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    PaladinGuy

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    Default Re: I wanna learn how to make video games!

    Quote Originally Posted by halfeye View Post
    Basically, don't.
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    There is on my opinion probably a living in computers, and in gaming and there's likely to be one for as long as people have jobs IMHO, but the chances are it won't be fun. Consider the art side as another option, it's getting more photo-realistic as time goes on, but there may be a living there too.
    That's probably a bit extreme. I think you are basically right as in terms of as a career, but quite a few popular games are also simple.

    With one of the extremely high level applications you could easily create a pretty little platformer, or a thing too close to puzzle-bobble to share.
    With a normal language you could do something that was even more yours, at the cost of time/quality. Unless you can think of a real gimmick, you and your family will be the only people who care about it, but they are all the people that matter [so be a bit realistic and do it for fun].
    Last edited by jayem; 2019-03-17 at 05:41 PM.