How would one go about trying to do that?
to be clear the odds of my releasing a game on any platform is about 0.0000001%. however, i kind of just want to play around with the tools and get an appreciation of the effort required. i don't want to pay money to pretend to be a game developer so i'm looking for something free. Unity? if I had Unity downloaded is that enough or do I need other tools and are those other tools free?
~ kitler53 studios
How would one go about trying to do that?
to be clear the odds of my releasing a game on any platform is about 0.0000001%. however, i kind of just want to play around with the tools and get an appreciation of the effort required. i don't want to pay money to pretend to be a game developer so i'm looking for something free. Unity? if I had Unity downloaded is that enough or do I need other tools and are those other tools free?
~ kitler53 studios
Do you want to learn how to program a game? Or do you want to learn how to "make" a game? Those are two different tools. The later, Unity is great. The former? No real way, but I'd suggest monogame.
There's lots of ways to go about it.
Here's one:
Game engine: Unity is popular. Unreal Engine is another big one.
3D modeller: blender is becoming pretty big.
Some kind of editor for textures: photoshop/gmp
Some kind of audio generator
Do you want to learn how to program a game? Or do you want to learn how to "make" a game? Those are two different tools. The later, Unity is great. The former? No real way, but I'd suggest monogame.
both?
i "know" how to program but i wouldn't say i'm great at it. I learned on C and Basic and these days I read (but don't write) C#. Like i said, i kind of just want to get an appreciation for it so making a very simple game would be fun.
a long, long time ago i invented a card game. i had thoughts that might be a good place to start as it is probably a lot less ambitious.
i just don't know what i don't know so i really have no idea how to start "eating this whale".
both?
i "know" how to program but i wouldn't say i'm great at it. I learned on C and Basic and these days I read (but don't write) C#. Like i said, i kind of just want to get an appreciation for it so making a very simple game would be fun.
a long, long time ago i invented a card game. i had thoughts that might be a good place to start as it is probably a lot less ambitious.
i just don't know what i don't know so i really have no idea how to start "eating this whale".
Card game? I say use Java. Simple enough to get U.I. elements done.
Just download unreal engine and mess around. They make it really really easy to make a simple but good looking game.