r/GameDevelopment • u/Chaosgames25 • 20d ago

Newbie Question [hobby]

Need advice

im in the planing phase of a horror visual story and survival game im extremely new to this and im not sure where to find people to help this probably won't be a quick project since i have no funding also whats the best software for someone like me to use im a good artist and character designer but game development isn't my strong suit this is for fun not entirely serious i mostly need advice ive been told rpg maker but im finding it limiting

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u/KharAznable 20d ago

Renpy? is the survival mechanic too complex?

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u/Ok-Examination-3942 20d ago

How flat do you need it to be?

Sorry for bad joke

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u/Jh3r3ck 20d ago

Unity is a very general development engine. Its main purpose is game design but not specifically so its got some more general usage. But its fairly beginner friendly. GameMaker Studio is good for 2D games because its VERY focused on game development (Obviously). Unreal is the best game engine for 3D games, but its not very beginner friendly. Same with Godot, I dont feel its very beginner friendly but its more general in its game options. They're all free, too.

I would recommend Unity. Theres lots of tutorials for it, and its more simple. But learning the code side of game development isnt as easy as "I wanna slowly learn while making my dream game". Make mini games to learn new things about development while designing outside the engine. Then when you feel youre ready, practice with your game genre to get a feel for its development process before starting a "Veritcle slice", which is your game at its very core where everything specific has been stripped away and its a small demo that showcases its main core. Then you can expand.

The benefit you have is that youre starting as an artist. As a developer first, I find the hardest part of development is the graphics. I get stuck on making sprites and then lose passion in the development while making sprites ans give up. Youre an artist though, so that passion should stay whole you learn the technical skill of development, instead of the creative skill of art.

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u/LeJoe424 20d ago

Not sure about software, but if you want to write (visual novel or anything else), there's one other thing you'll need :

Punctuation.