I have also been in a position where when I saw a line of code the world suddenly seemed to fall over your head, but one day I saw a 2 hour video from Imphenzia about unity and somehow I felt calm + enjoy. And starting from there I found other channels and when I managed to make my first movement of the world that previously fell over my head helping me to fly into the sky, never give up keep trying and trying until I can, try never betray you.
Great video. The coding/game dev journey is a long and slow one, but it can also be incredibly fun if you make it fun. My encouragement to new devs is of course don't give up, but also, set your dream games to the side for now and work on really small projects. Think of a small project, then slice that in half, then slice that half into another half, and that will be your next project to work on. Stay within a really tiny scope until you're skilled enough to work on larger projects. Otherwise, you risk burning out and falling into the unfinished projects hell that a lot of us went through. God bless.
that was funny. I feel you. I basically search and do all free courses I can, watch videos, etc. Searching for the exact info you want, and finding it presented in a way you can understand, isn't always easy.
God, those times when you search for something but you don't know the name of it, so you lose years of your life trying to find what you're searching for, among the other things that you didn't know even existed.
Thanks for making this video! I can relate! Took me over a year to just gather up the courage to start learning C#/Unity. Doing the GameDevHQ tutorials as well and everything is starting to make sense!
Nice Miguel! Good job on making the jump! I hope your journey goes well, feel free to join the discord and keep everyone updated, there are people there that can help out with C# and Unity too if you have any issues :D
really loved this video, I'm trying to get started by making small games but my eyes are too big for my stomach, as it were. I keep thinking I cant make a game too simple or it wont be interesting but Cat Hat proved me wrong, i love it dearly. So i will try again to reduce my scope!
YES Ronnie, I know exactly how you feel I still struggle with that when it comes to making games, I always over-scope my projects or add too much which dooms it to never be finished. BUT I heard a really great piece of advice which I think might help - when creating a game, we can get caught up in how much we could add or how in-depth we could make it, but instead it can be useful to try to think about how much you can take away and it still be fun - Super mario, for example spent months just developing the simple jumping mechanics, and they built an entire world out of that haha! Keep at it Ronnie, best of luck with it, feel free to share any game dev progress in the community discord I'd love to see
I'm late, but I relate so much to how you learn and think! I've recently started learning code myself. Had some background knowledge I've picked up in my work as a UX/UI designer and web developer as a way to create, so luckily not starting entirely from scratch, but I definitly relate to seeing coding as a means to create!
That's great Andrea! Cool that you've been able to get some related work as well, I'm sure that will help massively. I think if I was to look for more work I would try and do something similar, the problem solving side is just so much fun, kind of addicting too. It's been a while since this video and feel much more comfortable just thinking in code now with my programming projects, and all I really did was try and do small bits of consistent learning through time with projects, I'm always learning new things, best of luck with your learning! :D
That is cool - I have done a bit of Unity in past year and of course brakeys has taken up some of my time (I watch 1.75 speed).. I will keep this in mind when I finally decide on a game to make - maybe skyrim II
Great vid mate! Been following for a little while now. This vid's advice will helpful with my own game. I think the volume in your vids are always a bit low though, even with all my volume settings all the way up. Just thought I'd point that out. keep up the great work and keep that humor of yours flowing!
Yo Paypercutts, thanks for the kind words. I hope your development goes well! I've been in a slump with mine recently, but got some exciting new things to share in the hopefully not too distant future. As for the audio, I've had this feedback a couple of times, I should be fixed in my most recent videos. (I can't remember which one I started mastering for higher audio levels though so... good luck :'D )
I thought this was a genuine tutorial. I thought it was weird how it was 5 minutes long. But despite not being what I was expecting it was well worth watching.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I didn't intend for it to be a tutorial, so apologies if it came across that way, though I do hope there were some insights into learning code, SoloLearn for example, has been incredible for me! :D
Super neat greet to the game coding street, i've done some coding with the big snakes, super great crate since we're at a similar skill level. CatHat release when?? Maybe new cat skin for high score?? thanks
Thanks hanks for the comment shanks!. Join my GameDev company we release 1 game every 3 seconds it’s called 5 second games. Thanks for joining. Sorry you’re fired you didn’t release a game in the last 3 seconds. Ok thanks. CatHat official release date February 31st mark it on ur calendar toasty boi. Thanks for comment always my favourite part of video
Well done for getting over the hump and creating something. My top tip: please, please, please back up your code with source control. My latest video explains how to do that with free stuff.
Thanks Rob, I’m using Github Desktop atm, couldn’t quite get the hang of pure git but this does the trick nice enough for me! I’ll check your video out now :)
@@saultoons delighted to hear it! GitHub desktop is perfectly good. You'll get no snobbery from me. I hope done of you aspiring game Dev viewers follow suit. 👍
I appreciate your work and how you managed to reply to all the comments! I suggest people look at BroCodes coding videos because of his great humor and simple explaining
I've been feeling like hopeless garbage for the past few days. I desperately want to put my story and characters to a game but I've only ever tried and failed to write a simple script to destroy a game object when the game started. It truly has felt like jumping into the water and hoping to float but holding a barbell while I'm at it. It's late and I'm too exhausted tonight but I have a new hope for tomorrow that I can at least make some semblance of progress even in the smallest regard
Start with the basics of programming with something like a course or Sololearn in your preferred language, but it's also important to be patient and recognise that learning and improvement takes time through consistent practise. When I made this video I was MUCH worse at programming, and now I am very confident with a lot of the tasks that come my way when developing my game, so much so that I barely need to use tutorials or anything anymore. It takes time, be kind to yourself, try and do 1-2 hours per day of learning and in 1 months time that will be a minimum of 30 hours more experience you will have! Think long term not short term :D Good luck! Join the discord community if you're struggling too people can help out there
The game that he made is really easy just go trough Unit's tutorial: "Junior Programmer: Create with Code 1" and you should capable of doing it + you learn a lot of useful knowledge. ""That is my bit of help.""
