Making Your First Game: Basics - How To Start Your Game Development - Extra Credits

Making your first game can be difficult. Remember that your goal is to make a game, any game. Start small, focus on basic gameplay, and pick a project you can finish. That way, you can actually complete a playable game instead of getting stuck on the details as so many first time game makers do.
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[@Next0gen0]

Alright, this is it. I'm going to try and make my first game. Just came back here to refresh myself. Wish me luck, if anyone's still watching this after so many year's.

[@drowsydaze2297]

11 months late but good luck

[@tenx4512]

Did it go good?

[@JagiUGG]

heh, same. I keep coming back here every now and then to motivate myself.

[@gerardogonzalez3427]

Let me know how you’re doing on it

[@kyleposlosky7255]

Can we get a status update? Details on your game, basic plot? We're all curious. :)

[@av.punk.801]

Welp. This is how I'm spending my quarantine I guess...

[@causalindeed1727]

probably dame

[@Jeremy-Sande]

@@causalindeed1727 dame here

[@riley1509]

Dame

[@Nylspider]

Ikr

[@kornsuwin]

Same

[@techno-chan9893]

Instructions not clear, made a 4k 3D first-person shooter.

[@xRailPvP]

LMAO

[@kingbored2039]

can i get a copy?

[@mikpro2476]

@@kingbored2039 @youmissedthejoke

[@Lostvanye]

@@mikpro2476 Not tiktok bro

[@mikpro2476]

@@Lostvanye hahahahah

[@rustyghost3141]

Me trynna be productive under the corona-lockdown.

[@RankInfinium]

Smae

[@aguywithahat7085]

Any update?

[@RankInfinium]

Nah buddy

[@RankInfinium]

I tried a project

[@ello3841]

Same lol

[@pavelZhd]

A little tiny hint I have - Do not be afraid to be a copycat. Don't expect yourself to be able to invent a whole new moustrap and never resort to ideas you did not invent, but rather saw in other games. If you see an idea and you think it will fit into your game - grab it. You'll tweak it along the way later and probably make it different. Maybe even better than it was where you saw it. Don't let ideas like "I'm not going to do it this way, because *** does it already" stop you.

[@lugbzurg8987]

I have wanted to make a game like the Serious Sam series for a few years now. Though considerably weirder, with a greater emphasis on weapons with their own physics rather than hitscans, and more attention brought on the plot. Someday... Definitely NOT my first game; I can tell you that!

[@SeanWagemans]

That is some great advice. Creativity is not always having a new idea, but combining existing ideas in new ways people haven't thought of.

[@lugbzurg8987]

I think it was also on an Extra Credits video about videogame narratives that it's usually best to determine what gameplay mechanics you want to use BEFORE deciding on a plot. Lay out how exactly the game plays out and what you want the player to do, and that should work out what kind of story the game should have better than the reverse. That really helped me out.

[@rathelmmc3194]

***** A good allegory to this is that there's only 7 universal plots, but we keep coming up with new stories.

[@ThatEntityGirl]

Copying is a great way to learn because you already know what the finished product is suppose to be like.

[@nathanielhanlon1083]

Fourteen years old, and I wanted to make games for a living as long as I can remember. Time to start my dream!

[@karmakitty6998]

Well im 15 and I’m also gonna try

[@alexqgacha7053]

10 ;-; IM YOUNG IK BUT IM DETERMINED >:D

[@kizidek9673]

@@karmakitty6998 wanna talk cause im starting from scratch and i need some help lol

[@kizidek9673]

@@alexqgacha7053wanna talk cause im starting from scratch and i need some help lol

[@kizidek9673]

im 14 by the way

[@adamkonig3753]

So I watched this video 4 years ago and I've come back to it numerous times in the middle of developing something, before starting something new, or just as a reminder to be proud of my work. I've now been making games for 4 years and I started with just some basic programming skills and now I can program, 3D model, draw 2D sprites and textures, and make my own game music and sound effects. Thank you for making this video

[@BomBom-td2bs]

Any advice for beginners? Would love to hear your thought

[@Srjl]

Watching this actually made me reconcider my way of tackling game development. I've been wanting to get into it for so long and I've so many ideas I want to put in, but now I realise that if I want to get into the industries, I shouldn't look to make some sort of behemoth of a game. Like you said; Keep it simple. I will take that to heart.

[@skandaniyer2612]

Hey Hey! Wanna work together. I'm having the same exact thoughts.

[@garrynewman6211]

@@skandaniyer2612 Well hello there!

[@skandaniyer2612]

@@garrynewman6211 yes??

[@garrynewman6211]

@@skandaniyer2612 Well, was just interested in what you were talking about.

[@nadiasanz3779]

Y'all should create a Discord server and work together.

[@precastspoon3994]

My first game took me over 5 months and put it on a disk for my little sister

[@raulbarajas1024]

mc gamer mc gamer Can you help me make a game ?

[@raulbarajas1024]

let’s make games together

[@gamingforward6699]

@@DrJones20 Hes just some kid who wants to make a game. Hes not a creep lol. I imagine you as a snowflake who thinks everyone is creepy.

[@cactiman6593]

I just wannna make a tapping game

[@IDK-fv3hu]

@@DrJones20 ?

