Ever wanted to take part in a game jam but don't know where to start?

Description

Ever wanted to take part in a game jam but don't know where to start?

Maybe you've got an idea that you want to get up and running quickly?

In Game Jams & Rapid Prototyping in Unity, we cover techniques and code to keep you focused on rapidly creating games not boilerplate code.

• Get prepped for creating your own prototypes at 48 hour game jams.
• Learn the pros, and pitfalls of creating a game with a heavy time constraint!
• How to form teams, and manage the idea generation process.
• Filling in art and audio when you're just a coder

We also cover making a full game jam prototype in just 3 hours of fully explained, code along exercises. Covering creating simple game logic, and a reusable framework to deal with common prototype functionality such as :

• Scoring
• Timing
• UI
• Gameflow
• And Audio

This course is suitable for people with basic to intermediate experience with Unity 3D who want to learn about making prototypes quickly.

• Anyone who wants to make small prototypes, or participate in Game Jams.

Course content

• Introduction
  • About this Course
  • What We'll Cover
• Preperation
  • Preparation & Your Team
  • Ideas, Scope & Other Advice
• Jam Session 01 : Creating basic game logic
  • Making the Player Logic
  • Creating a Custom Camera
• Jam Session 02 : Triggers, Timers & Scoring
  • Creating & Reacting to Simple Triggers
  • Let's make a reusable Score Manager
  • Making a reusable Time Manager
• Jam Session 03 : Levels, UI & Gameflow
  • Simple UI & Gameflow in Unity
  • Simple Grey Boxing in Unity with Primitives and Prefabs
• Jam Session 04 : Finishing Up & Polish
  • Implementing Audio quickly with an Audio Manager
  • Simple Visual Polish & Tidying Up
  • Final Game Flow, Level Management & Packaging Up