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Introduction to Game Development

Game Design and Development,

If you love games and want to learn how to make them, then this course will start you down that path. Making games is a creative and technical art form. In this course you will familiarize yourself with the tools and practices of game development. You will get started developing your own videogames using the industry standard game development tools, including the Unity3D game engine and C#. At the end of the course you will have completed three hands-on projects and will be able to leverage an array of game development techniques to create your own basic games. This course is for individuals interested in becoming a game designer, game artist, or game programmer.
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Rating 4.7 based on 1,005 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Effort 4 weeks, 2-5 hours/week
Starts Dec 7 (177 weeks ago)
Cost $79
From Michigan State University via Coursera
Instructor Brian Winn
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Language English
Subjects Programming
Tags Computer Science Software Development

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It moves fast, Brian Winn wastes no words.

Brian Winn was straight forward in what he was teaching us, and helped me get a good handle on Unity This is a strong start to game development using the Unity editor.

Brian Winn is an excellent professor.

Thank you, Brian Winn.

Excelente Curso Brian Winn is an astoundingly good teacher, and has leveraged a huge amount of professional knowledge to pour his heart into what is arguably the best $400 I've ever spent in my life.

The example projects are fun and Brian Winn is an excellent, clear, and likable instructor.

Thank's to Brian Winn and all the comunity!

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Brian Winn is very talented instructor.

Special thanks to the instructor (Brian Winn) who put his maximum sincere efforts to make this course great stuff.

Everything is so well explained, Brian Winn does a great job teaching us the basics.

!awesome course, Brian winn does a great job in explaining the concepts, very useful!!

Many thanks to Brian Winn for making it hard fun to learn!

Thanks professor Brian Winn.

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easy to follow

Pacing was nice and the information was clear and easy to follow.

Course is easy to follow and does a great job teaching how to use the tools available in Unity.

The instructor is very clear and easy to follow.

While I enjoyed the projects and found the instructor easy to follow and understand, I was disappointed in how little coding we did.

:) The class started with great instruction and was easy to follow.

The content of this course is well explain and easy to follow, I have a lot of fun doing the assignments, it was sort of playing.

Well-prepared course that is easy to follow and teaches the basics of game development with Unity 3D.

Instruction is easy to follow, and the workload is quite manageable.

Interesting and useful course, easy to follow and full of contents Good course, I learned a lot about Unity.

Good and easy to follow Great for a beginner, like me, to start programming a game!

It is easy to follow and to understand the concepts and methods.

Professional video presentations and easy to follow instructions for graded assignments.

Instructions were clear and easy to follow Excellent course.

The classes are very well organized and easy to follow.

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game development using unity

A pretty good way to introduce in game development using unity.

Shows basic concepts of game development using Unity3d Engine!

Very nice intro do game development using Unity.

Very nice course covering the basics of game development using unity3d, very well arranged and step by step approach.

A great course to explore game development using unity.

Very nice course ,well presented , suitable for who wanna start in game development using unity engine and C#.

I love this course i learned a lot Introduction to Game Development was a practical introduction to game development using Unity3d.

Great Start for those who want to get introduction about game development using unity.

Good introduction to the game development using unity The course was awesome i just completed all the sessions ,it was worth learning.

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learnt a lot

Thank you Learnt a lot from this despite I'm already in the game dev industry, especially from scripting.

Learnt a lot in terms of computer science which I didn't really learn in other sources.

very good Great Lectures, learnt a lot from it....Thanks for uploading this certification.

For the price, I felt like I learnt a lot, and the way the learning was structured helped me learn quickly and efficiently.

I learnt a lot.

I learnt a lot about unity and its tools and concepts.

I have learnt a lot about Untiy3D as the teacher explained descriptively each section.

I learnt a lot in this short course.

Learnt a lot!

Very interesting and learning experience Unfortunately I've already learnt a lot of the content of the course, but for a beginner this is a very good introduction to working in Unity.

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step by step

I enjoyed learning Great step by step course very recommended for beginners.

the is great practical step by step one , i love it like the course very much ... every thing is too good from the learning material to the lectures to the professor .The instructor mr. Brian winn made every thing much easier to learn thanks to him and his teaching techniques, that i am able to learn about Unity and able to create something from nothing, thank you sir.

