killamch89 Posted April 4, 2024 Posted April 4, 2024 Have any of you dabbled in creating your own video games? Whether it's a small indie project or something more ambitious, how did it turn out for you? Are there any important lessons you learned from the whole experience?
HowHammerYou Posted April 5, 2024 Posted April 5, 2024 I'd like to, but I just don't have the time and won't for the forseeable future. Every time I get a really good game idea, though, I write it down on my computer.
PGen98 Posted April 5, 2024 Posted April 5, 2024 I've done some basic game programming, I was a Java programmer by trade, so I dabbled a little bit in video game coding just to see if I had a feel for it. I found out I much prefer playing games to making them, lol.
killamch89 Posted April 7, 2024 Author Posted April 7, 2024 On 4/4/2024 at 7:23 PM, HowHammerYou said: I'd like to, but I just don't have the time and won't for the forseeable future. Every time I get a really good game idea, though, I write it down on my computer. Same here - I've done the same and some of them I've made into personal mods for Skyrim. On 4/5/2024 at 1:45 AM, PGen98 said: I've done some basic game programming, I was a Java programmer by trade, so I dabbled a little bit in video game coding just to see if I had a feel for it. I found out I much prefer playing games to making them, lol. I can imagine - the simplest mistake in videogame code and you'll have hours of work needed to fix that. I've modded quite a number of games and that's why I really respect game developers for the time and effort they put into making one.
Knight Barida Posted April 8, 2024 Posted April 8, 2024 To be honest, I would have made the move assuming that I got the skills to do so. I read up on game development and how developers build games, but I am yet to develop the skills to build one.
killamch89 Posted April 15, 2024 Author Posted April 15, 2024 On 4/7/2024 at 11:38 PM, Knight Barida said: To be honest, I would have made the move assuming that I got the skills to do so. I read up on game development and how developers build games, but I am yet to develop the skills to build one. Yeah - It's pretty complicated. Just to make a simple game using code takes days of work and that's for someone who's knowledgeable enough to do it.
Scorpion Posted October 12, 2024 Posted October 12, 2024 I tried creating a small indie RPG once. Learned quickly that balancing gameplay and story is much harder than expected!
