I'm here just to congrat with you, I love everything you wrote in your write up, so inspiring! What you did is something small but so meaningful! No big dreams startup, simply live your life living its up-side-downs and loving that and after some time, doing something simple but joyful! So simple, but to these days, so great!
Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer
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Re: Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer
#222Thanks for the godot engine tip. > 45 here, always wanted to try my hand building a game but no framework clicked as godot. The getting started guides are easy on me.
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#223Re: Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer
#224Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's why I'm always grateful to stumble upon any community where the members are constructive.
If a friend who knows nothing about computers asks me for help, they are often ashamed of their lack of knowledge. I usually can fix the problem. However I feel even more deeply ignorant than them, since I have spent my life working with computers and electronics. For example I might reinstall Windows, and my friend thinks I am a computer wizard, but I am fraudulent in my own mind because I didn’t actually diagnose t…
Re: Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer
#225Just downloaded the game and I love it. Also love that it’s built with Godot. Nice work and congrats!
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#22648 is only old to people under 30.
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#227Thank you for being so inspirational.
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#228Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would think that quite a good chunk of people who go into tech (as a general domain) did so because they loved games as a kid. This is true for us and anecdotally, everyone I know who is in IT has tried their hand at making a game at one time or another. As for "never too late": maybe when we're older, we do become aware that we are closer to the end than the beginning. Part of it is also the last few years. You do…
Thanks for the kind words! >> How far along are you guys in development? Movement and gunplay are basically done and feel great. Graphics is looking pretty decent (the video is a bit outdated). Story / progression is being written and integrated at the moment; it will be text-only so no voice acting is required, which should speed things up. Some items and their stats (armor, guns, sets, etc.) are already in place, b…
Re: Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer
#229My son wants to learn how to make games but I have no game development experience. What path did you take to start learning game development?