Web Development or Game Development
Hello there, btw this is my first post on reddit but anyway. I like programming and I have been in web development for quite a while, maybe. Basically I have learnt html,css and javascript, have made some projects and some fairly good clones. But recently I have started to get curious about game development, simply liking the fact how you create your own environment virtually and make characters move on your clicks. And also you create stories around it. It just makes me very excited.
So my question is what should I do:
Should I just start exploring more in web development and get into more in backened also and take game development as a hobby.
Or if I am curious about it, I should leave web development aside and starting going into game development because doing two things may waste my time and I will not be able to be good in any of the both.
Or is there any other path you can think of. And if you have any experience you would like to share.
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Fun fact: with the canvas API you can develop games on the web! Best of both worlds!
I would suggest watching some videos to get acquainted with it. Frank’s Laboratory and Drew Conley ate both good channels. They’re a bit old but teach the basics and are 100% vanilla JS so you learn his things work and not just some game framework.
But if you want a framework then Three.js, Babylon.js, Kaplay.js, and many more exist. In sure you can find some resources for them.
-# P.S. this is Discord, not Reddit. Best to edit your copy/pasted messages 😜
oh, and since the game would be on html, with the <canvas>, you can use html for the game ui
That’s a very good point! HTML is made to render text and be responsive/accessible. Use that super-power to your advantage!
exactly!
and you can even have on-screen controls for mobile
and the ui can be responsive
so, you use the web dev part and game dev part, at the same time
why pick one or the other?
Btw because I copied and pasted my post from reddit I forgot to remove the first line😅
I know. I was giving you a hard time :p