Hey man, I'm looking to get started in game dev. Do you code most of this or use FPS builders and such? Any recommendations if I'm just getting started? Thanks!
Hey, I don't know how much you know already, so I'll go over the basics:
When developing games I use the Unity Game Engine. A game engine is basically a program providing you with fundamentals like physics, graphics, a nice interface, and more. There are a lot of different engines, each coming with different features and supported programming languages. The Unity Engine and the Unreal Engine are the two most used right now(I think), but others like the Godot engine are great too.
When it comes to game logic, so basically the stuff the engine does not provide and that is specific to your game(like player movement, enemies, etc.), I code it myself. If you don't have a lot of experience in coding, Unreal has a blueprint system, which is visual programming, based on connecting nodes.
When starting in game development, it's important to start small. Don't start making an open-world MMO. Rather start with something simple like these casual mobile games, pong, or maybe asteroids. While it is always super cool coming up with these amazing ideas, hyping them up in your had, it's super demotivating to then fail due to a lack of experience. So: start simple.
In general, I recommend this Video to start with:
Regardless of Engine or Visual Programming or not, there are also great tutorials by the makers of the engines here:
yeah start small , take it day by day , just like zail i use unity , i started out with construct 2 and made a few small 2d projects to get started but realized i should code so started on that , the main thing is not trying to make something to big starting off , make small projects , try finishing , main menus , music , sound effects , make sure you choose what engine is best for you if you have a good computer unreal could be better suited but it all depends on what you want to achieve , how motivated you are and what kind of inspiration you have then you right it up as one big package hah there is a vast amount of game genres , mechanics , art styles it really all depends on what you want to make , then you break down the mechanics and start learning the mechanics necessary to achieve the results you are going for
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This was made for Brackeys Jam (Right?)
Yes, for the one back in 2020.
Yeah OK
I only played for a second but I loved it
isnt it karlson?
I did a few games in that video. I justt used a Karlson thumbnail
Hey man, I'm looking to get started in game dev. Do you code most of this or use FPS builders and such? Any recommendations if I'm just getting started? Thanks!
Hey, I don't know how much you know already, so I'll go over the basics:
When developing games I use the Unity Game Engine. A game engine is basically a program providing you with fundamentals like physics, graphics, a nice interface, and more. There are a lot of different engines, each coming with different features and supported programming languages. The Unity Engine and the Unreal Engine are the two most used right now(I think), but others like the Godot engine are great too.
When it comes to game logic, so basically the stuff the engine does not provide and that is specific to your game(like player movement, enemies, etc.), I code it myself. If you don't have a lot of experience in coding, Unreal has a blueprint system, which is visual programming, based on connecting nodes.
When starting in game development, it's important to start small. Don't start making an open-world MMO. Rather start with something simple like these casual mobile games, pong, or maybe asteroids. While it is always super cool coming up with these amazing ideas, hyping them up in your had, it's super demotivating to then fail due to a lack of experience. So: start simple.
In general, I recommend this Video to start with:
Regardless of Engine or Visual Programming or not, there are also great tutorials by the makers of the engines here:
Unity:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX2vGYjWbI0Q1e0IIGsYro3SiE0chtRtc
https://unity.com/learn
Unreal:
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Resources/index.html
Or by other people here:
yeah start small , take it day by day , just like zail i use unity , i started out with construct 2 and made a few small 2d projects to get started but realized i should code so started on that , the main thing is not trying to make something to big starting off , make small projects , try finishing , main menus , music , sound effects , make sure you choose what engine is best for you if you have a good computer unreal could be better suited but it all depends on what you want to achieve , how motivated you are and what kind of inspiration you have then you right it up as one big package hah there is a vast amount of game genres , mechanics , art styles it really all depends on what you want to make , then you break down the mechanics and start learning the mechanics necessary to achieve the results you are going for
Awesome thanks for the advice guys!
You... you absolute madman.
When my computer gets up and running, this is 100% going onto it.