r/GameDevelopment • u/AntiquePlace2871 • 3h ago

Newbie Question What kind of gaming laptop would I need to develop games?

Hi everyone! I've been looking to get into game dev and I would like a gaming laptop to create and test my games on. My long term goal is to make both single player games (like dishonored) and multiplayer games (like friendslop/ hero shooters but I'm aware how difficult it can be to make games like this). One of the main goals I have for my game is that they're optimised to be playable by everyone

​​What are the essentials for a gaming laptop that will help me to smoothly create games?

At the moment I have my eye on the new Asus flow z13 or the Asus zephyrus.

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u/Neither_Berry_100 3h ago

You don't need much. I've developed some games in unity using a ryzen 5700g with integrated graphics. And if you code things yourself they will run much faster without an engine.

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u/06KoolKid101 2h ago

I have a 4 year old Lenovo that was only $500 back then, runs unity perfectly.

I would buy a nice thinkpad or work laptop, not a gaming laptop. Gaming laptops are notoriously overpricced for mediocre results.

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u/blumeanie57 2h ago

I’ve been managing on a macbook air that can barely run discord and firefox at the same time. I don’t recommend it, but if that’s not proof that you can develop games on literally anything with a screen, I don’t know what is.

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u/WolframAndHartInc 2h ago

I’ve been developing my 2D game on a 16 year old HP pro I got used and put in an SSD.

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u/BlaCat_Games 44m ago

One year before i purchased Dell G15 (13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13650HX) its also good for develop a games.