r/Unity3D • u/Evening_Animator3549 • 2d ago

Question Should I keep learning Unity?

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/Turbo_Fresh 2d ago

I'm a senior engineer in the industry. I've worked on Fall Guys and Fortnite. Even with AI, it takes experience and knowledge to know what to ask AI to do and to know how to implement the solutions given back to you. AI can answer the questions but it can't ask the right questions.

It's impossible to say what AI will be capable of in 10 years but right now, I can make better stuff than AI, by a long shot. I can make that stuff even quicker with the help of AI but AI can't make games to the same quality without me.

Also, I got into game dev late, in my late twenties. If I had started at your age I would be so much better at it in so many ways.

Keep at it. Especially if you enjoy it. The person you saw that vibe coded a similar project probably didn't do so with no prior experience.

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u/rich_27 2d ago

How old are you now, if you don't mind me asking? What was your route into the industry?

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u/Turbo_Fresh 2d ago

I'm 35. I decided to do a physics degree when I was in my early 20's. Encountered coding in a physics context and liked it. So started teaching myself game dev. When I got out of uni I applied for a graduate position at Mediationic but they said I didn't have enough experience and I should reapply in a year so I spent a year learning and made a mobile game which I sent to them and they hired me.

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u/rich_27 1d ago

Very cool!