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[Bad Sector]

If you never programmed before i recommend making a very simple game like the one i make in this video where you walk around a grid-sized room with randomly placed stuff and try to avoid a dinosaur - in text-based only form and by entering very simple commands. You can download it from here (with code) to try it out in practice.

Of course you probably want to use something a tiny bit more modern than Turbo Pascal from 1986 :-P - Python might be a better choice and there is a nice book about introducing programming with Python by making simple games that you can read for free. Actually you may want to do the simple stuff from the book before trying to make a game like the one in the video.

 

[7h30n]

My very first game I completed was an ASCII roguelike (in C, but that's not that important). I think it's a good starting point as you can focus on programming gameplay mechanics which will make the whole process more fun, instead of wasting time on setting up graphics, animations, etc.

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

If you never programmed before i recommend making a very simple game like the one i make in this video where you walk around a grid-sized room with randomly placed stuff and try to avoid a dinosaur - in text-based only form and by entering very simple commands. You can download it from here (with code) to try it out in practice.

Of course you probably want to use something a tiny bit more modern than Turbo Pascal from 1986 :-P - Python might be a better choice and there is a nice book about introducing programming with Python by making simple games that you can read for free. Actually you may want to do the simple stuff from the book before trying to make a game like the one in the video.

I actually bought a course from Udemy and I've been doing okay with that. I'm a little under a third of the way through and I've built:
A number wizard game (simple number guessing program, press up for higher, press down for lower, click success. Think akinator but with a limiter number range)
A text adventure game (simple game where you click on option 1, 2, 3 and it takes you to different text blocks)

I'm using unity and trying to learn with C#. I was doing game maker for awhile, but I fucking hate it and I hated the instructors in the online courses I found.

 

[Butter]

Godot is faster and easier than Unity.

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

Godot is faster and easier than Unity.

please dont

 

[Catacombs]

in C, but that's not that important

 

[Eisen]

Godot is faster and easier than Unity.

 

[Zanzoken]

If you never programmed before i recommend making a very simple game like the one i make in this video where you walk around a grid-sized room with randomly placed stuff and try to avoid a dinosaur - in text-based only form and by entering very simple commands. You can download it from here (with code) to try it out in practice.

Of course you probably want to use something a tiny bit more modern than Turbo Pascal from 1986 :-P - Python might be a better choice and there is a nice book about introducing programming with Python by making simple games that you can read for free. Actually you may want to do the simple stuff from the book before trying to make a game like the one in the video.

I actually bought a course from Udemy and I've been doing okay with that. I'm a little under a third of the way through and I've built:
A number wizard game (simple number guessing program, press up for higher, press down for lower, click success. Think akinator but with a limiter number range)
A text adventure game (simple game where you click on option 1, 2, 3 and it takes you to different text blocks)

I'm using unity and trying to learn with C#. I was doing game maker for awhile, but I fucking hate it and I hated the instructors in the online courses I found.

Hey what a coincidence, I am working through the same course right now. Are you doing 2D or 3D? I am on the 2D path and just started on the Block Breaker section.

 

[barker_s]

A number wizard game (simple number guessing program, press up for higher, press down for lower, click success. Think akinator but with a limiter number range)

I once made this game in MIPS assembly as a university project. Good times.

While I love Unity, I think it might be a bit of an overkill for a traditional ascii roguelike. If that's what you're after, there's plenty of libraries and tutorials regarding C# RL development you might want to check http://www.roguebasin.com/index.php?title=C_Sharp#C.23_Roguelike_Library

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

If you never programmed before i recommend making a very simple game like the one i make in this video where you walk around a grid-sized room with randomly placed stuff and try to avoid a dinosaur - in text-based only form and by entering very simple commands. You can download it from here (with code) to try it out in practice.

Of course you probably want to use something a tiny bit more modern than Turbo Pascal from 1986 :-P - Python might be a better choice and there is a nice book about introducing programming with Python by making simple games that you can read for free. Actually you may want to do the simple stuff from the book before trying to make a game like the one in the video.

I actually bought a course from Udemy and I've been doing okay with that. I'm a little under a third of the way through and I've built:
A number wizard game (simple number guessing program, press up for higher, press down for lower, click success. Think akinator but with a limiter number range)
A text adventure game (simple game where you click on option 1, 2, 3 and it takes you to different text blocks)

I'm using unity and trying to learn with C#. I was doing game maker for awhile, but I fucking hate it and I hated the instructors in the online courses I found.

Hey what a coincidence, I am working through the same course right now. Are you doing 2D or 3D? I am on the 2D path and just started on the Block Breaker section.

