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rendall · 2022-03-07 02:47:56

Yes. I am actively learning Unity as a hobby.

I was a Flash developer back in the day.

Huge difference in learning curve.

jgeduldig | karma 27 | avg karma 3.38 · | 2020-09-26 23:39:20+00:00

Hmmm... I'm just getting started with Unity, so... maybe!

edgyquant | karma 5727 | avg karma 1.57 · | 2022-03-10 01:12:19

Probably. I never learned unity either, when I was younger I used to build games in C with allegro and the transition to gui based development always just seemed so much harder to learn (or at least harder for me to get interested in, with allegro it was all code and I could iterate from drawing a window, adding a square, move around with keys, etc.)

vishald | karma 6 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2022-12-13 07:03:54

Sweet!!. I was always interested in game dev, but I wonder if Unity will be much easier for someone like me who has so little time for this hobby

djmips | karma 3793 | avg karma 1.45 · | 2021-12-13 00:48:17

Why not learn Unity then?

xupybd | karma 9371 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2021-02-01 02:55:12

I can't say that I've ever known anyone who uses Unity professionally but if that's your line of work it would be a big factor.

peteforde | karma 9134 | avg karma 6.25 · | 2023-03-29 20:31:53

I primarily work in Unity, but I'm not sure if that answers your question?

android521 | karma 151 | avg karma 1.26 · | 2023-09-17 21:13:41

yes. Unity but with Python ,typescript or a lisp like language

wormer | karma 63 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2022-03-10 00:52:15

Seems cool, but I never learned it because from what I've read it was always overshadowed by Unity. Is this the case anymore?

isaacremuant | karma | avg karma · | 2017-02-14 04:38:00+00:00

Even better. Many people start learning C# with Unity and can move on to other things from there if they wish to.

ganonm | karma 813 | avg karma 4.99 · | 2019-08-25 19:04:22+00:00

Yes, there are many gradual paths to learning Unity. I would highly recommend following the official introductory tutorial series. This covers core topics like Components, Transforms, Prefabs, Game Loop etc. After this it gets a bit less clear how to proceed. If you're already a competent programmer I'd go straight to just prototyping ideas and reading the documentation in depth. I would especially recommend reading the best practices guide.

Regarding the development environment, yes it's very integrated and isolated. For me this was a bit of a culture shock as I generally prefer working with text rather than IDEs, but I've gotten fairly well acclimatised to it now.

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istoica | karma 550 | avg karma 15.28 · | 2019-08-25 18:23:45

Is there a gradual path on learning Unity ? I mean, what is it ? A visual editor of 3D worlds, but not Blender / 3D Max, together with code editor and C# ?

It looks more like Adobe/Macromedia Flash as IDE, used to like that very much back in the days, till flash died due to plugin need / proprietary / security.

Would still prefer to ship an app in a single file, that progressively streams, just as SWF used to do. Now, in the web area, all is utter crap, one billion files to download, CDNs, fallbacks, signatures.... argh!

Heck, would choose VB or Delphi as IDE for building apps in no time against all this React / Angular / WebComponents tech salad with no substance and ephemeral lifespan.

I am still able to compile pascal code from 1997 in Lazarus / FPC.

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neovive | karma 2061 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2013-12-30 15:48:17+00:00

Very nice porfolio. Do you build all your games in Unity?

Hydraulix989 | karma 2266 | avg karma 1.2 · | 2019-01-11 21:02:01+00:00

Have you ever used Unity before?

senectus1 | karma 1149 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2020-09-15 06:52:38+00:00

if it is, my son that's just getting into programming with unity will love it...

lproven | karma 7229 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2022-07-04 06:20:38

Hi. I wrote the article at the top of this post. I am still using Unity now as I have been doing for about a decade.

app4soft | karma 10934 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2019-01-13 19:47:02

Is it Unity-based?

greggman | karma 6858 | avg karma 3.32 · | 2017-07-25 16:12:11

I don't have any numbers but my impression is the number of people making games in unity dwarfs the number of people who ever made games in flash. it's ridiculously easy now. any coffee shop I visit I see several people in unity.

konradwerys | karma 21 | avg karma 5.25 · | 2022-08-26 14:50:07

That's correct. I decided to go with Unity, because there are more learning materials available than any other game dev engine e.g. Unreal

pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2022-10-19 04:57:00

Not since Burst compiler started to be used to replace C++ code, additionally C# is the only thing most people can touch on Unity, unless they write native plugins.