I'm taking the plunge now, starting with flutter which isn't quite unity c# - but my goal is to get there and ironically I'm taking a udemy course timetabled about 2 hours a day haha i guess i'm on the right track at least. Thanks for making this - seems like a tall hill to climb, but its always nice knowing its possible because others have gone before
To climb a tall hill, you don't focus on how many steps it takes, you focus on the next step, and eventually you will reach the summit. You're doing great, keep going, stay consistent! In a years time you may think back to this comment and smile with how much progress you have made, as I did when reminded of this video from your comment. Keep going!
I am using SoloLearn right now for about two months. And still can’t code.. it’s very slow going but I am learning.. slowly.. it is a lot to learn. I am also using unity. But I have to get a new computer first because my old computer won’t render the heavy graphic on unity.. so hopefully I will get a new one very soon and be able to keep learning..
I think SoloLearn is good for learning some of the syntax and how things work, but really you should be building your own projects to get comfortable with the syntax. The majority of learning to code will come from the work you put in over time on projects and applying the knowledge I think :)
@@saultoons yes I agree.. I am waiting on tax return to build new computer that can keep up with graphic in unity and unreal.. and then I will be doing a lot of small coding projects to learn more thank you.
I have tried to dive into programming several times, as a no clue beginner its the first time i feel like it's ticking and I am following CS50 free course, if you want to follow it, be sure to check problem sets and labs as well.
Me : *print ("hello world") Console: hello world Me : okay I'm ready let's recreate rdr2 Console : you are a disgrace to your family Me : *emotional damage*
I tried SoloLearn but ended up learning to code from copying and pasting other people's code. After a while I just started to pick up on the patterns, when that happened everything started coming together.
unity seems like a steep learning curve for a beginner. I think probably a good way to learn is to learn something like pico-8 or lua or even python and take it from there
as a coder, with well over 20 years of coding experience: coding is overrated in completing and shipping a good game :) It helps but definitely isn't required.
@@saultoons Yeah. I'm not diminishing coding as it's required to an extent, but if you look at someone like Thomas Brush or David Wehle, they're self professed non-technical people who have built and shipped successful games. It's worth look at Thomas' channel to dive into his journey. I probably spent the better part of 10 years programming and never completing a game because I focused on the technical aspects way too much. It wasn't until I teamed up with artists and have the game dictate what I was developing that I got somewhere (landing a publishing deal and selling a game to a publisher). I would argue the game we sold was the artists' and I was merely there to fill in the blanks. As technical people we sometimes get distracted by some crazy new programming technique and forget that the game comes first.
@@LinChearReal Awesome, thanks for the tips. I'll definitely look into that channel now! I do find myself sometimes thinking of the 'Best way' to do something, wasting lots of hours, instead of just doing it a simple way I know how to, so I'll keep that in mind. Finished is better than perfect!
Thanks for the video, helped me a lot. Can u please help with a question? do I need to know DSA or is it going to do me any good as I dive into game development? Thanks.
Hi Saultoons, I would like to eventually learn C# to become a C# web developer, but I know you have to get really good at OOP. I know OOP is heavily used for game development. At the moment I am learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript. But I figured soon once I get comfortable with JavaScript, I would like to get good with C# and then eventually learn the tools like .net to become a web developer. I was wondering. From your personal experience did it help you to become good at programming in C# by creating games you enjoyed? I figured I start off on the side learning C# by making simple games. while I improve my skills at JavaScript. Could you share any advice from your personal experience what you felt about programming improved your game development and what would you give advice to others if they were interested in creating a simple game as a side hobby just so they could improve their coding skills at C#, thanks for the excellent content.
