I Spent 6 Months Creating... Nothing!

[@Atrippyboy]

Possibly the most relatable video on KZbin?

[@bogdangontar8957]

This is very relatable, and not just to Dreams, but to any long term creative undertaking. One way of looking at it is through the lens of Flow theory. The trick, if there is one, is to find the balance between challenge and your skill level, while making sure you have tangible long and short-term goals, get constant and relevant feedback (i.e. you see your game progress). And most importantly, doing what you do for intrinsic reasons rather than extrinsic ones. If you want to be able to commit to something as complex as making a game for a long period of time, you have to be able to enjoy it, and that's where finding that balance between skills, challenge, goals and feedback really helps. But that, of course, is easier said than done

[@intrattackout]

Well said. Now you mention it, I've never burnt out during development of games where I genuinely felt that flow state. Usually only afterwards, when trying to do something else without the same drive. The hard part is figuring out in the moment whether a project fits the criteria. I usually end up arguing with myself, which gets me nowhere of course because I'll find some way to justify it. Difficult but I hope to get better at this whole thing!

[@Kameo101]

I am and have been goijg through the turning off and on dreams, I rarely add anything when I get on

[@jaavaa-javiermartin]

Keep going mate. I understand how you've come to feel. I started from your base fps puppet to use in my dream that I haven't published yet. I learned a lot of things by watching how you built it and made some modifications to adapt it to the style of my game. It took months of work to get what I needed, logic is not my strong point. I feel more comfortable in the design and creation of levels, gameplay and story. I have done 90% of the entire game and had the collaboration of 2 collaborators and friends for the creation of assets and everything related to voice acting.

[@jaavaa-javiermartin]

I would have liked to have a collaborator like you for the logic of your puppet and an animation specialist, so that everything would be even better. Anyway I am very happy with the result and now I am waiting for the new update of the stickers, to be able to include them. The game is already finished, there is a demo, created for DreamsCom available with the intro and the first 2 scenes. If you want to take a look at it, it's called EPSILUM. Thank you for your contributions to the community.

[@hsancv132]

This video is so relatable

[@Kameo101]

I love your video style so much! Really missed you welcome back

[@intrattackout]

Thank you! Happy to know I haven't been entirely forgotten 😂

[@ThatDodoYouSaw]

This explains me with dreams really well, lol. I just can't play any other game due to dreams. But I get frustrating burnouts way too often. (I guess I may as well put all of your video in this comment Lol!)

[@intrattackout]

Haha annoying right? I wish there was a way to directly resolve it instead of just waiting until it suddenly disappears.

[@ThatDodoYouSaw]

@@intrattackout Yep, very annoying!

[@rfff_dgdt]

Average dreams moment

[@rabrit]

Good to see your back at it! I definitely take breaks from Dreams due to burnout. I feel defeated when my project goes nowhere or just spirals into something that I didn't really want. I barley plan my projects and usually start off with a small idea or vision. When I come back to it later, it's often better than I remember and create something even better than expected. Great memory capsule for sure. 🤘

[@Kameo101]

The mech game actually looks fun though

[@verycoolpotato]

Can you make a video about what you learned about third person rigs in dreams. Tight third person action games are the one thing in dreams i just cant figure out. Your game seems to have very good mechanics

[@intrattackout]

Third person rigs are definitely more difficult than FPS, yeah. I recommend experimenting with Tapgiles' third person camera. Having direct signals you can use and a camera to animate around is necessary! Most important is to give the puppet high acceleration so it's responsive, but a lot of that 'tight' feel in combat comes from hit feedback (my R&C and Uncharted video both go into that). Might do a video on Dreams TPS in the future, but first I want to at least release one such game!

[@jordanchedges]

Scrapped work is always time well spent. Keep up the good work! If you're ever in the mood to take on something smaller, my game is always open to collaborators. It really needs an aim-assist system 😅I have a Discord with a Quest Board of smaller tasks that I haven't gotten around to or can't figure out that any collaborator is welcome to take on.

