Want to design your own video games? Use your passion for gaming by designing your own through the powerful engine of Unity. Create characters, levels, and objectives in this crash course in video game design.
Unity is a powerful, free-to-use game design engine and is used by professional game developers worldwide. It is the official game engine for Mac OS and is a great way to introduce yourself to the world of game design.
In our introductory game design course, students will learn the basic UI of Unity, a powerful game design engine. Students will design their own 2-D platformer with custom characters, levels, and objectives. Check out some of our sample projects below!
students will use character controllers and tile palettes to design their own 2d platformer where the goal is to reach the finish line.
students will implement combat tools into a 2d level in order to defeat enemies that block their way to the finish line
In this introductory course in unity, students will develop an understanding of Unity’s user interface and how to use pre prepared assets in coordination with their own ideas to create original 2-D games. In this course, some or all of the following topics will be covered:
In our Intermediate game design course, students will learn advanced game design techniques in Unity as well as creating basic 3-D games using custom models, maps, and objectives. Check out some of our sample projects below!
Students will manage projectiles and moving targets to create a blaster game in a 3-dimensional space
Students will use vehicle assets to design their own 3 dimensional racing course
Suggested Prerequisite: GD-310
In this intermediate game design course will develop skills in object interaction as well as first person movement. Students will explore designing games in a 3-dimensional space and generating object collisions and animations. In this course, some or all of the following topics will be covered: