envy
@envy.gamejamcommons.club
theatre kid, baker, woodworking. (ex-)distributed systems engineer, (bad/new) game dev... and a bad case of project distraction.
Mostly godot & unity right now.
Mostly godot & unity right now.
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envy
@envy.gamejamcommons.club
· Oct 11
A time ago @errant-signal.com introduced me to "the Ludo-Narrative debate" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBN3...)
I recently I learned about the divide in horny-games if they should focus on horny or game. I dub this the "lewd-o-narrative discourse"
Do not tell me if anyone has made this joke before.
I recently I learned about the divide in horny-games if they should focus on horny or game. I dub this the "lewd-o-narrative discourse"
Do not tell me if anyone has made this joke before.
Errant Signal - The Debate That Never Took Place
YouTube video by Errant Signal
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February 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A time ago @errant-signal.com introduced me to "the Ludo-Narrative debate" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBN3...)
I recently I learned about the divide in horny-games if they should focus on horny or game. I dub this the "lewd-o-narrative discourse"
Do not tell me if anyone has made this joke before.
I recently I learned about the divide in horny-games if they should focus on horny or game. I dub this the "lewd-o-narrative discourse"
Do not tell me if anyone has made this joke before.
@tinysloth-games.bsky.social 👋 wooo, hyped for more PNW folks; welcome to bsky
January 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
@tinysloth-games.bsky.social 👋 wooo, hyped for more PNW folks; welcome to bsky
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thank you for having used cohost.
eggbug forever.
eggbug forever.
January 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
thank you for having used cohost.
eggbug forever.
eggbug forever.
So that the narrative team didn't have to wade through my (neat but over engineered) quest configs I put together a management UI + linter on some quest setup...
It's a little bittersweet but a nice parting shot over before going back to a real-boy job for a bit and after-hours game dev
It's a little bittersweet but a nice parting shot over before going back to a real-boy job for a bit and after-hours game dev
January 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
So that the narrative team didn't have to wade through my (neat but over engineered) quest configs I put together a management UI + linter on some quest setup...
It's a little bittersweet but a nice parting shot over before going back to a real-boy job for a bit and after-hours game dev
It's a little bittersweet but a nice parting shot over before going back to a real-boy job for a bit and after-hours game dev
Have you worked with GraphEdit / GraphNode in #godot? Is there a rational way to track your slots and ports aside from bespoke data structures and ~magic numbers?
I have so many questions. Who built this, what were they thinking? It may work for static nodes but seems bonkers for dynamic content.
I have so many questions. Who built this, what were they thinking? It may work for static nodes but seems bonkers for dynamic content.
January 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Have you worked with GraphEdit / GraphNode in #godot? Is there a rational way to track your slots and ports aside from bespoke data structures and ~magic numbers?
I have so many questions. Who built this, what were they thinking? It may work for static nodes but seems bonkers for dynamic content.
I have so many questions. Who built this, what were they thinking? It may work for static nodes but seems bonkers for dynamic content.
one thing i enjoy about following some folks in industry but being mostly outside of it myself...
is that i have no fucking clue why we're arguing about yellow paint right now. like who started that fire? why?
lol. lmao even
is that i have no fucking clue why we're arguing about yellow paint right now. like who started that fire? why?
lol. lmao even
December 30, 2024 at 6:51 PM
one thing i enjoy about following some folks in industry but being mostly outside of it myself...
is that i have no fucking clue why we're arguing about yellow paint right now. like who started that fire? why?
lol. lmao even
is that i have no fucking clue why we're arguing about yellow paint right now. like who started that fire? why?
lol. lmao even
this arg is particularly compelling coming off a blind play of Hellblade1 where I was extremely into the confusion when I couldn't figure out the next step.
It tied me closer to the MC w/ her tenuous grasp of reality and "searching hopelessly for signs" became compelling/immersive & not jank.
/1
It tied me closer to the MC w/ her tenuous grasp of reality and "searching hopelessly for signs" became compelling/immersive & not jank.
