Rocks

heh yep, right now we are at whatever works stage 😀

GitHub - Rocks-git/character_body_2d_starter: Bouncing ball example with character body 2d and player movable icon Bouncing ball example with character body 2d and player movable icon - Rocks-git/character_body_2d_starter

I did use move_and_collide for a ball in my example, so if your no x value changes in code, probably is move_and_slide. I didn't do a pong, but here's my bouncing ball code if you want to review. github.com/Rocks-git/ch...

It looks like every time your paddle collides, x component of position increases a bit. Check your paddle script and make sure you aren't letting some x values sneak into your direction vectors.

Hmm, and now later in the day, can't get the jitter to come back no matter where PI is turned on. I must have had something conflicting...

I have best results doing move_and_collide(vector) update in _physics_process. I also noticed if I have Physics Interpolation set to On, that interferes and causes extra jitter. So in Project Settings -> General -> Physics -> Common, I have Interpolation off and all nodes set to Inherit for PI.

I'm starting to get lost in my own code. I think it's time to start breaking effects like this pop label out into their own scenes and instantiating where needed. I think I've got that figured out in my happy little test world. Everything is even centered! *shakes fist* #godot #solodev #learning

And now... Trash Panda Letter Looter! Thanks to all for being here and giving this a quick read. Let's start with an intro. My name is Rocks. Is it my real name? No. But it is a name nonetheless. I've had many jobs over the years, most re...

Hey, I made a devlog and a pre-release for windows. What a fun month this has been! #godot #solodev #learning

Solo dev spends 6 weeks making a short free game, accidentally wins the Steam algorithm and makes $4,200 in 5 days, then rushes to prepare a big update: "Seems the people liked my honesty and that I d... Idle Pixel Fantasy has done way better than its creator ever expected

Very happy for this fella. People like good work.

Trash Panda Letter Looter by Rocks A casual and chill word building game with falling tiles and a friendly raccoon

I've published a project page for my game at itch. I'll be posting a playable build there in mid-late October and a dev log soon. Thanks for following along!

Today's research topic: Juicing your game with tweens.

I picked up Detroit: Become Human for $12 on Epic Games store. I've been looking forward to playing this one at a decent price point. It never goes on sale....

Good luck to you. I'm semi-retired after getting burnt out in critical systems software support. And I too am trying to learn game dev. I'm really enjoying it so happy to follow along and support.

That's a bummer about your school. You can download the whole project from Project > Tools > Download Project Source. I tried it and got the project in my downloads folder. Doc at bottom of page here:

docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tu...

A pixel art image of a banana duct taped to a wall based on Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian, which sold for $6.2 million dollars at auction. The buyer then ate it.

#pixelart banana for sale. Only $6.2 million obo. No, you're a comedian.

Every day I learn something.

I was messing with particle effects today and then pushed a web build. Turns out browsers do not like GPUParticles2D with trails. So I got to make another particle with CPUParticles2D sans trails. #godot #solodev #learning

Do you have a stray = somewhere instead of an == or the other way around?

Menu screen for the casual puzzle word game, Trash Panda Letter Looter. The menu indicates it is a very early alpha build.

And hey! I've got a name. It's Trash Panda Letter Looter.

A casual puzzler video game with an 8x8 grid of letters with falling letter tiles. The player is about to submit word GALACTIC in the grid of placed letters.

I'm still working hard! Reduced the grid size to 8x8 so game can end, paid a little attention to art, started working on an itch.io project page. Now working on game, settings and credits menus. Oct 1 is still the goal for "initial completion" and then playtesters. #godot #solodev #learning

Search for how to start a free blog. Multiple services offer them. and then you can link to it from social media. Just choose a simple template and then get to work on the game :)

Dino wallpaper is superb!

Anyone ever put a Windows-developed test build on to a Macbook? I think I just plead guilty to a crime! Pretty sure it's going to self-destruct in T-minus 30 seconds. Until then, the build works! Really want those developer dollars though. Such a lovely walled garden. #godot #solodev #learning

A cartoony pixel art drawing of a large raccoon sitting up straight

Practicing #pixelart today. Hey buddy.

Untitled dictionary game progress continues! Audio track and sfx added. Plus a little friend to watch you play. Words are checked against dictionary and removed. Remaining tiles cascade. That was tricky!

#godot #solodev #learning

Moving tiles with ghost tile. Input feels nice. Tiles return letters once placed. #godot #solodev #learning

I'm sure this is not the case for you, but it's amazing how much of my code I can delete with no change in behavior, heh.

There's free stuff out there for you to use. Always check the license and see what you can do with it.
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Here's another tile-based board game I've been working on. It's called Cannon and the original game was created by a friend of mine at the turn of the century. I put it aside after I had the grid figured out, but will return after I learn more about A* and search graphs