AFAIK it is a consensus within esports that randomness should be reduced? League of Legends has little RNG, Dota has more but both games employ rng smoothing algorithms (details for Dota, LoL). The rationale is that if there is randomness then random chance can easily determine the outcome of a match (instead of player skill) … Read more
So I don’t even know if this is the right community to ask (as I imagine it’s probably quite maths heavy) in but I figure it falls under the realm of game mechanics. I want to develop a game mechanic that utilises complex D&D style interactions but on another level from that, but I don’t … Read more
A lot of my play-testers miss the tutorial notifications in my game. The notifications fade into the screen and fade out after the player progresses away from where the tutorial was relevant. I’ve tried adding a moving gif (the little orange thing in picture below) but it still doesn’t draw enough attention. Could someone please … Read more
I’m trying to learn about applying agile methodologies to game development. But seems to be impossible to find real life examples. There seems to be plenty of material discussing how ‘in principle’ agile is applied to a game. But that is NOT what I am looking for. I have the Keith book. What I AMlooking … Read more
When a game is implemented with concurrency (as most games are), does this necessarily, by its very nature, introduce an element of randomness into the game that is outside of the players’ control? Note that when I use the word “random”, I’m not meaning to launch into a philosophical debate about the deterministic nature of … Read more
I have some DOT (damage over time) implementation problems. My game runs on 30 FPS speed. Current implementation is: let’s say the hero casts a spell which deals 1 damage per second. On every frame I do (pseudo code): damage_done = getRandomDamage() * delta_time; I accumulate damage and when it becomes more than 0, I … Read more
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question I have a lot of cubes in my game (2d squares) and I decided to add … Read more
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question I am creating a game in Unity that is really low poly and uses few resources … Read more
I’m a newbie in game design and gaming in general (Tetris, board games, this sort of things). But have observed that the elderly got very much engaged with bubble shooter and solitaires (quite different approaches). I’ve tried to look for something similar, and have tried to initiate some in these games, but nope, the shooter … Read more
I want this because I am making a game where you control a bunch of units, and each of them have different health and weapons. I want to make a weapon that deals damage to everybody on the enemy team, but to prevent spamming that unit it deals a specific damage type and each unit … Read more
