Comments on: LD here I come (For the first time) http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/05/ld-here-i-come-for-the-first-time/ A tri-annual 48 hour solo game development competition. Sat, 25 May 2013 13:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Zelen3d http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/05/ld-here-i-come-for-the-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-57043 Zelen3d Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:41:07 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=149344#comment-57043 you knew x86 assembly by 12 years age!!!! Omg how is that possible?

]]> By: jamezogamer101 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/05/ld-here-i-come-for-the-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-57020 jamezogamer101 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:39:20 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=149344#comment-57020 Thanks, I’ll start looking up tutorials right now!

]]> By: bobbobowitz http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/05/ld-here-i-come-for-the-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-57017 bobbobowitz Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:03:36 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=149344#comment-57017 Me too! 12 years old for my first LD.

]]> By: Goodlookinguy http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/05/ld-here-i-come-for-the-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-56928 Goodlookinguy Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:19:02 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=149344#comment-56928 It depends on what career you’re aiming for.

- If you’re programming video games, you could probably stay in high-level languages (everything that isn’t assembly) until you’re old and be fine because electronics just keep getting stronger and stronger. Lua is becoming increasingly popular for game scripting, so you might end up having to learn that as well.

- If you’re going into website stuff, you have to learn (X)HTML, CSS, JS (+jQuery), XML, php and/or ASP (and JSP too, I guess), possibly Python, PERL, and Ruby as well. It’s not as bad as it looks. I learned (X)HTML by the time I was 10. By the time I was 14 I knew CSS, JS, XML, php, and Python.

- If you head into regular application development, like any program that isn’t a game, you will need C# and Java. They seem to be the most popular for that among companies, especially Java. Although, I see it losing some popularity to C#.

- If you go into microcontroller, PLCs, and various other related things, C and whatever assembly language the device uses would help you more. I learned C, C++, and x86 assembly by the time I was 12. These languages are mostly time consuming to learn if you don’t have an understanding of underlying electronics. I only recently learned PLC assembly, although it’s all pretty much the same in the end.

Now, if you plan to do everything under the sun, which is how I am right now, learn as much as possible as young as possible, don’t wait. Right now is the best time to learn. I started a game making, website back-end designing, regular application, company when I was 19-years-old. I’m turning 21 in a month and I’m doing pretty well. There’s nothing wrong with having options to fall back on.

]]> By: jamezogamer101 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/05/ld-here-i-come-for-the-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-56924 jamezogamer101 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:44:26 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=149344#comment-56924 I didn’t know that c# was able to run on those platforms(since it uses the .NET framework and stuff) but I’ve kinda already learnt C++, it’s just making a game in 48hrs that seems hard. I plan on learning a range of programing languages to help me get started(Hopefully) in a career after school. Any tips? Thx

]]> By: Folis http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/05/ld-here-i-come-for-the-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-56900 Folis Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:59:43 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=149344#comment-56900 Haha. When I first participated I was 12, and even with more and more young guys, I still have to see somebody who can beat that :)

@The new guy: Welcome, young’un! Nice to meet ya! :D

]]> By: Henry McLaughlin http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/05/ld-here-i-come-for-the-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-56895 Henry McLaughlin Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:22:38 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=149344#comment-56895 Wow, more and more kids entering. :)

Yeah, no age limit here. You’re not even the youngest person who’s entered. :P

And Game Maker is fine, lots of people use it.

]]> By: Goodlookinguy http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/05/ld-here-i-come-for-the-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-56877 Goodlookinguy Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:33:55 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=149344#comment-56877 There’s no age limit or imposed limitations to game engine usage (I think). As long as you release the source code or whatever game maker uses, you’ll be fine. Unless you’re doing the jam, in which case you only have to release the game.

Also, on the C++ statement, I don’t recommend C++ as your first major programming language nowadays. It’s outdated and you’d probably be better off learning C# or Java first. Those languages both follow good programming practices (most of the time) and will help in learning to develop manageable code. On top of that, with C# you can write games for Windows, Linux (w/ Mono), Xbox360, and PlayStation Vita (w/ PSM); and with Java you can write code to pretty much everything that has an implementation of it, including tons of mobile devices running Android.

Good luck on your first Ludum Dare and make sure to get sleep. I learned the hard way the first time I did the Ludum Dare. Sleep deprivation inevitably leads to one or more bad things near the end of the competition.

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