Gamer To Game Developer Series 1: More Than a Gamer

I am a 30+ year developer that decided to finally try game development. I'm currently working through the tutorials and find they are full of good information on unity and its tools. I can recommend GTGD S1 for anyone that already has a good understanding of programing and just looking to pick up unity development. The author is obviously self-taught and talented but, that said, there are glaring mistakes in code that could be confusing to a novice programmer. His copy and pasting of code instead of creating a function, his misunderstanding of how some construct work and a general lack of OOP can be a bit of a distraction or teach bad habits to a novice developer. I suggest anyone new to software development to find tutorials on C# that focus on “Object Oriented” programming first. Once you have an understanding of the basics these tutorials become more of a “What Can Unity Do” tutorial then a programming tutorial. Even with the issues with the coding, I will recommend this as a good way to learn the basics of unity. The fact that this is based on Unity v3.4 is not that big a deal. The information should migrate to the next version with only a minimal effort; migrating code normal in software development and just another lesson.

GTGD is the akronym of "gamer to game developer". It's a tutorial series which teaches the basics of developing a game in the Unity 3D engine (you can do 2D games as well, don't worry) by creating a simple multiplayer shooter. It also includes some awesome feature programming like placing blocks. This tutorial series has a very high production value. Both the sound and the resolution of the videos are very good and all the project files and scripts for the finished project are included in the download. The tutor does a good job of explaining all the steps and tasks, not to slow or to fast and with a good amount of detail. Most importantly he does not skip anything, so you won't feel left alone. A big part of this tutorial is coding. Make no mistake there is no way around that if you want to make your own games. That said, even if you are a complete beginner at coding you should be able to follow the tutorial, though I would encourage you to at least read up on some basics (What is a class? What is a function? What is a variable?). You will need them sooner or later anyway no matter what engine or programming language you use. If you are intermediate the scripting won't bore you either. From a software development standpoint the scripts are very well structured, both in the way they interact and in and of themselves. The scripts are kept simple and make no mistake, that is a big endorsement. (If you don't know what I mean google the KISS principle.) Still the tutor does not miss out on important elements of Unity coding and I was very happy to see some co-routine programming included where appropriate. The tutor does an awesome job of commenting everything he writes and explaining what everything does, which makes it very easy to follow his train of thought. If you are an aspiring gamedeveloper, beginner or intermediate, this tutorial series is well worth your money. You do not need to buy any other software since both the game engine Unity 3D and the script editor MonoDevelop are free. Yes, Unity has a commercial "Unity Pro" version but you don't need to worry about that at this point. The extra features included there are very specific and well beyond what you need to make most games, not to speak of just getting started in game development. So all you need besides this tutorial is patience and time. Learning takes effort and anyone who tells you otherwise is a charlatan and a liar. But while there is no fast way to become a cometent developer, as far as learning effectiveness, pacing of content and completeness are concerned this is the best you will find. So good luck and many squeals of delight ;).

There are a ton of misinformed fools leaving bad reviews on this video. Unity is free to use, the tutorials are well paced out and informative. This is a great starting point for anyone interested in making a game.

I have 1 year of formal C# instruction under my belt, and about 5 hours of Unity and GIMP experience combined (mostly just navigating the windows and learning the controls). I've made a few 1-2 (imported) texture landscapes without any objects or anything. I have a good grasp on what each of the different softwares used in this tutorials series does, but very little experience actually using them first-hand (besides c# programming). I'm on video 4 of the series (So take my review with a grain of salt, I may update after I finish the series) and I've just completed creating a projectile object which can be fired from the user as if it were a bullet of some kind. The video is very easy to follow, even using a never version of Unity (not reccommended). I would warn buyers that the video series does not aim to teach you how to code in c# or how to use the different technologies showcased. It's more about following along, monkey-see-monkey-do style so you can see what goes on behind the scenes in game making. You will still need to learn more on your own to understand how everything works (especially the code). For people who have never coded, or used any sort of game development technology, this will be hard to understand - easy to follow. By that I mean. You won't learn a ton about how the C# language works, you might not understand how Unity keeps track of all the objects or how it applies materials, and you might not become a GIMP artist, but you will be opened to a wonderful world of possibilities. I highly suggest anyone without any programming or gamedevelopment experience consider buying this series and following every spoken word to the letter (most important when coding so you can keep track of the variables he's referring to). If you are a parent of gamer children, this would be a good series to get them into so they can get an idea of how games are made. For those with programming experience, you will get the most out of this series if you take a look at the documentation to expand on

