Real Progress, Real People

These aren't polished marketing stories. They're honest accounts from people who started exactly where you might be right now—curious about Unity, unsure if they could actually build something meaningful.

Featured Journey

From Complete Beginner to Published Developer

Freya Odinsdottir joined our autumn 2024 cohort with zero programming background. She'd tried YouTube tutorials but kept hitting walls with no one to ask for help.

What changed? She found a learning structure that actually worked for her pace. By February 2025, she'd shipped her first mobile game—nothing fancy, but it works and people play it.

8 months

Learning period

3 projects

Completed builds

Elowen Trevithick

Independent Developer

I kept restarting tutorials for months. Same beginner lessons over and over. What actually helped was having someone point out why my code wasn't working instead of just watching another video explanation.

Elowen started with our January 2025 intake after spending nearly a year trying to self-teach. She's now working on a puzzle game prototype and actually understands what her scripts do. Her biggest shift? Learning that getting stuck is normal and asking questions isn't admitting defeat.

A Typical Learning Path

Weeks 1-4

Getting Your Bearings

Most people feel overwhelmed at first. Unity's interface looks complicated because it is. But you don't need to know everything—just enough to move objects around and make something happen.

Understanding the editor without memorizing every panel
Writing simple scripts that actually change something visible
Building one complete (tiny) project from start to finish

Weeks 5-12

Where It Clicks

Around week six or seven, something shifts. You stop copying code blindly and start seeing patterns. Scripts become less mysterious. You begin solving small problems without immediately searching for answers.

Creating game mechanics from scratch instead of following tutorials
Debugging your own errors (this feels huge when it happens)
Making design decisions based on what you've learned works

Weeks 13-24

Building Something Real

This is when you work on a project that matters to you. Not a tutorial clone—your idea. It's messy and harder than expected, but you're equipped to figure things out now.

Completing a portfolio piece you'd actually show someone
Learning how to scope projects realistically
Understanding optimization and why performance matters