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Really?  Let's review that first comment again, shall we?

What you can't see is the feeling that went into that comment. I practically cried writing some of these. Is empathy a bad thing? Is it wrong to try to help? I wish I'd had somebody to say to me what I'm saying to you when I needed it.

This is exactly the negative Christian stereotype that you insist is nothing like you (whilst you simultaneously stereotype others).

I'm truely sorry if you feel stereotyped. It's something I can't help since I don't know who I'm talking to. One thing I can ask is that you don't look down on me for my shortcomings. Blind anger solves nothing, and an "I'm-better-than-you" mentality is wrong no matter what what you believe in.

You started by poisoning the well to ensure that no good-faith discussion can follow, then pivoted to gaslighting and sealioning to act as if you did no such thing.

I know I'm not perfect. In fact I can be a perfect ass sometimes. The best I can do is say I'm sorry and mean it. What would you have me do to start a good-faith converstion?

Why not?

I believe that if someone disagrees with me, we should be able to do so peacefully. If peace isn't an option, I might as well leave. It's also been called shaking the dust off of your shoes. That's not a judgement I wish on anybody, but it's been that way since Jesus' time. When a city tried to stone Him and His disciples, they moved on. I've said my piece, now I'm going to move on and talk to someone who will listen. It goes against everything I believe in to force someone to think a certain way.

God grant you peace.

My most polished game to date: 3d Pong by LowKeyDev

But if you don't mind scuffed: Unhinged Pinball by LowKeyDev

Probably my most polished game to date: 3d Pong by LowKeyDev

But if you don't mind scuffed this one's a blast: Unhinged Pinball by LowKeyDev

I don't have a Youtube account, so if you do decide to review these please let me know somehow. You can DM me on Discord @LowKeyDev or reply to me on Itch. I just really want to put a video review on the main pages of some of my games. Thanks!

Absolutely!!! I share my games 100% for free, and I'm really glad for a place to do that. 

You can preach...

A lot of commenters have used the word "preach" to describe my comments. I'd like to apologise if that's how it came off. I meant to have an open discussion, which means a place to seek out facts. If you know something that I don't, the correct me. I'll do the same and eventually we'll both be better for it. There's also something to be said for considering other people's feelings when correcting them. Violent or insistant correction can actually drive someone farther from the point you're trying to make. 

preachverb

:to urge acceptance or abandonment of an idea or course of action                -Valid, but respectfully

specifically : to exhort in an officious or tiresome manner

Officiousness is the opposite of my intentions. I firmly beleive in respectful debate, but I guess this isn't the time or place for it. I guess that says something else about these crazy times we live in.

But if you go down that pathway, you kind of reduce God to a tempter, an evil manipulative bastard, that only brings you in a bad situation to later help you out of it.

The way I know things to work: God gave you free will out of love. What you do with that will is on you, because God respects your choices. God Himself tempts no one. The free will decision to follow God is what He wants. It's a friendship, God doesn't want you to be afraid; of Him or anything else. 

Do not use the Bible to argue against porn.

When did I ever do this. I suggested that faith will set you free, but I never used the Bible (direct quotation or otherwise) to tell people that they're wrong for watching porn. There was no judgement; like I said, I've been there and God was my way out. Just sharing a permanent solution for those who feel empty inside. If you choose to ignore my story I won't ask twice. Usually I won't even ask once. It's God who's persistant in persuing His lost sheep. It also occurs to me that you wanted the religious discussion. You replied to my second comment and began by calling me nutcase and a bigot. I never asked for that.

I couldn't help noticing that you're very familiar with the contents of the Bible, so see if this strikes a chord. 

"Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.” – Proverbs 9:8

This one's on me, but there's more.

"But I tell you, everyone who is angry with his brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Whoever insults his brother or sister, will be subject to the court. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to hellfire." -Matthew 5:22

May God forgive you, and me as well for being angry with you.

How interesting... my initial comment was a simple blessing. Oh, how humanity has fallen. I pray understanding for those reading this, and freedom from whatever you're bound to. God bless all, I'm not going to be replying to this thread again.

Excuse me. I don't think anyone here is trying to to tell you what to do. Just trying to have a reasonable discussion and hear some other viewpoints. If Joyce Meyer is your only basis for Christianity, just know that not everyone is the same and from what I know a lot of those TV preachers don't actually follow God. I'm not judging you, I'd just like to know where you're coming from here.

Only ... God did not do that.

