In game dev there can be a thin line between "the AI is so bad the player trounces it every time" and "the AI plays perfectly". That's why I made my game so complicated that neither side can play perfectly at all!

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In A King's Genocide, this is what the Scene Replay screen is going to look like! You'll be able to skip to any scene you've previously viewed. Saving is entirely disabled during replay, however. Yes, most of this time was spent getting saving disabled. X~X #vndev #gamedev

kill your local data center

last time I will ever reply to a message like this, but - you know GenAI uses up your drinking water, right? like people are building giant AI data centers to make a quick buck while they still can and 99% of earth's population has to pay the price for it fucking dork ass loser anon

Hey they forgot: • No chatgpt-generated dogshit like this

People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.

yeah I can't imagine ever using AI for literally anything because it's a super pathetic version of stolen work thats already been done at the cost of our entire environment regardless but I REALLY can't fathom it when you're already powerful and have the ability to hire whoever you want to make shit

a lot of ppl don’t seem to realize that even making a bad game is a massive accomplishment

Fuck people who say video games can’t be art. Video games are very much art. The way I see art it’s facet of creation and pouring you emotions into a piece of work. There are many games out there where people poured their soul into it and take the medium to new heights.

Just a friendly reminder, you are always enough, and I am proud of you for pushing through those silent battles you fight in your head that no one knows about 🖤 I am happy you’re here and I am thankful for you 🖤🐍

#fuckai #aiisfascist

i kinda think one of the hardest things abt game dev is that with every new project it feels like starting from 0 in terms of audience interest and gathering steam wishlists 😔

When I release the demo for A King's Genocide and open up the Patreon, this is what the Confirmation screen will look like! A King's Genocide is a dark fantasy visual novel about a series of angelic murders happening around the angel Aracelia. #gamedev #vndev

If you never played a video game and you want to try, two paths lie before you. Visual novels, which are basically a book with little to no gameplay. This leads you to RPGs. Or dynasty warriors, where you run around and kill hordes of enemies by pressing one button. This leads you to action games.

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When I release the demo for A King's Genocide, this is what the Save/Load screen will look like! First time hearing about A King's Genocide? It's a dark fantasy visual novel about an angel named Aracelia and a series of angelic murders happening around her! #gamedev #vndev

the gap between "i built this with AI in 20 min" and "it took 3 hours to debug the regex" is the entire vibe coding experience shipping fast is great. understanding what you shipped? that's the part that keeps your app alive at 3am

Aww I'm not on the anti-AI block list? Okay, let me make this clearer... FUCK GEN AI! My games are human-made! Yes, even my crappy code!!

Software development is 99% planning and 9,999% finding out what's wrong with your plan.

The Settings screen for A King's Genocide transitions from pink to yellow. Those are all the screens I have up and running at the moment. #gamedev #vndev

The Glossary's background in A King's Genocide now transitions from pink to green to red over time. A King's Genocide is a dark fantasy visual novel, but the sequel is going to be an action RPG similar to Odin Sphere. Dark fantasy too, of course! #gamedev #vndev

The Music Gallery's background now transitions from blue to white over time. These colors I'm picking have a meaning. When you play the whole game, you might pick up on the meaning of each of the colors. #gamedev #vndev

The CG Gallery screen in A King's Genocide now transitions from red to emerald while keeping the black spotty look and noise from before. #gamedev #vndev

In A King's Genocide, this is what the Settings screen will look like! What's A King's Genocide? A Dark Fantasy visual novel about a series of angelic murders happening around the angel Aracelia. #gamedev #vndev

If you use GitHub (especially if you pay for it!!) consider doing this *immediately* Settings -> Privacy -> Disallow GitHub to train their models on your code. GitHub opted *everyone* into training. No matter if you pay for the service (like I do). WTH github.com/settings/cop...

