How to start learning game dev?

Question

Game development

Good day, tell me books, courses, articles on game dev for a beginner. I have some knowledge in php, js I want to try something new and interesting. I would find material on the internet, but I'm interested in tips from game developers to start

Answer 1

Personally, I started by writing Arkanoid, I ran into a billion problems that eventually led me to study linear algebra (vectors, matrices and actions on them), well, then Unity began to play around with engines there ... As units from UnityScript refused, I had to start C# learn. Then at work they forbade installing Unity, I had to look for something open-source, so I stumbled upon Godot and somehow immediately got stuck in it ...
Something carried me, in short, start with Arkanoid.

Answer 2

Start with a game, play games and don't worry for a long time, found your favorite genre and know how to make it better? go ahead to learn programming

Answer 3

I recommend the Corona engine based on the Lua language with documentation in Russian. Free, cross-platform and all that.

Answer 4

The fastest option is to learn the Unity engine. Personally, I took the course: https://www.udemy.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-game-d...
With constant experimentation, it took 2 weeks, but then everything is explained to you in detail. Explained in fairly simple English. It costs around 10-12 dollars. It can also be found on torrents.
Then I sketched the beginning of my game in a couple of days.
The main thing is not to watch Russian-language lessons on YouTube. Millions of views, but they are of no use.
I recommend very cool Unity channels:
1. Very understandable mini-videos without water, it’s better not to see anything yet https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYgUFrFyfr5IyL8Hf...
2. https ://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Z1XWw1kmnvOOFsj...
3.https://www.youtube.com/user/brackeys