agilord

Assuming you know basic computer science and a bit of programming (mostly backend systems), how would you start learning game development skills?

I'm assuming that you need to be aware of:

* 2D graphics (creating, editing vector and raster)

* 3D graphics (modelling)

* 2D and 3D animation (creating the movements, interactions, intersections)

* music and sound effects

* game loop

* UX, controls

What else would you suggest to add to the above? Where to start with these subjects?

I'm looking for training or tutorial materials that teach the basics, and not really looking for game-engine based walkthroughs (that can come later).

There must be some interesting machine learning applications besides image- and speech recognition, driverless cars, ads serving or go... :-)

I'd love to read anything about successful or failed attempts of using machine learning in the public sector, in the government, or at regulatory agencies especially in enforcing regulations against companies.

If you have a story or a collection of these, please share them!

We were discussing an idea that we shall organize small game-AI competitions among friends, one idea led to another, and we have started to talk about a site for everyone free to participate. I'd like to ask your input on how much community interest would be in these.

My worry is that everybody loves the idea of participating in such competition, but very few would spend time and energy to actually implement something. While writing a e.g. a Vindinium bot is less involved than a Kaggle competition, it obviously takes time and effort before one can show it to others.

The complexity can range from a Pong-like client, through a Risk-like board game, and even reach the low-end of Kaggle, e.g. with same data analytics. I assume the first on is an hour at most for an experienced dev, while a Risk client may take a day or two minimum.

Would you spend such amount of time in such competitions? Would it be worth for us to implement the infrastructure and game rules around it?

(If you think it is worth, please visit the url on my profile page and sign up so we can reach out when we start working on it.)