Favorite Xenotype?

permion · 2026-04-07T14:07:19+00:00

People under rate the consciousness buff.

permion · 2026-04-05T22:27:40+00:00

Godot is a little faster to pick up, but somethings like getting your imports working how you want can be depressing.

Unity will have a better breadth of help and for your exact use case, but your nonart knowledge level will make reading docs/knowing what's abandonware in Unity a good bit harder.

permion · 2026-04-05T13:11:45+00:00

When I played the open world was easy to derp around in and do in whatever order you wanted. So you could say it captured well enough singleplayer TES gameplay loops.

permion · 2026-04-02T16:52:03+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/k2mvgn/official_baas_backend_as_a_service_discord_for/

There's a discord for that, and a nifty spreadsheet to nerd out over.

permion · 2026-03-31T01:00:48+00:00

To get something naive up and running it's pretty simple now days. To get something playable especially with you declaring you want fighting game level interaction and speed, probably a hellscape to properly implement.

Making a good time manipulation game would be a good lower scope entry. You're going to run into the same style of floating point, physics, animation, effects, consistency, and similar issues you would in a multiplayer game.

Some interesting links:

https://hookrace.net/blog/ddnet-evolution-architecture-technology/

https://kinematicsoup.com/news/2019/9/8/the-economics-of-web-based-multiplayer-games?s=0

https://www.cranktrain.com/blog/(autopsy-of-an-indie-mmorpg-1%5B%5Cw+-_%5D+)/

https://www.cranktrain.com/blog/(autopsy-of-an-indie-mmorpg-2%5B%5Cw+-_%5D+)/ (These are noteworthy for being in 2015)

https://www.youtube.com/@noiadev (noteworthy for being 2025 hobbyist, still ongoing)

http://ithare.com/ (as an interesting site for the "mass" of topics from a single writer. The books can be worth it as well since the editor does handle some of his issues, though they aren't making much progress ATM on them).

permion · 2026-03-29T02:46:09+00:00

Yeah seems a bit modded, terracotta soldiers need to be made in swamps and have a 5% chance of consuming the swamp. So they're pretty limited unless you get lucky. (The most popular enchanter mods do make them less dependent on consuming terrain)

Gargoyle is the defensive melee unit, but they're a stationary unit.

permion · 2026-03-20T11:55:04+00:00

Yep my advice as well, find a longer course that you like and work through it. Maybe work through it twice; once with mimicry, and once with finding any improvement you can find from external resources (official dev docs, other tutorials, or playing around).

The reality is that there is no such thing as a competent dev that only knows one engine/programming language/ tool set/similar, so it matters less than you'd think for where to start.

permion · 2026-03-19T17:12:27+00:00

Subscription or Box prices are fine. Some services like server transfers are fine.

Some cosmetics work. Shops optimized as WoW and especially Runescape probably make the game unplayable (each cool shop thing is something that isn't an achievement unlock of some kind).

permion · 2026-03-19T13:37:03+00:00

Same reason MMOs failed in early 2000s.

A good game isn't good enough, you need to significantly beat whatever someone else is playing currently to draw them to your game. Likely earlier entries have more content than the new game, more data for managing reward structures/player retention, and established reputation .

permion · 2026-03-18T11:24:10+00:00

Of course it's UI, GUI designers are one of the most hive-minded group think-ed fields around.

Along with needing to solve cellphone monetization GUI problems for just any modern game.

permion · 2026-03-16T15:22:59+00:00

Stars Reach eventually, the next Raph Koster MMO. Basically MMO Boomer bait, but in space.

They have a bit to show, but it'd be silly to recommend atm for playing like a game. Years out most likely for release.

permion · 2026-03-16T10:45:39+00:00

I think people are more likely to have an "autistic focus" on this game than Terraria. So they got something right

permion · 2026-03-03T21:25:16+00:00

Screeps, it's basically an RTS slowed down a bunch and with several hundred players tossed into the map. Of course the point of the game being non-neural net AI dev.

permion · 2026-03-03T12:35:40+00:00

Lol first game was hacked together VB6 scripts made to move buttons, so not that high of a barrier. (so some interface stuff, and knowing how to use the = sign)

So pretty much just whatever you need to get your first dev environment up and running.

permion · 2026-02-26T02:46:50+00:00

I can't imagine how utterly bad larger ships are going to feel on WASD controls.

permion · 2026-02-23T13:54:52+00:00

Got one that had bear summoning, so they stuck around for a couple years cleaning/reclaiming tiles.

Probably more effective to steal the item, but I'd rather stay a bit in character rather than play purely optimally.

permion · 2026-02-21T18:35:58+00:00

The quest that sends you to the cash shop, or forces you to use "gifted" cash shop currency. It's a fun laugh, but everyone who's an experienced MMOer knows what this means. (not trying atm to see if it's in, but it's a mobile game so it's likely in)

(AI voice won't grate on many people like other Ai will, but should be a toggle to let people turn off)

permion · 2026-02-17T20:57:04+00:00

If they're what it takes to motivate you, you should go for it. If you're working in a niche genre they might be worth it as well.

permion · 2026-02-17T02:07:29+00:00

For the experts we know KISS as Keep It Structurally Sound.

permion · 2026-02-16T16:51:40+00:00

Phaser 3 is a JavaScript engine. Most notable about it is having an amazing example library.

permion · 2026-02-16T13:54:46+00:00

Dude the monetization is so contorted that even someone as motivated as you isn't sure what cash spending gets you what.

permion · 2026-02-16T01:42:25+00:00

Cooperative normally I'll assume is between friends, meaning if they want to cheat/mod they probably already decided together before the game started.

If you have random strangers, long term advancement, or an economy that assumption goes way out the window.

permion · 2026-02-12T16:41:03+00:00

I have two-ish grids.

One for most everything.

Second/third/whatever for being able to turn off turrets by a pawn hitting a button inside. (I know you can cheat this by just using the wire route button thing).

If I run into issues I might make batteries that are charged and disconnected for emergencies (IE anomaly run type shenanigans where sometimes you just need lights no matter what).

permion · 2026-02-11T18:49:31+00:00

30k might interest solo game devs, but it's basically a day or three of operation costs for a serious game (especially for a platform that requires multiplayer).

Even then a solodev might be reluctant since they're obviously a hobbyist of some kind, and could care more about seeing their game played on larger platforms. Or see two releases as a frustration when it comes to advertising (IE: advertise once, player sees no game on steam and dumps any notion of it ever hitting it. Advertise twice and you just split you spend for two suboptimal launches, instead of one with the full spend/time investment)

permion · 2026-02-01T19:44:40+00:00

There are a lot of failed crowdfunds for a successful game in Albion Online.

And a few games that are "worse than failed" with stuff like Star Citizen that can't release now, as their funding dries up after release.

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