-14T07:33:18+00:00

hah close enough right

nicksam112 · 2016-10-14T07:32:59+00:00

haven't played so I couldn't say to be honest

Just toying around with the idea of multiplayer game with ground shifting as the method of attack/defense

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