Wow! Really really appreciate this feedback - I agree, a shader will definitely help improve the gradient and colouring. The animations for the trees are definitely a placeholder for the moment, I just wanted to gauge how it would start to look, but I agree, if there's reused animations etc., I'll be sure to have randomised start times so that it's not so stale. Glad you're liking the look of it though! I'm definitely trying to itch that nostalgia as I get exactly that - I'll definitely keep these in mind going forward! Thanks so much :)

Hey! Thank you so much for the feedback - I agree completely, I've definitely looked into some of the games in this genre and how they've done UI, and obviously this first dig was just a prototype but I'll keep developing the concepts. Regarding Pixel art - you're completely right that this game will be heavily based on aesthetics, and I think when the time comes to it if I feel that the art of the game is really lacking (i.e. my art sucks) I will definitely outsource from more experienced pixel artists, but for now as the projects still in the early stages of gameloop/asset creation, I'll probably just stick with some 5 minute drawings I whip up hahaha As for the gameplay, you bring out a really interesting point that I'm still yet to consider. I agree though - the games rules aren't immediately apparent and the 'fun' of it still isn't there yet. I plan on incorporating more of the 'lore'/'story' elements into the game shortly so hopefully that assists in the design of the game and helps players better understand the rules etc. I really appreciate this feedback though! I'll definitely take it all on board - Thank you so much!

gotta put some respect on their name hahaha

Hey! How are you

@@GarnetKane Well, just finished my portfolio website and you said in the video to just say hi. So I did!

Couldn't be truer, it's a harsh reality but keep hustling and keep the passion alive and you'll get there

Welcome to capitalism!

That's the way my friend. Just keep hustling and keep improving - as long as you have that drive you can seriously accomplish anything

Appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed :)

You're in luck my friend - I've done a 3d version on my channel if you haven't seen it yet! :)

@@GarnetKane absolute lad

Of course! Glad you enjoyed - So fresh out of high school I went to Tafe - which is sort of like community college type because I wasn't 100% what I wanted to be doing - and studied a Tertiary course which is basically just doing the last 2 years of high school over to get a better mark hahaha and open up some options a bit more, then I went to university for a bachelors degree in Game Development! I did a video just recently on how I managed to get this job on my channel which i definitely recommend checking out as well! Best of luck on your journey, I'm here to answer any questions you have :)

ahh around here partner we keeping it real. catch me in episode 2 where i show you how to do a 9 hour shift and not work a single minute of it hahahah

keep an eye out, will definitely have more in the coming weeks!

😁😁😁Thank you!!!

Thanks bro! I made it hahaha

Hey! Great question - give me a few hours and I'll get back to you. Just for clarity, by 'end-tile', say you have 3 tile types start, middle and end tiles, you want only 1 instance of the end tile, and you want to be able to control that position to be for example (3,4), and then the rest of the tiles in the grid will be either start or middle tiles?

@@GarnetKane Yes exactly!

@@GarnetKane Hey, sorry to bother you, but did you find any solution to this?

Hey - so sorry, have you got discord? you can join my group and then i can walk you through my solution for this :)

Thank you so much! Still a long journey ahead but it's been rewarding. Can't wait to see more of yours too!

same

i found the sollution you need to create a new animator and bring the animations into it manually and use that one instead, it'll save and stuff.

Really glad you enjoy! I've loved the process and really emphasised the visuals as I know it'll play a big role in the games enjoyment :)

Hey! The age old question of which game engine should I use. At the moment, Unity is still the leading engine that the majority of studios are using, so I tend to point towards there because I also find it easier to pick up - but that being said, it largely depends what type of job you're trying to get into. Most indie studios will use a commercial engine, whereas the larger range studios (think Activision/Rockstar) will have their own in-house custom engine, and the majority of the time the custom engines use c++, which is obviously where Unreal Engine comes in handy. I think ultimately, depending on where you are in your game dev journey, whichever engine you personally find easier to use is the right choice. If a company is looking for someone with unreal engine experience and your knowledge is purely in Unity, still apply but be transparent with your knowledge on it - as I said in the video, you're likely to be hired on for your potential, not your capability, so if they think you have the knowledge and drive to learn another engine then it can definitely be applicable either way!

Cheers bro! Glad you think so - i would’ve tried to generalise it more but I’m glad there were still some take away’s with it!

Sent to you on Discord! :)

Hey! Great question - and it’ll definitely somewhat vary, but as an example, I nearly failed DSA completely at university. This for me was always a weak point, so there were occasional coding interviews that would test this and I would immediately fail them - but that being said, partially it was a skill i built up over time, but you should definitely know the basics, if not at LEAST how the algorithm works. Things like Time Complexity can come later, but if you can look at pseudo code and gauge a general idea of what it’s doing and why, then you’re off to a good start. I would definitely recommend doing coding exercises to at least build a general idea, or focus on a single algorithm (Dijkstra’s for example) and have that be your strength. you’ll find that once you know or are comfortable with one, the rest start to make more sense. That being said - it ultimately depends on what the employer/application is looking for - you might be specialised in UI and have no need for it at all

@@GarnetKane Thanks brother, i'm a self-taught and DSA is something that i always hesitate to get into (my friend studying CS told me that DSA is a pain in the a$$ for him at college as well 🤣), i guess i have to get into in sooner or later.

