/agdg/ - Amateur Game Development General

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>>28668

>I read that it allows anyone to use it for free even commercially unless they make $100,000 in a single year. Then they'd have to pay like a monthly fee or something.

Sounds like Unity, UE4 has something similar.

If you want to make 2D games, then Gamemaker is the best engine, that's what Hotline Miami was made with too. Unity supports scripting with Javascript, but I heard they're deprecating that.

>>28668

>learn C++

>open your mind on how the memory works with pointer

>make a bunch of of data structure in c++ such has linked list

>implement your own popular algorithm such has quicksort, radixsort, quickselect,...

>implement first binary tree

>learn a multimedia library(SDL, SFML,...)

>make fun stuff and shit

>realise you require linear algebra

>do your linear algebra

>start writting shitty 2D game

>realise you can't write proper software

>grab a book on design pattern

>start writting your shitty game

>learn other higher level language to boost devlopment

>realise you have absolute no skill in drawing

>learn to draw with pen/paper

>start with perspective(put a box, fruit, stuff in front of you and start to draw them)

>get good

>learn to draw basic human anatomy

>16h a day later for 6 month drawing

>grab a tablet

>slowly get good with it

>1 month later

>finally start doing the 2D game

>realise you forgot the sound

>cry

...

also godot is a pretty nice engine

>>28674

I thought GameMaker was hated for some reason? Or is it just the licencing fee?

In the same boat as OP, looking into/using Godot. Totally free. Big update made it "viable". But their showreel is some real shit (basic early internet Flash Games on iPhone tier).

>>28740

Nodev memesters hate anything and everything.

The people who own Gamemaker are supposedly some kikes, but the engine itself is very good.

Godot is a pretty precarious engine. It appears to be capable but we lack proof in the form of good games made with it, and the next update is going to break compatibility with old versions because of some of coming overhauls, but those overhauls supposedly improve it significantly.

I'm personally pretty excited about Godot, but it's complicated to recommend at the moment for the reasons mentioned above.

>>28668

My child, no one other than other devs will know or even understand what your game is made in or what technologies it uses, as long as your game works as intended.

Find a language/library/whateverthefuck, and see if something LIKE what you want to create has already been made in it. This will let you know how feasible whatever the fuck you chose is for your needs.

Then go through the tutorial pages of that technology. Bonus points if you can find a tutorial that makes something similar to what you want to create as the end-product.

If you hate using the technology/language/library as you go through the tutorial, decide if you want to tough it out, or try something else. Rinse and repeat until you find something you enjoy working with.

Pro Tip: Don't write your own engine.