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Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed it 🫡🐥

I miss the little guy

Cheers Marcel! Was actually so enjoyable to be a part of this - definitely gonna work this into a series hahaha

Was an absolute pleasure Mr Bluecap! We will face off again soon… I’m coming for your crown

Hey - great question. I have a solution for adding colliders up on my Discord if you wanna join that and I’ll point you over to it. Otherwise, generated on edit mode instead shouldn’t be too different, I can help you add functionality to support that if you wanted?

@@GarnetKane oh alright, is there any discord link?

Hey! I recommend checking out itch.io for some! I just checked and they have heaps of free ones that are really neat. If you have any trouble, join my Discord and I'll be able to send some over to you

Thanks so much bro!!! Huge huge only up!

Hey! Apologies on the delayed response but I wholeheartedly agree and will take this on board! Thank you so much for the feedback :)

Wow! Really really appreciate this feedback - I agree, a shader will definitely help improve the gradient and colouring. The animations for the trees are definitely a placeholder for the moment, I just wanted to gauge how it would start to look, but I agree, if there's reused animations etc., I'll be sure to have randomised start times so that it's not so stale. Glad you're liking the look of it though! I'm definitely trying to itch that nostalgia as I get exactly that - I'll definitely keep these in mind going forward! Thanks so much :)

Hey! Thank you so much for the feedback - I agree completely, I've definitely looked into some of the games in this genre and how they've done UI, and obviously this first dig was just a prototype but I'll keep developing the concepts. Regarding Pixel art - you're completely right that this game will be heavily based on aesthetics, and I think when the time comes to it if I feel that the art of the game is really lacking (i.e. my art sucks) I will definitely outsource from more experienced pixel artists, but for now as the projects still in the early stages of gameloop/asset creation, I'll probably just stick with some 5 minute drawings I whip up hahaha As for the gameplay, you bring out a really interesting point that I'm still yet to consider. I agree though - the games rules aren't immediately apparent and the 'fun' of it still isn't there yet. I plan on incorporating more of the 'lore'/'story' elements into the game shortly so hopefully that assists in the design of the game and helps players better understand the rules etc. I really appreciate this feedback though! I'll definitely take it all on board - Thank you so much!

gotta put some respect on their name hahaha

Hey! How are you

@@GarnetKane Well, just finished my portfolio website and you said in the video to just say hi. So I did!

Couldn't be truer, it's a harsh reality but keep hustling and keep the passion alive and you'll get there

Welcome to capitalism!

That's the way my friend. Just keep hustling and keep improving - as long as you have that drive you can seriously accomplish anything

Appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed :)

You're in luck my friend - I've done a 3d version on my channel if you haven't seen it yet! :)

@@GarnetKane absolute lad

Of course! Glad you enjoyed - So fresh out of high school I went to Tafe - which is sort of like community college type because I wasn't 100% what I wanted to be doing - and studied a Tertiary course which is basically just doing the last 2 years of high school over to get a better mark hahaha and open up some options a bit more, then I went to university for a bachelors degree in Game Development! I did a video just recently on how I managed to get this job on my channel which i definitely recommend checking out as well! Best of luck on your journey, I'm here to answer any questions you have :)

ahh around here partner we keeping it real. catch me in episode 2 where i show you how to do a 9 hour shift and not work a single minute of it hahahah

keep an eye out, will definitely have more in the coming weeks!

😁😁😁Thank you!!!

Thanks bro! I made it hahaha

Hey! Great question - give me a few hours and I'll get back to you. Just for clarity, by 'end-tile', say you have 3 tile types start, middle and end tiles, you want only 1 instance of the end tile, and you want to be able to control that position to be for example (3,4), and then the rest of the tiles in the grid will be either start or middle tiles?

@@GarnetKane Yes exactly!

@@GarnetKane Hey, sorry to bother you, but did you find any solution to this?

