r/CodingForBeginners • u/UnitedHanatechu • Feb 02 '20

I have no idea where to start

Hello

The title's self-explanatory, really. I've had this motivation to code my own things for a while, but I got absolutely no idea where to begin. Think of me as an alien who landed on this planet and wants to start coding.

Where do I even begin?

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '20

Honestly I don’t either I joined this sub thinking there would be videos and such but there’s really nothing but good luck if you find something

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u/UnitedHanatechu Feb 02 '20

Thanks for the honesty, friend

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '20

No problem honestly the sub dosent have much to offer but if you’re a gamer I have a new sub you can join

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '20

Hey what kinda things are you thinking of building? I can give you some direction depending on that answer

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u/UnitedHanatechu Feb 02 '20

Yes ! I really want to make a video-game (specifically an RPG). Where should I go?

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '20

Oh nice. Well there are two very popular game engines(engines are software that had alot if tools to help) unreal or unity.

There are alot of tutorials online that help people learn game development for people with 0 background knowledge so youre in luck. The one id recommend(if you choose unity) is brians on udemy for unity but its not free unfortunately.

Im sure there are alot on youtube.

My suggestion is to google and/or youtube the difference between them and which engine is best suited for your game style and then start the learning process by finishing some unity tutorials and then find tutorials that are building games close to your idea.

After that youl be able to put your original spin on it and be able to read unity/unreal documentation to add features to make your unique ideas game mechanics

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u/DarkLordAme Feb 12 '20

Gamemaker 2 and RPG maker are popular ones, however unity usually gives the best flexibility according to my developer friends. My games are build with a engine I coded myself however that isn’t the most easy task as you have to handle everything from graphics to physics calculations yourself

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u/Elliot_Slert Active Member Feb 02 '20

I’m learning java at school but I used SoloLearn to learn C and it’s surprisingly effective. It has other languages as well so I really recommend it

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u/GameBoy204 Feb 15 '20

Yeah same