Mike Ramirez

a screenshot of my video game about driving through exit 3a is overlayed over the wallpaper which shows the same imagery as part of a collage of Charlotte references and in the forefront is a delicious burger

this local burger restaurant (ACE No. 3 in Charlotte) opened their new spot in the city center and art from my game is featured on the walls and it's sooo cool

throughout making this and play testing it I've found doing the simple solution works because the player fills in the blanks. I've lost count of the amount of times people point to something cool that happened and it's always because "the AI is dumb"

I added a replay system and camera controls to my game and I'm having too much fun now #bevyengine

Exit 3A at night 🚚🌃

I got inspired by the trend and wanted to make one myself of my game. How'd I do?

#gamedev

YouTube video by WTVIPBSCLT Exit 3A Traffic Video Game | Carolina Impact

hey hey, watch the interview the local #PBS station did of me and the game I'm making about Exit 3A in Charlotte using the #bevyengine

youtube.com/watch?v=hICn...

#gamedev #indiedev #charlottenc

The local PBS station interviewed me about my game and it's on TV right now 🛣️🚚

YouTube video by ramirezmike2 Exit 3A: The Game - How it's Going

A little side-by-side of the progress I've made the past few months on my Exit 3A game

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SCY...
#bevyengine #gamedev #indiedev #charlottenc

I'm trying to get a better idea of the expectations people have of my game. When you see clips like this, what do you think the gameplay is like?

#videogames #gamedev #indiedev

I realized today when I export a glb from blender and import it into another blend file, it almost triples the number of vertices

a clip of my game went viral where I live and it's been really surreal

the hardest thing about #gamedev is deciding.. bug or feature? bug? feature? ..bug? ...feature

I've done it. I've captured realistic traffic behavior

While working on my game using the #bevyengine, I keep tweaking and iterating on my vehicle controller (using @jondolf.bsky.social's Avian physics) and it's getting close, I can feel it. #gamedev

thanks! that's good feedback. I think striking that balance of responsive yet challenging controls is going to be the tricky part

thanks! I'm still chipping away at it. Can I ask what about it seems fun?

A couple short clips on this starting area of the game I'm making with the #bevyengine. I try to switch between coding and blender to avoid burning out but the code keeps calling to me

I'm having such trouble making clips of what I'm working on without it also affecting performance

I added some bushes to my game and of course my friends suggested using the bushes for clouds because mario

"haha yeah dude, for sure"

Clouds are hard.

I think I'm on the right track though

#gamedev #exit3a #bevy

does anyone have the sheet music for a Samsung washer and a Samsung dryer finishing their cycles almost at the same time

thanks! It's hard to gauge... I started in February but worked on it off and on and also worked on 3 other games this year. I've also been using Bevy since like 0.4. If you're curious though, the bevy jam entries are great examples of what's possible in a short time frame.

it's hard to make games when you also want to play games

a theme of "make something based on where you live" would be cool and would be neat to check out all the entries

Thanks! I haven't used Gamejolt but I'll check it out. The game is still early in development but I'm currently calling it "Exit 3A to NoDa" Everyone I talk to where I live calls it "The Exit 3A Game" so I may end up calling it that at some point

hi Bluesky!

I like to make games with #bevyengine

Currently working on a game about an interstate exit near me because everyone should experience it 🫠

Bevy 0.15 Bevy is a refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. It is free and open-source forever!

Bevy 0.15 is out now! It features Required Components, Entity Picking, Generalized Entity Animation, Animation Masks, Curves, Function reflection, Bevy Remote Protocol, VBAO, OIT, Chromatic Aberration, Fog volumes, Better Text, Gamepads as Entities, and more!

bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-15

I'm working on a car game too. Is your vehicle controller raycast-based 👀?