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Nothing like getting off the ol' 9-5 to play a game about working 9-5

I think you are making a good choice by taking a break. Meanwhile, I'm one of those you inspired to participate in the Godot Wild Jam. I've only just finished the Global Game Jam as a team of 5 and now I wanna experiment as a solo dev in a week long jam. Thanks for the inspiration and have a good rest from the jam stress ahah

As a potential solution for your issue of having to make different scenes for different forms of the same box: try using custom resources. You could create a BoxResource class that extends Resource, and then you can put all the data fields and methods that are common to all the forms of a single box in there, and then save it as a .tres file. Then you can instantiate that resource in every box scene (when it's on the floor, picked up, etc.) by doing, for example, var box_resource = load("path/to/resource.tres") and it will save you the hassle of synchronising the data for each of the scenes, as it will all be in one place - the .tres file. You may have tried this already, but if not, I hope it will help you. I still haven't found a solution that truly fixes this design issue, but this works decently well. Cheers

There are longer game jams to try, but I'd love to see you work on a full time idea!

Ignoring math classes seems like an indie dev special trait. You don't realize game dev is a lot of math until you start and think "Damn...I hated math class..."

The way yoy do your lighting really creates an atmosphere especially in your rougu-like, please make a tutorial about it

I am not gonna lie, I adore the concept of your game based on your experience at Fedex. I would push it further after the jam if I was you, as I also worked in the same kind of environment for the same kind of crappy company. I would even be more brutal with the rewards, as I definitely did not get paid with the amount of boxes I did. Lol

I just played the game and it's so much fun. I think adding some ambient music and sounds and the lunchroom break would make this game a certified steam game on par with something like Papers Please

Game turned out great! Genuinely think this could be a really cool sim game if you flesh it out

Create some playlists. I wanted to see all the games/gamejams/devlogs you've done. Great video, hopefully you'll find some time to expand to add a breakroom scene.

dude make some tutorial about your lighting. your games have such a distinguish feeling

Thanks for the inspiration! I'm joining the February Godot Wild Jam as my first game jam because of your videos. Excited to see where you decide to go with a bigger project or more jams!

Export vars for the box. You could have all these attributes and then when you drag in the scene set them so you have your special little objects. It’s a weird way to do inheritance but the other way would be doing class->subclass and I think you could also do groups but idk how groups work

I love the game concept, I'll have to check it out! And I'm glad to see you taking a jam break to focus on what you want/need to do, it seems like a really positive thing. Regardless of if you pivot what you want to focus on for your main project, I'm excited to see where it goes!

6:19 no, thank you for making such a great vid !! Keep up the great work, I only wish you the best dude :)

I want friends to make games with, but im still new to making games and I feel like I’d only hold people back. Maybe one day.

I wonder if they would make a march to condem the hostage taking made by hamas and the atacks on israel as well

Hey mz_zeth what music did you use in the beginning? It sounds familiar but I can't place it.

Are planned worked😂

maybe you could make videos fully expanding these game jam ideas?

far gone frontier should be your main projact becuse it looks so fun and i will buy it if it will be on steam

Knowing you've shipped something with game-breaking bugs, and knowing there's nothing you can do right now to fix it, is the worst feeling. Doing all this in a week isn't a small task, I hope you're still proud of making such a great looking and feeling game.

i made the mistake of pausing the video at 1:11 to look at the code and now i'm going to have nightmares about if statements. please seek god, he is the only one who can help you now

Pirate Software Game Jam 15 coming up, 5,500 people joined so far....get in there!!!

Make more videos!!!! and pleasee get this rouge like on steam, i wanna wishlist

I would pay like two or three dollars for a polished version of that game

This is fantastic mate!! You have made me change the way I am learning game dev and I even started doing art thanks to your dog video, that really helped me understand my own learning! I am gonna go game jams thanks to you as it will be good learning. Enjoy the stress break and I really wanna play a full game! keep going my friend!

hey quick question, which programs do you use for pixel art, animations and stuff I want to start making games aswell and don't really know what to use

I always love your videos man. You've got a great energy, it's v entertaining to watch. Btw, I'm doing something similar, a game w/ amongus style mini games, do you have any tips on it, or any resources you used in doing it? I'm still new to developing and godot so I'm kinda not sure how to go about it.

Dude! I loved your design ❤ When will you add it to GODOT so I can take a closer look to your beautiful art!?

you are sooo creative =D its so enjoyable to watch your videos!