[@trashshinobi5758]

Step 1: get a computer

[@jadepaw1248]

Mine just broke today.

[@GioisNerd]

@@jadepaw1248 man that must really try

[@kandywilliams5193]

Ssssssss

[@kandywilliams5193]

Sell ir

[@watermelon996]

Instructions unclear: I’m running from the police because I borrowed a NASA supercomputer.

[@greenpea5265]

“Full time school” Me: Ha is quarantine season

[@trident-op8262]

Green Pea I find this as a chance

[@shinkiro69420]

Yeah me too, it's a good chance to start

[@chickeninabox]

20 Essays in one day.

[@Alexander-vg5qf]

1:57 Welp, that´s... literally what I made.

[@sSpirit]

My tip: Master 2D before moving onto 3D

[@HaloMG]

+Desperately needs inspiration. yeah if you don't it will end up as sonic

[@williamburgdorffjensen6248]

so true

[@dreamartstudios4484]

+Jeff's Dead. Thats exactly what I've done!

[@vouseressecara8798]

+Jeff's Dead. master the modeling too!

[@BeamPlays]

+nGon- I'm entirely the opposite

[@nizwiz._.5906]

Tip: When you feel like you're going nowhere, maybe redo the entire game from scratch, and just start over. It might feel terrible abandoning a year of work, but you'll get to that level again WAY faster. It really helps.

[@MyNameIsARandomDude82-ms7kn]

thanks for the tip

[@terraclock]

this is also a great way to never finish ever

[@MMMikuruBeam]

I was in a struggle and nearly lost my way after roughly one week into coding This video helped me see the flaws in my journey and gave me a clearer, more realistic direction Thank you so much

[@saintcd775]

"design around your skills" I dont know what skills I have cuz ive never made a game

[@zelioz848]

And thats why you experiment and learn what u can do while ur learning to actually make a game. Its not like everyone knows at the beggining

[@PrismLight5]

So basically the scope is like art: don't think you will make great things instantly, and most importantly, practice, practice, practice, and practice will help you make better things that people will actually like.

[@PrismLight5]

did I mention practice?

[@allan8586]

The scope is like pretty much ANYTHING.

[@zyaicob]

My first game was basically one level worth of Super Mario Bros with like, one boss.

[@FlashySenap]

Back in the day I created a game in the games factory, never really got past the first few frames but I crafted my own textures, animations and mechanics... Took me years to get the knowledge to make weapon menus, selecting and stuff, then I got bored as the game factory was pretty obsolete when i finally started to get somewhere. I'm thinking of trying Unity and learn it to make the same type of game, but It will take some time :P

[@carlosarchable]

In this context, games ARE art

[@kommentator5730]

Yay! I programmed Pong!

[@GDNachoo]

Congratulations :D

[@JagiUGG]

Nice!

[@trentlindsey7401]

This probably wasn't your first project, but I'm not belittling you, my first goal is a platform and a ball that you can control.

[@Kosleft.]

Kommentator same my teacher made me make pong

[@Wilker_uwu]

i still wish that there were more games like Pwong 2 or Block Breaker Deluxe

[@FireLordJD]

That was a really genuine, motivating video that remained honest to the reality of everything. I just started learning to code/program less than 48 hours ago and, honestly, I needed this. Lol Thanks!

[@fusionare]

Usually tutorials like this give pointless or obvious tips but this is genuinely good advice and helpful

[@Lanselot2069]

This will no doubt get buried, but i LOVE that there are so many people who put their first games in the comments. it's both motivating for those guys, because the audiance here is actually nice and supportive, and it motivates others to try themselves. there are too many greedy corporations in all forms of entertainment, and the games industry is one of the easiest to enter, since all you need is a half-decent computer.

[@RoboEpic]

Agreed

[@peterdietrich8810]

My first game had a shop and controls. (The controls were shit and the shop barely worked, but whatever.)

[@aaronmeek71]

lmao

[@kangalcea]

Mt first game was a sidescroller about dinosaurs vs ducks, was pleased

[@craftinggames1079]

Wait you created the game for free or you did invest into it? plz tell me

[@kangalcea]

+Crafting Games I went to school for animation and gaming simulation! made a few short games and films since I had unlimited access to maya, mudbox, UDK, gamemaker, etc!!

[@craftinggames1079]

Oh ok. Can you create games now? like short ones? because i would love to play games from people like you

[@shadowfox5833]

Almost 6 years late, but those words of encouragement really hit the spot. Thanks a lot, I might start to make a game.

[@xdiatia4197]

I can't believe that this was made 5 years ago, Imagine how their current videos are looking!

[@gamingmilk829]

This video has helped me so much. My friend and I have recently started making a game, and we're designing around our skills. He's a great musician, so our game has a heavy emphasis on music. I'm pretty great at coding, but horrible at art, so our characters are fairly simplistic. As someone who has tried to make games before (and failed... a lot) designing around your skills is a GREAT idea. But don't be afraid to push yourself, that's pretty important.

[@leinbaj]

Sounds great! What's the title?

[@gamingmilk829]

We're waiting to decide, we want a finished product before we name it.

[@sheepy0125]

+Gaming Milk i like milk

[@gamingmilk829]

I like me too.

[@nvl2158]

Gaming Milk are you just milk but with way higher price?

