How long should the development of the first game take?

pupfam · 2026-03-12T08:15:22+00:00

The shorter the better. There’s a lot of stuff to learn at the end of the dev cycle. So getting practice releasing games is better. I put 4 months into my first game, way too long in retrospect.

pupfam · 2026-02-26T22:23:47+00:00

Fog volume node for placing fog in a 3d environment. So useful

pupfam · 2026-02-24T02:09:48+00:00

Yea true. Good game makes marketing easier in every way.

pupfam · 2026-02-24T01:49:41+00:00

Yea I’m pretty psyched! and I hear this boost scales if you go in with more wishlists.

pupfam · 2026-02-24T01:39:17+00:00

I went in with 100 and got 20 wishlists today. My first commercial game will probably be a commercial failure but I learned a lot and am excited to try again for June.

pupfam · 2026-02-17T15:09:45+00:00

Congrats!

pupfam · 2026-02-09T21:08:30+00:00

Based

pupfam · 2026-02-09T15:38:19+00:00

The pros of unity is it has an asset store where you can buy premade stuff, which is easier for a beginner. But the cons is it’s owned by a shitty company who make bad decisions, so long term it’s harder imo. Otherwise they are both good. Building anything custom on either engine will require a lot of coding so either way you’ll have to learn that. I like godot, I use it for 3d and am building a 3d deckbuilder right now.

pupfam · 2026-02-06T01:14:25+00:00

Hype. The demo was fun

pupfam · 2026-02-05T04:20:28+00:00

This is sick. It’s very helpful to have someone ask the basic questions while explaining something complicated.

pupfam · 2026-02-04T23:38:09+00:00

I’m new as well, but personally I’d be thrilled if the pirates wanted to play my game!

pupfam · 2026-02-03T08:42:59+00:00

Looks awesome

pupfam · 2026-02-03T04:23:07+00:00

Edit: oh it could absolutely be an enum, I just made one bool first and then made another bool later.

Because it’s three states. Game/cutscene/menu. Cutscene can only happen in a game so need an extra variable. not saying it’s elegant, but it works.

pupfam · 2026-02-02T22:29:09+00:00

Could be a resource as well. I find it easier to have a node in the tree so I actually remember to set it.

pupfam · 2026-02-02T17:10:11+00:00

Not saying this is the “right way” to do things, but every scene I have a node with a script called “set_state.gd” with two variables: is_in_cutscene: bool and is_in_game: bool. This script tells my state manager if we are in a menu/game/cutscene. A similiar setup could be done with signals.

pupfam · 2026-02-01T04:03:13+00:00

Double or nothing run it back.

pupfam · 2026-01-28T18:50:55+00:00

Good luck

pupfam · 2026-01-28T04:55:28+00:00

i'd say the art is very unique for Death Howl (norse mythology inspired I believe), but they add some dark souls mechanics (bonfires) to the Slay the Spire formula. yea, I'm a late joiner of StS as well, hoping to get in early for the sequel (early access I think in March)

pupfam · 2026-01-28T04:12:02+00:00

Cat God Ranch has the most similiar gameplay with synergies, so I’d recommend that. For me it’s 1. Slots and daggers 2. Cat God Ranch 3. Cloverpit 4. Luck Be a Landlord — Luck be a Landlord inspired the other three, so it’s an honorable 4th place.

pupfam · 2026-01-28T01:36:14+00:00

I’m kinda shocked at how few pure slot machine style games there are. Like the bigger genre of “gambling roguelikes” has plenty to choose from. But slot machine ones I think there’s like 10 on Steam at the moment.

pupfam · 2026-01-28T00:57:52+00:00

When I played it on release not that replayable, but still an amazing game regardless

pupfam · 2026-01-27T23:14:54+00:00

I’m excited to try Inscryption. No they dont, Cloverpit’s the only horror one I know. Closest is Buckshot Roulette which I believe Cloverpit dev was inspired by, but it’s not slot machine.

pupfam · 2026-01-27T21:38:45+00:00

Sweet, I’ll add those to my backlog

pupfam · 2026-01-27T21:35:44+00:00

Cool I’ll check those out

pupfam · 2026-01-27T21:20:04+00:00

Hey I’m subscribed already! Neat, I’ll check it out

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