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Best way to start coding indie games? (beehaw.org)
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Hey, folks! My son (currently 15) is interested in getting into game development. He's taken a class in Python in school and enjoyed it, but I know Python won't be enough. I don't think he's interested in ever making big, AAA games, but more along the lines of Undertale (which was made in Game Maker Studio) or Bug Fables (Unity).

There are just so many choices and so much content out there that I don't know where to start. Do you have any suggestions for which language(s) to learn or software (like Game Maker Studio) that you've found helpful? Thanks!

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[–] danieljoeblack@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Godot is really lightweight and the scripting (gdscript) is similar to python. It can be a bit rough around the edges but is my go to when making small games.

The documentation is pretty good,but nowhere near as available as something like unity. If I can't find something in the docs,I've been using https://www.phind.com/ to generate a snippet which does a pretty good job of getting me going.

I'm by no means an expert,but if you have any questions feel free to reach out and I'll help if I can!