Scripting VS Programming

"Scripting" in unity is usually done with C#, which is a general purpose programming language... which means you'll be programming.

Learning to program well is important. You can do that in C#/Unity.
If you want to be a game programmer as a career, you should learn C and C++ at some point, but the order doesn't matter.
Many people will recommend that you learn C# first (it's more beginner friendly), then move backwards to C (because it's a lot harder)
I started with C++ first, and learned C# afterwards... but it was very frustrating

There's not really a wrong way to do things as long as you keep practicing your skills and keep learning new things! Keep it up!
Try both approaches. Switch back and forth between them. Learning industry-standard tools like Unity is very important too.

When I was in college I took a few courses one using an engine (proprietary scripting language) and the other learning the "from scratch" route using DirectX in C/C++. I would highly recommend the C++ route and get a feel for mid-level programming to lower level. It will help you understand the fundamentals of it all and you are young still. You won't be making awesome, amazing games at first. If you go the route for Unity3D now that is has gained a lot of traction, I have seen game companies who use it have job openings (not a whole lot as of now, but there are).

My own personal opinion I hated using an engine with their own scripting language. I do however enjoy Unity and using C# and just like Hodge I learned C/C++ first then C# and it does have its frustrations that route but at the end of the day I am glad I did it that way with no regrets. Well I hope my story helps you out.

Scripting VS Programming

"Scripting" in unity is usually done with C#, which is a general purpose programming language... which means you'll be programming.

Learning to program well is important. You can do that in C#/Unity.
If you want to be a game programmer as a career, you should learn C and C++ at some point, but the order doesn't matter.
Many people will recommend that you learn C# first (it's more beginner friendly), then move backwards to C (because it's a lot harder)
I started with C++ first, and learned C# afterwards... but it was very frustrating

There's not really a wrong way to do things as long as you keep practicing your skills and keep learning new things! Keep it up!
Try both approaches. Switch back and forth between them. Learning industry-standard tools like Unity is very important too.

I did the other route and learned C# first and then C++, its also frustrating there are minor syntax differences between the two languages that will constantly trip you up. I am not talking about memory management and such but simple about very minor syntax differences.

Thanks for the answer Hodgman! And yeah I have heard a lot about learning C, but I'm puzzled because as far as I know, C is basically unused at this point in time. I'm sure a million things use C that I am not aware of, but I feel like C++ has taken the throne, I don't really know the difference between the two. I'd guess C has more uses? I don't know haha.

C is still heavily used and in games we are actually more writing C with classes than proper C++. Things like templates, exceptions and newer C++ syntax are still largely please dont use in a lot of companies.

The major difference between C and C++ is the use of objects in C++.

While it's true that most games these days are written in C++ it's still useful to know C because of the enormous amount of legacy code written in it. Also some programming languages are implemented in C such as Lua and Python. So digging around in the internals of those languages would require knowledge of C. Also it's not that C has more uses, both are Turing-complete programming languages, meaning that any possible computer program can be implemented in them. Although one of the advantages of C is that its implementation is simpler, which means it's used more often on embedded systems.

C's compiler is smaller and simpler that is why it is ported to more platforms than any other compiler. C++ is a very cumbersome compiler and syntax to implement, which means you have tools for every thing you would like to do, but it also makes it very complex.

Try this: http://www.amazon.com/Learning-C-Programming-Unity-3D/dp/1466586524/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=192ZGD19HSZ2J33Q8A9D