Learn to Build a 3D Puzzle Game with Unity

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Project Overview and Constructing the Gameplay Space

Lecture 1: Download Course Files Here!

Lecture 2: Introduction

Lecture 3: Project Overview

Lecture 4: Configuring a New Project

Lecture 5: Importing Assets

Lecture 6: Configuring Meshes and Audio

Lecture 7: Creating Materials

Lecture 8: Starting Level Design

Lecture 9: Completing Level Design

Lecture 10: Using Props

Lecture 11: Scene Lighting

Lecture 12: Lightmap Preparation

Lecture 13: Starting Lightmapping

Lecture 14: Lightmap Resolution

Lecture 15: Final Lightmap

Lecture 16: Adding More Levels

Chapter 2: Importing Animations and Learning Movement

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Exploring Rigged Meshes

Lecture 3: Bones and Hierarchies

Lecture 4: Rigs and Avatars

Lecture 5: Skinning and Muscles

Lecture 6: Exploring Animation Clips

Lecture 7: Cheer Animation

Lecture 8: Walking and Pushing Animations

Lecture 9: Getting Started with State Machines

Lecture 10: Parameters and Transitions

Lecture 11: Completing the Walk Transition

Lecture 12: Completing the State Machine

Lecture 13: Scripting and Mecanim

Lecture 14: Creating Movement Mechanics

Lecture 15: Looking Forward

Chapter 3: Working with Moving Objects, Collisions, and Building the Camera

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Movement Overview

Lecture 3: Getting Started with Rotation

Lecture 4: Completing Player Movement

Lecture 5: Adding Crates

Lecture 6: Adding Colliders

Lecture 7: Planning Collision Detection

Lecture 8: Point Intersection

Lecture 9: Movement Validation

Lecture 10: Hand and Crate Contact

Lecture 11: Introducing Inverse Kinematics

Lecture 12: Using Empty Objects as IK End Links

Lecture 13: Scripting with IK

Lecture 14: Completing the IK Rig

Lecture 15: Adding Crate Destinations

Lecture 16: Detecting End Conditions

Lecture 17: Creating Chase View Cameras

Chapter 4: Building Level Conditions, Understanding Game Settings, and FX

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: The Game Manager

Lecture 3: Singletons

Lecture 4: Preparing for Level Switching

Lecture 5: Checking for a Win Condition

Lecture 6: Loading the Next Level

Lecture 7: Real Time Lighting

Lecture 8: Using Light Probes

Lecture 9: Adding Background Music

Lecture 10: Adding a Torch Prop

Lecture 11: Starting the Fire Particle System

Lecture 12: Refining the Fire Particle System

Lecture 13: Completing the Fire Particle System

Lecture 14: More Prefabs

Lecture 15: Image Effects

Lecture 16: Testing Resolutions

Lecture 17: Game Settings

Lecture 18: Moving Onwards

Chapter 5: Additional Game Programming, Final Bug Testing, and Conclusion

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: The Road Ahead

Lecture 3: Player Preferences

Lecture 4: Testing Player Prefs

Lecture 5: Exploring XML

Lecture 6: Introducing Data Serialization

Lecture 7: Serializing Transformation Data

Lecture 8: Extending the Data Manager

Lecture 9: Saving and Loading with the DataManager

Lecture 10: Revising the GameManager

Lecture 11: Saving Games with the GameManager

Lecture 12: Restoring Games with the GameManager

Lecture 13: Persistent Data Path

Lecture 14: Testing Load and Save Games

Lecture 15: Bug Alert

Lecture 16: Fixing the Restore Bug with Persistent Objects

Lecture 17: Conclusion

Lecture 18: Bonus Lecture: Further Learning with 3dmotive