popcar2

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2y ago

Added Bugs to Keep my job
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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago
"Merge pull request #8 from [branch name]"
Not the most exciting but hey, someone has to do it.

2y ago

How my weekend is going

I got it from a Buffoon pack, but it's still worth buying because it pays for itself. You get 2 jokers that are worth 1-2 dollars each, you can sell them if they're not worth keeping and you can even get jokers like Egg and Mail-In-Rebate that gain you tons of money.

It's a life saver in ante 1-2

2y ago

Unity 6 Preview Released - The Final Before the Run-Time Fee!

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

I don’t agree with people downvoting you just cause its unity lmfao

Yeah Lemmy is kind of funny in that regard, the downvote is not a disagree button.

2y ago

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.3 dev 6

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

It's also a lot easier to manage via code since you could just get children and have each layer have its own group.

2y ago

Why do mobile games suck nowadays?

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

It's a two part story:

The mobile market mostly targets kids and boomers and their resistance to microtransactions has been basically non-existent, making the market quickly become predatory and full of spam
Modern app stores have become abysmal, making it impossible for smaller games to see the light of day. 99% of google play is a dumpster fire, and the 1% that is decent isn't published by a multi-billion dollar company so you're unlikely to ever see it. There are good games out there, but the way the algorithms and ads work makes them constantly pushed down in the list. This isn't "a problem" to a company like Google because they're making bank off of all these ad spaces.

Anyways, most good games are paid, but here's a list of stuff I've enjoyed playing on mobile:

Fancy Pants Adventures
Bloons TD 6
Dicey Dungeons
Dead Cells
Slay the Spire (but the mobile port is rough on small screens)
Knights of Pen and Paper +1
The Enchanted Cave 2
Let's Create! Pottery
BAIKOH
Data Wing

Probably a lot more I forgot. Have at it.

2y ago

Why do mobile games suck nowadays?

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

Has it ever been better?

Actually, yes, by a big margin. Back in ~2011 mobile games were actually trying to be great. Games like Edge Extended, World of Goo, Bounce Boing Voyage, Zenonia 2 & 3, etc.

I remember early Humble Bundles being full of exciting games for mobile, now you'll be lucky to find just one of them that isn't filled to the brim with MTX or ads.

2y ago

Unity 6 Preview Released - The Final Before the Run-Time Fee!

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

Sort of. If you earned >$1 million in revenues in the past 12 months, you have two options:

Pay 2.5% of your monthly revenue
Pay a runtime fee based on your monthly downloads

So basically, they made it optional, but you still have to pay 2.5% which is still significant. Otherwise you can use the runtime fee and report data yourself (it will probably be cheaper)

2y ago

[Popcar] File Compression Is Awesome: A Practical Guide

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

Thanks!

2y ago

Brackeys: How to make a Video Game - Godot Beginner Tutorial

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

Just skimmed the video, it's pretty good! Provides a good crash course for people to just start making a platformer, it definitely skims some important topics like physics layers or how to properly use tilemaps, but I expect follow up videos to start explaining things more.

2y ago

Screenshot Saturday!

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

I was recently contracted to make a neat prototype of a game. It's a twinstick shooter with MOBA elements, you got minions coming out of towers attacking other minions and the goal is to destroy towers to make your way in and destroy the enemy base.

Navigation in Godot is pretty neat, very hassle-free.

2y ago

Personal Opinion: the GameDev.tv Godot course isn't great

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

I've bought the $1 tier to get into shaders and I sort of agree. I took the Unity 2D course when I was starting out game development and it was excellent, really gave you everything you need to know to understand and learn how to make real games.

I'm 75% through the shader course (which is fairly short, like ~2 hours long) and it's just okay. It gives you a decent introduction on how shaders work, teach you a few simple effects like distortion and dissolving and color swapping, then you're on your own. I didn't feel like I learned enough to be confident making my own shaders and I still only have a surface level understanding of it. Not great for a paid course, I'm starting to think that's the reason it was only $1 in the bundle.

I still 100% recommend their 2D unity course but it seems like how good the course is depends on the instructor. Rick is the best instructor they have, the new ones aren't cutting it. Maybe I should make my own tutorials because a lot of Godot offerings currently are lacking.

2y ago

Humble Bundle - Learn To Make Games in Godot 4 By GameDev.tv

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

Nice, good luck!

2y ago

Humble Bundle - Learn To Make Games in Godot 4 By GameDev.tv

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

Godot 4 came out a year ago so they're all new courses. They do have a forum for assisting people that own the course where a teaching assistant helps out. I haven't tried any of their Godot courses but I have finished their Unity course and the experience was really good.

2y ago

Proposed "LibGodot" Lets You Embed Godot Game Engine Into Other Apps

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

I've been following this proposal around for the past few months, it's really interesting. Godot could be the de-facto library for complex 3D rendering in any app since it's really feature-rich and not that huge (I think the runtime is like ~60 megabytes? It could likely be smaller with further optimization and stripping features you don't need).

Also I don't remember who said this but if this goes through it could allow C# web builds by loading Godot is a library.

Kind of a shame this came as 4.3 is in feature freeze, it would've been nice for it to be included in the next update.

2y ago

Lemmyvision Song Contest

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

Your Inception is a great choice, but I also low-key wished pizza tower's music got in to meme on the other instances

2y ago

Slay the Spire 2 Officially Announced — Will be made in Godot

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

One of the devs wrote a blog post a while back talking about his first impressions with Godot.

TL;DR: Really positive on Godot but things that should be improved are text and how Godot handles texture atlases (I totally agree on both)

2y ago

Suggest a Laptop for me.

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

Be sure to check where the trackpad is. Centralized is better. My new one is more to the left and my wrist hits it when playing tf2 and I do occasionally get some movement from my wrist in game, but not much.

There should be an option in your OS to disable the trackpad while using the keyboard. My laptop also has a trackpad to the left and I often have my hand over it when playing but never had this issue.

2y ago

Suggest a Laptop for me.

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

Make sure you get a laptop with a modern Ryzen processor since the battery life (and performance on battery) is often a lot better than Intel. There are a lot out there that fit the bill like Lenovo's yoga/ideapad lineup. Just be weary of two things:

Some 14" laptops may have soldered RAM or SSDs making them impossible to upgrade
Don't go off of processor names, they're often pretty misleading. For example a Ryzen 7 7730U is significantly worse than a Ryzen 7 7840U.

2y ago

CleanDoom - The Modern Doom Mod Launcher (made with Godot)

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

Not sure, I'll look into it when the launcher is feature-complete. I never tried making a Flatpak app before.

2y ago

CleanDoom - The Modern Doom Mod Launcher

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popcar2 @programming.dev 2y ago

A mod launcher is a program that lets you set up and configure mods for a game, then launch the game with everything set up for you. They exist because configuring everything yourself can be a real pain.