I Guess I'm a Game Dev Now!

I'm a real game developer now!
Wishlist Jump Dash Soar on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/22...
Jump Dash Soar KZbin Channel:
/ @jumpdashsoar

[@guyfawkes8873]

M8 you changed monitor testing. Let’s just be honest here, despite the lack of reviews, you’re one of the most influential reviewers on KZbin lol. You deserve credit and a career ;)

[@ApertureGrille]

Thank you! That gamma corrected LCD testing is now almost standard is super awesome and makes me feel great.

[@akkkarinn]

You got my total support. Hope you'll be able to return to the monitor reviews soon. Also, the game looks fun, I'll definitely get it. Cheers!

[@ApertureGrille]

Thank you so much!

[@ShankMods]

KZbin is a passion project and a marathon of a grind. Your videos are killer. Keep em coming, and continue to refine your craft with each one.

[@superbro6413]

Your monitor reviews are excellent, and your greater deep dives into display technology I find incredibly insightful. Here's hoping that engaging the algorithm will allow others to learn about this wonderful channel. Thank you, and enjoy your December!

[@ApertureGrille]

Thank you!

[@cabby.]

This is really awesome. I've been a big fan of yours for over a year now and always reference your videos when someone asks me about monitor related stuff. You make some incredibly in depth and detailed reviews and other content that I know myself and others really appreciate. I've learned a lot from your videos and as a fellow CRT head (which unfortunately all my CRTs need fixing) I am completely in the same boat as you about waiting or wanting a monitor technology that truly surpasses CRTs lol. Obviously some of them have come close or even better in some ways but it still sucks that even the best 240hz panels and 360hz models all feel significantly worse than a 160hz CRT (or in my case, 200hz) For what it's worth, I will be buying the game (even if I don't know if I'll play it) and I would absolutely try to support you through Patreon should you open one up. I understand that from a business perspective, sending monitors to someone who is actually very in depth and critical isn't really great, but if they were to listen to feedback it would be cool. Obviously from a consumer standpoint it's incredible. Thanks for all your good work and I hope to see you making monitor reviews soon.

[@ApertureGrille]

Thank you! I might do the Patreon thing, but I seriously feel bad about asking for support without giving something of value right back. Strobing has been neglected recently, but there have been improvements in LCD tech. ASUS's new PG27AQN seems like it has pretty incredible response times, and as refresh rates keep getting higher and higher, sample and hold times start coming down as well. But it's still pretty shocking to play something on a CRT if you're used to LCDs... you no longer have to kind of defocus your eyes while you're turning the camera.

[@Smidgemax]

@@ApertureGrille In my eyes you've already provided something of value. I've learned a lot from your videos. Definitely picking this game up. 👌

[@astreakaito5625]

Just a suggestion but, you don't need to buy monitors to make content, you could simply discuss display news, makes vids about things like motion blur/BFI, how to eliminate it, why it's even happening etc, those are sorely needed because most people don't even realize why their monitor is so blurry, much less know about the way to fix this with strobing. Your video about lag was also excellent, and I'm sure there's plenty more similar stuff you can make videos about. Like gushing about CRTs again, go in depth about why they look and feel the way they do, etc. You have an unique perspective on this sort of stuff and I think that's valuable. It is to me, anyway.

[@astreakaito5625]

Instantly wishlisted! and I better see "CRT monitor" in the recommended specs!

[@ApertureGrille]

Haha! I may put that in there. I actually spend a good chunk of time making sure the HUD worked properly for 4:3, not just 16:9 and ultra-wide. It's a little cramped, but it works!

[@NotLuaYT]

Your content looks so cool! Referencing the comment at the start of the video, I hope you end up making 6 figures as an engineer somewhere :)

[@brett20000000009]

First game dev with a deep understanding of motion? hype

[@astreakaito5625]

I wanted to learn how to do these insane Quake moves anyway so this is perfect. Will buy for sure, I really want you and your channel and even games to succeed.