Hi William, I can't speak too much on the topic as my experience is very limited, though I have done some courses on HTML/CSS/JavaScript before as well, I learnt C# for unity, Python for simple app development/discord bots, and now GDScript for Godot game development which is very similar to Python. I found that once you understand the basics of one programming language I think it's very easy to pick up another one - mastering or being effective with it, it is a different story though, of course. I think if you practise coding for game development, then you will get better at coding for game development. I have gotten better at OOP by developing games, and I'm sure there are overlaps in web development and game development, but there are also a lot of specific techniques used just for game development that may not apply to web development, as I'm sure there are specifics for web development that aren't applicable in game development. My point here is that by splitting your focus you might be learning things that ultimately don't bring you closer to your goal of becoming a C# web developer. The way I think about it is the same as art, if you want to become good at pixel art, then you should do pixel art. If I do painting then I am still developing skills that overlap into pixel art, such as colour, form, shape, texture, etc - but I'm still missing out on gaining some experience with pixel art specific techniques that need to be developed to get better at pixel art. If your goal is to make web apps with C# then why not just start now? You have some learning experience in JavaScript, which is similar to C# in a lot of ways (from my limited experience) - Just starting making web applications with C# and .net - Follow some tutorials and make some basic applications - that is how you will improve at C# and .net, your first apps might not be super optimised or follow all the best principles, but you will learn a lot by finishing small projects and you'll learn best practises and how to apply OOP along the way - You could do a little game on the side to help learn some C# and OOP, I'm sure it will be beneficial in a lot of ways, if you learn better by doing that then go for it, but just be wary that not all of it may apply directly to your ultimate goal of developing web applications with C# and .net. For me personally, whenever I am learning something new, I have always found focus to be the key in effective learning, that may or may not be the same for you.
@@saultoons Pretty good advice, thank you. I am working on the Odin Project for being a web developer at this very moment. Your the second person who has told me to start right away with C# for web development and it makes perfect sense and the advice is much appreciated. It makes me think carefully of my options. But I slept on it during the night and came to the conclusion since in order to become a C# web developer you still need HTML, CSS and JavaScript I will finish the Odin Project which is JavaScript, HTML and CSS focused. Afterwards I will focus on C# and that ecosystem. I figured by that time I will have enough research on the topic to enable me to find good courses and create a reasonably good syllabus to have an effective course of learning. Thank you so much for sharing your perspective Saultoons and I plan to continue to watch your videos. Also, I will watch your videos because I DO want to create a video game with C# and either Unity or Godot, not sure yet.
@@DevlogBill No worries William, do what you think is best, you seem to have done the research necessary so keep going on your path and keep learning! :) I appreciate you watching and wish you the best, keep me updated with your progress :D
@@saultoons Promise to do so. By the way you said you did some courses on HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Were you at one time in your life considering becoming a web developer? Did you eventually decide gaming because this is your true passion? also absolutely I will continue to follow your channel. Your videos inspire me to create my own game and inspire me to continue to code.
I really want to learn but i'm horrible with math, can't even work with basic concepts and im kind of scared to start... Any advice ??? thanks in advance ✌️
I was in the same situation as you! It really doesn't require any maths knowledge at all. And if you do come across something that involves maths, (vectors were the closest I've come across so far), then don't fear because there are so many resources online to get answers that you need. Any issue you have, the chances are that someone has already had that problem, so just google it :D I'd recommend just trying out Solo Learn app to learn the basics (it's pretty wordy and can be complicated but just keep repeating and re-reading sections if you have to) do 1 hour every day, supplemented with an easy to follow youtube series and maybe your first beginner project, and soon you will get the hang of it. ANYONE can learn it, no matter what background you're from, it just takes time and dedication. 1 hour every day and you will get it :) Feel free to join the discord too, we have lots of people who can help if you get stuck on something or have any questions :D
haha yeah, code is quite straightforward, you can read a book and understand it and you're pretty much good to go with some practice. But with Art, even if you spend 5 years reading books and gaining all the art knowledge you can, you will struggle if you don't put in consistent practise and finish work. That's how I find it anyway :D
@@saultoons haha class that. Loving the content like am hoping to learn to code and how to use unity. Its been a painful process id love to make a space flight game and a strategy type but not sure where to start ahhhhh lol
I noticed people either start really simple to get used to things or they pick their dream project and work on that for years and learn as they go. Gamedevhq tutorials on youtube/udemy were definitely the best for helping me understanding C# for Unity, a bit of sololearn on the side for syntax stuff and you’ll be doing well in no time. If you’re fresh, maybe pick a udemy course or youtube series that looks good, and so 1-2 hours every day of that, making sure you understand everything in the lesson. After a couple of weeks you’ll be sorted, consistency with learning definitely better than trying to smash it all out because theres so much! 🤣 if you need any help we’ve got a discord which has a game dev section, few people there who use unity
@Saultoons thanks! It was an old web browser game based on the TV show Lio and Stitch. Similar to the game you made, you try to make a very big sandwhich as you try to avoid getting any of the "icky" items. It was actually pretty fun back when I was a kid.
Learning to code has become so difficult. Whenever I learn something new in coding I forget the things I learned previously 😭I feel so dumb and helpless 😭
I’m also trying to learn C# and am having problems. I have use Microsoft Learn to learn what I have about it, but I can’t find out how to use it to make game objects move.
I know the concepts of c# but I don't know what to code for-- moving an enemy from one place to another -- shoot projectiles from player.... And stuff like that for a real game. Do you have any solution bro?😭😭
If you know the concepts you’re halfway there my friend, you just gotta… GOOGLE EVERYTHING 🤣 that’s how I get through it! Google how to move character C# Unity or whatever problem you’re trying to solve :)
Depends what engine you’re using? C# is usually for Unity, but Is available in Godot too. I’d recommend looking into different engines and seeing if any of them take your fancy, there are visual scripting options too
@@saultoons I'm okay with Unreal engine blueprints already but I just moved to unity cuz unreal is shit at low poly and for low end devices for your game.
