In this video I talk about how, in step 1, you just "learn the basics of Unity". Need some help with that? Well I've put together a monster tutorial focused just on delivering the key, fundamental concepts of the software. It's here - kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqiFr9utf7WonbA.html

@myvalekcz6656

Жыл бұрын

Ok

@Toporshik

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! This is just perfect for complete beginners like me

@adampark7181

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Took close to a year of waiting to see this tutorial finally :)

@iwantagoodnameplease

5 ай бұрын

@@filipondrek868 Did you watch the video? :) He tells you what to do. He even links you to his new tutorial video.

@fluffystuff

5 ай бұрын

It's been almost a year since i started learning unity, now that my knowledge about unity has grown much farther, I want to teach my friend how to use unity and we will soon together make games in the future. I remember the first time watching this when i was 12 where I didn't know a single thing about unity. it's really unbelievable how I got this far.

3:28 - "I went onto KZread, I typed in ' Unity Tutorials' and found a bunch of, like, Swedish men who could teach me how to use the software."

@AgsmaJustAgsma

2 жыл бұрын

The funniest part of this sentence is that Brackeys is Danish, not Swedish.

@mcgoldenblade4765

2 жыл бұрын

@@AgsmaJustAgsma Danes are just Swedes with potatoes in their mouths.

@danka1167

2 жыл бұрын

Or Indian. I genuinely can’t name a single thing about Sweden apart from IKEA though

@linforcer

2 жыл бұрын

@@mcgoldenblade4765 The Norwegians object. Danes are NORWEGIANS with potatoes in their mouths. Swedes are Norwegians with... actually Swedes are just Norwegians, they just don't know it yet/anymore.

@RoffeDH

2 жыл бұрын

@@linforcer Ok Tommy... OK! You've got that thing completely ass backwards! Norwegians are Swedes, they just don't want to acknowledge it. Nobody have owned Sweden (apart from Denmark, we hate Denmark, don't mention Denmark), but Sweden have owned both Norway and Finland and we still could have owned Norway up until 2005 if we just had the cohunes to pull the trigger.

15:38 - "I know what to type into google" This is, without a doubt, the most valuable knowledge when making anything

@linforcer

2 жыл бұрын

people really underestimate this as a skill.

@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously. I had no idea this was a skill until time and time again of having to help my father fix something by telling him specifically what to Google (either that or just getting frustrated and Googling it and fixing it myself). This man has a Ph.D., saves lives on the regular, can't Google for shit.

@kid14346

2 жыл бұрын

Literally I got a degree in computer aided drafting and google is the most important thing we learned how to use.

@Kinos141

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Experts don't know everything, they know which questions to ask.

@danieladamczyk4024

2 жыл бұрын

Knowing how to get knowledge is more important that having one.

I know this is a year old, but I'm only 6 minutes in and this video may have just saved me from giving up on my own game. Hearing you recount your experience following along a tutorial and then becoming demoralized and frustrated when you felt as if you had learned absolutely nothing at all despite spending weeks on tutorials helped me realize that that that experience isn't unique to me, and knowing that you clearly found a way to push forward despite that setback gives me a lot of new resolve to keep trying. Thank you so much.

@nahmnahmnahm4354

Жыл бұрын

i had the same, this video was a life saver

@relauk4186

Жыл бұрын

This video has given me some guide lines to what I need to do.

@cheez248

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!!

@eymendeveci3469

Жыл бұрын

Hi, did you make your game? and did you learn something in past 2 months?

@Tomoka51

Жыл бұрын

@@eymendeveci3469 Hi! my game isn't finished (not by a long shot), but I did make a working version of a few old mobile games and learned a lot about how these things are actually made. I'm working full steam ahead on a prototype of my real game now, which may take a while but I'm really looking forward to it. When I have a playable version, I'll try and remember to update here.

You can learn literally anything with enough time and dedication. Everyone learns at their own pace.

@nzredwolf4048

Жыл бұрын

i want to learn how to break the laws of thermodynamics and create infinite energy from nothing is less than a millisecond

@clumsycaden5708

Жыл бұрын

@@nzredwolf4048 you’ll get there some day buddy. 💪

@andraw4002

Жыл бұрын

@@nzredwolf4048 You want the power of the sun in the palm of your hand? Then fix this DAMN DOOR

@subhajitghosh9933

Жыл бұрын

@@andraw4002 I missed the part where that's my problem.

@Atomic_Radiation

9 ай бұрын

i want to break my pc without breaking it

Although "plagiarism" was a funny thing to say, the art of copying others is an *incredible* learning tool. In the creative world, there is a bit of a stigma around the idea of copying other people's work, but it's only a bad thing if you pass it off as your own idea. Copying the work of the people that inspire you so you can get better is one of the oldest keys to success.

@Wilker_uwu

2 жыл бұрын

learning Godot by cloning Data Wing which is an awesome game with a gameplay i love. i really wanna plan out how to teach this stuff to someone else on the internet once i finish it.. and once i solve my gender dysphoria around my voice, but that's another topic...

@rystal

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wilker_uwu your voice is fine! To some people I sound like a girl (idk how), but you just need to do it. Get the mic out, and start recording.

@sosasees

2 жыл бұрын

one of the games i plan making will have a lot of stuff (like music, visuals and level designs) that are blatant copies (only slightly changed) from their sources. what will make them distinct is the unusual ways in which these things are combined. thanks to this comment, i have just gotten a very useful idea for this game: every level was likely already going to have a details screen before starting (to better tell them apart on the level select). But now i have come up with including a "Credits" tab on this details screen, to see the major sources of inspiration for each level.

@SnakeEngine

2 жыл бұрын

"the art of copying others is an incredible learning tool." Yeah, look at China. First ridiculed for copying. And already the most advanced country in the world. You will be monitored without even noticing it.

@FlamingFoxProd

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. "Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning." - George Bernard Shaw

You can follow tutorials, but be sure to go beyond what is asked. Add in an extra mechanic or a new type of enemy. That way you will have to actually understand what you wrote. But I love your approach!

