Cheers, I took the bottom one FE7....

Will be sure to check it out and thumb up and pos review ;o)

EDIT: This looks great, love the contrast of cartoon-esque characters but with quite realisticly done landscape/terrain.

1 person effort or team?

So, I am looking to get as much info as possible on this topic...

1) It would be good to have in here

and

2) Well, I am trying to get a project off the ground myself and need some advice haha

Cheers.

One of the most common mistakes in Unity is making changes while running your game and then stopping the game and not realising you have lost the changes as they dont persist if made while running the game.

To avoid this happening often you can do the following:

1) Just don't make changes while the game is running!
(While I know this is hard and may seem more restrictive to the point of actually hindering workflow, this is the mindset to get into so you don't end up with the habit of changing things often while running your game as eventually you will lose changes and not even notice until the next time you run your game to test)

2) There is an option in the Unity editor to disable making changes while in game running mode. This works well and takes the risk away completely

I have chosen to opt for number 2 myself.

Firstly, a great cheat for Windows OS users...

If like me, the Pro version of Unity is a bit off-limits at this early stage in the game dev journey.

This means I'm using the Personal Edition of Unity 5 and sadly, it is not skinned in the easy-on-the-eyes black but a rather light shade of grey.

This may seem ok at first but after a few hours in the Unity editor it can start to take its toll on the eyes so here's how to be kind to your eyes.

(These 2 cheats also help for general computer use!)

1) Get F.Lux (google search justgetflux) as it removes the blue light from your screen after sunset so that it is less eye straining to work on a screen at night and also getting rid of the blue light that naturally prevents you from being ready for sleep for up to 1hr.

The good thing about F.Lux is that you can disable it for an hour (for colour work) and also you can activate movie mode which puts back slight blue light for video watching (without blasting you with the full amount of blue light)


2) Set up the built-in windows magnifier in Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 so that it is 100% but tick the colour inversion option.

The good thing about this is that it makes Unity editor darker like the Pro version!
The great thing about this is that anything white it inverts to black and the black text inverts to white - perfect for coding, working in white websites/notepad etc etc (you get the idea)
In Unity case monotype is white screen black text so it inverts perfectly to make it easy on your eyes.

I do appreciate for colour work you will have to compromise but if you can handle most of the time not needing to know exact accurate colours duing your workflow then flux and windows magnifier colour inversion are a huge help!

Thought I would post my observations/realisations as I start game dev in Unity.

Reserved for future.

I'm interested in game engines so started looking into it further.
Here's a list of games, their engines and approx how many lines of code.

Thought I'd share on here as it's useful to know.
Allows people to manage their own expectations realistically when starting out!
(In my case I'm working on a game engine in C++)


The List
Sorted by Game Engine
Proprietary format is: Game Name (Engine Name) (Syntax) (Codebase Length)


Blender Game Engine
? (?) (?)

CryTek Engine
Star Citizen / Squadron 42 (?) (?)

id Tech
Doom (?) (C++) (?)

Source Engine (C++)
Half Life 2 (?) (?)
Team Fortress 2 (?) (?)
Dota 2 (?) (?)

Unity Engine (C#)
Interstellar Marines (?) (?)
Angry Birds 2 (?) (?)
Hearthstone (?) (?)
Space Hulk (?) (?)
Kerbal Space Program (?) (?)
The Flock (?) (?)

Unreal Engine (C++)
Aliens: Colonial Marines (?) (?)
Borderlands 2 (?) (?)
ARK: Survival Evolved (?) (?)
Day One: Garrys Incident (?) (?)

Proprietary Engines
World Of Warcraft (?) (C++) (10,000,000+)
Aliens vs. Predator (Asura) (C++) (?)
Sniper Elite (?) (C++) (?)
Sniper Elite V2 (Asura) (C++) (?)
Sniper Elite 3 (Asura) (C++) (?)
DayZ (?) (C++) (?)
Skyrim (?) (C++) (?)
Battlefield 3 (Frostbite) (C++) (?)
F1 2013 (Ego) (C++) (?)
Warframe (Evolution) (C++) (?)
Space Engineers (VRAGE) (C#) (?)
DCS World (?) (C++) (?)

I will keep adding to this over time.
Feel free to share others in the comments and I will add them

;o)

Tough love... check!
Referencing heavy metal... check!

Good guide.

Great info, cheers.

HELLO WORLD hehe.

I will be making this group busy over the coming months.
Embarking on a big project and will be sharing my antics and research findings on here as I make my game dev journey.

Originally posted by James:

added and made it pretty =)

Ok, I've made my serious start on the road to game dev so expect me to keep you busy throwing all the various great resources your way for inclusion here etc.

My first addition is some great reading material...

Game Engine Architecture by Jason Gregory (2nd Edition)
Why do I mention this book when there are many books on the subject of game dev?

1) Jason is none other than a lead programmer at Naughty Dog (Uncharted & Last Of Us fame)
2) Jason lectures at USC
3) This book is exactly what people need if they are wanting to get a foothold on game engine design concepts and best practices. It is great for seasoned coders (C++) and due to Jason being smack bang in the cutting edge end of the industry, his knowledge is priceless.

Finally, more likely good for this thread is the fact that 'id Software' allow you to download the source code for Quake and Quake 2 here...

http://www.idsoftware.com/business/techdownloads

!!! ^ The above link is dead ^ !!!

id Software went 1 better and have put up most games source code up on GitHub.
Check it out...
https://github.com/id-Software

You can download most of their old games source code including
Quake 1 and 2,
original wolfenstein
and newish Return to castle wolfenstien single player
and even Doom 3 BFG edition.

Very impressive and generous of them.


Anymore good stuff I find on my journey James, I will be sure to share!

Edit: The makers of Space Engineers have released their source code also...

https://github.com/KeenSoftwareHouse