#dev talk

[achivement-unlocked]

https://www.tumblr.com/achivement-unlocked/743086027324932096/kosa

Not the anon, but Kosa is a bill that's soon going to pass where minors on the internet get their parents to see what they search up and restrict things that are deemed "inappropriate." When in reality it prevents kids who are trying to learn about the lbgtq community and kids trying to identify abuse. The bill will change the internet forever and NOT in a good way.

Im pretty sure the anon is trying to ask you to spread awareness about this.

Some links to prevent this are:

https://www.badinternetbills.com/

https://www.stopkosa.com/

https://www.change.org/p/save-our-free-and-open-internet-stop-the-kids-online-safety-act

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/censorship-wont-make-kids-safe?nowrapper=true#:~:text=Privacy%2C%20free%20expression%2C%20and%20LGBTQ%2B,tell%20them%20to%20reject%20KOSA

Breaking the gimmick for this one, here’s some resources for yall <33

#thank you!!! #asks #anon #dev talk

[pokemonfangame]

Relic Castle is down 😭😭😭

I know and my heart is broken </3 For those unaware, here's a tweet. Relic Castle, the forum site where many fandevs shared their projects, has been taken offline. The Discord is still up if you're a dev or community member, but if you're only interested in playing games you're not gonna find any links or promotions there. The Relic Castle Community was a home for me for the last 10 years, and I don't know what's going to happen now. As for any game links on this blog, I reccomend using the Wayback Machine untill I can figure out alternatives and see how the community moves next.

#Dev talk #Sorry guys I'm so sad. I'm a bit of an anon on this blog but I was one of the earliest members of RC and I can't believe it's just. gone. #A lot of games are probably crossposted to PokeCommunity. Or will be

[wellspringrpg]

Tumblr Tips for the Twitter Migrant

Hey friends, as a long-time tumblr user who never left, allow me to offer a few tips to make your lives a little bit easier. This is targeted at the twitter community who moved here from the TTRPG community and are looking to run more “formal” blogs.

1. Use your tags!

It’s gonna make your own life ultimately easier. Yes, tumblr’s search functions are questionable, but you can generally rely on being able to find stuff via tag on your blog.

Reblogs do not show up in site-wide searches. So, if you tag a reblog as “pokemon,” it doesn’t show up in the site-wide pokemon tag. Not even if you added something in your reblog. But it will show up on your /tagged/pokemon. This is basically the best way for both you and your followers to be able to find and sort through your own stuff. So if a follower wants to find a specific post of yours, they can go to YourBlog/tagged/my stuff. And followers browsing your blog is pretty normal here—it is a blog, after all. Don’t be weirded out if someone suddenly likes your post from 8 months ago.

And for that matter, most people here also use tags for commentary. It’s generally less obtrusive than adding commentary to a reblog, so you can add some thoughts without necessarily interjecting - the OP doesn’t get any special notification unlike they do with replies or reblogs with text additions. It’s a little spice just for your followers. (Just be aware that they are visible in the notes.)

As a general rule of thumb, you shouldn’t use dashes in your tags (links get confused), but spaces are safe.

2. Reblog (& Reply Culture).

So unlike with twitter, replying to something doesn’t put it on your followers feeds. (In fact, your followers can’t even see your replies unless they actively interact with the post itself.) Your likes aren’t necessarily public. (They are, by default, but only if your followers have certain settings enabled will they be able to see posts you like on their dashboard.) Basically, if you have a post you want someone to see: reblog it.

Replies are mainly for quick comments. It’s a pain to hold a discussion in the replies, so it’s mainly just for a quick “this is a neat take” kind of comment. Responding by reblogging + adding commentary in the post is how discussion actually happens. That’s the equivalent of actually replying on twitter. Tag commentary is for informal thoughts that aren’t necessarily inviting active discussion. It’s the spot for anecdotes or funny commentary that whoever posted it doesn’t necessarily need to have put directly in their activity feed.

3. Use the Readmore

Unlike Twitter where nuance goes to die, you may have noticed there’s no such thing as character limits here. Tumblr does automatically cut long posts unless you change your settings, but it’s generally still considered courteous to put a readmore. This little button here (also ctrl + shift + k).