=EDIT= This software is about to undergo a massive overhaul. Buying it at the moment will give you a once-useful tutorial that, while informative, applies to Unity 4 and contains outdated/incompatible information. You may not get much use out of this at the moment, but GTGD is currently reworking this with a remade season based on a modern version of Unity 5. Hang in there! == If you want the videos themselves for free, they're on the youtube channel [url=https://www.youtube.com/user/GamerToGameDeveloper/playlists]GTGD[/url]. Why would you buy it on Steam? For starters, it's an offline and downloadable version of the season with project files included, but usefulness may vary there. Why did I buy it? Well, why do you leave a tip for your waiter? It's a great series and it's easily understandable, plus it's designed using the free edition of Unity 4 for maximum accessibility-- a quality tutorial made entirely to assist others. It's absolutely commendable. I'd recommend this to anyone who wants to learn the Unity engine. Why Unity? It's actually a great engine, and you shouldn't associate it with Air Control or any of that nonsense because if you look closely, you can see just how little effort was put into those shovelware titles. Countless exceptional titles have been made on the engine, ranging from Virtual Reality based shooters (H3VR, BAM) to visually stunning platformers (Ori, ReCore). The technology behind this engine is highly capable, despite a rather user-friendly interface, and great things can be accomplished with the engine if you set your mind to it. While I'd say you should watch these videos on YouTube and decide for yourself whether you actually need the Steam version, GTGD certainly deserves every donation made from this. These videos teach you Unity's interface, basic knowledge of C#, and more; arguably, they're more helpful than the actual Unity Technologies tutorial series. If you truly wanted to know why this is on Steam, have a quote from the series creator himself... [quote=GTGD;558747288136138884]It's important to study as many tutorials as time permits if you're into game development. You'll notice though that the overwhelming majority of tutorial creators can't continue regardless of how awesome their tutorials are. By having GTGD S1 on Steam I can fund the future of the series. There's a lot of expense and an incredible amount of time (years in the case of GTGD S1) that goes into making quality tutorials and a lot of people just don't realise that until they also start making tutorials. Relying on self advertising or setting up my own streaming website is a no go and isn't sustainable. Steam is the ideal place for getting game development in front of as many gamers as possible. It was Greenlit after all. [/quote] -- See also: http://store.steampowered.com/app/292350/

The developer just announced that he will remake the project in Unity 2017. https://youtu.be/PL-iMEOfAVE If you learned anything from the guy, if you followed any of his tutorials on his YT channel (because all of them are free there), and if you can afford to buy, do it, support him. The fact that he decided to remake the series because it was obsolete and not leave it as it is, as the rest of the devs and not make a new one for the quick buck, proves the fact that he's a cool guy and he doesn't care just for the money. I followed his tutorials for free on his YT channel when I couldn't afford buying them, but now that I can, I'll buy anything that puts out there, because he put more work into these projects and taught me, that any price he would put on these seems small. Great job, man. Thank you for these tutorials and looking forward to the new GTGD Series 1.

this is truly amazing. if you've ever been interested in developing games, you need to give this a shot. its also available FOR FREE on his website - gamertogamedeveloper.com

After FINALLY having the time to look into this. I finally started the series! I began watching the first 2 and so far I haven't been lost yet. Very professional. Very straight-forward. Very quick to the point without leaving you in the dust. However, I'm a little disappointed on the price... When I first purchased this. I bought it within a few days it was released and the price originally was about $25. Now I see the price has been dropped to only a couple of bucks which is a little bit of a bummer to me :/

