Build a Tower Defence Game with Unity and Blender

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Penny de Byl,Penny @Holistic3D.com,Michael Bridges

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1 - Introduction

1 - Introduction.mp4

04:06

2 - Join the H3D Social Community.mp4

01:26

3 - FAQs.html

4 - Tower Defence Game Mechanics.mp4

05:49

2 - Part A02 Building A Tower Defence World

5 - A Quick Introduction to Navigation Meshes.mp4

11:06

5 - Goober.zip

6 - Creating a Navmesh Agent.mp4

14:49

7 - Spawning Agents.mp4

12:31

8 - Section02Solution.zip

8 - Timing and Limits.mp4

15:10

3 - Part A03 Developing Tower Placement Mechanics

9 - Programming Turret Drop Functionality.mp4

10:33

10 - Programming Turret Drag Functionality.mp4

11:25

11 - Controlling Turret Placement.mp4

08:32

11 - Get Touch.txt

11 - Touch Phase.txt

12 - Section03Solution.zip

12 - Tweaking for Turret Models.mp4

10:57

4 - Part A04 Creating a User Interface

13 - Adding Buttons to Select Turret Type.mp4

09:19

14 - Gatling.zip

14 - Instantiating a Turret from a Button.mp4

11:06

15 - Developing a Turret Upgrade Menu.mp4

09:25

16 - Activating and Closing the Upgrade Menu.mp4

11:24

16 - Section04Solution.zip

17 - Challenge Add a new type of turret.mp4

07:14

17 - Flamer.zip

5 - Part A05 Tower Defence Artificial Intelligences

18 - Aiming at the Enemies.mp4

09:43

19 - Tower Horizontal Targeting.mp4

05:57

20 - Tower Vertical Targeting.mp4

10:00

21 - Resetting Turrets to Original Positions.mp4

04:36

6 - Part A06 Building Destructible Enemies

22 - Using Scriptable Objects to Hold Enemy Data.mp4

10:18

23 - Displaying a Healthbar.mp4

11:23

24 - Reducing Enemy Health.mp4

12:50

25 - Improving Shooting Accuracy.mp4

07:38

25 - Section06Code.zip

7 - Part A07 Customising with Scriptable Objects

26 - Customising Turret Properties.mp4

09:28

27 - Programming with Turret Properties.mp4

09:26

28 - Defining Individual Turret Types.mp4

16:05

29 - Defining Individual Creep Types.mp4

13:41

29 - MutantWalking.zip

30 - Manually Working with Colliders.mp4

05:43

8 - Part A08 Sounds and Visual Effects

31 - Building the Environment.mp4

11:02

31 - TerrainAssets.zip

32 - Placing Platforms.mp4

10:45

33 - Finessing Shooting Sounds.mp4

09:39

33 - Sounds.zip

34 - Particle System Flames.mp4

13:31

35 - Switching Particle Systems on and off.mp4

06:05

36 - Adding Shooting Effects for TwoGun Towers.mp4

14:30

36 - GattlingEmitter.zip

37 - Enemy Death Explosions Part 1.mp4

11:43

37 - Free VFX Image Sequences Flipbooks.txt

38 - Enemy Death Explosions Part 2.mp4

13:38

38 - explosion.wav

39 - Enemy Death Explosions Part 3.mp4

06:07

39 - Section08Scripts.zip

9 - Part A09 Tower Defence Game Mechanics

40 - Waves Part 1.mp4

10:25

41 - Waves Part 2.mp4

07:03

42 - UI Layout for Game Information.mp4

10:13

43 - Displaying Wave Counts.mp4

06:42

44 - Making Money.mp4

10:22

45 - Counting Lives.mp4

07:46

46 - Changing the Game Timescale.mp4

10:35

47 - Spending Money on Towers.mp4

13:54

47 - wrong.wav

48 - Upgrading and Removing Towers.mp4

15:24

49 - Game Over.mp4

12:32

49 - gameover.zip

10 - Part 2 B02 Orentation

50 - Project Overview.mp4

02:14

51 - Reference Material.mp4

02:33

52 - Our Workflow.mp4

01:45

53 - Multiple Approaches.mp4

02:25

54 - Are You Stuck.mp4

04:41

55 - Share Your Work.mp4

02:21

56 - Course Resources.mp4

01:37

57 - Help I Have Made a Complete Mess.mp4

02:27

11 - Part B03 New To Blender Start Here

58 - Recommended Preferences.mp4

13:48

59 - Editors and Workspaces.mp4

06:24

60 - Context Matters.mp4

04:36

61 - The 3D Viewport.mp4

08:10

62 - Walk Mode.mp4

03:22

63 - 3D Editor Modes.mp4

03:55

64 - Blender Is Shortcut Heavy.mp4

01:36

65 - F3 to Search.mp4

01:51

66 - Adding Objects.mp4

03:57

67 - Transforming Objects.mp4

09:44

68 - Origins 3D Cursor.mp4

08:54

69 - Snapping.mp4

07:20

70 - Duplication.mp4

09:58

71 - Units and Entering Values.mp4

06:16

