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June 20, 2022 creative Media Tutorials Game Design, Tutorial, Unity

Unity Zombie Tower Defence Game

Tower defence games are continuing to gain in popularity online. In this course I am going to show you how to create your own zombie tower defence game.

When I was creating this course I was initially thinking, should it be an overhead tower defence style game, or should it be a first person shooter style game. Well, when you have two great ideas, why not combine them. So this is a Hybrid of both overhead point and click as well as first person shooter.

The techniques covered in this course can be used to make any type of defence style games. Think of this as a template that you can use again and again and you can customise the game any way you like to realise your vision.

So what is covered in the course:

We develop a system for placing props into the level, with the ability to change items using an easy to create User Interface
Items can be placed freehand, or by pressing the spacebar, can be made to snap together either horizontally or vertically
Each item will have different purposes. Some will simply block the zombies, some will damage the zombies, some will blow them up, and in the case of the gun turrets, these will target and shoot the zombies
Once you have laid out your items the zombies will then begin spawning into the scene and you will enter into first person mode
You can change between overhead and first person modes to quickly navigate the map
We will setup a range of weapon types, ammo amounts and damage styles for each weapon, including sniper scope for the sniper rifle
You will have access to six zombies that I created for this course. You can use them in any of your other games too
The objective is to defend the tower. You must kill all the zombies on each level to unlock the next level

This course can be taken by anyone using the free Unity game engine. A basic understanding of C# code is suggested for you to make the most of this course. By the end of the course you will have another completed game in your portfolio. You will have developed your skills to an intermediate level and be ready to make your own Unity games.

So why not enroll today, and I look forward to seeing you in my course.

Thanks to the artists from Sketchfab for their 3D models used in this course

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 creative Media Tutorials Game Design, Promotions, Tutorial, Unity

Create an RPG Game in Unity

My latest course is now available on Udemy. For the next 30 days it is available at just $12.99

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In this course I am going to take you through the process step by step:

Setting up the terrain and level layout

creating menus and inventory systems

setting up an onscreen mini map

creating a shop system to buy ingredients for potions or weapons and armour

setting up a dynamic inventory menu where you can mix potions to create unique magic attacks

spawning in enemies and boss characters with combat systems and navigation pathfinding

setting up player magic attacks and melee combat

saving and loading player progress

This is a huge course covering more than 40 hours and is intended for learners who have a basic familiarity with Unity and C# coding

By the end of this course you will learn key concepts in advanced game design and upgrade your knowledge of C# coding to an intermediate level

You will also have a completed RPG fantasy game which you can include in your portfolio, share with friends or even sell online

I have over 9 years experience of teaching Unity and like all my courses I make learning game design fun and easy, this is why my courses are highly recommended by my learners in the reviews.

So, why not enrol today and I look forward to seeing you in my course.

February 4, 2022 creative Media Tutorials Game Design, Promotions, Tutorial, Unity

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August 19, 2021 creative Media Tutorials Free, Tutorial

Free Computer Science Crash Course

In this amazing series on Youtube you will find out all about the history of computers and the ways in which both old and new computers work. There are 41 videos in the series. Hope you enjoy it.

Think of it as a summary of a computer science course at college or University. Once you have a depper understanding of how computers work it will help you in designing games and programs to run on the hardware.

The official course description from Youtube:

“Carrie Anne Philbin will be hosting Crash Course Computer Science! In this series, we’re going to trace the origins of our modern computers, take a closer look at the ideas that gave us our current hardware and software, discuss how and why our smart devices just keep getting smarter, and even look towards the future! Computers fill a crucial role in the function of our society, and it’s our hope that over the course of this series you will gain a better understanding of how far computers have taken us and how far they may carry us into the future.”

July 29, 2021 creative Media Tutorials Blender, Game Design, Tutorial, Unity

Creating LODs for Unity

In this video I show you how you can use the decimator modifier in Blender to create Levels of Detail (LOD) for your 3D models. Then in Unity I show you how to setup and LOD group component that will optimise your 3D models for the Unity game environment.

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 creative Media Tutorials Animation, Promotions, Tutorial, Unity

Animating in Unity

My newest course is now available on Udemy.

Learn how to use Cinemachine, Animation Rigging, Unity Timeline and the Animator window to create animations in Unity

You will learn a wide variety of animation techniques and concepts in this course by completing four projects.

Project 1 – Monolith (Standard 3D Template)

We will be creating the surface of the moon, the earth and importing a spacestation to create a space fly through animated cut scene. We will be using several cameras and animating between them using Unity timeline. We will look at pacing and timing to get the imagery to match the pacing of background music.

Project 2 – Speed Tournament (Universal Render Pipeline (URP) Template)

We will be creating a photorealistic environment and importing a race track and race car to create a dynamic animated cut scene for a racing style game. The shots will be more dynamic and exciting and we will be creating these by using Cinemachine. We will be using virtual cameras and dolly cameras with tracks. We will be incorporating physics elements alongside keyframed animation. We will look at techniques for creating impressive slow motion effects. We will be blending between different post processing effects to create depth of field shots, lens flares and more, to give the animation a AAA quality feel to it.

