What 3 months of nonstop game dev looks like

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[@duncanhobbs2213]

This is looking REALLY sick, congrats Ben! (also, lowkey shocked that you actually found a long-term project lmao)

[@jonoprest6901]

😄

[@duncanhobbs2213]

@@jonoprest6901 I see you too are a man of refined tastes :D

[@slime_stick]

@@duncanhobbs2213 what are you commenting about? He just smiled lol

[@universecode1101]

it's amazing how he manages to go from one project to another. He knows how to manage himself well

[@matteopepe28]

In terms of the battling. I'd recommend implementing a battle log to keep track of what each player did every turn. This can help new players learn about enemy strategies, and also let's you keep track of the moves that the enemy has done

[@Bluepaccao]

Plus it pays a homage to classic rpg games :')

[@frothylab]

Plus Ben can run a ML model on all the fights and become the meta

[@universecode1101]

cool stuff

[@isheanesunigelmisi8400]

This is like when someone ghosts you and you rush to see the first message they send you... We missed you

[@onleynin]

lmaoo

[@isheanesunigelmisi8400]

@@onleynin 😂 we're in pain

[@barj]

This looks awesome :0

[@nexxai]

Dude, I genuinely thought this channel was 100% satire until I saw this video. I'm so happy that you've found something you enjoy and it's looking slick as hell! Congratulations!

[@universecode1101]

if you see old projects he was different ahahahah

[@kireitonsi]

Same!

[@LanguageSimp]

Dude this is the coolest thing ever. I will be at the top of the Pvp ladder mark my words

[@kalahari8295]

😂 time shall tell

[@jupyter5k647]

You should have name the "container" which catches pets to something like "void box" to make it sound more cooler like "pokeball"

[@johnnysilverhand1532]

True I was thinking that Seize is a good one too.

[@universecode1101]

what a name pokeball ❤

[@alykam1b]

or call it a Div

[@abhiavasthi624]

@@alykam1b but then you don't know how to center it.

[@johnnysilverhand1532]

@@alykam1b Google : Don't fucking move.

[@musicmoi]

Watched this video and then instantly spent an hour on voidpets. Thanks for the hard work Ben and Linda!

[@OrenjiMochi]

What about calling the “containers” “bottles” instead? Ya know, like the phrase “bottle up your emotions”? Just a thought

[@jitpackjoyride]

ooh, I like this idea a lot

[@BC-hu6yq]

This is good

[@OrenjiMochi]

@@jitpackjoyride thanks Ajit!

[@OrenjiMochi]

@@BC-hu6yq Thanks, maybe Ben will consider this

[@ClubEditing]

ive loved watching your journey over the last few years, very glad you've landed on something you really enjoy and is working

[@jamesf720]

Congrats Ben, it's cool to see that you've found your passion and it's working out for you. I wish you and Linda the best of luck!

[@stacksmasherninja7266]

Really love the art style of this project. It's sensible enough, looks really clean and doesn't feel cheap like many other "first time games". Great job !

[@universecode1101]

very cool, keep pushing. it's amazing how you manage yourself during the process

[@aanchaladhikari4550]

Crazy how Ben can just build anything he thinks of in such a short span of time! I really need to up my game on being productive and working towards my goal.

[@joshpetit]

Hey man all with balance! Be productive but don't feel like you have to burn yourself out to meet an obscure standard

[@aanchaladhikari4550]

@@joshpetit got it 👍

[@skymer7471]

You don't HAVE TO be more "productive"... In the end, we are all gonna die, death will not care about your productivity lol .. just enjoy your life

[@universecode1101]

it's amazing how he manages to go from one project to another. He knows how to manage himself well

[@MrAwesomeTheAwesome]

This looks really cool! Appreciate your ethical approach to monetization and community feedback, and the intentional gameplay design decisions regarding combat. Wish more developers thought like you. At a glance, I see one relatively small improvement you could make that would improve the user experience in combat. Your animations remind me a lot of RPGMaker animations (in a good way, I might add), though they're missing the flash effect applied to the sprite at the climax of the animation. I believe it's done by additively blending the 'flash color' into the frag shader, similar to an emission value (or it might be interpolating between the texture color and the flash color? not sure, either way I'm sure you could manage it, I've been watching your videos for a while, haha). I might also say the effects could stand to be a little more centered on the sprites. What you've got so far looks really, really cool, and I'll definitely give it a shot. Best of luck, keep at it!

[@mdridoy-ef2pw]

From a dev's perspective, building web apps like this is very interesting. But as a gamer, I don't know why I would spend my time on a game like this.

[@freedrick5206]

right?

[@Skyre0]

😂

[@AppleGameification]

People play games like this, just not 'gamers'

[@nepila]

Yah, doesn't seem very fun. Only seems to be going on the meme/fanboy factor. Cool project otherwise.

[@promant6458]

Yeah, 'cause you're an adult. This game is clearly aimed for Tik-Tok-aged audience.

