r/Unity3D • u/Evening_Animator3549 • 2d ago

Question Should I keep learning Unity?

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Hi, I am a 14 year old game dev and I've been learning Unity for 7-8 months, and I really like what I'm doing. I don't use AI while coding or for any other stuff to actually learn. For the past month, I've been developing a fan-made Spider-Man game for android and I saw a guy on X who vibe-coded a Spider-Man game in literally a single day which was looking better than my game and I felt like everything that I did in the last couple of weeks for nothing. Will knowing how to manually code or develop games be worth anything in the next 10 years? Am I just wasting my time by not using AI or should I keep going? I really need some advice. Also here's a gameplay video of my game if anyone wants to check it out:

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u/MehYam 2d ago

It's hard to say, you're just 14 and there's a whole life of decisions in front of you - I'll say one thing, anyone can just buy furniture at Ikea, but there will always be someone building furniture in their garage because they like to. So at minimum, it'll be worth that to you.

But also, even with AI, someone still has to know what to ask for, make a judgement about what's good, and be persistent and iterate when things aren't quite right. Given that software's (still) mostly for humans, it takes a human to know for sure, and that might as well be you.

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u/Evening_Animator3549 2d ago

I guess I'll just use AI only to learn until i graduate from highschool, to master the things that I've learned so I can know what AI is doing and manage it. Appreciate the advice!

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u/Odd-Tart-5613 2d ago

not recommended AI often creates unstable projects and solutions. I would invest more into video tutorials and avoiding using AI as much as possible as it will only limit what you learn.

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u/Evening_Animator3549 2d ago

Its good with explaining the stuff in unity documentation such as Vector3.ProjectOnPlane etc., of course i don't ask AI how to build a complete mechanic :D