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How to Start Learning Programming for Game Development

The lovely folks at Core Games take us through games programming and getting started

How to start programming for games

Want to make games but unsure of what programming language to learn first? This guide gives you all the information and advice needed to get started.

Why You Should Join a Game Jam & How to Succeed

Core Games give us the rundown on how and why you should get jamming!

Kickstart Scheme for UK Game Studios - apply now!

Find out how your studio can help support young people accross the UK and make the sector a more diverse place.

Mentorship Success Stories: Dave and Georgia

A mentee from our programme recently landed an internship! Find out about their experience.

Introducing Into Games Young Journalist

Calling budding games journalists!

BAFTA Young Game Designers 2021

We're teaming up with BAFTA to offer 2021 winners industry mentorship.

What does a Technical Writer in games do?

How do you become a Technical Writer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Technical Animator in games do?

How do you become a Technical Animator for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Writer in games do?

How do you become a Writer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Lighting Artist in games do?

How do you become a Lighting Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

The Final Side Quest with Codemasters

Play the winning games from Side Quest with Codemasters.

Core Games Student GameDev Hackathon 2020

Industry speakers, workshops, and a $10,000 dollar prize pool? Count us in!

This Month at Into Games – October 2020

All the exciting things we've been up to in the month of October.

What does an XR Evangelist in games do?

How do you become an XR Evangelist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Storyboard Artist in games do?

How do you become a Storyboard Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Player Support Agent in games do?

How do you become a Player Support Agent for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an IT Engineer in games do?

How do you become an IT Engineer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Watch this Masterclass in Level design with Peter Field

A briliant mini-masterclass in level design using the PS4 game creation tool Dreams as a demonstrator.

What does a Video Production Manager in games do?

How do you become a Video Production Manager for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Chief Gaming Officer in Games do?

How do you become a Chief Gaming Officer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Into Games & Access Creative College

Announcing our exciting partnership with Access Creative College.

What does a Gameplay Programmer in games do?

How do you become a Gameplay Programmer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a System Designer in games do?

How do you become a System Designer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Creative Director in games do?

How do you become a Creative Director for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Graphic Artist in games do?

How do you become a Graphic Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Full Stack Developer in games do?

How do you become a Full Stack Developer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an XR Producer do?

How do you become an XR Producer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Games Journalist do?

How do you become a Games Journalist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an XR Programmer do?

How do you become an XR Programmer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an XR Artist in games do?

How do you become an XR Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Voiceover Artist in games do?

How do you become a Voiceover Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an XR Research and Development Designer in games do?

How do you become a XR Research and Development for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Performance Marketing Lead in games do?

How do you become a Performance Marketing Lead for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Announcing Side Quest with Codemasters

Get involved with the Side Quest challenge in partnership with Codemasters!

What does a Marketing Director in games do?

How do you become a Marketing Director for games? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Playtester in games do?

How do you become a Playtester for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a PR Manager in games do?

How do you become a PR Manager for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Best Practices For Getting a Job in Game Audio

Best Practices For Getting a Job in Game Art

What does a Studio Manager in games do?

How do you become a Studio Manager for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Senior Producer in games do?

How do you become a Senior Producer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a DevOps Engineer in games do?

How do you become a DevOps Engineer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Creative Director in games do?

How do you become a Creative Director for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Chief Operating Officer in games do?

How do you become a Chief Operating Officer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Official Women in Games Jam 2020

Side Quest this month is partnering with Women in Games and Sledgehammer Games!

What does a Video Producer in games do?

How do you become a Video Producer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an Esports Team Owner in games do? Interview with Jayda Schroepfer

How do you become an Esports Team Owner for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Level Designer in games do? Interview with Jonathon Wilson, Hangar 13 Games

How do you become a Level Designer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Project Manager in games do? Interview with Charlie Coler, Studio Gobo

How do you become a Project Manager for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

John Beech on the future of Dreams

Media Molecule's Senior Principal Designer talks us through the creation and ambitions of Dreams on PS4

What does a Concept Artist in games do? Interview with Mel Cummings

How do you become a Concept Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a UI Designer in games do? Interview with Fey Vercuiel, Studio Gobo

How do you become a UI Designer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Community Manager in games do? Interview with Grace Carroll, Creative Assembly

How do you become a Community Manager for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an Economist in games do?

How do you become an Economist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Results Day: Your passion drives your career, not your grades.

Let these games industry professionals reassure you that you can make your own path

What does a Business Development Manager in games do?

How do you become a Business Development Manager for videogames?

