How I Started Making Games with No Experience
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Vimlark: "does a game engine run on gas" me: "no it runs on human suffering"
HAHAHA!!!!
Lol
And caffeine.
And red bull
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As someone who’s interested in becoming a game dev, this is really inspiring ^^;
Facts
Also pretty scary. My moms going to college for game coding, and seeing this is inspiring for me, and scary for people with/getting degrees.
Best of luck! It takes time and effort but it is an amazing experience.
I'm a hobbyist, I'd never be able to make games at a studio. Getting a degree will give a much better foundation than the fumbling around I've been doing for years. Best of luck to your Mom!
Same
That’s it. This is the last thing I really needed! I’m going to start my VR dev journey. Thankyou for the inspiration
gl bro
Good luck! I'm starting my game journey, too.
Gl, hows it going so far?
I am also interested do you know if I will need to program and if I can use ue4/ue5?
Cool
6:42 (anxiety) "to the point where I was considering not going to this meetup, even when I was sitting in the parking lot of the venue." - I felt that hard. Good job making it happen!
Literally just started to code in Unity and was getting down because I couldnt write code myself but could only follow tutorials. Code is a major demotivator.
doesnt unity have like a visual scripting thing or something
For me the demotivator is to make the art, no game can function without an artistic value and I mentally struggle if I should pursue game dev
@@gsczo I have the inability to art as well, but pick a style that you may be able to do and play around with it. I ended up having to stick with pixel art, because "stickman" is about the level of my abilities, but I've made some nifty things... none of which I've used in a game though lol. That being said, pixel art may look easy, but nice pixel art is tough. I say give it a go!
@@oscarsmith-jones7520 How are you supposed to learn then ?! You cant just put random words you have to see lots of examples? I'm trying to learn to and I dont see how its bad
@@gsczo well it's a good thing my sister is an artist as a hobby! And she's SUPER good at it at least in my opinion, so if I ever become a game dev I'll probably have the art down! Edit: (I am rly not good at art)
You had me at "I have anxiety, to the point where I almost didn't go in, even when I was sitting in the parking lot." Man, do I know that feeling. Now try it with short-term amnesia.
Aye, anxiety and short-term memory loss is a pain
could also be ADHD, which has effects of short term memory loss
I know I might sound like a dreamer but I really want to make a historical medieval first person hack and slash game with Total War commands like Mordhau and Bannerlord. I know it’s a huge stretch but that’s the end goal hopefully some day I’ll get there
Well, the bigger you dream, the earlier you should start. And if I were you I'd base the game in some specific well know medieval event, so you can go in depth detail wise.
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I kinda have a dream of doing something similar, good luck to you I would love to play it!
I Wish you the best:)
You now I'm not sure if that is bad or good idea but I'm sure to make a good game like that. I'm a game develeper
This is one of the most inspiring videos I've ever watched. Thank you so much for this. I'm new to the game design space and one of my biggest hurdles has been feeling overwhelmed about my lack of coding experience. Seeing your journey of how you went from no coding experience to being able to code a game by yourself at your first game jam really did something for me.
how is your progress?
2:17 major creative BLOCK I see what you did there
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As a Graphic Design major with a love for gaming and a very entry level in coding, this video hit RIGHT at home, thank you for this so much, I'm about to start my journey with GDevelop
How is it going?
This video was unbelievably encouraging. Thank you. I have been struggling with finding the right engine, trying things alone but having no where to go to with questions. It’s so nice to learn there are groups/forums/communities out there.
This is lovely to hear how you found a whole community and amazing that you spent so long persistently making stuff, especially over a year of daily art. I just discovered Core, but didn’t realise it’s a creation tool, I haven’t loaded it up yet and they described it more as an arcade full of games. I’ve had an idea for a cat game for ages since I got three kittens last year and they’re hilarious, I don’t suppose there’s a basic cat model to edit. I draw and paint some, but the oomph goes too easily, I just got back into gaming after a while and you saying ‘I was a bored artist’ resonated. I’ve been wanting to do more with characters I was writing a story for too, heck I even learned code a few years ago, but my passion for websites waned and I found I didn’t love battling all my errors enough to keep going. So this all seems fun 😁
You're very inspirational, i'm glad everything turned out so well for you. Keep up the good work, this definetely gave me some motivation to start doing it myself!
