Hey everyone,
I'm new to the game development 'sorta thing. Do any of you have suggestions for Dev. Friendly laptops and Programs for beginners? If it helps, I'm interested in making 2D games.. Any and all help would be appreciated.

Welcome. The best place to start is the FAQ: http://www.gamedev.net/page/reference/faq.php/_/for-beginners-r1

And then try to make a game, and the questions will come.

My advice, learn the basics (some basic sample with SDL or Opengl) and then go for an engine. And of course, read the FAQ.

My advice, learn the basics (some basic sample with SDL or Opengl) and then go for an engine. And of course, read the FAQ.

If you want to learn the basics then you might as well just start with a game engine. Learning SDL and/or OpenGL won't be of much help to you if you're just going to end up learning an engine anyway.

If you want to learn the basics then you might as well just start with a game engine. Learning SDL and/or OpenGL won't be of much help to you if you're just going to end up learning an engine anyway.

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Start simple, and learn to make games first.

If you then desire to learn how the lower level systems work, then move on to working with SDL/openGL.

To start game developing use basic tools like visual studio, Unity3d, Blender, photoshop. and their official tutorials are understandable.

First rule is getting the basic foundation of the programming language down first.

I come from the Java background. Learned a lot of the basic Java concepts and then learned a lot of 2D graphics concepts in Java graphic libraries and then learned more concepts about game development. Learned how to image edit. Paint and GIMP works fine.

Another advice is see a gameplay video frame by frame, I mean by the tenth, hundredth and thousand of the second, there is a lot of animation insight from video analysis.

Since I use Java, I use Eclipse IDE.

Important thing is there is no right program. It is just a tool. If you know the tool and stay dedicated to learning until you can make and finish a simple game, you are ahead of a lot of people. There is a lot of tough work even after thinking you understood the programming language and game development will teach you even more concepts along the way. Best thing is don't give up.

Hey everyone,
I'm new to the game development.. Do any of you have suggestions for beginners? I'm interested in making 2D games..

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