​@@justarandomguy-gn2tu I loved DSA at uni. Leetcode is a good website for practice, just try to write all the important parts yourself instead of relying on the libraries or what the language provides you.

Completely agree - it's not a job for everyone, and thinking its a 'fun' or 'easy' job is only going to get you so far before either you realise you aren't enjoying it, or you struggle to keep up with the work

Definitely part of the inspiration were old school/handheld console with minimal graphics hahaha, originally inspired by the original Gameboy! Maybe I can port it to the playdate too ;)

Hey man! Really appreciate it - jump into my discord if you have it, happy to answer any and all questions through there

Hahaha it's kind of an interesting question actually - I still find the fun in gaming because of innovative ideas - there's definitely a part of me when I play a game now where I wonder how they achieved something like that, but it never ruins the 'illusion' in a sense for me. Maybe if I personally worked on the games that I enjoyed then I would probably find it a little bit harder to enjoy completely, but for the majority I still love it!

Hey! Should do no problems - as long as you’re using the same github account on your mobile as your desktop!

Thanks so much bro! We have a date locked in, but the store page should be coming out in the next few days!!!

Man of superior taste. Appreciate it - i seriously forgot how good holes is hahah

No no, love YOUR work xxx

Thanks so much bro! Appreciate it ;)

can confirm, sold me a $100,000 coupon for a lamborghini panel repair for the hot price of $50,000, i just saved $50,000!

Ayy! Appreciate it - means a lot! Your games looking great too, been loving what you've been posting so far!

no u

Cheers bro! Hopefully can actually get to showing off updates for this game properly hahaha

Thanks so much bro! Yeah the tabletop style definitely made the game feel a lot cleaner and cohesive!

100%! Taking the time off really really helped though and even boosted motivation for me to continue the project!

BROOOOOOOOOOO I will never forget you - you're one of the day 1's :D

Great question! And interesting point - were you also using Bolt for visual scripting? Visual Scripting generally runs the logic at the same pace as normal c#, it's all a similar logic flow - there do happen to be spikes loading the graphs initially as there is a lot of deserialization that needs to occur with the bolt graphs but other than that I've actually never really seen an issue. As for moving to c# from visual scripting - if you're familiar and comfortable with how the logic is set up, then it should be relatively straight forward to convert it. It's not a bad idea either to draw out how you expect a visual script piece of code to run and then look into how you can convert each of those into nodes - maybe even if you have a few nodes that you've worked with in the past, practice just converting them into raw c# so you know what the intended outcome is and how you should be laying things out (parameters/outputs/inputs etc.) If you do have specific visual scripting questions though, feel free to jump into my Discord and post your question there! I'll help however best I can :)

I completely agree - I understand the people who have wanted to move out of principle, but beyond that, the number of people who really would be affected is so marginal, and realistically, if you do happen to be affected, then you're in the top percentile where you're actually also making a considerable amount of money from your game already. But yeah I am happy with using Unity and I think for the foreseeable future that will also always be my preference :)

Hey! Good question - I would say, conventionally when you’re working in a studio, you will always push what you’re working on at the end of the day to ensure you don’t lose progress. But on top of that, whenever you’re working on a new feature/piece of content that you think is ready to push before you start working on something else, then would be a good time to push up the changes as well.

Thanks. I think I got it. I am afradit that if I push so many times it will look bad and bulky in github but I think no need to worry about it

@@duhanavc6773 oh yeah for sure! Don't worry about cluttering up the github commit history at all - it would definitely even be considered better so that issue tracking becomes a lot easier!

Great question! And it's a very genuine concern with a lot of developers, especially on the indie side - for most cases it's a risk that the developer/studio has to take and unfortunately for a lot of studios this does/has resulted in projects being shut down or employment being terminated. However, the other end of it, is that the studios seek the funding before or during the development of the game - for example, in Australia where I am, there's certain grants that you can apply for through the Australian Government as part of the Screen and Media organisations, so occasionally studios are incentivised to actually make a game, and the money that they get from it will just almost be pure net profit!

ok, i was thinking of switching from a degree in software development to game and simulation development, however, i believe there are more scenarios where software development is on the table, thank you for your quick feed back, one more question, is game development fun?, does it get boring?, and while being obviously complex, Is it a hard job?@@GarnetKane

Of course! And completely great and valid questions, don’t be afraid to ask more. Game Dev, especially in software is almost always going to be a fun job, there’s a good portion of the job which is just playing the game which you can never complain about hahaha Difficulty for it though definitely comes in waves, there’s some tasks that really require you to step back and think, and others that are pretty mindless especially if you’re experienced, but ultimately the enjoyment, at least for me, comes down to the problem solving aspect. I feel like any passionate programmer will give you that answer but it’s like solving puzzles haha. My advice though - it’s easy for a general software developer to get into game development, and it’s hard(er) for someone who studied game development to get into generalised software development - so your comment about scenarios for software dev is completely true. i guess have a think about what you value more. for me, i was fortunate enough to be able to choose something i enjoyed more and pursued game development as a degree and i reallly have no regrets about it, but you gotta have that motivation to build your portfolio and hustle to get yourself into the industry

I did! I studied Game Development specifically - though that was super specialised. You can easily get into Game Development/industry even if you do more generalised software/computer science

Hi there! Thanks for commenting - glad you enjoyed! Jump into my Discord, I think it might be linked in the description and send a copy of the code if possible!

Same and seconddd!!

🤝no worries homies. Glad you enjoyed