[@snavelaer]

Hey Gozer hier de Snavelaer! Ik wist dat ik geabonneerd was op jouw kanaal maar ik zag nooit meer video's. Ik wil in Dreams eigenlijk ook altijd wel een FPS maken rond de tweede wereldoorlog. Uiteraard veel te ambitieus. Het moet een soort Brother in Arms zijn maar wel met voortuigen als in Battlefield maar ook de vrijheid van een Operation Flashpoint. Makkie toch!? Natuurlijk ook met destructie en bla bla bla. Wel dat is de Droom. ....Jouw verhaal in dit filmpje is de story of my life. Er komt doorgaans niks uit mijn klauwen. Ik dacht ik moet het simpel houden. We beginnen met een soort Wolfenstein 3d achtige shooter. Leuk met de nieuwe vlakke fleck die toen kwam. Ik raak vaak de draad kwijt van mijn project kwijt. Verlies mezelf in allerlei trivialiteiten. Ben te perfectionistisch wat resulteerd in helemaal maar niet meer beginnen en of stoppen. Ga ook beren op de weg zien. Ik bedoel van de audio in Dreams begrijp ik geen ene bal. Hoe dan ook, ik hoop dat ik ooit iets speelbaars kan maken want ik denk dat het gebrek in FPS games in Dreams een probleem is. Of eigenlijk gewelddadige games. Dat zou wellicht een hoop spelers naar Dreams lokken. Ik vecht al heel mijn leven tegen dit maar ik blijf vechten en dromen.

[@intrattackout]

Feel ya! Ik ben grote voorstander van meer FPS in Dreams, maar er zijn sowieso flink wat hobbels om te doorstaan voordat je een volledige game hebt. Een goede visie hebben is het belangrijkste denk ik. Des te beter je weet wat je wil, des te eerder je kan bepalen of het ook haalbaar is. Maarja, ik heb ook belachelijk veel uren rondgedwaald.

[@ΠαύλοςΚ-θ9ζ]

I think you should collaborate with other people on Dreams focusing on what you are good at. I find myself more committed when surrounded by people with whom I share a goal. I think this is where Dreams failed, it failed to bring people togeter.

[@intrattackout]

True, Dreams remains a very isolated experience. I definitely plan to collab more in the future, though from experience so far it can also have its issues associated with it. Let's just say I'll choose my collaborators carefully haha

[@ASTERisk44946]

@@intrattackout plz help me with my level

[@patrickmwamba5328]

The open world game looks really good tho

[@nynx8269]

you could make is a realistic vr fps, full body with ik arms, and weapon interactions?

[@intrattackout]

I have some small VR projects in mind, but for anything truly next level I'll most likely wait for PSVR2. PSVR1 is just too outdated.

[@nynx8269]

@@intrattackout might as well do them now, if psvr 2 comes out dreams have to update and ps5 dreams isn't even out and would take time so I don't think psvr 2 support is coming out soon either

[@nemesis021]

i hope you’re doing well and I know this isn’t the perfect time to ask but I can’t find it anywhere and I can’t figure it out myself. I’m trying to make a directional damage indicator, basically an arrow that points toward the damage source, kinda like in call of duty. I know this is possible since in the vr demo they had a thing that points to something you’re supposed to look at. If you know how to do this please tell me in the comments or contact me in discord. Thanks alot.👍

[@pheel7142]

Maybe surround your player with a trigger zone that plays an arrow animation when activated by an enemy projectile?

[@nemesis021]

@@pheel7142 I already tried that and it works fine enough but most of the time it doesn’t really help because it shows only in 4 directions. There really seems like no way to do this unless I do like a titanfall 2 style where I have an arrow that’s in game and it points to the direction the damage source. But I admit that type of thing is completely out of my skills. But I have been trying this where since u can make a wiper point to something maybe I could make it work somehow?

[@pheel7142]

@@nemesis021 I only do a bit of sculpting here and there to be honest, so logic and all that is beyond me at the moment.. my suggestion was just something that felt plausible.. actually glad that works lol.. is there some way you can duplicate the 4 directions and rotate it to make 8?

[@nemesis021]

@@pheel7142 I could make the 4 zones overlap so that 2 arrows could be shown at the same time and hope the player would figure it out. Or I could do some more logic to make it show an arrow tilted at a 45 degree angle. Good to know that you sculpt a lot since I’m more of a gameplay designer. Would rather to make fun scenarios than try to model anything because I am absolute shit at it.

[@pheel7142]

@@nemesis021 Can’t you just surround your player with 8/12 trigger zones and use paint mode to paint an arrow for each direction?

[@ASTERisk44946]

@Intrattackout can you help me make a level in my new game