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Game development is hard

Just having a giant budget won't automatically make you a good game. There are thousands of decent games out there, but the only games that are truly good, don't require only a lot of money, but mostly a lot of effort. It means a lot of people working on the project, together in a teamwork collaborative effort. AAA or triple A games is what people understand as best games out there. But they are really just games that have most people working on the project in a corporate company and  have an insane budget. But just good cinematics and cool lightning effects won't exactly grant anything more than a decent game. To get to the second level, you'll need to work really hard to achieve any meaningful results. This means time management, strain, focus, concentration and apply what you've learned in school, use and improve your memory skills. Textures are hard to make and just a little bit of beautiful sunshine won't work here.

Level design basics

It is hard to make a good level as it involves translating the level design document into game data: level design document Level Name: arch The level is bordered by landscape, of measures 100m x 100 m. arch.lev (.lev means level) arch 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 That can be fixed by using modelers, but eventually you need to make datafiles.

Coding and game development, part 2

 Consider the following C++ sample: int main() {     std::cout << template_1() << '\n';     return 1;      } Every moron who knows C++ would know what this means. Now consider that almost every line is a regular expression, so try to translate it into your native language, English for example; line by line in steps. ... rofl lol oO? I tried to do that with the example and my head almost had a system shutdown.

Coding and game development

The hardest part of making games is coding. It is really hard to learn and even harder to apply. I'm not trying to say game design, level design and story writing are easy, but they don't even compare. Coding means understanding machine code in normal sentences. Line by line. Which is like seriously hard to understand. Try understanding a novel. Then imagine reading a couple of mathematical and crypted expressions and explain them in your native language. ...omg what the !!! does just happened ROFL? I'm sure if you just tried that, you have a headache.