How to start?

Hi Guys ,

I'm beginner in programming, So i have learned Visual Basic as a first language and some java. Therefore, I need your help such as advices or anything else. I'm an expert in Photoshop.

What i have to start first? Learning everything about C# or what?

What do i need for making games 2d or 3d?

I have to practice daily?

What my first game have to be?

Any advices that's help me or make me better?

Please i need your help to answer this questions and give me some advices to start from beginning to professional .

Thanks - RedFox

 

https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials

Start here, actually spend time doing the tutorials. As you finish one start a new project & try to do it again so you can work out which bits you know & what you need to redo. Then try & alter something to see what happens. Good luck

 

Since you already know the basics of programming, you should checkout my book Unity in Action:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/161729232X

 

Don't buy anything, begin by the tutorials, Roll a ball first and follow the advice below :

 

Wow thanks guys.
I'm really appreciated for everything you wrote..
I'm starting from today. And i hope i can do it.
Programming is the most thing make me ( I CAN'T DO IT )
Because there's a lot of confusing things..

Thanks again <3

 

You know what? All of us here couldn't do it either, before we started learning. I started when I was making a mod for Skyrim that required coding. Okay, I learnt and did it. I'm not fluent at scripting at all and the languages are different but things seemed easier when I began the Roll a Ball tutorial here. It's just a matter of patience and continuous effort. There is no reason for you not to make it.

 

Wow nice beginning : P.
Actually i have a wonderful idea 2d game..
But i don't know what first

 

Never do 'dream' games early in your career as they will never turn out as good as you want them to be &/or as good as they could be & you'll get frustrated & disheartened. Start very very simple while you learn the ropes.

 

I'm agree with that.
Now i'm doing Rolling a ball tutorial and all the tutorials in the unity tutorial section.
Beside that after finishing the tutorial what i have to do?

 

You'll know enough by then to begin your own project. You don't even need to make all the tutorials before beginning your first project; you can work on both in parallel.

 

Personally I'd redo the tutorial & try not to be watching it so you can find what bits you had trouble remembering. Then try & add something to it - this will teach you how small changes can have a big impact on gameplay as well as push you to extend your knowledge a bit e.g. What happens if you let the explosive force be done mid air as well?

 

Yeah that's right, I used that technique to learn java.
And i learn a lot of things by doing it without watching the code.
Now because i have a lot free time at least 7 hours a day free time.
I'm learning unity and java for another thing.

Thanks

 

I enjoyed the 2D UFO Tutorial here:

https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/projects/2d-ufo-tutorial

All 9 of its videos appear to be labeled Beginner.

Also, it might be a little easier to focus on 2d.

 

Alternatively do your dream game first and get your dream thoroughly crushed. That way you can focus on real games. My first game design was so big that it isn't possible to build with current technology. No point hanging on to that dream.

 

Lots of good advice here. If you already have some knowledge of Java, then C# should be easy for you to learn. It's very similar and you won't run into any big differences until you are programming at a more advanced level.

To give another suggestion, you could do all the Unity tutorials and then expand on your favorite one. I think the 2D survival game is a good start, so is the space shooter. You could try to add features to the game that help you learn the engine better, as well as get better at programming.

There's no path or checklist when it comes to learning all this, it's more like bits and pieces you learn and put them together to build your game.

If you want some ideas, here are a few you could try:

Add a leaderboard to space shooter
Add a new enemy
Add a new type of player projectile / weapon
Add a 'pickup' to give the player a shield
Add a 'pause' function
With the pause function, you can now do an in-game menu, where you can restart, mute sound, etc.

Small stuff like this, you'll be able to apply it to future games, so it's a good start.
Good luck, post updates with your progress!