Hi there, I have just have a lot of questions and would love for someone experienced in Unity and game making projects to answer them. Some context; I am currently freelancing as an animator and I come from an illustration background as well. I have literally zero coding skills or knowledge, I have tried to dip my toes into the world with Actionscript back in the Flash era but I gave up multiple times.
My main goal is to make my first 2D Point and click adventure game using Unity.
Here are my questions:
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How feasible is my goal? I just want to start off small, no animation, just having the mouse click on objects on the screen to interact with. E.g. using a key on a door, to combining two objects together into one.
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I have four programs on my Mac laptop right now; Unity, Unity Hub, Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. I forgot why I have them, do I need all four to make my first game? If not, what do I actually need?
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Does learn.unity.com have all the resources I need to start as a complete novice and end up completing my very first 2D Point and click adventure game? If not, how long does it usually take?
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I’ve looked at tutorials on youtube but they always skip the programming part or just say ‘type in this’ and then ‘type in that’. Would you know a more specific resource (other than learn.unity.com) towards reaching my goal of my game? If so, where?
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Am I better off just giving up coding and have someone else more experienced do it for me? I really don’t want to, I am hoping my first game isn’t too ambitious. I do sometimes feel overwhelmed with the multitude of websites and tutorials and forums etc, but I love playing games and the flash games I used to play back in the day as a child really inspired me to have a game completed as least once in my lifetime.
Thank you very much for reading! I look forward to hearing back
I’ll do my best. I’m looking at this to start me off 