Marketing on Zero Budget by enefi in gamedev

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Solid tips. I don't particularly like Discord, but I can see how those mentioned approaches like giveaways and minigames can get people in and interested long(er) term.

A Love Letter to Level Editors by enefi in gamedev

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It's sad new AAA games almost stopped doing editors / mod support. I can only think of Valve and to some extend Blizzard (custom games in Overwatch).

Why Do So Many Games Have Tanks, Healers and DPS? by enefi in gamedev

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Thanks, that makes sense. I play games like GTA5, Civ6, Minecraft, Borderlands, and such. I don't think the holy trinity is very represented in those.

Why Do So Many Games Have Tanks, Healers and DPS? by enefi in gamedev

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DPS is from "damage per second" (most important stat of that role), aka DD = "damage dealer", sometimes just referred to as "dmg" or "damage". It's a role that focuses on bringing health of enemies down, killing them.

Just to clarify, holy trinity is not only used in RPGs. For example it's used in Overwatch which is a hero shooter - a multiplayer team PvP (player vs player) game with heroes (classes) without any progression giving you power (no increasing stats or more and more powerful items) and virtually no story.

Why Do So Many Games Have Tanks, Healers and DPS? by enefi in gamedev

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I don't believe in RPGs, and only clicked to find out what a 'DPS' is. He didn't reveal that in the first few minutes.

How to MAKE A GAME with NO EXPERIENCE - 6 Steps to Start Game Development from Scratch in 2020 by enefi in gamedev

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Solid tips. If you are on Linux I would recommend starting with Godot (at least for small 2D things, editor is more polished compared to Unity).

MAKING A GAME IN 10 MINUTES!! by enefi in gamedev

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That's impressive, it would take me at least several times longer. I am obviously not a game jam material :D.