The new Don't Explode, looks so much better already, even you have came a long way with pixel art and animation! You're doing a great job 👍
I have learned soooooo much from this. Your anxiety issues and drive sound like me in so many ways. I'm pumped to get started. Thanks for the motivation
randomly found this video after starting my game dev career a month ago. this story was amazing and inspiring as hell, even sounds similar to a path i'd like to take with game jams and the community meetups. love it, subbed!
I've been working since circa a week on my first game (a 2D platformer), and I love it... to learn it, pixel the sprites and testing it and getting rewarded when I do something right... thanks for your inspiration
This is insanely inspiring. I’ve wanted to start my own journey for a long time, I have absolutely no experience in coding, art is another story. If I could do this and make a living doing it, I could die happy. I’m gonna give it a go. Thank you for the inspiration
I'm so happy for you! Thank you for sharing your experience, this was a really uplifting video.
This is soooooo inspiring!!! Thank you for sharing and being so candid with your experiences! I am also very introverted and I can really identify with the initial fears that you shared about here. I really want to get my stuff out there too and this has really inspired me to start looking for more feedback even though it's really scary.
Just found your channel and I've to say I really enjoy your stuff . I'm a computer science student debating myself if I should go down the path of game programming, since it's something I've wanted to do for a long time. Enough to say, your vlogs are really inspiring. Keep'em coming!
Thanks Vimlark! You’ve definitely inspired me to get into a community rather than just go it alone. Love seeing your projections.
Wow, you're such an inspiration! Everything that happend to you is like movie with very happy ending + "to be continued..." I am also learning how to create games, but I still don't know much, so I am still not going into such meet up. I certainly don't feel I am much of the value just now, but maybe soon in the future. All emotions that you felt are so very to my heart. Thank you for sharing this story!
when i grow up i wanna make this game called super game boy, i already made some drawings of it
You can start now if you want
Yeah im trying to learn to code, so far, only learned graphic design, but ill get there!
@@uncannychmkn8188 yeah good luck
Thanks!
@@uncannychmkn8188 try to start on a non code engine and put some of the art to work. Working and working and not seeing anything, any visual progress, can be veeery demotivating.
That's an incredible journey. I guess we start at some point of time always.
Hey just subbed. I dabbled in game making for awhile, im more musician than artist and I just started exploring ways to use that in games. Thanks for the inspiration!
Everytime I see something from you, either videos, or chilling on streams, you are such a boost of motivation. Hopefully one day i'll actually try to submit a game for you to try on stream too :)
Thanks for hanging out, it's fun to have you at the streams. I'm excited for that day!
You’re so talented, man. These vids you’re making are great. Keep it up, my man. With this quality of content, I’m positive that you’ll get there 👍
Congratulations for your achievements so far! Keep going and doing what you love. Thanks for sharing.
Very cool man. I got the warm and fuzzies with a spur of excitement from watching. I’ve been wanting to do this for ages. Upskilling for my day job keeps from this. I’ll get around to learning game dev one day! I can’t wait 😊 Your progress is amazing.
5:03 That's my name
This is a fantastic video, really inspiring :) it's amazing you have such a nice local game Dev community, which I think is quite rare to come by! :)
Yeah, I am super lucky. I wouldn't have progressed as far as I have without them.
@@Vimlark yeah I get that, other than valuable friends you get valuable feedback
Huge motivation boost! I really hope my future in game making can be as fun as yours!
This is exactly what I needed to hear. I’ve been going on/off with video game development for a while, and I can see some of the mistakes I made which you’ve pointed out; namely community. I know this video is old, but thanks so much for posting it.
WTG on making the GMTK Jam top 20 dude!
This was incredibly inspiring--the anxiety and introversion? My main problems. That AHA! moment when you made something awesome? I would love to experience that again. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I'm hopping back in and saving this as motivation.