Cheezit

You are, something else, keep being you my friend, and the world will reward your effort, keep creating :)❤

could always do a game jam, make it playable and then polish it for a couple weeks so you don’t have to crunch it down into one week, knowing you’ll have time to improve it.

this is great depressing because this is my job but amazing

You are soo severely underrated it's crazy.

Indie devs, don’t miss the Zombeez Game Jam on itch. Great chance to shine! ;)

What if there were different ways to load the truck (tossing, kicking, catapulting) BUT loading the truck in "fun" ways catches the eye of your supervisor who is totally against fun and he will speed up how many packages you have to load while the time limit remains the same?

sorry I know you may get this a lot but what do you use for the pixel art? I really like pixel art but I can't find what software to use.

0:35 I kindly request the wallpaper

subscribed to you 1 minute into the video because I realized you were the youtuber I have been looking for all these years.

whats that game jam callendar youve got there?

@mz_eth I want to learn gd script but I do not know where to start.Do you have any tips?

LOL sorry for contributing to the new viewers

great video and the game looks hella fun!! but like.. are you okay? genuinely??

After finding out about this jam and learning it's 9 days I have decided I'm going to do it this month. I don't think it's going to go well and I doubt I'm going to get a very good game out of it but I think it will be the best way to ingrain myself in Godot, since after 3 days of learning it and tutorials I'm already losing a lot of motivation.

Love your videos bro hope you have a great break!

I think I like this idea the most of the ones ive seen from you. Maybe cause ive also worked in an amazon warehouse and share your fedex pain lol. I think its always a good idea to give yourself breaks when you can. But ill add that youve definitely piqued my interest in participating in one of these week long jams myself. Only done the global game jam before and im interested in spending more time learning something rather than just throwing together the first idea i have cause of teammates and only 48 hrs.

I just want to ask something.. how you prevent someone to copy your game?

Hey just started godot game development and came across your channel. I love your content and I hope that if you do decide to stick with a larger project for a bit we get some devlog updates on it. I honestly don't know why but I have been addicted to devlogs recently lol

As a fellow box. I approve of this game.

Try reading tutorials instead of watching, it's more engaging

You are one of the most entertaining and inspiring gamedev youtubers ever, your work is really incredible. I hope to be like you one day :)

i actually would love seeing updated version of the game it's pretty fun

There is someone who earns money for each packet you send, you just never meet them working there.

I like this guy. He makes me laugh.

Sounds like a fun game to me, particularly for a 1-week production timeline made by one person. Kudos!

Here is some free validation 🎉🎉

i need to comment to point out the wind waker music played on pokemon soundfont

It feels like a smaller, simpler version of the diaries of a spaceport janitor. It is wise

When this man learns you ca use shaders instead of new sprites.

can you make a devlog of your roguelike sometime? I really like it!

11:03 guitar channel reveal

make a tutorial! Please!😭

take a break

please make keep developing on this game. it looks super fun.

you have every right to be proud of what you put together for this game jam. I was really impressed when you turned to implementing the mini game ideas. Now, when you get a chance, can I please get another custom MZ Timesplitters map???

Honestly, I think this is a great game. Would also love to see the Far Gone Frontier as your next main project. Keep up with the great work, bro, love your videos!

I had the same idea going into that jam, but never finished it 😭

What software do you use to paint pixel art?

We both an addict for game jams

Do you want to do a game jam some time? I do pixel art

if you somehow updated this game, you should pursue the breakdown mechanic! this game will have the same mood with paper please which can affect the playtime of players

UR MY NEW FAVOURITE PERSON

You love godot 3 or 4

Changed the thumbnail 3 times interesting

Another good video, That 11mins only felt like 2 lmfao. keep it up ::)

What software do you use to edit your videos?

This looks like a really fun game, to be honest! Great devlog! Subbed.

PLZ Not so fast

slow down u talk way too fast , u r literally rapping like Eminem

i was just demotivated for a jam i joined aaaand you uploaded now i know i have to finish it...

for some reason the discord is not working for me :(

AMAZING GAME!!! Gotta be the best game dev channel out there❤❤

aww hecks yeah new video

Buen video bro

First xD

I hope i can participate next year

First!

Love the vid man. You are awesome and a great inspiration to me.

intro music?

Yay watching vid!

your games ideas r brilliant, and to manage to execute them in less than a week is just unbelievable! love the Devlog :D

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