Posts

Showing posts from September, 2025

Making Games using Godot

Image
What is Godot? Ever wanted to make your own video game but thought it was too complicated? Meet Godot, a game engine that makes the whole process accessible, creative, and completely free. Think of it as a powerful toolkit for building 2D and 3D games, where all the pieces fit together just right. What exactly is a game engine? A game engine is software that provides all the core features you need to make a game. It handles the heavy lifting, such as: Physics to make objects move realistically. Graphics to display everything on the screen. Input to process a player's mouse, keyboard, or controller actions. Instead of building all of this from scratch, you use a game engine like Godot to get a head start, so you can focus on the creative fun of making your game unique. Why Godot is a great choice While other popular game engines exist (like Unity or Unreal), Godot stands out for several reasons that are especially appealing to independent developers and hobbyists: 100% Fre...

Gathering Data on Game Genres and Preferences for a Project

Image
I created a microsoft form here: Data Gathered From the answers i've received, i have found that Open World games were the majority of the votes, this shows that most of the forms contributors enjoy a more open and free world to play around in. One answer stated that they selected the 'Assassins Creed' titles beacause: "I enjoy games that have a structure but allow the freedom that open world games do". this proves that although the game might have a storyline to follow in specific areas. there is always that freedom to go off and do other things. Players enjoy the feeling of being able to go and do anything they want, from jumping off cliffs to robbing whole towns. This is what the player enjoys. Simple additions like a freeplay mode or just having main missions be started by the player at free will allows the player to experience the game much more. This is what players want and why certain games titles sell so well upon release. Why these game...