Make Awesomely Strange Video Games with Unity and Playmaker
No coding. No programming. Learn cutting edge visual scripting tools to make your own video game from start to finish.
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Sep 2015
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What you will learn
Create a video game from start to finish without coding
Go through a quick introductory course to fundamental game dev concepts
Create video games using Visual Scripting
Use assets from the demo video game
Learn an intro to Playmaker
Control and animate a 3d third person playable character
Create enemy NPCs that patrol and attack the player on sight with simple AI
Layout a level and set up a Unity Navmesh
Create player pickups like coins and weapons
Set up a weapon firing system with two different types of ammo
Create a boss fight
Set up a treasure chest that opens when the player enters a password
Set up a working health system with UI health bar
Create multiple levels for your game
Create an intro menu
Why take this course?
- What is this course about?
In this course we will create an entire 3d third person game using Unity and Playmaker. Every step of the process is included. Students will learn everything they need to know to make their own 3d games without writing one line of code. A non technical introduction to game dev course is included, as well as an introduction to Playmaker and 6 bonus advanced Playmaker tutorials.
Strip away the mystery of game development with Unity + Playmaker and get in the game!
- What materials are included?
All assets including 3d character models and animation used in the course are included.
- How long will this course take?
It will take 2 - 7 days depending on your speed; there are 15 hours of total material.
- How is this course structured?
In the course we will create a complete 3d third person game from beginning to end; complete with weapon pickups, enemy NPCs, a Boss Battle and an Intro Menu and 'Game Over' screen.
- Why take this course?
- One of a kind instructor: this class is taught by indie game developer and internationally renowned award winning animation filmmaker M dot Strange. You can play the games the instructor has made, using the things he will teach you, at mdotstrange (dot) com; see for yourself if he knows what he is talking about.
- Real world learning: use real assets taken from real working games. Everything you learn has been tested and used in games that have shipped.
- Beginner friendly: Minimal geek speak is used so you won't have to google every other world to know what's going on.
- Secrets Unlocked: Learn to do things the easy way. Making games is a lot easier than you think! Let us show you how!
- We have fun: Learning from an instructor that loves what they do is a lot more fun than learning from someone that is just out to make a quick buck.
- Learn More: Get a deeper understanding as our classes teach you the hows and whys, instead of just how to get an identical end result.
No coding. No programming. Skip the grind of traditional game development like a boring cutscene by learning cutting edge visual scripting tools with the Strange School.
Start today and be a game developer tomorrow!
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Bjørn
February 17, 2023
It is from 2015, so a lot of changes in Unity from that. The Standard Assets 2018.4 are no longer, so if you not have it allready you can not get it. There is a lot of Q & A to tackle the problems. You must have Android to download the resurces. I think it is better to not use this, and use the the videoes Playmaker has that is newer than this. I had the Standard assets and followed a link to get the updated character controller used in this turtual. The instructor looks is no here anymore.
Edward
September 9, 2022
I’ve heard several times to not waste money on classes and just watch YouTube vids. I’m glad I took the chance on this course. Vids are fine once you know what you need to look for. This course was laid out in a way that you learned the basic concepts in the order you’d most likely need them. I now have the confidence to start building and search/learn the rest as I need to.
Bader
October 29, 2021
The course claims to have downloadable assets required for this course but unfortunately they are no where to be found!
Miguel
December 12, 2016
It can still be edited a bit. There are good pointers here and there. He makes the layout really interesting and easy at the same time.
Jason
November 20, 2016
Fantastic! Love this instructors style. If you want a jump start with playmaker I highly suggest this course! I learned quite a bit more than I expected to!
Christopher
November 13, 2016
Easy to understand *****5 stars!
Alot of sensible stuff being taught
Makes more sense than the default playmaker tutorials
I'm pretty sure you can apply the lessons to 2D games as well
Ulric
November 13, 2016
This is a very good course that explains many of the concepts in English and not in computer jargon. So anyone that is not a computer person they can learn what all that is going on in the unity environment and start to learn what all the computer terminology means when one does run into computer terminology.
Greg
November 6, 2016
I learned a lot from this course, but often felt frustrated by MdotStrange's not paying attention to detail and tendency to talk too much. My feel is with a little organization he could teach twice as much in half the time. Still, he's quite likable and I feel I got an excellent knowledge of key things in both Unity and Playmaker.
I lowered the rating too because not one of my questions were answered on the forums.
Thomas
October 26, 2016
While the content and explanations are thorough and detailed, I'm setting my playback speed a little higher because it seems a little slow paced for my taste. Otherwise a top-notch course and I plan on leaving a glowing review.
Steven
October 3, 2016
This is the best Unity/Playmaker course on the web I've come across. The author takes the time to actually explain the very basics and the very important question of why things are they way they are. The foundational aspect is something that is very difficult if not impossible to find on youtube, for example.
I'm updating this review because this course is so beneficial! I can't believe I'm only halfway through - it's so thorough. Aside from the fantastic content and near perfect pacing - not too slow, not too fast, M dot Strange is entertaining. Making a few jokes along the way is great.
Anyway, the ease with which you get up to speed is incredible. If I could give more starts than five I would. Seriously, if you want to learn Playmaker, buy this course now and get started.
-- Just finished all 88 lessons. Excellent. Just buy it already. 10 starts if possible.
Alistair
September 19, 2016
So far very concise and informative lessons. Straight to the point, easy to follow and well explained sections. Probably the best description of Bool, integer, string etc. i've seen anywhere. Looking forward to the rest...
Milan
August 2, 2016
He gives lots of great info and detailed explanations, which are very helpful for beginners or those between beginner and intermediate level (like me).
J.
June 16, 2016
Great tutorial! Strange is not your usual stuffy "professor" - his personality and delivery of information is fantastic and he really stays down to earth while explaining concepts that can be perceived as complicated..
Brian
January 13, 2016
Well I'm a little more then half way through the course, and I'm giving it a 5 star rating because to date it has been the best course I've taken.
There are three other courses out there on Unity/Playmaker, I have them and they are good, but M dot Strange has put together what I feel is by far the best of the lot.
If you think you want to learn Unity and Playmaker in order to make games, and do it with little to no coding, then you would be well advised to purchase this course.
I will follow up with a final review when I complete this course.
Brian
Jay
October 22, 2015
M dot Strange has a knack for the making the complex seem easy. He has distilled a lot of hard won knowledge and tricks into a very entertaining package. Highly recommend! Would love to see more videos - perhaps incorporating Behavior Designer for AI.
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