Learn How To Make Games: Videogame Development in Unity (Skillshare)

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Learn How To Make Games: Videogame Development in Unity (Skillshare)

Learn How to Make Videogames with the Unity Game Engine. If you've ever wondered how videogames are made and if you want to learn how to do so, this course is for you! I have spent more than two years learning about Unity both by working on little projects and by enrolling myself in pure self-learning. I'll teach you all of the fundamentals about Unity and a lot of mental processes to follow when you want to develop your own game, no matter the software you are using.

In this course you will learn:

  • How to start thinking like a real game developer: design features, plan the code, manage optimization...
  • How to work with Unity and all of its basic features
  • Basic to medium level C# coding skills and best practices about programming
  • The fundamentals of animating and creating both visual and audio effects
  • Mental flow thinking processes to follow when developing new features to your games

You'll be creating your own arcade-shooter 2D videogame using the techniques from this course.
Even if this is your first time with game development, you'll find all of the new learning simple, effective, and easy to apply to your own projects!
Create your own Videogame with Unity!
Your class project is to create a videogame with Unity, don't feel constraint to just copy the one I developed, which is fine if that is what you want, and develop your own game.
Share the final product and as much os the pre-release versions as you want and tell us what you've struggled the most with, what you've liked the most, and what you've found works for you.

  • Ask any question on the Discussion board
  • Check out the GitHub repository to see all of the code changes
  • Share your progress and the final product
  • Ask for help if you need it
  • Have fun!

I am so excited to check out all of your amazing projects!

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