We’re doing it! We’re installing Unity! Totally didn’t need a video for that. Also got my first mini-challenge, finding a way to get Unity 4.6 running. I know the industry standard is 5 right now and they explain that, we’re going to be upgrading to 5 once we need the features in five.

Unity is now installed, don’t care how slow it’s going. I’m not a superhero, I’m a procrastinating 25-year old son of a gun. Years from now when someone reads how slow I take things, and then compare where I am at that time, they’ll learn a valuable lesson in one direction or another.

Okay, so I predicted yesterday that the next video would be installing Unity, you know since we downloaded it, but the next video is actually “How to Ask Good Questions”. Sounds dumb but it’s a fifteen minute video, so the effort answers itself really.

To be honest, I don’t expect to ask many questions. I’m jumping into this class super late, and I bet I’ll be able to use internet searches to find every single question before I’ve even asked it. Udemy comes with its own forums and stuff, and each video is so specific I highly doubt I’ll come across some unique problem so specific that no user ever has had that problem.

Crimony, this series is slower than I expected. Today we downloaded Unity and called it a day. I know I should be overachieving and doing multiple videos a day just to prove how mind-crushingly awesome I am, but I’m enjoying the “days off” while I can. Presumably shit gets real after this and I’m going to have my hands full later in the series.

Yesterday I predicted that we’d download Unity today, and I was wrong 😦 Episode 2, named “Welcome to the Course” involves him reiterating what he covered last episode and going over his own backstory and his skill level. I’m being super sparse, and that’s cause I don’t want Udemy to show up and start CnDing me for revealing too much about the video. If you want to know the nitty gritty you’ll have to go buy the course yourself.

But he ended the video by saying that tomorrow we’ll be downloading Unity, so I can stop doddering around and start some hardcore coding. Wish me luck!

(Also, finished this at 11:56pm means I am NOT late! Ignore WordPress claiming this was posted December 10th, they’re LYING)

It’s aabicus’ birthday! Hooray for aabicus!

Today’s video was the intro video. Nothing happened, the professor went over what to expect from the class. We’ll be programming in C  sharp, which my coding friend said is “nice because you don’t have to worry about pointers” whatever that means. We’ll be making a number of different games, from text adventures to 3D bowling games to first-person shooters, and sharing these games on Gamebucket.

We’ll be starting in Unity 4 but later upgrading to Unity 5. See you tomorrow! I’m predicting tomorrow he makes us download Unity.

Wow! It’s been a long time since I posted. WordPress has changed a lot since I posted. What the hell is all this?

Well, I don’t need to justify myself to all of you. I bet every one of you waited perfectly patiently for me to post again. Because none of you exist. So I can post whatever I want 😀 And I’m posting my new year’s resolution. In December.

Specifically the day right before my birthday. That’s right, tomorrow’s my birthday! And to celebrate, I’m taking one of these courses every day for the rest of my life. Or at least until the course is over. A tall order, but I’m sick of not being a real game developer. I want those darn ideas in my head to go away by becoming real games, and more importantly, I want to make games for money and quit my customer service job.

So starting tomorrow (lol, don’t want it badly enough to start tonight! \m/ ) I’m doing a video a day. And I’ll kinda like sum up what I learned and stuff on here. So stay tuned.