How to Make Video Games: The Smarter, Faster Way

How to Make Video Games: The Smarter, Faster Way, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.25, with 171 lectures, based on 61 reviews, and has 357 subscribers.

You will learn about How to Create Awesome Characters How to Use GameMakerStudio 2 Video Game Programming Basic 2D Animation How to Find and Fix Bugs How to Storyboard Your Game Where to Get Game Assets (for free) How to Add Sound Effects How to Develop Your Game Ideas Game Design Mechanics How to Make Fun Levels How to Set Game Difficulty How to Add Visual Effects How to Use a Game Design Document How to Create a Points System How to Stay Focused and Motivated This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginner It is particularly useful for Beginner.

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Summary

Title: How to Make Video Games: The Smarter, Faster Way

Price: $64.99

Average Rating: 4.25

Number of Lectures: 171

Number of Published Lectures: 171

Number of Curriculum Items: 171

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 171

Original Price: $89.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

How to Create Awesome Characters
How to Use GameMakerStudio 2
Video Game Programming
Basic 2D Animation
How to Find and Fix Bugs
How to Storyboard Your Game
Where to Get Game Assets (for free)
How to Add Sound Effects
How to Develop Your Game Ideas
Game Design Mechanics
How to Make Fun Levels
How to Set Game Difficulty
How to Add Visual Effects
How to Use a Game Design Document
How to Create a Points System
How to Stay Focused and Motivated

Who Should Attend

Beginner

Target Audiences

Beginner

In this course, we’ll teach you the exact process needed to create as many video games as you want. All with NO EXPERIENCE or coding knowledge required.

Why GameMaker Studio?

Game Maker Studio is one of the most popular engines for 2D top-down or side-view games. GameMaker Studio 2 is a fantastic option for those just beginning their journey.

One of the things that GMS spearheaded, is game creation with minimal coding skills.

Where Do You Start?

There’s so much information available that it can seem overwhelming. That’s why we built this course. We’ve broken down and organized everything you NEED to know and removed all that you don’t.

No more wasting time …

looking through support doc’s
trying to teach yourself to code
reading forum threads
watching old youtube videos

We’ll hold your hand and walk you through every step of the process.

Who Should Take This Course?

If you’ve been dreaming of making your own video games but held back because you didn’t know how to start, then this course is for you!

What’s Included:
Everything you’ll need to make awesome video games will be included in this course.

The GameMaker Studios Software and the asset programs you’ll use are free to start.

Also included are:

Hours of fun, over-the-shoulder video tutorials.
Access to all course materials from ANYWHERE in the world.
100% ownership of your game and intellectual property.

What You’ll Learn:

We’ve broken down this course into easy-to-understand modules and lessons that you can revisit as many times as you’d like.

Learn the ins and outs of what goes into making a character. The character is the most important part of a video game, so we’ll want to spend plenty of time learning how to create great characters. Explore all the options GameMaker Studio 2 has to offer to get our character moving around. By the end of this module, we’ll have a character running and jumping around.
We’ll also spend some time learning how to create animations (like fireballs) for our character.
Now that we have a character moving around the screen, let’s build some spaces for them to move around in!
We’ll go over how to create level layouts and add some fun mechanics to our environment.
Every game needs a title screen, and we can create ours using GameMaker Studio 2!
We’ll also use GameMaker to save and load game data.
Giving the player goals is a crucial part of any game, so let’s explore a few ways to do that in our games!
You’ll learn all about collectibles, enemies, and creating big boss battles.
The difference between a good game and a great game is its audio. You’ll learn how to implement great sound, and we’ll go over the best ways to add sound effects and music to add life to your game.
Much like sound effects, adding visual effects to our game makes the overall experience much better. Even tiny visual effects can make a feature of the game come to life!
By the end of this course, you’ll learn to add effects and animations your players will love.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does the course start and finish?

The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course – you decide when you start and when you finish.

What if I am unhappy with the course?

We want you to be satisfied, so all eligible courses purchased on Udemy can be refunded within 30 days. For whatever reason, if you are unhappy with a course, you can request a refund, provided the request meets the guidelines in The Udemy refund policy.

Do I need to know how to code?

