Chapter 2: Setting Up Unity

In this chapter, we will learn why Unity is a good game engine to start out with. There are lots of ways to begin a game development career, so choosing the proper tool to do so is a huge first step. Then, we will see how to install Unity and create a project with Unity Hub, a tool that manages different Unity installations and projects, helping us to deal with a whole host of them.

Specifically, we will examine the following concepts in this chapter:

• Why use a game engine such as Unity?
• Installing Unity
• Creating projects

Let's start by talking about why you should choose Unity to start your game development career.