Top 8 Recommended Unity Self-Study Materials! [November 2024]

Are you ready to take your game development skills to the next level and create your own unique RPG game? Look no further than this comprehensive and standalone course, designed to take you through the process step by step, even if you have no previous experience in game development.

I've even included a 3-hour crash course for those who have zero knowledge in Unity. While it's better to have some experience and knowledge of C#, don't worry if you don't have it, because I'll cover everything you need to know to create an RPG game.

Throughout this course, you'll learn how to create a versatile player controller using a finite state machine, levels, parallax effect, camera controllers, enemies to fight against, and an engaging combat system with mechanics such as dashes, counterattacks, skills, and more.

From there, you'll move on to more advanced systems that will turn your game into a fully functional RPG, with items, crafting, stats such critical attacks, evasion, magical damage, elemental effects and more. You'll also develop UI elements to manage all of these systems and create a save system to save your progress, checkpoints, items, skills, experience, and currency.

Finally, you'll polish your game mechanics, visual effects, particles, and build and publish your game. By the end of this course, you'll have all the tools you need to create your own unique RPG game, regardless of your previous experience.

You can use my design or mix it with your own ideas. The systems in this course are clean and scalable, allowing you to build upon them and create a truly unique RPG game.

So don't hesitate, enroll in my course today and turn your game ideas into reality!

p.s We don't play games ,we make them.

1. Introduction
2. Introduction
3. Watch before you start
4. Important to know - Mindset of the course
5. Important to know - Crash course
6. Important to know - Q&A & Bugs
7. Important to know
8. Crash Course on Unity
9. Install Unity and Visual Studio 2022
10. Unity windows and Tools
11. Colliders nad Rigibody
12. Input and First script
13. Move and Jump
14. Serializefield
15. Sprite sheet
16. Animator
17. Clean up
18. Flip character
19. 2D Collision Detection
20. Jump animation
21. Sticky walls
22. Dash and timers
23. Dash cooldown
24. Attack animation
25. Attack combo
26. Inheritance
27. Preparing inheritance
28. Making enemy with Inheritance
29. End of crash course
30. Enemy's attack
31. Player's Finite State Machine
32. What is State Machine
33. Creating Finite State Machine
34. Setup Animator with State Machine
35. Movement with State Machine
36. Jump with State Machine
37. Collision Check
38. Flip
39. Creating Dash State
40. Improving Dash State
41. Wall Slide State
42. Wall Jump State
43. Primary Attack State
44. Combo Attacks
45. Finalize Attack State
46. Attack's direction
47. Training Ground Setup
48. Tile Palette
49. Tile Map Collider
50. Camera
51. Parallax background
52. Endless background
53. Enemy's State Machine
54. Enemy's State Machine
55. Making inheritance for Player and Enemy
56. Enemy's Idle and Move State
57. Enemy's Battle State
58. Enemy's Attack State
59. Finalize Battle State
60. Battle system
61. Battle System Design
62. Attack Logic
63. Collider's collision exception
64. On Hit Fx
65. On Hit Impact
66. Attack's direction hot fix
67. Counter attack - Enemy's Stun State
68. Counter's attack window
69. Player's Counter Attack
70. Skill system
71. Concept of a Skill System
72. Creating Player Manager and Skill Manager
73. Foundation of Skill System
74. Clone skill
75. Clone Creating Ability
76. Clone's Attack
77. Sword Skill
78. Sword Throw Skill State
79. Setting up details of the sword
80. Setting up sword's aim
81. Improving sword's behaviour
82. Improving sword throwing state
83. Bouncy sword
84. Setting sword type
85. Pierce sword
86. Saw spin sword
87. Freeze time of the enemies
88. Ultimate skill
89. Blackhole and Quick Time Event keys
90. Improving blackhole with clone creatin
91. Blackhole details setup
92. Blackhole ability state
93. Blackhole duration
94. Magic crystal ability
95. Crystal ability
96. Explosive crystal
97. Moving crystal
98. Multi-crystal
99. Improving skills in a skill tree
100. Clone duplication on attack
101. Crystal instead of Clone
102. Stats and elemental ailments
103. Character stats
104. Stat script
105. Applying stats to combat
106. Death of entities
107. Major stats and defensive stats
108. Critical attack
109. Magic damage
110. Elemental ailments
111. Ailments effects and duration
112. UI health bar
113. Ailment visual effects
114. Improve ailments - chill
115. Improve ailments - shock
116. Applying damage to skills and clean up
117. Items and Inventory
118. Item
119. Inventory
120. Inventory UI
121. Equipment item
122. Stash for materials
123. Equip items on character
124. Apply item modifiers
125. Enemy modifiers
126. Unequip items
127. Craft
128. Items drop
129. Player drop system
130. Remove items from inventory
131. Unique items
132. Thunder strike item effect
133. Ice and Fire item effect
134. Thunder strike on abilities
135. Heal item effect
136. Buff item effect
137. Armor item effect
138. Item's cooldown explained
139. UI
140. UI menu
141. Character Stats UI
142. Limit Inventory Slots
143. Item Tooltip
144. Stat Tooltip
145. Switch UI with Keyboard
146. Craft UI
147. Skill Tree UI
148. Improve Item Tooltip
149. Merge Skill Tree UI with Skill Manager
150. Merge Skill Tree with Parry skill
151. Merge Skill Tree with Crystal skill
152. Merge Skill Tree with Dodge skill
153. Merge Skill Tree with Sword skill
154. Merge Skill Tree with Clone skill
155. Skill Tree Hot Fix
156. In game UI
157. Options UI
158. Finalising Tooltip
159. Save and Load
160. Save system
161. Save Inventory Items
162. Save Stash and Equipment
163. Save Skill Tree
164. Delete save file
165. Encryption of saved data
166. Scene managment and souls ( currency )
167. Main menu
168. Screen fade
169. End screen
170. Checkpoint
171. Lost currency ( souls ) save and and enemy's currency ( souls ) drop
172. Audio manager
173. Audio manager
174. Audio distannce limiter
175. More examples on audio effects
176. Audio settings
177. Audio time limiter
178. Area sound
179. How to look for audio
180. Game polish - Mechanics
181. Improving knockback direction
182. Improving player
183. Improving skeleton
184. Game pause
185. Dead zone
186. Invincibility in the time of dash
187. Polish stage - Visuals
188. Ailments fx
189. Blackhole additional vfx
190. Snow and Fire flies
191. Hit and Critical hit particles
192. Dust fx
193. After image fx
194. Screen shake
195. Pop Up Text Fx
196. A bit of clean up
197. Build and publish
198. How to build your game
199. How to post your game on website
200. Additional section - Enemies