While I was working on the shaders for the CG Gallery, I thought of a design I wanted to do instead for the CG Gallery and Glossary. Here's what the Glossary looks like now. #gamedev #vndev

Believe it or not, most of my work done so far has been for A King’s Genocide’s UI. The gameplay part mostly works out of the box since it’s a Visual Novel. I expect an Uno Reverse card to hit me in the face as soon as I get to the Action RPG stuff for the sequel. #gamedev #vndev

In A King's Genocide, this is what the CG Gallery will look like. You'll have a preview look of the CG when scrolling through the list, and then you'll be able to open up the CG and all other CG's tied to that first one in a new screen for you to get a closer look. #gamedev #vndev

For video games, I would generally say only update the engine you’re using if there’s a major feature you need, or if you’re starting a new project. If you’re sure the update will break your game and there’s nothing major you need, don’t update until the next game. #gamedev #vndev

I’d wanted to show how the CG Gallery was going to look in A King’s Genocide by now, but implementing controls takes far longer than you ever think it’s going to take. Especially when you consider you now have to debug it. #gamedev #indiegamedev

If you're trying to do a crossfade effect in Unity using shaders, make sure the images you'll be crossfading with have Mesh Type set to "Full Rect". You'll save yourself about a weeks worth of headache wondering why your fade effect is cutting off the image you're fading to. #gamedev #vndev

As the world gets crazier and crazier, remember to keep a record of what used to be and what is currently reality. As a video game or whatever your specialty is. Your view of events will be looked at for generations to come. #gamedev #indiegamedev

I have been down a rabbit hole of figuring out what controller the player is using in A King's Genocide and switching to the appropriate glyph set for the past month-ish. It might look like it's working in the GIF, but even still, a bug cropped up while recording this. #gamedev #indiedev

A good way to find bugs in your game is to try and run it on a different operating system or console. One moment your controller bindings will work, the next minute they won’t. #gamedev #vndev

Sometimes it’s going to feel like you’re making little progress on your game. That’s normal! There’s always going to be slow days. What matters is that you don’t get disheartened. Keep working on your game! #gamedev #vndev

If you think implementing a certain aspect of your game is going to take X amount of time, multiply X by 2 or 3 and that’s probably how long it really takes. It’s always longer than you think. Always! #gamedev #vndev

In case you missed it, A King’s Genocide’s music gallery will look like this. I’m opening a Patreon when I release the demo. #gamedev #vndev

In A King's Genocide, this is what the glossary will look like when the demo releases! As you play through scenes, you will come across certain words that will be added to the glossary and give you more information on the world at large! #gamedev #vndev

Anyone who tells you not to make your game is a person you shouldn’t be listening to. Make that game. Prove them wrong. #gamedev #indiedev

When I release the demo for A King's Genocide, this will be how the Music Gallery in the game looks. Video doesn't do this justice. #gamedev #vndev

I know very little about how to code shaders, but Unity’s ShaderGraphs have been a saving grace in that regard. I’m sure ShaderGraphs have some big limitation that makes them way worse than coding shaders, but I haven’t hit that limitation yet. #gamedev #indiedev

It’s not necessarily bad to be an ideas guy. But you need to be bringing more than ideas to the table for your game. Pick a part of the game you want to work on and learn how to excel at that. It can be any aspect. Art, Programming, graphic design. Anything! Learn it! #gamedev #indiedev

I'm working on a demo for A King's Genocide while I'm between jobs. It's a Dark Fantasy story about an angel named Aracelia and a series of murders happening around her in the Angel City of Eridu. It's going to be a kinetic/visual novel. But I plan on expanding it in the sequel. #gamedev #vndev

Something about playing as a dragoon in Final Fantasy VI is so satisfying. Just seeing Mog hit the ground in combination with the damage done being displayed feels right. Even better when you get 2 or 3 more jumps. That’s good game design! #gamedev #indiedev

Final Fantasy VI is absolutely the culmination of all Final Fantasy games before it. I can see why it’s considered the greatest of the Final Fantasy games. VI has my number 2 spot for its gameplay alone so far. Final Fantasy X is still my all-time favorite though. #gamedev #vndev

Obligatory reminder that you’re awesome and you’re going to make an awesome game! #gamedev #vndev

Currently creating a demo for A King’s Genocide using what I have. Then I’m opening a Patreon. Either it succeeds and I get enough funding to finish my game, or I have to keep job searching and waiting for someone to hire me. Game gets done either way. Win-win. #gamedev #vndev

Dispatch is good! It has just the right ratio of gameplay to scenes when played as a whole. On one hand, weekly releases probably didn’t help it. The gameplay felt sparse without all the episodes. But at the same time, the story was so engaging that I was left engaged each week! #gamedev #vndev