@tassaron

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the way I got started programming years ago was by following tutorials for basic games (e.g., breakout) and then trying to add new powerups

@neon9940

2 жыл бұрын

Thats how I did too, there was this little air dash script and i was like... what if I made it go up? and suddenly learnt everything that was used, not sure how but eh, thats how i did it! And i mean like for lua n stuff now, im actually kinda working on making smb1 in srb2, except, i have to make it a .lua, so any hud scripts i would use to render mario on the screen had to be either loaded already in vanilla, which isnt the case sometimes, or use rectangles... i used rectangles

@kevinmiles5857

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. The thing with Tutorials is that they show you how to do something from end to end. If you don't play around and figure some stuff yourself, it's highly unlikely that you'll commit the new information to memory effectively. This is true even in college. If you went to the clases but never worked on the assigments, you were really unlikely to suceed. That's why they give you the basics and then ask you to build something complex out of it. For instance, long ago I had to solve the Towers of Hanoi for an algorithms class after they showed us what recursion was and how it worked. I can't overstate how hard it was for younger me to do that, but it burned the core concepts into my brain. Sadly, blindly following a tutorial will land most people in the same spot as it did Mark.

@neon9940

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmiles5857 yea i just started messing with it and instead of like paying more attention or smth i just L E A R N T

@w1mark275

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmiles5857 I think another understated challenge of tutorials is every person who seeks out a tutorial has their own list of goals that they're trying to complete by following it but only one version of that tutorial can exist at a time. This is why things like "basic" or "advanced" tutorials exist but the core issue remains that the tutorial can't know YOU and what you need. The end result is unless you're an absolute beginner, there will often be plenty of completely irrelevant information that won't be helpful for you, but none the less impede you to the parts which you want to get to. It's almost like a treasure hunt, either you are slowly following along or skipping ahead until you finally get to the parts you need. On the flip side, the tutorial maker might skip over the parts you were personally looking for. This is ignoring that every tutorial is made with varying degrees of quality and style in which they teach. Finding the right tutorial can be a hassle because of this, but there is not much you can do but manage with the tutorials you can find, or find a alternative way to learn.

4:31 - 4:52 Is probably the most important part of this video. Everyone is going to feel overwhelmed, and everyone is going to feel as if they're not capable of doing it. Anything worth doing always feels this way. The mere fact that you shared your headspace, thoughts, and feelings at this time, has probably had a huge impact and told people exactly what they need to hear. You don't need to be a genius to do any of this stuff. It's like you said; persistent exercise and application of small-scale ideas that build up in familiarity and skill over time. Loved your interactive game essay too! That helped me cement a lot of platforming tricks visually where I only had read about them before.

@PinkeySuavo

11 ай бұрын

I feel not only overwhelmed by learning one thing, but by the fact that I want to learn everything at once. Once I am into Blender, once into programming, once into Unity, one into eletronics or other random thing. I get bored and/or frustrated very quickly. I cannot find anything that REALLY interests me in a long term. Many things interest me in some fraction at once. That's annoying. I have some 'area of interest' but I feel like I want to do everything at once. Also I lack motivaton and discipline

@kilso9357

7 ай бұрын

@@PinkeySuavoI feel the EXACT same way! I wanted to start making my own music, made my first simple beat then gave up on it, same with writing rap lyrics and now I‘m kinda afraid that the same thing will happen with learning Unity. The one thing I longterm do as a hobby and am relatively at, is Parkour. But everything else I had the idea of „that would be so cool to do“. Tried it and gave up immediately after

@ziaurrahman7995

26 күн бұрын

Indeed, it was remarkably nicely put. I got a great moral booster

Not gonna lie. You just really helped me with my ADHD brain by formalising the steps I used to learn other complicated things and showing me how to apply them to things like Unity.

@aleezashakir6118

Жыл бұрын

same I can't focus on anything coz of my ADHD so he helped me a lot

@nahmnahmnahm4354

Жыл бұрын

@@aleezashakir6118 I dont even have ADHD and it helped me too 😂

@crunch.dot.73

Жыл бұрын

A KZread channel that formalizes game development for people with ADHD would sell

@sabaqara636

Жыл бұрын

bruv, if u blame everything on ADHD, and tell urself that it causes u problems, it will

@TheEternalHyperborean

Жыл бұрын

ADHD doesn't exist, it's just an term psychiatrists use to diagnose 100% normal brain patterns and make money off of you and your insurance.

There’s so many others like me that got stuck in “tutorial hell” and you feel very unworthy trying to develop games. It really just comes down to how you practice and how you attempt to make your coding/development process more independent. Thank you for giving some advice and putting it into words!

@AnotherDuck

2 жыл бұрын

The key is to realise no one is unworthy, and no project is too small. First game I wrote was a simple DOS-based text adventure with some ten locations. It's like anything you create: the hardest part is to start working on something.

@slowbro13215

2 жыл бұрын

I was stuck in tutorial hell for a long time & I agree, Mark's video is great advice. The bit about it going in one ear and out the other when all you do is copy exact instructions, I have been through that too many times. This would be a great video to watch for anyone who hasn't taken their first steps yet & avoid some of that wasted time so many of us had to go through.

@xrmasiso

2 жыл бұрын

For sure! But you are worthy!!!! you areeee worthyy!!!!

I love how much you focus on "knowing what to Google". It's such a crucial thing in so many different fields.

@dr_ubo

2 жыл бұрын

The most important skill since this millennium started. The second most important skill is learning to know what to ignore and not fall in bias.

Great advice on learning, I just realized that I was taking the wrong approach myself. Thanks for the help 😁

Man, this video gave me the warm fuzzies, especially when you talk about the pride in remaking a really simple game. It really made me want to get back into making games after ~5 years. Looking forward to the rest of your journey, Mark!

@udittlamba

2 жыл бұрын

go on mate. give it a go! :)

@tamirco_

2 жыл бұрын

Ludum Dare 49 is coming up if you're interested.

@mossman5344

2 жыл бұрын

I think you really should get back into it... Just saying 🌚

@seanarnold8980

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly... same! It hasn't quite been 5 years for me, but it has been a few months since I worked on this side project... and this is making me want to open up Unity and get back to work! In fact, I might just do that right now!

@AndyLeeSWE

2 жыл бұрын

I also got warm fuzzies and feel inspired to give unity another go !

