Post by LilacLemmy in Is this out of my scope? (Beginner Dev)

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Figured I should say something instead of just disappearing out of shame but I've officially been defeated... 😅

I've spent the past couple of days just battling the code and going to bed frustrated every night. I've come to the conclusion that I just need more knowledge/practice with Godot that I don't currently have to get this done. Regardless, I wanna thank you guys for the encouragement and aid you offered.

Hopefully in the future I'll be able to complete the game to what I envisioned but for now I've got some studying to do.

Good luck with the jam ya'll! 💖

RotationalJustice4 days ago(+1)

It's a good place to give something new a try. Well done on giving it your all

Cunning Hound3 days ago(+1)

No shame in that - I’m an actual software developer for a job and I’ve lost count of how many game jams I’ve entered but failed to submit anything because I just couldn’t get even the most basic version of my “simple” idea ready in time.

You might want to do some basic programming tutorials. Not spend a huge amount of time on them, you can totally dive into the game dev side pretty early on, but just a super basic introduction to get more familiar with the terminology. The problem you had with the “move_and_slide” is something you might have solved yourself if you knew what the error message was telling you, but if you don’t have that familiarity it’s just a string of scary computer words. Unfortunately I don’t have one to recommend specifically.

For what it’s worth, the idea itself sounds perfect for a beginner doing a first jam. Lots of people go way too ambitious, this is something you can definitely pull off if you get that basic foundation.

LilacLemmy3 days ago(+1)

Gah! Thank you so much for the kind words it means a lot! 💖

I actually ended up starting over with the project and things seemed to be going well but ultimately ended with the same problem of not being able to get the knockback to work properly. (It was able to print knockback but nothing would actually happen...) And as much as I tried to research the error, I found that most of the time I couldn't understand the answers I came across, so I wholeheartedly agree that I need to gain some familiarity with the terminology going further.

As frustrating as it is to not being able to complete the game, I'm still so hungry to learn. I wanna make something! Although I am gonna take the weekend to rest and reset, lol.

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