FWIW we just discussed a thread about more video tutorials and such.
Also, the amount of people that come to JME will probably not impact the Core Dev’s time positively at all. They do JME for themselves, and for the hardcore community. If noobs came, they would be spending time answering noob questions, and most likely not at all. Which would then impact us who have been working with JME for years.
If you were to post a video “how to do a minecraft clone in 30 mins” we would have an influx of noobs with ZERO programming knowledge, and our precious forums would be flooded with people who will be asking how to start a program, because they have no experience in Java. Which, again, will impact us, because our questions will be left unseen.
If people are serious about game dev, they will find JME, that’s how I found it… I wanted something powerful, something that could do anything I could throw at it. There were a lot of choices, but JME was the clear winner.
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You then ask the devs to put up youtube tutorials. If the devs are spending their time on youtube tutorials, how can they then spend their time developing the engine?
I do understand your reasoning that more people who use a product, more will be put into that product, but that always isn’t the case. The development team’s time and size matter greatly in how much they can spend on features.
Also, from another topic I made about “blockworld games” like Minecraft, you will see that people in the thread say they are one of the hardest games to make, even though most developers think they are easy, and try to make them.
Remember, a lot of people want to make games, but JME isn’t a kid’s toy. It’s a professional grade application meant for people who know what they are doing. If you want to “make a game” without any knowledge, use something like “Game Maker” or another drag and drop easy to do gaming environment.
You asked to make a video about a “Minecraft clone” in 30 minutes… If it was possible to make a game in any of these engines in 30 mins, then the market would be flooded with so many more games. Game creation isn’t easy, unless you want to use Game Maker, or some other basic game creator. But those are usually 2d and not very good.
Good luck