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Afloof.dev5 years ago(+1)

I like making games of different genres, as that’s more fun than making games that look alike. So far I’ve made games with the following genres:

  • Puzzle
  • Idle
  • RPG / clone of a popular game where you capture monsters
  • Infinite runner
  • Platformer

Based on my experience, I would say the most difficult is making a game of a genre you’ve never made before. I think the difficult part is organising the project, and if its a project that you don’t know how its supposed to look like when finished, it will create a lot of frustration while working on it.

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40wattstudio5 years ago

That makes sense about any new genre game being the most difficult. So I'm curious, if you had to make another game in those genre's, how would you rank the "difficulty"? 

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Afloof.dev5 years ago(+1)

You mean in a new genre? I imagine a genre that is the furthest away from the ones I’m comfortable with will be more difficult. In this case, I can only think that physics-based games might be the most intimidating.

I lack some experience in implemented real-time gameplay, as I prefer making turn-based games, and physics is a problem I never really had to deal with.

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40wattstudio5 years ago

Sorry, I meant if you had to make a new game in one of the genre's that you've already made games in.

I think you're right about any game needing lots of Physics being naturally difficult, like if you had to make a version of Kerbal Space Program or something.

Having played around with both, I'd have to say that turn-based games are "easier" simply because the game "pauses" at regular intervals, making it much easier to evaluate different things. In a real-time game, I frequently have to press the Pause button to evaluate the coordinates of sprites or see if damage is being calculated correctly (or at all).

I have another suspicion that 2D games are easier to make than 3D games . . . but I can't say for sure because I haven't made anything in 3D yet.

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Afloof.dev5 years ago(+1)

Ah, if I had to make a game on a genre I’ve made before, I’m not sure if I would rank difficulty on it at all. The only difficult part would be to implement something new that I’m unfamiliar with.

For example if I was working on a new platformer, I’d most likely add a new feature, to make it more interesting for me to make.

I prefer 3D games myself, as I think once one gets the basics done, it’s way easier to make a game, than with 2D.

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40wattstudio5 years ago(+1)

That's encouraging to hear about 3D games. One of these days I hope to progress to that level. 

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