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Unity Game Dev: Programming

  • Number of Courses12 courses
  • Duration16 hours
  • Skill IQ available Skill IQ
  • Expanded

Having beautiful art and an idea is never enough in game development. Game developers need to be able to put everything together into a functioning system. Video games don’t work without systems to help maintain and interact with your world. In this skill path, you will learn how to develop the systems that make swords and shovels tick. You will learn how to develop a character controller, inventory system, loot system, a dedicated game manager to store states and situations, enemy AI and more. When this is complete you will feel comfortable building game systems in C# and be ready to start exploring more of what C# inside Unity can do for you.

Courses in this path

Beginner

Learn to build a character controller as well as script enemy AI. From there you can begin building out the stat system for your character to house experience, health, and other needed features.

C# Scripting in Unity: Beyond the Basics

  • by Marc Gilbert
  • 2h 33m Duration
  •  (74)

Finite State Machines in Unity

  • by Marc Gilbert
  • 57m Duration
  •  (73)

Unity GameObject Singletons: Best Practices

  • by Ava Pek
  • 27m Duration
  •  (37)

Swords and Shovels Character Controller and AI

  • by Michael Baker
  • 54m Duration
  •  (70)

Creating a Character Stat System in Unity

  • by Thomas Winkley
  • 1h 34m Duration
  •  (27)

Intermediate

In this section you will build out the game managers, scene loaders and the gameplay loop. From there you will begin hammering out the loot system for the game enabling drops, adding glory to your adventure.

Swords and Shovels: Game Managers, Loaders, and the Game Loop

  • by Jon McElroy
  • 2h 4m Duration
  •  (83)

Creating a Loot System in Unity

  • by Michael Taylor
  • 45m Duration
  •  (18)

Creating a Character Inventory System in Unity

  • by Lisa Walkosz-Migliacio
  • 1h 20m Duration
  •  (20)

Swords and Shovels: Combat System

  • by Marc Gilbert
  • 1h 44m Duration
  •  (44)

Advanced

In this section, you will hone your coding skills by designing a system to store inventory as it drops. There’s no fun in gaining loot if you can’t drag it around the dungeon with you! From there, you will get the combat system functioning so your users can begin battling baddies!

Swords and Shovels: Closing the Loop

  • by Marc Gilbert
  • 2h 40m Duration
  •  (28)

Saving Persistent Player Data in Unity

  • by Michael Baker
  • 37m Duration
  •  (37)

C# Scripting in Unity: Script Optimization

  • by Marc Gilbert
  • 49m Duration
  •  (36)

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Marc Gilbert
Marc Gilbert
Marc's passion for programming began in the mid 80's on an Apple IIe. He's been able to parlay that passion into a fruitful career; having served in leadership roles both in-house and as a consultant to Fortune 100 firms. Marc began working with Unity in 2011, releasing RavenToll in 2012 under Frivoloustwist. He's continued working with the engine ever since. Marc left Corporate America in 2016 to focus solely on game development. His firm, Frivoloustwist is currently engaged in helping to... more
Ava Pek
Ava Pek
Ava is an independent game developer who has worked several years in consulting for various clients spanning many different industries. She has a passion for API design and teaching. Making music and caring too much about video game achievements are a few of her many hobbies. She has a bachelor degree in Computer Science from UT Austin and she currently resides in Austin, Texas.
Michael Baker
Michael Baker
Michael Baker is a game developer and graphics production expert with more than 15 years experience in games and VFX production. He's worked on big licensed projects based on Star Wars and Alien, and developed software tools for the popular Bullet Physics Framework which powers countless authoring tools, feature films, and games. In 2013, he co-founded Codex Worlds, and indie AAA game studio based in Austin, Texas.
Thomas Winkley
Thomas Winkley
Thomas Winkley is an audio engineer, podcast producer and, Street Fighter junkie. As a Unity Certified Instructor and Programmer, he finds joy in teaching others skills and helping them skill up in whatever areas they prefer. He's always ready to talk video production and Game Development
Jon McElroy
Jon McElroy
Jon McElroy is a game developer and graphics programmer with a decade of experience in the games industry. He has spent time working on both indie and AAA titles at companies like EA, Sony and Funomena and now, in addition to games, spends time researching rendering and computer vision.
Michael Taylor
Michael Taylor
At any given time Michael is working on two or more projects. One of which is working on projects for his own company “Big Niche Games”, who have put out games like Negative World. A 2D puzzle platformer where jumps are limited. “No rest for the wicked” as Michael likes to say. When he’s not developing or learning something else, he’s probably playing games released 10 to 30 years ago.
Lisa Walkosz-Migliacio
Lisa Walkosz-Migliacio
Lisa has worked in a software development for over a decade in web development, virtual reality, and video games. Armed with a degree in computer science and design, she has the perfect combination to bring digital works of art to life. She founded the game development company Intropy Games to make super cute games that can tug on your heartstrings. With multiple awards under her belt, she most recently was awarded for excellence in the Oculus Launch Pad in Virtual Reality.
Alexander Gilbert
Alexander Gilbert
Alexander Gilbert is the co-founder and vice president of FrivolousTwist. He started programming at a young age and quickly became interested in game development. He began making games on his TI-83 calculator and soon found himself working in various engines. This interest became a passion. In college, Alex took his knowledge of game development to create visualizations for his math professors before graduating with his degree in Mathematics. Afterward, his passion became his career and he now h... more

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