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      faz808 F @PickleCatStars last edited by

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      • AndyG1985
        AndyG1985 last edited by AndyG1985

        https://ia600604.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/1/items/World_of_Spectrum_June_2017_Mirror/World of Spectrum June 2017 Mirror.zip&file=World of Spectrum June 2017 Mirror/sinclair/books/s/SpectrumAdventures-AGuideToPlayingAndWritingAdventures.pdf

        This is the book for the code-it-yourself game my RPG was based on. It's written for BASIC but it helped with explaining certain concepts. The main thing for me was that it really helped me understand how to code a randomly-generated map. Just scroll down to the second half, as the first just talks about the genre.

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        • Retrocade_media
          Retrocade_media F last edited by

          Might as well do some self promo in this regard. I have a community resource for anyone interested in making shmups, and it's almost entirely design focused, which means it'll translate to FUZE easily. Theres more coming soon too, so this should prove to be a helpful resource over time:

          https://retrocademedia.itch.io/game-developers-guide-to-shmups

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          • PickleCatStars
            PickleCatStars F last edited by

            Here’s an introduction to vector maths for games. Vectors are the {x,y,z} things for storing positions and speeds and stuff. Lots of useful stuff in here https://www.gamedev.net/tutorials/programming/math-and-physics/practical-use-of-vector-math-in-games-r2968/

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            • PickleCatStars
              PickleCatStars F last edited by PickleCatStars

              Here is a nice simple 3rd person camera for 3d stuff. Again, it’s not Fuze specific, but it’s easy enough to use. I just basically copypasted (with very slight changes) the ’move character relative to camera position’ bit for my project, and it worked!

              https://www.braynzarsoft.net/viewtutorial/q16390-32-simple-3rd-person-camera

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              • PickleCatStars
                PickleCatStars F last edited by

                Here’s a fun one if anyone wants to give it a try - how to make shadows and line-of-sight in 2D :)

                https://ncase.me/sight-and-light/

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                • vinicity
                  vinicity F last edited by

                  That’s a great article! I was actually toying with doing something similar for the game jam, but I wasn’t sure I could finish it in time.

                  I will definitely try this out in a future game!

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                  • SteveZX81
                    SteveZX81 F @PickleCatStars last edited by

                    @toxibunny said in Good articles found on the web.:

                    Here’s a fun one if anyone wants to give it a try - how to make shadows and line-of-sight in 2D :)

                    https://ncase.me/sight-and-light/

                    Love that effect but I scrolled down to the first maths bit and nope.. I'll pass!
                    hopefully some people will make some fuze games using it.

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                    • PickleCatStars
                      PickleCatStars F last edited by PickleCatStars

                      Ever wanted to make an old-school racer like Hang-On or Outrun? Well, you’ll get a good start here: http://www.extentofthejam.com/pseudo/

                      EDIT: here it is explained more fully and with more diagrams. If you were put off by the maths in the first one, have a look at this: https://codeincomplete.com/articles/javascript-racer-v1-straight/

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                      • waldron
                        waldron F @PickleCatStars last edited by

                        @toxibunny thanks for this i did try a while ago maybe another bash at it in the near future

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                        • vinicity
                          vinicity F last edited by

                          Another great find, @toxibunny ! After reading the articles, I feel the urge to make an Outrun game!

                          Maybe one day...

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                          • waldron
                            waldron F last edited by

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                            • spikey
                              spikey F last edited by

                              @waldron very inspiring - like it
                              21:33 "dream no small dreams" "go big or go home" -> additional interpretation: its ok to start many WIPs just because it could be cool ;-)
                              29:02 "a game has a finite amount of resources" -> oh yeah, free-time, length of the night, he suggest to watch the scope and use "modular" principle: re-use wherever possible

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                              • Jongjungbu
                                Jongjungbu F @spikey last edited by

                                @spikey said in Good articles found on the web.:

                                @waldron very inspiring - like it
                                21:33 "dream no small dreams" "go big or go home" -> additional interpretation: its ok to start many WIPs just because it could be cool ;-)

                                That sounds like an invitation for me to start yet another WIP. I haven't even posted here about my BurgerFuzion WIP :)

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                                • landein207
                                  landein207 last edited by

                                  I don't know if this is super useful but it can help if u run out of ideas for ur games

                                  1: https://www.gamedesigning.org/gaming/game-ideas/
                                  And
                                  2: https://orteil.dashnet.org/gamegen

                                  Im not sure that the 2nd works to every1
                                  I hope this helps :)

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                                  • Jongjungbu
                                    Jongjungbu F @landein207 last edited by

                                    @landein207 said in Good articles found on the web.:

                                    2: https://orteil.dashnet.org/gamegen

                                    "An experimental game where you rewrite bread and it's sort of a parody."
                                    Haha, what does that even mean.

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                                    • landein207
                                      landein207 last edited by

                                      Idek lol it is random to generate ideas and is a true madness of silly ideas

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                                      • PickleCatStars
                                        PickleCatStars F last edited by

                                        Rewrite bread huh?

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                                        • Jongjungbu
                                          Jongjungbu F @PickleCatStars last edited by

                                          @toxibunny I didn't know this was even a thing!

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                                          • waldron
                                            waldron F last edited by


                                            A handy video diving into sprite camera's with different set-ups

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