Before I had my first computer, I always loved making things.
Notably, I would disassemble electronics (not phones, something simpler) and study them. In rare cases I could put it back and it would work. But it was fun
But now, I am planning to become a game developer. The only way hardware is involved is by testing on smartphones for optimization, which is not what I did when I was 8-10 years old.
I am planning to make a game that involves a custom build hardware, but no idea what could it be.
The only idea I have so far is to make a server cluster out of Rasperry Piās and host my own multiplayer game on it.
Do you guys have any idea? Suggest anything regardless of complexity of the project
Umm " The only idea I have so far is to make a server cluster out of Rasperry Piās and host my own multiplayer game on it."
You could do that on a custom built PCā¦ Youāre still putting it together. You could even go for mini-gtx series equipment in micro-atx case format and make it like a distributable system. But as he said heāll be a āgames developerā yeahā¦ So best to be covered for everything, understand?
You could even use Micro PCās (hand held oneās), to do the sameā¦ Irrelevant of what it is, itās hardly going to be something complex. Although you can use them again as headless devices to run in tandom for MP sorta game server systems.
Not like heās going to build his own shortboard MOBO / CPU with itās own code architecture is it?
AR/VR has a bunch of complicated equipment - which takes focus attention to detail to setup and get working properly.
You could purchase a couple (2-3) of those and figure out how they are different - whatās involved - then develop games for them.
Marrying the misery of both worlds - hardware and software configuration! Development is the fun stuff.
Or something more fancy where you are an operator in an automated high security facility and need to control systems with this. Or emulate one of the famous āIāll reroute the X through the Y system to boost/modify the Z.ā in Star Trek TNG.
If youāre getting into audio, thereās plenty of AD / DA converters (own build kits) that are superior quality to most commercial DACās costing five times as muchā¦ You can even select what type of opamps and transformers you use to give it that Jensen āmagicā. Also USB :)ā¦
Youāre still putting it together. You could even go for mini-gtx series equipment in micro-atx case format and make it like a distributable system. But as he said heāll be a āgames developerā yeahā¦ So best to be covered for everything, understand?