Nope! This course is for anyone, including beginners with no experience.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Course Snapshot

Lecture 1: Getting Pumped

Lecture 2: Up and Running

Lecture 3: Make It Your Own

Lecture 4: Time to Jump In

Chapter 2: Programming & Design Basics

Lecture 1: What Is A Game Designer?

Lecture 2: What Is A Game Programmer?

Lecture 3: Showcasing GameMaker Studio 2

Lecture 4: Easing Into Coding

Lecture 5: Event Based Programming

Lecture 6: Variables

Lecture 7: The Manual

Lecture 8: Asking For Help

Chapter 3: Attack of The Snake

Lecture 1: Making Your First Game

Lecture 2: Creating Our Snake

Lecture 3: Controlling Our Snake

Lecture 4: Creating Food

Lecture 5: What’s A Function?

Lecture 6: Feeding Our Snake

Lecture 7: Design Talk: Randomness

Lecture 8: What Makes A Game?

Lecture 9: Losing

Lecture 10: Adding A Challenge

Lecture 11: Design Talk: Difficulty

Lecture 12: Design Talk: “Obvious” Game Expectations

Lecture 13: Adding A Score

Lecture 14: Sharing Your Game

Chapter 4: Designing vs. Programming

Lecture 1: Programmers vs Designers

Lecture 2: What Is A Game Artist?

Lecture 3: What Is A Level Designer?

Lecture 4: What Is A Sound Engineer?

Lecture 5: What Is A Game Manager?

Chapter 5: Our Space Game

Lecture 1: Module Intro

Lecture 2: Downloading The Assets

Lecture 3: Importing Sprites

Lecture 4: Design Talk: 2D Animation

Lecture 5: Animate The Thruster

Lecture 6: Flying Around

Lecture 7: Programming Topic: Logic

Lecture 8: Staying In Bounds – Part 1

Lecture 9: Staying In Bounds – Part 2

Lecture 10: Lazers!

Lecture 11: Programming Talk- The Debugger

Lecture 12: Destroying Our Lazers

Lecture 13: Programming Talk- Audio

Lecture 14: Lazer Sounds

Lecture 15: Design Topic – Sounds

Lecture 16: Rooms

Lecture 17: Cameras and Views

Lecture 18: Our First Room

Lecture 19: Programming Talk- Arrays

Lecture 20: Changing Ships – Part 1

Lecture 21: Changing Ships – Part 2

Lecture 22: Restricting Controls

Lecture 23: A New Room

Lecture 24: Changing Rooms

Lecture 25: Music

Lecture 26: Enemy Ships

Lecture 27: Enemy Movement

Lecture 28: Enemy Lazers

Lecture 29: Design Talk- Fairness

Lecture 30: Getting Hit

Lecture 31: Health

Lecture 32: Dying Correctly

Lecture 33: Programming Talk: Loops

Lecture 34: Drawing Our Lives

Lecture 35: Losing The Game

Lecture 36: Design Talk- Generated Content vs Hand Crafted

Lecture 37: Dynamically Spawning Enemies

Lecture 38: Killing Enemies

Lecture 39: Colliding With Enemies

Lecture 40: Level Inheritance

Lecture 41: The Player Score

Lecture 42: Beating Level 1

Lecture 43: Design Talk- Cut Scenes

Lecture 44: Level Inheritance

Lecture 45: Power Ups – Part 1

Lecture 46: Power Ups – Part 2

Lecture 47: Bug Hunting

Lecture 48: Final Bug Fixes

Lecture 49: Sharing, Feedback and Criticism

Lecture 50: Module Recap

Chapter 6: Saving & Loading

Lecture 1: Design Talk: Saving And Loading

Lecture 2: Programming Talk: Saving And Loading

Lecture 3: Saving And Loading Our Snake Game

Lecture 4: Saving And Loading Our Space Game

Lecture 5: Programming Talk: Data Types

Chapter 7: The Action Game

Lecture 1: Module Introduction

Lecture 2: Planning A Big Game

Lecture 3: How I Planned This Game

Lecture 4: Finding Game Assets

Lecture 5: Sprite Sheets

Lecture 6: Moving Around

Lecture 7: Basic Collisions

Instructors

Aaron Craig
Independent Games Developer, Software Engineer, & Teacher

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 3 votes
2 stars: 0 votes
3 stars: 5 votes
4 stars: 15 votes
5 stars: 38 votes

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