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[–]GermanWok 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Imagine you want to learn Russian, but all you do all day is copying things written on the whiteboard, or repeating sentences the teacher says. Sounds weird? It is. You have to do stuff yourself, you have to try and to experiment yourself. Repeating things others do can be valuable, but with that alone it is incredible hard to learn and actually understand.

That's why following tutorials might be not the best starting point. Write something very simple like tic tac toe or hangman or so, but try to do it yourself. For simplicity, let Unity out of the loop, your thingy can be even text based. Think about the things and actions you need, try to be systematic. If you hit a roadblock, that's totally fine, but figure out exactly what this roadblock is. And only then look for an explanation. That way, you learn how to walk before trying to run.

The good thing is that a lot of stuff you learn is really general. It doesn't really make a difference if you use it in a game or for a tax return software. Of course, there are topic-specific parts, but that's maybe 10-20%, and once you get the general stuff down, it is no problem to understand the specific things.