It was a "good" tutorial on its release date. But now, Unity has changed a lot and this guide is out of date. You can learn some tips maybe, but you have excellent FREE tutorials out there. And if you decide to buy this first season, be prepared for quick tutorials with a lack of explanations about Unity. In simpler terms, you must know your ways around Unity because [b]it is not a guide for beginners![/b]

I purchased this many years ago, maybe it was 2015? The fact that the creator has gone back and completely redone the entire tutorial to update it to the 2017 Unity multiplayer overhaul is exceptional. I got to use the product twice, first time to learn the prior version of multiplayer, and again for the 2017 Unity multiplayer update, and at absolutely zero cost for the total overhaul. 10/10

I originally said this sucked but it was my fault that it wasn't working. And the dev of game to game developer told me how to fix it! I definatly recomend this to anybody who has a dream of making easy games by themselves.

THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTS! If you want to start making games in Unity with no prior knowledge this is where you should start. Not only does GTGD S1 teach the basics of unity but it also teaches you a way to order your games when building them. (eg. enabling multiplayer then applying damage to enemy players). The game you end up with at the end is pretty good (depending on how you change it). You might even get to play with friends and have fun with it (I know I did). Please note GTGD is a series of videos and unity project files and Unity scripts. It's not a game creation tool like RPGmaker or GameMaker. At my pace it took me about a month to make (there's about 30 videos and I was doing about 1 a day). But one thing this game gave me is memories. I will never forget the pain I suffered when trying to hide the mouse cursor through scripting and the fucking amazing feeling I had when it finally worked. And most of all I will never forget fighting back the tears as I finally got my friends to play this game. One thought went through my head that day. "They're playing a game I made!" "They're playing my game!" "They played MY game!" "They downloaded my game". Or maybe that's just me. Remember You are more than a gamer.

This tutorial has taught me a lot about C#, Unity and making games in general. It does work in Unity 4 and with just a few changes (Unity literally tells you exactly what to do) it works in Unity 5 as well. It is also very well made and the guy has a pretty good voice for making tutorials. Highly Recommended!

First of all this tutorial is one of the best (and really few) resources for unity networking you can find at the time of this review. The author goes really in depth in most problems anyone will face building a multiplayer system. It is not for the beginner. You have to be able to understand programming concepts like classes, objects, inheritance e.t.c, to follow along. I'd say this is for the intermediate programmer who wants to grasp the multiplayer gaming concept. For that price you really can't go wrong, i mean you get a full set of tools that with a little modification can fit any game and save you many headaches...But again, you have to know what you are doing. This is not "make my multiplayer game for me"...such thing does not exist. So bottom line, don't get this if you're totally noob and don't understand basing concepts of oop. Absolutely go for it if you have a basic oop backround and want to learn more about multiplayer and networking in general.

Awesome tool that shows how to build a FPS game including the server step by step. The project includes the sources used as well as a lot of videos to explain what's been done. One warning though, this project uses Unity 3.4 (download link included) and that one is pretty outdated. Chances are that with the latest release of Unity (5.1 at the moment) the examples won't be working anymore.

If you want to learn the basics of Unity, there is no better place. Forget the hazy, poor quality rushed You Tube videos. This is a well organised and presented video that worth every penny. The tutorials are slow placed (But not boring or technical) and the author even makes mistakes to show you want you might do wrong. The end result may look basic, but you’re not being shown how to make a game to impress your friends, this focuses on how to create the fundamentals in Unity for your game, the shinny stuff comes later. I was wary of Unity and leaning towards Game maker and Axis thinking Unity was too complex for a beginner, but these videos showed me that not the case. Buy these videos, help support the time this guy needs to make more and help budding future game devs.

You can get this for free on the official website, OR you can show some support for the amazing guy who made this and spend a few dollars, this is one of the best tutorials I've ever seen, this isn't how to make your game have great graphics or models, and honestly if you're looking up tutorials to learn how to have good looking things in your game you may aswell not make games AT ALL, because this is about the core of the game, the code.

This is an excelent guide to learning how to use the Unity engine and planning out a game. Everything is very well presented and explained. I am only up to S1.9 but I am already looking forward to Series 2 in this. If anyone says anything about the price they should go look up the price on books that teach you unity game development. They cost more and don't explain it as well. Thanks for this excelent guide GTGD.

