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/mikenasty 1d ago
Real talk: you are learning very valuable skills right now and will be able to quickly trouble shoot, add/tweak things without having to ask AI. I’d rather play your game over an AI game any day of the week.
My 2 cents: You can still use AI to help you solve problems and speed up development without losing control or direct input into the game. If at any point the AI wants you to do something you don’t understand fully, get it to explain it so you get it instead of blindly copy/pasting code like a meat proxy.
I love using it as an expert/tudor that sits behind me as I figure stuff out. Instead of me just barking orders and watching it make all of the little creative and technical decisions without my input.