I’ve been thinking about how people approach game feel. I’m curious if most gdevelop devs actually plan time for polish or if it usually gets pushed back because it’s so time-consuming or hard to dial in across engines. Also, how do you decide when it “feels good enough” to move on?
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I just make the game, I refine the flow over time, that is if my game even has a flow.
I generally want to have my systems working first and then when i feel like i can focus on the details i refine the feelings of my games
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That’s a great question — and honestly, something a lot of devs (especially solo or small-team ones) struggle with. In GDevelop, polish and “game feel” often end up being the first thing sacrificed when deadlines creep up or motivation dips, because it’s both time-consuming and a bit intangible to measure.
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What do you mean by game feel? I’m genuinely curious, because it could easily mean different things to different people.
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First of all, welcome to the GDevelop community!
I also prefer to have systems working before adding game polish. Usually my flow looks like this:
- Make base system work
- Add good UI for base system
- Make system 2 work
- Add UI for system 2
I just repeat that over and over as I add more stuff to my game. Most of the time, I don’t even plan out my game before-hand! I usually just go “I want to make a [insert game idea here] game.” I then build it and get ideas while I make it!
yep thats also my process.
Also thanks for the welcome! been using gdevelop for a while coming from construct and thought about joining the forums if i ever need help
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I know this is partially off topic, but the forums one of the BEST parts of GDevelop! Everyone here is so nice & always willing to help if they can!
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