I'd just like to point out that we do agree on a lot, however I think a bit differently about what God's role in our everyday lives. If God hadn't wanted me to come to Him at the exact time that I did, then I wouldn't have. Granted I my own struggles, but if He hadn't shown me the way out I wouldn't have known where to start.

do not infer from that achievement that the teachings of that faith...would help other people

Again confusing of faith and religion. I'm not basing my ideals on any doctrine that didn't come directly from God. Literally look at the Bible and see. Also, I'm not the only one. There are many, many people who have similar testimonies that faith set them free.

interpretations from bigoted fundamentalists

Yeah gotta agree there. Fundamentalism is a whole 'nother ball game. Besides, when I said "religious nuts" I was talking about the same people. Potato, po-tah-to.

Some examples that are generally ignored by the bigots in daily live:

You shall not wear a garment made of two kinds of material.

No eating of shrimp, crab, lobster, pork, rabbit and other things like blood. No mixing of milk products and meat products - no cheeseburgers!

Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard

No work, travel, cooking, or business on the Sabbath

A lot of these are taken from the Old Testament. The garment one is symbolic of being double-minded, blood is sacred but God told Peter to take and eat anyway, hair cutting was a sectarian thing back then (I think it falls under traditions that are unique form culture to culture), and the Sabbath was made for man not man for the Sabbath.

plenty of naughty stuff in the Bible that is "approved"

Every sin can be forgiven (besides lying directly to God like He doesn't know your mind before you do). That doesn't mean that God approves of sin in any form.

Yet is alcohol forbidden in the Bible? No. It is not. Let that sink in.

In some cases it's even fine to get drunk. Something about letting a suffering man drink to ease his pain.

A. Damnation is not an empty threat. But if you're right with God it's not something you need to be afraid of.

B. Healthy sexuality is not evil. Porn is NOT healthy.

C. I'm not one of those religious nuts who go around knocking on peoples doors. Nobody's perfect, me included.

As a follower of Jesus I dislike when people twist faith into religion as well. Faith is free from fear and guilt. It's trusting God to protect and forgive. Religion is the ritual of going to church every Sunday and listening to a guy yell at you and tell you you're doomed. You are absolutely free to do as you please, but I've been very close to being addicted to porn and my warning stands. It WILL consume you and your future. If God hadn't helped me out I wouldn't be where I am today. Faith is freedom. 

If you'll excuse the assumption, I would say that you've been conditioned to believe that religion is the same as faith or that they're inseperable. I'm also going to guess you skimmed my comment, saw God and immediately decided I was wrong. The side of Christianity that you've seen is the side that gives God's followers a bad rap. 

It's worrying to me as well. Probably says something about the state of the world right now, don't you think?

You do have the right to do as you like, but at the same time it's wrong and eventually playing NFSW games will catch up with you. 

If you're reading this and about to reply angrily, wait. Keep reading. I genuinely hope you find peace. You're probably trying to fill a void that can't be filled this way. Go touch grass, meet more people and get out of your parent's basement. Responsibility isn't something to be afraid of, it's really freeing. Maybe you don't even know it, but everyone is reliant on something and sometimes that thing is a weight dragging you down. Think about what you want from real life and go get it. If you're not a total creep (or regardless), you'll find someone to fill that void.

God grant that this helps someone, and whoever you are I ask that He give you the means and motivation to be free.

Blessings to all and just remember that this applies to everyone. Creeps are people too.

I'm 100% a hobby dev. I have no payment configured on Itch, so you couldn't donate if you wanted to. I'm seriously casual, and have a real job instead of making money from my games.

The best features of my games are the solid mechanics. Tried-and-true or a little wacky, either way that game turned out exactly how I wanted it. I can't say my games look the nicest, but overall bugs are few and far between.

Hence my motto: "Esse quam videri." To be rather than to seem.

Hi,

I'm working on a pirate game using Kenney's asset pack. I'm looking for feedback relating to the shaders in these screenshots. if it's worth your time, please pick a favorite and comment it. Thanks!

UPBGE 2.5b. It's on my profile page.

#1, Free

#2, Makes the player feel in-control of their surroundings (whether or not this is true)

#3, Feedback for actions (screen shake, clean effects)

#4, Good storytelling, an unintrusive moral, or no story at all (like old-school fighting games such as Double Dragon).

Wait... Legit?? Blockbench can export usable 3d formats?

Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing. Blender is pretty minimalistic where graphics are concerned. I've have super large projects cause some trouble (130,000+ tris), but usually nothing more than a quick crash and a minute getting back the auto-save.

I'd be pretty careful with buying a computer for less than $100. For about $200 you can get a fairly nice used computer that'll last you at least the next 10 years. 

Intel i5, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB storage, and a 2-something Ghz processor are more than enough spec-wise to run almost any application and most game engines*. It's decent for gaming, just don't expect too much out of it. A lot of stuff on Steam won't run that well, but my specs are pretty close to these and I've rarely had trouble with an Itch game*.

*Unreal Engine is the exception.

