1 decade ago by NatasZBaker
Dear Programmars,
Please forgive me for any huge grammar mistakes. I just hope they don't get too much into the way of the message I am trying to say.
So around two months ago; I decided I was going to take that big move from game player to game maker with zero experience in any kind of coding. I was offered a chance to help someone write a text based game if I was supposed to learn Javascript, so I decided this was the perfect opportunity to learn some code. So tadah, that explains a month learning over some Javascript, and as you might think it was hard. Very hard, but I managed to pick up alot, or so I thought, as my knowledge stopped at function expression, just short of learning about closures, hoisting, objects, and prototypes, I have a good reason for why I stopped.
Well, it turned out that the person didn't want my help anymore, so that was 30 dollars lost for a month of classes. So I just quit learning Javascript for a while because I had to remotivate myself to my goal of making a game. Well a lot of self motivation later, I find myself here, on the edge of giving up after finding Limejs was for advanced programmers and for not knowing what the Million Tile Engine was even written in before I came here. The sweet promise of this being clear and easy perking up my ears and the large community, making plug ins for the engine helping me decide to look into this engine.
Well, now for the question, should I even use it? I have a piss poor knowledge of Javascript, I might be able to afford another month of lessons, skimping a bit out of food ( Yes, I have decided one way or another I will make a video game ), and with scraping up enough change I will try to purchase this engine. How much is needed to know before I even dare waste 100$ dollars that can be used for eating then for feeding a fruitless hobby?
My forgiveness to any serious programmarers that read this and who is digusted with my small knowledge of the code at hand and the amount of time I have been learning it. (( Learning as in having tons of handwritten notes and references for Javascript )) I just want to know if Impactjs is right for someone like me? Just in case this is a factor in anyone suggestion over rather I should use this or not; I am really self-motivated towards this. Consider this my right of passage if you will, to see if game designing is for me.
Once again, sorry for any grammar mistakes, I tend to write how I speak which is in horrible english.
Please forgive me for any huge grammar mistakes. I just hope they don't get too much into the way of the message I am trying to say.
So around two months ago; I decided I was going to take that big move from game player to game maker with zero experience in any kind of coding. I was offered a chance to help someone write a text based game if I was supposed to learn Javascript, so I decided this was the perfect opportunity to learn some code. So tadah, that explains a month learning over some Javascript, and as you might think it was hard. Very hard, but I managed to pick up alot, or so I thought, as my knowledge stopped at function expression, just short of learning about closures, hoisting, objects, and prototypes, I have a good reason for why I stopped.
Well, it turned out that the person didn't want my help anymore, so that was 30 dollars lost for a month of classes. So I just quit learning Javascript for a while because I had to remotivate myself to my goal of making a game. Well a lot of self motivation later, I find myself here, on the edge of giving up after finding Limejs was for advanced programmers and for not knowing what the Million Tile Engine was even written in before I came here. The sweet promise of this being clear and easy perking up my ears and the large community, making plug ins for the engine helping me decide to look into this engine.
Well, now for the question, should I even use it? I have a piss poor knowledge of Javascript, I might be able to afford another month of lessons, skimping a bit out of food ( Yes, I have decided one way or another I will make a video game ), and with scraping up enough change I will try to purchase this engine. How much is needed to know before I even dare waste 100$ dollars that can be used for eating then for feeding a fruitless hobby?
My forgiveness to any serious programmarers that read this and who is digusted with my small knowledge of the code at hand and the amount of time I have been learning it. (( Learning as in having tons of handwritten notes and references for Javascript )) I just want to know if Impactjs is right for someone like me? Just in case this is a factor in anyone suggestion over rather I should use this or not; I am really self-motivated towards this. Consider this my right of passage if you will, to see if game designing is for me.
Once again, sorry for any grammar mistakes, I tend to write how I speak which is in horrible english.