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>>42997732
wait, so can we start making our games right now? or is there an official start time

>>42997737
wtf mare is for air

It is time
For HYP

>>42997737
FAQ:
>When's the Jam running?
As of now, from February 28th to March 26th, one day before the con starts. Thread has been created beforehand for visibility
>Why give a whole month?
We all have busy lives, I don’t expect you to work on your games for a whole month, just to make one in the given time frame.
>I’m a newcomer to gamedev and/or I don’t think my game will be very good :(
You’re among pone frens, we’ve had plenty of people dipping their toes into game making in the past in these jams. In my humble opinion, I think these jams are the best way to get started and/or get some practice. If not now, then when? The more pony games, the better!
>I don’t I’ll make use of the full month to work on my game
Bah, as I said, I’m not expecting you, and I don’t think anyone is. You could, but the main goal of these Jams is to finish a project in a given time limit.
>Does it have to be a big game?
The scope is up to you. It could be 5 second game and we’ll still check it out
>Can I work with others to make a game?
Of course! You can work solo or in groups, it’s not against the rules
>Are there rules?
The only real rule is for your game to be pony related.
>What if I cheat and start earlier?
Do not cheat! But if you do, then don't tell me... And if you do tell me I'll pretend I didn't hear/read it. I suggest you stick to the time frame. This isn't a competition, and there is no reward other than finishing your projects.
>Can I submit multiple games to the Jam?
Yeah, you CAN submit multiple; you're allowed to... But people normally only do one. I’d recommend you stick with one too.
>Fuck this and fuck you, I'm doing my own thing
Yeah, I guess you can, and we'll still check it out on stream if you decide to share it with us. But I recommend sticking to the restrictions. People find they're more creative when there are limitations!
>What do I win?
A completed project! Other than that, not much. It’s just for fun

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>>42997756
>>42997770
Nope, the thread is for visibility. You have to WAIT. Says so in the FAQ
Pic rel is me for the past 20 mins trying to solve the captcha, sorry for the delay

While we wait, I was thinking we do a little something together...
>>42997737
I wanted to do a little trailer for the Jam as a bumper video for the con, since I haven't finished it, we should do it together!
The main idea I had was to show around one and a half seconds of EVERY game of the one button Jam (the last one), then various clips of games from past Jams. (The games themselves, not the streams)
I was thinking you guys could submit the clips for past games in the thread and we could build the trailer together. (I'm open for any ideas for this).

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Bros?? Only 2 joiners? It's over...

>>42997732
It's finally jammin time!

Is anyone gonna make a nsfw game? If so, include ass freckles for extra points.

>>42998063
>nsfw game
>Horror and Edging
we're having yandere spook sex tonite

>Horror theme
Nice. I was digging through my hard drive and found another shitty song you faggots can use in your project if you want. It was meant for a pony game I was to lazy to actually make.
It's not "traditionally scary" but it was made for a space alien boss battle so I guess that counts as horror
https://files.catbox.moe/mdxm8p.m4a

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>>42997732
aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA TIME IS GOING TOO FAST WHAT THE FUCK

>>42997757
mare is for (hor)air

>>42997732
>horror
What the fuck am I supposed to do with that

>>42998313
nice!

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>>42998790
mare is for scare

Audiencefag bump.
The game jams are so much fucking fun to watch, and when they are part of a con they are always a top highlight.

Big respect and thanks to all the cool anons who can make fun games for free in their spare time, and to Zaifer for being such an industrious and entertaining host. Even if he can be mean to digital mares sometimes.

I will try to make a game for the first time.

>>43000125
Familiarize yourself with an engine and make something super-simple like a Flappy Bird clone before the jam starts.
You don't want to be watching basic tutorials constantly or struggling with compile errors at the last minute.

>>43000139
What's the best engine if I'm only interested in making 2D games? I tried Unity a while ago but most of the tutorials seemed centered on 3D tools. Is Gamemaker any good?

>>43000150
It's purpose-built for 2D and comes with a lot of built-in functions, but tutorials vary wildly in quality and you need a basic level of code knowledge to make it work well. If you know how to code you can choose any of the big names and you'll probably figure it out pretty quickly.
If you're not a coder and have to rely on visual scripting, your options are more limited. I'm using Unreal with the PaperZD plugin to moderate success. Godot's system is more complicated and I still haven't figured it out but I like the datascript thingies. I have no idea about the others.

>>43000162
Thanks anon I might give it a try then and switch if I'm not feeling it. I'm not looking to make anything very complex.

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you're going to keep me in a state of hype for a month
how you pain me
does anyone want to work together? i'm very good with rpg maker

>>42997732
I spot some nawni belly

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>>42997732
Where's the art prizes for the last game jam?

Hot damn the board is fast today
Also can any idea guys dump some ideas

>>43002321
Rainbow Factory rescue operation (Earth pony or unicorn wanting to save fillies(1+) from the pegasi)

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>>43002321
Mares at your door

>>43002397
this, but you have to find out who is a changeling and gas ze bugz

>>43002321
what if you steal my idea?

