@britzl Ludum Dare is on April 21st so I’ve still got a little while to work on my Defold skills but I’ll definitely show off my creation. I was also told today about my next IT project and it’s creating a Risk video game. I thought that once I’ve got the basics of Defold down I might do this project in Defold and possibly create some YouTube tutorials too for those (like me) who are struggling to figure some things out.
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This sounds like a great idea!
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@mrphil Ludum Dare is the best, I don’t see why game developers don’t do it. I think that everyone who casually makes games should enter Ludum Dare, it’s a great experience and at the end you have a game that you can continue working on.
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Howdy! I’m David Higgins. After many years studying as a Zoologist and doing things that make me anxious I have decided to pick up my lifelong dream of becoming an indie game developer. I am SUPER keen on making games by myself and I am hoping that my work as a scientist will translate well to learning and completing projects at a high quality.
I don’t expect to make money, I just want to have fun.
Is anyone aware of any great resources for complete beginners?
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Welcome, David! 
If you’re up for some reading, the Introduction manual explains the core concepts and philosophy behind Defold—it’s also a gateway read into heavier manuals. Furthermore, the tutorials are a great way to delve into the engine and learn by doing.
There are also some great community resources as well—gamefromscratch.com, for example, has an always-expanding selection of text and video tutorials.
And if you’re new to Lua, here’s a big list of Lua resources, compiled by @Pkeod.
There’s of course a lot more out there—but this might be enough to get started.
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Welcome @Moodge! Axel has already covered many great learning resources, but please also consider our former colleague @andreas.strangequest and his Live Coding recordings. We’re also doing Defold trainings from time to time. We just did an open Defold introduction in London and we have a full day training coming up in Stockholm.
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Do you know if the Stockholm training is going to be recorded?
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@britzl Ahh I would love that, I’d love to live in Europe or the UK! but unfortunately I am stuck on some prison colony down south =P
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We will go to where the developers are. If we can get enough game developers together in a room it doesn’t matter where they are.
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Hopefully yes, but not certain yet. I will try to make it happen though @Oleg_The_Evangelist might know more.
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Some dynamic linking is happening here. I feel like native extension now.
At this point we can assume we’ll record, cut and put out Stockholm training to YouTube. Also at this point I am working hard on making more online streams. But notice how my tone is suggesting something may be fishy =] We have a recording infrastructure that is easy to use, but we often cannot use King’s video team to cut and polish the video streams, meaning a bunch of Defold geeks will need to do it. But then again, we have the will, and lets see how it goes.
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Hi, I am Diba. I am a game designer and even though not a programmer, I really like to learn about game engines. Recently, I learned Game Maker Studio and Construct2.
Lua is completely new for me, so, I think I have a lot to go
Regards.
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Welcome to the forum Diba! Please let us know if you have any questions!
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Thanks.
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Hello! I first started programming using Corona SDK, but I disliked the lack of visual editor. I then spent 5 years creating games and small apps using Construct 2 (including getting one title onto Steam, which was hard work…!). I have also toyed with making Javascript plugins for Construct 2, but I think that engine is on the decline and need to get away. I also like Lua… So I hope to have fun learning to use Defold!!
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Welcome to the forum @colludium! Let us know how you’re getting along with Defold and please let us know if you have any questions.
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Hi everybody. Welcome from France. I’m just a hobbyist.
After 200 liters of coffee and 26 aspirins, I managed to create a running game in java in my spare time.
I worked with kids before, and I try to put the educational games I made at that time in android form.
Just staring here, I appreciate the community help. If someone want to use my ideas to make games, why not ?
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