A used 2012 Macbook Pro runs Blender Game Engine without much trouble. Same price as a low-end Chromebook. Blender is 600 MB for everything, and anything with 8 GB RAM can run Blender. Just don't buy new - old tech is cheaper and tends to run longer for it's age.

Maybe Blender 2.8-4.0 needs more power than that, but all the old stuff is free to download right on the website. And if you'd care to give it a shot, some of the older versions have a game engine built in (I noticed your previous posts looking for a game engine).

I've heard good things about Godot as an engine, but idk about size.

https://lowkeydev.itch.io/kennyshipgame

Indiana Jones can't spell "Jehovah." Lol.

Don't forget "only the penitant man shall pass" and the "leap of faith."

Upvote: TouchingGrass Studios

Yeesh. Good for you dude.

UPBGE. Pretty old engine, but tutorials are abundant and it's 100% free and open source. If you have ANY prior coding experience (visual or script) it's a breeze to learn, and the only learning curve that I found was addons. The default game engine is good for starter games, but it's harder to get top-of-the-line results. With some community-created mods it's at least competitive with Unity (if not slightly better because who uses C#). It's no Unreal, but UPBGE is a great option for new devs who don't need all the features, and it's based on Blender so it's been around forever. Stability is something you might want to look into if you get an old version, so I'd recommend either 2.5b or the latest release.

Blender 2.79 is from 2017, and is still available for download. Might solve the whole stability thing.

Cute idea. I'm no expert but I like it. Would it be like a syndicate of indie devs that all agree to put their games on one system and then try to sell it on Amazon or something?

I'd say you want as little luck as possible. Maybe a shoot-em-up or Street Fighter type? You could also try emulating simple games like Just Shapes and Beats, Pong (Check out my Pong-based game here https://lowkeydev.itch.io/3d-pong), or 2d top-down driving games. Many Galaga clones have kept old-school gamers coming back for years, but are a bit cliched in my opinion. Didn't stop me from making one (https://lowkeydev.itch.io/gradius-plus), but still.

Personally I like the retro art and gameplay style a lot, but that doesn't work for everything. Overall tips for short games:

Think about past-present-future. Play on something your audience already knows is a good idea and will click on when they see it in the search results, make the player feedback and pacing of the game satisfying, and think about replayability features that will get your audience coming back for more, for example a high-score mode or a speedrun timer.

Okay, as someone who's not usually a fan of this type of game it still looks really good. For future reference it's required you refer to the first section as "the Beanrooms".

https://lowkeydev.itch.io/airlock

Somebody, somewhere, PLEASE speedrun this!!!!

Hold that thought...

I kinda hate how little control you have over your character, but I guess that's the point. Great for speedrunners, terrible for new players.

I had a great time playing this game, but I do have a bug report for you. On the HTML embedded version, in fullscreen, the left and right edges are cut off. I can't see where the player spawns or where the flag is. I'm using Firefox as my browser and I've had it before where games don't like Firefox very well so I wouldn't be surprised if that was the problem. If that's not it, I'm playing in 720x1080.

Oh, great job on that one level where you can accidentally touch the flag while trying to pick up one of the cookies.

7 points, 23 deaths.

What game is this? 

https://lowkeydev.itch.io/labyrinth

No problem! I appreciate your responsiveness and willingness to improve. Best wishes in future debugging!

P.S, if it's possible to check the player's resolution, would it also be possible to make the screen go up by that amount? For example, x resolution is 1080 px and the wallpaper starts at the bottom. Move it up by 1080 px and it will have cleared the screen. If you have a set animation, see if you can amplify (multiply) it by the resolution to make it dynamic for each system. I'm not sure what engine/language you're using, but hopefully this can help.

Yeah, I kinda agree. I'll look into the saturation values and improving the lighting. Edge highlights are a good idea but I think it's outside of Blender's capabilities. The lighting was a bit rushed, so if I get to it I'll try to improve that.

Thanks so much for the feedback!

Yeah, I was in fullscreen. I think my max resolution is 720x1080.

I'd believe that. Additionally, I won't judge you if you choose not to fix it. I've seen it before where it was a problem of Firefox handling the code differently than other browsers. Just making sure you're aware of the issue so you can choose to fix or warn people or whatever you choose to do with the information.

As cool as this is, I'm not quite sure how to play. What am I even supposed to do here? Just restart 100 times and hope it fixes itself?

Maybe a little unintentional glitch...

I can't see all of my screen. The bottom part is bugged out (no pun intended) and I can't scroll or go fullscreen.

Also might want to mention that it only runs at like 5 FPS.

Sweet! I got stuck on my run though. Great concept, 5* game.

The screen flip is REALLY disorienting. Incredible game, it fit the theme perfectly.

https://lowkeydev.itch.io/airlock