The official godot docs seem to be fairly decent with gdscript, maybe a good place to check for C# stuff as well? Otherwise, why not just jump to gdscript? It's super simple. I jumped from C# to Gdscript and haven't looked back :D
lol what do i do i can't draw, i can't make art or do pixel art lol. pixel art is harder than it looks hahahaha and for some reason i don't know why i can't get my self to learn how to code literally i start and then give up so sad man and cause this all my motivation is lost too lol
First you have to change your mindset, look at your language. ‘I can’t do this, I can’t do that’… Speak more positively about yourself. You can do it. Every single person starts with 0 experience and must fail over and over again until they become competent at something, and even then they will fail some more, failure and not knowing is good because it means you can learn and grow. You have to accept that and once you do, you have a growth mindset, which will take you very far, look into it! There’s only one very simple thing you need to to improve at any skill… dedicate time to it!!! Spend 2 hours a day learning programming or art or both, in 1 month you will be around 60 hours more experienced!!!!!!! 60 hours is a lot of learning time! It won’t happen overnight but over a long time through consistent progress. Forget about the past and start today. Start now. There is always an opportunity. Good luck and let me know how you get on :)
@@saultoons I was not expecting a reply but thank you for your kind words and encouragement. I will start on my journey to and will keep u posted hahahaha
Don’t use sololearn! I was using it for c# but what it says is outdated, but the answers are updated. I had to get a fuckin spreadsheet to do this, so I gave up and watched a playlist on Brocode, which is far better.
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"You are a disgrace to your family" had me laughing so hard! 😂🤣
Haha funny because true 😅
@@saultoons LOL 😂🤣
@@saultoons Good Joke! 😂
@@saultoons Why haven't you been making videos related to game development recently?
Took a break to focus on pixel art stuff, but more in the future hopefully 😄
I have also been in a position where when I saw a line of code the world suddenly seemed to fall over your head, but one day I saw a 2 hour video from Imphenzia about unity and somehow I felt calm + enjoy. And starting from there I found other channels and when I managed to make my first movement of the world that previously fell over my head helping me to fly into the sky, never give up keep trying and trying until I can, try never betray you.
Nice Jae Ger! Glad you kept at it it’s a really good feeling to grasp something you once struggled with 😄
Great video. The coding/game dev journey is a long and slow one, but it can also be incredibly fun if you make it fun. My encouragement to new devs is of course don't give up, but also, set your dream games to the side for now and work on really small projects. Think of a small project, then slice that in half, then slice that half into another half, and that will be your next project to work on. Stay within a really tiny scope until you're skilled enough to work on larger projects. Otherwise, you risk burning out and falling into the unfinished projects hell that a lot of us went through. God bless.
Cat hat will be better than skyrim2
hahah the people want to see Cat Hat!!! Maybe I gotta make it happen :'D
@@saultoons 👍👍👍
that was funny. I feel you. I basically search and do all free courses I can, watch videos, etc. Searching for the exact info you want, and finding it presented in a way you can understand, isn't always easy.
Yeah but that’s part of the fun hehe thanks for your insight! :D
God, those times when you search for something but you don't know the name of it, so you lose years of your life trying to find what you're searching for, among the other things that you didn't know even existed.
Thanks for making this video! I can relate! Took me over a year to just gather up the courage to start learning C#/Unity. Doing the GameDevHQ tutorials as well and everything is starting to make sense!
Nice Miguel! Good job on making the jump! I hope your journey goes well, feel free to join the discord and keep everyone updated, there are people there that can help out with C# and Unity too if you have any issues :D
for me 3 months
Nice work sticking with it!
really loved this video, I'm trying to get started by making small games but my eyes are too big for my stomach, as it were. I keep thinking I cant make a game too simple or it wont be interesting but Cat Hat proved me wrong, i love it dearly. So i will try again to reduce my scope!
YES Ronnie, I know exactly how you feel I still struggle with that when it comes to making games, I always over-scope my projects or add too much which dooms it to never be finished. BUT I heard a really great piece of advice which I think might help - when creating a game, we can get caught up in how much we could add or how in-depth we could make it, but instead it can be useful to try to think about how much you can take away and it still be fun - Super mario, for example spent months just developing the simple jumping mechanics, and they built an entire world out of that haha! Keep at it Ronnie, best of luck with it, feel free to share any game dev progress in the community discord I'd love to see
dude your personality is super funny, I cried laughing.
Your jokes are predictable, but with you I can keep laughing non-stop 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Well I'm glad you like the videos Flavio :D More fun stuff coming soon :}
Waxing about Skyrim 2 was the peak. Well done.
Haha thanks J Daves! This was a fun video to make
I'm late, but I relate so much to how you learn and think! I've recently started learning code myself. Had some background knowledge I've picked up in my work as a UX/UI designer and web developer as a way to create, so luckily not starting entirely from scratch, but I definitly relate to seeing coding as a means to create!
That's great Andrea! Cool that you've been able to get some related work as well, I'm sure that will help massively. I think if I was to look for more work I would try and do something similar, the problem solving side is just so much fun, kind of addicting too. It's been a while since this video and feel much more comfortable just thinking in code now with my programming projects, and all I really did was try and do small bits of consistent learning through time with projects, I'm always learning new things, best of luck with your learning! :D
So excited for this series!