[@ApertureGrille]

Awesome! Thank you! It's really fun to rocket jump around, and I think you can get something out of it even if you're not a Quake speedrunner.

[@alexz1232]

As a competitive TF2 player and long time viewer, a game based around movement mechanics is an insta-buy for me. Please throw up a Patreon, your technical and straightforward videos are worth funding 10x over. Not many people can claim they helped two major reviewers like Hardware Unboxed and rtings improve their testing methodology. Also, it wouldn't hurt to reach out to some retailers to see if temporary review samples are on the table. Worst they can do is say no, best case they say yes and you throw up some referral links.

[@ApertureGrille]

I think you'll like the movement! If you look at some of the videos I posted on the JDS channel, I'm showing off a bit, but you can really fly around the maps incredibly fast. I'm looking into the Patreon thing now! I just didn't expect people would be so generous, so I wanted to give back something fun for their dollars.

[@neppe4047]

​@@ApertureGrille I also recommend Patreon. there are some channels with surprisingly high patreon to subscriber ratios. idk how many people have bought the game so far (there are only 4 reviews atm) but either case it's not a recurring income, unlike Patreon.

[@ApertureGrille]

@@neppe4047 In hindsight, Patreon would have been waaaayyy smarter. If you want a copy of JDS, I can send you a steam key! I'm actually playing it right now on my CRT.

[@CooperativeGameplays]

You seem like a nice dude, i hope this video and your game gets blessed by the algorythm gods :)

[@LivasStudio]

Have of your steam reviews are vouching for how good your youtube channel is lol

[@ApertureGrille]

Haha. It was definitely a bit of a pivot from monitor reviewer to game dev.

[@AndreasZetterlund]

You could create a campaign on Lurkit to market your game with content creators for free (I'm a dev there). Best of luck! You make some great and detailed reviews. Hope you get the opportunity to do more of that. :-)

[@youssefatmane6321]

What a cool game ma, Jeep going !

[@musikalniyfanboichik]

Hey man, i work in gamedev and make games too, you've got my full support! Would love for you to make videos about gamedev. Upd: you've hooked me on your comment about unreal engine cause i work in it. What's your engine for this game?

[@ApertureGrille]

Nice! This is 4.27.2. I really love working with UE4. Almost every time I run into a problem or something interesting I'd like to do, I find something already built in that works. And since I'm not actually a programmer, blueprints are freaking awesome.

[@ajplays232]

i just wanted to let you know that i'm putting this on my christmas game on my christmas list because it looks awesome. thought it might be kinda cool for you knowing something you made is on someones christmas list! keep it up brother

[@ApertureGrille]

I really do appreciate it! I think you'll have a ton of fun rocket jumping around!

[@BeatByBit]

When I saw the title I was worried you'd quit monitor reviews all together 😀 Good to see you're going to keep making them. I'll buy the game just to support you!

[@ApertureGrille]

Haha, thank you! I want to keep up with the reviews since I loved doing them!

[@JohnSmith-qn3ob]

If you need an idea for content you can do the monitor test I asked about in your CRT video. You don't have to buy anything since you already have the CRTs. It's an easy way to make a video for free.

[@0mnis14sh]

Done and done. Love your content!

[@Internetzspacezshipz]

This is great! Gamedev is great fun!

[@Quick_Sa_Fugim]

I'm not into this genre but I will buy it to support the channel. Hope to see more of you soon, reviews and such. Cheers!

[@hektik27]

DOPE

[@visualdrone]

This game looks incredible. I love Quake, (and defrag) and I wasted way too much of my time in TF2 jump maps. Happy to see you're still around. Best of luck to you mate.

[@visualdrone]

Also, does this game have demo support?

[@ApertureGrille]

@@visualdrone If you're into DeFRaG, I think you'll like it. No demo support, but... I may be able to add it. imgur.com/J2bTD0A

[@Toopliss]

Looking forward to it.