>>43002524
even if we all tried to make the exact same idea, our execution of it would make them completely different games by the end

>>43002321
I'm probably going to try making a short Higurashi-type visual novel, not sure how well it will turn out if I only have a month to work on it, but I've been wanting to do it for a long time. If that doesn't work out I'll probably just do something shitposty and stupid.

>>43002397
>No I'm not a pony

>>43002867
A higu style pony VN is actually a great idea

fuck me, page 9 again

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>>43001370
I did say I'd drop an album. Here, there's 4 arts missing, but those will be done before the next Jam starts. I wanna use these cards for the trailer I mentioned above.
https://catbox.moe/c/1huajx

Time Crunch doesn't have wings in a couple but those will be fixed too.

>>43003415
Is there a big list or a ponepaste or something with all of the games from the previous jams?

>>43003717
https://itch.io/jam/mlp-off-con-game-jam-one-button/entries

>>43003722
Awesome, thank you.

>>43002519
Do not gas the bugs.
Hug the bugs. They're hungry.

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>>43004125
but they're so scary

>>43004125
No, gassing the bugs is an important resource managing mechanic.

>>43003717
there's this too but it's also not complete
https://itch.io/c/4098468/pony-games-from-previous-game-jams-click-to-see-all

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>>42999432
A lightweight scare game like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvCT4pPb0OU could be quite charming. Ponies like being scared in good faith, see Nightmare Night.

What's the demo time slot? Like 10 minutes or so, right?

>>43004270
Why did he get a tattoo that says "My Sister's Protractor?"

>>43005619
Yup! Though it may vary depending on the game. If it's a 10 second game then it might get less than 10 minutes, unless we have the dev on stream.
I want to do the Jitsy chat again but with so many people on stream it might be a little harder, I might just hide it in the itch page when I start streaming, so keep an eye out for that.

Fully ai generated mare games allowed?

>>43008388
Probably depends on how you use it. I don't think anyone will fault you for going 100% AI for the graphics, particularly since there's a time crunch (I'm planning on going that route myself). Using it to write some of the code is probably not that big a deal either. If you're talking about literally using AI to shart out an entire game for you, without any human effort being put in at all, that seems like it would violate the spirit of the event and probably result in a mediocre game as well.

>>43008388
>You use ai to generate your graphics.
>I use ai to generate my code.
We are not the same.

In all seriousness, although I'm great at drawing and animating and have a passion for games, I'm absolute shite at coding and I have no idea how you guys do it

>>43008705
>I have no idea how you guys do it
it's a skill you have to learn, just like drawing or animating? not that complicated of a concept

>>43008705
it's fine as long as you understand what your ai is shitting out and design most of the logic yourself

>>43008388
I think making AI assets is okay, I understand that making a game does require plenty of skills in areas, and people rarely cover them all. But in my opinion, something made by a human will always be better received, so I suggest giving it your best even if you don't think it's of "quality".
And for code, just be sure the vibe code runs.

>>42997732
So we're not allow to develop this game before Feburary 28th, but are we allowed to have art assets created before hand or is it meant to be 100% created during the time limit?

>>43008388
I think anons should try drawing their art themselves! Wobbly mspaint art has a lot of soul

>>42999432
>changelings in ponyville trying to cover the local message board with shitposts
>some of them being so frighteningly stupid, the average pony faints on sight
>Anonymous, most famed Canterlot castle janitor, fearing no man nor mare, gets reassigned to deal with this
>the reward: a happy pony thanking (You).
>>43010649
agreed

>>43004879
It is now! Just updated it
>>43003717
Not really, but I have the links. Here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1sw4CZZqXDFXXGPNK_qBs6QmfTLN6f6R5nbGp1awjviM/edit?usp=sharing
https://itch.io/jam/halloween-mlp-game-jam
https://itch.io/jam/june-mlp-game-jam
https://itch.io/jam/marecon-mlp-game-jam-asset-edition
https://itch.io/jam/mlpcon-game-jam-anons-choice
https://itch.io/jam/mlp-off-con-game-jam-one-button
https://itch.io/jam/mlp-marecon-game-jam-horror-and-edge

There was an anon last thread that was offering the equestria gaming where we could centralize all this stuff, keep a backup of the games and the like. It'd be cool to have. If that anon's still here please speak up so we don't lose contact

Thank you to the Anon that's been bumping this thread. It's not normal that we're reaching page 10 in a couple of hours

>>43012933
I think there's at least a couple of us bumping. I just like the idea of encouraging more game dev projects in the fandom. Also, bump.

>>42998063
Unf butt freckles

I have a very experimental idea but I think it's gonna be a thing people either love or deeply hate. Also is the stream gonna be on YouTube again?

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>gonna have to be away from home from late Feb - late March, so no access to my regular PC
>laptop is too potato to do dev stuff on it
bros...

