A game like Sims ?

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Hello,
Everybody knows de Sentence “Learning by Doing” and thats the way how I want to learn to program games (The same way I learned, HTML, CSS and PHP)
Now we are a small groupe who want to create a game which will be a game like Sims. Not really Sims, but based on the same Game Concept with other functions.

My question :

Is a game like that possible in Unity 3D and if yes, would it be a good Idea for learning how to program ?

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  1. Yes it is possible
  2. No, it’s not a good idea for something this complicated to be your first game.
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Yes, it is possible to do in Unity. You can do almost anything in Unity :wink: As for a good learning project? Probably not… Maybe make some smaller games first, then go for the sims game.

Edit: Whoops, Jaimi beat me to it! :smile:

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Ok thanks for the answers :slight_smile:

Then we should begin with a small jump n run or platform game ?

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I suggest you do each of these games, in order.

Pong->Breakout->Tetris->Space Invaders->Pacman->Sidescroller

A platformer/jump 'n run can still be complicated if you don’t know the basics of Unity scripting.

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Ok thanks :slight_smile: I ll try to do these game and then to try something more complicated

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Perfect! Your on your way to success! :wink:

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Now I have a problem :S
Pong is a 2D Game but Unity is for 3D Games (or nor?)
So how can I place a 2D Game in a 3D Game Concept ?

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place the camera flat, with no rotation, and pretend it’s 2d, only you will know it’s 3d, not the people playing it…

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I found doing a table tennis game in 3d was a great learning project.
Just use bat models for the bats, a simple table and net, and a ball.

Don’t worry about players. Also a great way to learn Unity’s physics.

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lol. My Reckless Driver racing game is the first game I’m making in Unity. And, it was hard But, once you get past the controls, everything else seems to be a breeze(and once you learn to program more). :wink:

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Change the camera to orthographic. You should see the ‘Projection’ option in the inspector when the camera is selected. Its Perspective by default.

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Yah, change it to orthographic if you want a very “strict” 2D look. But keep it on perspective if you want a 2.5D look.

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just having some meshes, won’t make the game :wink: (a lot of scripting is involved, complex AI scripts e.g. which is a major part of the Sims (behavior of the sims itself))