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[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Considering that enough pro's are doing the same, perhaps you didn't really do it wrong?