Hi, B3NW. Thanks for joining the forums.
Little tip, if you want to be a game designer, you don't have to be a very efficient developer. Designers typically don't code. They design.
Yet of course, a good designer does know the basics, to understand the platforms limitations and what not, but you don't need to be some highly versed C++ developer to design. Just need a good imagination mostly.
I still would encourage anyone to learn any type of programming language, be it compiled or scripted/interpreted. Will help you solve many issues along the road.
Anyway, give an administrator in-game the URL to this forum post to become a respected member.
Have fun!
-Minic
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