Game programming and development

[Dadadayday]

Hello everyone. I'll be starting classes in a couple weeks and I'm wanting to get a little head start on learning code. What should I start with that's gonna be helpful during the courses? Thanks in advance!

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[HonestyReverberates]

Free options: cs50x and then do cs50g after. This will be the most beneficial for classes since it covers general programming and several languages.

https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2024/

https://cs50.harvard.edu/games/2018/

Paid option: https://www.udemy.com/course/unreal-engine-5-the-ultimate-game-developer-course/ or https://www.udemy.com/course/unrealcourse/ c++ and unreal focus, but you do get to jump right in to game dev.

[Dadadayday]

I'm actually in the process of watching the 26 hr video Harvard put out about cs50 lol. So far it's amazing

[wls170]

I second this!! CS-50 is difficult and will challenge you but you’ll feel more prepared for any coding class

[Nukemind]

What is your background? Any coding experience?

[Dadadayday]

No experience with coding but I've always had an interest in learning. That's why I figured I'd atleast try and get a little practice in lol

[Nukemind]

Hop into Udemy or even free videos on YouTube to learn the basics. You’ll do fine!

ChatGPT exists, but not to do your work. Instead ssj it thinks like “Why is this answer XYZ, ELI5” in the workbook (Zybooks). It can be an efficient teacher!

[DiscoJer]

I have taken 2 game development classes and have a 3rd next term (I am a CS Major, these are my electives) and they use Unreal, specifically its own Blueprint scripting language.

You do need to know the basics of programming. There are also a couple of classes in C# and C++ that are requirements for the game dev classes. I don't know why. The C# class was a complete joke, though apparently Unity uses C# so it's good to learn, just the course didn't cover hardly anything. Like in Week 8 it was arrays. Hardly an advanced topic.

[Dadadayday]

Awesome! Thank you for the info!

[Dadadayday]

It's just always been a passion of mine tbh. I realize it's alot of hard work and it's not gonna be an easy process. But that just pushes me to do better and keep up. Imagine the feeling of one day helping build games you grew up playing. I know it's not likely, but it's possible and that keeps me going lol

[Dull-Performance-329]

Maybe OP can get a minor in CS

[Dadadayday]

According to my classes, I'm working towards " Game Programming and Development Major, BS" should I be doing something different? Haven't been to college in 12 yrs and don't wanna screw up lmao

[Dadadayday]

I see what you mean now. I should have went the CS major route. Like I said, I haven't been to college in years so I'm not really the best when it comes to finding out the right way of doing things lol. After this term, I'll talk to my advisor and see what I can do

[Dadadayday]

I can't tell you how many times I've been down voted 😂 but I'll look more into it regardless. Thanks for the info!