Coding Advice

[marce 40]

I want to start coding video games but don't know where to start. I have almost no experience in any language and don't have to much money so i cant afford anything too expensive.

[Twilight Dirac 721]

Want kind of video game?  The are various programs for game design hobbyist out there that have built in compilers that let you modify their base operation with code, which may be a good way to start.  Their are also hobbyist communities out their dedicated to the same.  The only one I am really familiar with is hbgames.org but I am sure their are plenty of others as well.

[SilverHeart 741]

Try the Code academy and khan academy websites. They will get you familiar with coding and they are free.

[11th Doctor Whooves 794]

@marce: I'm moving this topic from Life Advice to General Discussion, hopefully you'll get more replies there.  Another good idea for a topic like this is a status update or a blog entry.

[Celtore 2,770]

I don't mean to discourage you, but you'll probably want to learn how to code first... Game development can be fairly tricky; rewarding, but tricky.

 

But I suppose if you'd like to start somewhere, I'd recommend pygame. It's a library for the language python which lets you build games from scratch. This library isn't efficient in the slightest, but the stuff you learn with it can be applied elsewhere and you can still make fun arcade-style games. Plus, I feel that python is one of the most newbie-friendliest programming languages out there.

 

Perhaps start with that first. Once you learn the ropes and get an understanding of python, start playing with pygame and see what sort of stuff you can make with it. Then perhaps move on to C and C++ and learn sdl. It's more difficult, but far more efficient.