Zenva Reviews 

The courses are regularly updated, follow a logical progression, build upon each other, and offer plenty of support.

Small quizzes between modules testing what I've learned have been helpful. I also find that the modules themselves are well structured and easy to follow.

Love the Ease of the Interface everything is right there I do not have to go hunt for course files.

Zenva is one of the best online learning platforms. Professional and clear tutorials.

Courses are simple and concise. Thank you very much!!

My child took the course. It was pretty easy to follow along and a good crash course in the basics of GameMaker. Perfect to get a complete beginner up and running, but not very far.

idk, its fun every now and then

Courses are very easy to follow and come with a detailed transcript for when I can't use the sound.

Great sessions. Well structured and explains concepts and coding procedures, errors and best practice very well. Very nice for specific project areas. Still working through session, and will recommend additional areas of interest later. Thanks

Zenva is really good for small projects. It is about practice and discipline, so making projects help understand what we do. I like the short courses, it helps me to stay focused and feel accomplished.

What truly surprised me is that each lesson is well documented. I don't have to spend time looking for that exact part of the video where the code is, I can watch the video and then find the document with the code explained, that way I save time and I can check the code as much as I need it.

It feels smart.

It's simple and easy to use. Great content, is up to date and relevant. Some courses are from the ground up, being a beginner works for me.

So far tutorials are simple enough for a complete beginner like me to start on. looking forward to apply what I've learn in future projects.

Zenva content stays updated and relevant!

I'm thankful that they the content stays fresh, for example, they recently updated their Godot courses for 4.3.

And the Roblox courses were great for me and my son to learn Lua.

I love the pace of the courses and the depth of content

(Game Development) The courses are very good but don't go far enough. There need to be more courses on advance work, and when a course claims to be on a "complete" game, it should be complete. Where's the UI creation, where's a full build ready for platform release? So far so good. But do what no one else does. REALLY finish the training. I have high hopes for you guys

Excellent tutorial guided with beginner steps and a friendly guide. I wish if the tutorial included a 2-player game.

To be honest I think a 4-star review is more appropriate, but teaching is hard (especially programming).

I like Zenva a lot. I was using Codecademy before, and I found that experience as nothing but disappointing.
In comparison, the collective teaching ability of the Zenva teachers is far superior to any alternative online source that I'm aware of, and I recommend them to anyone learning programming, especially if you would like to make games with that programming.

However, I do have some gripes.

Many of the teachers practice the "just watch me and you'll get it someday" approach that I hate with a passion.
I believe that there are much more efficient teaching methods that aren't so reliant on memorization and repetition, but this is more an issue with modern teaching in general, not just the Zenva teachers.
Another gripe I have is their insistence on keeping lesson durations to 10 minutes or less.
I understand the idea behind this, but I believe it often gets in the way of a more thorough learning experience. Programming is complicated and requires a good grasp on many important concepts, concepts which are often hurriedly explained due to the strict time constraint.

The 10 minute lesson makes sense in theory, though when it is less effective, you may as well go with the 20 or 30 minute lesson and develop a better understanding, which could potentially save time in the end.

Regardless of my complaints, Zenva is a good learning resource. One which, again, I recommend.
The linkedin features alone make it worth it in my opinion.
The surveys that find learning pathways for you are amazing as well. I appreciate small details like that a lot and they really help someone who's new to programming.
It seems to me that Zenva cares about teaching people to program and make games.

I went to college for animation and learned 3ds Max. I cannot afford to purchase the software however. This tutorial for Blender, which is shockingly free and comparable to Max, is very similar to the way I learned the basics of 3ds max in a classroom. I highly recommend anyone who is looking to learn Blender to check these out.

Edit: Links have been updated to lead to the relevant new course instead of a checkout screen, and if you click into the subscription it will show the cost (previously they had x% off or "try for free" banners with no mention of cost). However the overall value of the platform is very low compared to the cost per course/year.

There's no curation ability for the courses. You can rate individual courses, but good luck finding those ratings. There's no information on who's teaching a particular course (unless the instructor drops a introduction - which seems to be entirely at their discretion); find someone who's teaching style you like? Cool, hope you can find them again. Find someone who you just cannot stand to listen to? Good luck avoiding them.

Old review:
Went to access a purchased course, received a prompt that it was outdated and I could access the updated version through a link. The link led to a checkout screen for the yearly subscription, rather than to the updated version of the course it claimed it would go to. There is also no information about the pricing of said subscription, but it is impossible to accept the "free trial" without inputting credit card information.