>>43014604
Start a game now, we won't tell!

>>43014560
Ey go for it! There'll be plenty of people on stream, I'm sure a good handful will absolutely love what you have in mind.
Yes, it'll be on youtube as that is the easiest to stream on cytube. I don't know of any other options that don't constantly make the video buffer. If you have any alternatives, do share.
>>43014604
This >>43014609. Try to make it in a month if you're absolutely sure you won't be able to participate alongside everyone else. Don't use more than one month! We're going by gentlemen's rules to make it fair for everyone.

Reminder: I'm not expecting you to use the full month, so don't bloat your games. The focus is to finish a game WITHIN the deadline, doesn't matter if you use the full month or two days Also, don't wait until the last week to no-life it... Again

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>>43014681
>Also, don't wait until the last week to no-life it... Again

15 jammers!

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>>43014681
>Also, don't wait until the last week to no-life it... Again

>>43015997
Time crunch would have WANTED us to crunch time

>>43015997
That game was so funny

Is it true the best game of the upcoming jam will win a real mare and a free trip to mare fair?

>>43016567
Best I can do is a crisp handshake at Marefair

Just finished making this game. Not sure if it would be able to get in. Maybe? Anyone want to give me feedback on it?
https://the-wonderful-miss-pixie.itch.io/pony-fantasies

>>43017226
I'd like to apologize if the download says something like the page has been quarantined. Itch does this annoying thing where new accounts get flagged or something and it gets passed after a few days. I made this account specifically to upload this game a couple days ago so that's why this is happening.

Question:
Are crossovers allowed?
I've had a partially-drafted idea (mostly the mechanics) for a Pony FNaF fan game kicking around for three years now.
I'm considering making a version of that for this, as an excuse to do more practice coding (being the degree I'm trying to study for).

(Originally wanted to make it as a 3D game, but considering I wouldn't have enough time between assignments to learn 3D modeling and make assets, I'd probably just do a custom 2D rendering engine in Python or something.)

>>43017493
If you want to avoid that, instead of setting it as a free download put it in as free with donations accepted. You'll have to set up a way to receive payment and put in personal info for paying taxes, but if you're not actually expecting money it won't affect you much. The personal info request filters out the jeet scammers so you shouldn't run into that problem again.

>>43017226
>>43017493
Might as well drop mine in here as long as we're shilling other projects:
https://glimglam1234.itch.io/twilight-sparkles-magical-crossover-adventure

How do you get games to run in the browser by the way? I've tried but I don't know how to do it.

>>43017551
If you use an engine that is set up for it you can just set the option in itch.io when you set up the game page. Renpy, Unity and Godot will compile for web, I know that. But basically anything that has an index.html file in the folder and can be launched in a browser can be uploaded to itch as a play-in-browser game.

My game WILL be using blink 182 tracks.

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>>43017226
I ran into a bug. I killed the final boss with Luna dead, but the night guard landed the killing blow the next turn. It still showed the game over screen when I beat the boss.
I liked the gameplay, though the jokes didn't really land on me. And the reward was a little weird
I get the "pony fantasies" now

>>43017747
Spooky....

>>43017496
> Are crossovers allowed?
I don’t see why not so long as it fits the theme.

Chances of this being the biggest jam yet? Mind you, last time we had off boarders who found the jam randomly on itch.

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I already began work on my game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCH_LgoH2wU

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>>43018774

Been working on my game since October.... I don't think I'm gonna finish in time.

>>43019435
Delete your project and start over from scratch at 4am on the day the jam ends.
Guaranteed success.

>>43017496
Crossovers are fully allowed. Go wild!

>>43018625
Every Jam has been bigger than the last. I know the incremental growth isn't forever, but there's a chance.
I don't think any of the devs were offboarders, I talked to a couple of them that I thought could be offboarders. They said they use the board "From time to time"
Mind you, the Jam is already hidden and the only real way to find it is to use the board.

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https://malfurian-digimatta.itch.io/the-darkening-of-the-purple-bloodline

DEMO

>>42997732
Which cons are you playing at? I thought mare-con was in liek May.

Also if it's 27th to 29th that clashes with FOF I think.

>>43020150
Any feedback?

>>43020189
I am aiming for marecon. I made the thread beforehand for two reasons: visibility and pone voyage. Last time I made it 2 weeks before and still a bunch of people missed it, so I made it even earlier, and I think a couple of devs are going to pone voyage (I assume they are rich IT guys), they can make their game beforehand and just post it when they come back. So for everyone else that's able to make their game in the given timeframe: WE'RE NOT STARTING YET.
This thread is mostly informative.
What's FOF?

>>43020150
Anon 0c0

>>43020150
>>43020237
>Any feedback?

>Blood Sprakle
>and now the my actions
Well I haven't played the game yet, but based on what I've seen so far my advice would be to shell out the 12 bucks a month for Grammarly.

>>43020237
sorry too busy playing vidya to play your vidya. I'll get back to you when the jam is over.

