What will I need mostly

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I am thinking about making a 2D or maybe 3D Side Scrolling Game prolly for the Android market but if not it will be for PC/Mac but I was wondering what programs will I need to do this? I have Blender and Unity 3D so far but I know I will need more than that so I was wondering what programs I will need to make this game. So just list off all the recommended programs that would be very useful to make a 2D or 3D sideScrolling game. Thanks :wink: And I am debating if I should make a SideScrolling Shooting game or a game kind of like what Mario is but more modern and not quite like it but the gameplay of it. So If you have any suggestions please feel free to leave them below also :slight_smile: Ooh and I am a noob at making games right now. So far I have been just messing around with Unity 3D for a few months and Blender is the same. Any Touatorial videos? please leave link also :slight_smile: thanks haha

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Hi kentw, depends on what you have and what you want to do, but basically I think Unity3D and Blender is enough. If you want to do 2D, then you might want to use a more appropriate tool for drawing/colouring, like Paint, Paint.NET, GIMP or Photoshop just to mention a few.
Also, I think you should first start with PC and just learn how to do a side scrolling, how to think when coding etc. and then create your own game.
My best ideas are starting with (one of) the space shooter tutorials:

TheLorax (using JavaScript) made this introduction series:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/26785-Unity-Jump-Start-Video-Tutorials

3DBuzz made the same tutorial series but in C# :
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/37093-Over-7-hours-of-Unity-Training-Videos-Download-them-now!

So pick a coding language and follow any of these tutorials, before you start on your side scrolling game. These will help you with side scrolling as well. I don’t really wan’t to tell you which language to go for, but if you’re totally new to programming, then maybe you’re better off with the JavaScript for now, as most tutorials are written in JS. Later on you might consider changing to C# when you’re skilled enough to know the differences and stuff.

There are many more tutorials, but I strongly recommend you start with one of these.
Hope that helped!
/Kweiko