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Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

https://www.udemy.com/unitycourse/

I've been doing it for the past few days and I like it so far. I feel like it's a bit slow since I already code for a living, but for folks who haven't quite cut their teeth in game dev or coding - I think this class is great and straightforward.

The deal ends on the 11th. Also, the deal applies for most other classes on the site.

Dunno if this belongs properly in games, but if it needs to be moved, then so be it.

Simzyy · Jan 10, 2016

Thanks for this. Been meaning to try learn Unity as a side project.

For that price I might as well give it a go.

Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

Simzyy said:
Thanks for this. Been meaning to try learn Unity as a side project.

For that price I might as well give it a go.

No prob. I've been enjoying it so far and I'm able to go on my own pace.

neonglow · Jan 10, 2016

Would this be a good place to start if you don't have programming experience?

Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

neonglow said:
Would this be a good place to start if you don't have programming experience?

Yes. The programming in the beginning is both basic and eludes to more advanced techniques devs in general use without shoving it in your face.

Example: the numerical guessing game you make in the beginning uses binary searching to guess numbers. You don't study binary searching or its speed and efficiency, instead you just code the thing.

neonille · Jan 10, 2016

Why would you choose this over the official tutorials that are 100% free??

http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials

Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

neonille said:
Why would you choose this over the official tutorials that are 100% free??

http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials

Because 10 bucks is nothing in the scope of learning something in a structured format.

In terms of learning anything, going for only the free stuff undermines the knowledge itself.

If someone is unwilling to invest cash in themselves as far as learning anything, discount or not, they're not going to learn much.

Not to bash the free tutorials, but I personally prefer hand-holding and more structure and am willing to pay for it. And since I'm willing to pay for it, I've invested a resource already, and wouldn't want my investment to go wasted.

Cramoss · Jan 10, 2016

Thank you for letting us know. I'm probably going to take it.

neonille · Jan 10, 2016

Afrocious said:
In terms of learning anything, going for only the free stuff undermines the knowledge itself.

If someone is unwilling to invest cash in themselves as far as learning anything, discount or not, they're not going to learn much.

What? That's the biggest rubbish i have ever heard.
You don't need to spend a dime to learn anything these days.

Maybe if you wanna learn something very specific that very few people know anything about you have to pay for it, but Unity? The most popular game engine out there? NO

Youtube literally has 100 of tutorials, completely free. Unity website has structured tutorials as well
Space shooter for example.

Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

neonille said:
What? That's the biggest rubbish i have ever heard.
You don't need to spend a dime to learn anything these days.

Maybe if you wanna learn something very specific that very few people know anything about you have to pay for it, but Unity? The most popular game engine out there? NO

Youtube literally has 100 of tutorials, completely free. Unity website has structured tutorials as well
Space shooter for example.

Also, just because there's a lot of tutorials for something that are available for free doesn't mean they're curated to be, well, good. Look at PHP.

Sure, there are some good ones that are free, but I feel like if you have the money and want to learn something, why not pay someone to teach you?

Personally, I have no time or interest to pick and choose from a ton of tutorials.

The Broken Ska Record · Jan 10, 2016

It's not a monthly fee is it? And I can take as long as I want to watch the videos?

copelandmaster · Jan 10, 2016

I got the Unity game physics ($10), art asset, and coding courses during the Unreal Developer Course in C++ Kickstater hype last November (£35). I wish I could give comment on any of them, but I haven't actually had the time to sit down and do anything with them having just started full time work.

The guy that does this stuff, Ben Tristem, apparently comes highly recommended from loads of people.

I'd say if you want to do it for fun or learn how to make assets you could sell on a store, these courses are a pretty good deal, as long as you're paying at the discount prices.

neonille said:
What? That's the biggest rubbish i have ever heard.
You don't need to spend a dime to learn anything these days.

Maybe if you wanna learn something very specific that very few people know anything about you have to pay for it, but Unity? The most popular game engine out there? NO

Youtube literally has 100 of tutorials, completely free. Unity website has structured tutorials as well
Space shooter for example.

It's a curation thing. The content is higher quality, more organized, and comes with support services from the instructor/company.