I like where this is headed. & Yeah you're exactly right, the most important part is just getting started. I was going to suggest making a couple of small games before starting but you're ahead of the curve!

@hirzanabqary

2 жыл бұрын

ok

@dh4913

2 жыл бұрын

Grilled Cheese, quantum minecraft.. nice one

@SnapThority

2 жыл бұрын

curve

@scroopynoopers9824

2 жыл бұрын

its curve man. curve

@trapadvisor

2 жыл бұрын

Hey I saw you on safety third. You’re right the capitalists will use whatever they can to squeeze every last dollar out of everyone at whatever cost

Yes please do make a quick-fire tutorial style series to accompany this - doesn't have to be exhaustive - just helps us type the right things into Google. Thanks for the amazing content!

@isengrine

Жыл бұрын

He already did. And in case you, or anyone else reading this hasn't seen that video yet, it's here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqiFr9utf7WonbA.html

Thank you so much! I so needed to watch this - that part somewhere between the 4-minute and the 5-minute mark was exactly my emotion. You helped me figure out how to get over that wall dude!

“Now I know what to google” I think this is the single most important thing when learning how to code/develop/create on computer. At least that’s what I felt when learning to code. When I realized I had a pretty rough idea of what to google for when running into problems I became massively more confident than after having watched a dozen tutorials.

@BrighteyesOK

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. You'll never learn all the right answers (and it's a fool's errand to try) - so focus on asking the right questions. No doctor, lawyer, or professor knows every fact about their field front to back. Instead, they know how to find the information they need when they need it - which is an infinitely more versatile skill.

@AnotherDuck

2 жыл бұрын

Google is the Big Book of Things You Can Do. Especially for programming.

The problem with a lot of tutorials is that they tell you WHAT to do, but not WHY you want to do it. If you're not learning the reason behind the concept, how are you supposed to recreate and build upon it?

@dylanschmidt9056

2 жыл бұрын

That's how I feel about college courses compared to university, although both then grade you on your first-and-only attempt to jump through a flaming hoop and then put that mark on a permanent record, regardless of whether you continue to practice afterward. Education system has a lot of room for improvement.

@habibyahya788

2 жыл бұрын

oh how this statement is so true... that's why I want to make a tutorial in youtube, how I want a tutorial to be.. hope it works well, still on going.

@selayarlaut2746

2 жыл бұрын

@@habibyahya788 good luck in your future endeavors mate, I believe you will be big someday

@tommerwooper9677

2 жыл бұрын

I think YOU search for the tutorials because you need them, it's more like finding a solution to a problem

@brunokotaroesquiveltabu402

2 жыл бұрын

@@tommerwooper9677 so it depends on which tutorials they are beginner tutorials give you a complete guide around the game engine teaching you the whole process of making a game is where explaining WHY comes in really important The more specific tutorials, on the other hand (things like “how to make a health bar” and “how to make an inventory system”) are for people who already know the basics and just want to know the best way to solve certain problem, so explaining WHY is not so important

As a person who's already very intimate with coding, the problem I see with most of the tutorials is their first priority is to make you pump out something thats moving and working, aka giving you the short-term satisfaction of achieving something.

@LogicStudios_1

Жыл бұрын

Is that a bad thing though?

@matthewhaddock6458

Жыл бұрын

@@LogicStudios_1 Yes. They rush through it and don't explain what it is you're doing or what you're trying to do. Even following a long, I'm constantly stopping the tutorials to go "why?" and "how do I adapt this to what I'm trying to do?"

@LogicStudios_1

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewhaddock6458 Whilst I do somewhat agree, I think just having something that works is an amazing feeling when you starting out so it makes sense for the youtubers to try and make that happen quickly

@PyroOfZen

Жыл бұрын

The best tutorials are those that explain just enough that whoever learns from it will immediately be able to apply what they've learned to things that aren't even relevant to that tutorial...sometimes without even realizing it. More tutorials need to demonstrate--even just a little--how flexible the tools they teach are, instead of treating the tools as set steps in a very specific process.

@bigbunny5251

Жыл бұрын

@@LogicStudios_1 did you not listen to the first half of the guy talking? He explains the why its pointless to mimic tutorials.

The thing that scared me off learning Unity was trying to add a first-person camera to a game. It's such a standard thing that I thought it would just be built into the game engine, but every tutorial I found had a totally different method for trying to implement it and they varied in complexity from moderate to extreme. The fact that just that had so many different implementations and no one could agree on which was the best and most simple was massively intimidating.

As a Game Development teacher I'm certain that your method is significantly better than just following tutorials. The problem with blindly following tutorials is that it's sometimes pretty difficult to figure out what exactly you're trying to learn. Self-guided learning is actually the best in this business, as long as you get some kind of feedback mixed in to figure out how you're actually doing.

@projectjab156

2 жыл бұрын

Great perspective 👌🏿

@barrierloss

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the way to learn set out in this video is basically just the best way to learn any software or learn how to code. Information from tutorials doesn't stick and it's harder to understand why you're doing things.

@comatose3788

2 жыл бұрын

Self-guided learning is done by looking at examples and/or a process of trial and error. Even documentation are tutorials.

@Drecon84

2 жыл бұрын

@@comatose3788 Believe what you want. I don't really understand what I've said that you disagree with. Are you saying that your definition of self-guided learning is what you're stating here? Because I have said nothing that opposes that. It's also completely in line with what I'm trying to say here. I'm okay with having a discussion about the underlying principles of self-guided learning and the way a teacher can support the process, but maybe let's try that from a point of reasonable discussion rather than you starting to question things based on nothing at all. Again, if you're just here to troll me or anything, have all the fun you want, but I was hoping to help people along the path of understanding the points about learning that the video lays out and add to them. Feel free to interact with that or not as you want.

@comatose3788

2 жыл бұрын

@@Drecon84 This guy acts like this is something well within his wheelhouse. Even though he has never wrote a line of code. Knowing how to mess around with Unity is far from the skills you need to create a game with it. With an attitude like he has he will back to flipping burgers within the year.

Honestly a series of "tutorials for people who don't like tutorials" would be pretty amazing.

