Many programmers choose to make 3d models instead of drawing their art in 2d because its easier to make one model, animate it and get infinite number of camera angles that to make every frame by hand.
I say, why not learn to draw?, heres an awesome site i visit often, www.conceptart.org
Making sounds is for me one of the funnest parts in game development :) since you get to try lots of objects and try to get different sounds for them, its like playing all the time.
Instead of making a small shooter, why not make a very small dine dash clone?, that way if you decide to go comercial, you can use the code you have written and build on top of that.
Here are some tools i use, all free:
Artweaver (art)
Gimp photo (art)
Inkscape (art)
Blide PLus (ide for blitzmax)
And here are some mods i use:
bmfont by wiering (bitmap fonts)
http://brucey.net/programming/blitz/index.php
Good luck.
I say, why not learn to draw?, heres an awesome site i visit often, www.conceptart.org
Making sounds is for me one of the funnest parts in game development :) since you get to try lots of objects and try to get different sounds for them, its like playing all the time.
Instead of making a small shooter, why not make a very small dine dash clone?, that way if you decide to go comercial, you can use the code you have written and build on top of that.
Here are some tools i use, all free:
Artweaver (art)
Gimp photo (art)
Inkscape (art)
Blide PLus (ide for blitzmax)
And here are some mods i use:
bmfont by wiering (bitmap fonts)
http://brucey.net/programming/blitz/index.php
Good luck.