Unity Game Programming For Absolute Beginners

What Makes A Video Game

Understanding Game Engines

2D Game Development Basics

3D Game Development Concepts

A 3D tour Inside the Unity Game Engine

Character Animation and Rigs

Planning and Prototyping

Networking Basics

Beginner project ideas And Recap

Unity Hub and project setup

Unity 6 interface overview

Task

Asset store and loading the 2D demo assets

2D scene creation via tilemaps, prefabs and sprites

Scripting Basics (components, functions, variables)

Scripting the basic player setup and movement (horizontal only)

Player jumping and collision with the environment

Methods, arguments, return statements and the if-checks

Preventing Double Jumps

Task

Player animations using sprites

Triggering player animations from code

2D UI elements (images and text)

Task

Enemy creation and their basic movement

Changing The Direction Of Enemies Via Sensors

Task

Scripting the GameOver and GameWon UI panels

Setting up the GameOver and GameWon panels inside the Canvas

Audio implementation (SFX, Music)

Loading a next level

Conclusion and Recap

Task

Introduction to Game Development

Unity UI

Creating Scene & Objects

Storing Objects

Folder Structure

Challenge 1

Introduction to Level Design

Importing Decorations from the Asset Store

Materials and Texture

Sounds and Mesh Optimizations

Lighting and Performance Considerations

Tips of Level Design

Challenge 2

Introduction

Rigidbodies and Colliders

Introduction to Scripting - Methods and Variables

Introduction to Scripting - Sode Fow and Printing the Variables

Introduction to Scripting - Randomness and Affecting other Components

Introduction to Scripting - Time, Method Scope and the Lifetime of Variables

Collision Methods and the Pressure Plate

Sleeping Rigidbodies, the if Statement, the null Keyword

Challenge 3

Introduction

Player Movement Along the World Directions

Framerate Independent Player Speed

Mouse and Rotating the Player Camera

Player Movement: Local vs World Displacements

Grabbing Crates via Raycast

Opening Doors via Pressure Plates

Music and Sound Effects

Challenge 4

Introduction

Backup Revised No Cursor

User Interface: Health and Score

Scene loading and resetting the level

Avoiding duplicate managers and the Game Over Screen

Challenge 5

Introduction

Enemy Navigation and Obstacles

Sensing the Players Presence

Enemy State, Attacking, Despawning

Pacing the Enemy Attacks

The Animator and the Animation Avatar

Triggering Character Animations

Random Attack Animations

Challenge 6

Combat System and the Project's Conclusion

Enemy Running Away

Spherecast and Enemy Alerting its Friends

Enemy Loot and the Potions

Grouping Variables

Final Titles of the Game

Conclusion and the Final Challenge