Project 3 – Shootout (High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) Template)

We will setup a low poly desert scene with a cowboy shootout involving three cowboy characters. We will use the Animation rigging package to setup multiple constraints to control the cowboy characters using Inverse Kinematics (IK). We will incorporate Two bone IK, Position constraints, rotation constraints, look at, parent constraints and finger IK to create a fluid animation rig for each character to make it easy to make complex character animations. We will continue to use Cinemachine to create the shots that will tell a short story.

Project 4 – Blendshapes (Standard 3D Template)

Using a pre made character, we will create our own blend shapes for the face and clothes in Blender. We will then import the character and animations into Unity and assign the correct avatar. We will animate the character’s facial expressions and this time we will use the animator window to create a non linear structure of animations that are controlled by Parameters that are controlled by C# script. This will make the final animation more interactive.

You can complete the projects in any order you like to develop different skills.

By the end of this course you will have developed a wide range of skills and techniques that will improve your own animated cut scenes and animated movies using the Unity real time game engine.

Why not enrol today and I’ll look forward to seeing you in my course.

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August 9, 2020December 11, 2020 creative Media Tutorials Game Design, Promotions, Tutorial, Unity

Unity Level Design : Abandoned House

Make a scene inspired by ‘The Last of Us’

In this course I will be showing you a professional workflow for creating a level from a blank scene through to completion that is inspired by the video game: “The Last of Us”.

We will be using free props and models collected from various places online and I will be showing you how you can modify them in Substance Painter to make props fit within an environment that meets your vision.

We will be covering the following:

Terrain sculpting
Painting terrain textures
Arranging flowers, grass, ivy, rocks and trees
Level layout of an abandoned house
Re-texturing assets in Substance Painter
Creating decals in Substance Painter
Lighting and baking lightmaps in Unity
Using post processing volumes
Adding environmental sounds
Recording video within Unity for your portfolios

By the end of this course you will have developed the skills needed to build your own levels for your own games.

I look forward to seeing you in the course

Music by Jason Shaw: from freemusicarchive

Enroll for just $12.99

April 20, 2020December 11, 2020 creative Media Tutorials Artwork, CG, Environment Design, Game Design, Tutorial, Unity

Blender Cyberpunk in Unity HDRP

Professional game asset creation for Unity using Blender and Substance Painter

Cyberpunk is a vibrant, exciting and neon drenched game environment appearing in more and more video games.

In this series I am going to show you a professional production process for creating both low poly and high poly modular game assets for creating a cyberpunk city for use in the Unity High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP)

We will be modelling in Blender 2.82, where I will be showing you lots of cool techniques, shortcuts and best practices. We will be UV unwrapping the models to ensure we get high quality professional results.

We then jump over to Substance Painter 2019, one of the leading procedural texturing applications used in the game design industry today. I will be showing you how to create 4K multi layered materials that have that wow factor and the realism that is expected in today’s game industry. We will also be covering opacity layers and emission channels for the neon glows.

Finally we take our optimised low poly 3D models with High Definition texture maps into Unity and set up and render a realistic scene using the HDRP settings in Unity which have some of the most realistic and impressive lighting and rendering capabilities in any game engine at the moment.

By the end of this course you will be very confident with making and texturing your own game objects. You will have an impressive piece you can include in your game design portfolios.

So why not enrol today and I look forward to seeing you in my course.

Covered in the course:

Create professional 3D models in Blender
UV unwrapping in Blender
High definition texturing in Substance Painter
Using emissive textures in Substance Painter
Exporting HDRP textures for Unity
Modular layout of buildings in Unity
Create a full city scene in Unity
High Quality reflections in Unity
Setting up realistic lighting in Unity using the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP)

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January 17, 2020 creative Media Tutorials Environment Design, Game Design, Tutorial, Unity

Unity Environment Design

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In this course I will be taking you through the process of creating AAA quality environments inside of Unity.

As game graphics are becoming more impressive, it is necessary as a game designer to update your skills and techniques in order to compete with the ever growing game design industry.

You don’t need any previous experience in Unity as I will be explaining how to do everything in detail.

We will cover the following:

Terrain setup

Sculpting a path

Adding trees

Painting ground materials

Sculpting terrains

Adding streams and a water plane (sea)

Setting up post processing

Creating your own bushes and plants

Layout of foliage and props

Creating procedural ivy

You will be creating stunning environments for your games. These can also be used in your portfolios to impress game design companies.

By the end of this course you will be an environment wizard and able to create truly spectacular environments in the Unity engine.

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Who this course is for:

People who want to develop professional skills in Unity

People interested in game design, level design or 3D design

People wanting to make 3D environments

January 17, 2020August 9, 2020 creative Media Tutorials Environment Design, Game Design, Tutorial, Unity