72 - Editing Mesh Data.mp4

06:48

73 - Objects VS Object Data.mp4

08:43

74 - Extruding.mp4

16:40

75 - Naming.mp4

03:52

76 - Selecting Loops.mp4

05:49

77 - Fills and Insets.mp4

10:46

78 - Separate and Join.mp4

07:14

79 - Parenting.mp4

05:03

80 - Collections.mp4

03:29

81 - Bevels.mp4

05:10

82 - Mirroring.mp4

05:13

83 - Adding More Details.mp4

17:49

84 - Linked Data.mp4

09:18

85 - Viewport Shading.mp4

03:28

86 - What is a Material.mp4

02:59

87 - Material Properties.mp4

12:30

88 - Shading Workspace Overview.mp4

04:58

89 - Adding Material Slots.mp4

11:23

90 - See What the Camera Sees.mp4

03:27

91 - Render Engines.mp4

09:45

92 - Adding Lights To A Scene.mp4

11:06

93 - Configuring Render Settings.mp4

08:58

12 - Part 2 B04 Establishing Our Pipeline

94 - Section Introduction.mp4

02:28

95 - Origins Are Important.mp4

07:58

96 - Applying Transforms.mp4

04:17

97 - Grid Snapping.mp4

03:53

98 - Block Model The Environment.mp4

11:49

99 - Local View Hiding.mp4

04:04

100 - Using Collections.mp4

06:04

101 - Block Modelling A Turret.mp4

11:20

102 - ReLinking Duplicates.mp4

03:02

103 - Adding Materials.mp4

12:09

104 - Unity Opening blend Files.mp4

04:20

105 - FBX Exporting.mp4

09:04

106 - Mistakes Happen.mp4

00:55

13 - Part 2 B05 Modular Models

107 - What is Modular.mp4

04:29

108 - Symmetrise And Mirrors.mp4

08:02

109 - Mirror Tools Addon.mp4

05:00

110 - What Parts and Parenting.mp4

09:22

111 - Exporting Parented Objects 1.mp4

05:48

112 - Exporting Parented Objects 2.mp4

06:57

113 - Making a Standard Base.mp4

06:58

114 - Making a Standard Core.mp4

13:09

115 - Joining Objects.mp4

03:50

116 - Snapping and Pivot Points.mp4

12:12

117 - Scaling Positions.mp4

02:51

118 - Duplicates Vs Circular Array.mp4

09:51

119 - A Simple Driver.mp4

04:44

120 - Finishing The Basic Gatling.mp4

06:52

121 - Lets Export and Test.mp4

09:30

122 - Bevelling Vertices.mp4

04:55

123 - Face Intersect.mp4

04:30

124 - The Boolean Modifier.mp4

06:41

125 - Finishing the Rocket Launcher.mp4

19:07

126 - Common Things To Miss.mp4

03:39

127 - Making The Flamer Thrower.mp4

18:21

128 - Using Curves for Pipes.mp4

11:14

129 - Adding Details.mp4

08:38

130 - Adding Detail Components.mp4

14:30

131 - Testing The Final Model.mp4

08:45

14 - Part 2 B06 Procedural Materials

132 - Why Procedural Materials.mp4

05:14

133 - Shading Workspace Overview.mp4

04:20

134 - New Workspace Layout.mp4

03:19

135 - Setup Our Render Pipeline.mp4

07:35

136 - Nodes Sockets and Noodles.mp4

12:28

137 - Playing With Masks.mp4

16:16

138 - Creating a Basic Edge Mask.mp4

11:55

139 - Creating A Group Node.mp4

12:57

140 - Adding Detail to the Edge Mask.mp4

14:08

141 - Testing Our Detailed Mask.mp4

08:15

142 - The Ambient Occlusion Node.mp4

15:04

143 - Using Textures.mp4

17:55

144 - The Bump Node.mp4

14:12

145 - Using Our Procedural Textures.mp4

22:23

146 - Add Materials To All Turrets.mp4

11:54

15 - PArt 2 B07 Getting Game Ready and Export

147 - Creating a New Image Texture.mp4

05:04

148 - Smart UV Unwrapping.mp4

06:33

149 - Multiple Object Unwrap.mp4

05:00

150 - Baking Settings.mp4

15:24

151 - Render Passes Baking the Base Colour.mp4

15:05

152 - Baking the Normal Map.mp4

09:03

153 - Baking Ambient Occlusion.mp4

08:01

154 - Baking a Metallic Map.mp4

08:17

155 - Compositing a Metal Smoothness Texture.mp4

08:46

Description

Explore Tower Defence Game Mechanics through the creation of a game level by learning the programming and art creation.

What You'll Learn?

Work with pathfinding to create autonomous characters that navigate a 3D environment.
Translate Tower Defence Game Mechanics into C# Code in Unity
Use Blender to create modular 3D game objects for use in level design
Design and develop moveable 3D models that can be programmatically moved with C# code in Unity

Who is this for?

Beginner game development students who want to learn about tower defence mechanics.

