Game Asset Bootcamp – Blender – Unreal Engine 5 – Unity

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction & Set Up

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Where to Get the Free and Open Source Software Blender & the Installation Proces

Lecture 3: Saving Incrementally, Increasing Undo Steps & Navigation Settings

Lecture 4: How to Start the Challenges

Lecture 5: Challenge 1 – Interface Settings

Lecture 6: How to Enable Add-ons

Lecture 7: Challenge 2 – Add-ons

Lecture 8: How to Recover Blend Files after Crashes & Auto Saving Files

Lecture 9: Challenge 3 – Recovery

Lecture 10: Get Your Free Blender Shortcut Key Guide

Lecture 11: How to Navigate the Blender Interface

Lecture 12: Challenge 4 – Navigation

Lecture 13: The Tool Shelf, Sidebar, Modes, & Changing Editor Types

Lecture 14: Challenge 5 – Tool Settings

Lecture 15: Selection Types, Quick Favourites Menu & Transform Orientations

Lecture 16: Challenge 6 – Object Properties

Lecture 17: Pivots, Snapping, Zoom Range and Object Visibility

Lecture 18: Challenge 7 – Visual Aids

Lecture 19: Activating Selection Types & the 3D Cursor Tool

Lecture 20: Challenge 8 – Tool Shelf

Lecture 21: The Annotate Tool, Dimensioning Add-on and the Interactive Cube Tool

Lecture 22: Challenge 9 – Activating Tools

Lecture 23: Extrude, Bevel & Edge Loop Tool

Lecture 24: Challenge 10 – Loop Cut

Lecture 25: The Knife, Bisect & Poly Build Tool

Lecture 26: Challenge 11 – Knife Tool

Lecture 27: Using the Spin Tool to Form Profiles

Lecture 28: Challenge 12 – Spin Tool

Lecture 29: How to Create, Split & Join Editor to Form Custom Workspaces

Lecture 30: Challenge 13 – Workspaces

Lecture 31: An Introduction to Collections in Blender

Lecture 32: Challenge 14 – Collections

Lecture 33: The Versatile Multi-Purpose 3D Cursor Tool

Lecture 34: Challenge 15 – 3D Cursor

Lecture 35: Snapping using Relative or Absolute and During Rotation

Lecture 36: Challenge 16 – Snapping

Lecture 37: Face Normals and the Face Orientation Overlay

Lecture 38: Challenge 17 – Face Normals

Lecture 39: The Coordinates System and Vertices, Edges & Faces

Lecture 40: Challenge 18 – Coordinates

Lecture 41: How to Start Building your Asset Browser and Linking Blend Files

Lecture 42: Common Issues

Lecture 43: Section End Master Challenge

Chapter 2: Introduction to Editing Fundamentals in Blender

Lecture 1: Switching Modes

Lecture 2: Challenge 19 Switching Modes

Lecture 3: Mesh Elements

Lecture 4: Challenge 20 Mesh Elements

Lecture 5: Edge Loops and Extrusion

Lecture 6: Challenge 21 Edge Loops and Extrusion

Lecture 7: Shading Modes

Lecture 8: Challenge 22 Shading Modes

Lecture 9: Pivot points & Mirroring

Lecture 10: Challenge 23 Pivot points & Mirroring

Lecture 11: Snapping & Zoom Level

Lecture 12: Challenge 24 Snapping & Zoom Level

Lecture 13: Non Uniform Transforms

Lecture 14: Challenge 25 Non Uniform Transforms

Lecture 15: Inset & Extrude

Lecture 16: Challenge 26 Inset & Extrude

Lecture 17: Assigning Material

Lecture 18: Challenge 27 Assigning Material

Lecture 19: Environment Lighting

Lecture 20: Challenge 28 Environment Lighting

Lecture 21: Bevel Modifier

Lecture 22: Challenge 29 Bevel Modifier

Lecture 23: Setting up Drivers

Lecture 24: Challenge 30 Setting up Drivers

Lecture 25: The Array Modifiers

Lecture 26: Challenge 31 The Array Modifiers

Lecture 27: Setting key Frames & Switching Cameras

Lecture 28: Challenge 32 Setting key Frames & Switching Cameras

Lecture 29: Rendering Images & Compiling Video

Lecture 30: Challenge 33 End of Section Master Challenge

Chapter 3: Intro to rigging

Lecture 1: Origin Points, Child Parent Relationships, Constraints

Lecture 2: Challenge 34 – Origin Points, Child Parent Relationships, Constraints

Lecture 3: Armature Object, Root Bone & Deform Bones

Lecture 4: Challenge 35 – Armature Object & Deform Bones

Lecture 5: Naming Convention, Joint orientation & 3D Cursor Location

Lecture 6: Challenge 36 – Naming Convention and 3D Cursor Location

Lecture 7: Centre Points

Lecture 8: Challenge 37 – Centre Points

Lecture 9: Disconnected Bones & Symmetrizing

Lecture 10: Binding, Vertex Weighting & Pose Mode

Lecture 11: How to Lock Unwanted Transform Channels

Lecture 12: Location & Rotation Constraints

Lecture 13: Rig Controls & Custom Shapes

Lecture 14: Key Frames & Animation

Chapter 4: 3D Modelling

Lecture 1: Setting up the Unit Scale

Lecture 2: Challenge 44 – Unit Scale

Lecture 3: How to add in Background images

Lecture 4: Challenge 45 – Background Images

Lecture 5: Blocking in the Crate Part 1

Lecture 6: Blocking out Insets and Chambers Part 2

Lecture 7: Blocking out the Crate Shape Part 3