Throughout this course, you'll create a dungeon escape adventure game using 2D animations, all the while fine-tuning your C# programming skills with intermediate concepts like class inheritance ...

If you’re curious about the software--or game development in general--consider picking up this Unity 2D Game Developer Bundle, which offers 15 hours of coursework for just $40.

You can also make 2D games with Unity (more on that in a second), but Cocos2D is a bit easier to get into if you're just starting out (and you already know C++, obviously).

This post talks you through how to make a game in Unity. You'll learn to build a 3D maze for Android with tilt controls, and how to build on this further.

Unity is best known as an engine for making 2D and 3D video games, but the company offers a suite of tools that aim to make it a sort of one-stop shop for interactive content development—gaming ...