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>>43020150
Does this have any dependencies? The program displays a weird error and quits when I try to launch it, pic related.

>>43019764
Yay!
If I do decide to this, I'll probably use the pre-time this month to figure out how the heck to make a window, render PNGs, and make buttons in Python.

>>43020675
Yup, practicing is fine too!

>>43020660
https://www.rpgmakerweb.com/run-time-package
>Rpgmaker XP must be chosen.
That should fix it.

>>43020692
cool thank you

Well, I have an idea. Now to figure out how the fuck to execute it.
Does anyone familiar with Blender have tutorial recommendations?

>>43021267
Not really a specific tutorial rec, but this is how I got out of tutorial hell
>find a basic tutorial and get comfortable with basic tools, moving mesh and moving camera (the beginning of donut tutorial, you don't need the rest)
>find a more in depth and specific tutorial for a style you want and can realistically learn(low poly? zelda stylized? environment? props? etc)
>open up new blend file and get started on the project you actually want to make
>get as many references as you can in a style you like (3d models, fanart, etc)
>debug problems as they come
Since the jam is due in 2 months, and you're presumably a beginner at blender, you may not have enough time to make a pony, so maybe stick to stuff that doesn't move. I tried to make a pony 3 months in advance for a previous jam many months ago, and it took so much more time than I expected, I'm still not done
If you want to make a pony anyways, make sure to look up character modeling tutorials so you don't end up with messy topology that messes with deformation, and use plenty of references to make it look good. Though I would suggest using a premade model for this.
Low poly and stylized is much more forgiving with messy topology.
If you can't find how to do a specific thing, watch timelapses of 3d artists whose style you like to get a general idea of the workflow.
Also make sure you understand the import pipeline into your game engine, it's more complicated and finicky than you'd expect

>>43021267
>Learning blender from scratch in under a month
God be with you soldier

>>43022297
It doesn't have to look good, low quality jank is great for spookiness. I have a chance!

>>43021267
>>43021585
You might also want to think about what your actual goals are. Not just "I want to learn Blender," ask yourself "WHY do I want to learn Blender." If your goal is to challenge yourself by learning something technical and difficult then it might be worth the trouble, but if all you want to do is make a game and you don't really care how it works under the hood there are easier ways to go about it.

I've tried to learn Blender on multiple occasions and I find the interface way too complicated, plus I am probably the world's shittiest 3D artist so I don't get much out of it. If you just want a 3D engine that can get a simple game up and running in under a month, Unreal is probably your easiest option. Their asset store also gives away free stuff every couple of weeks so you can get a lot of props and useful stuff that way, saves you the hassle of having to make every single thing yourself. The current giveaway has a low-poly cabin environment and some medieval castle stuff that would probably work well for a pony-related game. For the actual pony models I think I've seen youtube tutorials for getting the SFM models and animations exported to other engines.

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>>43022631
>T-posing IWTCIRD Dashie rapidly approaching your location
frightening

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I released my first devlog for my upcoming game which I'll be releasing for this game jam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8n19E7HN6g

>>42997732
Looking forward to what other Anons have planned for the Jam!

>>43023861
So maredare but 2d?

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>>43024043
Yeah, no. It's not going to be like the MareDare series gameplay wise.

>>42997788
>I wanted to do a little trailer for the Jam as a bumper video for the con
Sounds like fun, but including some funny moments from the streams could be exciting to the audience too.

>>43017551
In Unity, at least, when you build the game, you have to change it to compile for web/html and it'll spit out a folder and an "index.html" file. You want to zip both of those up into a zip file, then go to your page on itch where you upload the game. There should be an option called "Kind of project", which you should set to "HTML". Then you just upload the file you zipped earlier and set how it appears under "Embed Options".

The HTML setting on itch still allows you to upload standalone .exe downloads by the way.

>>43024232
Don't forget to make it like MLG 420 montage.

>>42997788
ENF ENF ENF and Spanish Rarity NEED to be there

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>page nein

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>>43023861
Now it just needs some spooks!

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I released my second devlog for my game. This time, I added music and sound effects!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk5LfEEpexU

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>>43025582
>>43025851
It's gonna be Luna game but Fluttershy?

Huh, for a jam there isn't much streamers lately for the games.

>>43027374
???

>>43026157
creepybloom :)

>>43021267
Update: Blender is complicated and I hate it.

>>43027374
That's because we haven't started actually making them yet. The jam starts in about 2 weeks, the stream will be March 29.

I just finished marequest a mare tail and it was very cute. Hope this jam will deliver.

>>43027374
I was confised for a second on what you meant, but I think you're the one who's a little confused. The stream won't happen until the last day of the con. The actual Jam starts in two weeks. This thread's only for visibility.
[spouler] Unless you meant like... Twitch streamers [/spoiler]

>>43002321
I got an idea, I dreamed a game and I thought I might want to try coding it but I'm a total codelet. It goes like this: there are four lanes and you're protecting each lane with like a shield spell and you have to guess correctly from the animation which line the enemy will attack down. I was thinking like a hydra with four heads from that one episode in the Everfree and spitting fireballs at ponies. The downside is, it's not very horror-themed. And if you block successfully, you get your points/meter back. I was thinking like a linear progression of difficulty. My friend said it sounded like a rhythm game.

