3D Modeling for Video Games : Beginners Guide

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Core Maya Skills Overview

Lecture 1: Maya basic UI overview

Lecture 2: Manipulating the Camera in Maya

Lecture 3: What is the Grid and how do I use it?

Lecture 4: Primitives in Maya : Creating our first 3D geometry

Lecture 5: Move – Rotate – Scale : The core base objects movements

Lecture 6: F Key : How we focus our camera on our models

Lecture 7: WorkShop : Building a Table and Chairs

Lecture 8: Saving and Loading our Content in Maya

Chapter 3: Model Anatomy

Lecture 1: Vertices , Edges , Faces : The Core Model Components

Lecture 2: Topology and N-Gon : What to Look out for

Lecture 3: Welding Vertices

Lecture 4: What is Tri / Polygon / Vertex Count ?

Lecture 5: Viewing our Tri / Polygon / Vertex Count in the viewport

Lecture 6: Display modes : Different ways to visualize your model

Lecture 7: What are Edge Loops and Edge Rings ?

Chapter 4: Most Used Modeling Tools

Lecture 1: Intro to mesh tools

Lecture 2: The Extrude Tool

Lecture 3: The Bevel Tool

Lecture 4: The Multi-Cut Tool

Lecture 5: The Connect Tool

Lecture 6: The Bridge Tool

Lecture 7: The Target Weld Tool

Lecture 8: WorkShop : Putting all the tools together

Chapter 5: Modeling Technical Knowledge Deep Dive

Lecture 1: Pivot Point

Lecture 2: Using Symmetry on your models

Lecture 3: WorkShop: Building a Crate using Symmetry

Lecture 4: Watertight modeling vs Overlapping geometry

Lecture 5: The Different Modeling Spaces ( World, Object, Local )

Lecture 6: Hard vs Soft Edges

Lecture 7: Hard vs Soft Edges Continued

Lecture 8: Face Direction and how to manage it

Lecture 9: Snapping inside of Maya ( Grid, Curves, Vertex, Live Surface )

Lecture 10: How to see only parts of a mesh of a single mesh when editing

Lecture 11: What is Freeze Transform and Why do I need to know it

Lecture 12: How to use Mesh History and why you should delete it

Lecture 13: Using the Outliner and Organizing your 3D assets

Chapter 6: Workshop : Building Simple Tools

Lecture 1: Making a Stylized Hammer

Lecture 2: Making a Stylized Hammer Continued

Lecture 3: Making a Stylized Axe

Lecture 4: Making a Stylized Saw

Chapter 7: WORKSHOP: Building a Stylized Fantasy House

Lecture 1: Blocking in and Setting up our Fantasy House

Lecture 2: Adding in the Door and Stairs

Lecture 3: Adding in the Railing and Wall Details

Lecture 4: Propping out the upper bedroom area

Lecture 5: Adding Props to the Shelves upstairs

Lecture 6: Creating the Chest Table and Benches downstairs

Lecture 7: Finishing the Downstairs with a Fireplace and Propping out the Lower Room

Lecture 8: Cleaning up the outliner and renaming objects in our scene

Lecture 9: Setting up our props for export to a game engine or other Maya scene

Chapter 8: Next Steps

Lecture 1: Recap and Thank you