Not everyone has time to dick around on youtube looking for a specific thing. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to look up something for Blender on Youtube only to find that thing detailed in an 6 years old video in a long depreciated version of blender.

Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

The Broken Ska Record said:
It's not a monthly fee is it? And I can take as long as I want to watch the videos?

Nope. One time fee. You just log into your account and access the class.

victreeb3l · Jan 10, 2016

Bought it a few days ago. $10 is impulse buy territory. Bought the one about Blender as well.

chrominance · Jan 10, 2016

Afrocious said:
Because 10 bucks is nothing in the scope of learning something in a structured format.

In terms of learning anything, going for only the free stuff undermines the knowledge itself.

If someone is unwilling to invest cash in themselves as far as learning anything, discount or not, they're not going to learn much.

Not to bash the free tutorials, but I personally prefer hand-holding and more structure and am willing to pay for it. And since I'm willing to pay for it, I've invested a resource already, and wouldn't want my investment to go wasted.

It really depends on what kind of person you are and the quality of the materials out there. You can absolutely learn things without paying for tutorial courses; I learned pretty much everything I use at my web development job using free resources.

Fahzgoolin · Jan 10, 2016

Wow what crazy timing... Been at school for programming and just told myself I need to put it toward my passion of gaming and modding.

Thanks OP! GONNA GRAB THIS.

The Broken Ska Record · Jan 10, 2016

Afrocious said:
Nope. One time fee. You just log into your account and access the class.

Nice! Gonna get signed up.

Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

chrominance said:
It really depends on what kind of person you are and the quality of the materials out there. You can absolutely learn things without paying for tutorial courses; I learned pretty much everything I use at my web development job using free resources.

Same (thank god). I was almost considering doing one of those 10k+ bootcamps!

However, I didn't truly learn how to be a developer until I got a job a software engineer ironically enough.

So I'm basically being paid a living salary to learn.

It's like reverse grad school or something lol

ElMexiMerican · Jan 10, 2016

Thanks for posting this, tons of useful courses on this site it seems.

Aztechnology · Jan 10, 2016

After spending some time in CS I realize my interest is leaning towards Hardware Engineering. Does anyone have any recommended courses or just a place to start? I couldn't find anything on Udemy for that.

Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

Aztechnology said:
After spending some time in CS I realize my interest is leaning towards Hardware Engineering. Does anyone have any recommended courses or just a place to start? I couldn't find anything on Udemy for that.

I believe Coursera or Harvard EdX has what you're looking for. 99% sure the content you seek is free too.

jon bones · Jan 10, 2016

Thanks!

How does this fair for someone who codes C# professionally but would like to learn how Unity is coded through it?

Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

jon bones said:
Thanks!

How does this fair for someone who codes C# professionally but would like to learn how Unity is coded through it?

I don't do C#, but I imagine you'll find the beginning easier than I do.

Ruruja · Jan 10, 2016

£9 in UK.

I think I'll do it anyways, thanks for the link.

BakedYams · Jan 10, 2016

jon bones said:
Thanks!

How does this fair for someone who codes C# professionally but would like to learn how Unity is coded through it?

You'll probably swim through 50% of the stuff easily. Its only 10 bucks and it goes through game design stuff pretty heavily with documents so you'll be fine.

kavanf1 · Jan 10, 2016

Thanks for this OP. I probably won't get around to it any time soon, but for £9 it's worth having available.

Tregard · Jan 10, 2016

Bought this one and the Blender modelling course.

In for a penny, in for a (nine) pound(s).

jon bones · Jan 10, 2016

Afrocious said:
I don't do C#, but I imagine you'll find the beginning easier than I do.

BakedYams said:
You'll probably swim through 50% of the stuff easily. Its only 10 bucks and it goes through game design stuff pretty heavily with documents so you'll be fine.

dope, i'll give it a shot

Breads · Jan 10, 2016

Been meaning to convert some of my older work to after affects and unity and I saw that there are some discounted courses on both so this thread has been a boon for me. Thanks OP! If it goes well I will definitely look into this site some more.

