@rafaesantana I was thinking about that actually, I really want to be the go to guy when it comes to modifying and understanding the game engine. In addition, I know that knowing how to handle graphics is super important as well. I have a few game engine books that I wanted to program my way through and then go back to making some smaller unity games for the portfolio. I think the last elective I will take for my schooling will be Virtual Reality next fall.
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GaryLougheed said:
@rafaesantana I was thinking about that actually, I really want to be the go to guy when it comes to modifying and understanding the game engine. In addition, I know that knowing how to handle graphics is super important as well. I have a few game engine books that I wanted to program my way through and then go back to making some smaller unity games for the portfolio. I think the last elective I will take for my schooling will be Virtual Reality next fall.
I have kept the development of my 2d game engine rather under wraps, I'm literally just doing it for fun. I am slowly being more open about it but on other forums, I have been given rather negative feedback on the project. Usually it is..
- you are wasting your time
- why don't you use unity?
- you think you're the next john carmack
And more …
I am not wasting my time if I am learning and discovering by problem solving. Why would I use Unity if I'm not making a game? I want to write the code for the underlying framework that makes the game work so that I have a better understanding of how things work and I have learned lots. And finally, the only person I am trying to impress is myself.
I love working on it, it is a fun and challenging project that has turned out really well, even if it has taken me close to a year to get to where I am, it wasn't easy but one thing I didn't do was give up.