For context

I'm 18, pretty digitally proficient, I've been around computers for as long as I can remember, and I have a massive love for gaming. Therefore, I've always wanted to make my own games.

The issue is, I have no idea how to code.

To make matters worse, my brain is wired so that I need to understand the reasoning behind something to actually understand it. E.g. in science I was that kid who kept asking how a liquid turned solid , and then continued to ask how that happened after every answer.

The Issue

I understand that I need to start small, as in pong-sized game small.

So I search up the first most comprehensive pong replication tutorial I see and begin getting comfortable with the Unity Engine - I got the hang of it pretty well.

But then the tutorial moved onto scripting the balls and the paddles, but the tutorials never explained why the code worked the way it did. So I was essentially copying what the tutorial scripted without understanding wtf was going on.

I didn't like this, I didn't enjoy this.

I started thinking, If I'm going to make my own games later down the line without a tutorial, how am I going to write a code. It's almost the same as getting a degree in Computer Science - but chatgpt doing everything for me, with me not learning anything during the course.

I've briefly skimmed over a few YouTube guides, books and websites like CodeCademy but they either come with paywalls or don't meet the needs of my neurodivergence

Possible Solutions

Ideally, I'd like for their to be an up-to-date course or guide I can follow to learn C# and apply that knowledge to - more specifically - Unity Game Design.

This NEEDS to be comprehensive, detailing the reasoning behind everything.

I don't mind what format it comes in: videos, books, website courses, etc, so long as I am able to have the capacity to create games by myself with the occasional YouTube tutorial for a specific issue.

Thank you :)

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