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Re: Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?

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Post by captain_nemo »

Programmers and coding on game engine:

The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List? - stack overflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-...

Best Lua Books for Beginners and Advanced Developers - turing https://www.turing.com/kb/best-lua-books-to-learn-embedding-...

Unreal Engine 5 Revealed! | Next-Gen Real-Time Demo Running on PlayStation 5 - youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC5KtatMcUw

Best Unreal Engine Books For Aspiring Game Developers - whatpixel https://whatpixel.com/best-unreal-engine-books/

3d animators and content assets:

Best 3D Modeling & Digital Sculpting Books - Concept Art Empire https://conceptartempire.com/best-3d-modeling-books/

Final fantasy X/2 - Cascada Everytime we touch (slow) - youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFF_6bg4T4

3D Animator Job Description, Salary, Skills & Software https://www.cgspectrum.com/career-pathways/3d-animator

Dead Fantasy Full HD all Part (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) - youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHA3opXjcd0

The Art of Fighting Game Animations: A Step-by-step Guide - ArtStation https://www.artstation.com/blogs/gamepackstudio/4wON/the-art...

Good luck! Oh, is this what you want or what your son want? >=P

Re: Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?

#382

Post by nemo_taiwan »

Programmers and coding on game engine:

The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List? - stack overflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-...

Best Lua Books for Beginners and Advanced Developers - turing https://www.turing.com/kb/best-lua-books-to-learn-embedding-...

Unreal Engine 5 Revealed! | Next-Gen Real-Time Demo Running on PlayStation 5 - youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC5KtatMcUw

Best Unreal Engine Books For Aspiring Game Developers - whatpixel https://whatpixel.com/best-unreal-engine-books/

3d animators and content assets:

Best 3D Modeling & Digital Sculpting Books - Concept Art Empire https://conceptartempire.com/best-3d-modeling-books/

Final fantasy X/2 - Cascada Everytime we touch (slow) - youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFF_6bg4T4

3D Animator Job Description, Salary, Skills & Software https://www.cgspectrum.com/career-pathways/3d-animator

Dead Fantasy Full HD all Part (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) - youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHA3opXjcd0

The Art of Fighting Game Animations: A Step-by-step Guide - ArtStation https://www.artstation.com/blogs/gamepackstudio/4wON/the-art...

Oh is this what you want or what your son want?

Re: Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?

#383

Post by nemo_taiwan »

> He doesn't want to CODE. He wants to make a game. Like every kid.

But that seems delusional wanting the glory without any hard works into them. =/

Programmers and coding on game engine:

The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List? - stack overflow Best Lua Books for Beginners and Advanced Developers - turing Unreal Engine 5 Revealed! | Next-Gen Real-Time Demo Running on PlayStation 5 - youtube Best Unreal Engine Books For Aspiring Game Developers - whatpixel

3d animators and content assets:

Best 3D Modeling & Digital Sculpting Books - Concept Art Empire Final fantasy X/2 - Cascada Everytime we touch (slow) - youtube 3D Animator Job Description, Salary, Skills & Software Dead Fantasy Full HD all Part (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) - youtube The Art of Fighting Game Animations: A Step-by-step Guide - ArtStation

All good video game devs will put in those CODES along with those ART. >=)

Re: Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?

#384

Post by nemo_taiwan »

fn-mote wrote: post #42

Understand that you're not going to finish what you start. Do things that are fun. Keep a notebook of ideas. Talk about plans and what you want do. Spend time with him. Even if almost none if it ever makes it into code, the imagination part will be going wild. Look at what he's really doing. He doesn't want to CODE. He wants to make a game. Like every kid. Emphasize the creative part just like he wants. Do things on…

> doesn't want to CODE. He wants to make a game. Like every kid.

But all of these video games are not going to just CODE themselves. =/

Re: Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?

#385

Post by [deleted] »

GuB-42 wrote: post #220
fn-mote wrote: post #42

Understand that you're not going to finish what you start. Do things that are fun. Keep a notebook of ideas. Talk about plans and what you want do. Spend time with him. Even if almost none if it ever makes it into code, the imagination part will be going wild. Look at what he's really doing. He doesn't want to CODE. He wants to make a game. Like every kid. Emphasize the creative part just like he wants. Do things on…

> YOUR SON DOES NOT WANT TO LEARN TO CODE Maybe he does, but he doesn't know it yet. Do not force him, but you can show him. That's actually how I got into coding. Like every kid, I wanted to make a game, but progressively, I found that I had more fun coding than actually making the game. In the end, I went in so many tangents I didn't complete my game, but who cares? Everyone is different. Maybe he just wants to ima…

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Re: Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?

