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Highlights from the X-ray Development Blog. We are currently working on a metroidvania type game with game maker studio. Follow along and give your input! We are trying to make a fantastic indie game, and we need your help! My name is Mike Hayes and I...

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Everyone is going nuts over this teaser clip from Ralph Breaks the Internet. Her accent is funny, but did you miss this other joke? Sleeping Beauty (Aurora) is drinking Sprite. Sprite is the only NON-CAFFEINATED major soda brand. No wonder she can't stay up!

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Mystery solved! I've been wondering about the clues from Episode 3 when Cole is debriefing a team of people with seemingly random clues to a murder mystery. The Polish Accountant is the murderer! The clues point right to him! He photos of models imply that the suspect is male. The pliers say that his is tight lipped. i.e. getting information from him will be like "pulling teeth". The childhood picture is him and the uniform implies he's from Europe. The gun is the same type the PA uses on Chantel. Finally, the jar of beans. "Bean Counter" is another word for accountant!

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The Oregon Teahouse (236 sq ft)

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Tiny 1 bedroom, 1 bath home. 1 car garage and 119 sq ft storage on the first level. Balcony, mini range, apartment sized fridge, dishwasher, & laundry center.

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This plan is in PDF format so you can download, and print whenever you like. Plan prints to scale on 24" x 36" paper.

Floor Plan Room dimensions shown are inside-wall-to-inside-wall clear space inside the room.

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E3 2016 : The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Om_VQLy5IQ)

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Game Maker Programmer

Looking for game maker programmers. Paid.

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how 2 game juice 👌

Last updated: 23.5.2016

screenshake, zooming, tilting, wiggling/wobbling (hand-held camera)

tweening everyhwere (don’t be afraid to use lerp, sometimes it looks good), numeric springing

make stuff that doesn’t have to be static dynamic - like decoration and backgrounds

post-fx - filters, shaders, overlays… go wild (moderately)

60 fps

randomisation everywhere! - sound pitching, different sfx variations (where it’s suitable), particle effects, colour tinting, names for stuff, dialogue, game over screens… again, just go wild with stuff you can’t possibly break gameplay with

audio panning if you’re doing action games

pretty UI elements - score interpolation (have a separate variable that slowly tweens to actual score and draw that), you can also prepend zeroes to it (this works best if you use a monospace font)…

speaking of fonts, use your own if you’re trying to include yourself more into your games

transitions (fade in/out, etc… DON’T MAKE STUFF STOP MOVING IN-BETWEEN TRANSITIONS, IT BREAKS THE IMMERSION), this also applies to audio, don’t just suddenly stop your music/ambience

procedurally generated stuff can be awesome if you know what you’re doing

choose a colour scheme and/or palette and stick to it

audio/visual cues are better than tons of text

TINY DETAILS

Basically, the bare minimum you need is tweening and variations.

And sin(). USE SIN().

Feel free to add to this list, I can’t think of anything else right now.

Stuff to watch:

Juice it or lose it - a talk by Martin Jonasson & Petri Purho

Jan Willem Nijman - Vlambeer - “The art of screenshake”

Rapid Game Design by Cactus

Moleman 2 - Demoscene - The Art of the Algorithms (2012) - making art with code

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Strangely satisfying. 

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Achievements, no frills

I'm adding "Achievements" to my game, but I can't call them achievements. What should I call them?

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdAl9tB6Egc)

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F1 Help

Making PC version of my game. Should F1 open a Help Menu? Is that still a thing?