Considering Unity

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hey all,

I’m considering Unity for a project and would love to hear how involved any experienced unity users think it might be. Keep in mind I have no programming experience so this may not be realistic at all.

I basically want to create a 3D environment with objects in it. Two or more people have access to this environment at a time. The camera can be freely moved around and the pieces can also be moved. Additionally right-clicking on an object would allow you to switch that piece for another one from a list of choices.

That’s the bare bones of what I want to do. Essentially it’s a board game that in it’s simplest form doesn’t enforce any rules but lets you explore the board, move the pieces, and swap them out for others.

Make sense? Thoughts?

Cheers,
morgan

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This is very possible in Unity and there are lots of people who don’t have programming backgrounds making cool stuff. The forum is a good place for support and is very active.

The only thing I would suggest however, is to get a bit of practice with programming - the Unity tutorials can get you started basically, but if you’ve never programmed before, that could be a bit of a headache trying to understand a lot of different concepts at once. Unity makes things simple and is has loads of great features, but it’s still a game engine and is by nature intrinsically complex.

Best of luck, if you get stuck, the forums are your friend :slight_smile:

cheers
Shaun

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Thanks Shaun!

morgan