This course started as a runaway success on Kickstarter and has gone on to become the most popular and most watched Unity game development course on Udemy. The course has full English closed-captions throughout.

Learn how to create video games using Unity, the world-leading free-to-use game development tool. We start super simple so you need no prior experience of Unity or coding! With our online tutorials, you'll be amazed what you can achieve right from the first moment you start the course. 

Benefit from our world-class support from both other students, and the GameDevtv team who are regularly engaged in the forums and Q&A section. Go on to build several games including:

• Snow Boarder: A simple Side-Scrolling jumping game using Unity's sprite shape tool

• Laser Defender: A Top-Down Space Shooter with enemies to shoot and dodge;

• TileVania: A fast-paced classic Side-Scrolling Platformer using Unity's Tilemap tool;

• Quiz Master: A Quiz Game that focuses on learning how to set up user interface in Unity.

Prefer to start with 3D games? Check-out our sister course, the Complete C# Unity Developer 3D. Already have some Unity knowledge, and want something more challenging? Check-out our epic RPG Core Combat Creator. More interested in creating 3D models from scratch? Start with our Complete Blender Creator course. Our green leaf logo is a symbol of passion and quality.

You will have access to a course forum where you can discuss topics on a course-wide basis, or down to the individual video. Get plugged into our communities of amazing developers on Facebook (nearly 20k), in our own TA-curated Community (17k views/day), and our student chat group (10k live at any one time). Check out our reviews to see how people love this feature. 

The course is project-based as we believe this is the best way to learn Unity and C#. You will not just be learning dry programming concepts, but applying them immediately to real indie games as you go. All the project files will be included, as well as additional references and resources - you'll never get stuck. There are talking-head videos, powerful diagrams, quality screencasts and more. 

Oh, and it's just bigger and better than other Unity courses you will find online. See the course length and the reviews. 

For each demo game you build you will follow this process... 

• Be challenged to build the entire game yourself.

• Be shown step-by step how to build it.

• Be challenged to apply, and re-apply your knowledge regularly.

You will get full lifetime access for a single one-off fee. The creators are qualified and experienced coders and avid gamers, so are able to explain complex concepts clearly, as well as entertain along the way. 

You will learn C#, and in turn build a solid foundation for Object Oriented Programming. By the end of the course you'll be very confident in the basics of coding and game development, and hungry to learn more. 

What this course DOESN'T cover... 

Whereas this course is already huge, we can't possibly cover everything in that time. Here are some things we will not be covering... 

• Performance optimization.

• Editor plugins or modifications.

• Physics engine modification

Anyone who wants to learn to create games: Unity is a fantastic platform which enables you to make production-quality games. Furthermore these games can be created for Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android and Web from a single source!

If you're a complete beginner, we'll teach you all the coding and game design principles you'll need. If you're an artist, we'll teach you to bring your assets to life. If you're a coder, we'll teach you game design principles. 

Dive in and learn Unity now, you won't be disappointed!

