Use a computer of your choice to make the game, but get something with reasonable specs – if you can play a 3D game on your computer without much lag, chances are it has reasonable specs. Gaming desktops \/ laptops have come down in price a lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a example, I use a Macbook Pro running Mac OS\/X and a Windows 11 desktop gaming computer with an i7 CPU, 32 GB RAM and 2 TB SSD storage. I have 2 monitors attached to the Windows desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will develop the game for the following platforms using the languages listed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Make sure that you backup your files. I backup to several USB drives, but I also backup to the cloud (e.g.: OneDrive, Apple Cloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc). Also I use GitHub<\/a> to put my code online, but it can serve as a backup as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With code, you can also enable source control or version control via Git<\/a> – this will help store different versions of your code without deleting your files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You need to install a C++ compiler. This is a tool that will help you to program your game for Windows. Download and install Microsoft’s free Visual Studio Community<\/a> compiler. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you wish to develop your game using Unreal Engine, you can get it here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you wish to develop your game using Unity Engine, you can get it here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Developer Mode<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When running Visual Studio, you should put your computer in Developer Mode<\/a> (under Settings -> Update & Security). This enables you to be able to debug <\/a>or test your app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are developing for Xbox, you will need to put your Xbox into developer mode<\/a> as well. You will need to sign up for a Partner Center<\/a> account before you can enable Developer mode on your Xbox console. I had to setup a developer account as well to see my apps on my Xbox. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Publishing your game<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You will need to register for a developer account<\/a> to publish your game on the Microsoft Store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The compiler for Mac OS is called Xcode<\/a> Also more information on game development tools from Apple is here<\/a>. All the tools that you need are within Xcode which is nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you wish to develop your game using Unreal Engine, you can get it here<\/a>. (yes it runs on a Mac)<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you wish to develop your game using Unity Engine, you can get it here.<\/a> (yes it runs on a Mac)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Publishing your game<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You will need to register in the Apple Developer Program<\/a> to publish your game on Apple’s App Store. More information about Apple Development in general is here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n I am planning to publish my game on steam. Some details are here<\/a> on how to do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2D Art<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3D Art<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The music and sound effect tools I am using are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Computer Use a computer of your choice to make the game, but get something with reasonable specs – if you can play a 3D game on your computer without much lag, chances are it has reasonable specs. Gaming desktops \/ laptops have come down in price a lot. As a example, I use a Macbook … Continue reading Setup Tools<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-444","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruzzgames.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruzzgames.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruzzgames.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruzzgames.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruzzgames.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruzzgames.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1317,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruzzgames.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444\/revisions\/1317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruzzgames.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Software for Coding (Compiler) – Microsoft Windows<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
If you wish to develop your game for Windows and the Xbox, you will need to go to the Xbox Developer program<\/a> and also get the Game Development Ki<\/a>t (GDK). <\/p>\n\n\n\nSoftware for Coding (Compiler) – Apple Mac OS<\/strong> and iOS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Publishing your game on Steam<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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