Complete C# Unity Developer 2D - The World's Most Popular Unity Course

Game development & design. Learn Unity 2018 in C#. Your first seven 2D Unity games for web, Mac & PC. Includes Tilemap. (35 hours)

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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:

Laser Defender: A Top-Down Space Shooter with enemies to shoot and dodge;
Glitch Garden: A Tower Defense game with different tower types and enemy types, and a basic resources system;
TileVania: A fast-paced classic Side-Scrolling Platformer using Unity's Tilemap tool;
Block Breaker: A basic "Breakout" style game which introduces Unity's built in physics engine.

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. Our thriving discussion forum will help you learn and share ideas with other students.

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 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...

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

Performance optimization.
Editor plugins or modifications.
Physics engine modification*

* Separate mini-course to cover these this now available.

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.

Note: access to this course comes with an optional, free community site where you can share games and art assets, as well as connect with other students.

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

What will you learn in this course?

Learn C#, a powerful modern language, from scratch. No prior programming experience is necessary.
Become excellent at using the Unity game engine.
Build a solid foundation for game design and game development that will help you build your own games.
Learn how object oriented programming works in practice.
Create playable game projects - good for your portfolio, or just for your own sense of achievement.
Transfer your knowledge from this course to .NET, other languages, and more.
Develop highly transferable coding problem solving skills.
Be part of an amazing and supportive community of people similar to you.

Your Instructor

Rick Davidson

Hi, I'm Rick, nice to meet you all. I've been making video games for a living for more than 14 years as a Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director, and Executive Producer, creating games for console, mobile, PC and Facebook. I founded an Indie game studio, called Inspirado Games, which was acquired in 2012 by Electronic Arts / PopCap. I also worked on cool IPs such as Mario, Transformers, Captain America and Mortal Kombat and created successful new IPs from scratch (such as "GardenMind" which was nominated for Canadian Game of the Year in the social / mobile category).

As a qualified Career Coach, I've helped thousands of people achieve their dream of making games for a living - both as Indie Game Developers and as valuable game industry employees.

Course Curriculum (34+ hours)

Introduction & Setup (0 hours 32 minutes)

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Why You Should Buy This Course (2:38)

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Download Unity & Visual Studio (5:32)

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Your First Code (10:42)

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Fixing Visual Studio Problems (4:47)

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Notes For Mac Users (3:42)

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Community & Support (4:51)

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Section Wrap Up (0:25)

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Test Your Understanding - Intro & Setup #1

Number Wizard - Basic C# Coding (1 hours 15 minutes)

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Welcome To Number Wizard Console (1:42)

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Print To Console With Debug.Log() (10:52)

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Introducing Variables (7:23)

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Respond To Player Input (15:49)

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Using if, else if & else (5:29)

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Scope And Context Of Variables (9:50)

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Calculate Guess Variable (11:29)

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Functions & Encapsulating (12:01)

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Number Wizard Console Wrap Up (1:18)

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Test Your Understanding - Number Wizard #1

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What Now?

Text101 (2 hours 53 minutes)

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Welcome To Text101 (2:44)

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Text101 Game Design (6:19)

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Create Sprites In Unity (14:13)

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UI Canvas & Text (11:50)

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Update Text Component (14:23)

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Game States (7:18)

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Unity Scriptable Objects (9:09)

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Challenging Content Ahead (7:11)

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Public Methods & Return Types (10:34)

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Creating An Array (13:39)

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Manage Next States (10:17)

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Game State Story Design (7:48)

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Organise State Files (10:33)

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TextMesh Pro & Polish (13:14)

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Test Your Understanding - Text101 #1

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Text101 Instructor Hangout #1 (11:50)

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For Loops (11:20)

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Publish Your WebGL Game (10:42)

Number Wizard UI (1 hours 40 minutes)

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Welcome To Number Wizard UI (1:59)

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Number Wizard UI Game Design (4:07)

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UI Anchors (9:59)

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Making Buttons (12:21)

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Button Click Loads Scene (11:58)

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Load All Scenes (6:11)

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Prepare Game Screen (9:39)

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Import & Refactor Code (7:11)

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Using ToString() (8:27)

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Use Random.Range() (8:32)

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Polish & Standalone Build (10:20)

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Test Your Understanding - Number Wizard UI #1

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NWUI Instructor Hangout #1 (9:25)

Block Breaker (6 hours 14 minutes)

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Welcome To Block Breaker (1:37)

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Block Breaker Game Design (5:46)

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Export & Import Package (13:01)

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World Units & Play Space (11:45)

