Starting 2D Game Development in Unity with C#

Name: Starting 2D Game Development in Unity with C#
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Begin your Game Development Journey

Created byNeil North

Last updated 11/2017

English

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 content

6 sections • 41 lectures • 3h 59m total length

Introduction1:56
What you need to know about this course to get started
How to use the Course Files0:56
What you need to know to benefit from the attached course files.
Course Files0:02
The files you need for this course.

What is Unity?2:54
Walk through the software and how you can use it
Is Unity the right engine for me?6:55
Explore some of the decisions you will need to make before deciding on the platform.
Installing the Tools2:07
Install unity and all the tools you need to complete this course.
Tour of Unity12:05
Tour the Unity development environment.
The Unity Asset Store4:35
All the important things you need to know before diving in to the Asset Store.
Prototyping a 2D Game in Unity7:15
A brief look at how you can quickly prototype a game.
Prototyping a 3D Game in Unity7:53
A brief overview of how you would prototype a 3D game in unity.
Layout the Unity Panels3:05
Learn how to layout your IDE the way you want to use it.
Game Design Theory - MonoBehavior9:01
Get up to speed with game design theory.

What will you be creating3:12
What you will accomplish in this section
Starting the Project and Creating a Staging Scene4:06
What you need to do to get started and set up a scene for staging
Create a test platform9:00
Create a physics based platform for your player and any other objects to be placed on.
Build the player prefab - Animations and Physics13:33
Create the animations and write the code for the player prefab
Build the player prefab - Coding the player19:34
Coding the player prefab
Create a Collectible Item for the Character to pick up6:08
Create a collectible item.
Materials for Shader Effects1:22
How to use shader effects with materials
Randomized Scenery7:03
Create random scenery from an array of scenery items.
Sorting Order3:04
What is sorting order in a 2D game?
Create a camera node with constraints10:20
Create a camera to follow the player and constraint it to the game area
Create a parallax background - Building the layers8:05
Make the background parallax based on camera movement.
Create a parallax background - Coding the controller9:15
How to create a parallax background.
Fixing Issues between 2D and 3D Objects2:03
How to fix a common issue with 2D and 3D objects.
Create a game manager object6:18
Create an object to manage the game state and data persistence
Saving and loading game data5:47
How to save and load game data
Adding 2D Sound Effects3:47
How to add simple 2D sound effects to your game

Menu Design Basics2:44
What you need to know to get started.
Create a timer and display it on screen7:51
Create a countdown timer and show it on screen.
Creativity challenge - Making levels8:56
Time to build some levels
Create a level select screen and transitions7:51
How to work with multiple scenes and select levels
Handle win and loss events4:51
Handling wins and losses
Create a level exit and kill zone5:55
Finish the basic version of the game!
Preparing the game for Distribution7:47
Learn how to build a game for distribution

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

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Course content

Course Introduction3 lectures • 3min

Welcome to Unity9 lectures • 56min

Preparing to Build a Game4 lectures • 15min

Building the Game16 lectures • 1hr 53min

Building the UI and Menus7 lectures • 46min

Conclusion2 lectures • 7min

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