Programming Gymnastics and Restaurants!

[@JonasTyroller]

Great progress. The city simulation is already quite satisfying to observe. Super surprised how well the animations turned out so far.

[@ThinMatrix]

Thanks Jonas :)

[@paliszarok]

sup jonas

[@darkcognitive]

Have you released your demonic snail game yet Jonas?

[@barraged999]

I’m not gonna lie to you ThinMatrix, I get so pumped when I see your dev logs pop up. Super high quality and entertaining videos, keep up to great work!!

[@domvinyard1133]

He’s the best, isn’t he

[@aw1lt]

@@domvinyard1133 fuuuuuuuck dud i love this guys devlogs. hes the best.

[@Danidev]

Glad to see you back! Love the new animations, looks really smooth

[@MrChick1984]

Can you create a city simulation game like Sim City in a week, or you can't do that? :)

[@manasnagelia]

Why don't try to make your own game engine (or you can't do that?)

[@zipxyy]

can people not reply or you can’t do that? (or you can’t do that?)

[@manasnagelia]

@@zipxyy You're also replying "you can't do that"

[@zipxyy]

@@manasnagelia r/woosh

[@TheCherno]

Welcome back! Glad you're better, glad to see progress!

[@ThinMatrix]

Thanks!

[@thecrazzxz3383]

Omg the cherno

[@justsomenamelesssoul8097]

And I still didn't learn C++ 😂

[@randyprime]

BACK IN ACTION BAYBEEE

[@begga9682]

BIG RANDO

[@DevDuck]

I love the little POI's you've developed for your destinations - adds so much personality to both the characters and the locations! My imagination started wandering as I was watching - do you have any plans for a day/night cycle? I imagine the city lit up and night would be a really pleasant sight. Inspiring work as always!

[@modsbymorgue7808]

If he adds day cycles the possibilities are endless. Entities could have time based jobs, work routes, etc. where they travel to a certain building and go inside for n hours. Night cycle with a cozy dim ambience, and maybe slightly altered behaviors would be amazing (less cars, entities going into their home for the night, etc.)

[@ThinMatrix]

Thanks! And yes definitely, I'll be adding day/night cycles at some point :)

[@HectorGama94]

make crime algorithm run at night

[@txe1nd]

Wow I’m sub to both of you keep on doing good with your game Dolphin and city game :)

[@matt_huesman]

I’m glad your health is improving, keep up the amazing work, and I can’t wait to play this awesome game!

[@PolyMars]

so happy you're back! I love the animations, they add so much life to the simulation

[@dorkle9085]

Love your channel

[@Jabrils]

Glad you're back Thin. However i must say i am upset that your citizens can do more pull ups than I can 😅

[@ThinMatrix]

And they don't even have arms ;)

[@Jabrils]

@@ThinMatrix 🥴

[@hajji384]

🤩 jabril

[@justsomenamelesssoul8097]

Thin Matrix connected all of you bois

[@PKMartin]

I was just thinking yesterday "Haven't seen a ThinMatrix video in a while, hope he's OK". Always good to see one of your videos appear!

[@codeslasher]

I did that as well yesterday! I've been checking for weeks, started to get worried there..... So glad he is ok.

[@euqns]

Me too but I think that's probably because the youtube algorithm decided to show us old ThinMatrix video on our home page when this video was uploaded and scheduled for today. So we all thought "I wonder what he is doing rn...".

[@HazStepFTW]

Me too!

[@olivander5171]

same, i was speedrunning his opengl stuff yesterday and then i thought: "damn his last video was a long time ago.. i hope nothing happened." i almost thought "hey maybe he found another passion and is just gonna leave this one as is, yk"

[@MrAndrius12]

Literally my thought now.

[@manfrombritain6816]

"a pub with a beer garden at the back" *cries happy British tears* Welcome back, glad you're well. Your vids inspired me so much to become a better, more elegant coder.

[@cedricluck]

I usually don't comment much YT videos, but I was really happy to see that you were back and that you are ok. I was kinda missing you. You're such an inspiration to me, as I am a developer too. Your project seems very ambitious, but I'm sure your gona make it. I'm already looking forward to seeing your next video.

