#Game dev

[studiointerlude]

The Early Access version of my yuri horror visual novel DEVIL’S LIMINAL is now available on Steam!

Please consider picking up the game and leaving a review! The first 10 reviews are crucial for visibility there, especially for a new developer.

The Early Access version includes:

✦ Over 1/3rd of the full game, 6 hours of gameplay!

✦ 2 sapphic romance routes, based on your decisions.

✦ Faustian horror story in rural Arizona.

✦ Ghost, demons, and poverty in the US.

✦ Original soundtrack inspired by 90's alternative.

✦ Original retro inspired 2-bit dithered art.

✦ Planned monthly updates to the story.

[moumekie]

Announcement to all Gamers!!!

I’ve released my prototype game, MARI IS CONNECTED, on Itch.Io!

It’s a short 5-minute puzzle platformer featuring MARI and her best friend exploring a mysterious place… Surely nothing goes wrong here, right?

Anywho, for those who do want to play this prototype, you can download the latest build from here:

[rosesrotofficial]

kickstarter love letters are now voiced!

as a massive thank you from the team for the wild amount of love we've received throughout our kickstarter, all the kickstarter-exclusive love letters (ie. the li's and feluca's) will now also be voiced at no additional cost!

and yes, this does include ronin's! :) i'll also be writing and recording a special letter of thanks from myself (your ram) and including this in all love letter tiers and/or bundles :)

[serpexnessie]

Fun fact, I've been working on a game with some friends for a really long time now. Our demo just released today, so if the game interests you, please check it out! We put a lot of hard work, sweat, and tears into it! :D

Steam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3198890/Scale_the_Depths/

[arcadea-rpg]

The Fourth Isle's Amusement Park

[strawberrryfraise]

this looks amazing so far!! >7< I wish you luck w/ development!

Hi, tumblr! Im working on a video game :P

It's about a young boy who wakes up in an abandoned hospital, only to realize he has gone missing for 4 years and remembers little to nothing about what happened

Here's a sneak peek of part of the town! Some things have been changed atp, but it's mostly the same :^)

[celestial-games]

HAPPY PRIDE :] Reposting some gay bugs ♥️💛💚💙💜

[arimiadev]

oh shit rpg maker xp is completely free to own this week on steam??

[mostrovskaa]

🚢 ⚓ Some of my illustrative contributions to an amazing, ongoing video game project - The Shipyard by Niwl Games! If you are curious about the project and want to learn more or support the amazing team working on it - check out Niwl Games on itch.io !

[everydaylouie]

GREAT GOD GROVE is out now!! i had the pleasure of composing a lot of fun and funky and also weird and dramatic music for this game and i hope you'll check it out <3

on Steam and Switch!! (soundtrack on Bandcamp too!!)

[insertdisc5]

🎮 HEY I WANNA MAKE A GAME! 🎮

Yeah I getcha. I was once like you. Pure and naive. Great news. I AM STILL PURE AND NAIVE, GAME DEV IS FUN! But where to start?

To start, here are a couple of entry level softwares you can use! source: I just made a game called In Stars and Time and people are asking me how to start making vidy gaems. Now, without further ado:

SOFTWARES AND ENGINES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO CODE!!!

Ren'py (and also a link to it if you click here do it): THE visual novel software. Comic artists, look no further ✨Pros: It's free! It's simple! It has great documentation! It has a bunch of plugins and UI stuff and assets for you to buy! It can be used even if you have LITERALLY no programming experience! (You'll just need to read the doc a bunch) You can also port your game to a BUNCH of consoles! ✨Cons: None really <3 Some games to look at: Doki Doki Literature Club, Bad End Theater, Butterfly Soup

Twine: Great for text-based games! GREAT FOR WRITERS WHO DONT WANNA DRAW!!!!!!!!! (but you can draw if you want) ✨Pros: It's free! It's simple! It's versatile! It has great documentation! It can be used even if you have LITERALLY no programming experience! (You'll just need to read the doc a bunch) ✨Cons: You can add pictures, but it's a pain. Some games to look at: The Uncle Who Works For Nintendo, Queers In love At The End of The World, Escape Velocity

Bitsy: Little topdown games! ✨Pros: It's free! It's simple! It's (somewhat) intuitive! It has great documentation! It can be used even if you have LITERALLY no programming experience! You can make everything in it, from text to sprites to code! Those games sure are small! ✨Cons: Those games sure are small. This is to make THE simplest game. Barely any animation for your sprites, can barely fit a line of text in there. But honestly, the restrictions are refreshing! Some games to look at: honestly I haven't played that many bitsy games because i am a fake gamer. The picture above is from Under A Star Called Sun though and that looks so pretty