Lowkey, you've inspired me quite a bit. I took a break from college to see how well I can do this on my own, and I really appreciate your video. I wonder if my town has indie game dev meetups
This is definitely inspiring and gives me some hope that I can create a game with zero experience. Thank you Ive been wanting to create a game as long as I can remember, I even wrote down my ideas and what I wanted in my game. Only thing that was stopping me was motivation and not knowing how to do it. I have experience in animation and art to back me up, but nothing for coding or how a game works. Luckily we’re in a time where theres a massive online community and tons of videos to learn off of. Thank you for being apart of that!
This video was the final thing i needed to be fully sure i want to be a full indie dev thank you vimlark
Im So Fast What Should I Say... Ummmm I Like When You Make Video Games!
Same!
STARTing mine today. thanks for uploading this, great advice and inspiration
This is a fantastic and inspirational video, thank you. A lot of times I get into the 'no experience' videos and... there was some previous experience in there lol. So, thanks for actually showing us the start with NO experience. I'm there now. First day of REALLY hunkering down to tinker with basic coding. I'm going to tinker with what you did too to see which I'm more drawn to. If my chromebook will allow for it.
Cool experience man! This was pretty inspiring and, as an Entrepreneur myself, I do agree that feedback is the best motivator, bad or good!
I love Core, been on the platform for about 6-months and it's been awesome. Anyone that has ever dreamed of creating a game, really needs to check this out!
Very inspirational story! I think most of us can really relate and the fact you're able to put that into words like this is amazing! Thanks for this and definately will be diving into your other videos.
I'll have to take a deeper look at your channel; I have some experience from high school, college and just playing around for years with programming, and now I'm learning to make games in Unity and already have a project started for a real game that I'm going to make with my brother in law. Super excited!
I'll recognize eSports arena anywhere. Feel lucky to live pretty close, can't wait for the pandemic to run it's course so I can get involved with the local community as well! These events look so cool.
They are a blast and I'm right there with you. I miss the local community a lot.
This video don't have any dislikes, this video needs to keep like this
It never stays that way :)
Oh no, there is *1* now.
Now the unlucky number
it's 101 now
143 now Reeee
Amazing video! I appreciate you being vulnerable and sharing your experiences! Happy gaming 🤟
Nice! I was just starting to learn game dev and this video really helps to motivate me. Will definitely check out Core as it seemed interesting
As a gamedev who uses construct 3, this is really inspiring!
Why someone should use anything else when unity is free??
@@aranna5372 the intro of unity sucks
@@droidandroid174 facts
@@droidandroid174 lol
@@aranna5372 construct 3 is great as an introduction to game development
Whenever I see a new video I know my day is gonna be great
I REALLY needed a video like this! Thank you so much!
Awesome video with a really good atmosphere to it. Thanks for uploading!
As someone who also sits in the parking lot contemplating life, this is really inspiring
I graduated Interior Design and now I suddenly want to dive into game design. This is an inspiring video and I hope I make it despite starting in my 20s. P.S. I was never really that into games more than my brother up until now. I just happen to appreciate the craft and I am anxious about the idea of going for it so yeah 😅
Hope you still on your dream mate🎉
Amazing video, I’m happy to see how far you’ve come in your game dev journey
wow this is extremely inspiring, im even more excited to start my dev journey now!
Dang this is really cool man, makes me wanna go make something haha
2:20 We all know the feeling when we see what beauty we created :)
Thank you so much for making this video! I've been lost for quite awhile.
All the best for you. People like you(specially introvert!) inspires newbies a lot :)
I needed this video. I'm 28. I had to put a lot of my life and what I wanted on hold. I want to be a 3D character modler/animator but recently I've been wanting to become a game designer. I'll be relocating next year and finally going to a community college and I thought the best thing for me was to get into graphic design/computer science and transfer to a 4 year school for game design. but seeing this has given me hope that you don't need a degree to learn game development and design.
Don't get the degree. You go into debt learning the history of computers and a bunch of theory and algorithms that you just don't need to know beyond the MIT lectures on here. Even that is a bit much. Just start coding. Did I mention you also have to waste 4 perfectly good years of your life? I love life too much to throw away any of it.
@@davidnichol4735 Not in every country you have to pay high student fees. For example in Germany you only pay 200 euros every 6 months. America is crazy in this regard.
Good luck on whatever it is you decide to do, I wish you the best!
