📘 Lesson 3: Installing Unity Hub & Unity Editor

🖥️ Let’s Get Unity Installed – The Right Way (LTS Version)

Before we can start making magic (and games), we need to install Unity – the game engine – and Unity Hub – the launcher that manages all your Unity versions, projects, and preferences.

Let’s do this the clean and easy way 👇

🧰 Step 1: Download Unity Hub

Head over to the official Unity download page and grab Unity Hub.

💡 Unity Hub is like the home base for all your Unity projects. Think of it as Steam… but for your games-in-the-making.

Once downloaded, install it like any regular app.

⚙️ Step 2: Launch Unity Hub and Sign In

  1. Open Unity Hub
  2. Sign in (or create a free Unity account)
  3. You’ll be greeted with an interface that’s way too empty… but not for long!

📦 Step 3: Install the LTS Version of Unity

Now we get the actual Unity Editor, the core tool for building your games.

  1. Click on the Installs tab
  2. Click “Install Editor”
  3. Choose the latest LTS (Long-Term Support) version
    • Example: 2022.3.X LTS (or whatever’s most recent)

🛡️ LTS versions are more stable and supported longer. Great for learning and avoiding bugs that turn into “learning opportunities.”

🧩 Step 4: Add Modules

When prompted during install:

✅ DO check:

  • Windows Build Support
  • WebGL Build Support
  • Documentation (optional but nice)

❌ You can skip for now:

  • Android/iOS build support
  • Visual Studio (we’ll handle that in the next lesson)

🕐 This May Take a While…

The install might take 10–30 minutes depending on your internet and whether Unity feels like cooperating today.
Perfect time to stretch, grab coffee, or question your life choices. (Kidding. Sort of.)

✅ You’re Done When…

You can go to the Projects tab, click “New Project,” and see options like 2D Core, 3D Core, etc.

That means Unity is installed and ready to go!

🛠️ Troubleshooting Tips

If you run into weird issues like:

  • Unity won’t open
  • You can’t sign in
  • The editor crashes or turns into a potato

Try:

  • Restarting your machine
  • Checking your antivirus/firewall settings
  • Googling it (Unity has tons of forum help)

Still stuck? Drop a comment below or yell into the void. Either might work.

🚀 What’s Next?

Next up, we install Visual Studio – your code editor where all your C# scripts will live and breathe.

🧠 Go to Lesson 4 → Setting Up Visual Studio