I Started My Game Dev Journey

I've been passionate about Game Development for a long time. But I couldn't learn because of 2 reasons.

  1. Learning game development is time-consuming. 
  2. There are not many game studios in Sri Lanka.

I'm very busy with my studies because I'm following a degree. Learning a game engine like Unity or Unreal (those are the only game engines I knew at that time) is a time-consuming process. The second reason is also related to the first one. So even after learning a game engine, what's the point if I won't be able to find a job? 
But my passion for game development didn't disappear.

Discovering GDevelop

About 2 months ago, I saw freeCodeCamp published a crash course on YouTube about something called "GDevelop". It is a 2D cross-platform free and open-source game engine. I was curious to know about GDevelop. So I researched this by first visiting their official website. I was impressed because it seemed like this is a beginner-friendly game engine that is quick to learn. So I thought of giving it a try and I started the freeCodeCamp's crash course.

I learned the basics such as the event system, variables, and extensions. At the end of that course, it taught me to make a game called "Asteroids".

Asteroids

This is my very first game developed using a game engine. It's called "Asteroids" and it is a space-themed multidirectional shooter arcade game. By making this game, I learned about how collisions work, how to store health, and how to make game objects look better by using particle emitters and different kinds of extensions.

GitHub link: https://github.com/tharindadk/asteroids-game
Play online: https://liluo.io/instant-builds/7be80bb7-1831-4ad6-80fb-09e9604c5c8e

(Click here to learn how to make this game.)

Geometry Monster

This is the second game I developed with GDevelop. It's called Geometry Monster and it is a hyper-casual game suitable for mobile devices. By making this game, I learned how to create game objects endlessly and how to switch between scenes. 

GitHub link: https://github.com/tharindadk/geometry-monster-game
Play online: https://liluo.io/instant-builds/1a726291-a27d-44bb-b659-19d55fdf6293

(Click here to learn how to make this game.)

First Game Jam

There are many game jams (game development competitions) happening throughout the year. When I searched about these game jams, I saw a game jam called "Gamedev.js" starting soon. It's a competition to build web games. So I decided to join because it's a great opportunity to make my own very first game. The theme for this game jam is "RAW". I'm going to blog about this game jam in the upcoming posts. 😊

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