I'm debating on whether or not to buy a ps4 now that ps5 is being talked about. My question is, as some who has a gaming PC what games can only be played on PS4 like Spiderman or God of War? Someone must have put a list together by now, but I can't seem to find one. I tried googling for a list and all I could find where people talking about why you can't emulate ps4 games on PC.
I also missed a lot of ps2/ps3 console franchises so I'm a sucker for bundles of a series together that I can buy and get them all together like a jak and daxter or uncharted bundle.
@fear_the_booboo: Well if I make a game that makes me more than $100,000 a year I will happily buy a liscene. Lol
I learned a little c++ when I was in college back in 2004-2006. Nothing beyond a hello world and basic calculator though. I was there for a 3d graphics, Game Design, and Animation course so programming wasn't a big part of it. Unfortunately I had a lot of bad life issues come up in my second year and didn't graduate. So I missed out on my chance to get into the industry before it was crazy competitive like it is these days. I let my education slip and have forgotten so much I would basically have to start over, but there's still a lot up there if I can find the right Muse. I hope anyway. Lol
And yes thank you. You have helped a lot.
Edit: Ya there's no community in my area. I'm in new Brunswick Canada. I was specifically looking for online communities. When I was in college there was a ton of awesome websites with artists from the game and movie industry that offered tips and advice to those of us trying to start out. And that was like 15 years ago. Figured there must be something equviliant to programming and indie game making considering how big the community is these days.
@fear_the_booboo: Thanks for the reply, the advice, and congrats on releasing your first game. Happy for you! I have a bigger game I want to work towards making someday, but I plan to do as you mentioned and focus on smaller stuff as I go. Ya need to be able to see progress and hit personal milestones to keep the motivation up. Lol Plus I plan to use the smaller stuff to learn the systems and processes I will need to know to build the bigger game.
You hit on a couple points I don't think I articulated well in the op with the unity and game maker parts. The bit about how game maker uses its own language is a big deal as I think I may want to avoid spending a lot of time learning something that isn't transferable. I plan to focus on small 2d stuff just for fun, but I don't want to hit a point where suddenly I have to start over learning again when I outgrow that engine for lack of a better term.
So with unity, for example. If I use free unity to make something and then say a year down the line want to release it for money is it just a matter of buying a liscene and I can sell it? Or is there a whole process of remaking the game required?
TLDR: I'm looking to find an online community that is platform agnostic that I can talk to and ask questions about learning to program and what development software to use.
The longer version, is that I want to take learning to program more seriously then I have in the past. When I was a kid I spent hours playing with RPG maker, and later in life I have dabbled with Game Maker and made my shitty pong and asteroid clone games but have never gone beyond that. I would always hit a wall and stop, or bad stuff would happen in life that would erase an progress I made in learning. Maybe this will end up being another fly by night whim that doesn't go anywhere, but I'm going to keep trying and hope it sticks this time.
I want to make sure I'm setting myself up for success this time instead of failure and want to do so by discussing things with people who have knowledge about the current state of indie game development. People who have taught themselves this stuff and can answer questions like what software is best for 3d or 2d games. What platforms offer support for cross platform development. How to build from the ground up to release on as many different systems as possible. What platforms have user friendly support, and a community of tutorial makers and welcome dumb questions as I learn. And a million other questions I'm sure I will have.
I don't want to be an armchair developer who has a million ideas and lack the ability to make them real anymore. I know some people in the game dev community frequent Giant Bomb, and there is/was the game jam community here. So I'm hoping someone from there may be able to help point me in a direction to head. I have been out of the loop for about 4-5 years due to a bad relationship I found myself in and feel like I don't know where to even start. So any help that can be offered is appreciated.
A way to remove videos from continue watching would be nice. Mines filled with a mix of shows i finished but closed before the fadeout completes, or videos i didn't like and stopped 5-10 minutes in.
I do. Ryan killed me in the Assassins Creed 2 Brotherhood one when they switched to PS3. Its not on the site but the youtube channel Giant Bomb Unarchived has it.
Yup. They were all pretty bad. IIRC Ryan was in charge of the feature. I refreshed gb constantly back then hoping for new content, this was before the upcoming side bar, but these were the one video I skipped.
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