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Probably dumb question but one I’ve wondered about for a good while: do you typically need to be good at drawing to be a game design artist?ĭrawing has been one of those longtime things that I’ve wanted to try but literally freeze when I so much as put a pencil to paper. I'd recommend you start as a hobbyist, and see what sparks your interest the most as you go through some tutorials! And for design, you'll want to have a portfolio or demonstration of your design skills, such as designing levels or narrative or general mechanics. I think when it comes to programming they usually look for a formal education of some sort, and a strong understanding of a common programming language or two. I'm an artist in the industry so I can't speak too much from a programmer's or design perspective. If you want to actually get a job with a studio, you're going to need to build up some sort of portfolio, either art, or programming experience, or game design. Game Maker is pretty much 2D only, but there are some fantastic games out there made using it, like Hyper Light Drifter and Undertale.Įdit: Also, I'm talking purely on the idea that you're approaching this as a hobbyist. There are some good Udemy courses to get you started (never pay more than $10 for a course on Udemy, look for coupons).

I would check out Game Maker Studio if you're looking for something pretty easy to pick up get going with. Sorry if this topic's getting too psychological for some of you, but I would love nothing more than to have a 'daily game plan', kind of like how people have dailies in an MMO or otherwise. I get so worried about putting all my eggs in one basket, but also about spreading them too far. Learning specific coding languages that would benefit me in both Unity and Unreal but leave me open to take a Web Developer job, if I prefer going that route. In other words, learning things about Unity that would immediately give me a leg up on Unreal. I wish there was a way I could discipline myself, but also smartly combine learning tools that will benefit me regardless of which areas I want to pursue career-wise. I will focus on learning one thing, but then wonder if it'll benefit me in the long run, and I often quit before I've really gotten into it. The problem with so many technology-based things I could learn online is that I'm paralyzed with choice (this even happens when going through my games or Netflix options). I just think that I personally would hate it.Īlso, you bring up a bitter point that I'm willing to admit: I am notoriously indecisive, and I constantly second-guess myself. Not to say that those currently working in QA are wasting their time or anything. QA still sounds like the bottom nightmare position, based on stories I've heard from the Super Best Friends. His site is under renovation at the moment but you can find the tutorials here While you have to pay for them, the concepts you learn like modular environment design, PBR, normal maps, trim sheets, tiling textures and so on are extremely useful in the long run should you choose to pursue environment art.

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Blender is free and open-source (tha GOAT) but if you're a student, you can check out Maya LT for free.ĮDIT: If you're serious about learning environment art, Thiago Klafke (Senior Envionment Artist at Blizzard) has made these wonderful tutorials that you should check out. Other than that, it's worth downloading a 3D modelling suite of some sort. I'm more familiar with UE4 than Unity so if you have any questions, feel free to DM me or check out the UE forums, we're friendly :) If you're looking for something a lot more UE4 orientated, I'd actually check out the live training videos on the official Unreal Engine YT

Keep at it and you'll come to enjoy it.īrackeys is a really good Unity-focused channel who makes a wide range of tutorials IMO, the best way to learn is to just jump into a project and get stuck in. UE4's Blueprints are awesome but learning to use C# really helps you develop the fundamentals (plus web dev if you're into that). If it's your first time using any sort of game engine, I think Unity is the better pick here. Assuming you're just going to be mucking about, Unity and UE4 are free to use (although publishing commercial games is an entirely different story)

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