[@isaacroebuck9514]

I'm an engineer and let's be honest I will never be a game dev no matter how much of a nerd I may be. But as someone who has an often very difficult technical job I feel I can offer advice to people entering into something of relative scale. There is one trait you will need to be successful, and simply put, you won't be without it, that is follow through, you cannot abandon your project when it gets difficult. The best way to know you're meant to do something is if you can still enjoy it and keep at it even when the going gets rough. Being an engineer can be a bitch but I wouldn't have it any other way, it's what makes it worth doing, If you can make a game (or anything really) on similar ideals, you will be successful, just keep at it and have fun. Edit: I know I shouldn't have but I typed this before watching the video, and it actually lined up exactly how I thought it would. Just saying, keep at it, power through, and let the struggle power you through :)

[@realvelikiman1987]

Thank. You

[@SOMEONE-eq5bu]

Great advice man, much thanks for sharing

[@taureon_]

"can't draw but can code well?" me: *rebuilds sexy hiking game*

[@surprisinglysam3728]

@Windows 10X same 💀💀

[@-lesbo]

@Windows 10X SAME

[@oilyakara]

"you never going to make the next god of war" That hit deep😑

[@punishedpokemonfanboy1032]

A nintendo direct and an extra credits-my body is ready

[@JustJunuh]

The direct had no Starfox or Zelda U. 0/10 would not watch again.

[@CyrusBluebird]

Holedigger999 No-one can cater to everyone.

[@Atypical-Abbie]

Holedigger999 Because those are the most important games.

[@MetalHillian]

Holedigger999 No way the Direct gave a release date for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate 19/10

[@s4ad0wpi]

***** Monster Hunter New 3DS XL Bundle? 100000000000000000000/10

[@NeilRoy]

Great advice. As for assets. I found that learning to use a 3D modeling program like Blender (there are TONS of tutorials online about using it) is one of the best ways. It's simple, easy to get started with and what you create will probably look fairly decent. For example, I created some walls with Blender, I angled them for isometrics and after some experimenting, I got it down pat. Walls are just cubes, reshaped, textures added is easy. An enemy is just as easy to do up. Things like sound effects seem difficult, but are surprisingly easy and fun to create. I created a cannon shot one time by dropping a book onto my desk, recording it, then slowing down the speed of the sound in Audacity (another free program for audio). I created a fire sound by crinkling hard plastic, recording it, then blowing into a microphone and recording that. I combined the two sounds in audacity and the end result sounds exactly like fire. Audacity also has some built in functions for creating sounds as well. There are lots of game engines out there you can use, but personally, I highly recommend you learn something like C++ using a library like SDL for your sounds and graphics, this way you have full control over it and for me, it is more satisfying to make my own game engine. It is cross-platform, which means if you do it right, you can create a game for different operating systems like Linux, a MAC, Windows etc. Even if just for Windows, SDL is pretty easy to use and again, there are tons of tutorials out there.

[@Zelakus]

N. Roy Wow! I never tried to make sound effects like that (x.x) Sounds cool i will give it a go 😄 Thanks 👍

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Blender also has a game engine, but you can't make anything worth selling with it.

[@aruxaru]

This is amazing and very valuable advice. Literally all you said can be applied to pretty much anything in life. Thank you so so much!!

[@anthopanino2255]

I'm making my first game in RPG maker. 😌 It's designed to be easy to use even when you're not the brightest. My scope might have been a little broader than needed, but I'm having a lot of fun with it anyway c:

[@timeslessgun]

4 months later youve probably given up havent you?

[@DuskPShermanWallaby123]

hi

[@elitemantis]

This is perfect. Too many times have I meet people asking this exact question, and when I tell them to start simple, with a pong or tetris, or something equally simple, they tend to dismiss it and start working on their very own MMORPG. Now I can link them to this video, and since everybody knows that videos on the internet are source of truth, at least there's a chance they'll believe ;)

[@vict9126]

"internet is the source of truth"

[@mc4444]

Yup, my first game was a console snake game made in C. Simple, fun to play and has the old school aesthetic; turned out great ^^

[@FrazThe]

Victor Gjelsten No no no no no, its "are," because "on the internet" is a prepositional phrase, basically acting as an adjective to the plural noun "videos." "videos are the source of truth" is how it looks without the phrase.

[@theversatileartist6446]

Every one wants to make their own skyrim or dragon age, snake? pong? are you nuts? :D

[@patu8010]

Something like Pong or Click the Clown is perfect for your first game. IMO Tetris is a lot more complicated. I remember when I was a newbie trying to make games and I couldn't figure out Tetris because there's more to it than simple collisions.

[@extrahistory]

Want to make your own game? Let's talk about where to start! #ExtraCredits Special thanks to the folks at Unity for sponsoring this four-part series on game development!

[@svwa161994]

Wow thanks for the helpful advice

[@keithwinget526]

This episode just about sums up the first few projects I've been working on. It's frustrating, even with a team, to try to get so many new things done you either haven't done before or don't have the manpower to complete in a timely fashion. It's also much harder to stay motivated when you are working in your spare time, for free and on projects which may not succeed and pay out. It's important to keep trying and keep learning as you go. You never get NOTHING out of working on a game, even a failed project. Another good episode. Thanks a lot EC. Keep up the good work!

