How to Get Started in Game Development

In this article, I’ll describe how to get started making your own games, how you can get best practice,  how to involve in art and how you can get started a career with game development.

Getting Start:

My recommendation for everyone who has an interest in how to get started with game development is to start with a small project. If you get involved in a large project then there may chance of getting fail, lost and frustrated.

Pick up some simple games like gravity ball, flappy bird, tic tac toe or Tetris, etc. If you pick up some large games like 3d multiplayer and others. Then it is guaranteed that you might fail or stop at the very beginning. So pick up the simple game as you can think of.

In my beginning, I start with the rolling ball game based on gravity.

With some tutorials from youtube, you could build that kind of small game. After building up these games you'll learn more and more about game development. You will discover new component, new problems and how to solve them. You will also learn a little bit of codding (c# language).

For the beginners, I recommend Unity (Unity is the game developer platform engine, uses to develop games ). I like Unity because it makes more easy for the developer to build the game and switch platforms between Windows, Androids, and Mac.

3D or 2D:

As I say always start with the small and simple project, So making the 2d game is easy then 3d. 3d game is the same as 2d but with one extra direction. In unity, you can select different projects 2d or 3d as you like.

2d games can be built by 2d sprites, tiles, and script. You can easily change them into 3d by changing the camera angle.

Art In Games:

When you take a step in game development life then you have to take part in the art. You have to include art in your game because it makes games look more good looking and amazing.

Learn how to sketch and paint 2D game characters.

                                                      Create awesome 2D game animations using Unity.

Extras:

 Sound effects, music, particles, shades, and everything. Other than your own c code and the game. Art, design or graphics for your very first game, you could rely on your engine provides other than of trying to make something new. Again, remember to keep it very simple.

So, if you are ready then get started it now and make some awesome game but remember to make it simple as possible first.

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