With 0 programming background, not looking to make a profession out of it and without following an actual structured beginner's tutorial, C++ is probably the worst choice for a programming language. I wouldn't go for .NET or Java either, since they come with a lot of baggage and pretty much force yo...

I don't know about that, on Ubuntu it takes about 4 clicks (including searching for it on the shop). After that, you've got it on the context menu for .exes and all.
I've played a few dozen hours of Xenonauts on Wine and haven't had an issue.

The idea part is the easy one :) There's a lot of people with ideas, but very few can properly word them into an actual game concept and even fewer can execute. If you're struggling here, start reading books on game design, game designer/dev blogs, play a lot of games in an analytical fashion (as in...

I'm no expert, but to me mobile gaming seems like a very immature market, both in terms of the quality of products and of the consumer culture. It's flooded with clones, poorly made games, one-hit wonders so it's very difficult to stand out from the noise; as for the consumer, don't want to go into ...

Well I guess the system was meant to be used by applying forces to it's bodies (i.e. applyAngularImpulse()/applyForce()/etc.) and letting it manage the outcome. I'm looking to use this for a top-down shooter, so the gravity is basically 0; I need to figure out what the restitution is and find a way ...

I would say it's even worse than less realistic. When using forces, the collision detection and, most importantly, the collision feedback work out of the box and your entities behave naturally. When using :setPosition() and :setAngle(), collision detection still works but you can teleport one entity...

Because making a 3D game in a modern engine like Unity is exponentially more complicated, expensive and time-consuming Not quite sure I agree on that, if you want to make a fullscale "real" 3d game, doing it in löve rather than Unity would be a lot harder, take a lot longer and yield a lo...

How are you calculating self.target and self.position? Are they correct? Why are you using the distance to calculate the amount of impulse to be applied? What's the mass of the object you're trying to push? (read the wiki entry for :applyLinearImpulse ) Also, it would be easier to help out if you up...

I've been reading this very interesting article on gamedev.net http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/technical/math-and-physics/pid-control-of-physics-bodies-r3885 It's about applying natural movement and turning to your in-game entities, using box2D as the physics engine, in order to preserve the...

Because making a 3D game in a modern engine like Unity is exponentially more complicated, expensive and time-consuming