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Re: Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer

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Post by pbourke »

bananabat wrote: post #23
Osiris wrote: post #7

My 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?

I'm entirely self-taught. My personal experience is this: - Try a bunch of free engines and platforms. Depending on your son's age, this might mean starting with something like Scratch. I've played around with it myself and it's fun. It at least gives you a feel for game logic and how a game loop should feel. - GDevelop has come a long way. My son prefers it when he's just doodling around. - My husband prefers GameMa…

Did you use Godot for this game?

Are you working on a next game?

Congratulations on getting it finished and out there!

Re: Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer

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Post by bananabat »

debaserab2 wrote: post #22

Congratulations! I'm going through a similar phase myself spurred on by the pandemic (games are, after all, why I started programming in the first place). I'm continuously amazed by how complex even simple games can be, especially if you're not using one of the big game engines. It's incredibly easy to get sidetracked or over-engineer a certain aspect. It's made me realize just how tough shipping a game - so congratu…

Thank you! It's really nice that someone sees this. I appreciate it.

Re: Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer

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Post by bananabat »

zerr wrote: post #29

Not sure if I'm the only one - I loathe games and gaming in general, think that it is a lifewasting activity mostly... But I love game development, engine development to be precise.

Mhm...I love games so I'm not sure how to respond lol.

Ok, but maybe I can relate in a way...I love cultivating pot. For real, my other dream is to be a boutique grower one day when regulations aren't so red-tapey. But I really don't care for it. I don't like being sleepy. Just gimme a beer.

Btw, do you have a game engine I can check out?

Re: Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer

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Post by bananabat »

pbourke wrote: post #31
bananabat wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm entirely self-taught. My personal experience is this: - Try a bunch of free engines and platforms. Depending on your son's age, this might mean starting with something like Scratch. I've played around with it myself and it's fun. It at least gives you a feel for game logic and how a game loop should feel. - GDevelop has come a long way. My son prefers it when he's just doodling around. - My husband prefers GameMa…

Did you use Godot for this game? Are you working on a next game? Congratulations on getting it finished and out there!

Used Godot for this game. I started my journey with Unity but my C# is, at the moment, utterly mediocre.

Maintaining this game but also starting on next ideas.

Thank you very much!

Re: Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer

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Post by JeremyReimer »

Congrats on releasing the game! Great work!

I'm 49 and I have basically the same story you did... and also share the same secret dream to write games "one day", so I'm starting really small with a simple little 2D game in GameMaker Studio. So far it's slow going but super fun. But you've inspired me to keep going, so thanks!

EDIT: Purchased! Looking forward to playing it!

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