[@KaletheQuick]

Four part? HELLZ YEAH! I wish I had a ton of money so I could give you guys what you need to make longer and in depth episodes :D I LOVE THIS SHOW!

[@svwa161994]

KaletheQuick you and me both

[@DarkSoulsSauron]

oh, that was Harmony of Heroes at the end, wasn't it?

[@kyleposlosky7255]

Thanks for the video, Creditz! I remember I was obsessed with your channel a couple years ago, hahaha. I'm like, your biggest fan. Anywhom, I just got back into game development when I remembered I had a laptop. It was sitting dormant for about a year. Just plain forgot it existed. I'd bought RPG Maker VX Ace in 2014 and I forgot how awesome it was. Thanks to you guys, I took making the game seriously, even though I knew I'd be pretty limited by the program; it's far from perfect. I had a basic idea of a main character, then wrote out a basic summary of the plot. After I had my plot summary, I worked on my characters. I'm in school for psychology, so I wrote out like three pages for each character's info, using the OCEAN model of personality. After that, I just started working on it! Designing the world, making Arrun's (MC) home village and house, setting up leveling systems and working out details of progression. The most difficult aspect of the experience, by far, are events. But now that I've watched several tutorials about how they worked, they're pretty cool in just how much detail you wanna put in a scene. I wanna go on and on about my game but I don't wanna flood the comment section! If you guys comment asking for more info, I'd be happy to go into detail about the plot, characters, their personalities and such. Maybe make a KZbin vid about how and why I did what I did? Good luck on your own Quests, guys!

[@cooch8498]

this should be a good thing to do while being stuck in quarantine

[@KoaPono25]

Also, if you can, make the game yourself. Don't start development with a partner even if it's your best friend. Partnerships are hard and can lead to problems. For your first couple try making it while keeping your strengths and weaknesses in mind and you will end up with something you can be proud of

[@rapsody230]

Lunarex If you want to make game learn to work with others it's fundamental. Alone you are weak, with others you can divide chores and do a better job. The important is find the right people.

[@TaroOmiya]

I agree with the concern, and working alone will most certainly help make the learning process easier. Lunarex in particular brought up an example I know all too well. However, if the circumstances are right, it's fine to work with a partner. The most important part is to make sure your partner is both contributing to the game and motivated to make it as much as you are. Prior friendship is entirely optional. My first set of games were made for Global Game Jam (which is coming up soon!), and everyone there were really motivated in making games. I found that teaming with others who are equally interested in making the proposed game idea were the best teams, even if we had no prior experience working with each other.

[@CrazyRiverOtter]

I dunno, I've found it's always best to have a friend or two you can consult for ideas and assets, if you need them.

[@KoaPono25]

***** I always give my friends test builds and listen to their critiques or ideas, but when you make a game with some one else (based on past experiences) there can be conflict of intrests and later if you want to sell the game there can be issues with the business side. If you do want to build a game with a partner, write up a contract and don't start development until its signed

[@soulsabr4472]

I'm actually starting a project with a co-worker, to be free on Android, and I must disagree with you strongly. Not everybody will have the uber bad experience of working with a team. Further, people ofter compliment each other. Where you are weak he/she may be strong and vice versa. In our case I'm a software engineer while he's a graphics artist. We both have enough experience in each other's fields to understand what is going on so we can communicate effectively. I would hate to undertake even a simple game alone simply because there is so much to do. Controlls, graphics, sound, music, etc ....

[@DragoniteSpam]

I do Game Maker programming tutorials sometimes, and it's _astonishing_ how many people come up to me and ask how they can make the next Smash Bros. or whatever on their first try. Going to have to start linking this video.

[@OtakuNoShitpost]

did you tell them to try making Super Smash Brothers: the Text Adventure from Ecks-why-zi software?

[@DragoniteSpam]

I think Call of Duty would be better suited for a text adventure, myself, but point taken.

[@KnightStarlight42]

Way back when I used to play with game maker, one of my earliest projects WAS a smash bros clone (except with health bars. I had no idea how to even hope to make the % damage system work.). I'd pulled all the sprite assets from various GBA games, you were either player 1 or player 2 and that'd give you a different dude, but amazingly, it sorta worked. Sorta. Not quite the next smash bros, but hey, I thought it was amazing at the time.

[@burningflurber]

DragoniteSpam I don't know how to "pay respects"

[@OtakuNoShitpost]

***** did you try "drop respects"? I think "go casket" also works.

[@julianccardenas79]

...im preparing for my game development class for whenever school starts

[@ThatExplo]

This is the first thing you see when you open the official Unity tutorial.

[@acestakers6331]

I remember 2 months ago, my final ICT assignment was making a game on scratch (a web application to design applications without coding). game worked really well, and then I got extremely motivated to try learn again to make games even though a year ago was a nightmare when I first decided to try!

[@slap_my_hand]

Unity 5 seriously needs more tutorials on the 2D stuff.

[@z4inz]

+StarTrek123456 There are actually a lot.

[@slap_my_hand]

Hazard Games Most of them suck.

[@Jenkkemi]

+StarTrek123456 Thats why i mostly make 2d using 3d in unity.

[@Surkee]

+StarTrek123456 Brackeys?

