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This is the most comprehensive course on Unity 3d. The course helps participants in creating 2D and 3D games within the Unity3D engine. It emphasizes and develops a deep understanding of the fundamentals of core modular game asset creation, level design, C# game scripting, developing menus, and linking scenes together for a game compilation. This course will take you down a guided learning path such that you will not only be able to
build games but also learn how to do it the way the professionals do it.

Audience:

• Beginners with no coding experience or Unity 3D experience Game developers who want to learn Unity
• Anyone who wants to learn 2D or 3D game development but
• doesn’t know where to start.

Content:

Module 1: Introduction to Unity

• Getting to Know the Unity Editor
• The Project Dialog
• The Unity Interface
• The Project View
• The Hierarchy View
• The Inspector View
• The Scene View
• The Game View
• Honorable Mention: The Toolbar
• Navigating the Unity Scene View
• The Hand Tool
• Flythrough Mode

Module 2: Game Objects

• Dimensions and Coordinate Systems
• Putting the D in 3D
• Using Coordinate Systems
• World Versus Local Coordinates
• Game Objects
• Transforms
• Translation
• Rotation
• Scaling
• Hazards of Transformations
• Transforms and Nested Objects

Module 3: Models, Materials, and Textures

• The Basics of Models
• Built-In 3D Objects
• Importing Models
• Models and the Asset Store
• Textures, Shaders, and Materials
• Textures
• Shaders
• Materials
• Shaders Revisited

Module 4: 3D Terrain

• Terrain Generation
• Adding Terrain to Your Project
• Heightmap Sculpting
• Unity Terrain Sculpting Tools
• Terrain Textures
• Importing Terrain Assets
• Texturing Terrain

Module 5: Environments

• Generating Trees and Grass
• Painting Trees
• Painting Grass
• Terrain Settings
• Environment Effects
• Skyboxes
• Fog
• Lens Flares
• Water
• Character Controllers
• Adding a Character Controller
• Fixing Your World

Module 6: Lights and Cameras

Lights

Point Lights

Spotlights

Directional Lights

Creating Lights Out of Objects

• Halos
• Cookies
• Cameras
• Anatomy of a Camera
• Multiple Cameras
• Split Screen and Picture in Picture
• Layers
• Working with Layers
• Using Layers

Module 7: Scripting—Part 1

• Scripts
• Creating Scripts
• Attaching a Script
• Anatomy of a Basic Script
• The Using Section
• The Class Declaration Section
• The Class Contents
• Variables
• Creating Variables

• Variable Scope
• Public and Private
• Operators
• Arithmetic Operators
• Assignment Operators
• Equality Operators
• Logical Operators
• Conditionals
• The if Statement
• The if / else Statement
• The if / else if Statement
• Iteration
• The while Loop
• The for Loop

Module 8: Scripting—Part 2

Methods

• Anatomy of a Method
• Writing Methods
• Using Methods
• Input
• Input Basics
• Input Scripting
• Specific Key Input
• Mouse Input
• Accessing Local Components
• Using GetComponent
• The Transform
• Accessing Other Objects
• Finding Other Objects
• Modifying Object Components

Module 9: Animations

• Animation Basics
• The Rig
• The Animation
• Animation Types
• 2D Animations
• Creating the Animation
• Animation Tools
• Animation Window
• Creating a New Animation
• Record Mode
• The Curves Editor

Module 10: Animators

• Animator Basics
• Rigging Revisited
• Importing a Model
• Configuring Your Assets
• Rig Preparation
• Animation Preparation
• Creating an Animator
• The Animator View
• The Idle Animation
• Parameters
• States and Blend Trees
• Transitions
• Scripting Animators

Module 11: Mobile Development

• Preparing for Mobile
• Setting Up Your Environment
• The Unity Remote
• Accelerometers
• Designing for the Accelerometer
• Using the Accelerometer
• Multi-Touch Input