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How to make a videogame #1

Making a game is hard and the process is filled with pain. Or not?

Making something is a long process, just like in the touchable world, everything has it's lifetime and growtime. So does the softwares which we can't touch.
Laptop grower tree
Games are basically programs. There are games that has no graphics, only texts. There are minimalistic games and detailed VR compatible or huge games with more than 60 GB storage space need.
Making a text based game is not that hard, and can be easy with some experience, but the detailed games can be too hard for only one people to make. But with the huge variety of engines, you may create bigger games alone.
In this article I will only show engines that has free edition (even if it's limited).

Rpg Maker

Used to create old Final Fantasy and Pokemon like games. It's easy to use for a beginner, and also powerful enough for a developer. To the moon, the successful indie game was created with this. There are a lot versions of Rpg Maker. The big old four: Rpg Maker 95, 2000, 2003, XP and the newer VX, VX ACE, MV.
Rpg Maker XP creators view
This is Rpg Maker XP's creators view.
With this game making engine, it takes about 10-20 hours to create something. In 100-200 hours it's possible to done a smaller project, which is playable, and even good. There are a lot resources on forums, blogs and websites about Rpg Maker for the developers. You can buy it on their website and find information and resources there.

Unity

One of the biggest and most popular game engine. It's for beginners and professionals. The Unreal Engine's biggest competitor. On their website you can find the forum and a huge resource base along with a helpful community.
Unity free game engine

Unreal Engine

The best free game engine. Big budget games were created with it. MMO-s and every kind of game. ARK Survival Evolved is just one game, created with Unreal Engine. The engine can be used to create cutscenes, animations, 3d models, backgrounds, maps and so much more, I can't count. Although I must mention the coding system, the blueprint. Without much coding knowledge, you can create mindblowing things. This engine is for those who are planning to live from it, because it's so huge, you can always learn. The community will help you with learning, and the documentations, video tutorials are also great. There are so much, you can find anything you want. Combined with the website, you can find their forum, and download the engine for free.
Unreal engine panorama
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