[@Hellboy_2109]

use gamesalad instead of unity if you want to make a 2d game... seriously, gamesalad is really easy to use

[@adriannavarro1955]

Does anyone know what he means by "asset store"?

[@MidnightWanderer00]

The Assets store is basically where you can buy and download assets for your games. From my own understanding, Assets are visual or Audio elements that people make and then publish for devs to use as reference or as a placeholder for character models, game elements, Etc.

[@Kiwiiiiiiii222]

@@MidnightWanderer00 *B I G B R A I N*

[@wordnado9788]

Thanks for this vid. Working on making my first game and a lot of what you're saying is exactly what I'm experiencing. This was great in terms of helping me know what a first accomplishment should be (cause, yeah, you want to make an impressive God of War to show your friends but... that just hurts you to end up trying. I'm there with that, I'm feeling it!)

[@nesnomis]

Sponsored by Unity. Doesn't use Unity as an example or explain what it is. I bet Unity loved this video.

[@anaskaadan7846]

He talked about game design. That's all unity developers care about my friend. You are right though, he should have at least mentioned to pick up unity and start using it for free or something.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab]

Unity has a pretty decent asset store almost inside the engine, so the "use the asset store" part may have been enough. Also, if it wasnt a subtle ad and also honest tip, it would just sound forced and made the video look worse so i think they did well, shoving unity down my throat would only make me want to stop watching.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaab]

Unity has a pretty decent asset store almost inside the engine, so the "use the asset store" part may have been enough. Also, if it wasnt a subtle ad and also honest tip, it would just sound forced and made the video look worse so i think they did well, shoving unity down my throat would only make me want to stop watching.

[@kwanhofu2968]

becoz unity doesnt want a narrowed minded person doing video like u

[@JagiUGG]

What is wrong about Unity? I dont get you. Unity is great for beginners, and it can reach graphics like UE4 easily. The reason there are bad games is because there are people which pick it up take everything except 3 textures they made in mspaint from the asset store, and pack it up to a bullcrap.

[@VaskoG384]

My first game was about a small square that jumped. Thats it.

[@didddd4597]

Nice 👍

[@be7655]

And thus Geometry Dash was born

[@arty8761]

Epic dude!

[@gamerboidaoneguy7693]

@Carter Kwakye-Safo fr flappy bird and all that so simple but so good

[@GiraffeFlavoredCondoms]

I am definitely in that "Can draw (moderately) but cannot code" category, hearing this was very motivating for someone like me. Thankfully my partner CAN code so I'll probably be mostly leaning on him 😄 This was very grounding and helped open my eyes a bit and see my goal, so thanks!

[@buddhadebgreat]

This is very important ❤️ I love the way how you are discussed these things .

[@meaganthemarionette4899]

This​ is actually very informative. I have this big vision of this game I want to make (being someone who's never messed with coding software in her life, hoping to get a degree in game design) but this video puts things into perspective for me, which is probably a good thing.

[@theslimeboi6706]

print('Hello World!') "Hello World!" I can has coding?

[@jezd2223]

document.write("Hello World!")

[@deedeetaylor8251]

Echo('hello world')

[@rameynoodles152]

#include printf("Hello World ");

[@helium_uwu1011]

System.out.println(“Hello World!”);

[@sametahmetsahin9125]

The SlimeBoi Print.ln("Hello World")

[@LykusKitsune]

This is actually inspiring! thanks!

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

That was mind blowing and SUPER motivating. And i don't even want to make a game!!!! But now i value more small scope projects. Thank for this brilliant video!!

[@randice]

Humans: I have all these good ideas but I can't code. Programmers: I have no good ideas but I can code. Humans after learning how to code: Cool! I can now make my game! Programmers still without any ideas: .... EDIT: Woah this blew up!!

[@GDNachoo]

You should team with a Dev with ideas so you can get started

[@randice]

Geometry Nacho true

[@JagiUGG]

Exactly! (Im the programmer without any good ideas)

[@designalenz4618]

im the one with (I hope) good ideas, let's work togheter ahah

[@thatisjake]

Wanna make a programming team with me? I have some good ideas for games.

[@geometry1249]

"Sit." "Stay." "File your taxes." Wait, what?

[@lorddootinator4332]

This I think is going to genuinely help me alot. I'm signing up for game dev classes later this year at Full Sail University and I am okay with the fact its gonna be hard work

[@blackflake7680]

Weirdly enough I feel like this video was just what I needed to hear for encouragement. Thanks.

[@Mewobiba]

What are your thoughts on starting with making mods for existing games? To me it feels like it would be a good way to get some experience in the design aspects, and possibly coding and art aspects depending on what game you mod, while still being able to push out something that's actually enjoyable to use. Though granted, personally I've always just had interest in modding, rather than creating, when it comes to computer games (though I like creating when it comes to board games). But can that be a good idea to start with, or is that also a pit fall?

[@ultimaterc]

The scope is much narrower, so it's easier to get started and actually complete something. But as you say, depending on what game you're modding, the range of skills you can acquire are also much narrower. That said, I DO know of quite a few people who work in the industry now, at AAA studios, who started as modders. But they're mostly Art and level design types. Nothing wrong with that if those are your interests and strengths (and the amount of art needed in games these days is enormous), but if you're more technical, modding doesn't offer as much.