1. Introduction & Setup
2. Welcome To The Course
3. Install Unity & VS Code
4. VS Code Issues?
5. Introducing Unity
6. Set Up Visual Studio Code
7. Community & Support
8. Accessing Our Projects
9. Delivery Driver (New Unity 2021.1 Content)
10. Section Intro - Delivery Driver
11. Game Design - Delivery Driver
12. Introducing Methods
13. Transform.Translate()
14. Introducing Variables
15. How To Use SerializeField
16. Using Input.GetAxis()
17. Using Time.deltaTime()
18. Colliders & Rigidbodies
19. Using OnCollisionEnter2D()
20. Using OnTriggerEnter2D()
21. Add Assets To Project
22. Basic Level Layout
23. Simple Follow Camera
24. If Statements & Tags
25. How To Use Bools
26. How To Destroy Objects
27. How To Use GetComponent
28. Boosts & Bumps
29. Wrap Up - Delivery Driver
30. Snow Boarder (New Unity 2021.1 Content)
31. Section Intro - Snow Boarder
32. Game Design - Snow Boarder
33. How To Use Sprite Shapes
34. Using Edge Colliders
35. Cinemachine Follow Camera
36. Set Up Our Character
37. Using Surface Effector 2D
38. AddTorque To Rotate
39. Triggers To Restart Level
40. NameSpaces & SceneManagement
41. Using Invoke() For Delays
42. Introducing Particle Effects
43. Triggering Particle Effects
44. Take A Moment To Tune
45. Using FindObjectOfType
46. Using OnCollisionExit2D
47. How To Trigger Sound Effects
48. Public Access Modifier
49. Prevent Double Play
50. Wrap Up - Snow Boarder
51. Quiz Master (New Unity 2021.1 Content)
52. Section Intro - Quiz Master
53. Game Design - Quiz Master
54. UI Canvas
55. TextMeshPro
56. Button Layout
57. Scriptable Objects
58. Getter Methods
59. Arrays
60. TextMeshProUGUI
61. For Loops
62. Swapping Sprites
63. Button States
64. Simple Timer
65. Timer Fill Fraction
66. Connecting the Timer
67. Lists
68. Keeping Score
69. Sliders
70. End Screen
71. Game Manager
72. Section Wrap-Up
73. TileVania (New Unity 2021.1 Content)
74. Section Intro - TileVania
75. Game Design - TileVania
76. Slicing Sprite Sheets
77. Introduction To Unity Tilemap
78. Unity Tilemap With Layers
79. How To Use Unity Rule Tiles
80. Create Player Idle Animation
81. Animation States & Transitions
82. Using Prefabs In Unity
83. Composite Collider For Tilemap
84. Set Up Input System
85. Horizontal Player Movement
86. Flip Player Sprite
87. Animation State In Code
88. Jumpy Jump
89. Jump If IsTouchingLayers
90. Climb That Ladder
91. Stop Sliding On Ladder
92. Ladder Climb Animation
93. Cinemachine Follow Camera
94. Cinemachine Confiner
95. State-Driven Cameras
96. Using Physics Material 2D
97. Prevent Wall Jump
98. Set Up Our Enemy
99. Move & Flip Enemy
100. Player Mortality
101. Player Death State
102. How To Create Hazards
103. Instantiate Bullet From Gun
104. Implement Bullet Behaviour
105. Create Some Levels
106. Level Exit Portal
107. Game Session Controller
108. Make A Coin Pickup
109. Coin Sound Effect
110. Persistent Score & Lives
111. Scene Persist
112. Prefab Variants
113. TileVania Wrap Up
114. Laser Defender
115. Section Intro - Laser Defender
116. Game Design - Laser Defender
117. Project Setup
118. Unity Input System
119. Boundaries
120. Enemies
121. Pathfinding
122. Instantiating Enemies
123. Coroutines
124. While Loops
125. Taking Damage
126. Projectile Setup
127. Player Shooting
128. Enemy Shooting
129. Particle Effects
130. Screen Shake
131. Scrolling Background
132. Sound Effects
133. Music
134. Keeping Score
135. Game UI - Part 1
136. Game UI - Part 2
137. Adding Scenes
138. Level Manager
139. Singleton Pattern
140. Singleton Scorekeeper
141. Balance and Build
142. Section Wrap-Up
143. Congratulations
144. Updates and Important Messages
145. For Users of Older Unity Versions
146. Continuing Your GameDev Journey
147. BONUS LECTURE
148. Credits

This course has been updated to Unity 6, but is still compatible with older versions of Unity.

This is the long-awaited sequel to the Complete Unity Developer - one of the most popular e-learning courses on the internet! Completely re-worked from scratch with brand-new projects and our latest teaching techniques. You will benefit from the fact we have already taught over 2 million students programming and game development, many shipping commercial games as a result.

Unity is an incredible 3D package used for making video games, architectural and medical imaging and more. The challenge is that it's big and complicated to use, especially for complete beginners to coding and game development. We make learning to code easy and fun by leading you step-by-step through the process of creating exciting games.

Get plugged into our communities of amazing developers on Facebook (nearly 20k), in our own Teaching Assistant-curated Community, and our student Discord chat channel.

If you're reading this you probably already have everything you need to get started. Unity is a free download. With regular access to an internet connection you'll be able to engage in our thriving community. Even if you have no experience with coding, or with 3D packages, we will guide you through everything from first principles. Starting slow, then building on what you learn, you'll soon have a very solid working knowledge of Unity.

You’ll build five fun games, each teaching you key skills in game development. From the basics like variables and collision detection to more advanced stuff like procedural generation and AI, you’ll master it all - while dodging obstacles and blasting aliens!

• Create an 'Obstacle Dodge' game. Learn player input, collisions, variables, and if statements. It's the perfect way to get your feet wet in Unity.