:edit:

Got a blender and 3d masterclass (weapon) courses as well. Much better use of my time than having spent this on a videogame. Quadruple thanks OP!

kanuuna · Jan 10, 2016

12€ seems reasonable even for something that might end up sitting unused for a while.
I ended up picking up 3 more courses on top of that though (2x 3DS Max, iOS9). Oh boy. But then again, that totals to about a single newly released game would cost, and there aren't too many of those coming out right this moment.

Bert · Jan 10, 2016

Thanks for the heads up. Just got that and the Blender course. Self teaching has been slow and I want to offer both to my students. Should be well worth £20.

ClayKavalier · Jan 10, 2016

What kind of math background do you need to get into this?

DirtyManos · Jan 10, 2016

Huh, my lil bro in high school is always talking about wanting to get into programming and video games.

Might buy this one and some others for him so he can get off his ass and start with something.

Thanks OP

BakedYams · Jan 10, 2016

ClayKavalier said:
What kind of math background do you need to get into this?

Zero, its taught while learning how to program.

DNAbro · Jan 10, 2016

Bought. I've been messing with Unity a bit and this might help a bit so why not.

Defect · Jan 10, 2016

Any good Unreal class?

Enter the Dragon Punch · Jan 10, 2016

BakedYams said:
Zero, its taught while learning how to program.

and what if you're bad at math

Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

Enter the Dragon Punch said:
and what if you're bad at math

Then open up a tab to google/wolfram alpha while watching the vid. Good luck.

It's not like this course is going to have you solve series and shit.

ClayKavalier · Jan 10, 2016

Enter the Dragon Punch said:
and what if you're bad at math

Yeah, I'm not horrible at math but what do you need to know in order to make a game? I doubt a $10 training course is going to quickly and easily catch me up on years of math classes.

TheChewyWaffles · Jan 10, 2016

Thanks, OP - for $10 why not? Signed up.

Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

ClayKavalier said:
Yeah, I'm not horrible at math but what do you need to know in order to make a game? I doubt a $10 training course is going to quickly and easily catch me up on years of math classes.

I think the dude was joking.

Just take the class. Jesus, if it's this easy to talk yourself out of spending 10 bucks to learn something new because you have your own notion on something, then I dunno lol.

faridmon · Jan 10, 2016

I wish there were courses like these but with graphic design.

EDIT: Actually the do have some. I am going to browse the website fully! Thanks for the heads up OP.

EDIT: Just bought 2 courses on Photoshop and Revit. Even though I have used Revit before and know it well enough, there are couple of things I have founded that could spice up my skills in it.

Enter the Dragon Punch · Jan 10, 2016

faridmon said:
I wish there were courses like these but with graphic design.

https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?q=graphic+design&src=ukw&lang=en

DNAbro · Jan 10, 2016

ClayKavalier said:
Yeah, I'm not horrible at math but what do you need to know in order to make a game? I doubt a $10 training course is going to quickly and easily catch me up on years of math classes.

well you need logic and some basic arithmetic and algebra can help. I doubt this course requires any super complicated math.

Afrocious · Jan 10, 2016

faridmon said:
I wish there were courses like these but with graphic design.

I'm no graphic design guy, but there's a bunch of Photoshop stuff on Udemy.

Are you sure such courses don't exist?

Speely · Jan 10, 2016

Thanks so much for the heads up! I have wanted something similar for a while since I am the kind of person who needs structure and application to learn stuff like this. I am woefully undisciplined until I feel like I understand a thing fundamentally, at which point I can focus a lot better. This sounds like a good way to get there. Cheers!

Subpar Scrub · Jan 10, 2016

Converted to $15 Aud, but couldn't resist. Looks great.

Zombegoast · Jan 10, 2016

Enter the Dragon Punch said:
and what if you're bad at math

Never took math in College and were required to make a game from scratch and was able to make a Shmup and a isometric shooter in Unity.

Booya_base · Jan 10, 2016

Thanks very much for the heads up, been teaching myself Unity and this will be a big help!

MUnited83 · Jan 10, 2016

faridmon said:
I wish there were courses like these but with graphic design.

Not sure how good they are, but the site also has graphic design courses.

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