@inioluwadeoye

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Wayloz

2 жыл бұрын

How would those work exactly? Not knocking the idea, just curious how you'd go about that

@inioluwadeoye

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wayloz It would mostly just be the basics and must knows not just point and clicks

@nuclearwolfstudios33

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wayloz maybe a more simpler tutorials that goes over the basics and to create smaller parts of the whole. Instead on having a tutorial were you create lines of code and input information like speed very copy and paste like. A video could be tailored to allow you to experiment. Ex:a video teaches how to move a character with inputs and shows you only visually different things you can do if you adapt the things you created. Instead going in depth in every step.

@jetfall338

2 жыл бұрын

Iwould definitly be on board with it.

I'm really impressed by this series. I've been watching you for a long time and I think you're incredibly brave and creative to go down this route and do so publicly. I suspect this video will be the light bulb "aha!" moment for many viewers who've felt similar struggles with tutorials. There's no better way to learn than by doing, which is daunting! But breaking things down into small steps, and learning as you go with supportive teammates, friends, and/or mentors has really been the trick for me. Thank you for your work and this series, I think it's going to help a lot of people.

its so funny that, after years of working and trying to teach myself, this single video, literally less than 20 minutes, has put into words what I couldn't figure out for myself. jesus I feel so stupid for not realizing this, realizing this is how I've taught myself literally everything else I do in life

Awesome first steps Mark, and great video, being both informative and motivational! I'm looking forward to following you on your game dev journey.

@GMTK

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@samuelstegall

2 жыл бұрын

hey noa

@akaalkiratsingh

2 жыл бұрын

My both favorite KZreadrs oh yeah

@MiauFrito

2 жыл бұрын

@@GMTK I highly highly recommend that you take the mario's creators approach to designing games - start with something really simple, some simple concept or idea, test it and try different variations of it; then, when it's really fun, the game will basically build itself around that central mechanic If the center core mechanic isn't fun, the game won't be either - this is the game, the rest is stuff that allows you to have that fun experience again and again in different contexts e.g. in Halo, you shoot a gun at an alien if shooting guns at aliens wasn't fun, the whole game would suck make sure that very core experience is fun, then the rest of the game will almost just naturally unfold itself from that core experience - e.g. what if you have different aliens, with different resistances? what about different types of projectiles that damage them differently (because they have their unique resistances)? then you immediately start to imagine encounters with different types of aliens in differing numbers, in different positions, that can be fun! then what about giving the player different power-weapons to deal with them as well? then sprinkling some weapons in of-the-beaten-path places, but that are still easily-accessible, those not having unlimited ammo either, creating a new challenge of selecting which weapons you're going to carry, and which ones you're going to drop, is it worth keeping that rocket launcher with only two shots left? or should you drop it for a fully-loaded sniper-rifle? then with the power-weapons, you can create more varied encounters, like fighting challenging mini-boss over-powered enemies like the golden armor sword elites that have a completely different way of fighting them, or the hunters that have the bullet-sponge armor, except for their weak-spots in their back, or groups of really strong enemies all put together. the scenarios really do just naturally unfurl from that basic core gameplay feature of shooting at an alien with a simple automatic rifle/pistol - if that core core core gameplay is fun, the game will pretty much design the rest of itself - remember that the simplest thing, a really fun and engaging jump animation, is where it all started for Nintendo just a square on a white or grey background, with a line serving as the floor - from there came the jump animation, no, the _perfect_ jump animation; and then from there came all of the Mario that you know and love today

Tom Francis just finished his 30 episode "building a game start to finish in unity tutorial" series. I found it engaging and informative mainly in the area of keeping code well-organized and modular. I do recommend it.

@NekoAnthro

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I’ll check that out, I’ve been needing some more modular code for my game projects. Sounds like a good example to learn from

@MaximumLowBlow

2 жыл бұрын

Despite looking at Unity tutorials for weeks, this guy has never popped up. I just now checked out his channel and it seems perfect for what I need. Thank you for shouting him out

@JeremyForTheWin

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaximumLowBlow sure! he made an awesome game called "gunpoint" that is worth checking out

@qwerty486ful

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeremyForTheWin don't you go without mentioning heat signature there

@JeremyForTheWin

2 жыл бұрын

@@qwerty486ful only because i haven't yet played it. the new one looks fun too

Thanks Mark! I've always wanted to make games since I was a kid. I had all sorts of ideas, but learning the means to make an actual game always seemed super daunting. This video series had given my the courage to step out of my comfort zone and fail at something. Awesome video!!!

Dude, you have no idea how much just the beginning of the video helped me. I'm basically learning how to "learn" how to use Unity and I can't thank you enough.

It's incredibly awesome that you're making games, and I also love seeing your face! Exciting times!

@judahkozel8270

2 жыл бұрын

I too love seeing that good lookin' face.

@icemage27

2 жыл бұрын

Says the puppet 😉 I would love to see your face as well, but I can understand if you won't show it!

@pencilcheck

2 жыл бұрын

@@icemage27 Yea, I wonder why can't he show a face and say that face is not arlo then face showing is done. No direction correlation needed *wink*

@ardd.c.8113

2 жыл бұрын

@@icemage27 that IS his face :O

@ninibupu

2 жыл бұрын

Lol his hairstyle is ridiculous though. And he has such a geeky face..

Really enjoyed this. That green screen work. Chef's Kiss.

@lukabrasi001

2 жыл бұрын

it's not a green screen though, if it was, the light on his glasses would have artifacts in it, but they don't

@ninjarunner

2 жыл бұрын

@Golden Hacker I mean there's some software that can remove the background from videos but it's not very good so I doubt that's what he did

@kadugbuss

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukabrasi001 What, now good greenscreen is not possible? I know that bad greenscren is a KZread standart but when you have high definition videos and put in some work to refine it, the greenscreen can look great and can even not have artifacts in the glasses.

@lukabrasi001

2 жыл бұрын

did ya all even fucking watch the last 5 seconds?

@kadugbuss

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukabrasi001 Yes, and it could be done with a greenscreen for sure, and also, maybe you didn't notice that, but the last frames of him going down are actually manually keyframed. And if you are going to say that we are all wrong, prove your point, what method of masking do you think he used?