• Launch into "Rocket Boost", a physics-based game. Mess around with forces, namespaces, and classes. Push that rocket—and your skills—even further!

• Gear up for "Galaxy Strike", an old-school rail shooter. Master Unity's terrain and timeline tools while coding arrays, for-loops, and coroutines. Arcade fun with a modern twist!

• Craft a procedural endless runner in 'Royal Run'. Build worlds that never stop, use lists, pickups, animations, post-processing, and more.

• Get your eye in on "Sharp Shooter", a first-person shooter. Tackle nav mesh agents, enemy AI, weapon switching, raycasting, and prototyping levels with ProBuilder. Because who doesn't want to make an FPS?

Don't take our word for it, please see the amazing reviews students have taken the time to write. We are proud to be transforming lives, and equipping 1000s of people with valuable new skills. We would love you to become one of them now.

The course is project-based, so you will not just be learning dry programming concepts, but applying them immediately to real indie games as you go. All the project files will be included, as well as additional references and resources - you'll never get stuck. There are "talking heads", powerful diagrams, quality screencasts and more.

For each demo game you build you will follow this process...

• Be challenged to build the entire game yourself.

• Be shown step-by step how to build it.

• Be challenged to apply, and re-apply your knowledge regularly.

Prefer to focus on 2D? Check-out our Complete Unity Developer 2D course. Want something a little more advanced? Check-out our epic Unity RPG course. Want to get certified, get a job, or learn environment art - we've got you covered. The green leaf logo is your sign of quality.

You will get full lifetime access for a single one-off fee. The creators are qualified and experienced coders and avid gamers, so are able to explain complex concepts clearly, as well as entertain along the way.

What this course DOESN'T cover...

Here are some things we will not be covering in detail...

• Art asset creation (assets provided but not made on-screen).

• Advanced performance optimization.

• Editor plugins or modifications.

• Physics engine modification.

Anyone who wants to learn to create games: Unity 3D is a fantastic platform which enables you to make production-quality games. Furthermore these games can be created for Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android and Web from a single source!

Dive in now, you won't be disappointed!

