bgillisp

Hard game, though kinda short if you don't do the optional levels.

Yeah it could be interesting, for example the whole game taking place on that train and the further you get the more reality starts distorting until you start questioning what's real and not and then some other stuff--- Oops. I should probably not give away dumb ideas

@Vox Novus : Yep, it was, to a degree.

Rest: Actually I think some of the reason I had the dream is one of my upcoming game ideas involves a train ride gone wrong, and I've been working out the ideas into more detail in my free time.

@bgillisp Train ride settings are always fun; I'm a fan of mystery novels and movies and train murder mysteries usually make for a great read in the genre. Its the whole moving setting combined with the fact that everything is contained at the same time, including the culprit.

Do it!

Definitely do it!

Do it! I often take a look at screenshots I still have from older versions. It's fun to see the improvement and also to contemplate what the hell I was thinking xD

Maybe do something you don't normally do for free time; you are still waiting on feedback for your game right? Besides playing games, maybe catch that movie in the theaters you had your eye on or catch up with a friend you haven't seen. Makes you appreciate the time more when its something you only rarely ever do.

Well right now I'm planning on spending day 1 of it with my pillow as I catch up on sleep. We'll see where it goes from there.

Sounds a good start.

Hope you get better soon. Have a headache? That's usually what can make it really tough when concentrating on something like a computer screen.

@bgillisp Feels like the opening to some daytime drama-esque show.

@Marsigne @Vox Novus : Maybe that is what they were going for? Or maybe that was normal in 1979 when the show aired?

I thought it was the latter, but the former is a possibility too.

Woah in the time of my Amiga those numbers would had impressed me but as for doing with maximization... there is a site for lil sprites only???

Well, I hope most of the abandoned ones are sh!t anyway so I'll feel less bad about not completing them.

@taarna23 : Yep, which was the point they were trying to make. Some other gems were "You will have a box of cables you are afraid to throw away for fear you will need one 2 days later" and "2/3 of your HD will be dedicated to backups of your old HD's"

@TheMutantSpaceDancer : This was in reference to all projects, not just game dev. So that project of repainting the house counts too.

To the OP sadly true I started to depress at that age!

I've technically got Xenonauts waiting for me for more XCom type gameplay, and the XCOM2 expansion (as I played plain XCOM2 for my first playthrough). But wanted to play something different, as I was actually in the mood for an RPG, but the two I tried were...well, as posted.

If you are looking for something of a similar vein as Xcom, & you want something in a fantasy style, you might want try Mordheim city of the damned.

It can be a bit brutal at times, if a battle goes sideways on you it can really go sideways, courtesy of things like permadeath, crippling injuries, & the like. But, I love & hate that game.

Cosmic Star Heroine is a nice modern JRPG made in old-school SNES style. It's quite laid back, funny in places, lets you save anywhere, and it's not too long (~15 hours in length).

Or were you looking for something closer to WRPGs? The Technomancer and Rise of the Argonauts are quite underappreciated ones in this genre.

I'll make a shaped difficulty curve then.

I don't mind U shaped difficulties as long as the game can justify them. If they cannot, it's usually bad design.

@Matseb2611 : You just described the last tales game I played perfectly there.

Sorry to hear that, maybe you won't end up having to go in? Wishful, thinking I suppose. Hope you can end up relaxing though at some point.

Well, here's the funny thing. It's an online shift, so I just have to be near the computer, and hop in if they need me. Right now I'm sorting papers while I wait to see if they need me.

Congrats - that's a very significant milestone.

That's awesome, congratulations!!

*claps of glee* YAY!

Sounds nice. Almost there, finish strong!

Congrats.

Very nice music <3 And congrats!

@bgillisp, oh right, I got you.

I had that with a classmate back in my school days. A traffic accident. We all know we're mortals, but it's still a shock when it strikes close to you.

I'm close to that point.

On a related note, my project has lost about 70 MB of size now that I got rid of the ones I'm not using.

Make it 5 to go. Knocked out #2 before I head off to work tonight.

Oh. Testplay. Lemme know.

Awesome, you're almost there.
5 to go... these are easy numbers for a math teacher!

Did you watch it?

Nope, put on Amazon Prime and watched some Star Trek TNG instead.

It must've been a very tough decision XD

Currently I'm at 3 hours in what usually takes me 10. Also I'm 10 levels below normal, so boss fights are becoming quite a challenge.

My brother holds the fastest playthrough of Dune 1 I've ever seen. 8 seconds.

I must have wanted to make it even harder...I just did Chapter 6 with the wrong equipment as I wasn't paying attention. Being 10 levels down and using equipment that was decent 2 - 3 chapters ago is a great way to make a boss battle last a LONG time.

Of course, if it's your first project, then yes absolutely start small.

But as you grow more accustomed and accommodated to the engine you're using, you should strive for perfection.

I dunno if I'm starting small... but I've done so much random stuff over the years that I feel like I might have an idea of what I'm doing... So now I'm just focusing on one thing at a time. Thing the next: some small graphical stuff and a larger-scale testing of my code. =\

Awesome, and 10 more months to fix bugs and edit minor stuffs