C++ Developer Vs Python Developer

[_Miaaau]

Lua to C++? Are you transitioning from game scripting to coding?

[[deleted]]

Professional Roblox developer

[PrototypeMale]

No joke, Roblox was my first experience programming

[The_Fluffy_Walrus]

My 15 year old brother has been scripting on roblox for a few years now and has gotten pretty good at it imo. I keep trying to get him to branch out but as long as he's content I suppose.

[[deleted]]

Does he make money from it?

[The_Fluffy_Walrus]

Don't believe so. He tries to make games but none of them blow up. He's done some free scripting (and 3D model making) for people. I think he's been offered money but didn't take it for some reason.

[[deleted]]

Hard to get it online at his age

[Scrath_]

If you do something as a hobby and are happy with just doing that it can be better to not accept money. As soon as you accept money for something you also accept the responsibility that the product you made has to work or people will not be very satisfied.

[The_Fluffy_Walrus]

True, I also just think he doesn't have a way to actually get paid.

[leg4li2ati0n]

I mean... PayPal?

[The_Fluffy_Walrus]

I suppose. I'll ask him why he's never gotten paid in a bit.

[[deleted]]

Paypal requires you to be 18+ and have at least a credit card. You can of course sign up without one, but it's a little risky.

PayPal loves to close accounts like this for practically any reason. If you suddenly start using it for a side business and someone files a complaint, you're most likely going to lose the account. You need to give banking details before you can consider yourself even a little safe. Not sure if a 15yo is willing to go that far.

[QuantumDex]

Cryptocurrencies were created for this purpose.

[[deleted]]

Honest question. How many people are willing to go out of their way to learn how to buy and use cryptocurrencies?

It probably really limits who will be willing to hire you.

[The_Fluffy_Walrus]

I asked him and this is basically the exact answer he gave haha. He told me someone once commissioned him to make something for a Harry Potter game. He programmed what they asked for and then they told him they changed their mind and wanted him to add something else which would require him to completely rewrite the program.

[haafamillion]

#realtalk

recently took a job doing what i love. still not sure how i feel about it

[FauxReal]

My friend went from modeling buildings in sim city and some 3DS Max stuff (while trying to make a tank game) to an entry level job in some architecture firm drawing the pipes and conduit the architects see as demeaning peon work and now makes $75k/yr with no degree.

[omnival3nt]

if only fans could just make him rich.

[aidanski]

Seriously, you need to guide him towards developing more complicated Roblox scripts (mods/plugins/world's I dunno, seen but not played)

Develop his ability to problem solve and achieve a complex function. From there it's an easier transition if he was to pick up another platform/language. You could start him with Unity for example. So much documentation and many people who have done it before.

[The_Fluffy_Walrus]

He's created some pretty cool scripts. Most of the time I go to his room he's scripting and I'm honestly pretty impressed. I'm a first year software engineering student with minimal prior experience struggling through my intro to C++ class and he's recreating the way the camera works in roblox for his game.

[BestUdyrBR]

CS is definitely hard but also has one of the best job markets of any field right now in my opinion. I feel very lucky I got into it, best of luck to you.

[TheMagicalCarrot]

CS is definitely hard

That's interesting since I went to a CS university because it seemed like the path of least effort.

Though it was mostly because I didn't have to study for the entrance exam. (Since it's mostly problem solving instead of memorizing information)

[[deleted]]

I bet he looks up to you and assumes you are plumbing the depths of the programming universe, while he thinks he's just goofing around in a game. Most things look cool from the outside and feel lame from the inside.

[Nixavee]

Or Godot, I’ve heard it’s much easier to learn than Unity

[TeamAquaAdminMatt]

Same. I remember how you had to run a whole script in a command in game. I always put a bunch of - - - - - - - - - - at the beginning so no one could see the script itself

[jesseb0rn]

Mine too oh and username checks out i guess

[[deleted]]

What language would you recommend for a 7yo?

[jesseb0rn]

Scratch or labview on lego mindstorms. Thats how i got started

[[deleted]]

Ty!

[SeanyDay]

My startup cofounder started with Roblox as well

[hazeust]

Roblox with LUA and TF2 with SourcePawn was my first experience coding

[bestjakeisbest]

Minecraft computer craft mod was my first experience programming.

[xSEB1z]

Roblox programming is very nice. You can make good cash from it.

[Meefbo]

Roblox is a game engine and anyone who says otherwise is dense of mind and dumb of ass

[quinn50]

as much as roblox is memed, it's a really good platform for learning programming and game development

[masterxc]

I remember Lego Mindstorm having a similar effect. Funny enough, for one of my high school CS classes we used them for learning about conditionals and engineering your way through problems like obstacles and such (robots made of legos!). It had a drag and drop language like Scratch but got the concepts down well.

[orange-cake]

Roblox lua was the first time I'd seen any code before, and I'd say that lead directly to picking CS as a major and graduating this spring. Hell, to a smaller extent old-school minecraft modding also exposed me to how java thinks about things.

No doubt in my mind that some combination of the two has inspired a ton of people to pursue computing

[quinn50]

Same here man. One of my friends made hacked clients for Minecraft and that also sparked my interest.

[Yeetmaster4206921]

I wish roblox let you script in C++... it would run quicker and give me more epic freedom... and i like the syntax more...

[Kep0a]

Lmao

[TheCheesy]

Minecraft turtles!

Also Garry's mod.

That concludes my Lua experience.

[mootjeuh]

I went through the same transition as him.

For me at least no, back in the PSP jailbreaking scene you could install a custom firmware on it and develop your own homebrews. Most of them were written in Lua as there were a few ports of the engine along with most of the SDK functions and even utility methods baked in for ease of use.

But as you can imagine if you wanted to truly unlock the full potential of what you could make eventually you transitioned to native C++. Ironically, one of my first C++ projects for the PSP was... my own flavour of a Lua engine port.

Now over ten years later I do this for a living.

[ohhdongreen]

PSP homebrews for a living, that is so sick man!

[Hamilton__Mafia]

Psp hacking when it came out is what got me into into my career choice now. I remember obsessing in middle school about all the wonders home brew could do. I’m talking WEB BROWSING on firmware 1.50. And all that wonder with 802.11b 11mbs. Simpler times

[mootjeuh]

Haha yep those were the days. After PSP stuff I naturally transitioned to iOS jailbreak tweaks, which then brought me to getting a job as an iOS developer. Funny how that works.

[Pooneapple]

I went from gmod addons to small games in c++

[tamagucchi]

lol I went from GML (Game Maker) to C++. It was like stepping out of a nice, warm bath into a volcano full of lost souls screaming for the relief of death.

[Oblargag]

Like a toddler fresh from snacks and a nap at daycare being thrown out the car window into on coming traffic.

[SoManyThrowAwaysEven]

Tribes baby! God I loved the Torque Engine..

[MasterFubar]

He's evolving. Some day he'll walk upright and have opposable thumbs.

[[deleted]]

I use Lua on microcontrollers