/1
All works are a composite of tropes, and generally people tend to only get annoyed by the tropes when they don’t dig the composite.
December 30, 2024 at 6:47 PM
this arg is particularly compelling coming off a blind play of Hellblade1 where I was extremely into the confusion when I couldn't figure out the next step.
It tied me closer to the MC w/ her tenuous grasp of reality and "searching hopelessly for signs" became compelling/immersive & not jank.
/1
It tied me closer to the MC w/ her tenuous grasp of reality and "searching hopelessly for signs" became compelling/immersive & not jank.
/1
adhd brain destroying ability to do anything rn so maybe i should actually have a break play video games for a minute instead of obsessing about minutia that doesn't really matter in my project
tbqh wouldn't be the worst to take this energy into the new year
tbqh wouldn't be the worst to take this energy into the new year
December 28, 2024 at 5:43 PM
adhd brain destroying ability to do anything rn so maybe i should actually have a break play video games for a minute instead of obsessing about minutia that doesn't really matter in my project
tbqh wouldn't be the worst to take this energy into the new year
tbqh wouldn't be the worst to take this energy into the new year
In a funny position with godot rn where I think the 2d lighting is so bad that I'm *certain* I have to be doing something wrong or missing some key "don't be useless" flag
December 27, 2024 at 10:56 PM
In a funny position with godot rn where I think the 2d lighting is so bad that I'm *certain* I have to be doing something wrong or missing some key "don't be useless" flag
holy shit this
on the other hand as much as I'd love it I'm kind of worried it would devolve ~instantly into G*mers being shits about about literally any interesting/progressive creative decisions
And in that light I'd maybe just love to see some similar-but-new IP inspired by the Whoniverse
on the other hand as much as I'd love it I'm kind of worried it would devolve ~instantly into G*mers being shits about about literally any interesting/progressive creative decisions
And in that light I'd maybe just love to see some similar-but-new IP inspired by the Whoniverse
Real talk, it’s wild to me that they’ve not licensed a gorgeous pixel arty point and clicky lucartsy Doctor Who game at any point in the last couple decades. Go on go on go on.
December 26, 2024 at 8:31 PM
holy shit this
on the other hand as much as I'd love it I'm kind of worried it would devolve ~instantly into G*mers being shits about about literally any interesting/progressive creative decisions
And in that light I'd maybe just love to see some similar-but-new IP inspired by the Whoniverse
on the other hand as much as I'd love it I'm kind of worried it would devolve ~instantly into G*mers being shits about about literally any interesting/progressive creative decisions
And in that light I'd maybe just love to see some similar-but-new IP inspired by the Whoniverse
I don't disagree with this -- but I would say that even if you're making a free game (not financially load bearing) you likely *still* care about "broad" consumption/distribution of your art/effort
it's not clear to me that "commercially viable" is that dissimilar from normal desires of reach
it's not clear to me that "commercially viable" is that dissimilar from normal desires of reach
Too much gamedev advice is dispensed assuming the end goal is a commercially viable game and maybe that's a problem? Making a financially load bearing game is so close to impossible that maybe setting that as the end point for all game development is creating wildly unrealistic expectations
December 26, 2024 at 6:22 PM
I don't disagree with this -- but I would say that even if you're making a free game (not financially load bearing) you likely *still* care about "broad" consumption/distribution of your art/effort
it's not clear to me that "commercially viable" is that dissimilar from normal desires of reach
it's not clear to me that "commercially viable" is that dissimilar from normal desires of reach
some might call this "giving up"
I prefer to think of it as "pragmatically meeting the type system you have where its at"
I prefer to think of it as "pragmatically meeting the type system you have where its at"
circling back to this (cc @rokojori.bsky.social) I don't think it's the tool script (cf bsky.app/profile/roko...) because transferring a working build to a 2nd PC resulted in a fucked up build that I couldn't resolve.