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Rigidbody & Colliders (7:18)

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Add Unity Physics Material (6:43)

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Colliders, Collision & Triggers (12:14)

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Move Object With Mouse (15:33)

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Limit With Mathf.Clamp() (5:00)

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Distance As A Vector2 (12:56)

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Launch The Ball (10:40)

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Test Your Understanding - Block Breaker #1

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Play Space & Gravity (10:17)

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Destroy GameObject (9:49)

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Using Prefabs In Unity (17:12)

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Make A Second Level (9:21)

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Test Your Understanding - Block Breaker #2

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Fraction Too Much Friction (3:05)

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GetComponent To Play Audio (10:50)

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Play Random Sound From Array (10:05)

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PlayClipAtPoint() (10:02)

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Count Breakable Blocks (9:24)

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Test Your Understanding - Block Breaker #3

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Win The Level & Load (9:50)

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Using Time.timeScale (11:46)

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Add Player Score (8:22)

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Display Player Score (10:01)

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Implement Singleton Pattern (17:05)

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Singleton Pattern Bug Fix (3:16)

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Test Your Understanding - Block Breaker #4

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Reset Game Session (8:03)

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Instantiate GameObject (10:44)

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Using Tags In Unity (9:41)

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Block Damage Levels (6:37)

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Damage Affordance (11:46)

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Test Your Understanding - Block Breaker #5

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Smarter maxHits Logic (10:45)

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Prevent Boring Ball Loops (11:30)

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Extreme! Tuning! (8:37)

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Tune & Playtest (7:09)

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Autoplay for Playtesting (13:19)

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Make Levels & Upload (5:52)

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Test Your Understanding - Block Breaker #6

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Block Breaker Wrap-Up (2:23)

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Block Breaker Instructor Hangout #2 (15:26)

Laser Defender (5 hours 58 minutes)

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Welcome To Laser Defender (3:33)

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Laser Defender Game Design (3:50)

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Set Up Project (11:26)

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Movement & Time.deltaTime (16:27)

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ViewPortToWorldPoint() (12:09)

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Test Your Understanding - Laser Defender #1

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What Feature Next (4:38)

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Make Player Shoot (14:23)

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Using Coroutines (7:55)

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Repeat Fire Coroutine (10:43)

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GameObject Shredder (6:18)

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Test Your Understanding - Laser Defender #2

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Create List Of Waypoints (9:00)

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Move Enemy On Path (10:33)

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WaveConfig Scriptable Object (12:41)

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Using A Foreach Loop (9:11)

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Spawn Multiple Enemies (14:27)

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Test Your Understanding - Laser Defender #3

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WaveConfig For Path & Speed (9:26)

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Spawn Multiple Enemy Waves (10:41)

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Loop All Enemy Waves (3:59)

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Create Damage Dealer Class (12:17)

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Destroy Enemy (5:59)

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Test Your Understanding - Laser Defender #4

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Make Enemy Shoot (12:37)

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Player Life And Death (7:47)

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Layer Collision Matrix (9:39)

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Scrolling Background (9:47)

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Introducing Particle Effects (10:41)

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Test Your Understanding - Laser Defender #5

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Explosion Particle Effect (14:12)

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Trigger Sound Effects (17:34)

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Load All The Scenes (19:59)

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Delay For Loading Scene (10:18)

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Test Your Understanding - Laser Defender #6

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Music Player With Singleton (10:32)

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Add & Display Score (19:57)

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Display Player Health (6:47)

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New Enemy & Projectile (10:19)

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Sorting Layer & Spinning Projectile (5:59)

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Laser Defender Wrap-Up (2:33)

Glitch Garden (10 hours 24 minutes)

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Welcome To Glitch Garden (3:07)

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Glitch Garden Game Design (6:38)

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Make A Splash Screen (21:43)

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Scaling & Aspect Ratios (16:36)

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Set Up Background Playspace (9:50)

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World Space Canvas Mode (18:36)

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Test Your Understanding - Glitch Garden #1

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Intro To Animation (8:07)

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Animator Controller & Animation (10:20)

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Basic Animation Transition (14:29)

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Intro To Keyframe Animation (16:12)

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A Note About Animation (1:48)

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Move Using transform.Translate (6:46)

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Spawn Attackers Using Coroutine (10:43)

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Adding Animation Events (9:11)

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Set Up A Defender Prefab (11:55)

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Instantiate From Gun Position (12:13)

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Make Projectile Move (7:34)

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Health & Hurting Attackers (4:51)