>>43008826
what if I have no training in the logic foundations beyond a couple godot tutorials i followed years ago. should i just write like basic logic blocks first? rtfm aka the documentation?

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>>43028969
>[spouler]
Point and laugh!

>>43028969
OH NO NO OP HAHAHAHA

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>>43029194
Godot has very good documentation, and has a good tutorial for beginners on it if you look in the getting started section. https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/
For ai coding, I usually do this
>pseudo code, write the logic in english first (if pony hits wall, health -1, gets dazed, etc.)
>only one small feature at a time, and test as soon as implemented, don't get started on another feature until this one works
>git commit when your feature works, and before risky moves
>reset to a fresh chat when the llm drifts
>keep simple documentation that generally explains your code, file structure and a todo list
>always explicitly say you're using godot 4, llms love using outdated code
>ask it to explain any line of code you don't understand
>optional but try to type out the code you don't understand by hand for learning
>If you're getting an issue the llm can't fix, read the docs

>>43028969
>[spouler]

Anyone experience any weird bugs for Godot 4.6 or should I stick with well-known 4.5?

>>43030397
I didn't get any errors porting my game from 4.5 to 4.6

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Researching-for-the-jamming bump!

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How the fuck do you pixel in 32x32 comfortably

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>>43015997
I need some anon to honk at me when I get distracted so I will get my shit done too.

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>>43033767

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>>43034102
Okay okay I'm going!

>>43033698
Artistic freedom

>>43033698
you git gud

>>43034516
After a couple of hours of thinking. I thik I meant "artistic liberty"

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>>43023861
>along with spikes that can kill Fluttershy
you monster!

I don't like horror as a genre at all so I'm gonna pull a Haber and subvert (You)r expectations.

>>43035746
>Haber episode
Oooh, scary....

>>43033698
look at other people's pixel art and see what solutions they use, to be blunt dont re-invent the wheel, take aspects people have spent lifetimes figuring out and mix them until you get something you like, it'll most likely come out better and be easier

A little over 12 days left to start. I hope none of you shids started early and CHEATED. I'm telling CELESTIA on you! Unless you absolutely can't participate on the given dates, as stated above

I still haven't actually tried learning to dev yet

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>>43039515
stop procrastinating!!!! Open a game engine and make a Pong clone NOW.

>>43039602
but it's late... I need to save my energy for tomorrow's procrastination

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>>43039626
anon...

>>43039626
There is only one way
https://youtu.be/IN-Uh2VfL8c

>>43039686
i'll watch it later i think

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Scary

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concept art for my game

>>43041373
Scamper to safety, cute mare!

>>43041373
cute eye

Anyone know how to get like Garry's Mod Workshop files and where they go to?

>>43041565
Get the majority of them them through the Steam Workshop or a smaller selection from GameBanana.
They're stored in either steamlibrary steamapps workshop content 4000
or the addons folder inside wherever you installed Garry's Mod.

>>43041373
Ooo

20 Jammers!

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My game will be sooo scary. I've nearly pissed myself multiple times just thinking about it

>>43042175
Think of the poor jammers who will have to play it!

Ten days until it starts

How do I learn to draw in time for the game jam

>>43043404
Read one of the basic guides on drawing pones and do at least 20 pony sketches per day. Get started!

>>43042175
I think I'm gonna piss myself.

>>43043984
I was gonna post that eqg fetish song, but I'd rather not have to listen to it agian. You can just hum it quietly in your head

>>43043056
Can you hurry it up? Im excited!

>>43045608
Zaifer in TF2 said everyone can start already. Some anons already did. Just get something done.

>>43045721
I didn't say that! I just said that I felt some people might've already started. And the only ones I could understand starting early were people like >>43014604

Zaifer in TF2 said that it's my turn on the xbox

>>43045608
S O O N

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9 days left! You HAVE spent the last month daydreaming about and overscoping your game, haven't you?

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>>43047796
>mfw I've been in almost every jam and never overscoped my project in any of them

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>>43047796
I never overscope, I do all my games on the last day, sometimes I manage to make more than just one arcade game.

>>43042175
>spoiler
who dat
>>43046531
fuck that shit, we going gaystation tonight

>>43047796
I will make my dreams into reality

Zaifer in TF2 said that he HATES cute mares!

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>>43048915
After re-watching all of his previous game jams and witnessing him abuse and be mean to several cute mares; I can, unfortunately, corroborate this shocking new evidence.

>>43049119
What the FUCK!!!

