So, why Unity?
Unity is one of the most popular game engines and is used worldwide by a variety of industries. The community registers over 1.5 million active users and the engine supports over 20 different platforms. It has an incredibly strong and helpful community in a supportive environment, it has leading graphics and price tailored subscription plans. Bottom line, Unity is the go-to cross-platform engine for both beginners and experienced game developers. Once you get the hang of it, you won’t want to trade it for anything else.
Unity is used to create 3D, 2D, 2.5D, VR, AR games, simulations, applications and much more software related experiences. Primarily used in the Games industry but also in other industries such as Automotive, Transportation, Manufacturing, Film, Animation, Cinematics, Architecture, Engineering and Construction.
This makes it so that Unity Software Developers are incredibly sought after in the job industry today. Even if you start today, the possibilities and opportunities are endless once you’ve familiarised yourself with the community and capabilities of Unity. Why don’t you give it a try?
Download Unity
Let’s start with making an account for Unity here.
Then on the Unity home page, select ‘Get started’ and then select the ‘Get Started’ button under the ‘Personal’ tab. Next click on ‘Start here’ under the ‘First-time users’ tab. Cycle through the terms and click the ‘Agree and download’ button.
Alternatively you can Download Unity through the Unity Hub.
Another alternative is Installing Unity from the command line
Once the download is complete, proceed through the installation process and start Unity Hub. Go to ‘Installs’ > ‘Add’ and choose the latest recommended release.
After that, choose to install Visual Studio Community 2019, together with the language pack of your preference. You can always come back later to add installation modules.
Next, open the Unity Hub > ‘Projects’ and click on ‘New’
Here we can choose between a variety of template presets. Pick the 3D template and give your project a name, click on ‘Create’ and wait for the process to finish.
That should set you up if you’re using Unity for the first time.
Can’t wait to get started with Unity?
Check out the very basics of working in Unity and the Unity Learning Platform.
