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Why Unity Looked So Confusing at First

DEV Community·Dinesh·6 months ago
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I opened Unity for the first time…and immediately got overwhelmed by tabs everywhere. But after writing my first small script, things finally started connecting.

This post is part of my daily learning journey in game development.

I’m sharing what I learn each day — the basics, the confusion, and the real progress — from the perspective of a beginner.

On Day 98 of my game development journey, I explored the Unity Editor and basic C# scripting workflow .

What I Used to Think

I thought Unity would work like a simple drag-and-drop tool.

But after opening the editor, I saw:

Scene

Game

Hierarchy

Inspector

Project

Everything looked confusing at first.

What I Realized

Each Unity tab has a specific role.

Scene

Used to build and edit the level.

Game

Shows the final camera output.

Hierarchy

Stores all objects inside the scene.

Inspector

Displays properties of the selected object.

Project

Contains assets, scripts, and project files.

Then I connected Visual Studio Code and created my first C#…

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