It’ll prevent people browsing your blog from having to scroll through a huge wall of text unless they actively want to. It’s a good way to keep things organized. I’m breaking my own rule here for the sake of accessibility, but in most other cases, if you’re doing a long thread-type post, you should usually cut it to be courteous. Especially if it’s image-heavy.

4. Post Types (Photo vs. Text Post)

Most of us are probably gonna be using image posts and text posts. You can put images in text posts, yes, but generally speaking, you shouldn’t. At least not large images. If you have multiple large images (like covers, for example,) a good rule of thumb is to put them all in one image post. It’s also more eye-catching when the pretty picture is at the top. This isn’t a hard rule by any means, but generally speaking, it should usually be either that or one flashy image at the top and a readmore to spare your browser.

#dev talk #i know a bunch of folks were on tumblr in the past but for those who weren't #or for those who were but have been gone for so long that everything is different

[pleasanttaleexpert]

Quick PSA to be careful of your friends on Discord, expecially the ones you haven't heard from in a while. There seems to be a situation involving account hacking and scamming where they try to scare you into giving them money to not suspend your account, it's all fraud.

If any of your friends claim that they have reported you by mistake and you need to take action on your side, they have likely been hacked themselves, do not listen to them, and do not send friend requests to anyone they tell you. If you do or have, report and block them immediately, be safe and careful, They wanted £700 off me to verify my account that I did NOT SENT THEM! AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU!

#dev post #Dev talk #PSA #scam alert #Fraud #Discord #If it wasn't for the fact i couldn't remember my password I'd have lost my account

[in-your-dreams-vn]

You okay with us still sending fanarts and stuff?

I wanna respect the boundaries of your hiatus.

Yes that is definitely still fine!

This Hiatus is more for myself on the artside of things but I still wanna try and interact with people here. Asks are also fine! There probably won't be any art to go with it but I like writing scenarios and thinking about how Traum and Co react to stuff

Thanks for asking though I appreciate it <3

#in your dreams #🐙kraken chitter #dev talk

[hungry-game]

…is there anything there if we continue at this point?

about that...

i never actually.. finished programming a save function, so you can't continue save files

at all

if you exit out of a file you lose the character forever, and you can't continue a file you were kicked out of

for what it's worth, you'd probably just be taken back to the dark room, izumi wouldn't be there

don't worry though, since you got this ending, izumi's still around- you might not want to see her again though

#ic #dev talk #ask #shinycharmblogs #game info

[landofobscurepotatogames]

I return... uhh how are you guys doing? Ahaha. Ha.

The last few years have been a rollercoaster of highs and lows, and in that time I came up with way too many game ideas! Unfortunately that means Pumpkin Splat is postpone, but know that I have a clear vision of it now!

So, what have I been working on?

Keep an eye peeled.

#rpg maker game #dev talk #rpg maker #rpg maker horror

[time-lapse-games]

Yes, I'm still alive

Hello! A short post just to let you know that I'm, indeed, still alive and kicking!

Sorry for the unplanned break but, aside my usual anxiety outbreaks, RL striked... The best way to describe it is "everything was going well (more or less) and then our bathroom exploded". So we had a flooded bathroom for days. Now everything it's ALMOST back to normal (still some small water leaks) but well, at least we don't need to swim to reach the sink.

Now, on the good news!

I didn't work too much on the game this month, but I did a lot of planning! And now I'm finally making the little update for the english demo, with revamped sound effects (I tried to get rid of ALL the RTP sounds. I think there are still a couple of them, the ones more difficult to substitute, but I changed pretty much anything) a mini puzzle for the secretary office (so you won't go straight to the phone...) and a dedicated category for books and notes in the inventory. I also added a couple of new events and flavor texts. Like the one above here!

Felix's weapon for this game will be a hammer ❤️ (Just to be clear, in the screen it's a joke, I really like Thor and MCU)

Oh, that's right, this month I was able to buy Clip Studio Paint! Finally! Digital art is coming! (Yeah, all the art for the game was traditional art actually... I just colored everything on my phone). I need to update the goal on my Kofi 😂

I hope to update the demo this week, so, if you are interested, please stay tuned!

