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Karl Zylinski

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Hi, I make indie games and gamedev videos! ✨ 🐱 My game CAT & ONION: 🎬 Gamedev videos and streams: 💬 Friendly gamedev Discord: 💝 Support me:

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

11 months

Mario has simple but nice camera rules. You see more in the direction you're walking. There is also a small deadzone for turning the camera around. I implemented this in my game 🔽🧵

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Karl Zylinski

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27 days

Lots of programming best practices are about decoupling code. However, the gameplay code of video games is largely about having unrelated things affect each other in dynamic ways. So there is conflict between independent code and dynamic gameplay. I have learnt to accept that.

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Karl Zylinski

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7 months

PortableBuildTools v1.5 just released! It's a program that downloads MSVC compiler, linker and Windows SDK for you, without needing to install Visual Studio. Great combo with Odin compiler, since that one needs the linker and Windows SDK 👍

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Karl Zylinski

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4 months

I wanted to solodev games since I was 19 but never got around to it, now I'm 35 and just released my own game. I think I could have done it much earlier by just committing. I was often afraid of what skills I was missing. But you can learn skills while doing projects!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 months

Having fun making a lil landscape painter that uses Signed Distance Fields Inspiration comes from there being so many pixelart concept images that have organic terrain, but many pixelart games end up with very boxy tileset terrain.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

3 months

I have written a big "Introduction to Odin" article! It's almost a book. It is an informal article that tries to bridge the gap between the existing online documentation and things I've learned over the years. I hope you like it!

Introduction to the Odin Programming Language

Preface This article is an introduction to the Odin Programming Language. It is aimed at people who know a bit of programming, but have never touched Odin. It is not a reference guide, rather I try...

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 months

For many years I was stuck with not making games because I kept trying to write a game engine first and then put gameplay code on top of it. In this blog post I talk about "Solodevs and the trap of the game engine":

Solodevs and the trap of the game engine

Since I was 19 I’ve wanted to make my own video games, as in creating everything in the game myself, often referred to as being a solo developer, or solodev. But I was bad at committing to anything...

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

3 months

"The engine wasn’t implemented as a general purpose engine, which is probably why it took me a few months (and not years) to achieve this."

Elias Daler

@EliasDaler

3 months

It's finally here. Explains how I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it in 3 months. It's huge. Hopefully you'll find it useful. :)

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 months

Many people try to build their own abstract game engines in order to "reuse" code. But you can just take a language + a library and starting making the game. How do you then reuse code in next project? Just copy-paste what you need from the old to the new project. It's fine!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

11 months

Any other programmer do this weird thing? When I've scrolled away in my code editor to check something, I often use undo to jump back to where I was actually working (followed by a redo to undo the undo).

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

Friends! My game is currently at the top of "New & Trending" on Steam I was in disbelief at first, so I even checked in incognito browsers I am stunned! Thank you all so much for playing my game 😻

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

11 months

Add interpolation after you cross a red line. Interpolate from the current camera offset to the new one.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

10 days

In May I wrote about how my method for making games is very similar to the method I had before I started working in the games industry. While working in the industry I got a bit lost and started trying to make general purpose game engines. No more!

Solodevs and the trap of the game engine

Since I was 19 I’ve wanted to make my own video games, as in creating everything in the game myself, often referred to as being a solo developer, or solodev. But I was bad at committing to anything...

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 months

To me, the hardest part of gamedev isn't the technical stuff. It's the game design. Finding something that is interesting, consistent and easy to teach is harder than any fancy GPU or physics programming. Not true for everyone, but probably for those with technical background.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 years

Visual Studio tip: I knew breakpoints can have actions that print stuff when it is hit. But I learned from this little info box that you can print the callstack. Super good for debugging UI problems where you can't actually stop on the breakpoints b/c it messes with the focus.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

15 days

Editing my Odin book! It's currently 35000 words. Target audience will be people who have done a bit of Odin or know some programming. Main focus is to make it enlightening about concepts that normally take a while to grasp.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

How I made my game's camera nice #gamedev #indiedev

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

8 months

My first indie game CAT & ONION is now available on itch!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

✨🐱 CAT & ONION is OUT NOW! 🧅✨ 🚀 Go on a short cat adventure 🐿 Meet curious characters 🥞 Experience a surreal and funny story Only $3.49 + a 15% launch discount! This is my first indie game. Code, art, music and sound by me. Marketing by me and @gerryforcomms !

