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

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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!

Thank you for reading it. I am so glad that you found meaning in it and that it has found some resonance in the community.

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

#222

Thanks 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.

Love Godot! You're right, sometimes it's just about what clicks.

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

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Thank you, and you're right...I'm perpetually surprised at the actual number of my age.

In hexadecimal you're only 30.

I'm going to use that now. My age is hexadecimal 30, if anyone asks.

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

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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…

What you just wrote is really inspiring to me, thank you!

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

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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…

If you ever call for beta testers, ~~ raises hand ~~

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

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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?

Logo can be a great place to start, it's good for simple games because each game element can be a turtle you can control relative to its own position. Logo interpreters suitable for simple game development include turtleSpaces https://turtlespaces.org
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