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Python Game Development – Create a Flappy Bird Clone

Develop a clone of the smash hit game Flappy Bird using the Python Programming Language. Learn Python game development using the PyGame platform. Learn game development in a more fun … Read more

Intro to 2D Game Development with Stencyl

Creating your first computer game is only a few hours away! Stop postponing your dreams and get on to that game idea

No prior experience is required to take this course. Learning from the ground up, you will acquire all the skills necessary to Design and Create your very own computer games, which can then be shared with your friends, or even published to commercial markets such as flash portals, the App Store & Google Play.

Using the unique logic block system of Stencyl thought in this Stencyl Course, you will be able to create a game of any genre, quickly and effectively. Please follow through the lectures sequentially, and always maximize the videos to get the most out of them.

For the most effective learning experience, it is essential that you pay close attention to each lecture in order, and then complete the task yourself. If you struggle, watch the video again until you get the full sense of the lesson.

Get excited, this is a learning experience you’ll never forget. Prepare to start making your own games with Stencyl.

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Free eBook – Master the Art of Unreal Engine 4 Blueprints

Thanks to our friends at Kitatus Studios, we are happy to share with our readers their ebook Master the Arts of Unreal Engine 4 – Blueprints. This book is an … Read more

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Intro to HTML5 Mobile Game Development with Quintus

Quintus is a lightweight JavaScript HTML5 game development framework created by Pascal Rettig. Making games with Quintus is really easy if you have basic JavaScript skills. The great thing about … Read more

HTML5 Mobile Game Development by Example – Veggies vs Zombies [NEW]

Learn how to create games similar to the award winning Plants vs Zombies

What if you could use your HTML, CSS and JavaScript knowledge to create awesome mobile games for iOS, Android and the web?

In this course we’ll build an entire game called Veggies vs Zombies, defence game inspired in the popular game Plants vs Zombies. The game we’ll build doesn’t only cover all the game dev mechanics you need to know to fly free and make any game you want, but it’s also very addictive and fun to play!

Though out the course, we’ll use the lightweight and awesome game framework HTML5 Quintus, which allows you to make your own video games using only a text editor, a web browser and a local host.

What you’ll learn in this course:

Create a complete multilevel defence game
Basics of 2D games: sprites, scenes, stages.
Collision detection.
Making games that adjust to the screen resolution – a must in a post-pc world!
Loading levels from JSON files.
Adding audio to make your games memorable.
Putting it all together to make a fun and addictive gameplay!

This course was created by Pablo Farias Navarro, founder of ZENVA and the tech blogs GameDev Academy, HTML5 Hive and De Idea A App. Pablo specializes in web and mobile app development and has produced over 20 courses teaching over 35,000 students how to make games, apps and websites.

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Interactive Games with WebGL, Babylon.js, and Cannon.js

Learn WebGL and Babylon.js at your own pace Feel free to check out our online course 3D Programming with WebGL and Babylon.js for Beginners on Zenva Academy. The course covers … Read more

Unity 3D from Scratch – The Complete Series

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You want to make a game but you don’t know where to start

Learning how to make your own games in Unity will allow you to bring those ideas into reality in an industry-proven, robust platform which you can download for free.

This course created by Stone River Elearning is your one-stop to become a cross-platform Unity game developer. Covering from the very basics to more advanced topics, you’ll be able to bring those awesome game ideas into reality.

Courses in this collection are also sold separately, but if you purchase the entire collection you’ll get access to future sections that we plan to add to this bundle over the upcoming weeks.