What is the Difference betwwen a "Level" and a "scene"

it is royally confusing lol. and this was a huge roadblock to me to getting started with everything. best i know the scene that's level #0 is what will first load when the game is launched. they're really lacking a good '101' tutorial (or at least how to find it lol)

as you add scenes to the 'build settings' under file (load a scene, click 'add current' to add it to the list) it'll be assigned the level # automatically.

sounds like ur in the same spot i was in until learning this really simple fact, another good post for ya i'm sure will be http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/36738/how-can-i-pass-data-between-two-levels.html

sorry if ya already know that stuff, just sounds like you're in the same boat i was in until today lol. it's such a simple thing to have so much confusion about, but it's the core structure itself (unless u want the entire shebang all loaded in one scene)