I think the path out is drop type safety & use NodePath instead of typed @export
I think the path out is drop type safety & use NodePath instead of typed @export
Not sure if it's the same. I noticed that compilation errors of tool scripts can cause problems. For me it sometimes clears all assigned data of most nodes (resets them). But I'm not super sure when this happens, but it could be related to node type changes. I'm using C#, however.
December 26, 2024 at 10:20 AM
some might call this "giving up"
I prefer to think of it as "pragmatically meeting the type system you have where its at"
I prefer to think of it as "pragmatically meeting the type system you have where its at"
question for y'all
#godot literally forgets how to determine if a Node in my scene tree is a type based on assigned script. When this happens it disconnects @export assignments and silently breaks my scenes. Is this a known thing? Am I doing wild shit? Reloading the scene *sometimes* resolves it.
#godot literally forgets how to determine if a Node in my scene tree is a type based on assigned script. When this happens it disconnects @export assignments and silently breaks my scenes. Is this a known thing? Am I doing wild shit? Reloading the scene *sometimes* resolves it.
December 25, 2024 at 9:16 PM
question for y'all
#godot literally forgets how to determine if a Node in my scene tree is a type based on assigned script. When this happens it disconnects @export assignments and silently breaks my scenes. Is this a known thing? Am I doing wild shit? Reloading the scene *sometimes* resolves it.
#godot literally forgets how to determine if a Node in my scene tree is a type based on assigned script. When this happens it disconnects @export assignments and silently breaks my scenes. Is this a known thing? Am I doing wild shit? Reloading the scene *sometimes* resolves it.
wishing you all a very merry clean kitchen in the near future
<smalltext>help me i'm dying</smalltext>
<smalltext>help me i'm dying</smalltext>
December 25, 2024 at 8:39 PM
wishing you all a very merry clean kitchen in the near future
<smalltext>help me i'm dying</smalltext>
<smalltext>help me i'm dying</smalltext>
happy holidays, kupo!
December 24, 2024 at 8:31 PM
happy holidays, kupo!
Stein is solid I trust this list -- bit of a weird grift but I assume they all turn into content farms that eventually start selling distribution for scams
Bot accounts with fake AI-generated games are pretending to be genuine #gamedev / #indiedev accounts. Possibly for scam or spam purposes. I made a list to block them all. Share!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 24, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Stein is solid I trust this list -- bit of a weird grift but I assume they all turn into content farms that eventually start selling distribution for scams
best christmas present -- I was doing perf analysis of my recent character controller rewrite to make sure i hadn't fucked anything and couldn't understand wtf was going on such that frame time was 15->20ms
...
oh yea, i'm running with vsync enabled. anyway frametime still at a cool [.45, .55] ms
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oh yea, i'm running with vsync enabled. anyway frametime still at a cool [.45, .55] ms
December 24, 2024 at 8:07 PM
best christmas present -- I was doing perf analysis of my recent character controller rewrite to make sure i hadn't fucked anything and couldn't understand wtf was going on such that frame time was 15->20ms
...
oh yea, i'm running with vsync enabled. anyway frametime still at a cool [.45, .55] ms
...
oh yea, i'm running with vsync enabled. anyway frametime still at a cool [.45, .55] ms
lmao. so that's not the sin i expected to be confessing today but it's certainly the one that haunts me the most
i absolve you of your mediocrity
December 23, 2024 at 4:44 PM
lmao. so that's not the sin i expected to be confessing today but it's certainly the one that haunts me the most
Seen a bunch of recs for Keylocker flying around today and it looks sick as hell. Extremely distinct vibe, fun variations on mechanics relative to genre, good length to play-and-finish over the holidays, and on sale.
December 22, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Seen a bunch of recs for Keylocker flying around today and it looks sick as hell. Extremely distinct vibe, fun variations on mechanics relative to genre, good length to play-and-finish over the holidays, and on sale.
This full character controller rewrite is brought to you exclusively by BABYMETAL loud enough I can't hear the screams of my existing code base as I pull it apart
December 22, 2024 at 7:15 PM
This full character controller rewrite is brought to you exclusively by BABYMETAL loud enough I can't hear the screams of my existing code base as I pull it apart
idk who needs to hear this (It's me. Hi, I'm the problem. It's me) but the behaviors we learn that lead to burnout (and sometimes success!) are just that: learned behaviors.
