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What do you all think about graphics like this?

https://3dkyle.itch.io/security-booth-directors-cut

It's true, though. What we think would look good might not be your style. IMO, if you find a style you like, run with it.

Let me play newbie again for just a moment...

Okay. I'm all alone in Godot VR, and Unity seems to be more and more of a joke. I mean no disrespect, I used to love Unity, but they changed so much, I can't even implement Unity Ads into games anymore? Plus, learning Unity Ads from the last time I looked was behind a paywall.

So... I guess I can try building PC games or Android with Godot, and Android sounds better as my assets are typically not very high poly... Now, it would be fun and all if I understood anything about the Admob plugins. There are four different ones? I tried one, and got this lovely screen.

I have no idea as to why there are so many toggles here on this test screen, or what it does? I was hoping to just implement rewarded video ads. Can anyone please explain a little of what I'm doing, or to a nice tut?

cybereality This stylization of early 3D games has its fans.
I think this is just one of the forms of graphic style.

Yeah, the original Assassin's Creed still has good graphics. I think around then, like Xbox 360 was the peak of gaming. You had games like Fight Night, Assassin's Creed, Modern Warfare, Bioshock, Mirror's Edge, etc. All those games still look good today. And the gameplay itself is not dated, they are all still good, even better than some newer games. So I would be happy with that quality. I guess my issue is I don't have 5 years to work on an indie game. I'd like to ship something with the stable release of Godot 4.0, so I want to scope something that can be completed in 1 year. Which means I will either have to make it a small area (like say one house, something like Resident Evil or Gone Home) or an open world with retro 3D graphics (like GTA 2 or similar PS1 games). But the idea is that I would work on smaller 6 month to 1 year max projects, not invest everything in some 5 year epic game.

cybereality Have you already had completed projects?

Slava Have you already had completed projects?

Yeah, I've worked of dozens of games, maybe as many as 100 over the last 20 years. I don't really remember actually. Probably the biggest one was a Batman game for Cartoon Network, this was back when Flash was big. Most of my games were 2D Flash, I've only been doing 3D as a hobby. But my recent work is here.

https://cybereality.itch.io/

Nerdzmasterz Now, it would be fun and all if I understood anything about the Admob plugins. There are four different ones? I tried one, and got this lovely screen.

Admob and Godot seems tricky - we’ve had dozens of posts over the years with people having issues.

I wonder if the easiest way to use Admob is using a C# library - but I have no idea how doable it is… I do not have an Android device (and not making mobile stuff at the moment) so I have not needed to investigate.

cybereality This is a very serious experience. Have you worked in teams before?

Slava This is a very serious experience. Have you worked in teams before?

Yeah, for most of my career I was working on small teams. Usually I was the only programmer, then someone else did the art, graphic design, music, etc. I did go to art school, so I know a bit, but my code is way better than my art. I just like working solo, though, or maybe I will hire freelancers. I don't like just working for companies.

Gowydot There are followers on this PS1 style but I think it's limited to creepy horror genre and within small area.

Yeah, I've noticed that. Like the Haunted PSX Disc and stuff like that. It's very popular on Itch, well horror games in general seem to do well there, and the PSX style has been popular recently. I have a few story ideas, but one of them has some psychological horror aspects, so it wouldn't be too far from what is selling.

cybereality Yes, I understand that working in a company sets limits.
The ps1 style fits well in the case of a single developer. I agree with Gowydot, horror is the most relevant genre in the style of ps1. Sometimes clumsy graphics give the desired effect in perception.

The scariest thing about this article is how much the quotes sound like recovering addicts. "I've learned my lesson. I'm never doing that stuff again."

Yeah, it's a huge problem. I actually don't play free-to-play games at all. If I see that listed, I won't even download and waste my time and money. It's just not worth it. This comes from someone who used to play Counter-Strike (though it was free back then). I must have spent at least like 8 hour a day in that game for like 8 years. I wasted my youth. Much rather pay $30 and play a game for 8 hours, and then get on with my life.

I've also seen the other end as a game developer. One studio I worked at, we released this free-to-play mobile dog game. I guess it was like Nintendogs (around that same time) and you just had a cartoon house and pet the dog, or whatever. The first weekend we launched, someone spent $1,200 USD on dog bones. On a free iPhone game. I don't think you could even use that many bones, the way the timer in the game worked, it didn't make sense. These people have like gambling addictions or something, there is no logical reason to spend over a grand in 2 days on some cheesy dog game. I mean, you could buy a real dog for that money. Or take a trip to Europe, or so many other worthwhile things. I don't know.

Also, game preservation. You can still buy old working consoles, even back to like Atari. Though there are some legal gray areas, emulation is still huge, and you can play almost ever single player game that ever came out on consoles (up to maybe PS2/Xbox, newer than that is kind of glitchy). The best handhelds are from Anbernic, you can find them on eBay and Amazon and Alibaba or wherever.

https://anbernic.com/

I have a few of them, this is my favorite, it can play anything PS1 and before (and I mean every single console and arcade game ever).

https://retrododo.com/rg351v/

And sadly, all the games they make now will be lost forever. Console games on disc may be safe, but many mobile and PC games require online services. Even single player games require Steam, Ubisoft Connect, Battlenet, etc. and the games will be dead if the servers are gone. It's really sad.

cybereality he says, getting on the forums every 30 minutes and helping countless people. <3

cybereality I hate those graphics. Unless maybe it's a game like Papers please or some silly simulation.

Nerdzmasterz Yes, but no one even has a thread titled VR except me. I'm all alone there.

1. Not quite right — one thread has its posts from other members.
2. The topics are very narrow and specific.

For example I don't do a VR course and am mainly interested in 3D, which is only part of VR. And as you can see, on VR in general, there are a lot of answers here

You could open a new, more general topic or rename one of the old ones.

cybereality What do you all think about graphics like this?

If you like the graphics, it makes sense to do and see how much demand there is for it.