Here are some platforms, channels, and experts to jump-start your learning journey:

𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴:
🎓 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐚: game development courses from beginner to advanced.
📚 𝐔𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲: game development courses in varying complexity.
🏫 𝐄𝐝𝐗: high-quality courses from renowned universities around the world.
👩‍🏫 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲: introductory courses on game development.

𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴:
🌐 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲: powerful engine for 2D/3D game development.
🕹️ 𝐔𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞: A robust engine used for creating AAA games.
🎲 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐭: A fully-featured, open-source game engine that's user-friendly and perfect for beginners.

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𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘴:
🎥 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬: Provides tutorials mainly on Unity and C#.
🎞️ 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬: Covers game design, history, and industry trends.
🧩 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐭: Covers design of various games, dissecting mechanics, genres, and specific design decisions.
🗣️ 𝐆𝐃𝐂: Official event channel featuring talks from industry professionals.
📢 @𝐀𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 by Christian Vielma 👑 : covers software development fundamentals and the Software Developer life.

𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴:
🏗️ 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: A free and open-source 3D creation suite.
🎨 𝐆𝐢𝐦𝐩: A free and open-source raster graphics editor for image retouching and editing.

𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴:
🎰 Carly Taylor: the ultimate Rebel Data Scientist! She makes data science and AI more accessible to everyone, shares great insights on how to find fulfilling careers in data, and excel in the industry!
🎲 Arif Alam: shares great free platforms, channels, and courses about the art of Data Science.

𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴:
🎶 Aaron Smith & Benjamin Carcich: Game development & production experts, check their Building Better Games Podcast!
❤ Amir Satvat: #1 community lover, sharing insightful industry updates, the largest games jobs #directory, and the largest free, public games #mentoring service in the world - a total game maker!

𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 :
🎮 Justin Williams: shares excellent industry insights and has an insightful and entertaining #Podcast Youtube channel, "Talent Skill Tree"!
👾 Matt Hearnden: shares great #recruitmenttips and has a monthly NL with advice on "How to get a New Job"!

Start exploring these resources, and I hope to see you soon in the #gamingindustry!

PS. I am not an expert on the resources, but I know very talented individuals who are, so I put together a summary to share with our community - I hope it helps