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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Quokka@quokk.au to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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 2 weeks ago

"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 7 points 2 weeks ago

"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 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[-] guy@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

Boomer shooter and no boomers were shot 🥲

[-] e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

i can’t get the video to work, neither on my instance nor on the instance of OP :/

[-] Quokka@quokk.au 2 points 1 week ago

Odd, I can’t either any more. I’ll reupload it to Catbox in a few hours when I get home.

It’s nothing particularly amazing mind you.

[-] e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

i can download it though.

it’s not amazing yet but still cool to see and to know that this can be achieved rather quickly

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

Same, I want to see it!

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Retro shooter. Its a retro shooter. "Boomer Shooter" is a stupid term that ignores etymology and linguistics to conflate two totally unrelated things.

this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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