Just signed up for the Unity/VR training programs & wanted to take a second to introduce myself on the forums.
Thanks in advance for any helping hands along the way - Jess
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Hello everyone, my name is Shawn. I’m a complete newcomer when it comes to programming in any language, and no experience in game development with a game engine; but I hope to change this over the next several months to develop the basic knowledge and skills required to begin game development. I have a very strong interest in virtual reality, having followed Oculus’ progression as a company since the Crystal Cove prototype was unveiled at CES 2014; through this interest I’ve gained a desire to bring a game/experience concept I’ve had in my mind to fruition over the succeeding years. If anyone has any interest in VR or questions in regards to VR technology, I’d be happy to chill and discuss or assist in any way!
I’m looking forward to working together with all of you over the coming months!
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Hi. My name is Chris. I’m an American living and working in Nanjing, China.
I started my career as a Fortran 77 application programmer (a skill that sadly reveals my age). My career took a management path in the automotive lighting field. I’ve dabbled from time to time with software development, teaching myself Basic, VB and C+. I never lost the joy of programming.
Now I have an application idea made possible by recent developments in VR. I purchased an Oculus, which took quite a lot of coordination to get it to China. I want to learn enough about VR development to be able to lead a small team to make this new dream come true.
It seems my career could be headed full circle and I’m looking forward to the adventure and getting to know some of you in the process.
-Chris
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Hello! My name name is Cody. I live in the Southern parts of the United States. Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to be in game development, but for the longest time thought that was an impossible or unrealistic goal. Now I want to give game development a try and at least make games as a hobby. I have a side objective in this to learn programming and maybe pursue a career with that new skill set.
At the point of writing this, I have no real experience in programming or game development. I hope to change that with this course! Currently the strongest skill I have is my writing ability. I have always made stories whenever my mind would wander, and that was often! I always wanted to transfer those abundant tales into games so I have a strong interest in RPGs and the like.
I hope to make that dream come true. At the very least I’ll learn something new and exciting.
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Hey there.
I’m Pir, and I’m a gamer. 
I grew up in Europe, traveled some of the world, and now live on Vancouver Island, Canada.
I’ve worked as a programmer for many years, mostly developing software for computer-based education. Since I am approaching retirement age, I’ve decided to stop waiting for other people to make the games I like to play, and give it a try myself. I’ve been experimenting with Unity for a couple of weeks, and while I’m used to teaching myself, I get too easily pulled away by other demands on my time. So I’ve decided I’ll make more progress if I follow an actual paid course and interact with other people who have similar goals. C# and object-oriented programming in general is new to me.
Nice to meet y’all!
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Hello everyone! My name is Patrick, from Washington State, and I am currently in my last quarter of a Software Development degree and am excited to get started on the Unity course here. So far I have not worked in the programming field but am excited, and nervous, to get my foot in the door and get the career going!
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I have started a side project (Puzzles for Good) and it needs coding. I decided that perhaps I could learn to do it myself! I live in Calgary, AB.
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Hello! Nice to meet you all. My name is Devin. I just got back to the U.S. from a 2 year stay in Japan, where I was working as a translator, interpreter, and event organizer. I’ve been rethinking my career lately, and have decided to pick up a few programming languages to help fill out my resume while I consider pursuing a career in the video games industry. I’d like to use my international experience and linguistic skills in the future of course, but I also find myself wanting to do something creative, and since video games have been such a large part of my life and I am constantly thinking of new ideas for games, I thought there wouldn’t be a better place to start than here. A friend of mine introduced me to this course, and we’re going to work through it together. I have very little experience working with software or coding, so I’m sure this will be a challenge. I’ll be happy to help anyone who has any questions to the best of my ability, but I suspect that most of you will know more than I do. Anyway, that’s it I guess. See you on the forums!
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Hello everyone 
My name is Dino, and I just finished a Masters of Science in Molecular Science.
While I look for a job I decided to learn how to make music (Using FL Studios) and also learn Unity, so that I can make my own audio for a video game. Learning Blender will be the next step.
