Game Development: Where to start!

Getting started with game development? 

Wondering where to start?

 Just take a look at our post once

First Thing: Choose a game engine

There are a lot of game engines out there, like Unity 3D. UDK, CryEngine etc.

But which one is best for you? As you are a beginner, you can start with game engine like Unity or Game Maker: Studio. What is the difference between them? Simple, Game Maker is for making 2D games but with unity you can do both 2D and 3D. Game Maker dont need any programming knowledge. Unity needs C# or Javascript knowledge. Unity is more flexible. You can make games much faster with Game maker. You can develop games for major platforms with both the engines.

Finally Unity is completely free. And Game Maker: Studio is not completely free.

Both of the engines got their pros and cons. But learning Unity is easy cause it got tons of tutorials.

Learn Things:

Now you need to learn how to make games with that engine. You can always find tutorials in youtube and in many other third party websites. Nothing is easy, hardwork is the key to success. No matter how much time it takes dont give up in the middle. Learn all basics, start with simple games. Soon you will be a pro. But it will take time and effort. 

What about graphics?

You can make your own graphics, or you can buy them on stores. If you want you can learn making them. You need to learn pixel art or vector art for 2D games, for 3D games you need to learn modelling. For 2D you can use Gimp, Illustrator, CorelDraw and for 3D use Blender, 3DS Max, cinema 4D.

Make a game plan:

Now its time to make a game plan. Play your favorite games. Try to make your game unique and fun. Take as much time as you want, but you must make the best. Your first game may not be the best, but it isnt your last game. Explore more, make new. All you have to do is, never give up. 

Publish your game:

Next step is to publish your game. You can publish your game on Steam greenlight, Windows 8.1, iOS, Android or Windows Phone. Let your game explore the world. Before publishing your game as your friends to play your game. Take their opinion. Polish your game. Then release it.

Getting started with Vector Graphics

Do you want to start with Vector Graphics? Looking for good software?  Take a look at these once.

Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. Adobe Illustrator is one of the best for beginners and professionals too. This is not a free software.

Here is one of the vector art made in illustrator. You can find some tutorials here.

And the next software is CorelDraw. CorelDraw is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. It is also similar to Illustrator. It is also used by professionals and beginners. I personally use CorelDraw. I am not a professional but here is my art that I made with CorelDraw for my game. Here are some tutorials.

CorelDraw is not a free software.
There  are some other free softwares like Inkscape

Do you want to learn VFX? You just wondering where to start? Here is where you should start.

Adobe After Effects is the best choice for starters. 

Most of the professionals and starters use After Effects, it is one of the best software for VFX and motion graphics.You can get After effects here

Looking for tutorials? Just go to Video Copilot.net 

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Video Copilot got more than 150 tutorials, you can learn lots of amazing stuff over there.
They are completely free.

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