[@volumeguy886]

Congrats, E!

[@thebytemaster927]

Looks like fun, wishlisted!

[@ApertureGrille]

Thank you! If you like to rocket jump, I think it's pretty entertaining.

[@alphatwink]

wishlisted 😇

[@3dfan797]

bought your game on sunday to support you, i havent played it jet but wanted to support you in a way, i remember your viewsonic XG270 review which in my opinion, beyond its helpfull technical info you provided, i also found it quite honest, transparent review. something that is rare to find on today many biased, businees oriented rather than educational - trasnparenlty informative oriented product reviews. i have read from some other comments from you that you have been trying to get a sample of the XG2431 from viewsonic to review it, and have been denieded to get it, i am not surprised why this viewsonic negative manner againts you: sure they got afraid of you with your honest, transparent XG270 review which is an inconvenient truth for their business tactics, so sure you just need to become a sellout as many others, tell viewsonic you will hide XG2431 flaws, specialy against CRT monitors from the public, bash and missinform about CRT monitors to the public and that way sure you will get your sample from viewsonic.

[@DavidKunttu]

Jump Dash Soar 2 when j/k good luck!

[@floodo1]

Yes plz, for vid about the engine

[@dynastes4938]

Your monitor reviews are amazing indeed. I have posted this previously, but I am using the Legion Y27-20 because of you and am highly satisfied with it. I also understand that you are part of the reason Hardware Unboxed evolved their monitor reviews in the direction they have? If so, your influence on Techtube has been much larger than the size of your channel would indicate. I would dare to compare it to what RocketJumpNinja has done for mouse reviews, only that monitors are much more technically advanced for obvious reasons. Anyway, it sounds like you have a problem that leads to you not being able to do a fulltime job (maybe a psychological one, seeing as I cannot see it being related to hard skills, obviously you are more than able to code and your engineering knowledge seems up there, too). I am sorry that is the case and I really hope our supports gets you on top of that KZbin game eventually. I am not a Quake player whatsoever, but I will purchase your game simply to see some more reviews of yours. Put a few of them up and I am optimistic about many more people subscribing. Best of luck to you!

[@ApertureGrille]

Thank you! I don't think I have any psychological problems, haha, but I really don't know how people find jobs. It seems like I'm unqualified for everything... I don't have three years of experience coding, I've never worked in engineering, so no experience there. Never worked in product design or technical marketing. My B.S. is in pure mathematics, which seems to be completely useless. First job I got after I finished my degree was stocking shelves overnight at a grocery store. I'd love to keep doing the KZbin thing with monitor reviews, but I'm also hoping that Jump Dash Soar will help fill out my job hunting portfolio =)

[@elisebright]

Hey, man, I know it's been a long time, but your videos have been highly influential for me in getting into finding out the major I want to get into. I know you don't upload as often nowadays but I definitely will give the game a try despite me being poor at these types of games nowadays. I do hope you're doing well in whatever ventures you're in now, even if you aren't going to do more monitor reviews due to varying circumstances since I understand it's expensive.

[@ApertureGrille]

That's awesome to hear! What major did you choose?

[@elisebright]

​@@ApertureGrille computer engineering, my uni allows me to specialize a bit into learning more on digital image processing though I admit I'm still a slow learner

[@ApertureGrille]

​@@elisebright I recently did a lot of work in Python, which was new to me, and I found it incredibly intuitive and powerful. Lots of great libraries for basically anything you'd want to do, even image processing. But it's definitely something I wish I'd learned in a more structured way in college. I think you'll do fine! And thank you for giving the game a try! It's actually now free on Steam, but it's a highly niche style made for Quake nerds, so no worries if it's not your thing.

