What do I need to do to develop an FPS survival game?

Hi, I’m a beginner in Unity and I am looking to try and make a basic survival game where the character can:

  • walk
  • run
  • crouch
  • swim
  • lose oxygen underwater
  • pickup stuff
  • make stuff(like building a raft)
  • use made stuff
  • stab
  • cut trees

I was wondering about the elements that I will have to use. What will i need to read about/focus on? I’m familiar with c# coding but I’m not sure about the syntax. I would appreciate it if you guys can help me get by in learning to develop a game.

The things I need would be:

  • Where to start(do I design a world or
    do I code,…)
  • Structure of code (what to
    initialize, update,…)
  • What should I read up on
  • Any other notes you might have

your help will be very much appreciated :slight_smile:


PS.
I have tried the learning section and I want to expand my knowledge.

Well this is a very large subject which can’t really be covered in answers. You should search for tutorials on youtube insted. That being said… As you’re making an fps game, before you do anything you should look into level design, specifically Terrain and models because any coding would be pointless without an environment. When you’re done with that setup your player and write the code that controls it. There’s a lot of directions to go from here, one thing you should leave for last is optimization because it will take up time and will deter you from actually finishing the game. At that point you will have enough knowledge to actually optimize the code and game quickly.