this guide is from who wanna to get started with gamedev, i have a ton of bookmarks and tutorials, if you wanna to make games or experiment with a game engine free, this guide is for you! ;) WARNING this guide is going to updating with some free-time, searching new resources and tutorials and explaining some cool things so no worry for that! Intro I made this guide for obvious reasons, i mean, ye i always like to helping people finding from art/gamedev things, putting some images, videos and some articles explaining from gamedev, gamedev is pretty cool and beautiful, you should to love this world from making games before, 2d or 3d, whatever do you want. Alright, you wanna to know who i am Well, i'm laserr, a artist and gamedev, i can draw, i can to coding and etc, but i really like to helping people with art/gamedev things, finding resources or something useful here.. ;) so ye, i don't think we don't need so much money for making games as hobby, i mean, buying game engines for making games it's don't for me and for us. And that's it Godot is for you, it's free, it's open source and it's powerful when you are making 2d and 3d games :) We love to open source projects, no buy apps, no ads and more it's beautiful right? ;) Step 1: Learn how to use YOUR game engine favourite first i'd recommened learning how to use a game engine first, if it's complex or if it's easy to use, go ahead. i gonna to put a example, i used RPG Maker 2003 before, it was so easy, no requiered programming concepts and some cool features. so ye, i know, it's a old engine but it's cool right? i really like playing RPGs games, that's a good example to me... if you wanna to make a game genre specific, you'll have to search a good game engine for your game! for example, if you wanna to make a... idk, a fighting game there's NOT a engine for fighting games, BUT, you NEED pick a game engine to make your fighting game. We have Unity, Unreal or Godot, so just pick one and have fun! Step 2: Learn programming concepts ye, learn programming this second-step it's SO much helpful and important. because EVERYTHING and EVERY PLACE on the world, it's solving with code rn... like websites, apps, robots, incluide videogames and etc :) with our nerd concepts, a videogame it's a software-program with mechanics designs, with 2D or 3D assets, it includes code and everything, but it's fun to making games! playing games it's a hobby, it's something to have fun for us. so yea, don't fear to code, it's easy this one. ;) for me, if you wanna to learn programming basics, I'd recommened you to start with a any python-course from youtube this one: Python-course by freecodecamp Step 3: Make it simple Ye, make it simple if you're using a game engine rn because your question would be: why i'm making a game so long? there was not a answer because i don't know what i'm doing- i was, USING a rpg game engine, i was TESTING cool things from this rpg engine... so ye, it's a bit bored playing rpg games for other people. but ye, it's very cool.. if you're a fan of RPG/Sandbox games, because: - You love so much stories, A RPG game NEEDS a story or idea basically, or maybe, you're passionate to explore worlds, defeat enemys or defeat bosses with a big HP (gg) my tip is, make it simple right? if you are making games alone, please read this one first: for example, if you are making a story for your game, let me tell you it's not neccesary making a story so much realism or making a game with so much hours if you're using any game engine for your first time as gamedev, but good news! you can to make (or not) a short story, make it simple this one. just like music for example, if you wanna to make music, you'll have how to play piano, how to playing drums and more musical things, but it's not neccesary a song very... VERY nice to amazing people. it's YOUR song, YOUR heart and it's for you it's just like with own games, if you wanna to make games, please do it and make it simple, because it's so much easy and your heart has decided it..:D Step 4: participating on game-jams when you're so ready to making games, please participate any game-jam! A game jam is an event where YOU or your team-mates needs to create a videogame, depending on the format, event duration like 24 to 72 hours and more a game jam its so much helpful for us, because it's a good way to LEVEL UP your skills as gamedev! To search gamejams, i use these websites: Itch.io Gamejams[itch.io] and Ludum Dare[ldjam.com] Resources Using resources it's a good way to start as gamedev too! that's ok if you don't know to draw sprites or your artistic things aren't so good, BUT... you know how to programming, you know how to making games on YOUR way, and that's ok! You can to call a friend-artist or a friend-musician if you're +lucky! or you can use these assets without any problem if you're starting! ART/SPRITES: Itch.io Assets![itch.io] CraftPix Assets[craftpix.net] OpenGameArt[opengameart.org] Spriters-Resources[www.spriters-resource.com] https://www.kenney.nl/assets Color-Palettes![colorhunt.co] MUSIC/SFX: Incompetech[incompetech.com] https://www.sounds-resource.com/ He sharing his music and FX[www.newgrounds.com] Tutorials alright! we are here from tutorials section!!! i'll tell u some tips so important and that is: - watch these tutorials step by step, don't go so fast! (like me) - try NOT to watch a tutorial to other tutorial everytime, the tutorials are helpful when you DON'T know anything - the results from video-tutorials aren't same than creator, any result each tutorials is so different, that's because you NEED apply from step by step any tutorial on your way! here are video-tutorials, have fun! Godot Docs![docs.godotengine.org] Brackeys: How to make a video game playlist by Brackeys How to MAKE YOUR GAME LOOK GOOD HOW TO GAME JAM LazyAlarm: Making a 3D platformer in 2 days by LazyAlarm Making a game for school by LazyAlarm 100 hours with godot by LazyAlarm I spent 10 months making a DS style game by LazyAlarm Goodgis: How to get started with gamedev by Goodgis How i learned to create GAMES 25 GAMEDEV TIPS for beginners David R. B: 2 years of gamedev fps How i learned to making games, one year of gamedev First 365 days of developing my indie game Polymars: Making a DS game in 2020 - Flappy bird DS Making VR games for the PS Vita How i learned 3D Gamedev (these videos are motivating tho :'0) DevDuck channel