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ZS2K update 0.0.2

okeoke
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2023-09-16 12:28:37

Sorry for creating new topic, I'm not able to find the old one.

video: https://youtu.be/gSCp-HI8JvI
itch: https://zeicmann.itch.io/zombie-...

Last Saturday, I finally made myself to make something with CopperCube. I was thinking about updating the first game I made "Zombie shooter 2k" for quite a long time, and I finally managed to made some updates.

It now looks better than the first version I uploaded a year ago. I refactored all the code, trying to improve game's performance (which I failed to do).

I also added a cutscene made almost completely using neural networks. The images are generated using stable diffusion, text is written by ChatGPT and voiced by bark. That's actually was the funniest part of making the game this time.

There are a bunch of issues I faced this time, most noticeably related to performance. Adding more than 10 enemies drops fps on my machine from 130-160 to 50-60. Unfortunately, I don't see any way how this could be optimized, so I just limited the amount of simultaneous enemies to 10, spawning new ones as previous are defeated. I was thinking about adding some simple path finding in order to make level geometry more complex, but I don't think it's possible considering how bad it performs now.
Other than that I'm experiencing an issue with 3d sounds. Some of them seem not to trigger in case there is already another sound playing at the same moment.
I also removed all grass from the level, since it was glitchy with direct3d and also to improve the performance a bit.

The game also contains CCB files so if you're interested in implementation feel free to download it and use in your projects. Despite the refactoring it once again not the cleanest one.

Even though I planned to complete 2-3 more levels, made in the same fashion, I don't think I'm touching this game again in a near future:)


Robbo
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2023-09-16 13:17:33

Nice demo with some decent features.

Thanks for sharing..


spicymilk
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2023-09-16 17:12:37

could you make a tutorial for the machine gun?


okeoke
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2023-09-16 20:29:17

I think I can, but I'm already drunk today, so maybe tomorrow/next week.


andgameplay
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2023-09-16 23:32:38

Great game, thanks for share!


o139
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2023-09-17 09:41:17

this is a cool game okeoke..

enjoy you beer.. i will enjoy mine :)


okeoke
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2023-09-17 11:57:02

Thank you guys:)

spicymilk here it is. I believed in myself too much this time and didn't prepared at all, so it's a bit long and might be confusing, but anyway:https://youtu.be/yZGsagRd78Q


Dieter
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2023-09-17 21:56:28

Maybe have some screenshots on itch io. Ever since utube blocked me for no reason, I have set their IP in HOSTS to a sink. No utube views from me anymore.


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