Im going to start working on game dev once I’m settled in my new house (yes i just moved) and i need help on where to start.
I need
- Ideal languages to use
- Resources to learn #1
- Something for modeling
- Something to learn modeling with
Picking a language is a very difficult thing to do, as they all have their ups and downs. I’ve tried Python, C#, C++, JS, Java, etc. But picking betqeen one of them is almost impossible. For game dev specifically, I’d suggest simple languages. Here’s a coulple things you should so:
- don’t try switching too often
- do not use Java unless you need to, C# is just Java but better.
- at the start, don’t try low-level languages like Assembly, C, or C#.
I personally love Lua for its speed, simplicity, and lightweight form factor, with many engines too. I use Godot with GDScript for most serious games tho.
As for learning, youtube is a great start. Please do not go through tutorial hell (watching full feature tutorials, not being taught anything and instead copying code) and instead go through a couple tutorials to learn the basics, then only find tutorials for very specific features (say, if you want to implement a glow shader effect). I always use GIMP for image editing and Blender for modeling, and I VERY highly recommend Blender Guru for Blender tutorials.
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Thanks for the help :)
(Actually Alr know some lau so i might be able to start sooner than i thought)
Nice, what do you know? It is very important to close-in on an engine, feel free to try several different ones before (I went through Roblox → Unity → Unreal Engine → several smaller, open-sourced 2d engines → Construct 3 → Construct 2 → Godot, over the course of several years) but constantly moving around engines will never land you any progress, so you must pick one at some point. I never made any big progress until I got to Godot.
There’s also custom engine creation, but it is FAR too difficult for any beginner (5 years in, still can’t make an engine with more than a global-coordinate-system, basic collision, some utilities, and simplified object creation)
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There’s no way in hell im making a Roblox game you lose like 65% revenue from that, I’ll prob use unreal
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Of course it isn’t 65%… it’s 75%.
Those engines were not suggestions, they were just an example of what I did. Roblox was what brought me into this entire game-dev thing and taught me the most, so I mentioned it.
If you want ease-of-use, I would recommend Godot (simple, has support for C# and C++ if you are really advanced) because Unreal uses C++, a pretty advanced language (although they do have a visual scripting language) but the choice is fine, so long as you stay determined.
EDIT: Btw, Roblox is actually a great platform, because they give you all the multiplayer servers you’d ever need, so you wouldn’t have to pay for anything. Good if you are on a budget.
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uhh (me when juggling 5 projects + 1 game at once)
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Some considerations before use Unreal:
-Make sure you understand the C++ language
-Make sure your system has good specs or else you’ll be having 30-60 fps as unreal is a pretty high graphics game engine
-Look at any examples of people using before you make your mind/if it can be lowered or needs to be exactly matched to your game’s requirements
I’m getting a laptop with 16gb ram 
assuming that isn’t good enough
Not just ram, ssd is fine cus Unreal takes about 2-3 gb of your storage, your graphics card and CPU should be pretty high level. Check this for more: Hardware And Software Specifications For Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.4 Documentation | Epic Developer Community
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Tip of me:
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I think this has been said already, but yeah, try a bunch of things and see what you like. If you’re anything like me you’ll hit a ton of dead ends and that’s totally fine, you’re learning a lot as you do that. Every now and then the stars will align (or someone will pay you) and you’ll finish a project, and that’ll be cool.
If you like Lua and want to build and release very small free games, I’d start with pico8. There’s a ton of useful stuff in the community and you don’t waste a lot of time learning the specifics of an engine ('cos there isn’t one). It’s not super helpful if you want to make 3D or high res or large stuff though obvs.
Good luck!
for me legendary game dev in nfs underground 2 ! that was revolution in game industry