[@cshahbazi1220]

I've worked on numerous RTS games for modding and I can say that modding is great to learn design, granted that you know some theoretic stuff too, otherwise it'll end up being something you "feel" is right. I'll admit the scope of my work were also very narrow as I worked with map editors and didn't touch the tools for models/art. An important thing from my experience is that the tools that you're provided with would make the world of difference, both in how easy it is and how much you can get done; for example Red Alert and Tiberian Sun's editors were a bit hard to get into but ended up being rather easy to work with, scripting was hard (at least back when I was doing it, I was only 15 years old then) and your options were open. Meanwhile Warcraft3's editor had tons of more options and you could build almost anything from it and map design was also rather easy to get something acceptable done, but on the other hand scripting was a nightmare and I couldnt get anything meaningful done. On the other hand, Stronghold Legends' map editor was very easy to get into and the scripting was also much simpler and easy to do yet your options were more limited, but it was also a game I went a step further and also started messing with audio files too. The good thing is that if you can get work done like I did in Stronghold Legends, you can exercise game design pretty well, but not so much the rest of the aspects like art, modeling, animation, programming etc. It also doesn't teach much teamwork because at best you'd be working with 2-5 people and those are like "big" projects. I can also admit that despite the amount of time I did invest, I don't particularly feel more ready to work on a game, I don't feel like you could throw me in a studio and tell me to start working because I don't have the technical qualifications. Perhaps in the next episodes someone like me would get more enlightened, but so far I feel the need to prepare myself more technically. TL;DR: It gives experience to practice some game design but not the other fields of production. It's more of a personal experience than something that readies you to work within a professional team.

[@eyegrinder94]

I've actually been hoping for them to do an episode on modding (even though I've never asked them to or brought it up, just a silent hope). I myself have been modding for Fallout 3 / New Vegas for quite some time, and given how easy modding has been made for those games, at least for those games it definitely gives you more in the design chapter, unless you're like, fixing scripting errors or something. But yeah, I think it can be a nice gateway, at least to get you started. If you've started out and gotten a taste of what you can do, then that might just be the incentive you need to get over the thresh-hold of learning to use an engine from base or something.

[@dak1st]

Depending on what you mean by modding. Modding can be making Warcraft 3 maps using the pre-made world editors or hacking into .DLLs and changing code. If you go for the first kind you will learn quite a lot of game design without having to bother about coding or content creation. If you go for the latter one you will focus more on coding and less on the other areas.

[@Adam-cq2yo]

I tried making a Minecraft mod. Minecraft seems to me to be a nice place to start modding. And have you SEEN what people can do with that?!

[@Memorie]

Every time I start something, I can't finish it because I have too many ideas XD

[@Broc923]

+TheMemoryGaming I have the problem of giving up on ideas. I get bored of it and move on. It's a problem.

[@Maxodex]

i wish i had that problem. i have like 0 ideas... :(

[@SupZero211]

i have an idea make to many chapters and you gonna be epic :)

[@rednapdeveloper3572]

Word! xD

[@Kebabrulle4869]

thE STORY OF MY LIIIIIIIIFE

[@dragonneverdie]

Thank you for the video, its really thoughtful and with many things I did not even thought of, even when I've worked as a software engineer for many years. Appreciated for this good content video.

[@yj9729]

Oh I find a guide video here. I was stuck to find out how to advance my skill after making a simple game. Thank you brother.

[@oldjuniper1617]

My first few games were based off of Unity tutorials and I did that for like 7 months. I started my first personal project 3 months ago and I just finished the 5th update! I still have tons to learn but I'm proud of what I've learned so far.

[@zeldacadenza9511]

I'm 12, and if I can handle coding, then anyone can. I have already devoted myself to game making, and the basics are a lot easier than you think.

[@chumworm]

Im just as old, but i havent truly picked up the concept yet. Ive been working on simple animations and graphic designing and drawing to get me started. Soon ill just add keybinds or something in order to make a very simple platformer with no objective

[@AvoidTheBeasts]

+Ian3Run RotMG I'm 14! We should all make a game haha just kidding! ;)

[@chumworm]

I don't see why not :)

[@AvoidTheBeasts]

I'm a graphic designer! I can do that haha you guys can be the coders! PM your skype and we can talk!

[@chumworm]

I could help drawing/sketching the artwork, you can make it better :D

[@GeniusGamingIsCool]

I literally downloaded unity, and then saw this for where to start, thanks!

[@johnoldfield2805]

I enjoy the overactive enthusiasm towards realistic project planning

[@marceldelarue1985]

I really thank you for all your videos. I am on the path to make my first real game and there are a lot of awesome stuff in your videos which helped me and friends to not give it up : )

[@kamoroso94]

My first game was just a number guessing game I made on a graphing calculator. I'm more of a programmer now, but making little games has always fueled my creativity. At a hackathon this February, I attempted to remake one of my favorite flash games from middle school. It wasn't near as complete as the original, but I had something that worked and could impress people with. Making games is really rewarding!

[@sunn-mechanic]

I'm just barely starting my game dev journey (this is only the second tutorial video I've watched so far lmao), and I think this made me feel a bit more confident. I don't know anything about coding, or any of the terminology, I'm just an artist with a story to tell, but this has given me hope that I can learn. Like you said, I just have to remind myself that I'm not going to learn how to do this in a week. It took me about 11 years to be able to draw as good as I can now, its probably going to take just as long to make decent games.