I’ve been a software engineer for a long time, primarily in web software and I’ve decided to go full force into game dev. Something I’ve been wanting to do for years. I’ve chosen Unreal Engine and C++, but I don’t expect it really matters. However, there is a LOT to learn. I’ve also chosen to document the process (blog and KZread channel) and I have to say, this video is fantastic and I’ve already had a few ahah moments, particularly the idea about creating simple games like flappy bird. Really glad I discovered this, as you have all these grand ideas at the start, but I really love this approach. Thanks.

@invntiv

Жыл бұрын

Unreal is a great choice. It's a steep learning curve (I'm a developer myself and it's still very challenging because of the breadth and control you have. TONS of interfaces and systems at your disposal). Being able to mix C++ and Blueprints is really cool, and the huge leaps forward that Unreal offers with version 5 and 5.1 is insane. It's absolutely shifted the landscape of gaming since the beta came out.

@GarethDaine

Жыл бұрын

@@invntiv Indeed, I’m expecting to have to learn a lot and for it to take a good while to sink in and click, but I think the approach outlined in the video is one that will help a lot.

@alireza516

Ай бұрын

Hey man, don't you mind to share some tips about game dev? (cause I'm on a exactly same path web dev to game dev) should i leave js and learn c++ or c# or java ... or can i stick to js and be fine? does it worth it to quit web dev? what tutorial you recommend for unity? it would be super useful if you help, thanks man.

I absolutely love this. getting started learning something is often the hardest thing for me, and this really puts it into perspective

this is probably the most useful tutorial for game development I've ever watched and it's not technically a tutorial. Sharing how you learned and the psychology behind it was so so helpful. I also have done tons of tutorials for unity and feel like I've retained none of it.

This is amazing - really excited for the next episodes!! Thanks for the mention!! ♥️

@brannanvitek1035

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Andre! I was surprised to hear you mentioned too! ^^

@prasanth5friend

2 жыл бұрын

Will you help him to get out of the "JAM"?

@mixandjam

2 жыл бұрын

@@prasanth5friend Absolutely, that’s what I’m here for

Great method man, I would definitely recommend this for people, as well as tutorials. A good basic tutorial and then just practice with mini tutorials and stack overflow answers to fill in the gaps

I was about to give up game making too, but came across this video that really opened up my though process to making games. Great video and thanks for the uplifting story. Cheers.

"Quaternions makes my brain leak out of my ears" I'll drink to that.

@aditkumar4644

2 жыл бұрын

Ewww But yeah it is true for some professional game devs too Took me 2 years just to know the math behind different angle and rotational codes. Still I have nightmare

@DrunkGeko

2 жыл бұрын

I'm about to get a degree in CS and i've been developing as a hobby for the past 4 years now and i still don't properly get how quaternions work

@DarkBloodbane

2 жыл бұрын

Ew... come to think of it, this is the first time I heard about quarternion myself.

@drcgaming4195

2 жыл бұрын

yeah i still dont get how quaternions work lol like i know they have wxyz components which can be used to get unit vectors in certain directions but thats about it

@GreyFox85

2 жыл бұрын

And I thought Gamemaker's directions and angles were counterintuitive. I'll have to stop complaining now.

yeah when it comes to Unity there's basically no need to worry about quaternions, the engine calculates all that for you, you just have to know how to use the various different rotation functions it has. Which is many. I'd love to see you make a tutorial series. I teach uni students how to use Unity and having your videos be a part of that for learning Unity would be great.

@magdiel6709

2 жыл бұрын

There are a few cases where you'll want manual quaternions, like rotating smoothly in a specific direction.

@JM-us3fr

2 жыл бұрын

Quaternions are so cool though! Just think of them as lists of numbers that act like individual numbers.

@RPGgrenade

2 жыл бұрын

@@magdiel6709 you can also use lookAt with specialized targets. But yes there ARE some cases but for the most part the constructor for a quaternion being translatable to a vector3 makes it so much nicer to me.

@jomalomal

2 жыл бұрын

@@JM-us3fr thats an okay starting point but quaternion multiplication does not equal normal multiplication. It's not commutative for one, which should automatically give you red flags that just thinking of them as "lists of numbers that act like individual numbers" is a gross oversimplification. Unity makes them pretty intuitive though I think.

@danielsatanove5194

2 жыл бұрын

If you're doing 2d rotations, you can just use complex numbers which sit inside of the quaternions

Great video, I really feel identified at that moment after you finished tutorials you said you felt that you learned nothing... Very inspiring, it makes me want to keep learning game development. Thank you so much for sharing your experience

Really grasps the essence of the development process. Very insightful and possibly the best general introduction to game development I have seen.

You are a great comunicator and you know how to tell a story and a very engaging one. A tutorial would be great. I'm downloading Unity right now :)

@saquescuya

2 жыл бұрын

100 percent agreed

@marlinderwall8873

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree completely, his stammering is hardly engaging.

@TheRealPrunebutt

2 жыл бұрын

I think that's not his point. He actually pointed out several times, that the ressources are already there to learn all the engines and he kind of describes how to stick with the learning process.

@TheRealPrunebutt

2 жыл бұрын

Great... shouldwve finished the video. xD

@geneduran4509

2 жыл бұрын

Você por aqui...

If “well done, jackass” doesn’t sum up the whole of learning, I don’t know what does. Kudos to you for pushing through.

I wish more people understood the importance of this concept. It applies to WAY MORE than video game development. I've been in software development for nearly 30 years. If I had known THIS before I got started, it would have made my early career a lot less stressful. Now, as a parent, I see my kids struggle with things and give up entirely too quickly. Most of the 'beginners' tutorials start off with something those creators feel is the basics and it quickly overwhelms my kids. I've tried to teach them that overwhelm is normal. I've tried to give them the encouragement to start simple and build from there. But, I'm just their dad. I don't know anything. I'm going to show them this video. Maybe... Just maybe they will listen to THIS youtube video. I would love to see MORE videos like this. Thank you!

20 year game dev checking in, this video is incredibly accurate about retaining new development code and techniques. Also, love your cloud parallax and bird bounce back physics. Nice work.