RPGMaker: To make RPGs! LIKE ME!!!!! NOTE: I recommend getting the latest version if you can, but all have their pros and cons. You can get a better idea by looking at this post. ✨Pros: Literally everything you need to make an RPG. Has a tutorial inside the software itself that will teach you the basics. Pretty simple to understand, even if you have no coding experience! Also I made a post helping you out with RPGMaker right here! ✨Cons: Some stuff can be hard to figure out. Also, the latest version is expensive. Get it on sale! Some games to look at: Yume Nikki, Hylics, In Stars and Time (hehe. I made it)

engine.lol: collage worlds! it is relatively new so I don't know much about it, but it seems fascinating. picture is from Garden! NOTE: There's a bunch of smaller engines to find out there. Just yesterday I found out there's an Idle Game Maker made by the Cookie Clicker creator. Isn't life wonderful?

✨more advice under the cut. this is Long ok✨

ENGINES I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AND THEY SEEM HARD BUT ALSO GIVE IT A TRY I GUESS!!!! :

Unity and Unreal: I don't know anything about those! That looks hard to learn! But indie devs use them! It seems expensive! Follow your dreams though! Don't ask me how!

GameMaker: Wuh I just don't know anything about it either! I just know it's now free if your game is non-commercial (aka, you're not selling it), and Undertale was made on it! It seems good! You probably need some coding experience though!!!

Godot: Man I know even less about this one. Heard good things though!

BUNCHA RANDOM ADVICE!!!!

-Make something small first! Try making simple: a character is in a room, and exits the room. The character can look around, decide to take an item with them, can leave, and maybe the door is locked and you have to find the key. Figuring out how to code something like that, whether it is as a fully text-based game or as an RPGMaker map, should be a good start to figure out how your software of choice works!

-After that, if you have an idea, try first to make the simplest version of that idea. For my timeloop RPG, my simplest version was two rooms: first room you can walk in, second room with the King, where a cutscene automatically plays and the battle starts, you immediately die, and loop back to the first room, with the text from this point on reflecting this change. I think I also added a loop counter. This helped me figure out the most important thing: Can This Game Be Made? After that, the rest is just fun stuff. So if you want to make a dating sim, try and figure out how to add choices, and how to have affection points go up and down depending on your choices! If you want to make a platformer, figure out how to make your character move and jump and how to create a simple level! If you just want to make a kinetic visual novel with no choices, figure out how to add text, and how to add portraits! You'll be surprised at how powerful you'll feel after having figured even those simple things out.

-If you have a programming problem or just get confused, never underestimate the power of asking Google! You most likely won't be the only person asking this question, and you will learn some useful tips! If you are powerful enough, you can even… Ask people??? On forums??? Not me though.

-Yeah I know you probably want to make Your Big Idea RIGHT NOW but please. Make a smaller prototype first. You need to get that experience. Trust me.

-If you are not a womanthing of many skills like me, you might realize you need help. Maybe you need an artist, or a programmer. So! Game jams on itch.io are a great way to get to work and meet other game devs that have different strengths! Or ask around! Maybe your artist friend secretly always wanted to draw for a game. Ask! Collaborate! Have fun!!!

I hope that was useful! If it was. Maybe. You'd like to buy me a coffee. Or maybe you could check out my comics and games. Or just my new critically acclaimed game In Stars and Time. If you want. Ok bye

[greenflamethegf]

TBH that might even thiner they avrage

[auranym]

I think the saddest part about Unity's godawful news is that a lot of games are going to just. disappear.

it's like Unity is trying to go the way of streaming where the hidden gems and cult classics don't make enough money, so, they're taken offline. except this time it's with games (mostly indie).

to put it in perspective, hollow knight, cuphead, and ori are made in unity. so are night in the woods, tunic, and countless more indie gems. hell, AMONG US is made in unity. if the devs of any of these games can't shell out the outrageous cost, then maybe the devs will take them offline. and we'll just. never be able to play them anymore

it's a sad possibility that I don't think any of us ever had to consider. but now we do.

[necronatural]

The last version of my guide is 2 years old, and doesn't account for some new features, new competition, and some rebrands, so once again;

Here's a purchase guide for when RPG Maker is on sale, as well as the Visual Novel makers available.

[kroovv]

A gaggle of ghosts 🪦