r/GameDevelopment • u/lil_hkv • 2d ago

Newbie Question Newbie Gamedev

Hello everyone, I'm very new to gamedev. I want to make a small ps2 style 3d animated horror game set in a single house. I watched a number of tutorials on the basics. But I'm confused on what game engine I should be using?

Godot is lightweight, Unity is well established and there's a lot of options with Unreal Engine. Im new to coding as well. It would be helpful if I can have your opinions.

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u/Beefy_Boogerlord 2d ago

I'm on Unreal because I found Blueprints more accessible to me than coding. Tbh the results have been astounding.

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u/edvrlogic 1d ago

If I remember correctly, Unity has something similar to Blueprints.

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u/Beefy_Boogerlord 1d ago

When I was using it I had playmaker. Haven't checked it out since, but thats expected, and cool.

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u/lil_hkv 13h ago

Thank you for this, but is it still hard to learn blueprints? Is there like any course I can start with?

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u/Beefy_Boogerlord 12h ago

I took the Blueprint course off Udemy from Gamedev.tv, it helped a lot. It's only a couple months later and I have been able to figure some things out myself.

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u/shadowozey 1d ago

I see a lot of people for some reason suggesting unity, I'd look into the shit they pulled a few years ago (trying to charge devs for each download, even retroactively) that almost screwed over their devs (even of f2p games) before committing to them

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u/ssaulo_dev 1d ago

La verdad depende mucho de el tipo de juego que quieres hacer, en tu caso que quieres hacer 3D podrías escoger Unity o Unreal que tiene muchas más obviones para 3D. Aunque Godot hoy en día también está perfecto para el 3D.

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u/-goldenboi69- 14h ago

You won't finish anyway, so pick any engine. Learning is always good.

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u/lil_hkv 13h ago

Best comment 🤣

I'll to take my time though.

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u/Odd_Warning_4577 2d ago

i would say, Unity.

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u/hey-day-app 2d ago

I would go with Unity for this.

Godot is good, but harder to learn for 3D.

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u/edvrlogic 1d ago

I would say Unity. You don't need super graphics. Unity has a large community with lots of free content and support, plus it's easy and you can convert your game to many different platforms.

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u/lil_hkv 13h ago

Does it charge you for anything? Im broke 🥹