@@nadijung7503 I still wouldn't consider four years of a life to be a price worth paying to NOT learn how to program
@@davidnichol4735 Well in Germany we have two types of universities: the classic university (Universität), that focuses on research, and university of applied sciences (Fachhochschule), that mainly focuses on practical stuff like programming.
This is really motivating! thx for everything Vim! I'm Fever btw :D
Awesome 👌 I'm glad I watched this. I've got a game idea that I'd really love to bring to life and watching your journey has given me inspiration. I didn't even think to search for supportive indie gaming communities until seeing your video. Thanks for sharing 👍
this is hugely inspiring!! thank you so much for sharing! this is awesome!
“The that awesome feeling was pretty unreal...” are you sure you don’t you mean “was pretty unity”? 😂😂😂
2019 me: unity is pretty simple and nice. 2020 me: OHMYGODWHATISGOINGONSTOPUPDATINGUNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Game developer dad joke*
I Love Core it's so Nice :D
I'm not a video game designer but I'm in the middle of my first foray in tabletop game design. I love watching these stories when I'm grinding through a new development in my project. Helps me push through!
That was awesome - thanks for sharing your experience!
I’ve been a tester whose worked closely with dev for 6 years and now I have a call cause they’re interest in making me a designer. I’m nervous as hell.
Hi, I install your game Monkeys with Guns (I like the visual) but i didn´t play yet , it´s possible to play with only one player?
Hey there. Sadly right now the beta you downloaded needs at least 2 players. The end goal is to have it work for one but that wont be for a while.
i went to a video game summer camp several years ago, i stayed on it for a while & then i totally forgot about it until my dad brought it up recently. i signed up for construct yesterday & i’m glad i’m getting back into it! this video was super motivating!
I've looked through the comments and know this is definitely not the 1st, but this fir sure has given me the spark for motivation for finally jumping in to this world. I've never coded, but have watched somethings to see if I'd even be able to grasp it. and am going to finally upgrade my computer and jump in to this.
I'm very interested in video games as way to tell stories, I wish I could team up with someone who would do the coding and I would write the story and art.
Heyy
If it's 2d m on for developing but the thing I lack is art and story 😐 If 3d i still can but it's difficult with complex games
I'm looking for an artist!
My biggest fear isnt the coding, it's actually the modeling and art when it comes to the art. I'm not an artist, I know I can learn but it's the process that scares me.
That's me except with coding. I like to pretend I'm an artist (I'm a novice), but I'd probably be a coder if I gave it a chance
thank you so much! you are bringing me the inspiration I needed.. I always thought everyone was better than me so I never tired but now thanks to you and your sponsorship I can finally do what I love
This is Great. I have the same day job what you used to have and this is just inspiring. Gonna lookout for more games from your side.
I’m trying to make a game and code but visual studio is not easy. I’m going to try out your coding system at some point. Ps:Your vids are awesome
Best of luck!
the people who made the first Mario game are probably thinking , 'THIS WOULD HAVE SAVED A LOT OF TIME'
If only they didn't have to write it in machine code.
@@Vimlark yeh
Just ran into this from a newsletter from the game dev marketplace. Great to see this content. Ive been developing secretly on my own for a few years and have yet to come out of my hole to the internet, BUT recently have started assisting high schools create gaming clubs and branching off into the industry, where I'll also actually teach game development. Idk why I didn't also think about starting a community for game developers who are already here, when my entire portfolio and skill set is buildings communities for a living. Truly, thank you for the encouragement, the inspiration, and motivation to get out of my subconscious in development.
Over 2 years later and your video inspired one more. Thanks man! Great stuff!
I am starting making pixel 2d sprites and i wish that you make a series about how to start in pixel art step by step using Aseprite👍🏻
I'm planning a video on pixel art but not sure what it will be all about yet.
Well, using aseprite it's esay, try using blender, that's really fucking hard
@@si8778 blender has nothing to do with 2d pixel art
Interesting and inspiring story! Are you still involved with the Game Dev Underground community? I left when it just became kind of low effort news reading when he tried to just ram his game down everyone's throat.
I'm still a part but not active. I'm really busy with my own community now.
This is mega inspiring! Your process was very organic and born out of a true love for video games and wanting to get more creative. It seems not so daunting anymore to get started learning how to code.
