Game development

Question

Hey, so I really want to get into the back end of making games.

What should I be putting my focus in?

Answer 1

Learn a programming language.

Aside from programming, some maths will be helpful.

Answer 2

That depends of a bunch of different things in addition to what Lisa said. Just like there's different asepcts of web development, same with game, such as choosing which engine you want to work with.

Only you know what you like so you can start off with some research (which will come in handy for reading documentation anyways) and see which things tickle your fancy. You can read this for some pointers on how to research with this: https://sololearn.com/compiler-playground/W0uW3Wks8UBk/?ref=app

Answer 3

Game development can take many forms.

Many 3D games are developed using Unity, Unreal, or Godot. All of those platforms support connecting to databases and multiuser features. But they might be overkill if the game is simple. Some games are best with HTML and JavaScript.

A classic multiplayer game like you might find on Steam will have a front-end built with Unreal or Unity and the back-end will likely be built using C++ and SQL. Consider the high volumes of people who play MMORPGs. Those back-ends are intense and include multiple servers, service brokers, etc.

If you want to work for a AAA game company and work on MMORPG games, you'll definitely want to know C++ quite well.

Answer 4

Jerry Hobby said, but also add C#, Lua in the mix