This is so relatable 4 mins in. When you first start using an engine and you just dont know what you're doing and it REALLY IS demoralising. But keep at it, trial and error, be experimental and you start to learn in your own way until you actually impress yourself one day. Doubly relatable when you talk about your video rendering software. Strange thing is, it's my Vegas and video editing skills that made me think I could make a game and sprite art

This really is the bare bone essentials for learning just about anything: take a concept one at a time and practice it, and gradually start taking in more concepts and practicing more of them at the same time. Learning is just a game's difficulty curve and you partially get to have control of how steep it is.

After days of watching tutorials, finally found something that helped me process. I was about to give up but like... like... this saved me. Thank you so much. I can't appreciate it enough I feel confident I feel so darn happy.

Thank you for this video. I've been trying myself to make games and felt like you said everything ive been thinking about the tutorial process. Thank you for the motivation!

When watching a tutorial I always pause every once and a while and try and figure out the next bit for myself. I often waste a lot of time doing things wrong but in the end I learned more than if I had been patient.

@thelazyguy3735

2 жыл бұрын

In that case you didn't waste any time

@tuxino

2 жыл бұрын

Doing things wrong and then figuring out *that* they were wrong, and more importantly *why* they were wrong is a very useful experience when learning something. Another useful technique is explaining what you have learned to someone else. (It can even just be you talking to your monitor - it doesn't necessarily have to be an actual person, although getting questions back also helps.) For a variant on this technique, look up "Rubber duck debugging".

@Earthshine256

2 жыл бұрын

I've watched the Brackeys' basic game tutorial 3 times. First, at 2x speed, to see tutorial's and engine's structure Second, at 0.75x, to copy the tutorial project almost without pausing Third, several selected parts at 1x, to make my own training project using the same tools. I was already familiar with the material and knew where to find an answer in the video whenever I had an issue. It worked great for me. Now it's my standard approach for basic project tutorials.

@blimolhm2790

2 жыл бұрын

very good strategy for re-enforcing your intuition in creativity

I am genuinely extremely excited for this series

@evan_game_dev

2 жыл бұрын

YEEEES

@jamesbirkett8364

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto

Great video production quality and your point to try and fail being a part of your learning process is more universal to the majority than some world like to admit. Great content! Keep it up!!

Wow, this was such a great breakdown of how to learn something new, and especially how to learn about game development and about game engines. Thanks for the spectacular video!

This hits hard, I've had the same exact struggle trying to learn this stuff. The premiere comparison is so apt, I never thought about it like that. I self-taught my entire graphic design career, learning the whole adobe suite by just messing around until things started looking pretty (after I learned the most basic core concepts, of course). This video makes me feel way more capable of doing this stuff than any other on youtube, seriously. Thanks so much!

@danieladowell5025

2 жыл бұрын

This whole series so far feels more like _"Life Lessons with Mark Brown"_ and it's amazing.

@nineveh17

2 жыл бұрын

Can relate

@betarakhmadi554

2 жыл бұрын

starting to learn unity at age 41.

I saw the GMTK logo in the thumbnail and really thought Mark made his own game engine from scratch to make his game in

@zyansheep

2 жыл бұрын

I tried that once... I hate C++ now

@bluefake_or_smt

2 жыл бұрын

@@zyansheep laughts in Assemble

@asmonull

2 жыл бұрын

It's how I learned programming, except no game happened along the way - working on an engine was fun enough in itself.

geez you just voiced all of my thoughts in context of learning gamedev, answered them, and inspired me af. thank you a lot. you really helped me

Your logic and common sense is wonderful. I am glad you made this video, and for the most part, I think along the same lines. Keep up the good work.

As a longtime developer, it's so rewarding to see someone get genuinely excited about learning the ins and outs of their toolchain while a thousand different concepts slowly click into each other in their head. 🥳

I would absolutely love a tutorial from you! I've been wanting to make a game for years, but just getting started has been a herculean task. I'm going to do my best to follow along with this series and see if I too can be a game maker.

@weeknieunknowing

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Tutorial would be great :D

@codyphillips5098

2 жыл бұрын

Aren't you just ignoring that fact that he says that tutorials are ineffective? Its about figuring out how to solve your own problems. There's actually a book about this. I think its called Ultralearning. Its much more engaging, frustrating, and time efficient to just go in head first and make something

I just found your channel through this video! Great content and I feel like I can relate so much. Thank you, I'll stay tuned for sure :D

This is exactly how i've learned competency at new things on my own as well. I had this video sitting on watch later forever and i'm glad I finally watched it. You've really broken it down into a way people can understand how important it is to have patience and not get in too deep and inevitably crush their own dreams before they even start. One huge thing you learn in this approach too is how to ask better, more specific questions so that you can find answers more quickly and efficiently. Thanks for making this man, i'm excited to see more of this series as I too want to get into game development. edit: also, one thing I forgot that I really wanted to add -- giving yourself the space and time to learn things in the way you've explained allows for a more efficient way to build genuine competency, and when you feel competent at something, you're less likely to feel intimidated and scared off by new challenges. So building your competency is a huge deal.

Putting yourself down after beginning on your own is so incredibly relatable and it never truly disappears when you try new things. Can’t wait to see what you get up to next!

3:09 "Sorry Godot bros" lmao that was aimed at me. I was rooting for Godot but Unity makes sense.

@StephenSchlie

2 жыл бұрын

Hah had the same reaction, at least he has sensible reasons for choosing Unity lol

@KlausWulfenbach

2 жыл бұрын

I felt it too, but Unity is a respectable alternative.

@BloodBathFenix

2 жыл бұрын

Whenever you're ready to transition to unity, we'll welcome you with open arms. Everyone makes mistakes

@ThePondus430

2 жыл бұрын

Guilty as charged :|

@WhoTheHellTookDudedogScrewYou

2 жыл бұрын

Lol this is so relatable

Mark, honestly, thank you so much for this video. I'm making my own game for the very first time, with absolutely 0 knowledge about coding, and I can follow things step-by-step in KZread tutorials, but when I tried to do it myself, I just felt like an idiot, because I had learned basically nothing. Hearing you, a person that I consider to be smart, have the humility to admit that you also felt like an idiot, it honestly just made me feel so much better about myself. Learning new things can be hard, and I think sometimes, we just can't be so hard on ourselves. Not only did this video give me some more confidence/reassurance, but it also taught me that learning things in step-by-step KZread tutorials probably isn't the best way, because at the end of the day, you're just following what someone tells you to do, as opposed to fundamentally understanding why you're doing them. So with that being said, I'm going to get started again on my game. Cheers, Mark! I appreciate you more than you know

Thanks bro i was stuck after grinding a tutorial for 2 months, this low key changed my approach and got me up again, thanks.🤘

I teach middle school and I’m honestly going to show them this video/series to show them what starting an independent project can be like. So much of what you bring up can apply to music, art, machinery, cooking, pottery etc. This is such quality content.

