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Nifflas, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Synplant 2 is out! It's an amazing VST synthesizer where you can genetically evolve sounds.

It has a feature that lets you generate an analog synth patch from a recording of a sound then manipulate it, and the approximation is super impressive. Probably the best (only?) one ever made.

https://soniccharge.com/forum/topic/2466-synplant-2-is-here

fraying, 7 months ago to random

I was harvesting all day. Did I miss anything?

samf, 7 months ago to random

#ld54 #LDJam

seldo, 7 months ago to random

Looking forward to Gaetz getting his ass handed to him this week https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/us/politics/mccarthy-speaker-gaetz.html

cabel, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

Do you use the Apple Watch “Walkie-Talkie” feature?

samf, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

Moog’s new owner, inMusic, just laid off most of the Asheville team. Fucking hell.

[edit] this post has gone mildly viral so I’m going to update to note that the entire situation here is, in large part, Donald Trump’s fault. His tariffs on synth components shipped from China (chips, etc), but not whole synths assembled there, uniquely harmed US-based assembly like Moog was doing. Fuck inMusic, and as always, fuck Trump. https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2023/09/22/moog-music-downsizing-continues-with-layoffs-in-asheville/

https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2023/09/22/world-renowned-instrument-maker-moog-slashes-jobs-at-asheville-factory/70934201007/

MichaelKlamerus, 8 months ago to random

"Notably, the briefs include pro-merger statements from five indie publishers and studios (collectively referred to as 'amici' in the filing) including Curve Digital, Finji, Studio Wildcard, iam8bit, and Strange Scaffold that suggest the deal will have a positive impact on the development community."

man, fucking gross seeing indie devs being pro-industry consolidation

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/indies-venture-capitalists-and-unions-rally-behind-microsoft-s-activision-blizzard-deal

samf, 8 months ago to random

Double-tap with Apple Watch is very cool, so long as I can have it do the opposite and decline every phone call

godotengine, 8 months ago to godot

We are excited to introduce a major improvement in funding the development efforts of the #GodotEngine – the Godot Development Fund!

Help us secure stable funding and ensure the longevity of the project 💙

https://godotengine.org/article/godot-developer-fund/

glassbottommeg, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to gamedev

Huh, so Unity has reached the killing-the-golden-goose point of their enshittification: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/unity-to-start-charging-fee-pegged-to-game-installs

20c per install doesn't sound like much to PC users, but that's potentially enough to nuke mobile gaming entirely. Which they know, because they also run the stats system mobile devs use to calculate ARPU/ARPPU.

Unreal taking a small cut of revenue works fine. That's based on you know, money you made.

Unity charging based on "Installs" might actually cost you money in mobile space. Or if you do a PS+ freebie. Or GamePass. Or especially an EpicStore freebie. They know what they're doing, and it's fucking evil.

EDIT: looks like it's a one time fee per install, the "monthly" is just poorly explained, as confirmed in a forums reply from a random employee, naturally

#GameDev #Unity3D

seandick, 9 months ago to random

If you tell me you're from Michigan I assumet that at some point you have shot a deer.

grumpygamer, 9 months ago to random

Didn't get very much done yesterday. Spent a lot of time thinking about theme. There are so many survivor, post-apocalyptic, horrible evil as taken over the world games and I want to making something that has the fun combat I loved in Diablo II, but takes place in a fun colorful happy world. It feels like I'm slowly getting there.

grumpygamer, 9 months ago to gamedev

Another day another dollar*.

Spent the weekend doing a deep dive into how Diablo II does weapons and loot. Fascinating but it seems overly complex. It feels good to play so maybe it needs to be. I'm doing a much simpler version but there are some neat things I learned.

• Except for the dollar part.

#indiedev #gamedev #pixeltodo

ryanhoulihan, 9 months ago to random

My grandma died today. I don’t want to share anything about her or how I’m feeling but I do want you to text or call a relative right now, if you have a minute, just to say hi. Even an emoji counts.

grumpygamer, 9 months ago to gamedev

Didn't get as much done yesterday as I wanted to. I decided to implement a new and unique twist on the economy and it might take a few days to see if it sticks.

#gamedev #indiedev

aeva, 9 months ago to random

free idea:

long con game jam. you have 100 years to make a game

samf, 9 months ago to random

The fact that #lk99 is not already obviously debunked is VERY PROMISING. It doesn't require any fantastical elements. The barrier to entry for reproduction is, relatively, quite low. The steps from the original paper are wonky, but multiple labs in multiple countries are claiming partial success already—which is par for course with a novel material.

If this were a nothingburger, with so many eyes on the problem, we'd be seeing multiple hard failures. And…we're not. 👀 👀 👀

samf, 9 months ago to godot

Hey #godotengine #gamedev folks: I'm thinking about dipping my toe into tutorials (video or otherwise). What would you like to learn more about?

How specific nodes work? (“Deep-dive into AnimationPlayer”)
Solving general gamedev problems with Godot? (“Creating a Signal Bus in Godot”)
Something else? ("8-bit sound fx generator comparison”)
etc etc etc #godot

Nifflas, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

Best superpower? You're a specific number of programmers. How many programmers are you? Yeah, you as an individual!

composergreg, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to synths

Now that all the new (to me) gear is here and fully tested, it's time to prepare the studio...

Maybe I'll give them some privacy to become more intimately aquatinted.

#cs30 #matriarch #subsequent37 #jx3p #pro3 #pvx800 #volante

@synths

samf, 10 months ago to godot

No #screenshotsaturday to share (yet...) but I do have a fun (?) #godotengine tip o' the day:

If you're using a TileMap, and there's even the slightest chance you might want to animate one of the tiles at some point in the future ever, make sure to prep the tiles in your sprite sheet vertically. Unique tiles top to bottom, frames left to right. The out-of-the-box tile animation functionality only allows for a columnar layout. Which I discovered the hard way. 🙃