[@bojidaryovchev9995]

nice to see u happy with ur project Ben, best of luck

[@bautistabaiocchi-lora1339]

excited to see where this goes! you all are building fast as hell

[@AaronAsherRandall]

Hey there, Unity dev here. This is so impressive. After using Unity for a while, you get used to having a powerful toolbox that can just almost magically create different complex systems and components. It’s so impressive to see how people put together their own engine and logic using a mix of different software. Also, you kept mentioning “drawn in Figma”. Did you draw these graphics completely in Figma from zero? I use Figma for managing visual assets and for doing mock-ups for game mechanics, but I haven’t seen it used to create these kind of graphics before. Very cool!

[@VishnuASankaran]

I think the svgs were edited in figma

[@gamedevaki]

His business partner - Linda Shad is the artist! It's crazy how Figma can be use to create amazing linearts!

[@docmars]

This is super inspiring! Nice work Ben!

[@KevinNaughtonJr]

this is awesome Ben and Linda great work!!!

[@matthewkelly5099]

This is super cool! I will be invested in your progress from here on :)

[@v1d300]

Your designer is amazing!

[@SwimCraft]

I feel like this is every programmers dream project lmao. Being able to code an awesome game while having someone else take care of all the visuals/graphics. And you are able to monetize it

[@cozyrain410]

No, it's not. Game development is agonizing

[@questionmarkquestionmarkques]

@@cozyrain410 opinion

[@mjohnson2807]

@@cozyrain410 To each his own. The beauty of a free market, let those of us that enjoy it do it and love it. No need to try and ruin someone else's dream

[@chetan9533]

@@cozyrain410 everything becomes agonizing when there's a burden to get something done (doesn't matter if it's imposed by some authority or personal ambitions) and you know there will be bad consequences if it's not done. If not for this setup i think it's pretty fun to explore and see how far it can go, just for the sake of curiosity. But it's only possible if we are in a position where there's not much lost even if things don't work out 😅

[@pratikbhandari6679]

the use of color is so great man

[@GenericCat]

it'd be really cool if there was an artists element to it where people can create public emotions, could even set it so you can implement really good ones into the 'main' emotions! that way loads more emotions could be seen in the wild (:, same goes for areas/zones, there will be a lot of dedicated fans out there wanting to get involved in the artistic side of things so making the maps/quests and emotions modular in a way most people could get involved in addiing to the game would be interesting, it'd also make it easier for you to add content to the game too

[@Muslim_qui_doute]

use WASM for CPU intensive stuff, ( assemblyscript or rust ), and cache the pages, for faster page-load

[@mikealejandro3938]

Ben, amazing content as always man, you're such an inspiration for me, when it comes to software engineering development. And, i would love to ask you something, will you make another fullstack course like the other one you did where you used next, graphql, node etc ? I would even pay for that course

[@youngkastro]

This looks awesome, congrats 🍾

[@rezasalammohamareh4370]

looks great. I hope you talk about the stack you used for developing this in the next video.

[@finsflexin]

Can’t wait for the next video in a few years!

[@finsflexin]

@+①②⑥⑨⑨⓪⑥⑥⓪⑦⓪WhatsApp Man, it's almost like I don't know if you're a bot or not... LMAO... jk

[@chiefdan07]

These graphics are actually insane and look so good!

[@niko85ism]

Congratulations Ben! Game looks awesome!

[@patricia-sauer]

I really like that. Looks awesome!

[@jayskieeee]

i'm happy you've found a meaningful and sustainable project! :)

[@tapu_]

Now the servers will blow up into flames again

[@will_abule]

I love this project 🥺 💕

[@vasiovasio]

For only 3 months we must admit - Amazing result! Ben you show us how you are not just React Model with a fancy haircut!

[@userpiero5359]

Amazing and incredible

[@windubitably]

From business tie to Pokémon-plushie wall

[@wchorski]

the art style warms the hole where patapon has left

[@LanguageSimp]

Dude you have so many Pokemon plushies wtf I'm jealous

[@emmanuelhaankwenda9943]

Awesome update! Some suggestions, you should add sound effects, and maybe later on even narrated voices, the voice-overs in Genshin Impact Mobile are amazing!

[@felixc.programs8209]

Good video as always! Your advices is one of the main reasons I swapped to the tech industry and started a KZbin channel myself. That's it ,just thank you!

[@0xChijioke]

You are amazing, Ben.

[@sorrowseal]

Wow keep it up guys, game is looking great!

[@jamespearson380]

I've played it for a few hours and I like it, the only quality-of-life feature I'd like to see is an indicator on vivid encounters if I've already captured that combination as oppose to manually checking the log.

[@yashrajpal1343]

Guys can anyone tell me the tech stack this is built upon? I would love to see the code behind such an awesome app.

[@Laiteux]

Holy, that looks great!

