Really good game with neat aesthetics. It would have been even more awesome if you make the game tad bit difficult (I finished the game not knowing that I can dash)
First off I must say, I absolutely loved the game. For such a short amount of time to make it, it is nothing short of brilliant. I would love to make similar games myself but... I have no idea where to start. So I thought I might ask you a few questions. (Sorry).
I would like to know which engine/program you used to create the game in first of all. The game is really impressive, and I am kind of stuck for deciding what to use.
Second of all, did you teach yourself how to create games? I would love to learn from home how to create games , and I was hoping if you did in fact learn from home if I could ask where you learnt from?
Thank you so much.
And again, you did an amazing job on this game, you should be really happy with the result.
Hey Waffle! Thanks so much for playing, I'm really glad you enjoyed it.
For this game, I used Gamemaker. I know it has a bad rep (because of the optional drag-and-drop interface, which nobody really uses), but out of the many engines I am good with, this is by far the most comfortable and intuitive to use for 2D games. Very powerful if you know how to use it! (see Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight, one of my favourite games.)
I learned to make games from home, using the free time that I get after (UK) college. I personally think best way to learn is to pick up an engine that looks cool and play around with it, and try and figure stuff out for yourself. Get familiar with the interface and make many very very simple things until you get the hang of it. If you discover something yourself, you're way more likely to remember how to do it, and what the logic is behind it. It'll stick with you much longer than any info you'll get from a tutorial. But, tutorials are really good for very specific things where you have no idea where to start or hit a roadblock. My favourite online tutors are Shaun Spalding (for GMStudio 1/2) and Sebastian Lague (for Unity + Blender). Both of these guys have been super super helpful when stuck in specific situations.
But, there's no better way to learn than first-hand! If you enjoy and want to make 2D games, Gamemaker (or Love2D if you're super confident and also like things being free), if you want to get more serious and make 3D things, Unity is great, but that comes with the daunting challenge of learning C# and the Unity Scripting API.
Once you've got the hang of an engine, joining jams like this is fantastic. You'll learn a lot, have fun, and have an audience for your games. But, anyway, the best way to learn something, is to go and do it! So good luck! And thanks again!
This entire video is awesome, I loved this! Thanks so much for your thoughts and compliments about the game too. I really did want to add a boss, (the thumbnail was part of concept art for the boss) but I didn't have enough time to add it before the jam deadline. I'm gonna maybe revamp this game in future, add some levels and maybe a few bosses.
Awesome video, watched your other stuff and you're great, subbed. Thanks for playing!
True, I thought it was super easy after I updated it but I just thought that was because I've had tons of playtime in this game lmao. A lot of people thought it was much too hard (practically impossible) when I dished out the first version, so I made it easier. A bit too easy, lmao. I'm gonna do a post-jam update of this game some time, and hopefully have difficulty selection, cooler endings, better progression and maybe a boss fight. But hey, thanks a ton for playing and helping out!
I followed both your accounts after you commented, I saw it and I love it so freaking much you have no idea. (my acc is private, @bedstuck) Thank you bless you, this is so good!!!
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Really good game with neat aesthetics. It would have been even more awesome if you make the game tad bit difficult (I finished the game not knowing that I can dash)
Hey Bedstuck!
First off I must say, I absolutely loved the game. For such a short amount of time to make it, it is nothing short of brilliant. I would love to make similar games myself but... I have no idea where to start. So I thought I might ask you a few questions. (Sorry).
I would like to know which engine/program you used to create the game in first of all. The game is really impressive, and I am kind of stuck for deciding what to use.
Second of all, did you teach yourself how to create games? I would love to learn from home how to create games , and I was hoping if you did in fact learn from home if I could ask where you learnt from?
Thank you so much.
And again, you did an amazing job on this game, you should be really happy with the result.
Hey Waffle! Thanks so much for playing, I'm really glad you enjoyed it.