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

3 months

I am toying with the idea of turning this article into an actual book (both physical/digital): A book version would be greatly expanded, edited and have a nice layout. Any recommendations of either publishers to contact or methods of self publishing?

Introduction to the Odin Programming Language

Preface This article is an introduction to the Odin Programming Language. It is aimed at people who know a bit of programming, but have never touched Odin. It is not a reference guide, rather I try...

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

3 months

Few seem to make their 3D graphics code specific to their game. They end up with very generic "material systems" etc that are hard to understand. If you make a 3D game by yourself, you can just have a struct of shader parameters instead of materials!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

5 months

When you buy CAT & ONION on Itch you also get the source code. It contains: - All the gameplay code for the game - Editor that uses homemade IMGUI and homemade GUI widgets - Hot reload code - All written using Odin + Raylib

CAT & ONION by Karl Zylinski

A warm and whimsical cat adventure. Available for Windows, macOS, Linux

zylinski.itch.io

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

9 days

Made my "SDF Painter" Odin code open source: You draw hills using a Signed Distance Field. It runs on CPU and is very inefficient, but the basic ideas are there!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

8 months

A problem with hot reloading code in both Odin and C has been that debuggers lock the pdbs, so I can't recompile. However, with RAD Debugger everything works. I can have debugger attached and hot reload! Takes like 1 minute to download get running.

GitHub - EpicGamesExt/raddebugger: A native, user-mode, multi-process, graphical debugger.

A native, user-mode, multi-process, graphical debugger. - EpicGamesExt/raddebugger

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

Hi cat friends! During the first two days I've managed to sell 300 copies of CAT & ONION! I'm very happy about this 💖 Also: I've gotten 35 user reviews, 100% positive! 😻 They are such a joy to read! I've also gotten 13 recommendations from curators ✨ Thank you all!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

7 months

Lets say you compile with /subsystem:windows, but you also want console output when run from CMD? Then: Always compile with /subsystem:console, but if you don't detect any CLI parameters, just do: win32.FreeConsole() The console will never show up in GUI mode.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

Hi friends! My little cat game is now one week old, and what a delightful release week it has been! ✨ 🙀 I've sold 500+ copies, exceeding my expectations 😻 I've gotten 60+ heartwarming player reviews 🌟 People are looking forward to my next game Thank you all! 💖

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 months

My "make games, not general purpose game engines" mantra is sometimes misinterpreted as "always use a big third party game engine". I do not mean that. It is fine to create your own tech. But only write the code that your specific game needs. No "maybe I need this later" code!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

Hi! Releasing my first game on Steam sure was a roller coaster of emotions Now I see some very kind reviews starting to roll in and: I've managed to sell more than 100 copies! This makes me very happy 😻 Thank you all for showing interest in me and my cat game ✨

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

3 months

My Odin book is coming along nicely! 14851 words so far ✨

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

26 days

New blog post: Making your game go faster by avoiding separate heap allocations

Data-oriented ideas for small gamedev teams

If you are a game developer then you might have heard about data-oriented design. You might have read that programming in a data-oriented way can make your game run faster. However, if you come from...

