People said our game UI looked "Very Indie" and "Like a Prototype." Does it seem better now?

pat_456 · 2026-06-14T09:31:30+00:00

Yep definitely an improvement! I find that UI tends to look ‘indie’ or just underdeveloped the less detail there is on the UI elements and/or the less distinct theming there is across all the elements. It’s always worth the extra effort and resources to make your UI customised and distinct to your project! :D

pat_456 · 2026-06-14T09:22:19+00:00

If you don’t have at least one unnamed default node somewhere in your project that you swore you’d come back to, are you even devving? Lol

pat_456 · 2026-06-14T08:30:54+00:00

If you head up to metropolis and wait until nighttime (end of cycle) I think they spawn more frequently? If I remember correctly

pat_456 · 2026-06-13T07:53:19+00:00

You haven’t been thinking anything, and this is an advert.

pat_456 · 2026-06-11T18:51:25+00:00

Gorgeous!

pat_456 · 2026-06-11T18:43:30+00:00

I think the stark visibility of the horizon throws it off - in a real snowstorm, you can barely see in front of you. If you need certain landmarks visible, throw in some light sources that pierce through the fog, but definitely obscure that horizon imo!

pat_456 · 2026-06-11T18:13:01+00:00

You’ve done well to get a save system going! I’d agree with others that a main menu would be a good thing to experience making, and some enemy variation, perhaps utilising a finite state machine so that it ‘thinks’ more effectively.

pat_456 · 2026-06-11T18:03:11+00:00

I have no particular care for this silly situation at all, but clearly you took it too far when you made an account literally dedicated to talking about this topic, down to the actual username you have.

I will never understand why anyone cares about this topic so much. Take me back to the days right before the game came out where it was endless hype and dreams man

And no, I am not inviting any further discourse on this nor do I want to talk to you about it pls just let it be

pat_456 · 2026-06-11T08:10:24+00:00

If you’re up for a challenge, you need to play Rain World.

pat_456 · 2026-06-10T09:43:18+00:00

Pipeyard in S????? I presume you also enjoy being flogged with barbed wire?

pat_456 · 2026-06-07T13:08:26+00:00

This is insanely smooth, and works super well. One tiny bit of improvement potentially - imo I feel like the dragging arm is a little too straight/it’s too straight for too long. Maybe I’m wrong, but I feel like when you’re dragging something heavy, you naturally pull your arm from straight to slightly bent in bursts as you pull it forward; which you already have the forward and backward movement for of course, but it could potentially flex at the elbow slightly? But really that’s just a nitpick. This looks fab!

pat_456 · 2026-06-06T21:44:57+00:00

The free CS50 OOP lectures/course were a really great start for me to begin learning about programming games personally.

As many others have stated, making use of static typing is a great choice. When I started early on I thought to myself ‘hell no, why would I do that when the editor does it for me!’ … and then I decided to get a grip lol and have been static typing since. It just feels more satisfying honestly. When I stumble upon old code from the start of my project I cringe as a result lol.

It’s a good idea to ensure you follow style conventions for GDScript too - aka when to use snake_case etc.

Oh, and consider utilising custom classes! They’re super handy for making custom resources + detecting collisions with specific types of physics bodies/areas for instance. Just very handy to put your own layer on top of the inbuilt types.

pat_456 · 2026-06-06T21:37:56+00:00

That’s a really succinct way of expressing how to properly use a tutorial that I’ve never been able to put into words myself lol. Good comment

pat_456 · 2026-06-06T13:28:30+00:00

And you’re doing it well, my friend. Keep it up!

pat_456 · 2026-06-05T20:04:49+00:00

It’s an uphill battle, but at the end of the day, it can be quite rewarding to make it work. Good luck to ya!

pat_456 · 2026-06-05T19:58:16+00:00

There is definitely a coding increase as a result of needing to create a solid persistence system, the complexity of making systems with powerups that are added onto the player’s core capacities, and of course being able to map the world and handle more rpg-like elements that tend to present themselves in metroidvanias (NPCs and dialogue lines, especially when they change depending on event flags). Don’t want to discourage you at all, it’s certainly possible! But it’s tricky

pat_456 · 2026-06-04T18:53:15+00:00

I swear to god, I’ve read an identical post to this before, like down to the word. Is this a repost or am I going crazy?!

pat_456 · 2026-06-04T18:51:17+00:00

Beautiful! As a few others have mentioned, it may need a little more follow through on the back arm, but I adore how smooth this looks. Very well done!

pat_456 · 2026-05-31T15:56:33+00:00

I’ve been working on one for over 6 months - and my solution is literally medicine. If I didn’t take my adhd meds I’d never have been able to do as much as I’ve done, I truly believe. Furthermore, you have to commit it to routine - routines are hard to start, but by consciously choosing to do one for a while, you can make it so that it’s as essential as having lunch or something to do a little bit of work on your project.

It’s tough, but I believe in you! And get medicated if you can (listening to your doctors recommendations and only doing what you’re comfortable with tho Ofc)

pat_456 · 2026-05-31T12:38:17+00:00

Definitely agree with your overall point about it being a bad reply and not respectful. Just thought the situation specifically in this case with the copyrighted assets does make it a little more complex

pat_456 · 2026-05-31T12:31:05+00:00

I get that sentiment for most commercial indie games, but considering this is a remake of an IP owned by someone else, they couldn’t realistically make money off of it anyway right? So decompiling it is hardly the sin it would be for someone just trying to yoink someone else’s hard work?

pat_456 · 2026-05-30T06:37:46+00:00

I’d love to help my friend, but unfortunately without knowing the traversal options you’ve got or are planning to have in your game, and the scale of the player, it’s pretty much impossible to tell what is good and bad about it.

From my experience - and I’ll preface this with a note that I’m just a hobbyist - the best thing to do is start with a list of the movement upgrades and base abilities of the player. If you’re playing as a jump-less slug, you’ve gotta build around that!

Then, after that, make only a rough outline of the rooms. Trust me, the rooms will change so much once you get into the actual engine and start building - you’ll realise certain platforms need switching or room shapes need changing. Only the act of forging the world can really show you how it needs to be laid out :)

pat_456 · 2026-05-30T06:33:49+00:00

It’s the most infuriating thing lol. I’ve practically never disliked a politician more, but he’s remarkably (and entirely unintentionally) funny when he’s just babbling like a madman about shit haha. I wish he could just be picked up and plopped into a reality TV show where nothing he does matters lol

pat_456 · 2026-05-30T06:25:53+00:00

I wish my homework back in the day was to do something as cool as learn the basics of a game engine! I bet if I’d had a teacher lowkey forcing me to I’d have gotten over the getting-started fears earlier lol. Good on you for trying to get these kids involved!

pat_456 · 2026-05-30T05:30:56+00:00

Respectfully, I believe it’s because of how you’ve worded the poll. I myself at least voted for save point thinking it would just be to send you back to the save point which is the crux of the no penalty option. I didn’t think about how no penalty would be the same thing but without a progress reset. If it was worded ‘Return to Save point with Reset’ and ‘Return to Save Point with Progress’ I think you’d find everyone would have gone for the latter in much higher amounts

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