The No-Code Revolution: Beginner's Guide to Game Development

Name: The No-Code Revolution: Beginner's Guide to Game Development
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Learn the basics of game development without coding!

Created byQueue The Game Dev

Last updated 10/2024

English

What you'll learn

Utilize the GDevelop game engine to create games without coding
Adopt the thought process behind making game features
Gain the skills & knowledge required to make simple games
Make use of the approaches to further learning to be able to increase your game development skills
Apply the fundamental aspects of game development: variables, collision, movement, music, sfx, & more
Recreate the hit game Pong

Course content

8 sections • 39 lectures • 3h 43m total length

Downloading GDevelop2:07
You will be able to download, install, and launch Gdevelop.
Download Assets0:01

Creating & Saving a GDevelop Project2:16
Learn how to create and save your Gdevelop project.
How should I save?
Navigating GDevelop's Interface6:25
Learn the parts of the Gdevelop interface and discover how to navigate Gdevelop's landscape.
Events > Code (Introduction to GDevelop's Event System)4:56
Learn how to navigate and use Gdevelop's event system.
Variables Introduction5:23
Learn about the 3 most important variables in Gdevelop (numbers, strings, and booleans).
Variables Quiz
New Variable System0:12
Using Variables to Trigger Actions8:31
Learn how variables can be used to trigger actions in your game.
Trigger Once Quiz

Preparing for War (On a Whiteboard)3:31
Understand the thought process behind bouncing the ball off of each Player/Paddle.
Confusion On The Next Lesson0:10
Calculating the Ball's Distance from the Paddle (Y Distance)7:36
Learn how to calculate distance between the Y position of the ball and the y position of paddle and store it in a variable.
New Variable System (Reminder)0:12
Ball Angle Prediction (Player 1)9:22
Use variables and Y ranges to predict how to ball should bounce off of Player 1.
Ball Angle Prediction (Player 2)4:37
Use variables and Y ranges to predict how to ball should bounce off of Player 2.
Ball Bouncing (Part 1)8:44
Add the foundational events to start making the ball bounce off of the paddles.
Ball Bouncing (Part 2)8:54
Finish the rest of the events to complete ball bouncing feature.
Changing the Ball Speed Based on Trajectory5:16
Change the speed of the ball based on its angle so the ball never slows down.
Don't Look At Me (Layers & Layer Visibility)3:09
Use layers to effectively group objects and alter their visibility.

Back in the War Room (Preparing to Make the Scoring System)1:21
Understand the thought process behind making a scoring system for your Pong game.
Scoring System Foundation12:28
Make the essential parts of a scoring system for your Pong game.
Restart Sequence (Part 1)10:44
Start creating the restart sequence for your Pong game.
Restart Sequence (Part 2)6:21
Finish the restart sequence for your Pong game.
Game Over! (Create a Game Over Screen)11:52
Use Gdevelop's scene system to create a game over screen that will restart the game.
Let's Finish This! (Adding Music & SFX)8:47

Assets Needed (DOWNLOAD)0:03
Platformer Foundations5:03
This lecture teaches you how to setup a simple scene with a platformer character and a platform.
Platformer Behavior Properties9:22
This lecture will teach you about the fundamental properties on the platformer behavior.
Changing Controls & Player Flipping8:34
This lecture will teach you how to customize the controls of your platformer character and flip the player according to the direction in which it is moving.
Adding Animations to the Player3:32
This lecture will teach you how to add animations to objects. You will also learn how to use the properties in GDevelop's animation system.
Activating the Animations (Events)5:29
This lecture will teach you how to activate animations for a platformer game to match the game This is the Only Level.
Making Levels Using Tilemaps6:43
This lecture will teach you how to use GDevelop's Tilemap Object to create levels efficiently.
Adding Spikes & Killing the Player6:17
This lecture will teach you how to add spikes to your level with a proper hitbox.
This is the Last Level4:57
This is the Last Level.

Requirements

A working computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux)
An external mouse (highly recommended)
A passion for learning

Description

What is the No-Code Revolution?

Welcome to Season 1 of the No-Code Revolution! The No-Code Revolution is a course series dedicated to helping you master 2D Game Development by recreating the core functionality of hit video games. In future seasons, we will be recreating Super Mario Bros, Tetris, and even Celeste!

Season 1

Do you want to create video games without coding? If so, this course is the perfect fit for you. In this course, you will be learning how to use one of the fastest growing open-source game engines in the world- GDevelop! GDevelop has a fast-growing community with hundreds of thousands of users. GDevelop is also being used by major companies such as Google and Amazon. Gdevelop is even being used in a few schools and universities around the world!

You will learn the foundational skills of GDevelop that serve as the stepping stones to game development mastery. But, most importantly, you will learn through the process of doing by creating the notable game of Pong! Recreating Pong will help you learn about:

Object Movement
Player Input
Adding Forces to Objects
Object Collision
Practical Math Usage in Games
Proper Variable Usage
Music & SFX
and more!

Sounds good, but is this course for me?

This Course is For:

Those who are new to game development
Those who want to create games without coding
Those who don't know how to code
Those who want to learn a new game engine
Those who are hard-working
Those who want to join a game development Revolution!

This Course is NOT For:

Those who are lazy

If you're ready to learn how to make video games without coding, enroll in the No-Code Revolution today!

Who this course is for:

Those who are new to game development
Those who want to create games without coding
Those who don't know how to code
Those who want to learn a new game engine
Those who are hard-working
Those who want to join a game development Revolution!

The No-Code Revolution: Beginner's Guide to Game Development

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Course content

Before You Start the Revolution (GDevelop Installation & Asset Downloading)2 lectures • 2min

Getting to Know GDevelop (Introduction to GDevelop)6 lectures • 28min

Let's Make Pong! (Basic Movement)4 lectures • 31min

Let's Bounce! (Practical Variable Usage & Movement Using Forces)10 lectures • 52min

I Want to Win! (Scoring System & Finishing Touches)6 lectures • 52min

Basic Platformer (This is the Only Level)9 lectures • 50min

The Next Steps & Goodbye (for now)1 lecture • 5min

Bonus Lecture1 lecture • 5min

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