Cleaning code is unfortunately expensive, especially if you have many features relying on it. "I'm going to refactor this part of the code, what's the worst that could happen?" is a sure way to turn 1 day of work into 2 weeks if you're dealing with spaghetti code. But yeah, they run after implementation and feature, but technical debt always catches up at some point. The longer it is ignored, the closer they get to that point where the technical base is so shit that, at this point, scorched earth doesn't look like that bad of a solution.
Unreal Engine PASEC [v2.1.4] [Star vs Fallout]
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exactly why I said he had to fix the bugs since 1.7 lol, now it's 1 update breaking 5 things and if he constantly add new stuff it's gonna get worse.
Yeah you were definitely right there, loaded in by fixable elevator that led to nightclub, did that, went to maintenance with gigante and found 2 scientists on top of each other who when freed both got stuck. Tried to lure enemy over to fix, they both went down in 1 hit and were unintractable. The hearts there with the maker, just needs to focus on polish over additions
How can a 2D pixel-art game be this laggy? I get that it's in Unreal, but JFC I get like 3FPS in the main menu alone!
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it's a mess, but... yeah...
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I HAVE NO IDEA!!
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I still think using UE for this type of game is just a horrible idea.
first of all how the fuck did you manage to convert a 3d engine into a 2d one second of all why would you do that when you got gamemaker, godot, hell use unity if you really want but why unreal engine of all things
first of all how the fuck did you manage to convert a 3d engine into a 2d one second of all why would you do that when you got gamemaker, godot, hell use unity if you really want but why unreal engine of all things
Making the screen go dark when you need sleep is a dumb idea the dev need to remove.
maybe less dark but i thought it was a neat way of handling it.
To be fair, Unreal *does* have some 2D capabilities, otherwise this game wouldn't exist on it. But like, it's hardly a lightweight engine by any fucking means. Hell, the editor itself is like, what, almost 30gb in size? That's not even counting any optional packages you can choose to install alongside it, it's fuckin outlandishly bloated and you gotta just wrangle with the stupid thing for days on end to get it to run on lower end machines or remove all the built-in shit like VR addons or whatever to reduce the file size. It's why the dev seems to be stuck in a back and forth cycle of trying to fix new bugs or graphical issues (like when sometimes the sprites have filtering enabled and they're all blurry lmao) rather than adding new content. Unreal absolutely is not friendly to new game devs.
Gamemaker is pretty much a 2D-exclusive(??) engine and can do the job pretty fine, but IMO Godot is the best for 2D and I can definitely attest there's more than enough features to whip up anything half-decent *and* you don't need a fucking degree in quantum mechanics to get the engine to do anything you want it to, unlike Unreal lol. I got bored a few weeks back and whipped up a similar kind of project and it really didn't take too much effort to get a similarly-looking and feeling player up and running. I speak as someone who definitely would stab a power outlet with a fork if I had the chance, so it's pretty easy to get into the swing of things even if you're a non-programmer. Getting started is the slow part ofc, that's like, the biggest hurdle for any game project lol.
the content we do have is really good, but I've been kinda waiting for a bunch more updates at this rate since there always seem to be more bugs than progress, and I think even the dev has been talking about this on their discord a few times.
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Honestly this game would likely be hella good if it was made in godot or gamemaker, what's holding it back (aside from the literal ocean of game breaking bugs) is the fact this thing toasts most lower end machines (unless of course you limit the FPS)
the dev is simply using the wrong engine for this game and tries to make it work which as a horrible man once said "sometimes it doesn't just work" - todd howard?
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So two questions. Is there a way for me to see my keybinds? I don't know how to raise my gun and fire it.
Also there is a game breaking bug where if you enter the pause menu it causes the game to stop reading keyboard input. Is there any workaround for that?
Also there is a game breaking bug where if you enter the pause menu it causes the game to stop reading keyboard input. Is there any workaround for that?
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When on pause menu the games only uses 2 or 3 buttons to select the options, confirm and cancel iirc. Te tutorial shows you how to raise your gun and fire (iirc it's A to raise and D to fire)
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Yay, I'm eagerly looking forward for this.
And yeah, if you have masochistic tendencies, write a game for UE5... but if you truly want to fuck yourself for nuthin' then you go for a 2D game with it. It's a rare sight having the alter ego and loot falling through the ground 'cause of the Z... ahem,wasn't it the Y-Axis?!
But still... I am truly fascinated by this gem. The look and feel has drawn me into that bugfest. >
Cheers!
And yeah, if you have masochistic tendencies, write a game for UE5... but if you truly want to fuck yourself for nuthin' then you go for a 2D game with it. It's a rare sight having the alter ego and loot falling through the ground 'cause of the Z... ahem,wasn't it the Y-Axis?!
But still... I am truly fascinated by this gem. The look and feel has drawn me into that bugfest. >
Cheers!
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Using UE5 for a game is shooting yourself in the leg, using it for a 2D game is outright suicide from the startYay, I'm eagerly looking forward for this.
And yeah, if you have masochistic tendencies, write a game for UE5... but if you truly want to fuck yourself for nuthin' then you go for a 2D game with it. It's a rare sight having the alter ego and loot falling through the ground 'cause of the Z... ahem,wasn't it the Y-Axis?!
But still... I am truly fascinated by this gem. The look and feel has drawn me into that bugfest. >
Cheers!
Honestly, they could have made it in Godot since the makers of Unreal Engine is making the tools more costly to use for making games, and some of the free ones are now paywalled.
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