#386

Post by nemo_taiwan »

nemo_taiwan wrote: post #384
fn-mote wrote: post #42

Understand that you're not going to finish what you start. Do things that are fun. Keep a notebook of ideas. Talk about plans and what you want do. Spend time with him. Even if almost none if it ever makes it into code, the imagination part will be going wild. Look at what he's really doing. He doesn't want to CODE. He wants to make a game. Like every kid. Emphasize the creative part just like he wants. Do things on…

> doesn't want to CODE. He wants to make a game. Like every kid. But all of these video games are not going to just CODE themselves. =/

All of good video game devs must doing CODE along with doing ART parts to them to make the actual video games. I recommend learning CODE like c++ and lua to be these more serious video game devs at all. >=)

Programmers and coding on game engine:

The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List? - stack overflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-...

Best Lua Books for Beginners and Advanced Developers - turing https://www.turing.com/kb/best-lua-books-to-learn-embedding-...

Unreal Engine 5 Revealed! | Next-Gen Real-Time Demo Running on PlayStation 5 - youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC5KtatMcUw

Best Unreal Engine Books For Aspiring Game Developers - whatpixel https://whatpixel.com/best-unreal-engine-books/

3d animators and content assets:

Best 3D Modeling & Digital Sculpting Books - Concept Art Empire https://conceptartempire.com/best-3d-modeling-books/

Final fantasy X/2 - Cascada Everytime we touch (slow) - youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFF_6bg4T4

3D Animator Job Description, Salary, Skills & Software https://www.cgspectrum.com/career-pathways/3d-animator

Dead Fantasy Full HD all Part (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) - youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHA3opXjcd0

The Art of Fighting Game Animations: A Step-by-step Guide - ArtStation https://www.artstation.com/blogs/gamepackstudio/4wON/the-art...

Good luck even making a video game without doing CODE part of it. =/

Re: Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?

#388

Post by cben »

burrish wrote: post #133
fn-mote wrote: post #42

Understand that you're not going to finish what you start. Do things that are fun. Keep a notebook of ideas. Talk about plans and what you want do. Spend time with him. Even if almost none if it ever makes it into code, the imagination part will be going wild. Look at what he's really doing. He doesn't want to CODE. He wants to make a game. Like every kid. Emphasize the creative part just like he wants. Do things on…

This ! Learning to code will come after, spending time with your son writing down ideas might be more fun at first and it's a good time to teach him that games are thoughts first and then coded after. I would have recommended Scratch [1] for a first introduction instead of hoping into code right away, but since he is 9yo he will most likely want to hop on big game engine like he sees his favorite youtubers doing. so…

There is also Snap! (https://snap.berkeley.edu/) which starts very much like Scratch but has higher ceiling. The deepest pedagogical benefit is you can easily build for him custom blocks — even custom control structures — to give the scaffolding that will let him focus on the programming style/aspects you want him to learn at that point.

Re: Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?

#389

Post by [deleted] »

nemo_taiwan wrote: post #386
nemo_taiwan wrote: post #384

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> doesn't want to CODE. He wants to make a game. Like every kid. But all of these video games are not going to just CODE themselves. =/

All of good video game devs must doing CODE along with doing ART parts to them to make the actual video games. I recommend learning CODE like c++ and lua to be these more serious video game devs at all. >=) Programmers and coding on game engine: The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List? - stack overflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-... Best Lua Books for Beginners and Advanced Developers…

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Re: Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?

#390

Post by [deleted] »

nemo_taiwan wrote: post #386
nemo_taiwan wrote: post #384

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> doesn't want to CODE. He wants to make a game. Like every kid. But all of these video games are not going to just CODE themselves. =/

All of good video game devs must doing CODE along with doing ART parts to them to make the actual video games. I recommend learning CODE like c++ and lua to be these more serious video game devs at all. >=) Programmers and coding on game engine: The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List? - stack overflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-... Best Lua Books for Beginners and Advanced Developers…

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