1. Introduction & Setup - New Unity 6 Content
2. Welcome To The Course
3. Content Now in Unity 6!
4. Download Unity & VS Code
5. Introducing Unity
6. Set Up VS Code
7. Community & Support
8. Accessing Our Projects
9. Obstacle Dodge - New Unity 6 Content
10. Section Intro - Obstacle Dodge
11. Start() & Update()
12. Introducing Variables
13. Using SerializeField
14. C# Formatting
15. Using Input.GetAxis()
16. Time.deltaTime
17. Introducing Cinemachine
18. Basic Collisions
19. Understanding Methods
20. Practicing With Methods
21. Using OnCollisionEnter()
22. Using GetComponent()
23. Incrementing a Score
24. Using Time.time
25. If Statements
26. Caching A Reference
27. Using Tags
28. Rotate An Object
29. Fly At Player
30. Destroy Object
31. Trigger Projectile
32. Introducing Prefabs
33. Unity Order of Execution
34. Level Layout
35. Add Hazards To Level
36. Wrap Up - Obstacle Dodge
37. Rocket Boost - New Unity 6 Content
38. Section Intro - Rocket Boost
39. Importing Assets
40. Namespaces & Classes
41. Using Input Actions
42. Using AddRelativeForce()
43. Rotation Input
44. Rotate The Rocket
45. Cinemachine Follow Camera
46. Rigidbody Tuning
47. Unity Audio Introduction
48. Play AudioSource SFX
49. Switch Statements
50. Respawn Using SceneManager
51. Load Next Scene
52. Using Invoke()
53. Code Layout
54. Multiple Audio Clips
55. Bool Variable For State
56. Intro To Particles
57. Trigger Booster Particles
58. Refactor Our Methods
59. Respond To Debug Keys
60. Assets & Colliders
61. Create A Level Layout
62. Quick Game Tuning
63. Set Dressing Your Level
64. Intro To Post Processing
65. How To Add Lights In Unity
66. A Quick Note About Prefabbing
67. Oscillating Object Script
68. Quit Application Script
69. Design Ideas
70. How To Build & Share Your Game
71. Wrap Up - Rocket Boost
72. Galaxy Strike - New Unity 6 Content
73. Section Intro - Galaxy Strike
74. Using Terrain Tools
75. Additional Terrain Features
76. Texturing Terrain
77. Master Timeline
78. Animation Curves
79. Animate Enemy Using Timeline
80. Input Action Map
81. Player Ship Movement
82. Mathf.Clamp() Ship Movement
83. Roll Our Ship
84. Lerping Ship Rotation
85. Rotating Pitch
86. Particle System Ship Laser
87. Laser Fire Input
88. C# Arrays & Foreach Loops
89. Crosshair Rect Transform
90. ScreenToWorldPoint Target
91. Vector Arithmetic
92. Collision & Triggers
93. Particle Collision
94. Instantiate at Runtime
95. Nested Prefabs & Prefab Variants
96. Enemy Ship Variants
97. Tune & Tweak
98. Enemy Hit Points
99. Public Methods C#
100. Scoreboard UI
101. Enemy Waves Using Control Tracks
102. Timeline Audio
103. Displaying Dialogue Using Signals
104. Portrait Camera Render Texture
105. Paint Trees on Terrain
106. Rendering, Lighting, & Shadows
107. Skybox
108. Post Processing
109. Layers & Multiple Volume Profiles
110. Reload Level Using Coroutines
111. Music Singleton
112. Your Vertical Slice
113. Wrap Up - Galaxy Strike
114. Royal Run - New Unity 6 Content
115. Section Intro - Royal Run
116. Project Setup & Import Assets
117. Level Generation Using For Loops
118. Chunk Movement
119. C# Lists
120. Player Movement
121. Restrain Player Using Clamp
122. Obstacles Using While Loops
123. Physics Materials
124. Obstacle Prefab Variants
125. Fence Chunk Hazard
126. Lane Detection
127. Lane Pickups
128. Physics Collision Setup
129. Destroy Obstacles
130. Player Hit Animation
131. Trigger Animation Through Code
132. Inheritance
133. Modifying Physics
134. Cinemachine Camera Controller
135. Speed Up Particle System
136. Inspector Tooltips & Headers
137. Score Manager
138. Dependency Injection
139. Time Lose Condition
140. Properties
141. Modulus Operator
142. Checkpoint Increase Time
143. Beautify Checkpoint Prefab
144. Lighting & Post Processing pt. 1
145. Lighting & Post Processing pt. 2
146. Cinemachine Composer
147. Fog Particle System
148. Cinemachine Screen Shake
149. Rock Collision FX
150. Music & Camera Noise
151. Tune, Tweak, & Balance
152. Wrap Up - Royal Run
153. Sharp Shooter - New Unity 6 Content
154. Section Intro - Sharp Shooter
155. First Person Starter Asset
156. Nav Mesh Agent
157. Agent Jump & Drop Height
158. Equip a Gun
159. Raycasting
160. Shoot Input
161. Enemy Health
162. Muzzle Flash
163. Weapon Animation
164. Hit VFX
165. Robot Animator & Animation
166. Intro to Probuilder
167. ProBuilder Level Blockout
168. ProBuilder Tips & Tricks
169. New Scene Prep
170. Scriptable Objects
171. Shoot Cooldown
172. Machine Gun
173. Weapon Pickup
174. Switching Weapons
175. Sniper Rifle
176. Weapon Zoom
177. Base Pickup Using Inheritance
178. Raycast Overloads
179. Ammo
180. Ammo Pickup
181. Weapon Viewport
182. Gun Recoil Screenshake
183. Robot Explosion VFX
184. Explosion OnDrawGizmos()
185. Physics.OverlapSphere()
186. Death Camera Transition
187. Player Shield UI
188. Enemy Spawn Gate
189. Turret
190. Projectile
191. TMP Font Asset Creator
192. Ternary Operator
193. Event System
194. Win Condition
195. Polish
196. Wrap Up - Sharp Shooter
197. Updates And Important Messages
198. Original Unity 2020 Content
199. Introduction & Setup (Unity 2020.1 Content)
200. Welcome To The Course

** This course has been updated as of June 19, 2023! **

*** Now includes the ENTIRE ultimate guide series! 20+ hours of new content added!

This course is authorized by and made in partnership with Unity Technologies.

If you are interested in developing amazing, commercial-quality games that are playable on a variety of platforms, then you've come to the right place. This Unity course is the only one of its kind that is approved by Unity Technologies on Udemy. What better way to learn how to develop games in Unity than with their authorized course? The Ultimate Guide to Game Development with Unity introduces you to the Unity Engine and to the fundamentals of C# programming. The course then dives into developing your first 2D and 3D games. You will discover how to set your games apart from the crowd by polishing them with Unity’s latest features, including post-processing effects and the animation system.

In this Unity course, you will:

• Master C# concepts such as variables and if statements

• Detect collisions, receive user input, and create player movements

• Create power-ups including triple shots, laser beams, speed boosts, and shields

• Apply shaders that transform your game backgrounds

• Create enemies with basic AI behavior

• Collect and destroy game objects

• Implement sound effects, background music, and particle effects

• Activate and use Unity’s Team Collaboration service

• Navigate the Unity Engine and discover unique features such as the Asset Store

• Deploy your game to over 20 web or mobile platforms using Unity

• And more!

This Unity course also includes over 200 interactive challenges (New Content Added Weekly!) where you can test your knowledge with concepts you've just learned. These challenges will help you build three commercial-quality games: a 2D Galaxy Shooter Game with polished sprites and cinematic effects, a 3D Click to Move Stealth Game, and a 2D Dungeon Crawler Mobile Game. Get access to the unique artwork provided by this Unity course and add sophisticated features to your games that make you look like you’ve been programming for years. 

Why Learn Game Development with Unity?

