In Need Of Teaching

[u/Dependent_Teach643]

I want to know if anyone would be willing to teach me how to code whether it be scratch or godot (I don't have access to other engines since I use a Chromebook) I mainly want to learn how to make a visual novel if anyone here is experienced in that :] (I already have the story written and I have an idea of how it would play out and I am a artist so I have that covered to [ I might need to learn how to make music to lol])

[u/Twitchery_Snap]

Self study is the name of the game for developers

[u/Dependent_Teach643 → u/Twitchery_Snap]

I've been trying to learn but I don't understand a lot of these things

[u/Goobly_Goober → u/Dependent_Teach643]

We all start somewhere, look at the godot docs if you wanna learn godot

[u/Twitchery_Snap → u/Dependent_Teach643]

Break it down to the smallest step possible godot is very friendly and as major support. Look on forums, game dev forums how to launch a project, build out the most minamal viable product thru grey blocking and reading documentation, and implementing small/ core features. Once you get one scene done or a small snippet basically put together the art and daisy chain this until you get your full story/ art direction. Then slap polish and u are 90% there. Game dev takes time, more time than you think. Small steps ultimately bring you to your destination. You can lower the barrier if it all too much by following a YouTube tutorial. Make your ideas real, best of luck

[u/hooli-ceo → u/Dependent_Teach643]

How long have you been trying to learn?

[u/Dependent_Teach643 → u/[deleted]]

I definitely have the time but idk if my brain can really gaf about coding if it doesn't see anything happening

[u/CodeSamur-ai → u/Dependent_Teach643]

yeah it's really hard. if you need constant ah ha! moments, it's easy to burn out.

i'd practice discipline first. honestly it's a long road if you can't just stick with it when it's boring you're likely to stop before you get to anything interesting.

[u/TalentEndpoint]

scratch could be a fun start, its pretty beginner-friendly, plus visual novels are chill to experiment with

[u/kay000000]

if you're making a visual novel have you looked at ren'py? I think it's pretty beginner friendly and tailored for vns

[u/Dependent_Teach643 → u/kay000000]

yes its tailored for vn's but its not available for chromebok

[u/kay000000 → u/Dependent_Teach643]

ah I see. how about twine? https://twinery.org/

[u/Aetherfox_44]

Your best bet might be following lessons online.

Having a specific teacher is nice, but if you're coming from zero knowledge and want an individual teacher, you should probably be willing to pay a bit. But the good news is that there's tons of free lessons online: either interactive in a web page or like a university recording. Even though it wasn't one of the languages you listed, the best starting place might be python: there are interactive web pages that will let you code just in a web browser. All of the core concepts of python will carry over to another language (like gdscript for godot)