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For those who are experienced in this space, which of these game engines/ecosystems named in this discussion (Unity, Unreal, Godot, Heaps, perhaps others) are e

For those who are experienced in this space, which of these game engines/ecosystems named in this discussion (Unity, Unreal, Godot, Heaps, perhaps others) are easy to approach and learn?

mhh__ 6y ago
Unreal is really badly documented for the most part. The basics are described, and the overall architecture of the engine is outlined but for most of the C++ codebase you either have to translate from blueprint code in your head or guess based on usage you can find in the epic code (i.e. most of the documentation for their containers has no examples or best practices so I have to read the code to find out how it behaves)
klmadfejno 6y ago
Can only speak to unity and unreal. I got up and running faster with Unity in 1 week. But after 1 month with each I found unreal to be easier. A major problem with both is that the learning communities are terrible, because they're filled with wannabes who, while well intentioned, have no idea what they're doing. Question and Answer forums are plagued with dumb questions that aggressively try to assert that they need to know X when actually the problem begins at A, B, C. Youtube tutorials are filled with hilariously bad narrators who spend an hour trying to demo a basic concept and then for unfathomable reasons, do not show the final result before ending the video. Find a single good set of tutorials to go through the process of making something (anything!) and an active place where competent people discuss things. Googling, unlike most coding problems, is not your friend if you want to find best practice stuff. For Unreal, I thought this guy was decent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DywBqQtTHMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DywBqQtTHMo I only did the first fifteen or so before I decided to start figuring stuff out on my own. The unreal slackers discord channel is the best place I've found for asking knowledgable folks.

For those who are experienced in this space, which of these game engines/ecosystems named in this discussion (Unity, Unreal, Godot, Heaps, perhaps others) are easy to approach and learn?

mhh__ 6y ago

Unreal is really badly documented for the most part. The basics are described, and the overall architecture of the engine is outlined but for most of the C++ codebase you either have to translate from blueprint code in your head or guess based on usage you can find in the epic code (i.e. most of the documentation for their containers has no examples or best practices so I have to read the code to find out how it behaves)

klmadfejno 6y ago

Can only speak to unity and unreal. I got up and running faster with Unity in 1 week. But after 1 month with each I found unreal to be easier. A major problem with both is that the learning communities are terrible, because they're filled with wannabes who, while well intentioned, have no idea what they're doing. Question and Answer forums are plagued with dumb questions that aggressively try to assert that they need to know X when actually the problem begins at A, B, C. Youtube tutorials are filled with hilariously bad narrators who spend an hour trying to demo a basic concept and then for unfathomable reasons, do not show the final result before ending the video. Find a single good set of tutorials to go through the process of making something (anything!) and an active place where competent people discuss things. Googling, unlike most coding problems, is not your friend if you want to find best practice stuff. For Unreal, I thought this guy was decent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DywBqQtTHMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DywBqQtTHMo I only did the first fifteen or so before I decided to start figuring stuff out on my own. The unreal slackers discord channel is the best place I've found for asking knowledgable folks.