Reddit reviews Unity in Action: Multiplatform Game Development in C# with Unity 5

The notion that Unity is just drag-and-drop is a myth that comes from both people making assumptions after seeing the visual editor, as well as Unity itself fudging a bit in their marketing in order to appeal to non-coders.

As for how to start, I recommend my book naturally :P I wrote Unity in Action for people who know how to program but are new to Unity. Thus, the focus of the book is squarely on programming. There's only one chapter that is specifically about 2D, but then the majority of the explanations aren't specific to 3D either. Unity doesn't really make a hard distinction between 2D and 3D graphics, so code for something like audio is the same in both cases.

Are you more interested in making a game, or the tech behind games?

Game Programming Patterns is a great reference when you have problems to solve or a system to design. It's a relatively light and easy read and definitely very helpful.

Game Engine Architecture gives a broad view of technologies behind a game but it doesn't actually go into the nuts and bolts on how to develop one. I recommend it as a way to see how things work, and a gateway to learning about the different technical specializations in a game engine. The reference list is very useful for further study.

Neither of them are of much help when it comes to using Unreal or Unity though. I've actually found that "learn to make game with engine X" books serve as a guided walkthrough of engine features and workflows and give you a solid base on which to continue exploring the engine. I've also found that working through a book has a much lower mental barrier than searching for tutorials on the Internet, since all the info is available on hand and (hopefully) presented in an easy-to-follow manner.

Start with the extensive tutorials Unreal and Unity offer on their official websites. If you find those hard to follow, or when you're done and think you need more guidance, just hit Amazon and look for books like this which are relatively well-reviewed.

If you're brand new to Unity and learn well from books, I would recommend Unity in Action.
It covers 3rd person controllers, camera, inventory, and a bit more. Would likely help you to get started.

Otherwise, /r/Unity3D is a good subreddit you may find useful.

Oh yes they are. The last one I had (the one that passed in April) was by far the best cat I've had.

I looked at all the engines available, and I decided I would use Unity. I used to do Java, but never did any C#, but when I started I'd read some C# scripts and they were basically the same as in Java, so I figured I could learn it.

I read one for Unity, and one for C#.

Here are the links to the books I've read (they're from amazon.ca because I'm a frog/canuck):

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/161729232X
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0985580127

I've also changed jobs in October, a job in which I'll do programming. So I've read other books in the past few months pertaining to development in general, not just games. (Long story short: I've studied actuarial sciences, always have had a keen interest in IT, and I got hired at a consulting firm where they hire actuaries to do some of their IT development).

I tried to learn Gimp and Blender, but I can't seem to transform into an artist overnight lol :P

Here is the desktop version of your link

Unity in Action by Joseph Hocking is a solid book for programmers who wish to learn unity. The /r/gamedev thread is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/7ku0zw/i_read_unity_in_action_so_you_dont_have_to_a/

Unity has excellent official documentation from my experience, especially compared to Unreal.

I'm a dev. I've been one for 10 years, and I actually learned C# through (Urrrrggggghhhhh "SharePoint"). But I knew nothing of Unity or how to work with Unity components or scripting 2-3 months ago. Read this book: Link

It'll show you how Unity works, and how you can interact with what Unity gives you really well. I recently pushed out a game for a 2 week jam and I'm pretty proud of it!

I can't personally recommend any of these, but just looking at Amazon yielded a few interesting prospects. You're probably beyond the basics in most of these books - but they all target slightly different things, so you'll end up gaining useful knowledge from any of them.

https://smile.amazon.com/Unity-Proficiency-Foundations-step-step/dp/1518699898/

https://smile.amazon.com/Unity-Learning-Developing-Greg-Lukosek-ebook/dp/B01LD8K5DE/

https://smile.amazon.com/Unity-Action-Multiplatform-Game-Development/dp/161729232X/


(search link: https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=unity&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Aunity)

I have found Unity In Action to be great, but there isn't much competition as most other books are by Packt and they are crap.

I cannot tell you how much you will learn from it if you are already experienced, but the only reference is from Unity themselves.

I can help you with some of the basics if you need help just using the engine.

If you really want to get into the coding side of things, I'd highly recommend getting yourself a copy of Unity in Action. I personally have found this book to be extremely helpful for learning C# in the context of the Unity game engine.

Of course if you don't want to spend any money, you can always look up tutorials on YouTube.

Did you know Amazon will donate a portion of every purchase if you shop by going to smile.amazon.com instead? Over $50,000,000 has been raised for charity - all you need to do is change the URL!

Here are your smile-ified links:

Unity in Action

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