Better start than never.

[ishii___25]

This year, i want at least a few progress in game development i want to make. But i still can't understand how to start in modelling and programming the game. i already come up with the idea and storyline. All i can do is watch yt video but still i cannot do it. any tips for beginner like me?

 

[Dannzy]

Pick a simple game engine and prototype a sample game before you move forward, you need knowledge of the fundamentals before jumping ahead. Godot might be a good choice now as resources for it got way better in recent years.

 

[valosagutas]

Tip to understand programming: People expect there is "video game codes" but there is none. You build a "digital factory" with conditions and automation in the right order to develop a program that users comprehend as a "video game".

It can seem like "how to build a building". There is no different way to take bricks and whatever to build a home or a tower. What changes is the goal and the method depends on the goal. You give an order to make something happen in the digital reality and we call it "program" so you gotta learn how to give order to the computer.

As for modelling: Learn Blender. Learn its shortcuts, "what is what", learn how to produce texture for your models. Bone rigging, weight painting and whatnot. Take premade models and tweak them to practice the ropes. Change hair style of people, add lots of limbs, turn people into spider-like creature or something lol.

But I got the impression you wanna jump to 3D video game development directly. I advise you to test the waters via 2D video game development. Learn the game development logic, learn how to program. 3D video game development as a beginner will be like you just invented fire technology but then you trying to invent a spaceship.

However Unreal Engine makes development very easy, but then it's up to you to jump into this hole by screaming "geronimoooooooooo" or IDK use Unity or something. I would advise anyone to program their video game engine instead but then you gotta start from "hello world" instead of "hello my first video game" lol.

 

[tenkai star]

I don't know what engine you're looking at but here's a series I followed to learn from ground zero.

Godot 4 Beginners: Learn to make a 3D Platformer!

In this complete beginning-to-end course I teach complete beginners to use and code in the Godot 4 Game Engine as we create a simple 3D Platformer game toget...

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It uses Godot (free) and even has a section on making a simple model in Blender (free) and importing that into Godot. This was enough for me to learn how to learn and jump off into my own projects and search for things as needed. I'm a part time hobbyist though so take it with a grain of salt

 

[Glossy Cat]

Tip to understand programming: People expect there is "video game codes" but there is none. You build a "digital factory" with conditions and automation in the right order to develop a program that users comprehend as a "video game".

It can seem like "how to build a building". There is no different way to take bricks and whatever to build a home or a tower. What changes is the goal and the method depends on the goal. You give an order to make something happen in the digital reality and we call it "program" so you gotta learn how to give order to the computer.

As for modelling: Learn Blender. Learn its shortcuts, "what is what", learn how to produce texture for your models. Bone rigging, weight painting and whatnot. Take premade models and tweak them to practice the ropes. Change hair style of people, add lots of limbs, turn people into spider-like creature or something lol.

But I got the impression you wanna jump to 3D video game development directly. I advise you to test the waters via 2D video game development. Learn the game development logic, learn how to program. 3D video game development as a beginner will be like you just invented fire technology but then you trying to invent a spaceship.

However Unreal Engine makes development very easy, but then it's up to you to jump into this hole by screaming "geronimoooooooooo" or IDK use Unity or something. I would advise anyone to program their video game engine instead but then you gotta start from "hello world" instead of "hello my first video game" lol.

Impressive advice.