I’m an amateur game developer. It’s very, very rare I actually get to meet someone else who’s into it. Everyone else is either overly impressed, thinking I’m some genius making COD or GTA in my spare time (I am definitely not), or some combination of thinking I’m lying/complete disinterest. It makes me quite sad to see that programming is still relatively niche.
What engine or tech are you most interested in? I’ve been a game developer for 10 years. Worked on a few larger indie titles like Squad and Midnight Ghost Hunt. I’ve had only one experience in AAA and that was at Harmonix which I disliked immensely. So for my career I’ve been aiming for studios of 20 or less people.
I tried to get into game development once, but the amount of workarounds that you have to do when scripting makes me go mad. I’m used to a more structured approach of programming when I got into game development there’s so much that can be basically called hacks my mind just imploded.
Well, I learned programming through game dev, and haven’t really entered the world of programming outside yet… so I’m scared of what’s to come when I start my CS degree haha
I also am an aspiring game dev. What’s your stack? I’ve been working in Godot for a while now but might be migrating to Bevy to use Rust and ECS.
Most people don’t recognize how much work goes into game development and expect you to just crank out AAA content, it can be demoralizing working on your own. If you wanna chat and talk shop, hit me up!
I’ve found Godot has pretty much everything I need. I roll my own components using the node system, and combine it with inheritance for the full flexibility of both worlds :p
I code in Godot using GDScript, make my models using blender, compose my music and edut sound using reaper, and edit images using GIMP. I’ve also recently started making videos using Kdenlive (I use linux btw ;))
I’m curious about other engines, true, but for anything they may have, the thought of losing Godot’s workflow is crippling.
I’m an amateur game developer. It’s very, very rare I actually get to meet someone else who’s into it. Everyone else is either overly impressed, thinking I’m some genius making COD or GTA in my spare time (I am definitely not), or some combination of thinking I’m lying/complete disinterest. It makes me quite sad to see that programming is still relatively niche.
What engine or tech are you most interested in? I’ve been a game developer for 10 years. Worked on a few larger indie titles like Squad and Midnight Ghost Hunt. I’ve had only one experience in AAA and that was at Harmonix which I disliked immensely. So for my career I’ve been aiming for studios of 20 or less people.
Atm I work in godot. I’ve had no work above indie, and very little outside my own projects. I’d like to say I’ve become quite competent, though.
Here’s my latest project: https://irmoz.itch.io/upheaval
It’s a jam game, a low-res first person shooter inspired by doom, with a horror theme, and adaptive music. The weapons are made from body parts :D
I’ve been following a lot of PICO-8 game developers lately (on Mastodon and Discord) and I love seeing all the cool stuff they are doing.
I tried to get into game development once, but the amount of workarounds that you have to do when scripting makes me go mad. I’m used to a more structured approach of programming when I got into game development there’s so much that can be basically called hacks my mind just imploded.
Well, I learned programming through game dev, and haven’t really entered the world of programming outside yet… so I’m scared of what’s to come when I start my CS degree haha
Get a game development degree in Colorado instead! It’s like CS but with less math and more programming projects.
Game development is harder than most programming jobs.
Eh, it’s too late haha my course starts in two months
I also am an aspiring game dev. What’s your stack? I’ve been working in Godot for a while now but might be migrating to Bevy to use Rust and ECS.
Most people don’t recognize how much work goes into game development and expect you to just crank out AAA content, it can be demoralizing working on your own. If you wanna chat and talk shop, hit me up!
I’ve found Godot has pretty much everything I need. I roll my own components using the node system, and combine it with inheritance for the full flexibility of both worlds :p
I code in Godot using GDScript, make my models using blender, compose my music and edut sound using reaper, and edit images using GIMP. I’ve also recently started making videos using Kdenlive (I use linux btw ;))
I’m curious about other engines, true, but for anything they may have, the thought of losing Godot’s workflow is crippling.
If you’re interested, here’s my latest project: https://irmoz.itch.io/upheaval
I’m working on a video about how I made it, too :)