Starting 2D Game Development in Unity with C#

9,802 students enrolled

Starting 2D Game Development in Unity with C#

Begin your Game Development Journey

9,802 students enrolled

Created by Neil North

Last updated 11/2017

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Starting 2D Game Development in Unity with C#

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What you'll learn

Learn how to create 2D games in Unity 3D
Learn the foundations of game development
Have the skills to move up to bigger and better games

+ – Course Introduction

3 lectures 02:54

What you need to know about this course to get started

Preview 01:56

What you need to know to benefit from the attached course files.

How to use the Course Files

Preview 00:56

The files you need for this course.

Course Files

00:02

+ – Welcome to Unity

9 lectures 55:50

Walk through the software and how you can use it

Preview 02:54

Explore some of the decisions you will need to make before deciding on the platform.

Is Unity the right engine for me?

Preview 06:55

Install unity and all the tools you need to complete this course.

Installing the Tools

02:07

Tour the Unity development environment.

Tour of Unity

12:05

All the important things you need to know before diving in to the Asset Store.

The Unity Asset Store

04:35

A brief look at how you can quickly prototype a game.

Prototyping a 2D Game in Unity

07:15

A brief overview of how you would prototype a 3D game in unity.

Prototyping a 3D Game in Unity

07:53

Learn how to layout your IDE the way you want to use it.

Layout the Unity Panels

03:05

Get up to speed with game design theory.

Game Design Theory - MonoBehavior

09:01

+ – Preparing to Build a Game

4 lectures 15:25

Fundamentals of planning an indie game.

Planning your Game

01:59

The most important part of indie development you won't learn from any other course!

Staying Motivated and on Scope

05:01

Sourcing everything you need to build the game.

Sourcing the Resources

03:30

Get your files ready to use.

Preparing the files

04:55

+ – Building the Game

16 lectures 01:52:37

What you will accomplish in this section

What will you be creating

03:12

What you need to do to get started and set up a scene for staging

Starting the Project and Creating a Staging Scene

04:06

Create a physics based platform for your player and any other objects to be placed on.

Create a test platform

09:00

Create the animations and write the code for the player prefab

Build the player prefab - Animations and Physics

13:33

Coding the player prefab

Build the player prefab - Coding the player

19:34

Create a collectible item.

Create a Collectible Item for the Character to pick up

06:08

How to use shader effects with materials

Materials for Shader Effects

01:22

Create random scenery from an array of scenery items.

Randomized Scenery

07:03

What is sorting order in a 2D game?

Sorting Order

03:04

Create a camera to follow the player and constraint it to the game area

Create a camera node with constraints

10:20

Make the background parallax based on camera movement.

Create a parallax background - Building the layers

Preview 08:05

How to create a parallax background.

Create a parallax background - Coding the controller

Preview 09:15

How to fix a common issue with 2D and 3D objects.

Fixing Issues between 2D and 3D Objects

02:03

Create an object to manage the game state and data persistence

Create a game manager object

06:18

How to save and load game data

Saving and loading game data

05:47

How to add simple 2D sound effects to your game

Adding 2D Sound Effects

03:47

+ – Building the UI and Menus

7 lectures 45:55

What you need to know to get started.

Menu Design Basics

02:44

Create a countdown timer and show it on screen.

Create a timer and display it on screen

07:51

Time to build some levels

Creativity challenge - Making levels

08:56

How to work with multiple scenes and select levels

Create a level select screen and transitions

07:51

Handling wins and losses

Handle win and loss events

04:51

Finish the basic version of the game!

Create a level exit and kill zone

05:55

Learn how to build a game for distribution

Preparing the game for Distribution

07:47

+ – Conclusion

2 lectures 06:53

Learn more about what Apptly Creative has to offer.

Where to go From Here?

02:02

BONUS: Should you attend a local Unite Conference?

04:51

Requirements

Prior knowledge on C# is highly recommended

Description

Unity 3D is one of the most powerful free to use game engines available today and is an excellent place to start building games.

This course will cover the foundations of using Unity and building a 2D platformer game.

Make sure you watch our free to view videos to prove to you why this is the Unity course you need out of the pack.

What you will learn:

How to navigate and use the Unity Interface
Game development concepts and theory
Build a platformer game from scratch including animation, phyiscs, character movement, objects to collect, platforms and much more
Learn about structuring your game with a main menu and level selection
Create re-usable prefabs to build games quickly and elegantly.

This course will be supported as long as possible with lifetime access, our other courses have been re-recorded several times due to software updates which offers amazing timeless value.

Full source code and public domain resources provided.

Who this course is for:

Someone eager to get in to game development but doesn't know where to start