My goodness. I didn't even know that there was a community on this website. Hi everyone. Are you doing fine?
Oh it's going great. Due to some problems, I had to make it over all least twice( this is my third attempt). However, all the experience I've acquired made it possible for me to cover a whole lot of ground in a short period of time. I've been working on the game ever since the beginning of this year. Despite it's difficulties, making games is a lot easier than I thought. I've already made a first person shooter that is on itch.io but, if I'm being honest, I'm not too proud of; I just made it to prove to myself that I know how to make games. The first person shooter that I'm making, will truly live up to my standard of what I consider to be a decent shooter.
I know what you mean. I just released my first game, and it took me more than a year and the project was very messy. I think I learned that it's good to invest some time in organizing your code because, especially for larger projects, messy code can become a huge obstacle later on (I had to fight with the code for my game for hours sometimes and it was frustrating) Also maybe it's good to spend a few days thinking through your idea, write down a summary of your game, draw some sketches of your idea (even if they're crappy MS paint drawings, you get a bit of visual reference to look at when you start making the game, it doesn't need to be well-drawn) and get a solid basis for what it is you're going to make before you start actually building the game. I think the main mistake I made was knowing what type of game I wanted to make, but not thinking about a theme or art style until after the fact. These are a few things I didn't do with my first game that I kind of wish I had done and have done with my current project (which has gone much smoother) I think it's solid advice, so I wanted to share. Good luck of course!
Hey i'm Antz I am an independent game developer with 2 years of experience in Unreal Engine. I produce my own beats using garage band and I also enjoy using pixilart for artwork (I used pixilart for all my sprites in my game). My released game is " The Forbidden Web " (Click here -> https://forbiddenweb.itch.io/the-forbidden-web if you want to try it) It is a 2D platformer game with all self made music and self made characters/ animations/ levels etc. I would say 2D animations has been the hardest part because of all the redesigning over 1 wrong pixel.
I currently use Nobara Project by GloirousEggroll, but I have used Mint, Manjaro, and Garuda.
Say you take Fedora, but fix up a lot of different aspects to make it point and click, but also high performing for gamers and content creators. That's what GloriousEggroll did with Nobara. If you go to nobaraproject.org, you'll find what he did for this project, with no affiliation to Fedora, despite being a Fedora engineer himself.
They're definitely challenging lol. I think the closest thing I to a VSRG was guitar hero and DDR. I was ok at guitar hero, not so much at DDR though.