[@taras_kulchytskyi]

Wow, great job, congratulations

[@tobiokandi]

can't help but feel we'll be crossing paths some day

[@Chyphix]

i know im not going to play this but its cool to see the progression

[@NateLevin]

I can't believe you are doing this all with SVG... I don't think I've ever seen a real web game not be implemented in Canvas/WebGL!

[@SeanGoresht]

Thanks for the technical breakdown of your SVG layering approach. Did you guys opt to user Greensock?

[@mikekrow]

what tech are you using on the back end for database and user authentication?

[@justinfleagle]

Can’t wait for the “why I left -“ video.

[@mikestaub]

This is the one Ben. This will be big.

[@natanmaia3575]

At first I thought these were NFT monsters from the other video, but seems it's just a straight up game, with optional skins to support the dev. Real cool, hope it turns out to be a fun game! I could see this being played at schools as flash games are now dead

[@novailoveyou]

Man.. it looks to me that this game is a pure and beautiful human expression in it's most honest form. I love it! Honestly wish I was a part of something like that, currently I build web apps for education, which maybe sounds cool but most of my colleagues run projects for money only and I'm sick of it. Anyways, huge props to you guys! Love the game!

[@vladmorevlad2232]

Hey Ben, awesome stuff. Do you write tests for the code?

[@NoC4k3]

This is exactly how i would imagine a game made by a frontend developer

[@o0QuAdSh0t0o]

That Pokémon plush collection is insane

[@cristianjordan6357]

I was trying to figure out why the game appealed to me as a Magic player, and I never stopped to think it was bc VP takes inspiration from it. You and Linda are killing it, Ben. I love the game

[@wfl-junior]

This looks awesome

[@ling636]

He is back !

[@Kerox1337]

2:37 shouldn't the smallest image have a lower z-index than the bigger one next to it?

[@artempar]

Ma Man! This is awesome!

[@MrJustJib]

Hey how did you get your app into the App Store if it’s a website?

[@yonihod199]

Looks awesome

[@navjotsingh2457]

Ty

[@DedicatedManagers]

Like others I would love to know the technologies you are using to build the game.

[@Jtarttonmymomma]

Pokémon combat is the most intricate out there tbh

[@mohamadybr]

Ben Awhile, We have missed you :)

[@cool_scatter]

You should call the containers compartments, because you compartmentalize feelings.

[@pamelahammer4937]

So sick!!

[@pauldesir3908]

Every good video game, needs good music 👌🏾. What are you gonna do for the tunes ?

[@franklinrodriguez5427]

i wish i can work in that project looks very cool.

[@yoJuicy]

So what's the stack? Next.js? Postgresql?

[@davidalvarez4803]

That's fucking sick dude, good luck!

[@cornheadahh]

this is lowkey poggers

[@alibaba1550]

0:35 the fact you continued your project means gunter’s spite is affecting you

[@thatprogrammersleigh8433]

For every sale Ben makes his hair grows a little longer

[@rorysandstrom6555]

Nice job Ben. Keep building cool shit.

[@flooooooooooooooooo]

Good job bro I hope I can become this good at coding one day

[@neelkumar6393]

Hey Ben, it’s really fun to watch you create something you love! If you ever need a mobile developer lmk! I do android and iOS :)

[@azatecas]

I can't believe someone built a large game using react

[@DuyTran-ss4lu]

Wow, fascinating

[@Alphfirm]

wow cool well done!

[@AlwinmathewP]

This looks awesome...

[@matthewvaccaro8877]

No way this doesn’t turn into a huge game

[@AS-zj4jv]

So this is what my baby Ben has been up to for 3 months. Miss my startup bae so much!

[@krazymeanie]

Completely off topic: Anyone knows which pokemon game is shown at 1:27?

[@authenticnaturalnoises]

What tech stack did you use ?

[@CHROMIUMHEROmusic]

I think you should add some kind of shaking motion for every time a voidpet gets hit in combat. You wouldn't need to draw anything new, just move the svg side to side just a little, to indicate its been hit. Seeing them get blasted and not even move makes combat seem a bit wooden

[@tinaxiaoyun4236]

Hi Ben, Big fan of your videos, watched almost every tutorial you have, especially loved the 14hr Fullstack React GraphQL TypeScript tutorial. Came across your linkedin and saw your experience.. Just wondering if you have any plans to code a trading bot or perhaps give us a tutorial on how to do it haha! Either way, your ideas are really extremely interesting especially VSinder but so far yet to find the ideal one ;'( Cheers, Tina

[@ttominable]

it kinda reminds me of neopets, a really great game in the 2000s.

[@krishinwadhwani2139]

Random question - what did you code this in?

[@BC-hu6yq]

1:10 Figma balls

[@bendev6807]

Good job :)

[@brianevans4]

I'd love to see the source code for this. Is it on github? You've got an impressive amount of users for a game that is still in development! Have you been doing any marketing other than your youtube/tiktok channel?

[@mpb0406]

Wow! This is impressive