…is to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
When I was a much younger boy, still in high school, thinking I knew everything, I took a programming class. Hey, I’d written some stuff before, just for fun. How hard could it be? The first day I came into class, the teacher broke us into groups and told us that we had to write instructions to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Easy, no?
Writing games is a lot of fun. At least, it can be. It also carries a few significant hurdles, if you’re just starting for the first time. Programming can be scary, especially if you have no experience. The options are limitless, which can make it overwhelming for a newcomer to the field. Fear not, however! I am going to do what I can to teach you, very simply, how to take a zillion hours of hair-pulling effort and make it into something you’re almost-satisfied-with-but-not-quite.