[@CumuloWinter]

There's only two channels that I get really hyped when I see new videos, and when there's no new videos for a while I even go check the channel to see if I missed a new upload, the two are your channel and Sebastian Lague's. Thank you so much for the awesome content! You inspire me greatly in my own gamedev journey

[@NamePointer]

It's incredible how you always manage to get away with avoiding skeletal animations for your characters and use basic transformations instead. It already worked really well in Equilinox and it also seems to turn out really nice with this project! Also, it's great to see that you're back and well. I'm really amazed by the progress on the game, all these dynamic behaviors from the cars and people make the city look so alive! PS: Have you seen Randy's latest video? You've been "featured" in it ;)

[@AbhijeetDani_]

6:49 Yeah I do that too on restaurant tables when the waiter takes too long to get my food 😆Welcome back! Great progress on the animations and the use of behavior trees.

[@glo8516]

I really think that this activity sistem is something that not only makes the town feel alive, but also makes the player feel much more connected with their townsfolk, unlike simcity or cities skylines.

[@kirillvoloshin2065]

I have always been impressed with the quality and atmosphere of your content! When I started watching your videos, I knew almost nothing about programming, but about a month ago have made a pretty simple pathfinding project in another language. It just choses the shortest possible route to connect two elements (it tries to build a connection from an Object - key is the id of the current element, with arrays - ids of possible next elements coming directly after this one). It's only involves SVG, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and SQL (route data is saved into the Postgres database). Much love!

[@SilverlyBee]

It's looking really good! This part about the little people of the town having lives of their own kind of reminds me of Spellcaster University, it's basically a school builder and the students and teachers have lives of their own and go to the different rooms that you build to do their activities. Yours is really cute! Makes you imagine all the lives these little guys have

[@IAM-zp1di]

Good to see you again! The game looks great!

[@RealFreezd]

This is so cool and it already feels more personal than other city games.

[@jdh]

the return of the king 👑 glad you’re back!

[@artem_hilia]

You are one of those creators who motivates me after every single upload, seeing that clean and simple code amazes me! Great stuff and keep up doing great job, all the best!

[@memellis]

Great to see you are OK. I like the code segments you added to illustrate the added game mechanics.

[@Caphalem]

Really glad you're back! You may not be the most popular game devlogger out there but you're Very well known in the community and highly respected and appreciated by all :)

[@ManorLords]

This is absolutely stunning! Way more detailed than I thought you plan it be. The town really seems alive now.

[@Panuchka]

It is so relaxing to see people in the game do stuff that we used to do pre covid-19

[@theemeraldfalcon9184]

Glad to hear you're doing better! It's a great day when you upload!

[@DevDennis]

I love their invisible arms :D Great to have you back, the game looks better and better.

[@buckymoto]

Hey Thin, glad you're feeling better. I echo everyone's sentiments when we say we love your videos and it always excites me to see a new upload. Love the work and the explanation on some of the more technical things and how you go about accomplishing them. Looking forward to the next one and hope you continue to feel better so we can get more regular updates again!!

[@krowven]

I have been watching your work on your Trello board. Really inspiring stuff. I've always wondered what it would be like to make a city-builder from scratch. As others have mentioned seeing you work on this really makes your imagination go wild. I'm over here thinking about trains, and the different mechanisms you could add in. Economy from their jobs to: Home Improvement, Real Estate, Land Value, food tickets for businesses. Person can go to home improvement store to buy a new decoration/paint for their house where they have nodes on their house to place decorations. Decorations are random and/or based on what their neighbors have. You'd end up with a game where the buildings are truly unique. A game more about the people, and less about their mayor and his noisy blue bird.

[@whatunoaboutit]

Glad you are ok, prayers sent for you. You are such an inspiration.!!

[@Hydrozoa]

Making a city builder has been a dream of mine since I played simcity as a kid, decades ago. Unfortunately I don't think I'll ever succeed, due to career choices. However, your videos let me peek into the reality of making a city builder as an indie. Good on you, I wish you the best.

[@grahampvdm]

KZbin recommended the channel to me yesterday. This is absolutely fantastic and I cannot wait to see the final product! Keep up the awesome work. :D

[@RobLang]

The details of movement and animations add so much to the life of the people. Love your devlogs so much.

[@codeslasher]

YAY!!! I am so glad you are fine. I was getting concerned that you've been silent for so long. Thank God your health is improving, we will keep praying for you. Great video, Keep up the good work. You are very inspiring!

[@dancosmon]

Yay! Glad to hear that you're okay! All the best!

[@bookiemeow173]

I loved Equillinox and I think I am going to love this game even more! Great work!

