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Coding chess (lemmy.world)

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[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This is how I got into game development myself. I used to use Javascript to make dumb little interactive games in the early 2000s before it was ever meant to do such things, emulating what is now modern day HTML5 canvas and such

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

bes way to learn is by doing what you're not supposed to

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

True enough! Mistakes are the best teacher. That said, I'm still making games in Javascript to this day, so I guess you can say I haven't learned enough lol.