How did you learn how to code? I want to start, but idk where or how?

[analog moon]

I want to learn how to code, because I always wanted to make games, I have my sketch book full of potentional games ideas, but everytime I start I get burnout because idk how to progress and make it

[lunar pewter]

YouTube tutorials to start

Or private lessons

That’s what helped me

[analog moon]

which ones? like brackeys or?

[lunar pewter]

In my opinion the way to learn is by copying what they do in the video, then slowly copying it less and less, replacing it with different things that you’ve learnt, until you’ve made something completely different, that’s how you learn, so any video that gives you some code or properly teaches you what to do are the best.

[analog moon]

do you have any links for good youtubers or sites that helped you in your journey?

[lunar pewter]

Not really, I just found ones that were helpful to what I was trying to do, every person has a different goal, so I can’t really help with recommendations 😦 , just ones that give you some hand on experience and knowledge which you can put into making something original.

[analog moon]

Thank you very much for your help!

[lunar pewter]

Yw! I’d like to see what you make!

[analog moon]

If I make something, I will send it to you!

[lunar pewter]

okie!

[hexed musk]

id recommend penguinmod, a mod of a mod of scratch

its rly useful if you want to make something quick or just to learn programming

🙂

[remote wind]

GMTK "The unity tutorial for complete beginners"

[calm skiff]

it depends what your learning style is. For me, if I watch a tutorial then I can get stuck in tutorial hell but if I just figure out how the programming language works on my own by trying different things then I can understand it much better rather than just copying code. I still do google things I don't know though.

[misty knoll]

I started with Brackyes he has some grat tutorials if u know c# but if you dont know watch tutorials to learn it

[hexed fable]

tutorials for what i needed like for movement i searched one and for camara another grapple and dash too

[tough gull]

I watched these ones like a billion times when I was starting out programming:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIrMbAQSU34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gir2R7G9ws&list=PLWms45O3n--6TvZmtFHaCWRZwEqnz2MHa

And then I realised Java fucking sucks after like a month or so and so I moved to Unity and C# and used Brackeys and Dani and Code Monkey and Blackthornprod for the Unity stuff and these for C#:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfkTfcpWqAY&pp=ygULYyMgdHV0b3JpYWw%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhQdlIFylQ8&pp=ygULYyMgdHV0b3JpYWw%3D