Best Place For An Absolute Beginer To Start Learning Unity

Here are some links I strongly suggest to all new users (unity3dstudent is by the author of that book) :

Start at the bottom and work up : http://www.unity3dstudent.com/category/modules/essential-skills/

Start at the bottom and work up : http://www.unity3dstudent.com/category/modules/beginner/

this is the YouTube link for the above as one playlist : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oXYHNSmTxg&list=PL27B696FB515608D2&feature=plcp

That is good to get started. Then start with a small tutorial, this is a simple 2D space shooter : http://www.unityjumpstart.com/ProofOfConcept_1/ : click on the videos part1.mp4 part2,3,4 =]

I just found another by our own Eric : http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php?title=2DShooter : http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/7883-2D-shooter-tutorial

By then you should be getting the hang of things and starting to have ideas of your own. When you decide what kind of game you want to make, then look at each part you'll need. For example, if you want to make some terrain then walk around it with a character : http://cgcookie.com/unity/2011/12/05/introduction-to-character-controllers/

Here's another on the same 'site but I havn't checked the difficulty : http://cgcookie.com/unity/2012/02/24/game-planning-lunar-lander-01/

Basically then just search for tutorials, there are many out there, either written or on youtube.

the Unity Wiki tutorials : http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/Tutorials

A new area by members of this 'site : http://unitygems.com/

excellent new 'site , it is in C#

A big list of tutorials : http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/12321/how-can-i-start-learning-unity-fast-list-of-tutori.html

Helpful page with information on using Built-In Arrays and Lists (you'll need this later!) : http://www.unifycommunity.com/wiki/index.php?title=Which_$$anonymous$$ind_Of_Array_Or_Collection_Should_I_Use?

The unity wiki link above is very handy with lots of scripts and shaders too (just check out all the links down the left, and the tabs along the top : http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/Scripts )

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/132628-How-to-help-the-Absolute-Beginner

If you know what kind of game you want to make, edit your question and write there what you are thinking of, then there may be a tutorial out there for that!

But just be aware, you will do lots of typing, deleting, typing, bashing head on desk, being really happy when it works and you understand how and why. I hope this helps, Happy Coding =]

Thank you very much, I know what type of games I want to create it's just how I go about doing that I'm a bit stuck on at the moment. Thanks for the links I'll be sure to check them out. Out of curiosity would you recommend the book (for offline reading while traveling and such?)

dont believe unity has a book but learn C# (or C++)

honestly i've never read anything on C#. I just know C++ and im program$$anonymous$$g in C#. It's that similar. I mean its not the same but you can pretty much code right off the start.

So learn C++. There are ALOT of books on C++ and C# and gamedeveloper.net and stackoverflow and other websites have lists of suggested books.

I've heard nothing but good things about it (not read it myself), and the video series is excellent so just on that comparison, yes. That is my generic post to this question as it gets asked alot, but you were specific on the book, so thought I'd leave it open for someone who had read it. Definitely check out unity3Dstudent, wiki.unity3d and the big list of tutorials. And http://unitygems.com/ , excellent new 'site , it is in C# Happy Coding =]

unitygems.com is seconded as an awesome unity site.