Okay, so I am 100% down for this "No Excuses" thing, but I would like to say that I've never actually coded a day in my life besides one HTML Web Design class in high school. I start my video game programming degree on October 10th, but until then all I've done is basically research because in the past I wanted to make mods for a few games but I (you guessed it) made excuses and didn't do it. Maybe I'm a bit too ambitious here, but I have tried using Stencyl before in the past and that wasn't too bad, would it be possible for me to meet an artist and make something (I literally can't art at all, that's not an excuse but me simply wanting to spare you from a game about poorly drawn stick figures) in a matter of 3 weeks when I've never actually made anything, and if so which engine would be easiest for a total beginner noob like me?
Hi, thanks for the question. :) For a beginner, I would suggest Unity. It's completely free to start developing, and the coding can be kept to a minimum. There are also a bunch of tutorials available on YouTube and other sites for both 2D and 3D development.
As for game artwork, it is okay to use other creators art, as long as you give them credit. If you are looking for an artist, you can look on sites like this, or even create a new topic in this forum. :) If there's one thing that years of Newgrounds games taught me, it's that stick man games can be just as fun as any other. I would focus on making the game fun to play, looks come later. ;)
Thanks for the reply! Even though I had already started learning how to use Stencyl, I'll probably download Unity and check it out too. I have a great idea for a story (Probably going with a mix of 2D platformer and visual novel with some puzzles the player needs to solve in order to push the story narrative), so the programming and the visuals are gonna be my biggest hurdles, but I can tackle those when I get to them. Maybe some 8-bit art won't be too hard for me to come up with. Again, thanks for replying to me!