This VTC course will take you through the ins and outs of creating a video game from scratch. Say goodbye to your spare time as this is too much fun to be had. You’ll learn how to maneuver your character around in 3d space, sculpting and painting your environments, special effects, weapon handling, creating menu’s and user interfaces, adding enemies, generating large worlds and much more. The main software package used (Unity3D) is free of charge, yet high quality. All the art assets you will need are provided. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.
Introduction
Welcome Installing Unity3D Reviewing the Interface pt. 1 Reviewing the Interface pt. 2 Navigating in 3D The Unity3D Concept Our First Game
Creating a New Project Walking Around Adding Crates & Physics Unity Prefabs Painting Terrain Painting Grass Adding Trees Skyboxes Introduction to Scripting
Unity Scripting Variables & Syntax Functions Predefined Words If & Else Unity Functions & Switch Core Unity Classes Private Versus Public
3D Under the Hood
What Are We Looking At?
Fun With X Y & Z
Local Versus Global
Throwing Objects
Importing Models
Understanding Materials
Shaders in Unity
Importing in Unity
Interacting with Models
Animating a Door
Scripting Animations
Raycasting
Special Effects
Understanding Particles
Sparking a Fire pt. 1
Sparking a Fire pt. 2
Sparking a Fire pt. 3
Weapons
Picking Up Items pt. 1
Picking Up Items pt. 2
Prepping the Grenade
Scripting Grenades pt. 1
Scripting Grenades pt. 2
Adding the Explosion
Scripting the Explosion
G.U.I. & Menus
Understanding Unity GUI
Adding GUI to Our Game pt. 1
Adding GUI to Our Game pt. 2
Scripting Our GUI
Adding a 3D Main Menu pt. 1
Adding a 3D Main Menu pt. 2
Scripting the 3D Main Menu
Enemies
Turret Prep & Cleanup
Will the Turret Notice Us?
Artificial Intelligence pt. 1
Artificial Intelligence pt. 2
Artificial Intelligence pt. 3
Artificial Intelligence pt. 4
Artificial Intelligence pt. 5
Applying the AI
Animating the Guns pt. 1
Animating the Guns pt. 2
Timing the Attack
Health System
Adding the Health GUI
Scripting the Health GUI pt. 1
Scripting the Health GUI pt. 2
Subtracting Health
Game Over Menu
Audio
Adding Audio Clips
Exporting the Game
The Build Menu
Quality Settings
Player Settings
Where to Go From Here
Generating Massive Worlds
Generating Texture Maps
Unity Resources
Conclusion
Wrap Up
Credits
About the Author