>>43049119
Those mares were agents of evil. You should thank me for bullying them until they cried and the game closed itself (amazing feature on the dev's part btw).
My video quality used to be so shit, I don't know how you guys were able to handle it. Now it's improved and will be better, as shown in the previous Jam

>>43049119
Zaifer makes abusethreads ucu also he commissions Derpy abuse.

>>43049378
based desu I hope we get some more abuse games this jam

>>43049327
The very fun times more than made up for any video quality!
And I DID re-watch all your game jams, the game shill hour and drawing panels, because all of them are incredibly entertaining and fun.
And seeing all the anons' games again was also great!

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>>42997737
If the mylittlegame.dev guy is here, please reply and/or send me a mail to littlehorseappreciator@proton.me. I'd like to figure something out together. I've got some ideas on how we can make a little game dev community

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asking here because why not

why is MareDare 2 not on hoers sale, Rakan?

>>43051509
he is 2iq

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>>43051509
>>43051730
Steam won't let me add a discount to MareDare 2 for the event because I released it within the last 30 days. There's nothing I can do about it.

Can you guys believe it? Game Jam! Just a week away

>>43053647
I can't believe it anymore, its been so long. is mare even real?

>>43054411

Joining this. I need to force myself to make small projects before I get invested in another overambitious game that I end up giving up on.

up

>>43053647
You mean it ends in a week, or it starts in a week?
Yes, I'm a faggot and I can't read OP.

>>43053647
>>43056024
Nevermind, I managed to pop my fingers out of my ass.
The Game Jam starts in 5 days.

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Boo!

>>43056561
the leaves of that tree are so entrancing

>>43055830

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This project might be a bit overambitious for me. I wonder if I should go back to RPG Maker

>>43057353
It's up to you, but my personal advice is that if you're on a time crunch it's better to stick with an engine you already know. If you run into huge problems that you can't figure out how to solve, odds are it's going to happen in the last week when your game is 85% done and it's too late to start a new project.

>>43057353
It all dependents on one thing. Do (You) have a friend who's willing to help you with the engine or not. You can still do everything following guides and AI by yourself and solve problems with lurking, it's just that it will require more time on the fixing in an unknown environment. Just make more backups and have a fren to help you.

i'm going to tryhard so fuckin hard for this gamejam

>>43057137

So, can I make a game for the game boy?
I want to do a bit of C, but I think I won't be able to push enough resources for areal "computer" game if I go the C+Raylib way.

>>43058438
Yeah, just tell me if I need to emulate anything ahead of time

>>43057394
I know some guys who know Unity/C# better than I do. Are these game jam games really meant to be group projects though?

Just had my first shower of the year. I'm so ready for the jam now.

>>43058796
You just made a grave mistake. Ive been saving up my stench for this exact moment, now no one will bother me while I jam

>>43058726
It can be solo or in a group. There's no rules for or against it

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I have a very weird horror game concept. I hope if it'll work out

up... again

>>43058570
If (and that's a big if) I manage to set aside enough time to participate, and if I finally decide to use GB, I will try to provide a web emulator. Apart from that, any GB emulator should work (like bgb or whatever).
Thanks to allow these old platforms!

where is the super mario 64 marehack
It better be console compatible so I can make people watch me play it at neighcon and sunshine

>>43057698

Huh... how interesting.
I am currently making a game, and it's within the theme but not the scope of the game jam, I've been working on it for bout a year now and still on the fence about wether i wanna make it pony or not... more on the side of "yes" for now but I'm leaving my options open.

Hope the the jam goes well, a lot of possible creativity and inspirations to gain from whatever everyone makes for the future.

>>43059030
Oooh! Spooky Daringiana Jones crypt adventures?
Crazy Daring/Dash identity horror?

Don't tell me! I wanna be surprised!

>>43060266
Well, if you decide on pony and manage some sort of demo we can shill it on stream.

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This outfit is clearly meant for warm weather. Any outfit suggestions for her to wear on an Antarctic expedition?

>>43061157
give her goggles for the snow.

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>>43061157
Something like warm mare booties, a long, padded winter coat, but still just the same pith hat, purely for brand recognition.
>>43061168
Oh yea, and rad goggles! Maybe a scarf over the muzzle if you need a "fully buttoned up" look.

>>43060231

>>43061157
Warm socks

Anyone else decided "fuck it, I'm gonna gamble with the risk that I overscoped this project"?

>>43061781
Is EVERYONE overscoping this game jam
are we going to receive creme de crop games from this jam thatll make every viewer cum and regret the 15 min per game time limit

>>43061794
I believe it

>>43061794
Maybe... Maybe a month of visibility was a bit much...
I'm open on suggestions and critiques and the like. We can discuss how I run this thing.

>>43062334
A month of visibility is fine desu, the jammers have been going up steadily

Less than 3 days until the jam begins and I have no idea what the story of my game is gonna be. It has never been so over.

>>43061696

>>43061794
There's a 15 minute time limit? I wasn't aware of that. This is my first time partaking.