What does a Gameplay Designer in games do? Interview with Karoline Forsberg, nDreams

How do you become a Gameplay Designer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Community Director in games do? Interview with Victoria Tran, Kitfox

How do you become a Community Director for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Concept Artist in games do? Interview with Anna Hollinrake, Mediatonic Games

How do you become a Concept Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Creating your Games Industry Portfolio

Get started building a portfolio for your dream games job

What does an Esports Host in games do? Interview with Frankie Ward

How do you become an Esports Host in gaming? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Games Modding – Why you should do it

Tim Hoban and Scott Reismanis of Mod.io explain modding and how you can get started

What does a Community Assistant in games do? Interview with Daniel Cosgrove, nDreams

How do you become a Community Assistant for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Get Started in Gamemaking with the Core Game Dev Bootcamp

Learn game development from the experts in this free one-month course

What does a Composer in games do? Interview with Joris de Man, Composer and Sound Designer

How do you become a Composer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an Engine Programmer in games do?

How do you become an Engine Programmer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an Associate Producer in games do?

How do you become an Associate Producer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

You Are a Games Designer: Part II

2nd installement of our game design workshop for begginers

You Are a Games Designer: Part III

3rd installement of our paper prototyping games design workshop series

What does an Animator in games do? Interview with Rachel Senior, Wargaming UK

How do you become an Animator for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

How do you become a Graphics Programmer?

Howard tells us his journey to becoming a top graphics programmer for one of the UK's largest studios...

You Are a Games Designer: Part IV

What does a VFX Artist in games do? Interview with Lloyd Knott, Rockstar Games

How do you become a VFX Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Studio Assistant in games do?

How do you become a Studio Assistant for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

You are a games designer - workshop

A 4-part workshop for new games designers created with games design residents at the V&A Museum in London

What does a Head of Talent in games do? Interview with Guy DeRosa, Studio Gobo and Electric Square

How do you become a Head of Talent for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

How to generate amazing ideas for games...

A breakdown of simple tools and strategies to help you develop great game ideas on a regular basis.

Trello

Trello is a platform for managing tasks in a project, either on your own or in a team.

Unity

Unity is a popular 3D game engine for making PC, VR, console, and mobile games that’s free for personal use.

Unigene

A Russian game engine that can also be used for simulations and data visualisation.

Twine

Twine is a free tool for creating interactive stories and branching narratives.

Wwise

End to end audio solution used by most AAA games studios

Vertex Meadow

Vertex Meadow is a tool that turns 2D images into explorable 3D terrain.

Unreal

Unreal is a popular 3D game engine for making PC, VR, console, and mobile games that’s free for personal use.

What does a Producer in games do?

How do you become a Producer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Quality Assurance Tester in games do?

How do you become a Quality Assurance Tester for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

sok-worlds

sok-worlds is a playful tool for making and exploring 3D collage games.

sok-stories

sok-stories is a playful tool for making and exploring small 2D worlds.

JSFXR

Jsfxr is a website that generates free sound effects for your game.

SFX Buzz

SFX Buzz is a library of free sound effects including instrumentals.

Sketchup

SketchUp is a 3D modeling program that you can use to make objects for your game.

Stencyl

Stencyl is a game-maker that lets you create Flash games for free or desktop/mobile games with a paid account.

Solar2D

Open source game engine based on Lua, with foundation on the Corona SDK game engine.

Tinychoice

Tinychoice is a simple tool for making small text games in HTML.

Tracery

Tracery is a simple tool and language to generate text for bots, games, and stories.

Super Game Asset

Super Game Asset is a library of free and paid assets you could download and use in your games.

What does a 3D Character Artist in games do? Interview with Shayleen Hulbert, Freelancer

How do you become a 3D Character Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Substance Painter

Designed with one specific job in mind, to professionally texture your 3D assets.

What does a Systems Designer in games do? Interview with Victoria Boyce, Rebellion

How do you get into system designing for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a UX Designer in games do? Interview with Lauren Woodroffee, Two Point Studios

How do you get into UX designing for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Gameplay Programmer in games do? Interview with Tiffany Wild, Ubisoft

How do you become a Gameplay Programmer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Programmer in games do? Interview with Matt Griffiths, Bird in Sky

How do you get into programming for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Narrative Designer in games do? Interview with Sarah Longthorne, Sumo Digital

How do you become a Narrative Designer for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Technical Artist in games do? Interview with Kristrun Fridriksdottir, Sports Interactive

How do you become a Technical Artist for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Pling Pling

PlingPling is a fun in-browser tool for making HTML pinball games.

Roblox

Roblox is an online platform for making a variety of game types and for playing games made by other users.

Piskel

A free online editor for pixel art and animated sprites

RPG Maker MV

RPG Maker is a program for making role-playing games (RPGs) that requires no coding experience.

LÖVE

A tool for building 2D games in the Lua programming language.

Open Game Art

A large library of video game art, including sprites, models and backgrounds.

Notion

A shared workspace to help youi collaborate with teammates while you develop your game together.

