Help in deciding whether or not to take this course to learn to program unity/C#

[Zakhad]

I saw this program advertise on Facebook (WAIT !!! It isn't as bad as it sounds!). Now I don't normally click these links but I suppose when you see 95% off you might give it a cursory glance, this case hence why I'm here about to ask a couple of questions.

The course in question is: https://www.udemy.com/unitycourse/ (Normally it's £195 / $242 / €230 atm it's 93% off at £14 / $17 / €16 give or take) (For the next 13 hours as of writing this post)

1. Would you recommend that being taught to program via an online medium in an semi official capacity (as in not formal educational programs i.e collage/university) a good way to learn e.g. video tutorials. I suppose what I'm asking is; Did it work out for you?

2. Since Rimworld is built on unity/C# How directly does this translate into being able to mod in rimworld, This seems like exactly what I would need to learn, I'm asking for clarification if would you agree with me.

I honestly I think I'll get it and learn what I can. It seems very comprehensive / legit the reviews are pretty good. From what I can tell It was a kickstarter program, so I'd assume it'd be tailored to be specifically what people would want i.e to learn how to program video games.

Also to promote this offer it seems like It might interest other's who would like to be taught in a semi official capacity but not so much so as to go into college/university.

[Thirite]

If it's only $17 you don't have much to lose, but any background in programming is sufficient to learn how to mod the game.  Personally I'd simply recommend watching a tutorial on the basics of OOP and C#.

[mugenzebra]

I just wanna say don't let the price fool you because free stuff can be as good, efficient, effective as paid ones. https://www.edx.org/course/programming-c-microsoft-dev204x-2
check out youtube, and free articles on the internet, this free book http://www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet/

[1000101]

I'd generally run from those types of things like they have every STD on the planet.  But, as Thirite said, for less than $20, the investment is worth the risk.

[RawCode]

you don't need any kind of "special training" to read manual.

if you need training to read manual, well, i have bad news for you.

[1000101]

Manuals are great, but so are tutorials.  Why limit yourself to one source of information?

[RawCode]

there are no reasons to limit yourself, exactly for this reason anything expect original documentation is inferior and limiting.

[Thirite]

Reading the docs is typically something you do after an introduction via a few tutorials. I don't think any of the programmers I know would recommend just diving headlong into the docs expecting to learn anything.

[RawCode]

well, few tutorials for 300 buks is overkill if c# is hobby, especially if you can get same information for free.

[1000101]

Reading the docs is typically something you do after an introduction via a few tutorials. I don't think any of the programmers I know would recommend just diving headlong into the docs expecting to learn anything.

Actually, that's exactly how I learned.  I read two different manuals for BASIC on two different systems (Commodore 64, TRS80).  This was obviously a long time ago (1980's yah!).

Anyway, books and manuals will tell you information you can reference constantly over years but they won't answer questions which can't be easily quantified due to being new to the subject which a tutorial may.

$300 for a non-interactive tutorial is definitely too much; $20 is reasonable as long as it delivers more than you could learn from learn x in y minutes.  For an interactive tutorial (AKA a "class") which you can ask questions and get answers, I doubt you will find one on any subject as low as $300.