>>43062617

>>42997756
>wait, so can we start making our games right now? or is there an official start time
It's impossible to check that you didn't do it, but if you suddenly submit a game that must have taken a year to make, someone might start asking questions.

>>43062770
The stream has a time limit, so each game is going to get 10-ish minutes. Maybe a little longer if it's really good and he doesn't want to quit during dramatic moments.
You can make the game longer, but that's harder to do.

>10
Should we let this die and make a new thread for the jam?

>>43063497
I've got no idea. Maybe? I've got no other OP image so it'd be the same one

>>43063497
Thread should ramp up once the jam starts

>10 again
In that case, let's continue.

>Page 10 in 2 hours
Why is the board so fast nowadays? It used to take half a day to get to page 10

>>43064674
I would assume bots spamming low quality posts

>>43063068

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>>43061210
Hmm...Not quite sure about how it currently looks, but it's getting there. It is most definitely getting there.

>>43064972

23 people joined the jam so far. Gonna assume there will be a bunch of later joiners too.

>>42997737
So! Remember the trailer I mentioned? I went ahead and did the first draft, since there were no clips submitted U shids .
>Why did you do this
Because there are still a ton of people that don't know that these exist, and I feel that those who do don't truly grasp all of what is being made here. I plan to submit this as a bumper to be played after every other panel.

The pacing looks okay enough to my sleep deprived mind. Then again, I did just spend the last 8 hours recording, re-recording, editing, and audio un-fucking this. Tell me if you have ANY feedback, anything to add, remove or modify. There's still plenty of time to play around with this thing.

>Links (same video)
https://u.pone.rs/gfkvtauy.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/60dg7a.mp4

I plan to add an extra 10 seconds of credits, at the end, using this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlcEiREWLRY
I'll put the (awarded) game's titlecards, which will cycle. I'll mention all devs, the OP artists and the musician whom I stole the song from (It's lonebronyproductions, he has some cool instrumental stuff, you should check him out).
I'll add that later though, as of now, I'm going to bed

>>43061032

Sure, maybe I can cook up a semi-playable demo in a month.
Got nothing but the basic mechanics for now.

>>43065285
I'd assume the biggest spike in joiners will be right at the end when they actually feel ready to submit.

>>43065321
I loved the footage you used for my game. My only critique would be the final text begins to fade out a little too soon.

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>>43061157
a puffy coat

>>43065216

>>43065321
Ooh! That's a very fun and energetic trailer!
And now I feel bad about there being no extra clips. Do you still want us to record some now, even though we've already neglected the chance for so long, forcing you to tinker even more with the trailer?
If so, do you want the clips to be short and sweet already, or like ~30 sec videos for you to edit down yourself?

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>>43065321
ill be honest i 100% intended to clipfarm for you but since the jam was a month away my brain completely dropped the ball about it sorry nonny...

>>42997732
Suggestion: pony equivalent of Sonic Dreams Collection!

>>43066031
>>43066323
You could still help if you wanna! You can get clips of past games. I wanted to include clips of past games to encapsulate the absolute magnitud of these Jams.
But... I don't really know where would they fit in the trailer. In the credits? After? Make another video altogether? If you've got any ideas let me know. Shoot for the moon, and you'll hit the stars and all that.

>>42997732
Hey you're gamedevs, right? What's your take on this?
>>43066712

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>>43066975
it's hard to capture the brilliance of Equestria in a game, writing/art is a better medium for that. especially since a lot of what we enjoy about ponypony is the social aspect! that can be quite difficult to model in a game, i suppose. and it trends ones mind away from making conventional sorts of games, maybe?
and i think most gamedev talent went towards modding other games to have ponies as opposed to making our own, too.
>>43050276
i really hope whatever this guy's doing sets off. it'd certainly give me and hopefully others a lot of motivation to work on a big pony game

>>43065321
woah that's a pretty motivating trailer

>>43065321
Damn, that's a nice trailer!
I would suggest to use AV1 and Opus, to reduce filesize (or at very least H265).
But yeah, it's hypping me to try and make something!
Friday night maybe?

>>43066975
Easy.
To have a good music, you need to be a good musician.
To have a good image, you need to be a good artist.
To have a good green, you need to be a good writefag.

Now, to have a good video, it's harder, you need to be a good musician, artist and writefag.
And keep working more than the separate resources combined.

To make a game, you have to know how to code (easiest part), and all the above, for 10x the time.
Either you work with other (and sorry to say that most fan creation brings very motivated people for 5 days, and then all but maybe one disappear without saying a word) or you do with what you can do.
Compound with lack of free time, and it's a disaster.

That's why it's hard to make good indie games.

Oh, also because I'm a lazy faggot that prefer to fap or bingewatch youtube instead of doing my fucking game.

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Every day I don't work on the project feels like SLACKING

>>43067443
Is it really slacking if you're working hard in your dreams?

>>43067443
why haven't you been working on other projects while waiting?

>>43067350

Truth nuke right here.

