#unity in progress.

[jordi-ahava]

f*** the fear. i love my identity.

[magichats]

all the news going around with unity's really got me worried for games that are already several years into development like Hollow Knight Silksong and Billie Bust up.

Just rough because I don't suppose a whole lot of games are going to be able to pivot game engines, let alone so late in development. Like it is easier said than done to pivot early in development but i've been following the development of several games that are years in at this point and the fact that they're grandfathering older titles into this is just... it's just bad.

The potential loss of games in terms of archival on such a massive scale....

[comrade-onion]

A Critique of the Western Left

The Western Left has been marred by infighting in recent years, effectively crippling any capacity it has to fight back against the vicious capitalist system it rightfully opposes.

In my eyes, I see two main contributing factors to the general incompetency of the Left in the Western world. Infighting and ineffective campaigning.

Infighting between sects within the left along niche ideological lines stunts its ability to grow its membership and influence by making the movement look irrelevant, hostile, and elitist. The right isn't divided along small ideological lines. They can and will cooperate to spread their collective hateful ideologies. To combat this effectively, we need to put our differences aside and unite along our common enemy: the capitalist system. Only when the abolition of capitalism has been undertaken can we afford to disagree on minor policy and theoretical differences.

Secondly, Leftist campaigning is so focused on ideological niches that it no longer appeals to the working people. The average worker is not concerned about who Gonzalo was. They are too busy worrying about food, about rent, about utilities and education, and safety. We need to campaign issues that are affecting the people the most. We NEED to appeal to the masses and embrace left-wing populism to garner the popular support needed to oppose fascism if we want any chance of facilitating positive and lasting change.

We have a common enemy, and we must not fight each other. Instead, we must work together for the good of the people and for the good of the planet.

[ruvviks]

hey if i actually started developing my video game idea would you guys be interested if i posted about it on here

[makitakesphotos]

WIP: Rio Tsukatsuki (Blue Archive)

Work In Progress.

[limeadeislife]

AOC and Jill Stein are fighting on Twitter?!

[andbloom]

Sketching some ideas for my steam page.

[tia-indie-dev]

my first fps

I began coding my first fps game in the unity engine 4 weeks ago. I'm really happy being able to present following progress I made:

basic character controls (movement/shooting/aiming)

animations(for running/crouching/shooting)

enemy AI(aswell health for player, enemies are animated)

a second weapon(weapon switching code)

simple sound design(shooting, walking and reloading sound)

polish(muzzle flash, sparks, impact effects, blood effects)

I'm really happy with the weapon animations, it actually looks realistic. I also thought about a unique game mechanic and ended up with a power that makes u invisible for a few seconds. You'll fight against a lot of enemies at the same time, this mechanic would be really useful, especially if you have to reload

I'll release a devlog tomorrow on my youtube channel, if you are interested please check it out :)

[starscompass]

Some of the first assets in Unity! Yes, I'll re-do the minecart. I'm sorry. It's horrendous :((

And a fun WIP of some plants! ivy, and European wild ginger!

My little brother said my wip looks like a realistic minecraft shader mod >:(( exploding him

[codingcorgi]

Day 13-14 coding progress. Well got a migraine last night and passed out, and had my game development class to teach today, so I finally got time in the evening.

Yesterday I made a sword in Asset Forge for getting things ready for the upcoming game jam! Today I decided to get back to my Maui app which is now called Puppy Tasks. I am having issues as you can see... I can't get my Moods enum to show up correctly. I've tried 2 different ways of implementing this and I'm so frustrated. Any help would be appreciated.

Tomorrow I'll be working at this problem more until it's fixed

[cai-tan]

Say hello to the new Burn Chips system! This is replacing the old Doom-style powerups with a more Duke-esque pseudo-inventory mechanic, holding one charge of each unique type of powerup. Simply tapping the Burn Chip button will use the currently selected Burn Chip. Holding the button lets you use the scroll wheel to choose what Burn Chip to select.

Speaking of which, here's the current planned Burn Chip list. Some of these were already known and planned, and there's a couple more that make more sense with the new inventory-based system.

Weapon Amplifier: Increases fire rate and damage, and adds a small chance to not consume ammo.

Servo Booster: Increases movement speed and melee damage. (originally named "Stimulant Booster" à la Titanfall, but that made less sense as an electronic component-based powerup like the rest of the Burn Chips)

Smart Sights: Enhances certain weapons with target-seeking capabilities.

Regeneration: Recovers health over a short period of time.

Overshield: Temporary energy shield that protects you from normal damage.

"Invincibility" as a powerup in and of itself is probably getting left on the cutting room floor, sadly. I may still think about implementing invisibility, though that's always a hard one to consider given the impact it has on complicating enemy AI programming.

Edit: Looks like the video is compressed to hell on Tumblr, RIP. I have a YouTube version of it up if you want to see the better version of it.

[craigtowens]

Links & Quotes

Some links and quotes that caught my eye this week.

Psalm 133 tells us that in order for us to sharpen others—and for us to be sharpened by them—we have to be around other them. Christian saints put a high priority on spending time with others. I have lots of new content every week, which you can check out on my YouTube channel. From Desiring God’s Here We Stand series comes this great snippet from the history of the Reformation: “[John] Calvin…

[personal-blog243]

I think I am beginning to understand a major philosophical misunderstanding that a lot of conservative Christians have about people in the left.

In my observation there are some conservative Christians out there who believe that deconstructing certain beliefs or having a worldview that is not conservative is antithetical to the concept of “truth” itself. They stereotype people with other beliefs (especially leftist beliefs) as people who just believe whatever they feel like and truth doesn’t matter or even exist, so of course that supposed worldview doesn’t make sense to a conservative Christian.

I don’t know jack shit about “postmodernism”, but this seems to be what a lot conservatives think postmodernism is, and they seem to associate this philosophy with “leftism” 🤷🏼‍♀️ for some reason.

I don’t know if any of that makes sense, and I’m sure some conservatives are just willfully ignorant and like to “straw man” leftists by making them seem stupid, but there MUST be some way we can fight this narrative.

We NEED to get conservative Christians to understand that being against war, authoritarianism, poverty, prejudice, and environmental and public health destruction doesn’t make someone a weird, stupid person who doesn’t believe in the concept of absolute truth.

IDK what about fighting for justice and freedom for oppressed people looks like “not believing in truth” to them but what do I know? 🤷🏼‍♀️

All I know is that identifying as a more progressive type of Christian instead of a conservative one doesn’t necessarily make one’s theology “weak” or incompatible with truth. At what point are you just worshipping the concept of “truth” itself?

[fluffyphocks]

been quietly focusing on 3d stuff, wip of this gal

[ragdollartwork]

Hey, here's an update on my game dev project for class, Mainframe. Meteor Blitz (the robot) can now walk in two whole directions (!) and use four different attacks!

(Created in Unity using the Universal Fighting Engine tools and template asset. The model, rig, animations, and moveset design and parameters are my work. Everything else is provided and will be replaced in due time.)