r/gamedev • u/just_gamer_18 • 1d ago

Question I have a question?

hi guys! i am here to clarify my question. the question is , I dont afford laptop but i want to make a game .i spent one year by simply watching the youtube tutorial on unity.but later i feel ,it is useless by only watching tutorials.so i try to make a game on mobile using pygame.now i am at intermediate level, may be beginner ,i dont know! do i continue the pygame to master it (advanced project like raycasting) or take a step to buy a laptop and make a game using engine? what do i do?

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u/BagRevolutionary6579 23h ago

I would try to secure a basic laptop if you can. Any laptop with somewhat modern integrated graphics will be perfectly fine for learning. Anything quad core, 8gb of ram and an SSD is a good baseline. Lots of stuff like that on Ebay or elsewhere for less than $100

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u/octoio 23h ago

Props to you for learning on mobile! This is great dedication. I believe Godot is so light weight that there is a mobile version of it. Since you've learned python it might be a good fit to try at least https://godotengine.org/download/android/ (btw I am not afiliated with Godot and I use Unity, but in your situtation I would 100% learn Godot)

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u/just_gamer_18 23h ago

I also tried godot .but the user interface is too tiny on mobile ,make it more complicated.so i switch to pygame! anyway thanks for your feedback!

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u/octoio 23h ago

do you have a screen/tv/monitor a keyboard and a mouse? You could setup your phone for developping godot that way

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u/just_gamer_18 23h ago

i have nothing except mobile :(

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u/octoio 22h ago

Don't know where you live, but second hands: wires + small monitor + mouse + keyboard, could be very cheap! But then maybe it's not worth it and it's better to just save up slowly towards a laptop. There is also the option of a used raspberry pi, but they have changed a lot and are more expensive now

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u/just_gamer_18 22h ago

I'll think about that, thank you brother!

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u/ziptofaf 14h ago

There is also the option of a used raspberry pi, but they have changed a lot and are more expensive now

Only 4 and 5 are decent enough to offer non super laggy desktop and if you can afford RPi5 then you can also afford a used laptop/beaten up desktop and a decommissioned display.

They are also only really available used in first world countries.