GDevelop's smallest game

[KipgubbYT]

Literally. The resolution is 256x256.
https://file.garden/ZztNtq9yEhr5pls-/devlog/gdevsmall
It’s a Just Shapes and Beats clone I’m making for practice
I will give updates here occasionally

[KipgubbYT]

Screenshot of the song loop for the select song menu to lessen the pauses between loops (NOBODY is spending 17 minutes in the select song menu)

[SnowyRawrGamer]

Nobody?.. You sure?

[KipgubbYT]

starts making events to kick you out of level select if you spend 15 minutes there

[SnowyRawrGamer]

Starts coding hacks to stop all kicks from the scene

Realises I have no idea how to code hacks

Asks Chat Gpt

Realises Chat Gpt has no idea how to code hacks

Gives up

[KipgubbYT]

removes music
lmao
also the opus file was too big so i’m compressing it right now

[SnowyRawrGamer]

You can directly loop music in GDevelop (if you didn’t know!)

[KipgubbYT]

I know you’re able to loop, but there’s a small pause between loops in audio and it makes me angry.

[SnowyRawrGamer]

SAME!
Guess you gotta submit a bug report / feature request!

Personally, I think that would fall better under Bug Report.

[KipgubbYT]

I sent a req for higher file sizes already, soooo… not right now

[KipgubbYT]

As you can see, the MP3 of the loop was slightly above the limit, so I compressed it WAY too much and made it sound terrible, then I compressed the original less and got to an acceptable file size of 12.1MB for 17 minutes.

[petlimpet]

I did some code for cross fading two tracks as a response to a forum question …it worked pretty well.
[Solved] Seamless looping ambient track: always a small pop sound - How do I…? - GDevelop Forum

[zGameCreator]

@SnowyRawrGamer

Starts coding hacks to stop all kicks from the scene

Realises I have no idea how to code hacks

Asks Chat Gpt

Realises Chat Gpt has no idea how to code hacks

Gives up

Lol

[Dynach]

If you wanna get rid of the pause between loops use a preload music/sound action before it plays
Or if you want it to play and loop seamlessly at the beginning of the game go to resources, find the file, then check preload as sound/music depending on which action you use it with
I recommend using the sound actions because they are less buggy and weird to me

[SnowyRawrGamer]

(1x1)
I think my game might be a little smaller…

That tiny black line is the game preview

[KipgubbYT]

Do you intend it to be playable and publish it?

@SnowyRawrGamer

That tiny black line is the game preview

holy moly

[SnowyRawrGamer]

To be honest, I don’t think anyone is going to play a 1 pixel by 1 pixel game
So no, I don’t intend to make it playable.

[KipgubbYT]

I’m doing the 256x256 one for practice but if I like it I’m probably gonna increase it to 512x512

[KipgubbYT]

I did this to make sure the hitboxes didn’t get in my way when I was dealing with other crap (ignore my multitasking)

[KipgubbYT]

UPDATE! There was a bug where all the options could get shifted out of place, so I added a timer and now the tween that moves the options is uninterrupted!