Andrew Miller

March 15, 2024

Game Dev Resources

Ultimately the language/tool you start with really isn't super important. Once you know one or two the rest becomes easy to learn.

Scratch

Gets you started thinking like a programmer, without a lot of fuss. A good place to start: https://scratch.mit.edu/

Godot

Learning
Heartbeast: https://www.youtube.com/@uheartbeast
GDQuest: https://www.youtube.com/@Gdquest
GDQuest Coding Courses (Gamedev from Zero is a good beginner's course): https://school.gdquest.com/products/bundle_learn_gamedev_godot_4
 

Gamemaker

Unity

Game Maker's Toolkit (How I learned Unity) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFjXKOXdgGo
Game Maker's Toolkit (Unity Tutorial for Complete beginners): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtQMytORBmM
Brackeys: https://www.youtube.com/@Brackeys


Programming/Computer Science

Game Design

Game Maker's Toolkit: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK
Jonas Tyrolller (This problem changes your perspective on Game Dev): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5K0uqhxgsE&pp=ygULZ2FtZSBkZXNpZ24%3D
Brackeys: https://www.youtube.com/@Brackeys
GDC videos: https://www.youtube.com/@Gdconf

Game Art Direction



Sound Design

Game Jams