@intensity67

Жыл бұрын

nice, and your students will see your comment here :)

@grahamgilmore42

Жыл бұрын

@@intensity67 I showed this in my career 8 class. It went over really well.

The excitement you feel when you finally get something, it's almost addictive. That's why learning new stuff is so fun for me.

@apocello42

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, it sort of is addictive. That's a big ol' dopamine hit. The key, for me at least, is making sure I don't get into a mode where I make way too small goals just so I can check something off and trick my brain into rewarding me for making "progress" while never actually moving forward in a meaningful way.

@yawarapuyurak3271

2 жыл бұрын

@@apocello42 Oh, I remember doing that. That's why I have 3 lists for my projects. 1. Game features, broad words. the game needs a lot of polish to tick this off 2. MVP features. something needed for the next iteration of the game to release. 3. User Stories. something I learned in uni. they are specific and usually have sub-steps that I can tick. With this 3 I can make a short-medium length game without losing sight.

@vedaryan334

2 жыл бұрын

@@apocello42 true

@vedaryan334

2 жыл бұрын

@@yawarapuyurak3271 well my first goal towards game development is convince my mom to buy me the hardware (cuz in our country students don't work and live by themselves till they complete uni )

@yawarapuyurak3271

2 жыл бұрын

@@vedaryan334 let me guess, 3rd world? I'm from Peru, so can relate.

Love the style of this video, the content, the edit ... nicely done!

After watching your video, you’re kind of teaching me how to learn my current job for web development as well. Also, you kinda interest me to learn game development as well. definitely will track your journey, keep the good work. Thank you for filming this video!

i've actually been trying to learn unity, using that method of recreating other games to familiarize myself with the program. however i made a big mistake by choosing too complex of a game right away, and i ran into a bunch of dead ends where i didnt even know how to start making various mechanics, so i lost motivation and stopped. now i might start again, making something way simpler

@aashishvasu

2 жыл бұрын

IMO, Pong is the Hello World of learning a new game engine. I would strongly recommend it. The game only deals with the simplest interactions, but still requires you to do the setups roughly correctly for things to not fall apart.

@Daryl42

2 жыл бұрын

Go back and make a new prototype/recreation. I’m going back to Ocarina of Time and stealing ideas for mechanics. Just to practice. I learn a lot every time I try this experiment.

I’m not going to lie, this video has given me the inspiration and boost I needed to get into unity. I’ve been doing programming with c# for some time now, and I always tried to do new things entirely, rather than take the basics that I know and developing slowly. From now on I will take your steps to heart and I hope to really enjoy the journey :)

@devesh7582

2 жыл бұрын

i am not going to lie, this comment has given me the inspiration and boost I needed to get into insanity. I've been doing commenting with youtube for some time now, and I always tried to do repetitive things entirely, rather than take the rubbish I know and piss on others slowly. From now on I will take your crap to heart and I hope to really bore everyone to death.

@abdullahiali319

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@eemoogee160

2 жыл бұрын

@@devesh7582 totally unnecessarily mean... But still funny 😁

Thank you!!! I was about to give up and you just made me realize I wasn't alone and that I can approach this differently.

This is the best video I could have watched before starting to learn unity! God bless you! Thank you for sharing! Going to follow your advice it is very sound.

I am the exact same way; if I might speculate, I would assume you also didn't enjoy being told "just learn this, don't worry about the how and why" in school. A term that clicked with me was the concept of the analytical learner who likes to figure things out rather than absorb knowledge. Learning types are a somewhat iffy and outdated concept, but it helps with understanding that we all learn differently, and possibly nuances in those differences. I can totally relate to your process here, I teach myself things - particularly software - the exact same way, minus the part where I actually have the patience to follow through with a tutorial... but I do like a Swedish accent, so I might have to take a shot at it.

@oliverer3

2 жыл бұрын

I'm absolutely the type of person who wants to know the why not just the how and it can be an utter curse when learning a complex subject. So, so many rabbit holes.

@grantscott1686

2 жыл бұрын

@@oliverer3 That's me 100%...

@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587

Жыл бұрын

im learning german and game design yay

@FergiesHuman

Жыл бұрын

“The analytical learner who likes to figure things out rather than absorb knowledge”, I love it, I relate to this so much. I wonder if there is any relationship there with ADHD. I’ve read about ADD and bipolar disorder being correlated with high degrees of creativity

This genuinely is one of the more helpful tutorials I’ve seen, as someone who often gets stuck in ‘tutorial hell’

i love this video whenever i feel down i just watch it again to motivate myself thank you

So glad I found this channel. This is spot on. Thanks for sharing 👍

Dani has forever corrupted me - the music at 8:15 just made me stop in my tracks and think of Karlsson lmao

As someone who’s always dreamed of making my own game, this is pretty inspiring. Excited to see how things develop!

16:39 "I possibly have ADHD, I don't know." Take it from someone who has it, also works in software and is also passionate about games, you might and you should get it checked. If you've been dealing with it your entire life and not been diagnosed, dealing with life after a diagnosis with the correct support, medication and knowledge is life-changing. It goes from feeling like you've been pushing a boulder up a hill your whole life to running downhill. And if it turns out you don't have it, even better!

@Nwolf5555

11 ай бұрын

I very much agree with this statement (and I also have ADHD), I had a late in life diagnosis, knowing and having options is a life changer. The approach of the video is great for someone with ADHD, dealing with chunks and exploring/tinkering at their own pace. This lets hyperfocus set in and people with ADHD shine, following a blueprint is harder since it does not provide motivation for going through all the steps (and hence alot less retention of information). I am a teacher and while everyone with adhd has their own version of it, I do notice a pattern with this in my and others.