The gaming industry is a $200 billion industry worldwide. By 2025, that number is expected to be near $300 billion. With Unity being the most widely used engine to develop games across multiple platforms, there has never been a better time to get into the field. As you will learn, the types of games you can create with Unity and C# are limitless. Game development makes a great hobby, allowing you to learn a new skill and play your game with family and friends. It is also an exciting and rewarding career, where plenty of successful developers, including myself, have learned the fundamentals of game development through courses like this, and not in the traditional classroom setting. Every great game starts somewhere, so why not make it yours? While people often find coding or making games intimidating, this Unity course utilizes a unique teaching method that will allow you to gain a thorough understanding of concepts while you develop your own games. Thanks to the Unity community, you’ll be able to connect with other developers, work together on new projects, and make some incredible games!

Why Learn From Me

This is the first and only Unity game development course that has been co-created with Unity Technologies on Udemy.  Because learning to code can be daunting, Unity Technologies wanted to create a course that helps new developers feel comfortable exploring the engine and developing games. I believe that the best way to learn how to code is by doing. Therefore, this is a highly interactive series that does not spoon-feed you the answers. The unique challenges integrated throughout this Unity course will ensure you not only know how to code something, but also understand the logic behind it. As a self-taught software engineer, I found that there simply weren’t any high-quality video tutorials that allowed beginners to truly grasp concepts essential to game development. To remedy this, I created my own YouTube video series focused on Unity game development, where I’ve had the privilege of helping thousands of other people grow their passion for game development.  

I’ve been working in Unity since the initial public release of version 2.6, and I’ve authored a book on Unity 3.X. Since beginning my career in software development, I’ve been fortunate enough to develop games for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and several indie game companies. I’ve also developed enterprise augmented reality applications for Fortune 500 companies like Coca-Cola, GE, and Thyssenkrupp. Teaching has always been a passion of mine, and I hope you will see that throughout this course.  

Upon completing this Unity course, you will understand the concepts of C# programming and be able to continue developing your own 2D and 3D games. You will also feel confident knowing that you have mastered the latest and greatest game development techniques that will propel you to success in your professional or personal aspirations.

Join me on this adventure today!  I’ll see you inside the course.

