▲ 667 ▼ Classic Microsoft (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world to c/gaming@lemmy.ml 107 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) No it isn't permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NiPfi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) What makes you say that? I'm genuinely curious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Minecraft. Runescape. Mindustry. Slay the Spire. Project Zomboid. Doodle Jump. Shattered Pixel Dungeon. Delver. Lots of mobile games. Also It's rediculous to say Java is inappropriate for games when C# is used for games via Unity (unity is the value proposition there - c# is very similar to Java) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Java is (or at least used to be) one of the first languages new programmers started with. Making it very accessible to create new mods. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NiPfi@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I haven't modded as of yet but I started off with Java and am now a C# Dev and the transition wasn't too hard since most of the same principles apply to both languages. Unity games, that are often written in C# to me are the most moddable ones, especially considering that there's a ecosystem for Unity mods out of the box permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NiPfi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) What makes you say that? I'm genuinely curious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Minecraft. Runescape. Mindustry. Slay the Spire. Project Zomboid. Doodle Jump. Shattered Pixel Dungeon. Delver. Lots of mobile games. Also It's rediculous to say Java is inappropriate for games when C# is used for games via Unity (unity is the value proposition there - c# is very similar to Java) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Java is (or at least used to be) one of the first languages new programmers started with. Making it very accessible to create new mods. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NiPfi@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I haven't modded as of yet but I started off with Java and am now a C# Dev and the transition wasn't too hard since most of the same principles apply to both languages. Unity games, that are often written in C# to me are the most moddable ones, especially considering that there's a ecosystem for Unity mods out of the box permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Minecraft. Runescape. Mindustry. Slay the Spire. Project Zomboid. Doodle Jump. Shattered Pixel Dungeon. Delver. Lots of mobile games. Also It's rediculous to say Java is inappropriate for games when C# is used for games via Unity (unity is the value proposition there - c# is very similar to Java) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Java is (or at least used to be) one of the first languages new programmers started with. Making it very accessible to create new mods. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NiPfi@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I haven't modded as of yet but I started off with Java and am now a C# Dev and the transition wasn't too hard since most of the same principles apply to both languages. Unity games, that are often written in C# to me are the most moddable ones, especially considering that there's a ecosystem for Unity mods out of the box permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NiPfi@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I haven't modded as of yet but I started off with Java and am now a C# Dev and the transition wasn't too hard since most of the same principles apply to both languages. Unity games, that are often written in C# to me are the most moddable ones, especially considering that there's a ecosystem for Unity mods out of the box permalink fedilink source parent
