Magical-Mark 2008-10-30 05:43:01

Coding is more fun than animating at times (really animating can be grim) in coding you will always know that there is a solution that you can find but when animating you might have to cut the part of the animation because it is too hard for you.

I say coders have their fun and animators have their fun.

Creative coding is fun and also often solves strange problems.

JonBro 2008-10-30 07:58:51

I agree. I'm not a coding expert but recently I've been trying to make a couple of moderately big games, and it is always an amazing feeling to code something and have it really work.

Kevin 2008-10-30 09:34:30

I'm a beginner coder. So I can't write any code except simple ones.

Any pointers?

childporn 2008-10-30 09:54:01

go play "increase its size" by Joelasticool and you will know what true coders can accomplish!

Psycho 2008-10-30 10:02:57

Magical-Mark, I disagree.

In coding there are things you cannot overcome because you have no idea how to code them.

However, with art, you can always do something if you give it the right amount of time and patience.

Even if it takes hours for one frame, with art it's always possible.

Luis 2008-10-30 10:11:08

i wish i was a shirtturtle :(

Josh-B 2008-10-30 12:49:30

The nerdier side of Flash.

Iamjohn 2008-10-30 12:52:05

Coding flash can be fun.. depending on how experienced you are at it, and the mood you're in?

:3

4everZer0 2008-10-30 13:46:58

my game isnt even started and it already has 50 lines of coding D:

Wowgrue 2008-10-30 14:31:30

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You spin me right round, baby
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Kaneda-X 2008-10-30 15:18:42

Cock joke isn't an insult. It is spam though.

Skeik 2008-10-30 15:50:56

Psycho, your post made no sense. If you don't know how to code something, you go look it up. There is almost always going to be a solution for a problem.

With art it takes months, sometimes years, to even get to the point where you can express yourself fully in any medium. The way I see it, you can't just sit down a draw something extremely detailed at any point in time you want to. Artists have to gain technical experience just like coders do.

I would like to see you sit someone down with no animation experience and ask them to draw a backdrop with the detail of Adam Philips work. It might take months, but hey, it'll get done :/

VACKenny 2008-10-30 17:28:45

Yeah, I was always afraid that the coding aspects to games would be tedious.

But it's actually very, very fun! Problem solving at it's finest, especially when you can bring your own graphics to life.

Ertyguy 2008-10-30 20:49:13

For me coding is great, until i get to like 300-400 lines where it starts getting really complicated. it's still fun but if you accidentally take out a curly bracket, your world goes to hell for the next 5 minutes.
But apart from that i love coding