[@MKR3238]

I wish monitor manufacturers would sample review units to you, you are on of THE best in that field 🤌

[@yosoy1loco]

Quake-boyo and misanthrope here! I subscribed to your channel some years ago when I put a new rig together and wanted to see what monitor I should buy. Your videos are so much better, especially in relation to the mainstream stuff out there, man. When you said that you do not make much money from that, I felt that. I know exactly what you mean. It may sound a bit cryptic, but quality is not what lets the world go round, convenience driven cogs are, mainly because there are to many of them. As long as you do not succumb to marketing, halftruthing in favor of complexity-reduction or superficiality, there is nothing wrong to push the right buttons. Of course it is always a path on the edge of corrupting one-self's ideals. Nevertheless, your game is as good as bought. Btw. I still don't have a new monitor, cause I wanted to buy one together with a new gpu and the gpu prices were so idiotic that I did not even thought about buying them, even though I had the money. Back then I was interested in a XG270, as I wanted a monitor to play at around 144hz with the option to either use an adaptive sync tech or a good backlight strobing. I think the market did not get much better in terms of the ladder, am I correct?. And now when prices begin to normalize even EVGA went out of GPU business - god damn I'm so damn pissed about all that shit. I hope you will be able to find your niche and do some good stuff, maybe you could find some other dude that is into shit and you make some collaboration. You need to look out for single people like RJN, Buildzoid, Chris from Battle(non)sense and such calibers. If I think about it, Tim from HWU was also kind of nerdy back then, so they "weeded out" some of his content from HWU into monitors unboxed. Maybe that is a door you could poke, so long you make sure that your methods and content stay within your control. All you need is a hook in order to be recognized by the algorithms once and then you need a good concept. Just think about the fact how many players DO NOT play above 60hz and don't know the difference of a real smooth gaming experience. I bet there are even people out there buying adaptive sync and a X hz Monitor without utilizing it. These people will rather play on 4k instead of realizing that gaming at 60hz sucks, especially if you have no other option like backlight strobing. I bet with enough editing-skills and a collab this could be a way to reach a broad audience.

[@ApertureGrille]

Thank you! When I started the channel, I was trying to avoid all the clickbait, like and subscribe stuff that's completely taken over KZbin, but outside of making me feel a little better, it only really hurt the channel. Lesson learned. I think I can keep the quality of the videos up but also make people interested in clicking on them in the first place. I hear you on the GPU side. I was expecting that with mining no longer profitable, we’d be seeing a ton of very cheap graphics cards hitting the used market, but that really hasn’t happened. You can still get a pretty good deal on a used 3060 Ti for around $300, but I was hoping for more. There’s a guy on reddit, RxBrad, that goes into detail about all the lost mining hashrate: www.reddit.com/r/EtherMining/comments/yspj5i/where_have_eth_miner_gone_8_weeks_after_the_merge/ They seem to be mostly holding onto them, which is bad for us. Other than the ViewSonic XG2431, backlight strobing has really been neglected, especially this last year. The KSF phosphor issue and a general lack of interest in strobing means that manufacturers almost have an incentive not to include it at all. I may be pessimistic, but I very much doubt we’re going to get any real effort put into strobing in the next few years. I see LCDs getting higher and higher refresh rates, which will definitely help. A 500 Hz monitor “only” has 2 ms of persistence blur, but that’s at least four times higher than a CRT. Maybe with AI framerate generation, these super high framerates will get us close enough to CRT clarity.

[@yosoy1loco]

@@ApertureGrille That is depressing to hear I wanted a 27 inch monitor, for that reason I did not put much attention to the XG 2431. Getting higher refreshrates instead of a sophisticated kind of backlight strobing may help with specific games, but overall you cannot play a lot of games in such high fps. It would be much cooler if they found a way to get adaptive sync tech and backlight strobing working at the same time like around 120hz. I feel that would be a much more satisfying experience than pumping fps into oblivion. I only know of one Asus monitor trying to do that, but in a bad way. Seems like we need to adapt :(( Maybe you can do a collabo with some fancyschmancy fitnessyoutuber and film how you mug some gpu-scalpers. That way you solve two problems: get a new card and a ton of views. Cheers.

