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▲ 0 r/gamedev

Best development environment for my game concept

Hey everyone,

I've been trying to get into game dev for awhile, and finally thought of a concept which I think will work well. I'm a senior app developer, mostly using swift/kotlin, but I'm experienced in C, C++, C#, Python, Java. I've played around with Godot, Unity and Unreal but never made anything too big in any of them.

I don't want to get too into the details but the general idea is

Game loop will be 1v1 or 2v2 PvP battles

I want to make the game for mobile, both iOS and Android

I will need a database of player data and to host the actual gameplay (which will be real-time not turn based)

I'm a solo dev and don't have money to invest in the project, so I need tools I can implement everything pretty much for free, and to have minimal costs hosting my servers

What are my best options for frontend / backend?

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u/Doophie — 10 days ago
🔥 Hot ▲ 8.4k r/aibeingstupid+2 crossposts

Asked google if my blue cheese was safe to eat, it told me that it was actually a rock

u/Doophie — 11 days ago
▲ 9 r/gaming

I made an old-school RPG themed android launcher

Hey everyone! Wanted to show off an android theme I made. Everything in the image opens a different app on my phone, the church lights turn on at night, the clock actually works, the animals wake up when their associated apps have notifications and its all animated!

It's a functional android home screen that looks like an old school RPG

u/Doophie — 18 days ago
▲ 43 r/googleplayconsole

After 9 months of continuous updates, I finally made a sale!

Been trying to constantly Improve my app and (unsuccessfully) market it - it's been extremely challenging to get users, but last night I finally got my first real sale!

Gives me some validation that my app isn't totally useless

u/Doophie — 19 days ago
▲ 2.4k r/MadeMeSmile

Someone purchased one of my apps

Made this app awhile back, didn't know how to advertise it and it never got any downloads. Was feeling a bit sad about it until today I noticed someone actually paid for it! It's not a lot but it felt like it was for nothing, so at least now I can feel like my effort wasn't a complete waste! Hope they are actually getting good use out of it :P

edit: Wow, I was not expecting this to blow up and this kind of attention, you guys are all so kind and generous. I went to bed last night with 4 downloads in disbelief that people were being so supportive. I just woke up and have over 40! I am about to cry, thank you all so much, I really hope you actually find the app useful and your kids enjoy it - I'd love to see some of the pictures your kids draw! Thank you all so much.

u/Doophie — 21 days ago
▲ 0 r/Android

Major update for my custom launcher app Scenic Launcher

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.doophie.sceniclauncher

Hey everyone!

I post a couple months back, and received a LOT of feedback on things I can improve with my app. I did my best to take it all in and improve based on it. I've redesigned a large part of my app and added many new features.

What my app does:

- Create a unique launcher by replacing all your app icons with images/gifs/sprites
- Create unique music players that change with playing music
- Change any image based on weather/battery/notifications

New features
- "Container" widgets can now be set to be 'private' or 'work' spaces to launch apps in different profiles
- GIF's and Sprite-sheets can be imported to animate widgets
- Several new built-in themes

I would love to keep improving on my app and am open to any feedback I can get!

Thanks a bunch for taking any time to read this

u/Doophie — 22 days ago
▲ 1 r/SuggestALaptop

Laptop Request - Work made new policies where I can no longer use my work laptop for personal use, so need to buy one, help me pick

  • Total budget: 1200 CAD (as low as possible though)
  • Are you open to refurbs/used? - Yes, assuming reliability
  • How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? - Performance > Build Quality > form factor > Battery Life
  • How important is weight and thinness to you?- not important
  • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.- 14' but im open to anything
  • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.- Programming (android studio) and some gaming
  • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?- SF6 to run smooth
  • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?- keyboard and large touchpad would be nice
  • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.- Looking to dual-boot mac and linux. Will use linux for programming and windows for some gaming.
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u/Doophie — 1 month ago
▲ 1 r/Parenting

Hey everyone!

I do my best to try and avoid all screen time as I don't want my kid to be hooked, but sometimes I get desperate. Specifically when I want to take my wife out to a nice dinner, or when we are shopping / walking around a mall.

I didn't want to just put her in front of a screen to watch mindless shows, so i decided to try writing an app which is basically just a sketching view, and locks her out of the rest of my phone. So all it is, is a blank white screen, and when shes moves her finger around it draws. I imagine it can't be much worse then just giving her a pen and paper, but I wanted to know what others thought. Is this kind of screen time "safe" for her? Or would letting her play with this kind of an app still get her "addicted" to screens and I should limit it as much as possible still?

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u/Doophie — 1 month ago
🔥 Hot ▲ 10.2k r/Derailedbydetails+2 crossposts

Lid was super tight and the container is super small, took so much force to get the lid off and when I finally did, saffron everywhere. The entire contents spilt out, I already picked up a bunch of it and put it back before getting the picture.

Edit: Woah, didn't expect this to blow up so much. Since you're all asking, I mentioned in a comment but the reason I'm opening it in bed is because my wife couldn't get in it open from how stuck it was so she brought it to me to help. She regretted asking for my help shortly after.

Also since so many people are looking at this I may as well turn it into an ad, help support me so I can buy my wife new saffron, if you have an android go download "Scenic Launcher"

u/Doophie — 1 month ago