Flying Free Studios

Oh no, I can't stop thinking that the song abruptly stops with "what the fuck?" now hahhahaha

It's guess the song from the lyrics time!

Your reward? Possibly experiencing new music, and, uhhhhhh, I'll tell you you're really cool.

Look, shipping a nice leaf I found just isn't plausible at the moment.

Hey brain, find that code we came up with last week.

CODE NOT FOUND.

What?

DID YOU MEAN IMPOSTER SYNDROME?

No.

PLAYING IMPOSTER SYNDROME ON LOOP.

Thanks....

An image showing how to handle using 2D sprites in a 3D world.

In this episode of behind the scenes, it's not stupid if it works.

Also Nintendo, please don't sue. I just wanted to try something out and can't draw to save my life.

#gamedev

Damn straight!

I think "celebrate everything" is going on my list of mottos next to "party hard" and "do what thou wilt".

Oh yeah, nothing like a big pile of fresh demos to send those blues running for the hills.

Also a fantastic spot to get some inspiration.

Love it! Every bit matters no matter how small.

When times are tough, you just have to celebrate whatever you can.

Fed the cats? pat on the back.

Bought groceries? round of applause.

Evict a spider from your office? press coneference at 5.

It seems dumb, but it helps.

Having a clear vision of the end goal and the persistence to keep at it!

You aren't the only one who wants to see YOUR big game get finished.

Oof yep that's another good one!

That's enough small games. I should make a big one.

This big game is taking too long. I should make a small one.

That's enough small games. I should make a big one.

The circle of #gamedev.

Eloquently said.

Indie games should be scrappy and made from the heart. That seems to have been lost these days and AI is not helping.

Also let that voice be heard!

As someone who endlessly struggles with 3D modeling, what you call simple I call "how the hell did they do that?!?!" hahhahahaha.

Well done! Keep it up.

Why does a compliment from a stranger mean so much to us?

They have no requirement to do so.

It can turn a person's day around, so don't be shy and spread the love.

Making something from nothing that is what being creative is all about.

Some spend hours drawing a character others spend hours coding their behaviours.

They are equally as important as each other and need to be respected.

Using Gen AI is disrespectful.

I've always been very literal with my naming with helps with clarity but can definitely make for some interesting names hahahahaha.

Thanks for the kind words!

The complex transitions run totally separate from the simpler true and false decisions. They run first, and if nothing gets picked up, it will run the others.

I'm not 100% happy with the setup because it can have issues, but I'll keep messing with it.

A system in unity made up of scriptable objects to drive the behavior of a NPC.

It's early days, but my hopelessly named complex transitions are functioning.

Now a NPC can make more errrrr... complex decisions as to what it will do next.

Everyone is laughing with me, not at me, right?

I mean, that pretty much sums up game dev right? hahahahaha

You sir are ridiculous! That is fantastic and I am very jealous!

I guess what I'm trying to say is everyone will do something dumb in life.

As long as you learn something from it, say, never trust someone who gives themselves multiple director titles in a team of 3, then, good or bad, you have gained experience.

That's all that matters in the end.

To this day I still cringe at the idea that I worked on a knock-off Hollow Knight game (it even had "knight" in the title...) with a narcissist that had no game dev knowledge but sure acted like he did.

I learned all of the "what not to do's" from that project.

That's the truth and what I keep telling myself to help me sleep at night hahahaha.

Overcomplicating games? Me? Never...

Now excuse me while I continue trying to make intricate NPC behaviours in a game that really doesn't require it.

Any other #gamedev peeps guilty of this? I know you're out there.

Don't give away your time for free and make sure there's a vetting process before you work with anyone.

I didn't follow those rules and now I am constantly trying to play catch up while trying to rebuild my safety net.

Nothing wrong with helping people out but remember to help yourselves first.

Oh, boy, I'm having one of those finger hovering over the delete key while working out what it would take to move somewhere cold and live in a cabin in the woods kind of days.

Gender roles? I don't care for them.

Life is too short to live it bowing down to some nonsense about what you should or shouldn't do based solely on your sex.

Live your own life, and don't be too shy to tell people to fuck off when they try and stop you.

Once in a while, stop and look at what is good in the world.

We are constantly being force-fed the bad, but I can assure you the good is out there.

If you can't find it, well, you might just have to make some.

This is sadly the norm around this time of year. We probably have another 2 months of this before it begins to slowly cool off.

I sure do love living in a country that is actively trying to set itself on fire....

For those wondering if I will ever stop complaining, no, no I will not.