[@daniyarassylbekov9854]

My man love ur content! Can you test effects of large vertical totals on motion clarity and input lag please 😅

[@ApertureGrille]

I think I can do it with the VG27AQ!

[@daniyarassylbekov9854]

@@ApertureGrille That would be great! Thank you!

[@Italian_Isaac_Clarke]

I'm watching this at 480p 85hz on my Philips 109p. It should be a 17 inches CRT. I've not used it in some time, and 480p makes the scanlines split and reveal a black grid which looks pretty cool.

[@ApertureGrille]

Nice! I can't believe Philips still has a product page up for that. Is the spec page correct? What refresh can you do at 1600x1200?

[@Italian_Isaac_Clarke]

@@ApertureGrille The normal max resolution is 1600x1200 @ 85hz. I basically never select that for many reasons, among which the longevity of the monitor. I play games at 1280x1024 @ 85hz on it. 1200p may as well be higher, but stuff still doesn't look pixel-sharp, not that different from 1024p. I take advantage of the lower resolution and CRT look to play RTX games, like the last Metro (I had to go low on my 1440p 144hz monitor with the resolution because I have a RTX 2070, the CRT instead let me keep the game almost to the max all the time and still hit 85 FPS most of the time). Now: the screen protection has been scratched up by the old owner, but you can't notice it during normal use, and you can see the metal mask used to make the picture sharper because on single-color tests you can see 2 thin shadow-lines separating the monitor in 3. Through my tests I managed to find out that the monitor can hit an absolute max of 110hz at very low resolutions (like, not over 600p? I can't remember that) while everything above will go no further than 100hz, hitting an hard stop when tl;dr the tube can't go that high with high resolutions. I am using the monitor right now at 480p just to amuse myself and LET ME TELL YOU using Windows 10 at 480p is CRAMPED AS HELL XD As a closure I want to say this: I first got a 710 years ago to use its VGA port. It worked really well, native, no problems. October 2021 GPUs up to the 900 family where dropped, so the 710 stopped working. DVI-D to VGA works well enough, but higher resolutions (1600x1200) give artifacts if you don't lower the hz because of the bottleneck that's the converter (green halos form around stuff). I tried a HDMI to VGA, but I swear that it was the worst adaptor ever. It just didn't work well at all. Now I have a DP to VGA. It's perfect! If I'm not wrong it fixed the halo thing and ALSO it's easier to plug and unplug, making the task a walk in the park when Windows (and the Nvidia software) recognize it as "Generic pnp". >>Now instead of having to unscrew the DVI-D, unplug it and hope that when I make contact again it doesn't make the life-saver (electricity stuff) trip I just have to use the Display Port and it's done in seconds! To be honest tho, my first advice to anyone wanting to get a CRT is: don't. I have 2 and I am a nut for stuff like this, but I am not blind to their shortcomings. You can afford to have such novelty items just if you have the space, threat them well and have enough knowledge about their upkeep.

[@ApertureGrille]

@@Italian_Isaac_Clarke I agree on the sharpness thing. I think I talked about that in my CRT video, but due to the electronics and the aperture grille, you don't really gain any sharpness from increasing resolution. You do get a nice anti-aliasing effect, but sharpness stops improving at 1280x960. Oh, yeah! The damping wires! Unfortunately, they're necessary for Trinitrons, but you can train your brain/eyes to ignore them after a while. Speaking of cramped: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqbYXpyvidiNqsk That's 640x480, and yes, it's a little hard to navigate in Windows. I get you! On the adapters, I like to check the HardForum FW900 thread to see what's working. Some of the cheaper ones show the green artifacting when pushing too far, but others can do 360 MHz, which is pretty close to what you'd get from analog out from a 980 Ti.

[@Italian_Isaac_Clarke]

@@ApertureGrille An option which will always remain is to get back to pre-october 2021 drivers to run a card like the 3090ti through a gt 710 to get a native VGA output XD

[@lycarix]

Any way we can donate to you directly without Steam taking a cut?