To the next time ⭐

#rpg maker #rpg maker horror #Horror rpg #The ash black cat and the happy ogre #Indie game #Gamedev #Devtalk #Rpg maker vx ace #Rpg maker game #Horror game #Rpgmaker #Game dev #Dev talk #Indiegame #Rpg maker project

[delkios]

For those of you RepComm fans that also like game dev talk, here's a podcast done by Brett Douville and Tim Longo (lead programmer and director, respectively) in 2020, playing through the game and also bringing in some of the other devs to interview. I'll put links and a brief synopsis of each one.

Part One (no guest/playthrough) Discussion notes: giving context around the time via other released games and consoles, what squad based gaming was like at the time, developing the idea for RepComm, discussing the opening sequence and lightly touching in Geonosis

Part Two (no guest/playthrough) Discussion notes: the lack of information re: clone organization/GAR structure, playing through Geonosis, discussions about weapons, the Prosecutor, details on scav droids, trandoshians and AI communication and scattered talk about difficulty levels

Part Three (no guest/playthrough) Discussion notes: George Lucas's input on differentiating between clones and lack of humor, talking about voice acting/recording process, going through Kashyyk, technology limitations, level flaws and working with a small dev team, difficulty level (particularly the bridge), using level design to make the AI seem smarter, some info on the books, toys/the game's surprise success, minor talk about plans for a sequel, Delta's cameo in the Clone Wars

David Collins and Jesse Harlin (voice director and composer) Discussion notes: the state of game music/composers/audio at the time, RepComm devs working with audio from the beginning, music changes depending on how you enter a room, sounds from the game being reused in other Star Wars media, Jesse and his girlfriend/now wife developing 'ancient Mandalorian'/Mando'a, 'kote' confirmed to be Cody (specifically Jesse's sister), battle sounds on Geonosis, questioning the use of Ash/no guitars in Star Wars, multiplayer a late addition

Harley Baldwin (level designer) Discussion notes: the unique culture of the RepComm dev team, a stealth level intended in Kashyyk, Prosecutor's atmosphere, difficulty spikes designed to emphasis squad importance/level designers are not good measures for difficulty, Kashyyk designed to be a culmination of the player's experience and knowledge, squad moving ahead of the player due to playtest concerns, easter egg in the texture editor

Greg Knight and Paul Pierce (concept artist and UI artist) Discussion notes: devoted concept artists weren't common at the time but proven to save development time, the entire team contributed to ideas for concept art, influences for the design of the HUD, decision to make the game entirely first person/immersion driving UI design, weapons as a 'character', differences in RepComm's design notes vs movies' games, enemies mean different things between Jedi and clone troopers, noting similarities between RepComm and Rogue One, RepComm's low profile allowed them to get away with more, hangars in Prosecutor meant to progressively make the player more desperate and AT-TE a reward for surviving, Kashyyk's bridge was meant to be the 'boss battle', the concept of 'the squad is your weapon/the squad is your health'

Dave Bogan (lead animator) Discussion notes: working title 1138, 'what is the enemy doing when they don't know you're there', aiming to compete with Halo, every enemy had to act and move differently, expanding on the SpecOps special feature video, game mechanics/logic vs how things are actually done, the wookie-kill animation that got cut, RepComm influencing the tone of Star Wars games/more non-Jedi games, book recommendation based on RepComm, a bug in multiplayer that didn't get fixed apparently allowed co-op???

Tim Longo and Brett Douville (director and lead programmer) Discussion notes: no real talk directly about RepComm that hasn't already been covered but some good conversations about communication and team work

Jeremie Talbot (character lead) Discussion notes: nobody knew what they were doing, just wanted to make it as cool as they could, the use of tiger teams who fixed various problems, all the devs wanted to make the game fun to play and shared ideas, BABY ARMS, raindrops on the HUD for a dollar, having people with knowledge between programmers and artists to communicate, talking about trailers, not being too devoted to following storyboards, talking about the opening sequence, fans often bring up the opening, despite LucasArts's shake up RepComm team felt distant from it, there for the team and the game first and the company second, needing a mix of veteran and new devs

Honestly I'd been trying to listen to these for, like, two years but I kept going through cycles of remembering it when I didn't have the time to listen how I wanted to and keeping it in the back of my mind until I'd forget and then re-finding it in my bookmarks. I don't really remember how I came upon it- rabbit hole falling, I'd guess -and thought I'd share it around to other fans that likely hadn't come across it, either.

