hey not bad! i like the little harmony that comes in at 00:16. i tried learning music making a few years ago and actually made some progress but didnt stick with it.

Average vs median strikes again

Yeah I find ties fun in moderation, especially in 2 player games where there’s a “count all of the points up” phase. Seeing that both of us have the exact same point total is always a “WOAH THAT WAS CLOSE” moment, not a “aw bummer” moment

They’re identical, I think the only reason why they haven’t removed the variable_ versions is to prevent older projects that use it from breaking

Hot tip! Some time ago GM added struct functions without “variable_” prepended to them. So struct_get_names and struct_get should also work (if you’re not in a super old version of gm)

Congrats! The game looks like tons of fun

I will say this: a lot of new folks are clinging to a nostalgia for ‘getting a publisher’ as a marker of validation, of being a ‘real game’.

And I’m here to tell you that’s bollocks. They need you more than you need them. If they can provide a service, awesome, but you hold the means of production.

I was interviewed about Vampire's Best Friend's development!
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we talk about how limitations can help you finish games, my past projects informing the design of VBF, and staying encouraged when the odds of success are low

I like prime 2 a lot, but it does handle this worse since you can’t even see the sky temple keys until you have a late game item and can’t reach the drop off area until fairly late either, so most of that hunt will have to happen much later in the game than in prime 1

Eh I don’t really agree with that. You can get to the area where you drop off artifacts right after you find the missile launcher, and that area has a free artifact in it. So it’s not unreasonable for someone to learn about the egg hunt much earlier than the beginning of the game.

As long as you turn off the hint system at the start, prime at least has the facade of being non linear. The artifacts becoming accessible throughout the whole game but only being needed at the very end helps too

Sucky state gets suckier, alas