They'll continue to foment burnout unless you *change them.* E.g. quit the job but as the only change it may not be enough.
They'll continue to foment burnout unless you *change them.* E.g. quit the job but as the only change it may not be enough.
We also tend to downplay the seriousness and expect that a few weeks off can straighten it out and like, no
Burnout can fuck you up for YEARS.
Burnout can fuck you up for YEARS.
December 16, 2024 at 11:40 PM
idk who needs to hear this (It's me. Hi, I'm the problem. It's me) but the behaviors we learn that lead to burnout (and sometimes success!) are just that: learned behaviors.
They'll continue to foment burnout unless you *change them.* E.g. quit the job but as the only change it may not be enough.
They'll continue to foment burnout unless you *change them.* E.g. quit the job but as the only change it may not be enough.
Six months in and it feels like I'm working in a real engine with #godot now.
...which is to say I'm making increasingly deranged decisions about code structure to work around esoteric engine bugs
...which is to say I'm making increasingly deranged decisions about code structure to work around esoteric engine bugs
December 9, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Six months in and it feels like I'm working in a real engine with #godot now.
...which is to say I'm making increasingly deranged decisions about code structure to work around esoteric engine bugs
...which is to say I'm making increasingly deranged decisions about code structure to work around esoteric engine bugs
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Watch our new trailer now: youtu.be/4ky2DSbKBaY?...
Thank you to @kshitijk.bsky.social and @noahdaythief.bsky.social for their work, and @sean-baxendale.bsky.social for narration!
Wishlist The Ouroboros Express, releasing on 12 Dec: store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/...
#VisualNovel #IndieGame
Thank you to @kshitijk.bsky.social and @noahdaythief.bsky.social for their work, and @sean-baxendale.bsky.social for narration!
Wishlist The Ouroboros Express, releasing on 12 Dec: store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/...
#VisualNovel #IndieGame
The Ouroboros Express: Steam Trailer
YouTube video by Small Loan Studio
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December 7, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Watch our new trailer now: youtu.be/4ky2DSbKBaY?...
Thank you to @kshitijk.bsky.social and @noahdaythief.bsky.social for their work, and @sean-baxendale.bsky.social for narration!
Wishlist The Ouroboros Express, releasing on 12 Dec: store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/...
#VisualNovel #IndieGame
Thank you to @kshitijk.bsky.social and @noahdaythief.bsky.social for their work, and @sean-baxendale.bsky.social for narration!
Wishlist The Ouroboros Express, releasing on 12 Dec: store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/...
#VisualNovel #IndieGame
shoutout to the crew combining #godot and #adventofcode www.reddit.com/r/adventofco...
I didn't and that's why I missed all my planned tasks for this week but let's not mention that to the production team 😅
I didn't and that's why I missed all my planned tasks for this week but let's not mention that to the production team 😅
From the adventofcode community on Reddit: [2024 Day 6 (Part 1)] [Godot] Lab guard goes brrrrrr
Explore this post and more from the adventofcode community
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December 7, 2024 at 10:57 AM
shoutout to the crew combining #godot and #adventofcode www.reddit.com/r/adventofco...
I didn't and that's why I missed all my planned tasks for this week but let's not mention that to the production team 😅
I didn't and that's why I missed all my planned tasks for this week but let's not mention that to the production team 😅
This looks beautiful and tells a story you're not going to hear coming out of normal publishers. There's enough experience involved and progress shown I've got high hopes we'll get another moving example of when "games are art"
Have a direct link to the campaign: www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
Have a direct link to the campaign: www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
December 1, 2024 at 2:44 AM
This looks beautiful and tells a story you're not going to hear coming out of normal publishers. There's enough experience involved and progress shown I've got high hopes we'll get another moving example of when "games are art"
Have a direct link to the campaign: www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
Have a direct link to the campaign: www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...