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Implementing Health & Damage (10:45)

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Tidy Up & Death FX (11:38)

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Click To Spawn Defenders (7:13)

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Spawn At Mouse Position (6:16)

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Snap Defenders To Grid (7:48)

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Create Defender Selection UI (14:42)

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Set & Place Selected Defender (10:28)

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Start Our Resource System (12:40)

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Parent, Child & Animation (13:49)

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Completing Animation Challenge (14:43)

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Add Resources As Anim Event (10:40)

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Defenders Costing Resources (8:37)

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Searching For Animation Events (4:13)

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Instantiate As Child (4:27)

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Attacker In My Lane (15:26)

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Change Animation State (13:18)

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One Defender Per Square (11:55)

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Creating Gnome Defender (18:10)

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Creating Gravestone Defender Race (7:13)

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Make Our Attackers Attack (14:52)

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Attackers Striking Target (8:16)

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Fantastic Mr Fox (21:01)

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Array For Spawning Attackers (7:09)

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How To Be A Loser (19:51)

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Create A Level Timer (12:30)

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Create A Level Controller (14:55)

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A Nicer Win Experience (12:11)

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A Nicer Lose Experience (18:16)

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Handling Null Reference Exceptions (7:51)

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Start Our Options Screen (10:28)

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PlayerPrefs To Save Settings (13:24)

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Set & Save Music Volume (14:39)

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Add Difficulty Levels (14:50)

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Quick Bug Fix - Win Condition (3:29)

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Test Your Understanding - Glitch Garden #10

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Tidy Hierarchy = Tidy Mind (8:21)

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Tuning Our Core Gameplay (6:55)

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Add Star Cost To Button (5:41)

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Creating Level Progression (12:49)

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Glitch Garden Wrap Up (2:08)

TileVania - 2D Tilemap Platformer (5 hours 42 minutes)

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TileVania - A Bonus Section For You!

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Welcome To TileVania (3:24)

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TileVania Game Design (5:37)

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Slicing Sprite Sheets (6:21)

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Intro To Unity Tilemap (14:42)

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Unity Rule Tiles (12:29)

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Create Player Idle Animation (10:14)

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Animation States & Transitions (8:21)

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Implement 2D Collision (9:40)

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Maximize Learning Value (2:49)

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Move Player Horizontally (11:52)

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Flip Character Sprite (5:46)

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Instructor Hangout 6.1 (13:33)

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Animation State In Code (7:28)

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Test Your Understanding - TileVania #2

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Jumpy Jumpy (12:14)

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Jump if IsTouchingLayers (6:26)

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Climb Ladder (13:50)

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Climb Ladder Tweaks (6:28)

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Perspective Vs Orthographic Cameras (6:24)

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Cinemachine Follow Camera (11:10)

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Cinemachine Confiner Extension (8:58)

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State-Driven Cameras (13:45)

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Prevent Wall Jump (8:16)

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Making Enemies (17:50)

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Player Death (15:19)

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Adding Hazards (9:38)

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Level Flow Layout (13:29)

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Level Exit Portal (13:23)

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Start & Success Screens (11:21)

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Game Session Controller (12:08)

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Coin Pickups (7:27)

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Persistent SFX (7:28)

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Persistent Score & Lives (13:31)

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Remembering Pickups (8:21)

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Adding Rising Water (10:25)

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Over To You Now (2:37)

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Reviews

Juan Rodriguez

"Congratulations team for this amazing course.

The programming concepts are presented in a way that make them easy to understand. The course is so well structured that following simple steps you complete each section with a solid game prototype that can be scalable to a real video game.

Really enjoyed the course, and the instructors hangouts, when discussing about the different approach to get a solution for a challenge.

Keep it that way and congrats all!"

Matthew Jacobs

"From someone who is a beginner, this course is a very good introduction to Unity and C#.

Be disciplined and determined to complete the course. Put in the extra effort to try things on your own and you'll get the most out of this course.

Rick was a great instructor as well."

Richard Tovey

"This course has really helped me to understand coding and how it works with unity.

The best thing about this course is that because of the lifetime access, I can come back whenever I need to refresh my memory. Thank you very much."

Adam Davies

"This is a great course. I have learned a lot in this course and Rick explains things clearly as well as Ben being helpful too.

Even though Rick is using 2017/2018 version of Unity and in 2020 version there are some things have changed, you can find most of the answers in the question area and Nina (Teaching Assistant) has been very helpful in answering questions.

I am sure I will be back here to recap now and then. Looking forward to Rick's and Ben's 3D course now."