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Newbie at Game Development

twadebarcelonatwadebarcelona Posts: 3Member
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Hi I'm a 16 year old who is looking to try game development on the Ouya in my spare time and was wondering if anyone can give me a head start as I am looking to try it out because if I'm good at it and I enjoy it I was thinking I might actually do it full-time. If anyone nows any tutorials on how to make some games for the Ouya it would be very helpful and I would be grateful and in case you're wondering I'm not doing this for profit and if I do make any games that actually get released on the Ouya they will be free. Thanks if you can help and thanks for reading this even if you can't help.

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  • XxTIMOxXXxTIMOxX Posts: 136Member
    If you know a bit of programming, or are not afraid to go down that route, these tutorials on Unity are pretty good:

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  • twadebarcelonatwadebarcelona Posts: 3Member
    thanks for the link XxTIMOxX I don't actually know much about programming at the moment but I will follow the tutorial and see how it goes.
  • XxTIMOxXXxTIMOxX Posts: 136Member
    You can always use something like Game Maker instead (I' on mobile, so no link, sorry) which is pretty much point and click programming. It's a good way to gain an understanding of how things work while making a game.
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  • Killa_MaakiKilla_Maaki Posts: 504Member
    It's never too late to learn programming :)
    When you get the hang of it, it's a highly rewarding experience. Game Maker, as others have said, can teach you about basic programming logic and flow. You might then try learning a true programming language, such as Python, Java, or my personal favorite C# (the first is far less complicated, but the other two have the benefit of introducing you to OOP, or Object-Oriented Programming, which can be incredibly powerful as it lets you wrap things up in Objects)
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  • jtn0514jtn0514 Loganville,DCPosts: 142Member
    edited July 2013
    XxTIMOxX said:
    You can always use something like Game Maker instead (I' on mobile, so no link, sorry) which is pretty much point and click programming. It's a good way to gain an understanding of how things work while making a game.
      While it does HAVE point and click programming, it isnt ALL point and click programming based. It does have a very powerful scripting language that can be used to make some very impressive stuff. But its a good place to start and you can move on and still do advanced stuff with it.

    Download the demo from their site and play around with it and check out the built in tutorials and see if its something that works for you.

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