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Started working on a boomer shooter rpg this weekend (quokk.au)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Quokka@quokk.au to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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Not sure how far I'll go with this but I'm having a lot of fun so far. Shoutout to https://opengameart.org/ for all my temporary assets.

So far I've got dialogue via Dialogue Manager, NPCs, factions, enemies with different weapons projectiles & hitscan, and 8 directional sprites. Not bad for 2 days work.

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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"boomer shooter"? In the style of shooter games from Gen-X was writing them (John Carmack), or a shooter of Baby Boomers?

In any case, good progress.

[–] Maven@piefed.zip 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Boomer Shooter" is a specific gaming genre classified as trying to remake/recapture the feeling of older games like Doom or Quake.

[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The name is still very silly. No boomers coded any of those games, it was gen x folks.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Unlikely, but you are now aware that the youths call all old people boomers and further that "ok boomer" was originally targeted at fellow young people saying old people shit, not actual boomers.