AkaKatie K Big gaming gainz
Well, this is super entertaining!! Instantly subscribed, great job :) Good luck on your gamedev journey!
Thanks sypDev! :D More game dev/art/random creative stuff on the way :)
That is cool - I have done a bit of Unity in past year and of course brakeys has taken up some of my time (I watch 1.75 speed).. I will keep this in mind when I finally decide on a game to make - maybe skyrim II
FullTiltOn Haha go for it!!! Would be cool to see what game you would make 😄
I love it the concept ❤️keep up the great work
August Hoodies_ thanks a bunch 🍌
Great vid mate! Been following for a little while now. This vid's advice will helpful with my own game. I think the volume in your vids are always a bit low though, even with all my volume settings all the way up. Just thought I'd point that out. keep up the great work and keep that humor of yours flowing!
Yo Paypercutts, thanks for the kind words.
I hope your development goes well! I've been in a slump with mine recently, but got some exciting new things to share in the hopefully not too distant future.
As for the audio, I've had this feedback a couple of times, I should be fixed in my most recent videos. (I can't remember which one I started mastering for higher audio levels though so... good luck :'D )
The 'Hello World' error was so perfectly hilarious. 😂
Hahaha true story as well 😜
I am really finding it useful and am able to learn C# really well
Great to hear! Keep it up :D What resources are you using to learn?
I thought this was a genuine tutorial. I thought it was weird how it was 5 minutes long. But despite not being what I was expecting it was well worth watching.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I didn't intend for it to be a tutorial, so apologies if it came across that way, though I do hope there were some insights into learning code, SoloLearn for example, has been incredible for me! :D
Great video man! Like your content, hope you'll keep on making videos, never give up
Thanks Turritar, that means a lot! Just finishing up the next video (a tutorial) then back to the game dev stuff :D Thanks for the support!
1:29 Jonas has such inspirational words
The best
@@saultoons bottom text
@@sidelymations7617 wot :D
@@saultoons the man himself has spoken
amen
@@sidelymations7617 ameno
Don't give up, I know you'll be able to do better games if you try harder I believe in you and I respect you for your hard work.
Thanks a lot
Super neat greet to the game coding street, i've done some coding with the big snakes, super great crate since we're at a similar skill level. CatHat release when?? Maybe new cat skin for high score?? thanks
Thanks hanks for the comment shanks!.
Join my GameDev company we release 1 game every 3 seconds it’s called 5 second games. Thanks for joining. Sorry you’re fired you didn’t release a game in the last 3 seconds. Ok thanks.
CatHat official release date February 31st mark it on ur calendar toasty boi.
Thanks for comment always my favourite part of video
Well done for getting over the hump and creating something. My top tip: please, please, please back up your code with source control. My latest video explains how to do that with free stuff.
Thanks Rob, I’m using Github Desktop atm, couldn’t quite get the hang of pure git but this does the trick nice enough for me! I’ll check your video out now :)
@@saultoons delighted to hear it! GitHub desktop is perfectly good. You'll get no snobbery from me. I hope done of you aspiring game Dev viewers follow suit. 👍
Holy crap cat hat looks awesome.
Hahah game of the year every year
"You are a disgrace for your family", that, I felt that 😂
“u r a disgrace to ur family”😂
Hahaha tru
the same people who inspired me inspired too
Wait... Who dislikes these videos!?!
Yes! very awesome youtubers
tbf I'd totally play the cat/hat game 😂 love the artwork
hahaha I keep hearing this from people, I legit might have to go back to it at some point :'D
I appreciate your work and how you managed to reply to all the comments! I suggest people look at BroCodes coding videos because of his great humor and simple explaining
Thanks for the suggestion.
I've been feeling like hopeless garbage for the past few days. I desperately want to put my story and characters to a game but I've only ever tried and failed to write a simple script to destroy a game object when the game started. It truly has felt like jumping into the water and hoping to float but holding a barbell while I'm at it.
It's late and I'm too exhausted tonight but I have a new hope for tomorrow that I can at least make some semblance of progress even in the smallest regard
Start with the basics of programming with something like a course or Sololearn in your preferred language, but it's also important to be patient and recognise that learning and improvement takes time through consistent practise. When I made this video I was MUCH worse at programming, and now I am very confident with a lot of the tasks that come my way when developing my game, so much so that I barely need to use tutorials or anything anymore. It takes time, be kind to yourself, try and do 1-2 hours per day of learning and in 1 months time that will be a minimum of 30 hours more experience you will have! Think long term not short term :D Good luck! Join the discord community if you're struggling too people can help out there
im here to learn code but holy wings what i found was laughter. +1 sub
Glad you got a laugh out of it :D
@@saultoons well yeah. I meant in a good way of course. I keep seeing my past self when watching this.
@@realfbi I feel sorry for your bald past self hahaha jk jk, I am glad you liked it :D
@@saultoons dang it you got me there. Good one.
The game that he made is really easy just go trough Unit's tutorial: "Junior Programmer: Create with Code 1" and you should capable of doing it + you learn a lot of useful knowledge.
""That is my bit of help.""
Yeah it’s fairly basic 😁
Straight man here to say this bro has striking eyes.