For add fun, here's a RepComm stream Brett Douville did around 2015 where he also interviewed people that worked on it. Unfortunately I can't find the first part on either his youtube or twitch pages but there's still three others. Note that there's some repeated information so I'll only mention anything new

Part 2 w/ Daron Stinnett and Jesse Harlin (executive producer and composer) Discussion notes: (Daron's audio is pretty quiet in comparison to Brett's) talking about how and why RepComm came about, deliberately tucked the team away so execs wouldn't bother them, when prequels came out it seemed like LucasArts wanted a game in each genre, 'not Star Wars enough', pointing out a couple name drops in the Prosecutor briefing, originally had no John Williams music, setting music cues in levels/'here comes stinky', the thought process behind developing Mando'a, didn't have an AI to deal with non-commando clones which is why they're scripted to die, even though you love the game while making it you're sick of it by the time it's finished, original voices were sound-alikes, Fixer/Advisor's VA was the only one that didn't get recast, a cut level was a Geonosian church, talking of different instrumentation between levels,

Part 3 w/ Nathan Martz (enemy AI programmer) Discussion notes: (Nathan's audio is ESPECIALLY quiet) talking about how Geonosian enemies 'choose' points to jump to, good AI is about cheats/build the world so the characters can be smart, scav droids were originally more lethal and were nerfed to not do certain behaviors if you're not looking at them, it's very easy to make a difficult AI, it's harder to make an AI that's challenging and fun, setting up common AI behaviors to work modularly and wanting to make finishing moves for the wookies equals the squad being able to do finishing moves, 'the most important thing an enemy does is die'/making interesting deaths, talk about lighting challenges, LucasArts got a new president halfway through RepComm's production, didn't understand the game but allowed it to continue, sequel talk, devs wanted to have co-op but was unable to

Part 4 w/ David Collins (voice director) Discussion notes: (I am very jealous of the shirt Brett is wearing in this video) David did the all the Trandoshian vocalizations and the radio chatter, a lot of ideas behind RepComm went into the Clone Wars series, originally the squad didn't have names only numbers, talk about casting VAs and working with Temuera, squad banter/'if you want your AI to be smart you need to make them sound smart', special features existed in order to have unlockables, George Lucas was apparently quite fond of the game

#republic commando #game development #dev talk

[deovisualnovel]

OCT ‘22 | start of month overview!

i’m 20 years old now! 🥳

now that my birthday’s out of the way, i can worry a little less about money for a bit lol. i didn’t get as much done as i wanted last month, but that’s okay. any progress is good progress 😌

ill be working on comms for the first few weeks of october, but after that i’ll be free to work on DEO again!

goals for this month (oct 14-25)

finish drawing for asks

redraw/create updated sprites for love interest

complete beta designs for side characters & familiars

launch & create content for the tiktok account (@deovisualnovel on tt! feel free to follow!)

figure out what to make for post+ content

i will consider this month an accomplishment if i can halfway complete at least 2 of these goals 🤍 stay tuned!

#deo vn #deo visual novel #dev talk #visual novel #interactive fiction #interactive story #digital art #romance #otome #interactive novel #lgbt

[dr6x-fangame]

I may reblog in the future with some color tweaks or maybe a second draft, but here is the first official reference, of my beloved Kobayashi Hiroko, SHSL Disk Jockey!

#danganronpa fangame #dev talk #dr fangame #fanganronpa #dangan oc #fanganronpa oc #art #concept art #dr6x: hiroko #kobayashi hiroko #dr6x

[achivement-unlocked]

My notifs have been filled with people telling me to flip a coin?????????