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

27 days

If you are a solo developer, then use your name or a pseudonym instead of a "company name" Make sure it looks like it was made by a single person from just seeing the developer name Initially I tried to use "Zylinski Games", but just putting my full name is so much better!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

26 days

There are replies hinting that ECS will fix this. My main point was that that gameplay code is intrinsically messy. I have accepted that, making the messiness mostly a non-issue. No ECS needed! I don't like working with ECS, it makes it harder to be creative with gameplay code.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

2 months

Odin book is now 27000 words! I just finished the draft of the "manual memory management" chapter. That chapter alone is roughly 18 A4 pages.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

3 months

My game CAT & ONION is for people who: - Want an otherworldly adventure - Likes cats - Got 30-60 minutes to spare - Enjoys puns

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

5 months

I made a minimal template for using Odin + Raylib with hot reloading pre-setup ✨

GitHub - karl-zylinski/odin-raylib-hot-reload-game-template: An Odin + Raylib game template with...

An Odin + Raylib game template with Hot Reloading pre-setup - karl-zylinski/odin-raylib-hot-reload-game-template

github.com

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

8 months

Be a cat that climbs, talks, smacks and goes far, far away in order to help their sad friend. CAT & ONION releases on itch late January 2024!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

2 months

I wrote a whole game using Odin and Raylib and one day just tried to compile it on a really old MacBook and it worked with no code changes and no build system.

Dylan Falconer

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2 months

One of the best things about Odin: It just works on Linux/Windows/Mac There's no different build system You just use the same code

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

23 days

I was looking for an resources on how CPUs work internally, and this video by Casey is very nice!

"Simple Code" Follow-up Part 1: A (Very) Simplified CPU Diagram

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/annarettberg/meow-the-infinite-book-twoOriginal lecture: https://youtu.be/Ge3aKEmZcqYPart 2: https://youtu....

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

10 months

@McFunkypants Just like we have depth buffer, we are now introducing time buffer, which contains the timestamp of when the object was added to the scene. This way we can sort objects of similar Z by their time.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

9 months

CAT & ONION is made from scratch using: Odinlang by @TheGingerBill : Modern C alternative — Raylib by @raysan5 : Library to enjoy video game programming — Aseprite by @igarastudio : The best program ever made —

Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

9 months

CAT & ONION is a short whimsical 2D adventure. Be a cat that goes goes up, out, inside and around to help a friend! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart Solodeved (design, programming, art, music and sound) by Karl Zylinski.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

3 months

My work-in-progress Odin book is now 20000 words! ✨

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

5 months

CAT & ONION just reached 100 reviews on Steam ✨ 99% of them are positive! 😻 Thank you all for playing my game! To celebrate this, CAT & ONION has a 30% sale on Steam:

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

2 months

It's nice that I no longer need to upgrade my PC. All the new games I play are often "strong art direction, low requirements". Very pretty games, but they run well on 10 year old PCs.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 years

For the next version of The Machinery, I implemented subgraphs, along with automagical connectors for adding additional Inputs & Outputs. @ourmachinery

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

11 months

Tweak the position of the green and red lines and the interpolation speed. This works mostly like I want now. After this I want to add rules for when to change the y position of the camera.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

😭 This CAT & ONION user review might be the nicest thing anyone has ever said about anything I've ever made. Truly made my day!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 months

When I say "game design is hard", some think I mean "coming up with game ideas is hard". To me the hard part is later in production. The design can become like a jigsaw puzzle of contradicting game mechanics. Playing games won't teach you to solve this, but making them might.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

2 months

New video: Make a Breakout game from start to finish using Odin + Raylib

Odin + Raylib: Breakout game from start to finish

Let's make a Breakout clone using Odinlang + Raylib! This video is quite beginner friendly.Links to mentioned things:- Required graphics and sound files: htt...