Programmers who want a gentle introduction to creating their own 3D art assets.

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Description
Have you ever wanted to create your own computer game from scratch?Â Are you a programmer that would like to also create your own 3D art assets?Â Â Then this course is for you.Â In it, you will follow along learning both the coding and art side of game development giving you the necessary skills required to be an independent game developer.
Dive right into over 20 hrs of hands-on content.
This course takes a holistic view at creating a Tower Defence game level through the examination of game mechanics, coding exercises in C# with the Unity Game Engine, and 3D art asset creation in Blender.
Through the investigation of this simple but compelling casual gaming genre, the course is broken into 2 parts that can be taken separately or together:
In Part A learn how to program and work with:
Pathfinding
Character Animation
User Interface Development and Programming
Economy systems including player lives, and money accumulation & spending
Special effects including sound effects, particle systems, and explosions
Automated enemy-sensing towers
In Part B learn how to design and work with:
Blender
Modular 3D art assets for game level design
Procedurally Generated Textures
A multipart game character with sub-meshes that can be independently controlled with code in Unity
In this course, Penny and Mike teach all the invaluable skills you will require to design, program, and model your own Tower Defence game from scratch.Â You will learn from their combined 40 years of knowledge about Unity and Blender through detailed descriptions and hands-on workshops.
What students are saying about Penny and Mike's other courses:
As a game developer with 3+ years experience under his belt, I would like to say that I have learned a lot, and also improved on what I knew already before the course.
This course is absolute gold! I am a Software Engineering Teacher as well as a solo game developer, and of all the courses I have taken on Udemy, this is has been the most useful and eye opening by far.
I've taken some great courses on this site, this has to be the best in terms of volume, clarity and thoroughness. In this course you will: 1) Learn several procedural generation methods 2) Learn some cool Blender functionality 3) Learn how to make a pathfinding algorithm I was only expecting number 1) but seeing how much extra stuff is here, I'm definitely coming back to go deeper and help some of the trickier stuff sink in. Can not recommend enough. Do this course now!
Who this course is for:
Beginner game development students who want to learn about tower defence mechanics.
Programmers who want a gentle introduction to creating their own 3D art assets.

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Hi, I'm Dr Penny de Byl. I'm a full stack developer of most things computer sciency and academic with a true passion for teaching. I've been teaching others about games development, programming, computer graphics, animation and web design for over 25 years in universities in Australia and Europe at the full professor level. I've also consulted for Unity, SAE, the Australian Institute of Entertainment and Wikitude. My best selling textbooks including Holistic Game Development with Unity are used in over 100 institutions world-wide. My graduates work at companies like Apple, Ubisoft, LinkedIn and Deloitte Digital.I have an honours degree in computer graphics and a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence for games characters. Over the course of my career I've won numerous awards for teaching excellence at the state, national and international levels including the Australian Learning and Teaching Council's Excellence in Teaching Award and the Unity Mobile Game Curriculum Competition. My approach to teaching computer science and related fields is project-based giving you hands-on workshops you can immediately get your teeth into.I want you to leave my virtual classroom fully armed with a toolkit of skills for life-long learning. I'm excited to now be focussing my efforts full-time on Udemy to bring my years of knowledge and experience to those eager to learn about technology.

Penny @Holistic3D.com

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Hi, I'm Dr Penny de Byl. I'm a full stack developer of most things computer sciency and academic with a true passion for teaching. I've been teaching others about games development, programming, computer graphics, animation and web design for over 25 years in universities in Australia and Europe at the full professor level. I've also consulted for Unity and SAE. My best selling textbooks including Holistic Game Development with Unity are used in over 100 institutions world-wide. My graduates work at companies like Apple, Ubisoft, LinkedIn and Deloitte Digital.I have an honours degree in computer graphics and a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence for games characters. Over the course of my career I've won numerous awards for teaching excellence at the state, national and international levels including the Australian Learning and Teaching Council's Excellence in Teaching Award and the Unity Mobile Game Curriculum Competition. My approach to teaching computer science and related fields is project-based giving you hands-on workshops you can immediately get your teeth into.I want you to leave my virtual classroom fully armed with a toolkit of skills for life-long learning. I'm excited to now be focussing my efforts full-time on Udemy to bring my years of knowledge and experience to those eager to learn about technology.

Michael Bridges

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I am a self-confessed technology geek and love teaching people new things. I think it is a real shame that so many people carry around such wonderfully capable devices yet do nothing but the basics on them. Computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones can do much more than most people know. I would like to guide, reassure and educate people about using their technology to add to their lives I have been playing, yes playing, with technology for as long as I can remember and I still do that today! Admittedly these days with other commitments I do have to watch what I spend as technology can burn a very deep hole and quickly. As my parents will testify, I have always been inquisitive! even if it meant taking something apart to see how it worked. Of course not knowing how to put it back together again. To this day I love learning new things and developing myself as a person. Despite my tech background I remain firmly grounded and talk to people using everyday language, unnecessary techno-babble drives me bonkers. This allows me to chat with people with limited knowledge on a subject and help them understand more.

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