Game Dev Bits

Yesterday marked 3000 days since the first @SyntyStudios POLYGON pack launched. So, as a love letter to the assets and a tribute, we made a video. Featuring our 3000 favourite assets. So to speak. youtube.com/watch?v=KD4LLU…

We've officially kicked off the #indieexpedition today. There's a whole group of people getting started on their planning and getting ready to launch their very own indie game this year. Not too late to join in. 😃

@richtaur I had a bunch of people in my discord say they wanted to do the same. So, we're doing a thing. gamedevbits.com/gamedevbits-in…

Repeat after me: I will ship a game in 2025.

Have you always wanted to publish an #indiegame ? Well, come join in and launch one this year along with your friends. Announcing the GameDevBits Indie Expedition. gamedevbits.com/gamedevbits-in… A year long workshop to help and support you in getting a game out the door.

To celebrate the @SyntyStudios game jame kicking off today I've built a free starter kit. gamedevbits.com/timpsplate-a-s… TimpsPlate is a simple kickstart with functional menus for the main menu, and pause menu so you can have a functional build in no time.

Everyone using the tool YOU promoted as free to use is now forced to pay for it, for any work they have already done. This is pretty shady.

This is not cool @UModeler. I've been a big supporter for a long time. You launched Umodeler X as a free tool with paid features coming later. You explicitly said it covered commercial use. And today you have changed the license terms to forbid commercial use on Umodeler Basic.

Hello @SatisfactoryAF, I found a hole in the map.

@sirashe_ Every time. I did my earliest programming in PHP, and when I moved to C# I got it wrong a lot. So I switched to Bolt (Now Unity Visual scripting) so I could learn the process, without failing on syntax. Cant make a typo dragging and dropping!

@sirashe_ It does. Ultimately you're learning HOW to code. Hence doing multiples close together. And then you learn the syntax (which is easier to remember and look up etc).

@SyntyStudios Yummy! has sent me. 💀

5 star Goblin Airbnb ⭐

Sometimes in #Satisfactory you need something from up high. ZOOP.

@PikminMan He's been disappointing for a long time. For the Two Towers it was barely mocap data for the arms, legs and torso. The face was entirely hand animated, along with the hands, feet, and a lot of his movements were changed to suit the scene. The team gets less credit than he does.

@ZoieNolan @geoffkeighley Sorry my guy, the sequel is being made for fans of the original game, not people who hated it.

The Death Stranding special stage at TGS on Sunday has now been expanded to a 90 minute show, up from 60 minutes. The event will be live-streamed here: youtube.com/live/bJHBiskeT…

Our good friends at Synty have kicked off with another epic Humble Bundle. humblebundle.com/software/synty… Over a thousand dollars of value included, 23 packs. Redeemable on the Synty Store.

@JennyCANyborg This is wild. The composition is SO good. The arch in the foreground not quite lining up with the back one is perfection.

I modeled this environment 🥹

@AdamGoodrich @ProcWorlds It's looking so so good Adam. I so hope there's an indie/creator tier for pricing. Would love to learn the ropes and make videos about it!

@GameDevBits @ProcWorlds I can't wait to show this off in the context of the entire system. The guys are working on separate parts, and when they all come together in the next month, I think this will be jaw-dropping.

A neat example of the new terrain system interacting with our mesh blending system in Storm! Notice how the roots in the underlying terrain interact with the meshes. See next post for link! #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity @ProcWorlds

@TheCoryAllen @SyntyStudios It's what Synty called their new modular system introduced with POLYGON Shops. I did a breakdown here: gamedevbits.com/build-2-0-from…

@SyntyStudios What's build 2.0?

Did you know POLYGON - Ancient Egypt is powered by Build 2.0? Forget pre-built structures! Now, you can create and customise your own buildings to perfectly match your vision and map. 🗺️