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Okay, so I wanted to make a mobile game, right? I’ve always been into that “Game Dev Story” vibe, and I figured, “Why not try making a game on Android?” Seemed easy enough, especially since I’d messed around with Android apps before. Turns out, making a game is a whole different beast. I’m not gonna lie, it was a bit of a mess, but a fun mess, you know?

Digging into the Engine

First thing I did was try and find a good game engine. I don’t wanna code absolutely everything from zero, that sounds insane. I read some stuff online and a name that often appear is Unity. So many comments about this engine, so i take a * support 2D and 3D, perfect, it will fit my needs.

The “Engineer” Part

Alright, engine chosen, I’ve installed Unity. Now what? Time to get my hands dirty. I started small, making a little character move around, jumping, basic stuff. Watched some tutorials online, copy-pasted some code (don’t judge, everyone does it!), and slowly things started coming together.

• Character Movement: This was surprisingly tricky. Getting the little guy to respond to touch controls, not fly off the screen, that took some tweaking.
• Simple UI: Just a basic score counter, a start button. Nothing fancy, but it needed to work.
• Building for Android: This is where I hit a few walls. Connecting my phone, getting the build settings right… there was a lot of Googling involved.
• Testing, Testing, Testing: Played the game, crashed the game, fixed the game, crashed it again. You get the idea.

Make it work!

After much struggling (and I mean much), I finally had something that resembled a very, very basic game. It wasn’t “Game Dev Story” quality, not even close, but it worked! My little character moved, I could make it jump, and the score went up. It was buggy, looked kinda rough, but it was my buggy, rough game.

I’m not going to pretend this is some amazing, polished product. It’s not. But the process of going from absolutely nothing to a kinda-working game on my phone? That was pretty cool. It’s definitely a learning experience, and I’ve got a long way to go, but hey, everyone starts somewhere, right? The main point is, i did it.