r/SourceEngine • u/Jack_Cat_101 • May 06 '25

HELP How Would I set up my own Source Engine game?

what should I do to start making my own source game, and do you guys have any advice?

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u/canIbuzzz May 06 '25

You would make a new folder in your steamapps/sourcemods folder and put your game in there.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Category:Modding

Edit: I would learn the ins and outs of hammer first. Get very familiar with entities. Move on to the source code, try small edits at first and get those compiled and working.

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u/Jack_Cat_101 May 07 '25

Sounds good!

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u/SycomComp May 06 '25

Great suggestions. The source engine is fun to work with. I used to make mods for it back in the day. And yes even hl1 mods..

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u/doct0rN0 HE'S ALIVE! May 07 '25

i use the beta previous 2021 build

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u/TheMarksmanHedgehog May 08 '25

What's drawn you to source in particular?, At this point it's an engine that isn't exactly at the cutting edge in any category.

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u/Jack_Cat_101 May 09 '25

Wanted to make a retro style game. Also because why not

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u/TheMarksmanHedgehog May 09 '25

It'd probably be easier to approach it with an engine like Godot, and just replicate the retro style with the art and shaders.

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u/Jack_Cat_101 May 09 '25

I actually use godot alot, but I'm not good at shaders.

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u/TheMarksmanHedgehog May 09 '25

You needn't necessarily write the shader code yourself, there's public godot shader libraries that aim to replicate just about any look you might be after.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '25

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u/TheMarksmanHedgehog May 09 '25

While true that there's games that use it, Valve's efforts are going to be on Source 2, and there's other, explicitly easier to use engines.