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

11 months

Inspired by Undertale, I made it so the release mode version of my game embeds all assets! This means that the final game is just a single exe that contains everything. Whole game is inside! How I did this 🔽🧵

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

3 months

My strange raylib 3D experiments continue. I did shadowmapping for the first time ever! Poking around with instancing and stuff now.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

Hi programmer friends! Did you know that this whole game was programmed in Odinlang? It's a very comfy modern alternative to C. Odin comes with Raylib bindings, so you can just download the compiler and start making your own game! ✨ Check it out:

Odin Programming Language

odin-lang.org

Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

✨🐱 CAT & ONION is OUT NOW! 🧅✨ 🚀 Go on a short cat adventure 🐿 Meet curious characters 🥞 Experience a surreal and funny story Only $3.49 + a 15% launch discount! This is my first indie game. Code, art, music and sound by me. Marketing by me and @gerryforcomms !

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

7 months

My new YouTube & Blog series: Make games using Odinlang + Raylib! First two episodes are out now! ✨ Target audience is people who have more or less never programmed before. Each episode has both a YouTube video and a blog post.

Make games using Odin + Raylib #1: Setup and first code ✨ For...

Blog post version of this video: https://zylinski.se/posts/gamedev-for-beginners-using-odin-and-raylib-1/This is a beginner friendly intro to making games us...

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

2 years

Chillin'

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

7 months

CAT & ONION is coming to Steam on March 12, 2024! It's a whimsical cat adventure packed with curious characters and good vibes ✨ Help me by wishlisting my first indie game ❤

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

2 months

Did you all know that @jakubtomsu_ 's game "Solar Storm" comes with source when you buy it on itch? It's made in Odin with sokol_gfx for rendering. He's super smart so it can probably be very interesting to look at!

Solar Storm by jakubtomsu, Dylan Seibert

Tactical Turn-Based Artillery Game with Local PVP Multiplayer. Available for Windows

jakubtomsu.itch.io

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

10 days

CAT & ONION is the most popular and top selling game in the "made with raylib" category on itch:

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

2 months

I completed Morrowind main quest 1-2 years ago, but I just finished my final task: Filling out the entire map by walking to every tiny square on the map.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

16 days

If you have problems understanding how floating point numbers actually work, then perhaps this article "Floating Point Visually Explained" by Fabien Sanglard can help:

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

This is how the first playable version of CAT & ONION looked. I made it on a plane, just as a way to pass time and because I wanted to try Odin + Raylib. I didn't really know how to animate! 🧵 Thread on how it evolved over time 🔽

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

One of the biggest surprises of launching my game is that people seem to like my writing! It's very silly dialogue. But somehow people got invested in the whole thing. Looking forward to writing dialogue in my future games, and perhaps having a bit more confidence in doing so!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

2 months

I always try to be nice online. Staying nice makes me less likely to get worked up and say stuff I later regret! This is very important to me. I find it easier to stay motivated on projects if I don't associate them with bad vibes.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

10 months

Short compile times is important for productivity. My game recently hit 4 s compile time, I realized I was doing some silly things. Now I'm back at around 1 s. If your indie game takes more than 10 s for a debug build, then don't be afraid to look into why! Don't just accept it

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

2 months

I actually fixed a bug in the Odin compiler itself 🎉 I have submitted lots of PRs to fix things in the standard library, but I haven't felt like digging into the C source of the compiler itself before. It's quite straight forward code in there ✨

Fix for bit_set[$T] proc params always being generated as i8 by karl-zylinski · Pull Request #3842...

This PR makes types like bit_set[$T] have their upper and lower bits overwritten by upper/lower from the source type when checking if polymorphic type is assignable. This fixes an issue where an i8...

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

3 months

The reception for my new video has been very heartwarming. It's essentially a 90 minute video of me making a tiny game and explaining most aspects of it. I hope to make more such beginner friendly videos. Thank you all!

Odin + Raylib: Snake game from start to finish

Beginner friendly tutorial on creating a Snake game using Odinlang + Raylib.The graphics and sound files you need: https://zylinski.se/snake-tutorial/snake-a...