[@NightcoreLucy]

These videos are really helpful, I watch them with my friends on Voicely whenever we practice coding. We all agree that we learned more from KZbin videos than from school lol

[@Temazine]

JUST DO IT. MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.

[@teogonzalez7957]

Pornelius Hubert your channel name is legendary

[@jp-td6hx]

Thank you Pornelius.

[@davidanunez2]

Pornelius Hubert YES sir

[@jazzyboy3742]

Pornelius Hubert Your name will live on in history!

[@papi1050]

Thank you, Mr. Hubert

[@MasterIndieVR]

I made my first game in GameMaker 11 years ago. It was full of glitches, in fact, I couldn't even make moving left and right work properly. I just pretended that I meant for the game to behave the way it did and designed my levels around these glitches that I couldn't fix. Now today, I'm working on a simulation game with a team of incredibly talented 3D artists and I'm still trying to pretend like everything is going according to plan. haha In my opinion, that's the best way to make games :)

[@franzif.2182]

This video reminded me that I actually made a game when I was in 8th grade (around 2012) as a school assignment, but had forgotten about it. We got our intrroduction to coding with Scratch, it's basically a learning programm to understand the general principles behind computer languages. I can't recall all the details, but you have different building blocks containing basic commands like loops etc. You drag and drop these blocks into your command list and adjust the variables. When you've completed your little program you can run it and watch it on this little console or display (I'm not quite sure what the right word is). Also there are many pictures or objects preprogrammed so that you can easily use them to do what you want to. So after we learned how to use it in class we got the graded assignment to program a little game. I think the only big requirement was that it was playable. The game I ended up making was "dodge the balls that drop from the sky". Your Character (a picture of the Scratch mascot) was controlled with the left and right arrow keys and I think you had to survive for some period of time to win. I think you could also change the difficulty which altered the speed of the balls. I remember when I finished that I couldn't believe I actually made a game (albeit a crappy one). I think the entire process only took three hours or so, at most an entire afternoon. The programm is free and there's actually quite a large community, so if you're interested I can only recommend it, especially for first tries and to get to know the basics of coding.

[@joachimstorbank3416]

This video really opened my eyes and peaked my interest in coding again!

[@JKJK-lr1ug]

3:06 When you talked about asking, you I could just remember stuff like coderdojo since it is a good way of getting that help

[@pierrotlasticot5848]

The first game i've ever coded was a hangman game working on a terminal, written in C. There were a few hundreds of lines of code and no library. You've got to start somewhere.

[@Redlegion.]

This is so true I find my self doing stuff like this worrying about stuff that I should not I feel more confident now thank you

[@MatthewPalaje]

Great video series! I still watch it occasionally to remind myself of the basics.

[@pointab_lab9403]

I'm sub to your channel, well it's not a coincidence because this is about game dev after all. Haha 🤣

[@0Quiwi0]

Not my first game, but what was supposed to be my first non-text based game. I had this grand idea of Ultima style game. After working on it for two years I actually did the math and figured out that even if nothing went wrong just writing the code would have taken me almost ten years. Nowdays I probably could make it happen with RPG Maker or such, but it's still very important to start small. Your first game will not be your best game. Unless you stop making games after the first you will be making better ones later.

[@space.404]

I might have accidentally sign myself up to a game development class, it was relatively affordable and thought it might be fun but i might not have thought things through and was already freaking out, so I'm glad I saw this :] Well, let's see how things go tomorrow !

[@TheCynicalistStoryteller]

I’m so glad I saw this. I wanted to get into game development for so pong and I found unity and rpg maker. And I’m getting somewhere with unity and I already made an rpg in rpg maker. His second and first suggestions really hit me cuz I showed my game to my friends and they did the same thing he said. I’m so glad he said that cuz it made me feel more confident in my game.

[@Atlessa]

Does "RPG Maker" count as an engine? :D I've worked with that, and actually 'finished' quite a few small projects, and I can ABSOLUTELY relate to everything said in this video. It's SO easy to underestimate the work that goes into even the simplest games, and even with such a easy to use 'engine'... ... I also have to admit that I started FAR more projects than I ever finished, and that, I think, is also part of the experience. Even an unfinished project (hopefully) taught you some things, and be it only the fact that you are just one person. There's only so much you can do in a certain time-frame, and only so much patience for a single project...

[@QXbR9]

RPG Maker does totally count as an engine, and although it's not to my tastes, I disagree with those who say "It's not a real engine". Software that can make multiple genres of games is technically an engine, not a maker. I totally relate to you on the patience part. I am not a patient person. >.>

[@TheAsvarduilProject]

There's a whole Steam category for RPGMaker games, actually. So...yeah, it's a real engine.

[@FioreFire]

While you can certainly learn a lot from unfinished projects, it's always best to get out of the habit as soon as you possibly can and get into the mindset of finishing every game. I fell into this trap myself and got caught in a really vicious cycle of never getting anything done for years. Even if it's just something small, having something fully completed is always a good thing.

[@3333218]

That's a really cool place to start. But for the next step maybe you should try creating something without the help of the many tools an "RPG Maker" provides. =]

[@psielemental]

I was actually asking that myself, but feared that everyone would go "ewwww". After diving more into it, you can do much more with RPG Maker VX Ace ! Like strategy. You just need an acompaning (often free!) script to make it possible!