My goal is to make audio, 3D models, and mini games as a hobby until I learn these programs well, in which case I can start making more quality content, and then who knows.
Cheers!
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I’m Off from Thailand.
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Hi, I am Stefan and I’m from Serbia. As a student of CS I had took upon myself to make an Android game for my dissertation (thesis). I had done so with Libgdx and with a lot of effort I had achieved it. However, it was bumpy ride and If I could go back in time I make the game all over again in Unity. I am versatile in Java and have some experience with C# (mostly basics).
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Hello, my name’s Robert. I’m from England. My experience with coding is mostly teaching myself Javascript, HTML and jQuery from Codecademy, but I wasn’t happy about the idea of making websites for a living. Instead, I decided to look into programming games, and I found this course.
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Hi, I am Guilherme, from Brazil. Recently Graduaded in Computer Science. I am currently working as a C++ developer(embedded system) and decided to learn Unity for fun
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Hi,
My name is Oswaldo Schneider Junior and I’m from Brazil.
I have a B.A. in Information Systems and was always fascinated by Technology in general, I’ve already developed some softwares in Java and Delphi, and an currently learning Python and C#.
I took this course because I’m an avid gamer and always dreamt of working in GameDev/Game Design and wanted to improve my programming and development skills by learning something new, something that I like.
So, that’s it, hope we get along well!
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Mark from England working in health care looking to develop some 3d skills for use in developing new information channels for patients and staff. Formerly trained as a technical illustrator and graphics.
Been creating a mixed CGi and video file using Blender 3d and Serif Movieplus. Hoping to develop better stnards and skills to move forward from this first movie file.
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Hi everybody! My name is Travis, and I’m a computer engineering student one year away from a bachelor’s degree. After that, I plan on getting my PhD. in Computer Science, with a research emphasis in artificial intelligence, particularly as it relates to game playing. I’m a big proponent of the paradigm that games can be used as a safe, versatile environment for new AI techniques which can translate to real world applications.
What brings me to Udemy / this course? Well, to be honest, I bought a bunch of courses on sale for $10 each…I mean, when I spend ~$100 for stuff that would’ve cost me $1800+, I’d say I got a pretty good bargain…This was one of those courses. It just looked like a lot of fun!
Game development is both a budding hobby and a future academic and career investment for me, so I’m really excited to start this course!
Oh, and just to give you an idea of how much of a geek I am, my current dream job is to work for a game company to develop the AI for a trading card game…Trading card games are so much fun…!
Anyways, nice to meet you all. I look forward to what we’ll make together!
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Hello everybody!
My name is George and I am a CS undergrad from Greece. I really enjoy coding, especially for a project with Object Oriented nature.
I’ve spend the last couple of months studying Android Development and I was looking for something new, when I came across Ben Tristem’s course on C# and Unity. It’s description has convinced that I am about gain some amazing and really useful knowledge that doesn’t only concern Game Development, but also big scale software projects development in general.
So, happy coding and happy learning everyone! I hope we all enjoy this course.
See you later!
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Hi there,
Boris from Germany. Having worked in the games industry for many years (but never as a coder), I would like to know more about creating games - sort of something I enjoy doing in my free time.
So far I have been building games using BuildBox and Construct2. Curious to learn a real dev environment now.
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Hi there!
My name is Pedro Augusto Fabri, or just Pedro for short.
I’m from Brasil and I’m a student of System Development and Analysis course.
I work as an ABAP developer at CGI Brasil, and I program at my free time as well.
As I love to code AND I love games, well… why not enjoy both at the same time?
I already know a little bit of Unity, but nothing compares to a course explaining everything you need to know about it.
In additional, I’m a bassist in a metal band called Dislaze, and a huge fan of Survival Horror and FPS Games.
I’m hungry for knowledge and friends, so don’t be shy to ask me anything !
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Hi all,
I love computer games and have always wanted to try coding them. Got this course for myself, and gifted one to my daughter and also to another friend. Hopefully we can all learn together and get some collaboration going. Here’s to a fun time coding!!
Be safe,
Sonny
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