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Game Development for Beginners: 5 Essential Things to Start your Game Development Career

Game Development for Beginners: 5 Essential Things to Start your Game Development Career

If you are new to the game development scene and are just about to start making your first game, you might feel puzzled on where to start, what to do first and what you need. For beginners out there, here we have listed the 5 most essential things you need to start your game development career. Some of them may seem simple, but they are just as important. Check them out below and include these items in your starter-kit!

1. Game engine and its Supporting Tools

The most essential thing to have in making a game is a game engine. There are a number of options in the market for you to choose, and each game engine offers different features and specifications for its users. Pick the one that is most suitable to you, depending on various factors of the game you're about to make. You can check out this article to know how to choose the right game engine for your game.

If you are a beginner in game development, some game engines also offer additional or supporting tools for you. For instance, some engines come specialized with built-in IDE (Integrated Development Environment) , a software developing tool that helps make the programming and editing process more quickly and efficiently. You can also use IDE as a third-party tool.

If you are interested in HTML5 game development, you can try using MelonJS, Melon Gaming very own game engine. MelonJS also offers MelonIDE that is coming out on the beginning of 2019. Keep an eye out for it!

2. Resources

For a beginner in game development, pre-made game assets are your life-savers, especially if you're not working with a team of designers or sound artists.

There are plenty of game assets, from 2D and 3D assets, backgrounds, GUI, and even audio files made by talented artists available to buy online. You can find them easily if you scour through the internet. All you have to do is input these assets into your game engine and program them. Some of the assets are even free. Make sure that the assets you use are in the public domain, so you are free to use and commercialize them.

3. Reference and Research

In making your first game, you can start easily by referring to pre-existing games. You can adopt their concept and some of the core elements, and go from there. Take inspiration from games that share the same genre as yours. Apart from that, you also need to do a lot of research. Look for guides and tutorials on game development. It is important to look for tutorials based on the game engine you use. There are also a plenty of tutorials that are made for specific types or genres of game.

4. Feedback

It is very important to gain honest feedback on your first few projects, both from gamers and non-gamers. You can join communities of game developers and share your game to a select few people there. See what they think, ask for their opinion and use it to improve your game. As a novice, you may ask for advice from more experienced game developers in the community.

5. Practice

Finally, don't forget to keep practicing to build up your skills. Don't be afraid to make mistakes, and make trials and errors. You can also join various Game Jams and game development competitions to test out your skills, whilst improving them.

Once you've had these 5 things in your hands, you will be able to establish yourself as a good game developer! Once again, if you are new to game development, and are interested in making games on the HTML5 platform, you can check out Melon Gaming's game engine, MelonJS. It is perfect for new game developers as it is compatible with a lot of third-party tools, making game development a lot easier. You can learn more about its features and advantages on http://melonjs.org !