Great tutorials, Paid because I wanted to support the Creator, and have him make more. You DON'T need the old version at all for this to work, he said to use his version, so just incase something was different people would not flip out, Because we all know thats how script kitties are. But if your not an idiot, just use the latest version of unity, and you will have no problems. I would love to see more, and you will keep having my money!

GTGD is the real deal. These videos provide a fantastic basis for learning to develop games on the Unity engine. The instructor reminds me a little of Bob Ross, but instead of painting serene lakes, you're making a violent video game. Drop what you're doing right now, pony up a few bucks for these videos and you will learn how to make a game. Period.

I would rsay this guy is pretty well versed in Unity but as an actual C# dev. Not so much, he isn't bad there are some errors he makes but all and all a good teacher for Unity. The thing that bugged me the most was that he called brackets prarentheses and parantheses brackets.

Done 3 chapters and going to 4 (Multiplayer) My ideia is of a mix of FPS and turn based combat, and so far, the FPS part is being completely covered. Nice videos with a soothing voice and very good explications. Although you might need a bit of programming background i strongly recomend this series (so far). The laucher dosent quite work for me, so i'm viewing the videos manually, so i have no hours on record on steam.

Best investment I made in my game development project.I feel all the theory showing its glory as the keywords begin to make my little memory after following a couple videos. I can't recommend it enough. I love the way these videos are structered. Makes it very comperensive for searching for a topic you specifially working on. I do feel this alone would be hard but with some C# experience and making small games it can be very powerful. I use topics related to my needs to a game. My free advice for anybody attempting game development two monitors will speed your workflow. I use a 24 and 17 inch. Having a small screen for coding is a life saver in workflow nevermind using 3D programs such as blender. Codesaving time 10/10

Seems pretty decent. Even if some specific details are outdated you still get a feel for the concepts. Although would be nice if the guy knew the difference between parentheses and curly brackets (braces).

Excellent tutorial for all who creating with Unity engine. Perfect tool to start creating multiplaying game. Очень качественно поданный материал по созданию игр на Unity. Подробнейшим образом рассмотрено создание мультиплеерной игры. Автор проделал колоссальную работу. Очень рекомендую.

Wow dude, your vids really kick some ass. I understand you made it paid (I guess you spent a lot more than the 30 hours of video to make these...) They're really weel-explained, and though you actually take your time through the tutorials, it's more comfortable if we don't want to pause it every 30 seconds... I'm far from having finished but I'm definitely making progress thanks to it, and we can see our progress it real time, and that's very rewarding ! And I'm sure it improved my english too... Keep on ! PS for those who complain about it not being free, or reclaiming a refund policy: you're ready to pay hundred bucks for AAA game but rage about a 2€ tutorial? C'mon, what the fuck.

Excellent tool if you're starting out from scratch with no previous knowledge of scripting or game design. He's got a great narrative technique, and he's active on his Unity forum thread, and the great thing is the way he's structured the program; you get that awesome "Yea! I'm making something!" boost right up front, which is a real motivator. That said it's ideal to have some basic knowledge of the logic of how code works (why do I put parenthesis? What are if... then... statements?) just to be able to troubleshoot if you run into problems with your scripts, especially since he's using an older version of Unity and some of the inputs have changed. And obviously, you can't just raise your hand to ask a question, so you're going to have to be able to interperet what you're seeing on the screen. Overall, really good. I have a French language background, no techinical skills at all (besides an... above the general average? knowledge of how a computer works) decided I wanted to make a game, and I jumped right in with a functional product thanks to this. A+, would learn again.

ENG Well mades tutorials, perfects for beginners. They works quite good with Unity 5 (you still have to do some reserch in some cases), totally worth the price, happy to help the dev. ITA Ottima serie di tutorial, partono dalle basi. Anche se nati su Unity 3.5, funzionano abbastanza bene su unity 5 anche se in alcuni casi bisogna arrabatarsi un minimio (dove sta il divertimento sennò :)). Si trovano anche gratis, ma per il prezzo irrisorio a cui sono, date un supporto a GTGD per l'ottimo lavoro svolto e acquistateli. Non ve ne pentirete.

