Hi guys,

i have always been interested in making games

after talking to a lot of people i have decided to learn c# and hopefully later get into making games with MS XNA game studio (much later)

but i also want to start learning other things that will go towards game design

namely:

image creation / animation

sound effects

game engines

as for graphics...whats the best way to create graphics from scratch? 2d and 3d...would it be useful to know photoshop?...or is there better software for this purpose. are adobe products good for this...like indesign or something...as for animation my friend told me that XSI softimage is pretty easy to use and is powerful? i been reading that blender is good...but difficult to use...

How do you create sounds for games? are there sample libraries you just down load...or is this purely self recording using audacity or something similar...i can make music on FL studio etc...so thats not too much of a worry.

i can google game engines and decide which engine is best for the type of game i am designing...read that unity is pretty versatile...

i guess the overall question is:

what skill set or mastering of software will make me a one man army in game design...this is purely for my own hobby. Im looking for a good combination of skills (and software) to be able to build semi decent games.

any ideas?

very interested in reading your replies

thanks for reading
J0n1n

Hey, man. I'm kinda in the same boat, trying to figure out what skills would be best for me to diversify myself professionally and as a programming nerd. I took up C++ myself, although I've been itching to pick up C# since I used Unity, which is a great free game developing program, for a tad bit to tinker with. Although using applications wasn't really my thing, I have this strange want to start everything from scratch, i decided to try making my own applications. I just started teaching myself programming about a month ago and have started taking a class for C. I see that you're trying to get into EVERYTHING at once, and I think that's great, but if I were you I'd definitely try and focus on one thing at a time.

Simply put, if you want to be a one man army, you gotta get one thing down before you can start breaking the walls with your mad skills.

I mean, that's how I'm approaching this anyway. You could be a damned genius for all I know.

hey man thanks for your reply...Genius???....aaaaaaaaah no not quite...but not too thick either...if that counts
i guess you right...i agree...i will focus on c# first...get to know it well and move on from there...

good luck on your journey...speak again