Hello there !

I want to code a little incremental game just for me and some friends, and i started prototyping this in Go (because i know how to use it) but i was thinking that maybe run it in a browser and then use typescript would be better

I have no experience in making games and in javascript, i mostly code for backend and math stuff (my favorite gui is a terminal), and when i need a real gui i use pure html page edited by backend

So i was wondering what would be easier between learning making game in Go, or learning JS/TS for an incremental game (pictures and numbers and text, maybe little animations), and if javascript is still relevant to learn

Thanks !

(Also im a student, so my knowledge of the professional dev world is quite limited, forgive my approximative wording :b)

  • darklamer@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    Typescript is actually a pretty nice language (under the circumstances), you’ll almost certainly be able to derive some real value from having learned it (even if it in the end would turn out to not be the best choice for your game).

    • luciole (they/them)@beehaw.org
      3·
      1 day ago

      I would argue it’s better to have a good grasp on Javascript before tackling Typescript. The Typescript type system (the only reason to bother really) leaks Javascript quirks in different ways which aren’t going to make much sense without the underlying knowledge.