Unity N00bs...Unite?

JediN1nja

Good morning Good People!

Always wanted to make games but lack of proper coding skills had me try Construct 2 first. I'm not completely oblivious to coding, I regularly work with jQuery and JavaScript and the occasional php script I need to hack up.

I've always known about Unity but kind of felt like I don't know enough and it's just going to be frustrating to even do simple tasks. That and some performance issues in Construct 2 I've started to notice.

So I was wondering how to get started and where? Decided to download the Unity 4.5, found this little nifty toolkit RagePixel (I like pixel art style games and it's what I'm most comfortable with). Can you guys help point me in the right direction, am I better off sticking with basic engines like Construct 2 and Game Maker for now? Will Unity be too much?

Thanks you in advance!

Tuism

GOOGLE :)

Find tutorials, follow them. I started with Unitycookie (cgcookie) http://cgcookie.com/unity/
Here's an entire post full of links: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/12321/how-can-i-start-learning-unity-fast-list-of-tutori.html

Game Maker is great for speed - truly. So starting there could also be good, depending on your programming experience. I'm not much of a programmer so I started with Gamemaker.

Fengol

I think Game Maker is definitely the tool to start off with. There's lots of good things happening with it.

JediN1nja

Tuism said:

GOOGLE :)

Find tutorials, follow them. I started with Unitycookie (cgcookie) http://cgcookie.com/unity/
Here's an entire post full of links: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/12321/how-can-i-start-learning-unity-fast-list-of-tutori.html

Game Maker is great for speed - truly. So starting there could also be good, depending on your programming experience. I'm not much of a programmer so I started with Gamemaker.

Haha yes I know I can Google these things. Just thought it would be faster asking you guys, plus it might be useful for new people that have a certain type of skill set. Seems like Game Maker it is, looking at it right now :)

Ratel

Lol I just started with game maker myself, got a few useful links on youtube tuts, I'm at work right now but I will post the links when I get home tomorrow afternoon if you want?

EvanGreenwood

Unity is about as difficult as making games in a Flash environment. I don't know how that compares to Construct.

A friend of mine works in PlayMaker... which is a proprietary Unity plugin that works with free Unity. He's an artist, he doesn't know anything about code, but he made this game:



Just mentioning it as an option.