Alpha_ProgDes's Blog Short rules for beginners in game dev

Alpha_ProgDes

October 17, 2017

Expectations for all your code, always

Part 1

It needs to work. And by work I mean execute without crashing.

It needs to do what you expect it to do.

It needs to have code you can actually read and debug.

Part 2

No Syntax Errors
No Warnings (from the compiler)
It has tests (yes, even asserts)

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Alpha_ProgDes

October 17, 2017

Shorter rules for any developer.

Work on getting your code to work

Then work on understanding why your code works in the first place

Then work on getting the code to be better

Then work on understanding why your code is better in the second place

GOTO 1.

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Alpheus

January 12, 2016

The 10 Suggestions.

I think for anyone beginning to learn to game dev, you should heed the following Suggestions.

I don't care how you do it; just do it.

Your language doesn't matter. Your platform doesn't matter.

Nothing. Truly NOTHING. Is better or best for game dev.

You will struggle. You…

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