hey

sorry, was afk

np man

you may /facepalm reading this, but I am curious, is it better for a noob to learn something that is more native to their platform?

Yes, it is

If you plan on sticking with OSX development, and you don't plan on using any engines, it's much better to stick with native languages

i just feel more comfortable in osx, i have been using it for a decade now and the only time i use windows is to test websites in IE

two thoughts come to mind

when i follow along the c# reference, i am missing nearly 8 lines of code from my screen to the authors

1. That makes complete sense, and you should stick with OSX

2. If you want to get into AAA game development, you might as well start learning Windows now

If you want to stick with Unity, you may want to look into Javascript then

is that the case as an indie developer?

Indie development has a lot less rules than AAA game devlopment

There are Mac indie devs, yes

for career development I think I am set with web development and graphic design, but I have a large interest in other media, such as this - it has always been something of great interest to me .. so right now I want to learn things to see if I really want to change careers

But if you want to survive as an indie dev on mac, you'll need to either make a hit, or come out with new games VERY frequently, as the mac-only market is not as large as the pc-only market

Well javascript is very popular in web-development, correct?

yes

Then perhaps it'd be best for you to learn that, as it can also benefit you professionally

that makes a lot of sense, I researched the other day how JS is used with unity. it is completely different than in a web sense the one author says

It is very different, but if you know how to use it on it's own, it will still help a lot

the syntax and logic will still be the same

In unity, you'll be using it as a scripting language though

why would an experienced developer such as your self not suggest c?

when you say it is used as a scripting language, it still creates all the game logic regardless if it is not a compiled language right?

Because you wanted to get results as fast as possible, and programming in c++ is fairly slow and hard learning experience

@twinbornJoint Yes, it controls the game logic

Scripting languages are drivers, engines are cars

Scripting languages tell a car where to go, and what to do

ah I understand now

Engines do all the work "under the hood"

I think this makes the most sense...JS will aid with my current bread and butter, and I can learn game development at the same time. With unity it will allow me to deploy to more than just OS X as well

That is correct :)

sec, got something to show you

how does this progression look, learn the fundamentals of JS here lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=375 then begin my game development with this amazon.com/Unity-Development-Example-Beginners-Guide/dp/…

amazon.com/Unity-Game-Development-Essentials-Goldstone/dp/… there is also this

Definitely start with the lynda.com stuff, since you already have an account, but i can't recommend any of the other books, as I have not read them cover to cover

Honestly, there are a fair amount of free unity tutorials out there that you can learn from (even some in video format)

I would start with those, and if you feel your knowledge is still lacking, go to a book store and look through the books before purchasing them

alright wicked, thank you so much man. I feel a lot more comfortable now about all of this

hope I haven't wasted too much of your time, though

No, you're fine. Don't worry about it

how is your day going so far?

Pretty well so far

Never enough hours in the day though

yeah tell me about it, what sort of work are you doing? mostly code/.

Mostly management, although today I'll be doing more playtesting

very cool, i'm trying to juggle 10 things at once right now lol

gotta finish setting my office up, and get projects mapped out for the remainder of the week. then i need to go grade the driveway and fix some elevations with the bulldozer

Haha. You sound very busy