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 years

Juicing up The Machinery: New graph input and output editing workflows -- Here I edit inputs directly in the input node, with drag n drop re-ordering. Will be available in the next (December) version. @ourmachinery

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Karl Zylinski

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2 months

My game is on place #63 of the "Steam250 hidden gems" list! ✨

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Karl Zylinski

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6 months

Parents and kids enjoying my game 😻✨

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Karl Zylinski

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3 months

A tough thing about technical writing is choosing target audience. I'm leaning towards "people who have programmed a bit, but perhaps in more high level languages than Odin". This way I can talk freely about interesting specifics in an informal way. Thoughts?

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

12 days

I'm available for Odin tutoring and consultation! ❓ I'll teach you Odin concepts or discuss issues in your Odin code 💻 Online video call with screen share 💵 $30 for 1 hour, $50 for 2 hours More info:

Odin tutoring and consultation

I provide tutoring and consultation related to the Odin Programming Language. If you’re trying to learn Odin, but having issues understanding some concepts, then I’d be happy to help! The format is...

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Karl Zylinski

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6 months

Hi nice people! My lil cat game just reached 50 user reviews! Since 98% of them are positive, it means my game is now labeled as having 'Very Positive' reviews. Yay! 🎉 Thank you everyone for making this such a pleasant release week ☺

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8 months

The price will be $2.99 -- It's a short but intense lil' game for people who: - Like cats - Like colorful adventure games - Have an hour to spare

Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

8 months

CAT & ONION will release on itch on January 26! ✨ It's a VERY CAT ADVENTURE GAME where you climb, talk, fly and SMACK your way to places where no cat has EVER GONE BEFORE 🐱

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Step 1: Add debug lines. Green is where the player should 'stick'. If you walk past a red line, then it moves the camera to the green line on the other side.

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3 months

New video: Making a Snake game from start to finish using Odin + Raylib!

Odin + Raylib: Snake game from start to finish

Beginner friendly tutorial on creating a Snake game using Odinlang + Raylib.The graphics and sound files you need: https://zylinski.se/snake-tutorial/snake-a...

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4 months

I'm at @AMazeFest in Berlin until Sunday! I look like this! Say hi, ask me about how hard it is to get started on a second game! I got CAT & ONION merch for everyone!

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Shipping a game was hard! No-one told me that the period afterwards where one tries to start a new project can also be stressful! I'm like: What to do? I can do anything! HA! Do nothing. And feel bad about it. Amazing.

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Karl Zylinski

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Recording new Odin + Raylib tutorial video tomorrow! It's gonna be a single video where I make a tiny game from start to finish. I hope to continue creating such self-contained tutorial videos, it feels more fun than doing massive multi-part series.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

25 days

New video: Why building Odin programs is so simple and why you probably don't need any big build system (9 minutes)

Why building Odin programs is so simple

An overview of how you compile Odin programs and how libraries pull in their own binary dependencies, resulting in very little need for a big build system su...

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If the player walks past a red line, set the camera offset so that the player will end up on the green line on the other side! Now I need to interpolate instead of snapping the camera.

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One of my favorite examples of positive gamedev people is @raysan5 ! For example, watch this interview and see how INFECTIOUSLY HAPPY HE IS 😻 I can watch this just for his happy face alone

Interview with 'raysan5' (author of Raylib)

Today I was able to have a really fun chat with 'raysan5' ! Super fun conversation about history of raylib, open source and many other tangents. Hope you enj...

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 months

In order to create a friendly Discord community and YouTube channel, I have these rules for myself: - Never be rude and overly negative - Don't interact with rude comments - Have rules against rude behavior on Discord "angry programmer rage" will scare away the friendly people

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@karl_zylinski

3 months

My YouTube channel is now 1 year old! I'm already past 2000 subscribers and it's growing all the time. My recent Snake game tutorial video already has over 1000 views, faster than any of my previous videos! Thank you all for watching!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

3 months

Trying out Raylib 3D 😺

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

2 months

I did this holistic Odin gamedev video a few weeks ago. I wanna do another one, any game ideas? It needs to be simple enough games so that I can build it all in a 1-2.5 hour video. It can be a clone of some arcade game or some simple original thing.

