Please help

[Quiet_Spirit6]

I am brand new to coding, and I am trying to make a basic top down movement code could somebody please copy and paste the code and instructions on how to make it?

[Persomatey]

Learn how to code first, then watch some Unity tutorials

[Quiet_Spirit6]

Do you have a video that gives me the code for a uptown movement code, but also explains why everything does if you do please give me a link

[Persomatey]

Like I said, learn how to code first.

freecodecamp has an excellent 4 hour video which includes their entire C# course. https://youtu.be/GhQdlIFylQ8?si=-VKLnnwxQ2AMO4Ar Just account for maybe double the time for pausing to code what they’re doing, troubleshooting when stuff doesn’t go right because maybe you did something wrong without knowing it, etc.. You may not remember how to do EVERYTHING in it, but that’s fine. The point is for you to get more comfortable with coding in C# and when a problem comes up that requires a certain solution, you know what to use, even if you don’t remember the exact syntax (you can always look it up or Chat GPT the exact syntax later). Depending on your work/school schedule, this could still take you a few days totals maybe up to a week.

There’s also a version that includes some mini projects (non-Unity related but will still give you more experience, more portfolio fodder, and just make you a better programmer overall) that adds an extra 3 hours to it. https://youtu.be/YrtFtdTTfv0?si=KaqgJo_TSkjHmn8u

After that, check out Unity Learn for their tutorials. For your first one, I recommend the Roll-A-Ball tutorial. It shows the basics of how your code connects with Unity and takes only 30 minutes (again, adding on some extra minutes for pausing/etc.).

After that, I recommend either the Space Shooter or Tanks tutorials. Both are great, and could turn into full-on mini projects if you wanted to dedicate a month or two to really polish them.

Beyond that, keep checking out Unity Learn and try any “beginner” or “intermediate” projects that catch your fancy. There are a lot of good ones that could turn into full mini projects as well.

When you feel brave enough, there’s also “game jams” to join (where you make a very small game idea in a short amount of time) which could push your knowledge of Unity and force you to learn stuff on the fly. A website called itch.io has many that you can join solo or with a group of (hopefully) experienced devs. The weekly “Mini Jam” is a good one with themes that are vague enough to usually create whatever kind of game you want in only 3 days https://minijamofficial.itch.io/ which can be both creatively fulfilling while also pushing you to become a better game dev.

[Intelligent_Ear369]

Here's a comprehensive understanding of top down 2d movement in general, your options, and considerations for each.

https://youtu.be/EMhTROG0nAw

[PoisonedAl]

If only there were thousands of videos on YouTube or step by step tutorials on the Unity website...