Appreciate you
My way of staying afloat is brackeys
Brackeys legendary :D
@@saultoons yea but unfortunately I'm now sinking
Send help
Luckly I forgot what I was going to comment here, I'm sure it was worth your time.
I'm taking the plunge now, starting with flutter which isn't quite unity c# - but my goal is to get there and ironically I'm taking a udemy course timetabled about 2 hours a day haha i guess i'm on the right track at least. Thanks for making this - seems like a tall hill to climb, but its always nice knowing its possible because others have gone before
To climb a tall hill, you don't focus on how many steps it takes, you focus on the next step, and eventually you will reach the summit. You're doing great, keep going, stay consistent! In a years time you may think back to this comment and smile with how much progress you have made, as I did when reminded of this video from your comment. Keep going!
Thanks man!!! This definitely keeps my motivation peeked - ill keep it mind for hard times as well
I am using SoloLearn right now for about two months. And still can’t code.. it’s very slow going but I am learning.. slowly.. it is a lot to learn. I am also using unity. But I have to get a new computer first because my old computer won’t render the heavy graphic on unity.. so hopefully I will get a new one very soon and be able to keep learning..
I think SoloLearn is good for learning some of the syntax and how things work, but really you should be building your own projects to get comfortable with the syntax. The majority of learning to code will come from the work you put in over time on projects and applying the knowledge I think :)
@@saultoons yes I agree.. I am waiting on tax return to build new computer that can keep up with graphic in unity and unreal.. and then I will be doing a lot of small coding projects to learn more thank you.
@@myownthoughts969 Hope it goes well! Feel free to share progress on social media or on discord would love to see :D
"You are a disgrace to your family"
This hit home
hahaha the funniest jokes are based in the truth :'D
@@saultoons xD
brackeys just looks like he boutta start walking on water and turn it into wine.
your cat game is a really good idea i bet alot of peple will play it on mobile
hahaha maybe I gotta return to cathat at some point
Bro i can relate so well omg x.x
hahaha it do be like that sometimes
I subed, this is amazing and helpful
Thanks, glad I could help :D
I have tried to dive into programming several times, as a no clue beginner its the first time i feel like it's ticking and I am following CS50 free course, if you want to follow it, be sure to check problem sets and labs as well.
Me : *print ("hello world")
Console: hello world
Me : okay I'm ready let's recreate rdr2
Console : you are a disgrace to your family
Me : *emotional damage*
hahaha exactly the same for me
like that cat hat game
Yeah it was fun tbh haha
I tried SoloLearn but ended up learning to code from copying and pasting other people's code. After a while I just started to pick up on the patterns, when that happened everything started coming together.
unity seems like a steep learning curve for a beginner. I think probably a good way to learn is to learn something like pico-8 or lua or even python and take it from there
as a coder, with well over 20 years of coding experience: coding is overrated in completing and shipping a good game :) It helps but definitely isn't required.
Can you elaborate more on this? :) Do you mean knowing a huge amount about the coding isnt required? :) Thanks
@@saultoons Yeah. I'm not diminishing coding as it's required to an extent, but if you look at someone like Thomas Brush or David Wehle, they're self professed non-technical people who have built and shipped successful games. It's worth look at Thomas' channel to dive into his journey. I probably spent the better part of 10 years programming and never completing a game because I focused on the technical aspects way too much. It wasn't until I teamed up with artists and have the game dictate what I was developing that I got somewhere (landing a publishing deal and selling a game to a publisher). I would argue the game we sold was the artists' and I was merely there to fill in the blanks. As technical people we sometimes get distracted by some crazy new programming technique and forget that the game comes first.
@@LinChearReal Awesome, thanks for the tips. I'll definitely look into that channel now! I do find myself sometimes thinking of the 'Best way' to do something, wasting lots of hours, instead of just doing it a simple way I know how to, so I'll keep that in mind. Finished is better than perfect!
When you would legit play the cathat game
Haha yeah maybe I have to return to it one day 👀
Same spot as you. Just started.
Race to the first million?
Hahaha yes good luck my friend!
Thanks for the video, helped me a lot. Can u please help with a question? do I need to know DSA or is it going to do me any good as I dive into game development? Thanks.
Hi Amal, sorry I'm not sure what DSA is?
@@saultoons Data structures and algorithms
Hi Saultoons, I would like to eventually learn C# to become a C# web developer, but I know you have to get really good at OOP. I know OOP is heavily used for game development. At the moment I am learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript. But I figured soon once I get comfortable with JavaScript, I would like to get good with C# and then eventually learn the tools like .net to become a web developer. I was wondering. From your personal experience did it help you to become good at programming in C# by creating games you enjoyed? I figured I start off on the side learning C# by making simple games. while I improve my skills at JavaScript.
Could you share any advice from your personal experience what you felt about programming improved your game development and what would you give advice to others if they were interested in creating a simple game as a side hobby just so they could improve their coding skills at C#, thanks for the excellent content.
Hi William, I can't speak too much on the topic as my experience is very limited, though I have done some courses on HTML/CSS/JavaScript before as well, I learnt C# for unity, Python for simple app development/discord bots, and now GDScript for Godot game development which is very similar to Python. I found that once you understand the basics of one programming language I think it's very easy to pick up another one - mastering or being effective with it, it is a different story though, of course.