Hey - so sorry, have you got discord? you can join my group and then i can walk you through my solution for this :)

Thank you so much! Still a long journey ahead but it's been rewarding. Can't wait to see more of yours too!

same

i found the sollution you need to create a new animator and bring the animations into it manually and use that one instead, it'll save and stuff.

Really glad you enjoy! I've loved the process and really emphasised the visuals as I know it'll play a big role in the games enjoyment :)

Hey! The age old question of which game engine should I use. At the moment, Unity is still the leading engine that the majority of studios are using, so I tend to point towards there because I also find it easier to pick up - but that being said, it largely depends what type of job you're trying to get into. Most indie studios will use a commercial engine, whereas the larger range studios (think Activision/Rockstar) will have their own in-house custom engine, and the majority of the time the custom engines use c++, which is obviously where Unreal Engine comes in handy. I think ultimately, depending on where you are in your game dev journey, whichever engine you personally find easier to use is the right choice. If a company is looking for someone with unreal engine experience and your knowledge is purely in Unity, still apply but be transparent with your knowledge on it - as I said in the video, you're likely to be hired on for your potential, not your capability, so if they think you have the knowledge and drive to learn another engine then it can definitely be applicable either way!

Cheers bro! Glad you think so - i would’ve tried to generalise it more but I’m glad there were still some take away’s with it!

Sent to you on Discord! :)

Hey! Great question - and it’ll definitely somewhat vary, but as an example, I nearly failed DSA completely at university. This for me was always a weak point, so there were occasional coding interviews that would test this and I would immediately fail them - but that being said, partially it was a skill i built up over time, but you should definitely know the basics, if not at LEAST how the algorithm works. Things like Time Complexity can come later, but if you can look at pseudo code and gauge a general idea of what it’s doing and why, then you’re off to a good start. I would definitely recommend doing coding exercises to at least build a general idea, or focus on a single algorithm (Dijkstra’s for example) and have that be your strength. you’ll find that once you know or are comfortable with one, the rest start to make more sense. That being said - it ultimately depends on what the employer/application is looking for - you might be specialised in UI and have no need for it at all

@@GarnetKane Thanks brother, i'm a self-taught and DSA is something that i always hesitate to get into (my friend studying CS told me that DSA is a pain in the a$$ for him at college as well 🤣), i guess i have to get into in sooner or later.

​@@justarandomguy-gn2tu I loved DSA at uni. Leetcode is a good website for practice, just try to write all the important parts yourself instead of relying on the libraries or what the language provides you.

Completely agree - it's not a job for everyone, and thinking its a 'fun' or 'easy' job is only going to get you so far before either you realise you aren't enjoying it, or you struggle to keep up with the work

Definitely part of the inspiration were old school/handheld console with minimal graphics hahaha, originally inspired by the original Gameboy! Maybe I can port it to the playdate too ;)

Hey man! Really appreciate it - jump into my discord if you have it, happy to answer any and all questions through there

Hahaha it's kind of an interesting question actually - I still find the fun in gaming because of innovative ideas - there's definitely a part of me when I play a game now where I wonder how they achieved something like that, but it never ruins the 'illusion' in a sense for me. Maybe if I personally worked on the games that I enjoyed then I would probably find it a little bit harder to enjoy completely, but for the majority I still love it!

Hey! Should do no problems - as long as you’re using the same github account on your mobile as your desktop!

Thanks so much bro! We have a date locked in, but the store page should be coming out in the next few days!!!

Man of superior taste. Appreciate it - i seriously forgot how good holes is hahah

No no, love YOUR work xxx

Thanks so much bro! Appreciate it ;)

can confirm, sold me a $100,000 coupon for a lamborghini panel repair for the hot price of $50,000, i just saved $50,000!

Ayy! Appreciate it - means a lot! Your games looking great too, been loving what you've been posting so far!

no u

Cheers bro! Hopefully can actually get to showing off updates for this game properly hahaha