Game development

Question

i want to learn game development.... how do i start?

Answer 1

If all you care about is making games, and not programming, try GameMaker (gml) or Unity. There are people out there who have made successful games but have no idea how to code well.

Answer 2

I agree, don't discount GameMaker. while it has drag and drop interface, it also has a language to code the games yourself. I learned a lot while making all kinds of things with it a few years ago. everything from pong, breakout, electronic bank for when me and the fam want to play monopoly, and some origional games. shooters, platformers, top down adventures.

Answer 3

with the basics. the basics are generally the same regardless which language, that's more a matter of syntax.. learn what variables are. loops. difference between string, integer, double, float, boolean, etc.. what platform do you want to develop for? that makes a difference in what language you want to learn.

Answer 4

2D or 3D ?
Anyways see Unity or Unreal engine
or use Processing found at www.processing.org