Brackeys: How to Make a Video Game in Unity: study plan and how long it takes
The Brackeys playlist is 11 videos and 1.7 hours long. Here's how long it takes at different paces, a week-by-week schedule built from the real videos, and a planner that turns it into your own daily plan.
11 videos · 1.7 hours · Brackeys
Brackeys' How to Make a Video Game series builds a complete simple game in Unity in about 10-minute episodes: Unity basics, programming, movement, camera follow, collision, gameplay, score and UI, game over, winning levels and finishing up.
It's under two hours, which makes it the perfect first Unity project.
Who it's for: Complete beginners who want to make their first game in Unity.
How long does it take?
The full playlist is 1.7 hours across 11 videos. Here's roughly how many days that is at different daily watch times and speeds, counting video time only:
| Daily time | At 1x | At 1.5x | At 2x |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 min a day | 4 days | 3 days | 2 days |
| 1 h a day | 2 days | 2 days | 1 days |
| 2 h a day | 1 days | 1 days | 1 days |
Make your own schedule
The playlist link is already filled in. Press Plan, set how much time you have each day and your speed, and you'll get a day-by-day schedule with a finish date and a calendar file. It reads the live playlist, so new videos are included.
Week-by-week schedule
A sample plan at 30 minutes a day and normal speed, using whole videos so none is split across days. That's 1 week in total. For a different pace, start date or speed, use the planner above.
Week 1Videos 1–11 · 1h 40m
Day 1 · 25m
- 1How to make a Video Game - Getting Started (Unity)3m
- 2How to make a Video Game in Unity - BASICS (E01)11m
- 3How to make a Video Game in Unity - PROGRAMMING (E02)10m
Day 2 · 23m
- 4How to make a Video Game in Unity - MOVEMENT (E03)9m
- 5How to make a Video Game in Unity - CAMERA FOLLOW (E04)7m
- 6How to make a Video Game in Unity - COLLISION (E05)8m
Day 3 · 30m
- 7GAMEPLAY - How to make a Video Game in Unity (E06)8m
- 8SCORE & UI - How to make a Video Game in Unity (E07)9m
- 9GAME OVER - How to make a Video Game in Unity (E08)12m
Day 4 · 22m
- 10WINNING LEVELS - How to make a Video Game in Unity (E09)12m
- 11FINISHING UP - How to make a Video Game in Unity (E10)10m
Tips for finishing
- Finish it in a weekend, then change something about the game (new obstacles, a new level) on your own.
- Brackeys' beginner C# course is a good companion if the scripting parts feel unfamiliar.