I'm starting the block breaker section very soon. I find these guys annoying, lmao. But they're not as bad as the two idiots I bought a course from for game maker where they literally forget how to code something mid video and have to futz around with the code. Bitch I paid 33 bucks for your course you could at least have more prep than a youtber

 

[cw8]

Thing I like about Unity is you can put anything under a "GameObject" item in the hierarchy and manipulate it as a whole. Like say, you wanna move the GameObject, all you have to do is just use the transform.translate command. I'm not sure if the other game engines do this as well.
I remember playing around with basic C coding, 20+ years ago in school. Whatever we drew on screen with code, we had to move every coordinate of it in order to move it.

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BASAakmzQbM&feature=youtu.be

this is my firstest project that wasnt just nothing.

onto the brick breaker!

 

[J_C]

I was doing game maker for awhile, but I fucking hate it and I hated the instructors in the online courses I found.

May I ask what instructors did you watch for Gamemaker? Because I'm using it for a few years now and I think there are a few very good channels on Youtube for that engine.

Godot is faster and easier than Unity.

please dont

Why? I also heard good things about Godot.

To be honest, Unity seems overkill for simple 2D games.

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

I was doing game maker for awhile, but I fucking hate it and I hated the instructors in the online courses I found.

May I ask what instructors did you watch for Gamemaker? Because I'm using it for a few years now and I think there are a few very good channels on Youtube for that engine.

Godot is faster and easier than Unity.

please dont

Why? I also heard good things about Godot.

To be honest, Unity seems overkill for simple 2D games.

Well I have already bought the course and I already am halfway through a 30 hour course. I already said "nah bye" to the Game maker course after BUYING game maker, and I want to get something, anything done and I can't do that changing programming languages and engines. It's maybe not the best, but I mean, CoQ was made in Unity, and it works.

 

[Tavernking]

Godot is already a strong competitor to Unity for 2D games and in my biased opinion will become the best 2D game maker out there. Also, you don't have to pay Godot a cut of your profits like you do for Unity.

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

Godot is already a strong competitor to Unity for 2D games and in my biased opinion will become the best 2D game maker out there. Also, you don't have to pay Godot a cut of your profits like you do for Unity.

 

[Tavernking]

Godot is already a strong competitor to Unity for 2D games and in my biased opinion will become the best 2D game maker out there. Also, you don't have to pay Godot a cut of your profits like you do for Unity.

You can also use C# in Godot just FYI

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

Godot is already a strong competitor to Unity for 2D games and in my biased opinion will become the best 2D game maker out there. Also, you don't have to pay Godot a cut of your profits like you do for Unity.

You can also use C# in Godot just FYI

my friend, once I am done this tutorial I will look into it

 

[Tavernking]

Godot is already a strong competitor to Unity for 2D games and in my biased opinion will become the best 2D game maker out there. Also, you don't have to pay Godot a cut of your profits like you do for Unity.

You can also use C# in Godot just FYI

my friend, once I am done this tutorial I will look into it

Ok! Just know that the time you've spent on these tutorials is nothing compared to the time you'll be spending on actual projects, it's not too late to swap engines so don't get too invested just yet and make a proper informed decision

 

[J_C]

Godot is already a strong competitor to Unity for 2D games and in my biased opinion will become the best 2D game maker out there. Also, you don't have to pay Godot a cut of your profits like you do for Unity.

Once I decide that it is time to move on from Gamemaker, I will move to Godot as well, it seems a pretty great engine as far as I've seen.

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

Godot is already a strong competitor to Unity for 2D games and in my biased opinion will become the best 2D game maker out there. Also, you don't have to pay Godot a cut of your profits like you do for Unity.

You can also use C# in Godot just FYI

my friend, once I am done this tutorial I will look into it

Ok! Just know that the time you've spent on these tutorials is nothing compared to the time you'll be spending on actual projects, it's not too late to swap engines so don't get too invested just yet and make a proper informed decision

We will see!

 

[cw8]

Godot is already a strong competitor to Unity for 2D games and in my biased opinion will become the best 2D game maker out there. Also, you don't have to pay Godot a cut of your profits like you do for Unity.

How's Godot for 3D?

 

[Eisen]

Godot is already a strong competitor to Unity for 2D games and in my biased opinion will become the best 2D game maker out there. Also, you don't have to pay Godot a cut of your profits like you do for Unity.

How's Godot for 3D?

They say "it could be better"

 

[Tavernking]

Godot is already a strong competitor to Unity for 2D games and in my biased opinion will become the best 2D game maker out there. Also, you don't have to pay Godot a cut of your profits like you do for Unity.

How's Godot for 3D?

Will be a while to see how it pans out, lots of the work being done on Godot is 3D related

 

[PrettyDeadman]

Is godot ready for me to make an iconic cultclassic crpg using it?