HAI This might be a good place to talk about the game I'm making :D and maybe get some help.. So I'm making a game that has no name yet soo I need help on a name lol the game is about a cat/kitten who runs away from a monster and the kitten has to parkour his way to the end while collecting as many or all the potatos as possible! Thats really all I got so far.. I'm very very new to this "coding" and I'm teaching myself with the help of a lot of youtube videos and google It's a really simple start of a really (I'm believing) awesome game! So far I'm calling it "first game" ;) and I'm hoping to put a game on steam :D Heres what I'm working with right now. This is not the final design/game :) I'm still working on it. It's more of test idea thats why theres rainbow and weird cat monster thing with lots of potatos. This post will be updated with videos/info on how the game is going. (If all goes well) lol
So if you are starting out with coding your first game should be a test game. Play around with coding if you are new to it. Try and make simple games, complicate ones might stress you and unmotivate you. Once you get familiar to coding start making more advanced scripts and games.
If you are coding, I recommend starting off with C. It is a very simplified programming languages, so programming is a lot more technical.
Thanks. :D Right now I'm starting out really basic making a 2d game in gamemaker studio it's halfway done. ;)
For a game this simple, Unreal 4 is TOO good. UE4 is my favorite engine, but Zoa needs something simple. Source at the extreme most, but even that might be too much.
If you need help with code I use Code academy and W3Schools. W3Schools in particular will save your life. Its the Wikipedia of codding.
If languages like C or C++ are too simple, then Java. BUT ONLY IF THEY TRULY ARE TOO SIMPLE!! Java is good, but for other programs. Its advantage is it can do all paradigms.