I think if you practise coding for game development, then you will get better at coding for game development. I have gotten better at OOP by developing games, and I'm sure there are overlaps in web development and game development, but there are also a lot of specific techniques used just for game development that may not apply to web development, as I'm sure there are specifics for web development that aren't applicable in game development. My point here is that by splitting your focus you might be learning things that ultimately don't bring you closer to your goal of becoming a C# web developer.
The way I think about it is the same as art, if you want to become good at pixel art, then you should do pixel art. If I do painting then I am still developing skills that overlap into pixel art, such as colour, form, shape, texture, etc - but I'm still missing out on gaining some experience with pixel art specific techniques that need to be developed to get better at pixel art.
If your goal is to make web apps with C# then why not just start now? You have some learning experience in JavaScript, which is similar to C# in a lot of ways (from my limited experience) - Just starting making web applications with C# and .net - Follow some tutorials and make some basic applications - that is how you will improve at C# and .net, your first apps might not be super optimised or follow all the best principles, but you will learn a lot by finishing small projects and you'll learn best practises and how to apply OOP along the way - You could do a little game on the side to help learn some C# and OOP, I'm sure it will be beneficial in a lot of ways, if you learn better by doing that then go for it, but just be wary that not all of it may apply directly to your ultimate goal of developing web applications with C# and .net.
For me personally, whenever I am learning something new, I have always found focus to be the key in effective learning, that may or may not be the same for you.
@@saultoons Pretty good advice, thank you. I am working on the Odin Project for being a web developer at this very moment. Your the second person who has told me to start right away with C# for web development and it makes perfect sense and the advice is much appreciated. It makes me think carefully of my options. But I slept on it during the night and came to the conclusion since in order to become a C# web developer you still need HTML, CSS and JavaScript I will finish the Odin Project which is JavaScript, HTML and CSS focused. Afterwards I will focus on C# and that ecosystem. I figured by that time I will have enough research on the topic to enable me to find good courses and create a reasonably good syllabus to have an effective course of learning. Thank you so much for sharing your perspective Saultoons and I plan to continue to watch your videos. Also, I will watch your videos because I DO want to create a video game with C# and either Unity or Godot, not sure yet.
@@DevlogBill No worries William, do what you think is best, you seem to have done the research necessary so keep going on your path and keep learning! :)
I appreciate you watching and wish you the best, keep me updated with your progress :D
@@saultoons Promise to do so. By the way you said you did some courses on HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Were you at one time in your life considering becoming a web developer? Did you eventually decide gaming because this is your true passion? also absolutely I will continue to follow your channel. Your videos inspire me to create my own game and inspire me to continue to code.
I laughed through this whole video
Glad you enjoyed it Jerad, thanks for watching!
Moral of the story? You made it
YUP! Got there in the end hehe :D
I really want to learn but i'm horrible with math, can't even work with basic concepts and im kind of scared to start... Any advice ???
thanks in advance ✌️
I was in the same situation as you! It really doesn't require any maths knowledge at all. And if you do come across something that involves maths, (vectors were the closest I've come across so far), then don't fear because there are so many resources online to get answers that you need. Any issue you have, the chances are that someone has already had that problem, so just google it :D I'd recommend just trying out Solo Learn app to learn the basics (it's pretty wordy and can be complicated but just keep repeating and re-reading sections if you have to) do 1 hour every day, supplemented with an easy to follow youtube series and maybe your first beginner project, and soon you will get the hang of it. ANYONE can learn it, no matter what background you're from, it just takes time and dedication. 1 hour every day and you will get it :) Feel free to join the discord too, we have lots of people who can help if you get stuck on something or have any questions :D
@@saultoons Should I learn C# or unity first?
@@toga7583 Both simultaneously! :D Learn the basics of Unity as you learn the basics of C# so you can create your game. Alternate between the two
Lol nice video man!
Thanks Jiggie! Appreciate it :D
It's funny, that to me learning to code was pretty simple and I'm finding learning to draw shit overwhelming AF xD
haha yeah, code is quite straightforward, you can read a book and understand it and you're pretty much good to go with some practice. But with Art, even if you spend 5 years reading books and gaining all the art knowledge you can, you will struggle if you don't put in consistent practise and finish work. That's how I find it anyway :D
@@saultoons Yup, I'm also an actor, so art is my jam, plastic arts tho, uff. That's why I'm a playwright and not a stage designer lol
But it's awesome to recognize that, hey, everyone is good at something, and if we work together we can come up with excellent art :3
Thanks bro
No problem
Some how dani gets in any video about game dev
Haha yeah makes sense, Dani has been a huge inspiration for a lot of people I think, including myself 😄
1:33 how to make a face bluh xD 🤣🤣😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣
Gotta stay safe :'D
You have a bit of a northern lingo you local to Newcastle by any chance :)
Haha whey aye man 😂 Leeds for uni and internet gaming with people all over the world has diluted it a bit. But strong as ever when around geordies 🤣
@@saultoons haha class that. Loving the content like am hoping to learn to code and how to use unity. Its been a painful process id love to make a space flight game and a strategy type but not sure where to start ahhhhh lol
I noticed people either start really simple to get used to things or they pick their dream project and work on that for years and learn as they go. Gamedevhq tutorials on youtube/udemy were definitely the best for helping me understanding C# for Unity, a bit of sololearn on the side for syntax stuff and you’ll be doing well in no time. If you’re fresh, maybe pick a udemy course or youtube series that looks good, and so 1-2 hours every day of that, making sure you understand everything in the lesson. After a couple of weeks you’ll be sorted, consistency with learning definitely better than trying to smash it all out because theres so much! 🤣 if you need any help we’ve got a discord which has a game dev section, few people there who use unity
@@saultoons what a guy :) I've just bought brad tristern course yeyyyyyy
solo learn is just duolingo for coding???
