Game Development 101

Games Dev 101 Character Design Course

The Games Dev 101 Character Design course is the perfect start for any entry level games developer. This series will give you a great introduction to character design and key Adobe Photoshop tools.
The modules of this course are designed for those who have no knowledge of the character design process or the Adobe Photoshop application. This is to prepare you for the steps ahead.
Upon the completion of these modules you will have learned the fundamental skills required to create you own unique character designs ready for the Animation Stage (Step 2).

Modules included in the Games Dev 101 Character Design Course:

• Researching your Hero Character
• Developing your Hero Character Design
• Using tablet pressure in Photoshop
• Import your Hero Character for Scale and Clean-up
• Sketching your Hero Character's Head
• Inking your Hero Character
• Designing your Hero Character's Costume
• Painting your Hero Character

Games Dev 101 Character Animation Course

The Games Dev 101 Character Animation course is the next step in your career as a Games Developer. This series will expand on your character design by creating some basic animated actions.
The modules of this course are designed more for the intermediate level student. This series will delve into some of the more advanced animation features within the Adobe Photoshop interface.
Upon the completion of these modules you will have learned the basic skills required to create your own animated actions for your Hero Character ready for the Programming Stage (Step 3).

Modules included in the Games Dev 101 Character Animation Course:

• The 12 Principles of Animation
• Skeleton Key Frames for Walk Cycle
• Skeleton Inbetweens for Walk Cycle
• Walk Cycle Solid Drawing Straight Ahead
• Rough Attack Keys using Pose to Pose
• Rough Attack Extremes using Pose to Pose
• Rough Attack Breakdowns using Pose to Pose

Games Dev 101 Game Development Course

The Games Dev 101 Game Development Course is the final step for creating your own game’s prototype. This series will allow you to place your animated assets for use within the Unity Engine.
The modules of this course are for the advanced student who want to take their game prototypes to the finish line. This series will look at the C# programming language within the Unity Engine.
Upon the completion of these modules you will have learned how to bring your assets from the Animation Stage (Step 2) together and code a basic prototype hack and slash game.

Modules included in the Games Dev 101 Game Development Course:

• Introduction to Unity
• GameObjects
• Components
• API
• Setting up a Unity project
• Layers and Tags
• Game space Object and Prefabs
• Adding our Hero
• Adding an Enemy
• Camera Controllers
• Collision
• Adding Animations
• Player Attack
• Enemy Attack
• Populating the Scene
• Health Bar
• Health Bottles
• Main Menu
• Pause, Win and Lose
• Paralaxing
• Polishing and Debugging