As much as i enjoy gamedev, the fact that I know once I get to the parts I struggle with (music, sounds, art etc...) My fried brain is gonna sit on youtube or play warhammer for whole days/weeks/months and achieve nothing. Then I'll beat myself up over how im a useless cunt and feel even less motivated to continnue and quit until i feel the motivation again, start something new, rinse n repeat.

I did some rough calculations. I only have 330ish hours to make my game if I work 11-12 hours a day for the entire month.

>>43065889

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15 minutes per game might be a bit much, no?

>>43067903

>>43067669
I have been caught in this cycle for almost 20 years.
IA is really helping by giving "acceptable" ressources, but let's be honest, lot of other solutions already existed before (like open source / C0 images and musics).
Personally, I find it hard to focus once I did the part that interested me (like the terrain generation, or the inventory system, etc.)

Game jam help a bit by having small game, and thus not a lot of ressources to manage, and simple game mechanics.

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>>43067969
>He doesn't want zaifer to sit down for 140 days to play mare games

>>43068200

>>43067041
Friday night funkin'?

>>43067443
It hasn't EVEN STARTED STAY CALM.
It starts tomorrow... Ish. 1 day remains!

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It's go time

>>43070216
first for getting started

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It's gonna be a pain making vectors of the characters.
Dash & Rarity in pic rel are roughly what the Mane 6 are going to look like.
6 characters in a multitude of poses...

I may have to resort to the Source Engine for making character renders.
Especially since the placeholder Minecraft screenshots of the building will probably not have time to be replaced.

>>42997737
And we're starting! God. Almost 30 people.
We've grown so much...

>>43070319
as a self-proclaimed fnaflike connoisuer, i am very much looking forward to this.

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>>43065626
Noted and fixed. It's now a couple of seconds
>>43067041
I promise I will look into that anon... For now the video is EVEN BIGGER. Though the final video will be on youtube for easy queuing.
>>42997737
I'm glad you people liked the trailer... Because here's draft 2!
https://u.pone.rs/hdrzkajb.webm

Change-log:
Increased "Anon's 18+ adventure"'s clip duration
Decreased/accelerated multiple clips for better pacing.
Slowed down considerably "sweetie puncher"'s clip.
Slowed down considerably and shortened "Time for ponies"'s clip for more snappiness
Fixed error where "sweetie puncher"'s clip wouldn't correctly go out of frame
Replaced "Derpy delivery"'s first clip.
Replaced "Cherry berry goes berry fast"'s first two clips
Expunged the fucking demons (sometimes sound clips that I did not add would play through the preview while editing, they would not show when exporting.)

I'm... Not entirely sure about this one. Specially the end, let me know what you think
(The colgate's at the end are standbys for missing arts)

>>43070474
That's really good and I think you can ship that version easily. My only minor critique would be maybe look into slowing down the scrolling for the title cards at the end a tiny bit. Other than that I think it's perfect.

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The horror...

>>43070216
What games can we expect out of you guys? 1 month hype go.

>>43070966
Gonna make another point and click game. I learnt a lot from the last jam so I think I can do it better now.

>>43070966
ill probably make another shitpost one 2 hours before the deadline

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You guys are almost done with your game, right?
Submissions are coming in, your time is running out.

>>43070446
I wouldn't get your hopes up too much. College and social life will probably eat a lot of my time away.
Dunno if I'll actually have anything playable in a single month.

>>43071181
It doesn't have to be big. You don't have to use a month to make a game, you have a month to make a game. Key difference.
These jams are a good way for people to learn to correctly scope their projects. I'd rather you do something small and finished rather than a tech demo.
In the end, you do you, that's my advice.

>>43070995
Secretly playing gameboy past bedtime

>>43071519
>>43070966

Worked all day and barely made a dent... I don't feel so good.

>>43071689
Anon don't BURN YOURSELF OUT ON THE FIRST DAY! PACE YOURSELF.
Make a calendar or something

>>43071714
What if I want to burn myself out

>>43068680

2 submissions already. I'm running out of time.

If you're an NEET then an entire month is plenty of time as long as you've made a game before in 2 days.
With today's technology you can make music, sound effects between 50-100 background art pieces in 2 days, as long as you're not perfectionist or do something stupid like attempt to vectorize everything.

>>43073313
>attempt to vectorize everything
There are AI vectorizers for it.

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>>43069434
It STARTED! I'm SLACKING!

I think the introduction to my game might be a tad too depressing but I really want to tell this story.

>>43070995
how to unjoin? i did not finish anything at all lel

>>43073505
Tragedy gives horror meaning, so lean into it
just don't make it COMPLETELY hopeless

>>43073685
>don't make it COMPLETELY hopeless
Maybe I'll make a popup to skip the last bit of the introduction then.

>>43073629
It started yesterday anon. You have a month left. That anon is just shitposting

9bump. Also, got a decent amount of groundwork laid yesterday, hopefully my idea isn't too complicated to finish in a month.