Dude this video was so relatable and engaging - loved your comparison to premiere. That untethered, learn as you go approach was really enlightening. I always chalked up to my learning of premiere as being because I was younger or just more interested - instead it was just the fun in experimentation! I'm always so in my head about making a perfect, grand thing on the first go, but you being excited about something as simple as re-creating flappy bird made me smile and realize I gotta make some playable shitty goodness! Thanks man!

Mark, I want to say thank you. This is incredible, and it is impossible to communicate via words how much I love and resonate with this video, especially the part about the process you went through to learn the Unity engine and being proud of making something simple. I have wanted to start making games myself for a while now, and you have inspired me to finally get going.

@eyupylmaz9813

2 жыл бұрын

My sentiments, exactly.

This video inspired me to actually bother to get back into making music in Ableton. I've always bounced off because of that first level of frustration, but your approach is exactly what I need. Seriously excited to see this series progress!

@kasane1337

2 жыл бұрын

And I'm struggling with Ableton because I really *want* to make music as a hobby, but God, getting the version with Wavetable and Operator included costs an unholy amount of money :(

@mathaeis

2 жыл бұрын

For Ableton, this might not be exactly what you are looking for, but YT person Andrew Huang has a course on the website Learn Monthly that takes you through music production for 30 days, producing three songs of your own from start to finish. I took the course 2 years ago and was following along with Reason as my DAW of choice, as a lot of the general ideas were still the same, but if you want to learn Ableton AND music production all at once, the course is absolutely fantastic content. I'll just give you the warning I wish I had - do not expect feedback. You will be placed in a pod of 20 other students, but Andrew and the people who run the course will almost never interact with you. This proved to be a bit frustrating for me towards the end, but if I went in expecting that, I would have had a much better time, because, again, all the course content itself is stellar.

@trashpandaqc

2 жыл бұрын

Ableton is definitely a program where I got the basics using the built-in tutorials in a couple weeks, and finally found the one keyboard shortcut I was missing 10 years later. Keep at it! And for anyone with no cash but a slightly technical mindset, try Sunvox, Bespoke Synth, or Pure Data

This is exactly the type of learning that helped me understand coding better. I am glad i found this channel

Dude, u r amazing! Love what u do and the way u do it. Would absolutely watch & re-watch if u make tutorials. U have wonderful gift of simple explanation. Good luck!

Excited to see where this series goes! Understanding HOW to learn something new is a skill in itself. Good luck to everyone starting game development!

Man who doesn’t use Godot, actually pronounces the name right. You are a rare breed, good sir! On a serious note, best of luck to you! Game engines really don’t matter too much, and I’m excited to see where your journey takes you.

@peteyoung3124

2 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch a new Godot tutorial, I hear a new pronunciation I didn't expect. For me, it's part of the fun! 😂 (Also looking forward to the next Dewdrop devlog!)

@Goodgis

2 жыл бұрын

@@paddyotterness I know right? Yet people still call it "Go-Dot"

So we'll said! Bravo, I'm really happy that someone actually highlighted this problem with all of those tutorials

I LOVE your jazz background music. Soothing! Relaxing! Nice tutorial!!

Enjoy your journey seems like you are on the right track! The way you learn is much like how I like to go about it :D

@redpie907

2 жыл бұрын

And the legendary pixel master is here 🤩😁

Re: "The art of plagiarism", this reminded me of the book "Steal like an artist" which I read like once a year. It's an amazing guide/guilt resolver around stealing ideas from other things.

@JacobKinsley

2 жыл бұрын

Luckily I have no guilt from blatantly stealing ideas from other games Jk what do you think I am a genshin impact Dev?

@mequill9977

2 жыл бұрын

@@JacobKinsley xD

Wow, this is so amazing, I am currently also learning Unity and this exact approach worked so well! Love it!

This is exactly what I'm doing! I try to think of the simplest steps one would make to achieve a certain gameplay feature, I research how others managed to make it and ask people if I have any problems.

This entire video feels like a summary of what I have learned over the last 5 years. I can’t help but smile! I’m very excited for this series and you should be proud!

Very awesome man, you're really an inspiration for me to wanting to build a game. It's something I've been wanting to do for as long as I remember but I often get overwhelmed and shutdown before I even start it. Gonna try your process and see how it goes, congrats on making your first 2 games!

@mind-blowinggames7528

2 жыл бұрын

Logical thinking and patience. One can compensate other. Even now I can encounter a problem, who takes 2 or 3 days to solve. Game dev is a game itself.

Woa! This video was so helpful, i'm stucked in exactly this part of create games, i now will sit down my butt in the computer and try to do by myself alone without tutorials, a basic game! Thank you very much!

Im watching you with Unity open right now. All I want is to leave MY mark, no matter how small on this thing. Always loved your work. Really appreciate you

Yes, the first game is always awful. But you cannot create the second game without the first. - Game Dev Unlocked

@oamioxmocliox8082

Жыл бұрын

;)

@MrSoulMallow

Жыл бұрын

this comment is incredibly underrated.

@foxkyle776

Жыл бұрын

LoL new acheivement unlocked

@grapehool7699

Жыл бұрын

Sheeeeesh this motivated me so hard

@NdyyGameDev

Жыл бұрын

And the second is less awful, but still awful, unless you are a game development god you will have to make a lot of bad/horrible games until you reach a good level

A nice side-effect of keeping the bird in one place: because of the way floating point numbers work, the further you move from the origin, the more imprecise your number will become. Keeping all the collision stuff close to the origin helps avoid precision errors in the collision detection if the player plays for a *very* long time.

@asmonull

2 жыл бұрын

Don't most semi-decent game engines already do that under the hood for collision/physics/rendering needs? I'm quite certain both Unreal and CryEngine apply world origin shift in their calculations as you go, not sure about Unity (no sources openly available).

that's so relatable & it's the reason i love Code Monkeys tutorials so much. He doesn't show you how to make a game, he shows you different techniques to create a certain game mechanic.

This is exactly how I learned Unity as well. I haven't seen anyone else come at it from this angle. Amazing.