Playmaker game development starting from Square One

Requirements

• Unity is free. You will need to purchase the Playmaker extension from Hutong Games. Student discounts are available

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The core topic presented are:

• High-level overview of the Unity interface and installation
• Modeling Basics
• Playmaker installation
• Getting free models from the Unity Asset Store
• Drag and Drop logic blocks, or FSM, introduction, and examples
• Introduce FSM Jonathan’s “Shorthand”
• Greyboxing – Building out our first game environment
• Triggers / doors – Adding logic to things that move or bite!
• Blender import and animate – How to get help from the design community and incorporate it into your game
• AI and pathfinding – Fixed or random walking paths, let’s get creatures a brain!
• Health System – Introducing the concept of variables to keep score or a health value
• User Interface Panel – The fullscreen overlay that displays our new score and health values
• Building for PC play and Export to play on the Web

…all yielding a working multi-room adventure/puzzle game.

At the end of the series, you will be able to publish your game to play on the web or start your journey to becoming an Indie Game Developer!

Who this course is for:

• Complete Unity and Playmaker novices will the desire to make games from scratch

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What you’ll learn

Beginners that have never used Unity or Playmaker will create their own room adventure game, setting up the foundation to make anything they imagine