Odin + Raylib: Snake game from start to finish

Beginner friendly tutorial on creating a Snake game using Odinlang + Raylib.The graphics and sound files you need: https://zylinski.se/snake-tutorial/snake-a...

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

8 months

Odinlang is a great first game development language! It's low level, but with a high level feeling. It's simple and less noisy than C/C++, so you don't get lost. Pair it up with Raylib (Odin comes with bindings) and you'll have a fun first venture into game programming.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

8 months

CAT & ONION will release on itch on January 26! ✨ It's a VERY CAT ADVENTURE GAME where you climb, talk, fly and SMACK your way to places where no cat has EVER GONE BEFORE 🐱

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

11 days

On my Discord server you can: - Show your gamedev projects - Talk about Odin - Look at cat pictures - Ask questions about my projects - Tell us about your favorite video games - Post cat pictures It's a friendly place!! ✨

Join the Zylinski Games Discord Server!

A server about Karl's games and gamedev in general! I try to keep it a friendly place. | 364 members

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

My little cat adventure game is now 2 weeks old ✨ It has sold 700+ copies and gotten 70+ heart warming reviews (98% positive) I would've been happy with selling like 200 copies, so it's all great 💖 Thank you all! I'm relaxing a bit now, but I'll make another game, for sure!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

1 month

In my game CAT & ONION you'll find portraits which I put into the game in an attempt to immortalize past and present cats that I have lived with. I hope people randomly discover the game from time to time and realize that they have stumbled upon a little kitty shrine.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

5 months

made it possible to place directional track pieces later I will make a nicer editor where I can just click and drag to choose direction of track pieces

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

9 months

CAT & ONION is a short whimsical 2D adventure. Be a cat that goes goes up, out, inside and around to help a friend! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart Solodeved (design, programming, art, music and sound) by Karl Zylinski.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 months

Your level editor and in-game view don't have to work in the same way. The game is split into rooms, the editor can render multiple rooms and draw into them seamlessly. But the game can only simulate and render a single room at a time, with a fixed camera.

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

11 months

how to say you're using vulkan without saying that you're using vulkan

Jade Marker 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ - Triangular girlie

@JadeMarker15

11 months

FINALLY. I'VE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS MOMENT

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

9 months

so... Casey is doing this behind a glass wall, right? So he can write comfortably and then just mirror the video afterwards BUT This means he has printed STAR CODE GALAXY tshirts with reversed print?! I want one, haha. Walk around town, those who know know

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

6 months

There's a pattern in the reviews! "Had a bad day? Play this game and you're feeling better <3" "Had a really bad day, after a really crappy night. Cat and Onion drops. Probably the most chilled game I've ever played" "I love it, if u have bad day - this is what u need!" 😻✨

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

1 month

problem solving

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

2 months

The Odin git repo is doing quite well

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

5 months

Made a program that: - reads .ase files, packs them into an atlas (using stb_pack_rect) - creates an odin file that says where in the atlas the textures are - adapted my sprite animation code so it can use the atlas It's pretty cool, something I wanted to do for a long time!

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

4 months

With my previous Odin + Raylib series done I am looking at making new tutorials. My new approach will be: - One Odin setup video - One Sublime dev env setup video - Self-contained 1-2 hour videos that show how to make a specific, small game using Odin + Raylib

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Karl Zylinski

@karl_zylinski

5 months

Now live: Doing prototyping of a top-down adventure game I'll start from my Odin + Raylib + Hot Reloading template

Prototyping in Odin + Raylib: Top-down adventure game

My Odin + Raylib + Hot Reload template that I start from: https://github.com/karl-zylinski/odin-raylib-hot-reload-game-template -- Trying to figure out what ...

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