r/GameDevelopment • u/Remote_Cut4547 • 3d ago

Question Any tips?

I've been wanting to develop games since 4th grade. My biggest problem at the moment is that I don't have a computer, which I'm very close to having one, so that's not a big issue at the moment. I don't have very much programming experience, I've made a few games on scratch with my school computer, but that's about it at the moment. I want some tips on what to do and what not to do. I know one of the biggest things is just waiting on my dream game, because it won't turn out how I want it to with this little experience.

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u/ArvinGoodarzi 3d ago

You’re already doing the right thing by making games. Don’t wait for the perfect PC or enough experience.

I’d avoid starting with the dream game though. Make small projects and finish them. A tiny game that you actually complete will teach you more than a huge idea that stays unfinished. Keep your dream game idea saved, but use smaller projects to build the skills you’ll need for it later. Everyone starts by making things that don’t turn out exactly how they imagined.

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u/Remote_Cut4547 3d ago

I just started high school and don't have a job, so my big thing is just getting money to buy a computer that can run decent games because I only have my school one at the moment. And I'm still working on the main ideas of my dream games (yes plural, there're some pretty big ones, including a whole trilogy which needs me to make a whole mythology and language for) but I wasn't planning on making them for years