My word on Game Dev
- I used to make some small 2D games with Flash and actionscript
- and I made one 3D game in my school time using free version of Game Studio 6, and it is downloadable from (link Broken) and video trailer at http://vimeo.com/3238685
2016.08
- currently, I am back on research on game technologies, as I am more keen on multiple players on a single computer type of game, since most game only support 4 people on same machine
- in order to get start, the game engine must support more than 4 game controllers, which leading me to the finding of this game: http://karboom.net/ with 12 players (PS3 and other controllers) on a monitor.
- and unity game engine support that in a way.
- official doc, indicating 8 joystick with 20 buttons: http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/KeyCode.html
- for game sale platform, my findings are:
- of course, steam for computers and mobile stores
Start
Before making a game, you need to choose
- your target platform: Web browser or Hardware like Windows PC, Mac, Linux PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Wii, or hand device like iOS device, psp, or other consoles
- your game engine: you need to choose a game engine to start-off (building a game engine is more difficult than a game, requires ground-up programming work)
- choose a programming language: depends on your game engine
HTML 5 web game app start
- Free tool to Make Game: http://www.scirra.com/
reference material
- 3D engine history: http://blog.csdn.net/pizi0475/article/details/5856712
- learn
https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/1bi2jn/looking_for_a_good_2d_platformer_tutorial_for_a/?st=is5np1dt&sh=9f132758 http://www.walkerboystudio.com/wbstudio/learn-unity/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/1bi2jn/looking_for_a_good_2d_platformer_tutorial_for_a/?st=is5np1dt&sh=9f132758 https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/projects/tanks-tutorial/tank-creation-control?playlist=20081 https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/projects/tanks-tutorial/scene-setup?playlist=20081 https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/projects/mini-projects/creating-basic-platformer-game