What to learn for Unity / School Project Ideas

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Hello friends,

I am in school for computer science with a focus in programming. I have to do a project this summer that needs to eat time up from now to the end of July. The languages I know the syntax of pretty well and feel comfortable working with are C++, java, visual basic and HTML CSS and JavaScript (for the most part has been awhile since I have used JavaScript)

The first idea I have had is to make a game in Unity a 2d platformer (or maybe a procedurally generated rogue-lite/like no idea how hard that would be.) The problem with this idea is I have not used Unity or much C#. How hard would this be to do, I like the idea I have a lot of time to work on it, i have no job and nothing other than this to work on really. This may just be a dream.

If you think the above would be really hard, or have your own ideas let me know, there really isn't a limit to the project and not a lot of qualifications to it. It just has to last me a few months of work. Hypothetical problems to solve or real problems. I am not sure how my instructor would feel about helping with open source projects ( or what project I could help with).

My last two ideas I one is simple. Make a website for myself, I am going to any way for photography and a blog with social media interrogations. I know my instructor will accept it. This is my back up if I can't find somethings else I would like to do. The other idea I don't think will be acceptable, but I am not really sure is to make a BadUsb like the bash bunny and write my own scripts for it. The bigger part would need to be the scripts not the hardware it's self and I am not really sure how long that would take. It may take a week and then leave me with a crap grade since no progress could be made, also I have to take it to a college campus, and that would most likely break a lot of rules (endless my instructor approved it I guess.)

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If you want to make a game, and already comfortable in C++, you can try Unreal Engine 4, it's free now (Free to use, with access to source code; 5% of gross revenue after the first US$3,000 per product per quarter)

You can always write your own little engine in C++/ OpenGL

About Unity, since you say you know C++ and Java, C# should be pretty easy to pick up. Unity reference is pretty good, so if you wanna go that route, it shouldn't be too hard. Unity is very flexible, and I can recommend it coz I personally used it. (unlike with UE4, which I just tried a bit)

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I am not extremely good at programming, I thought it would be a good way to learn a lot. How hard would it be to make something that is procedurally generated, it is thrown around a lot now days is it that hard, a Binding of Issac type of game. I have watched a good bit of a Youtuber named Quill18 and he uses Unity quite a bit, I have picked up a good amount from him, i have 2 weeks before I have to start on it. I think I could learn the syntax for C# in that time and learn my way around unity a bit. I know it can be done , but would it be reasonable to think I could make a working game in 2-3 months? Starting pretty much fresh. If not I know I can do a website with out a problem, since my grade depends on it I may go with what I know if it is to sketchy

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What exactly do you want to make? Procedural generation is quite wide topic. You can make it very complex, or very light just changing things a bit.

Also Quil18Creates is great channel :wink:

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I got the assignment today, I am not sure what i am going to quite yet as far as the game. After thinking about my first idea is seemed to be a rip off of Flinthook. So I think I am going to need to think about it more. Thanks for the infromation