Awesome
Time to recreate 625 Sandwich Stacker 🥪
Never seen that before, that's so cool!
@Saultoons thanks! It was an old web browser game based on the TV show Lio and Stitch. Similar to the game you made, you try to make a very big sandwhich as you try to avoid getting any of the "icky" items. It was actually pretty fun back when I was a kid.
Learning to code has become so difficult. Whenever I learn something new in coding I forget the things I learned previously 😭I feel so dumb and helpless 😭
I’m also trying to learn C# and am having problems. I have use Microsoft Learn to learn what I have about it, but I can’t find out how to use it to make game objects move.
Grab a course by James Doyle , u r gonna be fine.
I'll check it out thanks :D
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Ngl, if you put more cats and hats in the game and make it an android game it will blow up in the play store. lol.
hahaha I might have to do it at some point!!!
Soooooooo...
When's *CatHat* dropping?
Hahahaha maybe gotta see the return
Is there going to be a dlc for cat hat?
Hahaha top hat dlc 🎩
I know the concepts of c# but I don't know what to code for-- moving an enemy from one place to another -- shoot projectiles from player.... And stuff like that for a real game. Do you have any solution bro?😭😭
If you know the concepts you’re halfway there my friend, you just gotta… GOOGLE EVERYTHING 🤣 that’s how I get through it! Google how to move character C# Unity or whatever problem you’re trying to solve :)
@@saultoons thank bro... Finally found BRACKEYS channel!!! God exists!!🧚🧚
is c# the language i have to learn?
Depends what engine you’re using? C# is usually for Unity, but Is available in Godot too. I’d recommend looking into different engines and seeing if any of them take your fancy, there are visual scripting options too
im in the same lol
You got this!!!
How much time did you waste to learn c#?
Probably took me about a month to get to grips with it. Not a pro though
@@saultoons I want to learn c# in 0 millisecond :(
@@adfafadfaf8682 hahah if only!
@@saultoons I'm okay with Unreal engine blueprints already but I just moved to unity cuz unreal is shit at low poly and for low end devices for your game.
Well I hope it goes well. Feel free to join the discord there are plenty of unity devs who can help you out :)
0:43 is too funny
Damn, too real man. I can't laugh
hahah feelsbadman :'D
Hahahaha! Subscribed 😂
thanks so much polarbear, how do you watch this with your bear hands? :'D
@@saultoons lol hahaha 😆😆
0:51 ya we know that
Lol
you know what's even worst, finding a video how to use c# on godot
The official godot docs seem to be fairly decent with gdscript, maybe a good place to check for C# stuff as well? Otherwise, why not just jump to gdscript? It's super simple. I jumped from C# to Gdscript and haven't looked back :D
jesus brackeys 😂😂
Hahah I miss brackeys
i want to play cat hat
Hahaha it was terrible 🤣
Was there a point to this video?
lol what do i do i can't draw, i can't make art or do pixel art lol. pixel art is harder than it looks hahahaha and for some reason i don't know why i can't get my self to learn how to code literally i start and then give up so sad man and cause this all my motivation is lost too lol
First you have to change your mindset, look at your language. ‘I can’t do this, I can’t do that’… Speak more positively about yourself. You can do it. Every single person starts with 0 experience and must fail over and over again until they become competent at something, and even then they will fail some more, failure and not knowing is good because it means you can learn and grow. You have to accept that and once you do, you have a growth mindset, which will take you very far, look into it! There’s only one very simple thing you need to to improve at any skill… dedicate time to it!!! Spend 2 hours a day learning programming or art or both, in 1 month you will be around 60 hours more experienced!!!!!!! 60 hours is a lot of learning time! It won’t happen overnight but over a long time through consistent progress. Forget about the past and start today. Start now. There is always an opportunity. Good luck and let me know how you get on :)
@@saultoons I was not expecting a reply but thank you for your kind words and encouragement. I will start on my journey to and will keep u posted hahahaha
You got this!
Why you mock Jesus
Don’t use sololearn!
I was using it for c# but what it says is outdated, but the answers are updated. I had to get a fuckin spreadsheet to do this, so I gave up and watched a playlist on Brocode, which is far better.
hhaha oh no!
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Glad you like it Diogo:D
Only 700 people watch this
And I appreciate every single one of em, thanks folks :D
Saultoons I love how you just care about money you just care about entertainment. I’m going to sub
@@trueedubs Thanks TrueDub! I appreciate you joining the community :D
Saultoons no problem
Is it bad that I've done like 3 or 4 different udemy courses, and built multiple projects and still feel like I have no idea how to code?
Nah I don’t think so. Every day I’m learning something new with coding :)