1. Introduction
2. Welcome
3. Course Support - New Ticketing System
4. What Can You Do With Unity?
5. Get Unity 2019.X
6. Download Unity 2019 LTS -- (MUST WATCH)
7. Unity ID Required
8. What to Expect
9. Galaxy Shooter
10. Galaxy Shooter Introduction
11. Project Setup
12. Project Setup Introduction
13. Create a New Unity Project with Unity 2019.x
14. Editor Overview
15. Navigating the Scene View
16. Manipulating Gameobjects in Unity
17. Creating Gameobjects & Applying Materials
18. Professional Layout - DO NOT SKIP THIS VIDEO
19. Create the Player
20. Create the Player Introduction
21. Player Setup
22. 16:9 Aspect Ratio
23. Fixing Visual Studio Behavior When Opening Scripts
24. Starting Player Position
25. Moving the Player at the Speed of Sound
26. Moving the Player at a Normal Speed
27. Speed Variable
28. Challenge: User Input
29. Challenge Review: User Input
30. Challenge: Player Bounds
31. Challenge Review: Player Bounds
32. Code Cleanup
33. Facebook Community & Discord
34. Shooting
35. Shooting Introduction
36. Laser Setup Prefab
37. Fixing Visual Studio Behavior When Opening Scripts
38. Instantiate Laser
39. Challenge: Laser Behaviour
40. Challenge Review: Laser Behaviour
41. Challenge: Destroy Laser
42. Challenge Review: Destroy Laser
43. Challenge: Laser Position Offset
44. Challenge Review: Laser Position Offset
45. Cool Down System
46. Code Cleanup
47. Enemies
48. Enemy Introduction
49. Enemy Setup
50. Fixing Visual Studio Behavior When Opening Scripts
51. Challenge: Enemy Behaviour
52. Challenge Review: Enemy Behaviour
53. Challenge: Destroy Enemy & Trigger Collisions
54. Challenge Review: Destroy Enemy & Trigger Collisions
55. Player Lives & Damaging
56. Code Cleanup
57. Spawn Manager
58. Spawn Manager Introduction
59. Spawn Manager Setup
60. Challenge: Spawn Routine
61. Challenge Review: Spawn Routine
62. Tidy up the Spawning
63. Stop Spawning when Player Dies
64. Prototype to Production
65. Course Asset Overview & Import
66. Nebular Background Sprite
67. Player 3D to Player 2D
68. Enemy 3D to Enemy 2D
69. Laser 3D to Laser 2D
70. Power Up - Triple Shot
71. Power Up - Triple Shot Introduction
72. Creating the Triple Shot Prefab
73. Challenge: Triple Shot Behavior
74. Challenge Review: Triple Shot Behavior
75. Challenge: Triple Shot Powerup Behaviour
76. Challenge Review: Triple Shot Powerup Behaviour
77. Challenge: Triple Shot Powerup Implementation
78. Challenge Review: Triple Shot Powerup Implementation
79. Challenge: Destroy Parent Triple Shot
80. Challenge Review: Destroy Parent Triple Shot
81. Animate Triple Shot Powerup
82. Challenge: Spawn Triple Shot Powerup
83. Challenge Review: Spawn Triple Shot Powerup
84. Cleanup & Organization
85. Power Up - Speed Boost
86. Power Up - Speed Boost Introduction
87. Challenge: Modular Powerup Script
88. Challenge Review: Modular Powerup Script
89. Switch Statement Optimization
90. Challenge: Speed Boost Implementation
91. Challenge Review: Speed Boost Implementation
92. Spawning the Speed Boost
93. Challenge: Animate Speed Boost
94. Challenge Review: Animate Speed Boost
95. Power Up - Shields
96. Power Up - Shields Introduction
97. Challenge: Shields Setup
98. Challenge Review: Shields Setup
99. Add Shields to Spawn Manager
100. Challenge: Shields Behaviour
101. Challenge Review: Shields Behaviour
102. Challenge: Shield Visualizer
103. Challenge Review: Shield Visualizer
104. Shield Visualizer Animation
105. User Interface (UI)
106. User Interface (UI) Introduction
107. Score Text UI Setup
108. Challenge: Score Implementation
109. Challenge Review: Score Implementation
110. Lives Display
111. Challenge: Game Over Text
112. Challenge Review: Game Over Text
113. Challenge: Game Over Text Flicker
114. Challenge Review: Game Over Text Flicker
115. Challenge: R Key to Restart Level
116. Challenge Review: R Key to Restart Level
117. Creating the Main Menu
118. Effects (FX)
119. Unity Effects (FX) Introduction
120. Enemy Explosion Setup
121. Challenge: Enemy Explosion Implementation
122. Challenge Review: Enemy Explosion Implementation
123. Challenge: Asteroid Behaviour
124. Challenge Review: Asteroid Behaviour
125. Challenge: Explode the Asteroid
126. Challenge Review: Explode the Asteroid
127. Controlling the Spawn Wave through the Asteroid
128. Player Thrusters
129. Challenge: Player Damage Visualization
130. Challenge Review: Player Damage Visualization
131. Post Processing
132. Install Post Processing
133. Applying Post Processing
134. Post Processing Example
135. Game Audio
136. Background Music
137. Challenge: Laser Shot Sound
138. Challenge Review: Laser Shot Sound
139. Challenge: Explosion Sound
140. Challenge Review: Explosion Sound
141. Challenge: Powerup Sound
142. Challenge Review: Powerup Sound
143. Deployment (Build your Game)
144. Build Game
145. Deployment Options
146. PC, Mac, & Linux Builds
147. Web GL (Play your game in the browser)
148. Android Mobile Port: Setup
149. Android Mobile Port: X Platform Input Manager in Unity
150. Android Mobile Port: Building the APK
151. Galaxy Shooter - Recap & Review
152. 2D Space Shooter EXTRAS
153. Extras Intro
154. Enemy Explosion Bug Fix
155. Challenge: Enemy Fire
156. Challenge Review: Enemy Fire
157. Challenge: Quit Application
158. Challenge Review: Quit Application
159. Co-Op Mode Introduction
160. Co-Op Mode Setup
161. Co-Op Mode Main Menu
162. Co-Op Mode Challenge: Scene Loading in Unity
163. Co-Op Mode Challenge Review: Scene Loading in Unity
164. Co-Op Mode Challenge: Who's Who?
165. Co-Op Mode Challenge Review: Who's Who?
166. Co-Op Mode Bug Fix
167. Co-Op Mode Challenge: Remove Third Player
168. Co-Op Mode Challenge Review: Remove Third Player
169. Co-Op Mode Challenge: Co-Op Controls
170. Co-Op Mode Challenge Review: Co-Op Controls Part 1
171. Co-Op Mode Challenge Review: Co-Op Controls Part 2
172. Co-Op Mode Challenge: New Game
173. Co-Op Mode Challenge Review: New Game
174. Co-Op Mode Challenge: Player 2 Animations in Unity
175. Co-Op Mode Challenge Review: Player 2 Animations in Unity
176. Pause Menu Setup
177. Pause Menu Challenge: Implementation
178. Pause Menu Challenge Review: Implementation
179. Pause Menu Challenge: Resume Play
180. Pause Menu Challenge Review: Resume Play
181. Pause Menu Animation Setup
182. Pause Menu Animation Control
183. High Score Setup
184. High Score Challenge: Logic
185. High Score Challenge Review: Logic
186. High Score Challenge: Saving & Loading in Unity
187. High Score Challenge Review: Saving & Loading in Unity
188. Script Communication in Unity 2.0: Challenge
189. Script Communication in Unity 2.0: Challenge Review
190. The Ultimate Guide to Cinematography with Unity
191. Welcome
192. Unity & Cinematography?
193. The Great Fleece
194. Introduction
195. Project Setup
196. Introduction
197. Project Setup
198. Unity Layout Overview
199. Import Course Assets
200. Course Assets Overview

