Sunday, May 15, 2016

PluralSight Evaluation

The PluralSight Course that I decided to do was the course "Construct 2 Fundamentals by Jeremy Foster". I decided to do this course because I have a strong interest in making video games and have been interested in the program for awhile. So when I saw that it was one of the course available I decided why not try it. I watched about 2 hours of the course. This was enough to finish the game and I watched that much because I decided to do the tutorial as well as watch it. There was no available sample files for me, at least for my membership level, which is fine because I didn't feel like I needed anything at any point. As for PluralSight itself, I was thoroughly impressed with it. It was pretty easy to find a course I was interested in and I didn't have trouble navigating the sight. The only thing is I wish there was a list of programs that there's courses for. The Website also had a nice look to it, very pleasant to look at. The tutorial that I watched was very good as well. There was a few parts that the instructor that while some people might find educating, I thought we're a bit unnecessary though. He went into talking about how to go about your market and the various ways you can sell your game but I just wanted to learn how to use the program. The actual course itself was helpful and clear. Sometimes he went by a bit fast but I just backed up a bit in those parts (If only you could do that in real life). I personally would definitely prefer doing these video tutorials than packets. I find that a lot the packets can be very confusing in their wording. When you see a person do it and follow along it's a lot easier to follow along with whats happening. It's also just a lot more engaging in my opinion. If given a year access to this program I would definitely be happy and take advantage of it. I'm always looking to learn more programs, and more about ones I already use. So for me it would be very helpful. Like if I ever wanted to for example learn a music producing program or something similar. So in all, I definitely enjoyed learning this way. It's pretty cool that you can learn about new programs this way. It makes everything much more accessible and nice. Also here's the game I made if you want to play it yourself. It's pretty hard though so good luck.

1 comment:

  1. Crazy cool! How much did you delve into, like, actually writing code n' stuff?

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