[@OCPyrit]

this

[@ApertureGrille]

Oh, wow. Thank you! I didn't actually expect people being so generous, so I was thinking that everyone would prefer to get a game in return. I've never set anything up like that before, so let me look into it!

[@OCPyrit]

@@ApertureGrille We expect monotor reviews in return lmao

[@creaturedanaaaaa]

sick

[@KneehighPark]

Hey Aperture Grille, (I don’t know your real name LOL) Hopefully you see this message, but if you ever want to chat about getting into video game development, please hit me up. I’m not a recruiter or anything, but I’ve been working as a software engineer in the industry for 2 years now, and I’d like to think some of the projects you’ve made (JDS, the input lag tester, etc.) could easily be spun into a portfolio for entry level jobs.

[@ApertureGrille]

Thank you! That was another part of why I wanted to get the game on Steam. Maybe I'm just terrible at job hunting, but I'm trying very hard to get noticed by really anybody. I'm giving out real "Senpai notice me" vibes. I might take you up on your offer.

[@KneehighPark]

@@ApertureGrille absolutely, reach out any time. I assume YT has some sort of private messaging system, but if it doesn't, we can always connect on Discord or Twitter

[@N0N0111]

When is the live stream competition of Jump Dash Soar?

[@ApertureGrille]

I'm hoping to get this in the hands of some Quake speedrunners pretty soon.

[@Sergeeeek]

This game looks awesome! Unfortunately I always sucked at bunny hopping :P I might buy it and try out once I have a computer again. I would love to see a video on how you made it. Especially how you got bunny hopping to be similar to quake (i assume). Did you copy quake's movement code? I'm working on a small game myself and getting the movement code right is real challenge for me lol

[@ApertureGrille]

What engine are you working with? Quake's strafe jumping is pretty complex; the optimal camera angle changes depending on how fast you're moving, and it's pretty hard for new players to learn. JDS uses a much simpler strafe jumping algorithm: as long as you're rotating the camera at 60 degrees per second while strafing, you'll build speed while in the air. That's easier for me to code, and also easier to learn (I hope!). But it was pretty hard to get it all working properly. The code for strafing, dashing, and jumping is pretty complex and was some of the most challenging stuff I did, but it paled in comparison to getting rebindable keys working :)

[@Sergeeeek]

@@ApertureGrille thanks for the answer! I'm using Godot 3, because it's very small and works well on my laptop with integrated graphics in Gles2 mode :)

[@finderOC]

Looks p cool

[@squipsquap7052]

Steam Workshop maps for this when?

[@teu009]

Here for The Algorithm

[@VladQuake]

is there circle jumping?

[@ApertureGrille]

Not exactly. You build speed while in the air + strafing, rather than building speed with the strafe before the jump. You can use the rocket sprint macro (or try to do it manually) to get a good initial speed boost and then use strafe jumping to keep building speed.

[@VladQuake]

@@ApertureGrille I tried CPM and strafe jumping in smooth frog, wasn't able to break the hopping speed limit. is the movement different in the game?

[@ApertureGrille]

@@VladQuake I've got a video here: www.aperturegrille.com/software/SmoothFrog/SmoothFrogStrafeJumping.mp4 It's a bit different from CPM or Quake1/3, since you don't build speed when landing. The smoother you can maintain that +- 60 degree rotation in the air, the more speed you'll build. You'll see the bar turn green when you're in the ballpark.

[@Golde2Good]

Won't steam take a massive cut from your earnings?

[@ApertureGrille]

30 Percent, but I think the larger audience is worth it.

[@Quick_Sa_Fugim]

Hey, I got it just to support you. I really really hope you can make it so you can review monitors for fun.

[@ApertureGrille]

Thank you so much!

[@Quick_Sa_Fugim]

@@ApertureGrille I think it must be my first ever game purchased when not on sale, lol I realy realy want for this to work out for you.