#dev talk #abcmu

[pokemonfangame]

Hi, I just wanted to say thank you so much for reblogging past posts with non-relic castle links. I'm still so sad that RC went down. But again, thank you for all your time and effort you went to providing fangame details and links.

Thanks for the kind words anon ♥

Whatever the Relic staff come up with next, you can bet I'll be reblogging like crazy with the new links!

If anyone's dooming about the future of fangames I just want to say it's going to be okay. The community is pretty sad right now but not dead at all.

Relic Castle has moved before, the original Relic staff completely refreshed the forums by moving from a mybb site to a xenforo site and everyone had to remake their accounts and repost all their threads. This only made the site better to the point that no one really remembers the old site anymore.

Although the takedown was sudden and not planned his time, the staff have a complete copy/backup of the Relic Castle site.

This isn't the first time fangames have been mass-targetted for takedown, and I don't think it's the biggest either. GameJolt had 500+ fangames (multiple Nintendo properties, not just Pokemon) taken down a few years ago. Famously included at the time were the games Pokemon Uranium and Another Metroid 2 Remake. Most of these games can still be found, posted elsewhere!

Relic Castle's community has weathered storms before. Just since last year the site was able to quickly change providers after a DDOS attack, and the Discord members smoothly migrated to a completely new Discord server after a phisher got control of an admin account (fuck that phisher guy lol what an idiot).

Since Relic announced the site being down, the Relic Discord server hasn't slowed at all. Over a thousand new people have joined the server, and the development channels are still having normal discussions.

We're having a couple bad days but it's nothing we haven't gotten through before, the kinds of people who are crazy enough to spend years working on a fangame are literally the kinds of people who don't give up easilly.

#Dev talk #RelicCastle

[wellspringrpg]

After several weeks of sitting in the drafts folder, Cephalopod Squad is finally complete! Cephalopod Squad is a silly hack of Grant Howitt’s Honey Heist about playing as heroic squid children. Which definitely has zero relation to the very popular third person shooter franchise by a certain C&D-happy video game company.

You can get the PDF version of Cephalopod Squad for free on the Mirage Company’s itch.io page now.

#cephalopod squad #dev talk #...technically? #non wellspring projects #abby's silly side projects #yeah that's a tag now this is not the last #indie ttrpg #honey heist #splatoon #one page ttrpg

[surelyspacejunk]

Rune Fencer Illyia

I like keeping this blog lowkey and casual but it’s not a secret that I work on the indie metroidvania Rune Fencer Illyia. As a tiny indie team with limited funds and no publisher, we do our best to market our own game but it can get demoralizing when it seems like we’re talking to a brick wall. Seeing shout outs from our supporters brings us a lot of joy!

If you want to follow our progress we can be found on Twitter! We can also be found on some other social media sites but Twitter is our most active. We’re also going to try and post more stuff on Tiktok and Youtube. Give us a follow if you’d like to support (and hopefully also play) our game. Thank you!

#dev talk #indie dev #rune fencer illyia

[in-your-dreams-vn]

Reminder and Life update

Reminder first since it happened multiple times the last week:

THIS IS A 18+ BLOG! PUT YOUR AGE IN YOUR BIO OR DM IT TO ME WHEN YOU FOLLOW! (birthyear is fine too) IF YOU DON'T I WILL NOT HESITATE TO BLOCK YOU! NO MERCY!

Now for some updates:

Work has been hard recently. I am currently stuck on opening shift which means getting up at 4am, going to work at 5am and getting home by 13:30. This results in major fatigue and loss of motivation as all I wanna do is relax and game. I will still draw when I feel like it and I am working on the rewrite for the demo atm (since I am going to expand the story quite a bit). I want to take this project nice and slow so that a) it won't suck ass and b) I won't hate it by the end. So yes please bear with me. I am just one octopus and I am very tired at the moment.

Feel free to still send in asks however! I love answering them especially character related and lore ones since they make me think about stuff. I will answer to the best of my abilities and maybe even add a little sketch if I have the time.

Thank you for reading.

Stay lovely <3

#in your dreams #🐙kraken chitter #🌍 Waking World #dev talk