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Learn Game Design FREE
Rating: 3.6 out of 5(44 ratings)
3,609 students

Learn Game Design FREE

Beginner Game Design with the Unreal Engine!
Created byAndy Phillips
Last updated 4/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • Introduce Unreal Engine
  • Introduce Level Design
  • Introduce Blueprint Visual Scripting
  • Practice Game Development
  • Basic Game Interactions without code

Course content

2 sections • 6 lectures • 33m total length

  • Welcome0:10

    We took the fundamentals of game design and development, and spread them out into topics that are easy to understand.

    This course was made to jump start enthusiasts into engineering or design fields of study.


    Andy at Sleep In The Morning is a game designer, developer, and educator that has been building console and mobile games since 2013. He has also written summer camp programs and after-school workshops for high schools, as well as university courses. His goal is to bring the S.T.E.M philosophy to your home, because he believes that anyone can make games. During his free time, he is roaming New York City with his wife for unique foods to try and mimic at home.

  • Getting Started1:32

    1. Download & install the software

    Find the Unreal Engine directly from their website to download. [ Log into your Epic Games account or create one ]

    • www.unrealengine.com

    When you finish running the installation, open up the application named Epic Games Launcher.

    Sign in, and click on the Library button to see your engine versions.

    1. Install your engine version number

    Add a version of the engine that is not labeled preview, and install it. [ This will take a while ]
    If a message pops up, read it carefully and try to allow any prerequisites requested by this installation.

    If your computer is older, consider using an older version for now, such as 4.19.

    3. Create a new game project
    Finally, launch the engine and select create new project, and make sure to choose your optional starter kit!

  • Build your first Level!

Requirements

  • A computer that can run the Unreal Engine software, along with a mouse and keyboard
  • Passion for video games
  • High school grade level

Description

Do you want to get a head start into STEM, or any design and engineering field of study?

Get into Game Design and Development online, so you can learn at your own pace.

This course is dedicated to crafting game interactions from concept to finish. Learn to use the Unreal Engine, and build your own game with the unreal motion graphics tools, landscaping terrain tools, material editor tools, 3D geometry tools, and more.

Andy at Sleep In The Morning is the instructor of this course. He has built console games, STEM programs for NYC High Schools, as well as shaped and taught University courses, since 2013. Have you seen our posts about high school student sample projects?


Why should you take the course:

  • Familiarize with Unreal engine editor basics

  • Practice blueprint visual scripting basics

  • Make your own levels and menu to switch between them

  • Use level design tools such as landscaping and customizing geometry with brushes

  • How to make a 2D mini-game with UMG tools

In the following lectures we explore many parts of Game Design and Development. Starting with computer science fundamentals and programming foundations to create blueprints with gameplay logic and your very own behaviors. Breathe new life with physics, particles, audio and animations, all to render your environments as real as you like.

Our students:

  • High School STEM students

  • Beginner game designers

  • Beginner game artists

  • Unreal Engine developers

  • Game Design Teachers

  • Unreal Engine Teachers

  • Students who cannot afford high tech or tuition

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner game designers curious about the development industry
  • Passionate developers from any modding communities
  • People who cannot afford high costly tuition
  • Busy people who do not have enough time for a full course in their schedule
  • Young High School students curious about STEM

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