Learning Paths

Game Environment Modeling

  • Number of Courses9 courses
  • Duration28 hours
  • Skill IQ available Skill IQ
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Building a game is a multi-faceted project that includes multiple disciplines. A vastly important part of creating your game is the environment and the art used to create it. This learning path will show you the tools and skills used to build a game environment, and will teach you about creating assets for your world.

Courses in this path

Beginner

At the completion of this section, you will be comfortable creating assets for game props that you can import into a game engine to create your scene. These assets will be modeled, textured, and ready to implement.

Game Prop Modeling Fundamentals

  • by Dan John Cox
  • 4h 21m Duration
  •  (52)

Game Prop Texturing Fundamentals

  • by Dan John Cox
  • 4h 12s Duration
  •  (27)

Intermediate

At the completion of this section, you will be comfortable creating assets for game environments, creating textures for larger game environments, and have an intermediate grasp on preparing game environments for production.

Game Environment Modeling Fundamentals

  • by Alex Jerjomin
  • 4h 52m Duration
  •  (44)

Game Environment Texturing Fundamentals

  • by Alex Jerjomin
  • 2h 57m Duration
  •  (21)

Designing a Modular Structure for Games in 3ds Max

  • by Dan John Cox
  • 1h 56m Duration
  •  (34)

Advanced

At the completion of this section, you will be comfortable creating modular game assets that you can import into a game engine to create your scene. These assets will be modeled, textured, and ready to implement into your game production pipeline.

Hard Surface Modeling a Modular Structure for Games in 3ds Max

  • by Pluralsight
  • 1h 52m Duration
  •  (12)

Sculpting Modular Structures in ZBrush

  • by Dan John Cox
  • 2h 17m Duration
  •  (11)

Creating Game-ready Modular Structures in 3ds Max

  • by Dan John Cox
  • 2h 58m Duration
  •  (17)

Realistic Texturing of Modular Structures in Substance Painter 2

  • by Dan John Cox
  • 2h 42m Duration
  •  (29)

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Dan John Cox
Dan John Cox
Dan John Cox has worked in the games industry for 8 years as both an environmental, concept, and character artist. He has worked at Pseudo Interactive, Frozen North Productions, Bedlam Games, Ubisoft Toronto, and Capybara Games in a variety of capacities. He has also taught Game Art at Seneca College in Toronto for 8 years and has assisted in bringing many new artists into the workforce. He's spoken at events such as GamerCamp, IGDA, Creativa Mexico, GameConnection Paris, and GDC 2014 and 2015.
Alex Jerjomin
Alex Jerjomin
Alex was born in Soviet Latvia. Since childhood he has loved to build and create, leading him to a love for architecture. As a teenager, Alex was introduced to his first CAD software where he learned different building designs and layouts. He then decided his passions could be combined into a career as a 3D artist. He moved to the UK where he met his wonderful wife, Natasha, and attended Herefordshire University to study 3D animation and Game Art. He was torn between doing work in the VFX or gam... more

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