So you might have heard that this was free on this guuys website. But you see... What happens if the internet suddenly gets 360 Noscoped by the illuminati, and nobody can download games nor view this guys website. Everyone who paid the cheap $2 will be able to view the vids and look at the source code. and if that doesn't convince you. You can minamize it while you work and listen to that nice tasting music. 8/8 would make m8 simulator 2008 agian

WARNING: It's good tutorial, but a newer one is coming out. it's based on an older version of Unity 3.5 and I believe it's on something like 4.5 now (and states the code in this tutorial will NOT work on the later versions). These videos are also FREE on the website, you are basically paying for the project files and I kinda feel a little ripped off with the amount I paid for that. My advice, wait until GTGD 2 hits, and check the main website out first before you pay anything.

i have to say that so far this tutorial has been concise and effective. i have been left with no questions as to what im doing and how do i finish what im in the middle of working on. even my simple-minded self has made progress using this tutorial. before watching i couldnt even create a spot on unity's editor now im creating characters & altering cameras...a far cry from where i started...and im only on the second video in the series. i definitely recommend! worth every penny if ur interested in developing using unity. so far i have nothing bad 2 say about this product and im fairly critical and was highly skeptical before i purchased it...glad i did...wouldnt have made half the progress i have!

Very informative and easy to follow. This resource helped me on my way to become a coder. Worth way more than the price it is at right now! So glad I found this! :)

An amazing tutorial, the launcher doesn't work properly for me, but everything else does. Really good indepth tutorial for next to nothing. Keep up the good work, 11/10

It really helped me a lot to advance in networking-based Unity. I am at my third video and I have already learned a ton of stuff that was not available on the internet (the free zone)

Super good! This is really good! If you are new to Unity I really reccomend this. The guy teaching it is really easy to understand and goes slow if you need it.

Good tutorial series. But why did I pay for it, when it's available completely free (and legal) on the Interwebs ?

Great tutorials but I say dont buy it because all of them are on youtube and the game that he made in the videos are on his website. :) Welcome Tutorials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-iEOIXT19k&list=PLC90282759FD90F77 His site http://www.gamertogamedeveloper.com/download

I love this series, since it shows everything you have to do and is not fast paced. And I plan to also buy series 2 when I complete this one.

Pros: - Lots of video and text guides on helping you code - C# - cheap price - Basic GUI Cons: - Requires Unity, therefore more money - "Download this, download that..."

This is worth it. It starts from the beggining and allows you to move at your own pace. You don't feel confused because everything is explained in detail. Great tutorial, very helpful.

It's a good choice. I know they are free on the Internet, but the Tutorials are Awesome and the Guy who speaks, speaks clear and slow so you can work while hearing. I think so for 2€ you can buy it and give the Dev a Cookie ;) I really enjoying the tutorials.

I just want to say this please for people willing to buy this package and for the admin. from deep inside my heart i want to say this package worth every single penny that got payed in it i just watched the first video and i was like OMG this is way too SIMPLE than other youtube videos cause they just either they skip some stuff or they just do the video randomly with out caring which problems we might face or even which version they are working on in this package just a short word for *Perfect* don't talk about leadwerk any more this just solved it

this is so epic .. its hard to understand at the beggining but after you finish the whole video tutorials this is so easy

Dude needs to slow the fuck down. He acting like I have an idea what I'm doing.

Great, but I ran into a problem and can't find a way to contact anyone to ask for help. If anyone knows anything, here is a screenshot: http://gyazo.com/92900283b38450d148a65d64a0876045 It is when you make the CameraScript.

I find the whole thing organized and is what you want if you are going to create a game! 10/10

i recommend this to people, but i cant find the serial nu,ber to instal unity lol need help plz

Please don't buy it!!! It's for free on http://www.gamertogamedeveloper.com/home Steam is making money with it, but Steam has no rights to do that!!!

Great Tutorials Really Good App! I really costs what it costs(Really good)!

I had no idea what I was doing after a while, but it was still a fun program. 7/10