I love Construct! I'm a full time software dev now but in high school I taught a one week workshop for interested middle/high school kids with the goal to teach something STEM/computer dev related, but was given the freedom to teach anything. I always went with Construct since it was the perfect mix of learning core concepts really quickly and having solid visual feedback to what you make.
This is a bit of a deja vu from the QnA.
I wasn't happy with the telling in the Q&A.
I have a question, I've been wanting to become a game developer for a few years but the longer I've waited the more I feel like there are too many games and too much competition, would you say you had any problems with these sort of feelings and do you think I should go through with becoming a game developer?
I'm all about encouraging people to give game dev a try. You don't have to try to make "the next big game" to enjoy the hobby and connect with others. I was never discouraged by how many people are doing it, I more just wanted to be part of it and make things. Give it a try and see if it's for you, the nice thing is there are a lot of free engines or at least free version so you can start without any cost other than time. Best of luck on whatever you decide to do.
Concerns about competition and market saturation make sense if you were trying to develop AAA games but if you just want to develop indie titles, then you really don't have much to worry about. It's not a very competitive space, people just want to have fun and share their creations.
Think about how people start projects in much older mediums like oil paint and dressmaking. I think to embrace your position as beginner takes a lot of heat off you. "Of course I'm not Bethoven, I'll just have fun and mess around". That's a good attitude to have. It's for you to enjoy. You'll never be good without being bad first. Every success stand on piles of failures. And enjoying your craft is what makes you want to practice. So, essentially, the less serious you take it, the better your project will be. You can have good work ethic and set clear goals of course, just don't pile stress on yourself. Find the fun.
@@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice hey man thank you for the nice comment, It's been years since I thought about game dev now but hearing that I feel like it's time to give it a shot once more
Awesome man I’ve been inspired lately and have an itch to make a fighting game but know absolutely nothing about game design can use photoshop and draw a little but I am by far an artist seeing your video gives me more motivation to take my first steps towards this
Wow! You have gave me the confidence to start designing a game! Thanks bro♡
Is it weird that my favorite part of game dev is coding?
Not weird at all.
Thats like the main foundation bruh creating your game is the best part its not weird at al
Alt account what I meant is like when using a game engine some people like level design, creating art, etc
I have no idea how to code and have never made a game. Thing is I only have a crappy chromebook. I really really want to learn, but even if I could I don't think I have the right stuff to get started.
@@Foeisudhxj I use to be in that same situation my friend. As long as you set your mind to it, the things you seek will eventually come to you. Don't ever doubt yourself when years ahead are waiting for you!
Hey Vimlark, I'd love to have that texture pack, if you've got a link ;)
Here's the forum page. I passed it off years ago so I don't know what state it's in. www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding-java-edition/resource-packs/2417287-durzocraft-enhancing-the-default-look-feel-of
Vimlark Thank you so much! I absolutely love your content, by the way. keep it up :)
This is really inspiring! Will start researching to began making my games today. Thank you for this 💕🥺
I've been learning game design since May and I really laughed when you say you started to get a little crazy with no one to talk to
Jsyk "Core" is basically 'Roblox 2'. Not saying that's bad, it's actually good
Does it give you enough freedom?
@@bonejacked3302 i dont know about core but roblox does. and you actually need to learn code (Lua) and 3D design your own models. Theres is a library of models for you to use but its kinda lame. But roblox community has a lot of children. a game to be SUPER popular is to target the game community to children so you get more players. the downside is a really good game of yours wouldnt get that many players because of the community. So, check both roblox and Core but also Unity.
@@emreenoz2553 Actually you don't need to learn to code/script to make your own models, In ROBLOX you can actually Build without coding using bricks/blocks, But to add actual functionality and features to a game you do indeed have to learn to script/code.
First comment! Keep up the awesome vids Vim
At this point I don't even care about what buttons you had to click to make your game work, man, this is the best documented video on youtube of a journey someone took purely for their passion, at least the best I came across so far. It is so endlessly inspiring to see the process and realistically how long it took and how you went through everything. I love this, thank you so much
thanks for making this video i enjoyed hearing about your journey!
The title is like "How I started to walk when I was a child with no experience ". Just kidding😁
hi guys it's the french sleeper