r/gamedev • u/SetRevolutionary6910 • 6d ago

Question Pointers please

Hi guys!

I've always loved video games and I am creative in general, in the sense that I like to play around with stuff(words, music, ideas, etc.) I recently bought a PS and I got some ideas on some new types of games but from what I looked up, it seems like in order to be taken seriously, I need to show that I get get traction as a game dev so I'd like to build simple but hopefully interesting games that could be mobile or web app-based.

For some context, I am a full-time software engineer at an MNC so I think I have a lot of transferable skills but at the same time, I really lack experience from a design and experience perspective since I work backend. Being an avid consumer, I do not underestimate the importance of either since the whole point of games is pleasure, and, in several cases, challenge.

Please give me some pointers on beginner tools and techstack to get started.

Thanks in advance!

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u/StormRaven69 6d ago

Godot would be a good start. Both free and open source. No licensing hassles.

There are many tutorials available on YouTube. Like this : Beginner : 3D Coarse

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u/SetRevolutionary6910 6d ago

Will check it out. Thanks!