Winning My First Ever Game Jam? | Godot Devlog 

OH GOD I NEVER EXPECTED TO GET THIS FAR. Now I have to draw 36 frames of wolf art… which I totally will do and am definitely not backing out of :)

@@mz_eth I'm so sorry

Omg this is awesome 2 awesome godot devs in one comment section I could only wish I was even 1/10 of as good of a dev as you are

Lets go

I’ll have to add “wolf with sword” to the dart board, and thanks!

wolf with sword is high in demand low in supply. Like i now know four games that have a wolf with sword. Ōkami, MGR: Bladewolf dlc, this game jam and an indie game that's still WIP that is inspired by Ōkami. That's it

I feel like i have to mention that humour is, as always, subjective

I never have the problem of "every game dev youtubers jokes are cringe" To be honest, I kind of find this guys jokes a bit cringe. Thats because Humor is subjective 🤯.

​​@@Skel150 I do find youtube gamedevs' jokes to be pretty bad most of the time. Maybe because they are trying to be as entertaining as possible while also having the gamedev baggage of being awkward

@@Skel150 That's understandable, I just try to be me, if there's no joke or anything funny I try not to force it. Some sections are more me reflecting or explaining why I do certain things or what I learned. Hope its somewhat entertaining :)

Yea, but you win game jams by being as little creative as possible. Copy existing game ideas, change the character a little, and there you go. There is a reason why game jams do not play a role in pro game dev nowadays. But sure, some millennials still talk about it and it can be fun, as its own jam thing, for jammers.

Thank you so much for watching! I really means a lot :)

Thank you so much, it really does mean a lot. I’m not sure I deserve that, there are so many insanely good game dev content creators. This community is so talented I swear :)

@@mz_eth that's definitely true! The content the community puts out is always inspiring.But idk man I'm always excited to see one of your videos come out.

Same here :)

Thank you!

Thanks!

Keep this content going man :) and a little hint for ur next game jam... Maybe try to get an MVP (=Minimum Viable Product) going as soon as possible... Therefore you already know the gameloop and therefore you can work on refining it.@@mz_eth

Thank you, I definitely recommend trying game jams. They’re a great experience :)

@@mz_eth You know what?, I think I'll start dev logging my journey. I feel inspired by this video

That’s awesome! What game jam is it??

@@mz_eth it's the "new year, new skills" one on itch

Oh damn thank you so much!

I thought your game was incredible! Nice work

Thank you!

Oh damn thank you so much!!

@@mz_eth I know you're gonna make it big and I really can't wait to see the growth happen

Thank you! Yeah I think a lot about going back to some of these games, it would give so much more practice with stuff like level design

I can think of 10 things I'd like to see just in this game alone, I bet you have a million ideas for all the games you've made!

I don’t think I hold a candle to hollow knight or hyper light, but maybe someday 🥲

@@mz_eth you're already there, the reason Hyper Light Drifter and Hollow Knight look so good and get praised so much is because of how everything comes together and looks like it's meant to be together. It's less about the individual pixels and more about the whole canvas, it's everything, the final product, it's nice to look at and above all, it's a world to be immersed in, isn't that what video games are about?

What was your game, I definitely want to try it!

@@mz_eth I made SnuggleSpark, I finished 44th!

Thank you so much!

Oh damn thank you, I really appreciate it. I feel like I see so much amazing stuff, I just want to get there some day

No way! You can do it :)

Oh damn that’s awesome, I wonder if I played your game?

Thanks! I hope you like the video, I think for the next jam the goal should be to no wasd moving character

@@mz_eth that would be interesting, a point and click?

This is my first year learning any game dev, so I feel like Im in the super early stages , that’s part of why I do these game jams. I spent the first half of 2023 trying to make my own binding of Isaac inspired game, but because I was so new to coding I was make so many mistakes and be forced to rewrite stuff. But with game jams I can sort of take chances and hopefully learn some core lessons, but be able to walk away from these projects. I hope it’ll get me closer to being a real indie game dev over time :)

@@mz_eth Actually your words are much appreciated. Recently been watching Tor from Pirate Software where he talks about initiating the game dev journey. And him and you have inspired me to do it my own and to take it seriously hoping to make from a passion my life. So I wanted to thank you and to recognize your work, because you are learning so fast its incredible. If you could make a video talking about how you introduced yourself to coding and such, itll be much appreciated. Thank you again man, wish you my most sincere luck!!!!

The tricky part there I would worry about is the player running out of fuel. I’m not sure how you’re imagining it, but sometimes in experience like that the player can recognize that they’ve messed up or the game is over before they actually lose. But it all depends on what you need this limit fuel for and how the loop plays out.

@@mz_eth the fuel source could be unlimited by either having the torches slowly refuel themselves, or in a more wacky approach you could have an NPC whose job it is to start the level traveling from beginning to end lighting the torches. If you wanted to have a certain speed element to your game then you could have this NPC move at a very fast pace and then have the torches slowly die out. As a backup, you might have several NPCs throughout the level who the player could hire or ask to light torches. This could even be trees with flaming crows and when the player dashes into the tree, it scatters the crows who then light the nearby torches. As for the second issue, let me think...

The fuel would be needed to see your surroundings better, and to defeat a boss by illuminating/ blinding it and wearing it out. I'm just throwing ideas in the air, really.

Thank you!

@@mz_ethu sure?? ^^ I edited comment

@@kobedev god damn it, I just got dumpster’d, I am officially announcing my retirement

Thank you so much!

Thank you :)

Oh thanks! :)

Hmm I’m probably more tempted to cover stuff like that in live streams, but I’ll consider it for sure

@@mz_eth cool, I hope you can post the VOD! Thanks!

Don’t blame me! When I showed where I was at on a live stream peoples reaction was “is that sif”

Thank you!

Thank you :)