For this tutorial, we are going to develop a top-down game that has the player navigate a map to locate keys. This is a great first project in Unity for beginners that will teach some basic concepts.

Any engine can work with effort, but some have shorter learning curves - such as Unity, GameMaker, and Godot. RPG Maker is best for turn-based RPGs, Clickteam Fusion for simpler 2D games, and ...

I also discussed how you could make a 2D platformer in Unity in 7 minutes — though that was really only a basic framework.

This Unity Bundle is built for newcomers and offers a broad look at how the software works. Along the way, you’ll learn the fundamentals needed to program your own 2D game.

Unity has also been used outside of game development in creating backgrounds for films, training artificial intelligence, as well as developing simulations for the architectural, engineering, and ...

I first started out using the 2D course and it's by far the most intuitive Unity tutorial I've seen and it taught me everything I needed to start making my own games. It's a lot of fun, too.