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Can kids use unity?
Can kids age 12 use unity?
Please change your tag. This is not a question about unityanswers and therefore this is an inappropriate tag.
I've replaced the "unityanswers" tag with legal, unity and learning.
Although I see a close vote, personally I think this is a legitimate Question. It could be phrased better to be more on-topic, though. For instance, "What are any issues/problems with $$anonymous$$ors using Unity?" would be less subjective.
Short answer: Sure! ;-)
Longer answer: Yes, if a) the parents allow the kid to use Unity (they have to agree to EULA and any legally binding terms that come with Unity) and b) ... most important: if the kid is willing to learn all that's needed to use Unity. In other words: First dive into the documentation and maybe do some of the tutorials to get started. Look at other projects (there's nice resources in the projects area of the Unity Website).
Resources - to get started with Unity
You might also have a look at this long list of resources to learn Unity: How can I start learning unity fast
Eventually, to use Unity properly you'll have to learn in the following areas:
- Programming / Software-Engineering (vast field on its own)
- Modelling / Art (another vast field on its own)
- Sound Design / Music Creation (and yet another vast field on its own)
Or team up with people who can complement your talents. This has another nice advantage: It'll teach your team-skills which are also very helpful when you are serious about getting into game development. And it's more fun, too ;-)
Or: Buy stuff ;-) ... but I'd recommend rather getting the skills and create your assets yourself. Otherwise, this can get rather expensive ... kind of like one of those "free-to-play" MMOs ... and tricky if you use other people's IP which invites all kinds of legal issues which in the end might ruin your parents (which would be bad news for you, too) ;-)
Also: When you want to publish a game ... be sure to talk to your parents because again: There's all kinds of potential legal pitfalls you might run into. And that could mean trouble to your parents ;-)
I believe the person who asked the question was child's parents.
This question is extremely subjective depending on your meaning and as per the FAQ really belongs in the forums or needs further clarification.
Why not?
Unity doesn't have any age limit in the EULA that I saw, but as with any legally binding EULA, the responsibility for the agreement is subject to appropriate laws and administration that any legally binding document in your region is subject to. A 12 year old should be able to use Unity if their parent or guardian is willing to take on the appropriate legal responsibility for them doing so.
Unity is a game development platform. If a 12 year old wants to develop a game with it, I don't see why they couldn't. The interface is fairly simple overall. More complex math and concepts within the scripts and shaders might make it hard for them, but not impossible if they're determined and resourceful. I mean, there are 12 year olds in University degree programs after all.
Coincidentally, I'm $$anonymous$$ching my 12 year-old son Unity. As suggested, it's been easy enough for him to build simple working games via the interface using the provided terrain/models/scripts/particles etc.(Scripting is like pulling teeth though, when he wants to get on with the important business of shooting robots.)
I think your sons first script should not be how to shoot a robot;) You need to break the concepts of coding right down into manageable chunks so he actually learns how it works. Ie. do some more basic examples - they may not be exciting examples, such as incrementing a variable with a loop. But will show a very clear cause and effect and demonstrate the basic aspects of the language.
I know this is late but I have to agree this is very important if I had done this I would have learned much faster. I did make a pretty sick robot though...
"I think your son's first script should not be how to shoot a robot ;)" - so, @cncguy, you're thinking zombies would be a better trainer? Slower, easier to shoot than robots? :)
My friend's son is getting software development in primary school. They are using a very simple drag & drop program at the moment(i don't remember its name). The programs whole point is to teach kids statements like if & else. They drag and drop some stuff into if & else boxes etc. It's a very simple program for people like us. It's even pointless to many peoples opinion. But think it this way, he's just 11 years old and he's learning the most basics of programming. His teacher told that they will start using Unity with JS 2 years later. This school is a paid private school in Turkey. That's the exact school where I graduated from but we didn't have anything related to programming as classes back then. It was all uncle google for us. It is great that they are getting into programming this early. That's also something bad for us. If a lot of schools start programs like these that means lots of developers in the market which is going to make finding jobs harder. That's something to consider also. People graduating from software engineering is increasing a lot by every year. Earlier you got into this business the better.
I started when I was 9, now my games are getting millions of plays now which is great. i'm now getting into VR, I'm 14 now.
In short, yes. If I can do it anyone can, As i can't do many things lol.
I started off with JavaScript, but in the last year or so I've been learning c#.
The kid in this post is an adult by now but If anyone else is on this forum that wants to get into unity you totally can, I started when I was 11 I’m 13 now and working on my first commercial release. If you really want to learn to program I can guarantee you will. One thing is though you legally have to be 13 or over to use it according to the terms of service so you might have to have a parent creat an account for you