Lumberyard

Amazon's 2D and 3D game engine, using Lua and C++.

Kenney

A huge free library of game assets, including sounds, effects, and 2D and 3D art.

Ren'Py

Ren’Py is a free visual novel engine that helps you use words, images, and sounds to tell interactive stories.

Scratch

Scratch is a free online game-making tool primarily aimed at teaching young people how to make games.

Reaper

Reaper is a multitrack audio production application that you could use to record, edit, process, and mix your game audio.

PuzzleScript

An open source game engine, allowing you to make simple 2D puzzle games in your browser.

Openclipart

A huge library of free clip art images to use in your game.

Monogame

A free C# framework for building games for any platform.

Quest

Let's you create text adventure games and interactive choose your own adventure game books

Pico-8

A cute game engine for making 2D games with visual art and audio editors, and a Lua editor for programming game elements.

Paradise

A game where you can shape the enviroment you play in, by interacting with the world.

Paint.net

A free image and photo editor tool, with many of the same editing functions as Photoshop, but completely free.

What does a Designer in games do? Interview with Kate Killick from Mojiworks and We Make Games

How do you get into designing for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Junior Programmer in games do? Interview with Kalliopi Tsavari, nDreams

How do you get into programming for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Marketing Manager in games do? Interview with Katherine Welsford, Bossa Studios

How do you get into marketing for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does a Quality Assurance Manager in games do? Interview with Ryan Harris, nDreams

How do you get into Quality Assurance for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

What does an Engine Specialist Programmer in games do? Interview with Harry Rose, Unity Technologies

How do you get into programming for videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Clickteam Fusion

No code required, and very easy to get started. Make a 2D physics based game similar to Angry Birds in under an hour.

Dulst

Create an online multiplayer card game that can be played in your browser.

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a type of copyright license that can help you find free art and audio for your game.

Hopscotch

Mobile creative development for younger folks (on iOS devices) (8-14) without writing code.

HacknPlan

Project management and planning tool made specifically with game design teams in mind.

Buildbox

Create and publish 2D or 3D mobile games without the need to write any code.

Defold

Game engine, allowing you to make 2D and 3D games in the Lua programming language.

Gamemaker Studio 2

A powerful drag-and-drop game engine for making 2D games.

Dungeonscript

An open source game engine, allowing you to make simple 3D puzzle games in your browser.

Inform

A system to create interactive fiction using natural language syntax

Emotica

A game-maker that allows you to make small games using only emojis.

GB Studio

Create 2D JRPG retro style games without any coding, that can be played on an emulator or console.

Graphics Gale

A pixel art tool for making game art and animations that you can easily put in your game.

Core games

Make multiplayer games harnessing the power of Unreal Engine without having to write a line of code.

Gimp

Free and open source powerful cross platform image editor.

Flickgame

A ‘tiny game engine’ which lets you make small web games in the style of MS Paint.

CoDecks

A playful project management/planning tool designed specifically with game development in mind

Construct

Powerful game engine which runs in a browser with no coding required, using an innovative ‘block-based’ approach for logic.

Cry Engine

Fully featured game engine allowing you to make AAA quality games for any platform.

Fungus

Free plugin for Unity which can help you make games with no coding.

Freesound.org

A library of various sounds that are free to download and use.

INK Script

A powerful natural mark-up language to create interactive fiction.

Dreams

A playful space to create games, art, films and music, and play thousands of creations made by others.

Godot

A free game engine for making 2D and 3D games, with extra features to support programmers.

Bitsy

Free online in-browser game engine, which allows you to create simple games and worlds around exploring and narrative.

BFXR

Online or downloadable tool which allows you to easily (with one button press!) create and edit sound effects for your game.

Blender

Powerful 3D modeling tool allowing you to create 3D assets for your games.

Audacity

A multitrack sound program. Record, edit and add effects to your sounds before exporting them for your game.

BandLab

Powerful free in-browser tool allowing you to create, record, synthesize, mix and share music.

Adventure Creator

A paid plugin for Unity which helps you make adventure games without any coding.

Affinity Photo

A cheaper competitor to Adobe Photoshop, this software can be useful for editing your game art.

Adventure Game Studio

A great way to make point and click ‘LucasArts / Monkey Island’ style adventure games all wrapped up in one package.

What does an Environment Artist in games do and how do I become one?

How do you become an Environment Artist in videogames? We ask an industry pro about their journey...

What does a Specialist Lawyer in games do?

How do you get specialist law in videogames? We ask an indusrty pro for an overview and tips...

What does an Audio Designer in games do? Interview with Aston Mills from Jagex

How do you get into audio design in videogames? We ask an industry pro for an overview and tips...

Into Games Mentorship FAQ

A guide for mentors and mentees to the basics of the Into Games mentor programme.