Young Crab seeking tutoring for a coding project.

[Crab_Spider]

Hello, my name is David J. Rhodes, I'm trying to make my own SS13 server and develop Steam games, but I don't know where to begin. I thought using javascript would help but I really want to be familiar with Dream Maker (basically for the server and so I can have stronger familiarity with what I'm patching for bug hunts). Can a coder (professional or otherwise) tutor me in the ways of the shit source code known as DM and assign me projects?

tl; dr I need help with coding and need a tutor

[Sarah_U.]

I didn't quite try to learn DM's coding language, but I can assure you anything related to JAVA is usually sub-par in term of efficiency. As for a project and such, lets begin by giving you a list of tasks I'd suggest to begin with as to familiarise with the environment:

Byond:
> Make a counter that displays its value for every tick, increasing by 1 per tick, in the console.
> Spawn a mob and manipulate it however you wish (Kill, timed-death, teleport, etc.)
> Create a weapon, some food and some clothe, aesthetic doesn't matter, you just need to code it.
> Implement existing open-source free-to-use feature(s).
> Alter the behavior of an environment variable of your choosing.
> Do your own feature.

Steam game (A way like another):
> Don't go around making games untill you have a solid idea.
> Choose for a major point you wish to focus: Art, Story, Gameplay, Fun, etc. Then focus onto that and branch with the others to make your project.
> If you pick story-based projects, always make your story first, then the game.
> Find reliable partners and whatnot.
> Pick your programming language.
> Seek out some basics you can try out for about 2-to-5 months to become good in the project you decided to go for.
> Check other's works and analyze them. Don't copy, inspire.

Hope that helps and give you some guidelines if no one does, I threw that over the top of my head after briefly thinking. I'm not gonna be able to help and I'm just super deep in homework right now so good luck with all that.

OH ALSO! PS: Curiousity is the mother of success, being curious will lead you to find a lot of nice behavior and make you experiment! It's always cool to try out stuff and see the result, even if it takes time!