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1. Watch Before You Start
2. Important to know - Mindset of the course
3. Important to know - Crash Course
4. Important to know - Q&A and Bugs
5. Important to know - Before we begin
6. Crash Course for Beginners
7. Install Unity
8. Basic tools, Windows and Components
9. Creating Tank with simple shapes
10. Execution order, Input and Movement
11. Tank's rotation
12. Tank's aim
13. Tower's rotation
14. Shooting bullets
15. Setup small playground
16. Collision detection and simple camera controller
17. Character Development
18. Setup testing ground and Character Import
19. Setup New Input System
20. Setup movement
21. Setup gravity
22. Setup aim
23. Rig Setup and Animations
24. Setup walk animation
25. Setup run animation
26. Setup fire animation
27. Gun visuals and Animations
28. Create weapon controller
29. Setup weapon 3D model's
30. Animation rigging - Setup
31. Rig aim constraints
32. Left hand IK - attach left hand to the gun
33. Left hand IK - diffrent weapons
34. Weapon animation layers
35. Introducing layer sync
36. Reload Animations
37. Weapon Grab Animations
38. Clean up
39. Camera and Aim
40. Setup Camera
41. Camera Settings
42. Player Aim and Decomposition of Player Movement
43. Smooth character rotation - Lerp & SLerp
44. Camera's Lookahead
45. Decomposition of Aim and Camera
46. Create a bullet
47. Setup bullet's direction
48. Setup Precise Aim
49. Setup Target Lock
50. Visualise Aim with Laser
51. Clean up
52. Colliders and Rigidbodies
53. Update project to LTS
54. Import 3D models
55. How to setup 3D colliders
56. Important about Pivot point
57. Rigidbody
58. Collision detection type
59. Flexible mass of a bullet
60. Shiny bullet & URP setup
61. Impact Visual Effect of a Bullet
62. Training ground upgrade
63. Clean up
64. Weapon System
65. Weapon class
66. Weapon type
67. Weapon slots
68. Weapon pickup
69. Weapon's ammo
70. Weapon's reload
71. Weapon's model
72. Equip weapon
73. Backup weapon model
74. Reload speed & Equipment speed
75. Object pool - Bullet pool
76. Weapon's fire rate
77. Weapon ready check
78. Shoot type : Single and Auto
79. Bullet's spread
80. Multi-shot and burst shot
81. Gun distance
82. Camera distance
83. 2+ weapon slots
84. Clean up
85. Performance and Workflow
86. Global object pool
87. Constructor
88. Scriptable object
89. Weapon data
90. Interaction System
91. Closest interactble
92. Interaction and inheritance
93. Weapon pickup interaction
94. Drop current weapon as pickup item
95. Ammo box pickup
96. Clean up
97. Enemy Melee
98. Brief enemy design
99. AI Navigation Setup
100. State Machine Setup
101. Idle State
102. Move State
103. Visuals and Animations
104. Manual rotation and smooth transition
105. Recovery state
106. Root transform position
107. Chase State
108. Attack State
109. Attack Set
110. Next attack random
111. Multiple slash attacks
112. Dead state & Ragdoll
113. Simple health system
114. Enemy ability - Shield
115. Enemy ability - Dodge
116. Enemy ability - Axe throw
117. Enemy's Axe
118. Clean up & Refactoring
119. Enemy Variants
120. Updating enemy's FBX Model and Ragdoll
121. Updating avatar and animations
122. Setup random look
123. Setup random weapon
124. Setup random corruption
125. Animator override
126. Enemy weapon trail effect
127. Attack data update
128. Clean up
129. Enemy Range
130. Move and Idle state
131. Battle state
132. Bullet
133. Attack cooldown
134. Weapon model and refactoring
135. Animation layers
136. Left hand IK
137. Weapon data
138. Cover system - cover state
139. Cover system - cover points
140. Cover system - best cover search
141. Cover system - perks & decision making
142. Advance state
143. Smart aim
144. Advance duration and cover duration
145. Unstoppable enemy
146. Grenade throw state
147. Grenade state visuals
148. Grenade setup
149. Dead state & grenade addition
150. Idle & weapon - visuals improvements
151. Object pool - bug fix
152. Clean up
153. Enemy Boss
154. Setup boss model and rig
155. Idle and Move
156. Attack
157. Jump attack
158. Ability - flamethrower
159. Visuals - Flamethrower
160. Action cooldown
161. Chase behavior
162. Visuals - Flamethrower batteries
163. Visuals - Landing zone
164. Visuals - Weapon trails
165. Jump attack physical impact
166. Dead state
167. New Boss with Hummer
168. New Boss Ability
169. Ability Fallback
170. Clean up
171. Damage System
172. Interfaces
173. Hitbox
174. Health controller
175. Friendly fire
176. Player's hitbox and death
177. Grenade damage
178. Melee enemy's hitbox
179. Melee enemy attack check
180. Melee enemy axe damage.mp4
181. Enemy's shield
182. Grenade bug fix
183. Boss's hitbox
184. Boss's attack check
185. Boss's flamethrower damage check
186. Boss's jump attack damage check
187. Boss's hummer attack check
188. Implementing Damage Value Parameters in Health Reduction System
189. Creating a dummy
190. Balancing player's weapons damage
191. Balancing Melee enemies
192. Balancing Range enemies
193. Boss balance
194. Headshot modifer
195. Clean up
196. Procedural Level Generation
197. System design
198. Creation, position and rotation
199. Automation
200. Intersection check