For this game, I used Gamemaker. I know it has a bad rep (because of the optional drag-and-drop interface, which nobody really uses), but out of the many engines I am good with, this is by far the most comfortable and intuitive to use for 2D games. Very powerful if you know how to use it! (see Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight, one of my favourite games.)
I learned to make games from home, using the free time that I get after (UK) college. I personally think best way to learn is to pick up an engine that looks cool and play around with it, and try and figure stuff out for yourself. Get familiar with the interface and make many very very simple things until you get the hang of it. If you discover something yourself, you're way more likely to remember how to do it, and what the logic is behind it. It'll stick with you much longer than any info you'll get from a tutorial. But, tutorials are really good for very specific things where you have no idea where to start or hit a roadblock. My favourite online tutors are Shaun Spalding (for GMStudio 1/2) and Sebastian Lague (for Unity + Blender). Both of these guys have been super super helpful when stuck in specific situations.
But, there's no better way to learn than first-hand! If you enjoy and want to make 2D games, Gamemaker (or Love2D if you're super confident and also like things being free), if you want to get more serious and make 3D things, Unity is great, but that comes with the daunting challenge of learning C# and the Unity Scripting API.
Once you've got the hang of an engine, joining jams like this is fantastic. You'll learn a lot, have fun, and have an audience for your games.
But, anyway, the best way to learn something, is to go and do it! So good luck! And thanks again!
Thank you so much for the quick response. I really appreciate it.
I hope to join you in a Game Jam one day.
-Waffle
that all makes sense. Recently reset my SSD so that musta been what caused it. Will test when I get home!
hey, whenever i try to run it a "how do you want to open this .rar file" pops up, and i am unable to run it with anything
solution?
Edit: trying to unpack the .rar file using rarOpener and it isnt working
Hey Alpha! Sorry for the late reply, but I'd suggest try using 7-Zip to unpackage the rar, since that's what I used to package it.
Here's a link, it's free. If problems continue, please let me know, I'll try and find a way around it. Thanks!
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FATAL ERROR in Vertex Shader compilation
ShaderName: turnWhite
D3DXCompile failed - result
at gml_Object_player_Draw_0
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Not really sure if this is the place for a bug report but every time I run it this happens almost immediately after stuff spawns and I get near it :s
Hey! really sorry that I forgot to mention this, the game uses a few simple shaders and needs directx runtime.
If you're on Windows, try installing this -> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=35
Hope that helps, tell me if there are any other problems! If errors continue, I'd happily make a fix! Thank you
Gave it a go...
This entire video is awesome, I loved this! Thanks so much for your thoughts and compliments about the game too. I really did want to add a boss, (the thumbnail was part of concept art for the boss) but I didn't have enough time to add it before the jam deadline. I'm gonna maybe revamp this game in future, add some levels and maybe a few bosses.
Awesome video, watched your other stuff and you're great, subbed. Thanks for playing!
Very much glad you enjoyed the video! And be sure to hit me up whenever you update the game, I would love to get back into it. Bless!
Oh shyt, and thanks for the sub as well.
Game should be a bit more difficult (maybe health only slightly regenerates at the end of a wave)
True, I thought it was super easy after I updated it but I just thought that was because I've had tons of playtime in this game lmao. A lot of people thought it was much too hard (practically impossible) when I dished out the first version, so I made it easier. A bit too easy, lmao. I'm gonna do a post-jam update of this game some time, and hopefully have difficulty selection, cooler endings, better progression and maybe a boss fight. But hey, thanks a ton for playing and helping out!
Is it alright to draw fanart for this game? The dash and animation was sooo good
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it, and hell yeah you can oh my god yes
Here it is! Hope you like
I followed both your accounts after you commented, I saw it and I love it so freaking much you have no idea. (my acc is private, @bedstuck) Thank you bless you, this is so good!!!
Holy cow what a good time! I'm excited to see what else you can do.