Where should I start?(Game development)

ax2themax wrote:Hey everybody, I was just wondering where I should start making a game in Cry engine.  I surrently understand rudimentary level design, but I kinda want to work on gameplay mechanichs, help??
Thanks in advance!

lolslayer wrote:

ax2themax wrote:Hey everybody, I was just wondering where I should start making a game in Cry engine.  I surrently understand rudimentary level design, but I kinda want to work on gameplay mechanichs, help??
Thanks in advance!

if you don't have any experience with programming, use game maker :D

R93_Sniper wrote:Words of advice, understand what you want to accomplish before selecting a game engine to work in. If you don't have a fully fleshed out concept, then don't bother doing anything else until you do that. Get everything done on paper, then move to digital.

Nextly, you need to understand what you need out of your engine. If you want a game that runs like Crysis or something of the sort, then yeah using cryengine would suit your needs. However, if you want to do something that doesn't really fit into that genre or style, you should look into something else. Going into Unity would be a better starting point honestly. Use an engine that has proper documentation and people who can help you understand it, not an engine where you'll spend over two months trying to figure out how to set up one thing.

You also need to figure out what field of game design you fit into. Of course anybody (much like myself) can fall into multiple areas, but there will always be one thing which you excel at. Finding out what you're best at is a very important task and should be priority. Tutorials are also a good way to start figuring out what you need to do, and autodesk and Epic Games both do student versions of their programs.

Another important thing is that you need to understand how to work in a team. Game design is a HUGE collaborative effort, and it is IMPERITIVE that you can work well in a team. I cannot iterate that more to get it through to anybody. Even if you're bad with people, you need to learn how to work with the people around you and play upon their strengths, and help them where they're not so good. It's a crucial role in being a game designer.

Starting small is also much better than being extremely ambitious. Break everything into tiny pieces and work on them like that, it makes management a lot easier. On the note of management, be sure to be extremely organized. A well organized game/team helps you complete tasks at a reasonable pace and make sure you can keep to deadlines.

Be sure to have fun when you're making everything too, if you don't, then game design isn't for you.

ax2themax wrote:

lolslayer wrote:

ax2themax wrote:Hey everybody, I was just wondering where I should start making a game in Cry engine.  I surrently understand rudimentary level design, but I kinda want to work on gameplay mechanichs, help??
Thanks in advance!

if you don't have any experience with programming, use game maker :D

I'll try that out, on lunch hour ATM, but I'll do that when I get home, but I also am going to make my own level first...  Thanks!

R93_Sniper wrote:Words of advice, understand what you want to accomplish before selecting a game engine to work in. If you don't have a fully fleshed out concept, then don't bother doing anything else until you do that. Get everything done on paper, then move to digital.

Nextly, you need to understand what you need out of your engine. If you want a game that runs like Crysis or something of the sort, then yeah using cryengine would suit your needs. However, if you want to do something that doesn't really fit into that genre or style, you should look into something else. Going into Unity would be a better starting point honestly. Use an engine that has proper documentation and people who can help you understand it, not an engine where you'll spend over two months trying to figure out how to set up one thing.

You also need to figure out what field of game design you fit into. Of course anybody (much like myself) can fall into multiple areas, but there will always be one thing which you excel at. Finding out what you're best at is a very important task and should be priority. Tutorials are also a good way to start figuring out what you need to do, and autodesk and Epic Games both do student versions of their programs.

Another important thing is that you need to understand how to work in a team. Game design is a HUGE collaborative effort, and it is IMPERITIVE that you can work well in a team. I cannot iterate that more to get it through to anybody. Even if you're bad with people, you need to learn how to work with the people around you and play upon their strengths, and help them where they're not so good. It's a crucial role in being a game designer.

Starting small is also much better than being extremely ambitious. Break everything into tiny pieces and work on them like that, it makes management a lot easier. On the note of management, be sure to be extremely organized. A well organized game/team helps you complete tasks at a reasonable pace and make sure you can keep to deadlines.

Be sure to have fun when you're making everything too, if you don't, then game design isn't for you.

ax2themax wrote:Thanks everybody!