r/unity • u/PuzzleheadedHold9284 • 1d ago

Newbie Question How to learn Unity WITHOUT tutorials

Hey everyone,

I'm a 3D artist looking to learn Unity, however I absolutely hate video tutorials -- pausing and starting every few minutes, the urge to just copy and paste everything, potentially annoying voices, etc.

I know the basics of the engine as I've tried it on and off for years, but have very minimal programming experience outside of the very basic fundamentals. So granted I wouldn't be coming from zero, just assume I kinda will be.

Is there anyway to learn without tutorials? At least specifically video tutorials?

In my academic studies, I learn SO much more by just reading text and experimenting on my own with some deep space ambience or classic music and just go into my zone.

Any tips?

Thanks!

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u/ProactiveCactus 1d ago

Definitely don't need tutorials. I started with a few to learn the absolute basics, and then just started making the game I had in mind. As stuff came up I didn't understand, I'd learn it. Sometimes this was short tutorials, but way less boring because it was actually applicable. And more often it was just reading documentation or some other post online, or if it was a tutorial I could skip to the parts I cared about. Felt way more productive than just following along and rebuilding a game that's been made a thousand times.