#ik but in woodwork progress is like

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foggy garnet
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not really. it's just that you're new, so things don't seem as linear because you dont understand how they work together yet

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coding to me seems just as easy because now i'm familiar with it. for example
learn about data types(int, float, bool)

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learn how to declare a variable

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how to assign and read a variable.
then learn about if statements.
then for loops.
then methods,
Then methods with return types
methods with parameters.
then classes

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it just seems like a lot at once right now, because you dont know yet how things work with each other

mellow comet
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thank you wytea, you are doing gods work

foggy garnet
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no problem

mellow comet
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this is going to be much more easier thanks to you, and the progress is going to be closer to linear ! i cant thank you enough

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foggy garnet
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oh you took it literally XD

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seriously though, if you havent already, you should go through Unity's own beginner course instead

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!learn

spare stormBOT
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mellow comet
foggy garnet
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not really, it's just that i dont really know your current level of understanding. I can tell you what you should learn, but i wouldnt know where you try to learn it from

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so I suggest Unity Learn

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no two people learn programming(or anything) the same way btw, so dont fret about the best way

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just find what works for you

mellow comet
foggy garnet
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it's been a long time since I learned coding from scratch, and I dont remember how it was exactly. however, I think what you can start with, is this roll a ball tutorial
https://learn.unity.com/project/roll-a-ball?uv=2019.3&courseId=5c61706dedbc2a324a9b022d

Unity Learn
Roll-a-Ball - Unity Learn

Welcome to Roll-a-ball! In this learning project, you’ll: Use Unity Editor and its built-in capabilities to set up a simple game environment Write your own custom scripts to create the game functionality Create a basic user interface to improve the game experience Build your game, so other people can play it!

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as you go through it, dont blindly follow it. when you run into something new, you can check out the "beginner scripting" course on Unity Learn for something on it

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or if you can't find it, then look it up

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or, ask in #💻┃code-beginner . Make it clear that you are a beginner, what snippet you don't understand.

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people are more ready to help those that help themselves first, so show that you are trying to learn, not just blindly copy

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I suggest using this project as a guide, because just blindly following through a C# tutorial or beginner scripting course without knowing any context for how things are used can get really boring

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you understand things better when you know how they're used

mellow comet
foggy garnet
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ask yourself if you understand why a step is being made

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dont rush. catch yourself if you find yourself just typing what they type without understanding why

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the goal isn't to finish the game, it's to understand what they're doing to make the game

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dont be afraid to go "wait what?" and rewind many many times

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or if you really don't get it. ask in the channel. ask "hey i dont understand what they mean when they said this"

mellow comet
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if you dont mind, how long have you been game developing ? it seems like youre an old wise man with deep lore

mellow comet
foggy garnet
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and i still feel like I dont know enough, so i just wanted to make sure you didn't get discouraged

mellow comet
foggy garnet
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get used to not knowing stuff, but dont let it discourage you. that's my advice

hallow hatch
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been messing about with programming for 15 years now and doing it for a job for 10

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i still learn new things, and still looking at docs daily

mellow comet
foggy garnet
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yeah, never fall into the trap thinking experienced programmers have it all memorised or never need to google stuff

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we google all the time

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we just get a little better at knowing what to google

hallow hatch
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yeah on my 2nd screen got a ungodly amount of tabs open, to the various docs pages of what i am using to solve a problem

mellow comet
hallow hatch
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so much of this is just taking larger problems and breaking them down into smaller problems you can solve or more easily search and get information for

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making gta6 is a larger problem, like a studio of 50+ people and many many years problem

foggy garnet
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i always say to break down problems into smaller problems and work on the smaller problems one by one

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this is one example

hallow hatch
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best and worst things about computers is they do exactly what you tell them

foggy garnet
hallow hatch
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so you have to break it down to very small fine steps, and you need to be very exact in what you ask of it

mellow comet
foggy garnet
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i have to go now. good luck

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hope to see you asking questions in the server, trying to learn

mellow comet
foggy garnet
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be polite, be patient. some people can get a bit irritated, but understand that most regulars deal with the same problems that beginners run into over and over

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and not all beginners are receptive or show the same amount of effort people put in to help them

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but i think as long as you show that you're trying, it's fine

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and then there's the occasional "i'm new, how do i make gta 6"

mellow comet
foggy garnet
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or "i followed this tutorial and i'm sure my code is EXACTLY the same, but mine doesn't work"

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and then refuse to accept that their code is not exactly the same

foggy garnet
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i have to go now

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bye!

mellow comet
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bye

mellow comet