[@robertreimann1846]

I made my first game with C++. It was a console 1vs1 where you had to kill your opponent. The code was about 700 lines long and very simple. Have to say that I still don't know how to code snake lol :D

[@iphone5gamer618]

what is the code

[@playr1077]

Robert Reimann don't spend that much time on your first games, try to get something that works as soon as possible, then move onto the next, that is if you aren't planning on selling that game

[@mkstyle6896]

C++? That had to be a pain in the ass

[@idk5222]

cool

[@macstevins]

TheBasicKB 96 Yeah, I'm doing Java though.

[@ikoms]

I know I'm 5 years late and no one will see this but this video has helped me a lot while making my own game. Whenever I'm stuck on what to do when developing I always open up this video just to remember a few things. I'd just like to say thank you to extra credits for this video series. It really motivated me to become a developer

[@trolgeeeeee]

I saw it

[@bart5840]

Very inspirational. Thank you for sharing this masterpiece and giving us motivation.

[@General_Ace]

As someone with a basic understanding of code... It's soo annoying, you have to be SOO SPECIFIC!

[@Garlicbread3419]

Take a look at python3

[@thatisjake]

Actually I love coding, and being specific about everything. Code is the one thing that no matter what under stands me xD

[@Phoenix-ux2kx]

@@thatisjake I want to make a game dude but I have 0 knowledge of coding do you know where I can learn coding for free?

[@guipinhao602]

@@Phoenix-ux2kx You could try Clickteam Fusion 2.5! Trust me. 0% of coding.

[@McBoccher]

@@guipinhao602 yikes

[@slugfiller]

I'd like to take the first advice even farther. As an experienced programmer who made many programs, I can tell you this: Start with things you can see. While this may seem to apply less when using an existing engine, it's still useful to take, as a first step, making a program that simply opens a window. Then maybe add a box on screen. Then maybe allow the box to move left and right. Being able to visually experience what you're doing, and see what works, and instantly see if something doesn't work, goes a long way into making progress. It's a lot easier to start working on the background things, like game logic, but it's a bad idea to create a large bulk of code without taking "testing breaks" to see it in action. At the same time, don't be afraid to start your platformer as jumping boxes, or your chess games as letters on boxes, or your flight simulator as flying cubes. You can always add graphic assets as you go along. But it's a bad idea to work too much on assets and neglect the actual game and interactivity. Also, at each step, make the least amount of code to make it work. Don't try to think too far ahead. Just make sure that your code is organized into blocks, so you can later easily copy paste it to other files as the program becomes bigger, and has more demands. Start by making "messy code" that does visible work, and progressively refactor it as you go along. The more you work between making visible testable progress, the less motivated you'll feel to continue working. Also, creating a mock-up, a non-interactive animation that demonstrate what your game would play like if it was working, can also be helpful. Just to flesh out your ideas, spot design issues, and maybe test graphic assets.

[@inoxiaaestherio1681]

this is an amazing video so helpful. I am so motivated 😘 great work guys keep posting such videos

[@free_coursesforyou6861]

Thank you ur words helped me through my struggle I now owe u

[@ThatOneGib]

when i made my first game EVER (in blender lol) it was about you, first person (i guess) going (or sliding i dunno) forwards on a platform with holes in it, and you were dodging left or right. The holes had small collision zones that when you touched them (when you fell through a hole) you get the game over screen. and if you make it past the holes, you get the "you win" screen. it sounds dumb and it was dumb BUT IT WAS SO MUCH FUCKING FUN TO PLAY THIS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT I MADE THAT

[@illDiology]

After you understand all of the advice in this video, enter a Ludum Dare compo and do whatever it takes to submit a game on time for it. You'll learn more from that single weekend than you ever thought possible.

[@cykieproductions6696]

My first game idea is very complex and ambitious, so I wrote it down for a much later date. I actually had to do this many times and would recommend that others do the same.

[@AFStudiosMedia]

This was actually important for me to watch thank you

[@sirrhynus4280]

My first game was one-person battleship game. My second game, which I just made, is Snake with an option to play with 2 snakes at once. I really don't know how I came up with the idea, since my plan was to make a 2D platformer, but it's awesome.

[@VHwitTheVids]

This really helped, I am now super inspired.

[@rigzmoviediaries654]

Your channel gives the best advice. My games quality partially comes from the motivation you’ve given me

[@rogerrodrigues3000]

I first saw this video on my dads phone back in 2018 and I tell you THIS video is the exact reason why I started taking interest in game development , truth be told I failed miserably and I gave up but after all these years I'm finally learning programing and I hope this time I don't give up !!

[@grantcooper5799]

"Major Engine" Great hidden joke! My dad is an air force major, so I caught that right away.

[@dangerranger4780]

thnx for your help, you earned a new subscriber

[@genericgamer1271]

Thank you for this. I am glad someone is willing to help people.

[@kskksksjs7757]

This video is so simple but so motivating!🥰

[@EvilKimau]

*Awesome Intro* This is now one of my go to links when people ask me this question, "How do I get into games?" Always try to give an answer but you guys have done an awesome job of a nice summary. _Just be sure to finish_