[@XGamezOnlyX]

8:45 Thanks a ton for mentioning these easing functions - that's exactly what I needed for a problem I'm currently facing on my personal project! My UI panels move around when it's game over, but the movements were very jarring, y = x linear movements. You mentioning those functions led me to using the easeInOutSine function for a great, smooth result. For what it's worth, I'd very much appreciate more technical content in the future in these dev logs - they can be great for learning! Thanks for making them, regardless! :)

[@tarugoviajante2711]

omg i love every part of this game development

[@amisner2k]

Your dev logs are so wholesome and inspiring. I'm glad you're feeling better. I know many of your viewers would be perfectly content waiting years for a next video as they know your health and well being are what's truly important. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@stfm]

Looks great. All people walk alone. You might add a couple function, where two persons go for a walk, if that is not too complex to make.

[@rathorrath401]

I'm glad you're back man. Prayers for you.

[@GarGarGars]

This looks so great! Would love to see some people walk the dog into a park and see them play together. It would be very wholesome! :D

[@kylebanks]

Sorry to hear about the health troubles but hopefully that's all behind you now. Welcome back 🙌

[@megame_24]

I didn't even read the title or blink twice, I just jumped right into the video. Glad to see you back goat.

[@agileorangutan]

wow made me so happy to see you upload, glad your health is better and getting busy again. i used to watch your videos and wonder how someone could be so on to it with their life, eating healthy everyday, exercising and getting outside while also keeping motivated on your projects. and to see you not upload in a while was scary! excited to see what's to come!

[@muddasheep]

So glad to have you back, wish you all the best! Your devlogs are always an inspiration

[@sodagames4980]

This adds so much character for the people! I'm glad you're doing better!

[@dukereg]

I'm impressed by how productive you are given the circumstances, and also by how alive the community of little peg people seems to be at such an early stage of development.

[@AdriansNetlis]

Welcome back, ThinMatrix! It's been a while and I had already managed to forget how great it is to see you upload. Some of the most relaxing and also inspiring content on this platform. Keep up the great work and stay healthy! :)

[@mmenegali88]

I really like this idea you're developing. It'll be interesting to see, as more complex activities are implemented, what sort of emergent dynamics will come out of this.

[@peculiarPaladin]

I thought youtube was suggesting some old video of yours - then I saw the upload date and got super excited. Glad you're doing ok!

[@reginthesmith]

Your dev logs are seriously some of the best content on KZbin. Keep up the great work!!!

[@ssne_b]

Wow! The city is much more alive now and that's brilliant

[@squdioodellover2589]

This community is really wholesome. Keep up the nice spirit :)

[@CrazeIs1337]

Always love your dev logs! Glad to hear your health is top priority and that you're doing better.

[@evan_game_dev]

Dude, i almost screamed in excitement to see this video, I love it, man, keep up the great work

[@davidberry8275]

loved this video, the behaviour system looks to have been implemented really well, must be satisfying seeing some of the more complex behaviours becoming more visible after putting in so much work on the foundations.

[@MallCraze]

The new animations are so sweet! Very simple, yet they still give the people so much character.

[@Reiqy]

Your devlogs really are the best. The progress you make always fills me with inspiration and ideas.

[@colin87]

I'm glad your feeling better, keep up the good work!

[@lecirconflex]

Great video, good to have you back! Good health to you!

[@carlosgarciavigoa7937]

God Bless You! Welcome Back!

[@Draconicrose]

It's great to see you back and to know you're okay! Great progress on this one, the people look very cute going about their lives.

[@ISKLEMMI]

It's good to have you back! I'm glad you're doing better! Your project is looking nicer and nicer.

[@LordKosmux]

Nice to see you back! The game is going well, keep working!

[@brunoandradebr]

Your engine api is getting so clear and straight that I can feel your happiness pointing all possible features. so inspiring job!

[@nigelbarnes7904]

always a good day when ThinMatrix uploads

[@GoldenEvolution]

Super glad you're doing better! Awesome and chill devlog as per usual. Always love hearing your thought process behind your actions

[@reyariass]

I’m so glad you are back and I hope you keep getting better, please stay safe!

[@360McCarthy]

It's here! Awesome to see you back had been worried! Glad your health is improving and can't wait to see more!

