ingramjinkins: HEY! MAKE A GAME! Here’s my new free 8-fold I was handing out at the SCAD
ingramjinkins: HEY! MAKE A GAME! Here’s my new free 8-fold I was handing out at the SCAD Minicomic Expo! I’ll have more free copies with me at future shows. I’ve been dabbling in game making lately using open source & free assets so I wanted to collect everything I’ve learned so far in one place. Coding has been really fun as a hobby since it marries skills I already have with an entirely new way of thinking. This zine was put together with Electric Zine Maker which I highly recommend to everyone. Transcription in read more Keep reading [Image description copied from under cut:Page one: Cover with “Hey! Make a game!” in big text. Ing’s cat Asher turns around and says “hm?” and then follows up at the bottom with “Isn’t that expensive tho?”. The credits at the bottom read “some thoughts by Ing.”Page 2: A drawing of Ing holding up Asher and talking to him. They say “Actually, buddy, there’s quite a few open source software game engines that are kinda easy to learn!” Asher replies with “so… free? I like free.”Page 3: This page is about Twine. It’s for PC, Mac, Linux and is written in HTML, CSS and Java. Some notable games made with it include Us Lovely Corpses and Egg Baby. Text games, choose your own adventure, and interactive fiction! In a webpage!! Asher looks towards the Twine interface while saying “easy!” At the bottom is a note that reads “let me add that learning HTML/CSS is a really great skill to build especially with the growing return to web 1.0 in the face of horrifying social media practices just saying”Page 4: This page is about OHRRPGCE. It’s for PC, Mac, Linux and is written in C. A notable game made with it is Franken by Splendidland. Free RPG Maker but more stripped down– which is good! Was built for creators with no programming knowledge so a great starting place if you just wanna make something. Has its own asset maker built in so you can make the whole thing in the thing. There is a little pixel sprite of Asher in a wizard outfit at the bottom.Page 5: This page is about Ren’py. It’s for PC, Mac, Linux and is written in Python. Some notable games are Doki Doki Literature Club! and Butterfly Soup. Ever wanted to make a visual novel, dating sim, or get freaky with it and program a whole simulator? Here you go. Syntax is like writing a screenplay! Extremely accessible (mostly gets difficult when you add branching paths). At the bottom of the page is Asher in a visual novel layout with a text box below him. He’s wearing a suit and petals are floating around him while he blushes. The text box says “A whole can of tuna? For me?”Page 6: This page is about Godot. It’s for PC, Mac, Linux and is written in C. 2D and 3D game dev for basically everything including consoles. This is for whole entire game development. Much more advanced than the other programs mentioned in this zine and assets must be made outside the program. At the bottom, Asher is playing mini golf and about to make a putt. A notable game is that my brother is making a golf game with it (text smiley face emoji)Page 7: This page starts with a list of Asset Resources. A tiny Ing head at the top says “I have one doll hair (dollar)” as they hold a dollar looking sadly. The list is as follows: Blender, 3D modeling. Inkscape, making vector images. Atom, simple coding software (recommended for Ren’py). Unsplash, free images. Freesound, free audio. thepatternlibrary.com, free repeating patterns. itch.io, lots of free/PWYW (pay what you want) asset packs are published here! The next list is for Paid Software I Like. A little Asher says “Meowby (Pun on meow and maybe) next paycheck…” The list is as follows: Aseprite, for spriting! 1-time payment, powerful but easy to use interface. RPG Maker series, Remember OFF?? Let’s go. Sometimes it’s for sale on Steam. Clip Studio, dump Adobe into the sea.Page 8: This is the back cover and has the website ingramjinkins.com at the top. Asher has his paws on his face and looks joyous as he thinks about a panicked lizard. He says “Thanks ING! Now I can make a game! Maybe one about catching pesky lizards!!” At the bottom there is text that reads “made w/ Clip Studio and alienmelon’s Electric Zine Maker.” -- source link
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