Hello there !

I want to code a little incremental game just for me and some friends, and i started prototyping this in Go (because i know how to use it) but i was thinking that maybe run it in a browser and then use typescript would be better

I have no experience in making games and in javascript, i mostly code for backend and math stuff (my favorite gui is a terminal), and when i need a real gui i use pure html page edited by backend

So i was wondering what would be easier between learning making game in Go, or learning JS/TS for an incremental game (pictures and numbers and text, maybe little animations), and if javascript is still relevant to learn

Thanks !

(Also im a student, so my knowledge of the professional dev world is quite limited, forgive my approximative wording :b)

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    Absolutely worth it.

    Even if you continue to favor Go, I find that the best devs in any language are the devs who know a lot of other languages very well.

    That gives them the perspective to understand what any given language does particularly well, so that they can lean into that, and also be aware of paradigms they can borrow from other languages if the use case is appropriate.

    Check out Phaser.

    • rockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      Exactly this. The more languages you know, the more you understand how to solve problems independently of the language and the faster you’ll pick up new languages.

      I’ve started learning coding from Pascal and Delphi in middle school, then moved to C++ in uni. After that learning Java wasn’t that hard, and I’ve been picking up Python recently. Even learned some VBA for Excel macros that came in handy a few times. And got a bunch of SQL/database management experience along the way.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    Is it worth to learn javascript

    Sure. Learn it and every other language you come across. Why wouldn’t you?

  • rozodru@piefed.worldEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    JS is pretty easy to learn and there are SO many resources out there that will allow you pick it up easily so why not? Plus as someone who has been a web dev for decades now HTML, CSS, and JS are very valuable to learn. CSS especially as even many none web based stuff in the FOSS community utilize it for config customization. All of which is very easy to learn and then it opens you up for stuff outside of game dev like web development and webapp development.

  • darklamer@feddit.org
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    11 hours ago

    Typescript is actually a pretty nice language (under the circumstances), you’ll almost certainly be able to derive some real value from having learned it (even if it in the end would turn out to not be the best choice for your game).

    • luciole (they/them)@beehaw.org
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      9 hours ago

      I would argue it’s better to have a good grasp on Javascript before tackling Typescript. The Typescript type system (the only reason to bother really) leaks Javascript quirks in different ways which aren’t going to make much sense without the underlying knowledge.

  • Fargeol@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    (Developer here) HTML, CSS and JS are always good to know anyway. For a video game, it depends if you want something really “video-game like” (in which case I advise to use a game engine the can be run in a browser, like Godot) or just an interactive interface with buttons, images and text.
    For the latter, I would advise to use one the numerous JS frameworks (Solid, Svelte, Vue or whatever) but if you don’t know JS at all, learning it from scratch could be good. Plus, you can make really pretty animations with CSS!
    I know Go is a possibility for browsers, but I’m pretty sure it’s not the best to make a game.

    TLDR;

    • You want a real video-game --> Godot
    • You want a web interface --> SolidJS/Svelte (Both are good and easy to learn so the choice is yours) + CSS for animations
  • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    Yes, just do it.

    Knowing another language is always good, and the best thing about JavaScript is that there is so much available source code to read out there. It’ll be super easy to learn and you’ll be shocked at how much you can do in pure JS. I once wrote a graphics editor that blew my item mind…