Please, please please please please please please helppppppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!

The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922
edited August 2013 in Miscellaneous
Just a note to those seeking help on the forums. Here are a few tips. Don't make headlines like this, it's sure to get you ignored as it demonstrates you're impatient and impatient people are the worst to try and help. Be descriptive about your issue. "My actor doesn't go right" this tells us nothing and we can't help you as we don't read minds and this is not the Matrix. Post your code. Learn how to post images or videos on the forum and post screenshots of the problematic code. By seeing the code as it is not how you think it is we can pick out the problems fast. No problem is a life or death issue. All of us are generously giving of our time, we don't work for GS, this included the linecooks and sous chefs. Posting "hello" after your post goes without an answer after five minutes isn't going to get you help faster, in fact it will do the opposite. Most of us have made videos of the most common types of things. We made these videos as some of us have been answering the same questions for years. We made the videos so we don't have to type out the answers every day. If you go into google and type "gamesald and the topic or topics" I bet from the hundreds of videos you'll find what you want or something close to it.

It take time to learn GS. Before you try making a game spend time watching videos even if you don't think it's specific to what you want to do. The videos aren't about making a specific thing. They are about learning to code in GS. You will learn techniques that can be used for everything. Example even though you may not be making a health bar, that video teaches you how to grow and shrink and actor based on an external variable which can be useful for tons of other stuff. You get out what you put into GS. It can take a year to learn GS well.

To avoid issues with Apple, read the iTunes connect developer guide and learn what apple requires for your app. Being armed with information saves you from making a game and then realizing you don't meet Apple's requirements. Save yourself a ton of work and spend and hour reading it.

Although, on the surface GS is easy to use, making games is not. It takes hard work, passion and dedication to the craft.

Good luck,

The Guru

Comments

  • MillionairAppsMillionairApps Member Posts: 110
    Well done for starting your title off with a capital! Very easy to forget, yet the use of !!! at the end is never forgotten. Strange.
  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922
    LOL
  • artfishartfish Member, PRO Posts: 369
    @FryingBaconStudios "Although, on the surface GS is easy to use, making games is not. It takes hard work, passion and dedication to the craft."

    Amen. ;)
  • joshiwujoshiwu Member Posts: 207
    IDK how many times i have clicked this just to find out why frying bacon stu's could possibly need help with.
  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922
    Only vector math...lol I totally suck at it. Math is actually an issue with dyslexics too not just spelling words. Sometimes I love my brain and sometimes I hate it.
  • mataruamatarua Auckland, New ZealandMember Posts: 854
    Bump - want to keep this near the top. PLEASE READ.
  • -Timo--Timo- Member Posts: 2,313
    Bump - want to keep this near the top. PLEASE READ.
    :)
  • BazookaTimeBazookaTime Member Posts: 1,274
    Now I have The Smiths song in my head.
  • LumpAppsLumpApps Member Posts: 2,881
    edited October 2013
    For people having "I have a problem" as title I have a standard answer from now on: "I have an answer."
  • KillerPenguinStudiosKillerPenguinStudios Member Posts: 1,291
    IDK how many times i have clicked this just to find out why frying bacon stu's could possibly need help with.
    Same with me. The first time I saw this post I said to myself, " :O No way! Maybe I could be the one to help @FryingBaconStudios out and get some brownie points! Hahahahaah :))
  • tylerglessnertylerglessner Member Posts: 246
    Can we sticky this??
  • brickamatorbrickamator Member Posts: 316
    Can we sticky this??
    Any mods?

  • KillerPenguinStudiosKillerPenguinStudios Member Posts: 1,291
    edited November 2013
    **BUMP BUMPADE BUMP BUMP BUMP** I want to bump this as it seems recently there are a lot of new users on the forums seeking help and should read this! Just saying! :D
  • GM_PandagamesGM_Pandagames Member Posts: 228
    lol, this has 400 views.
  • SingleSparqSingleSparq Member Posts: 1,339
    So has this been answered yet? ;)
  • mounted88mounted88 Member Posts: 1,113
    So has this been answered yet? ;)
    From looking at other posts in the forums. My magic 8ball says all signs point to no
    :P
  • ArmellineArmelline Member, PRO Posts: 5,397
    So has this been answered yet? ;)
    I'm pretty sure FryingBaconStudios has a video series that tells you everything you need to know. If only people would read the literature...

  • KillerPenguinStudiosKillerPenguinStudios Member Posts: 1,291
    From looking at other posts in the forums. My magic 8ball says all signs point to no
    :P
    I don't think this will ever me answered! LOL It just get's annoying when you know that people haven't taken the time to look on their own and I mean really look and they are asking questions that there are already answers to or close to it. If you want to do this business, you got to put in the time and effort and show it's really something you want to do and learn. Just saying! :p
  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922
    Now people understand what I go through getting PMed with the same questions over and over LOL... :-@
  • mounted88mounted88 Member Posts: 1,113
    @fryingbaconstudios your awesome :-bd
  • KillerPenguinStudiosKillerPenguinStudios Member Posts: 1,291
    edited November 2013
    We love you @FryingBaconStudios! Your the best! B-)
  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922
    edited November 2013
    I'm really just trying to help people. If someone is serious about making games then it's important for them to study and learn so they can aquire the knowledge to become a solid developer. By constantly fixing easy stuff for people you are actually stunting their learning. Game development requires excellent problem solving skills. This takes a lot of time to learn. The problem is most people are in a rush to make a game, which is another issue. Being in a rush you make mistakes and don't take the time to really think about your code and ways to do it better. By reminding people to read the info and come back when they're stuck is the best thing for them to learn. Yet people perceive that as being mean. If I really didn't care I would say nothing and I wouldn't use my free time to make FREE videos!
  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922
    Thought it was time to bump this.
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