[@Mystixor]

Glad to have you back, I love your projects and the videos around them and I wish you all the best health! You already went through so much and nobody deserves that

[@fuzzyvisions]

As many have said already. You are an inspiration to all of us indie devs. Glad you are back and healthy again. Good luck to your developing and we are all waiting to see how the game turns out.

[@erickgclaudino]

Man, you are a genious!!! At the same time is relaxing and inspiring to watch your devlogs. Hope you keep it going. Thumbs up from Brazil!

[@Ferenc-Racz]

Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:44 Look-back for v0.1: Roads & houses 01:01 Activity System 02:02 Moving within a tile / Building with nodes 03:08 Animation system 03:53 Small PUB: New house with multiple door (etry/exit point) 04:34 The concept of the Activity System (Restaurant) 05:15 Behaviour tree system (Going to restaurant) 06:44 Complex animations (with Behaviour tree system) 08:20 Using easing fuctions for animations 09:17 Closing words: The living city, Future plans

[@GamesBySaul]

Super glad to see that you are back! And really glad to hear about your health :) The animations and the activities are looking super clean, I imagine there is a lot you can do with them to make them more complex and advanced! Also this style of devlog was really quite interesting honestly, especially when you compared your work to Equillinox, it must be nice to see your growth! :D

[@ItsAllAboutTheAvs]

I'm so happy to see another video, it's just what I needed. Like a breath of fresh air. :) Glad to hear you're doing well, take care of yourself. Thanks for sharing your work!

[@armadillojoetodamax]

Was just thinking about your channel yesterday, checked and saw nothing new, very happy to see this today!

[@hcarrapico]

I is TOTALLY OK if you miss videos beacause you're taking care of yourself. Happy you're back

[@aleksandrivanov4345]

Hey there! Been missing your videos, thank you for finding time to make a new one, they are very motivating. You are incredibly talented, keep up the good work and stay healthy

[@LifeOfMohammed]

I have been watching you for years now my names Mohammed I got a new account within that time haha and from Socuwan to the tutorials to Equinox to City Builder I have always been so excited to see your devlogs literally makes my whole day and I am not doing much game dev atm as I work full time as a dev but its really cool u show of some technical areas and just overall amazing work man u are crushing it I hope one day you are at the top!

[@PianoMan333]

Haha I remember you always commenting on every Socuwan video

[@LifeOfMohammed]

@@PianoMan333 Lmaoooo small world man

[@simoncodrington]

Always excited to see these updates and how it's coming along. Always gives me more motivation for my own city builder :)

[@Husmanmusic]

Such a neat update and video! Love the progress and glad all is good with your health

[@navthenugget]

Welcome back! Glad you’re feeling better, take care!

[@henrydane6702]

its great to have you back -- glad you're ok -- looking forward to the next video!

[@skymer7471]

I really enjoy the calm tone you use :) It makes a really nice contrast with the regular content on ytb *SENDING YOU ALL MY LOVE*

[@MrOmega-cz9yo]

Glad to see you back! I always liked the way you build everything with your own game engine. Keep up the good work, and stay well!

[@willlucas5150]

Ohhh man Ive been waiting for this! Glad to see you back and hope you remain healthy! Health is #1 Love the updates to the game. looks really good

[@JohnMcChungus]

Those easing function are so cool, thanks for showing them off!

[@noahdorego6031]

High-quality content! It's really cool to see your game come along piece by piece. Great stuff!

[@TheDeathMongrel]

Best wishes. Glad to see you're still in the game. No pun intended. Well, maybe a little :)

[@Zagge]

Good to see that you're back in the game ThinMatrix! And how glad am I to hear that you're doing better again. Your devlogs are one of the most calming, entertaining and informative at the same time. I'm very interested to see where this game is going in the future.

[@JoelFunk]

So sorry to hear that you’ve been having health issues. Glad that you’re getting the care you need. Nice to see another devlog! The world is really coming alive now! Amazing as always!

[@none33pl]

Thanks man! It's great to see you back! Just take it easy, no pressure and have fun :)

[@rushmik]

So glad that you're sharing this fascinating process, thanks!

[@guillenoble]

This game is looking amazing. Keep on the hard work.

[@martjankoedam2204]

Good to see you're back! Take your time and don't rush yourself!

[@BeamNgPro]

It's amazing, your videos always give me inspiration to make my own projects. Keep it up! :D

[@LuxiusVT]

So glad to see you're back!

[@mcj1m_noonewillfindthis]

I'm glad to here you are doing better. I'll always wait patiently for your next devlog :)