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by arfur9
Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Where do you guys get most of your inspiration to make your games? Also what motivates you?
Replies: 6
Views: 2801

Re: Where do you guys get most of your inspiration to make your games? Also what motivates you?

I usually make projects to see what I'm capable of. It usually starts with a new discovery (like learning how to do networking) and then I think about how I can implement this new found knowledge into something "usable". Yeah I do that, I have a load of test projects, trying to combine th...
by arfur9
Sun Jan 08, 2023 10:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: Where do you guys get most of your inspiration to make your games? Also what motivates you?
Replies: 6
Views: 2801

Re: Where do you guys get most of your inspiration to make your games? Also what motivates you?

H.P Lovecraft's CommonPlace Book is a great source for ideas for adventure games, it has brief descriptive paragraphs with a story idea. https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Commonplace_Book There's a Flash game we did for a Lovecraft themed contest in 2007 called Handyman Wanted based on entry 135.. H...
by arfur9
Fri Dec 23, 2022 12:07 am
Forum: General
Topic: Are there any Love2D alternatives?
Replies: 15
Views: 11696

Re: Are there any Love2D alternatives?

Godot is very solid these days, plus its very easy to make a custom editor, RPG In A Box is a great example of what can be done expanding on Godot. If I remember right someone has done a lua extension along with the other 3? coding options I'm typically use engines but Love2D is a great framework an...
by arfur9
Wed Dec 21, 2022 4:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: What code editor do you use ?
Replies: 195
Views: 318229

Re: What code editor do you use ?

Well, if i understand correctly, VS doesn't have any love and lua support(at least good one) out of box, so you need install extensions. For lua in general: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sumneko.lua For love: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=lwz7512.love2d-m...
by arfur9
Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:40 pm
Forum: Libraries and Tools
Topic: Hardware Accelerated Raycaster
Replies: 12
Views: 15291

Re: Hardware Accelerated Raycaster

I've tested on a Ryzen 5 4000 series with 8gb ram and a gtx1650 4gb and it's running smoothly no matter what setting I use
usually if there's anything remotely taxing the fan kicks in and it didn't
by arfur9
Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:20 pm
Forum: Libraries and Tools
Topic: Hardware Accelerated Raycaster
Replies: 12
Views: 15291

Re: Hardware Accelerated Raycaster

It's looking very impressive, nicely done
There reason I looked at love2d was for a raycaster but as usually I've gone with what I know and I'm doing a Myst style game and a simple editor , the editor is c# but I discovered Slab last night so all Lua might be cool
keep up the good work!!