Great course, easy to understand, step by step instructions.

The explanations are very good and step by step.

Great step by step videos for learning to make games in Unity, plus lectures about aspects of game development.

Love the way everything is step by step however the version of the Unity worked on the videos is much older than current one.

Goes step by step to make learning simpler and fun.

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introduction to unity 3d

Very good introduction to Unity 3D.

Specially the course instructor "Brian Winn", lots of <3 <3 <3 for you sir :D Very good introduction to Unity 3D.

Great Course, I learn a lot, now I feel like a real developer.. :D Great introduction to Unity 3D game engine for people interested in game industry.

The course works nicely as an introduction to Unity 3D, and some of the basic concepts that you may find later in game development.

learning so much awesome course keep it up This game was everything I needed: a very hands-on introduction to Unity 3D, explaining many different tools and techniques and at the same time one introduction to 3D animation, physics engine and other important aspects that make up a game.

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highly recommend this course

I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking for a basic understanding of game development as well as those wanting to get started using Unity3D.

I highly recommend this course for anyone that wants to start game development.

Packed with a great deal of information, and the demonstration of how to apply this knowledge, I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is wanting to break into interactive media development, or is wanting to broaden their methods and application knowledge in this area.

I highly recommend this course, I'm sure you'll like it!

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highly recommended

Great for any level, highly recommended!

Highly recommended!

Highly Recommended The course is perfect!!

Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn the basics of developing games on Unity3D.

Highly recommended for beginners like me) happy for learning this course Very interactive and extremely helpful.

Highly recommended for beginners Great course for getting start to game development.

Highly recommended, even for beginner in coding.

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little bit

I wish I got more opportunities to practice C# with Unity, but the only time I did was a little bit on the last week.

The course does introduce you a little bit to C# language programming to become more familiar with it.

Lots of learning with a little bit of study burden.

However, 3D modelling, illustration, and audio were not really taught (but a little bit, in theory.)

It was fun, and a little bit challenging, but I enjoyed that.

course gives you good knowledge of unity but it would be better to learn little bit more about unity before taking this course awesome course for beginers.

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peer review

The peer review grading system was clear on what warranted a passing grade, so I felt that doing a good job was recognized.

Only downside is if you finish earlier, you'll have to wait for others because of peer review setup.

:) The only thing that stands between the 5 and 4 stars evaluation of this course is the fact that assignments should have a broader range of grades for the peer review (like 0-2.5-5-7.5-10).On all the rest, congratulations!

The peer review of game files was challenging at times, but it was a good experience to create actual games.

I would just suggest that you update your Unity to the latest version for peer reviews and expect rather large uploads (100MB+ per peer review), as people don't follow the guidelines of deleting their temporary data as specified by the instructor.

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looking forward

A very decent coure to get the basics I have learnt many interesting ares that were unknown to me, looking forward to my game Development career.

This teaching/learning format is inordinately effective, and I'm 100% looking forward to course 2, 3, 4, and the capstone.Thank you for going above and beyond in creating a truly fantastic learning environment, syllabus, and a plethora of wonderful content.

This was both a fun and interesting course, I am looking forward to Principles of game design.

I'm only saying this, because you should know this upfront, really, which I didn't.Looking forward to the next class... hard fun!!!

shoutouts to brian winn Very helpful as an introduction, I am looking forward for the second course.

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michigan state

I'm very happy i got my first ever experience with Michigan State University and really big thanks to Brian Winn Sir, who provide nice lecture with energetic style.

Which I wouldn't of had access to without wonderful and awesome people like those at Michigan State and Coursera.

I will take the next Course offered by Michigan State University as well!

All thanks for Michigan State University and especially to professor Brain Winn , thank you very much for this interesting and awesome course .

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Careers

An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile.

Game Advisor 2 $46k

Computer Science / Computer Game Development Tutor $57k

Game Management $59k

Game Coordinator $61k

Simulation and Game Development Instructor $67k

Associate QA Game Development $86k

Game Developer 1 $92k

Game Development Artist $93k

QA Game Development $110k

Game Development and Testing Consultant $114k

Business Operations, Corporate Development , and Game Production $208k

Business Operations, Corporate Development , and Game Production Lead $216k

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Rating 4.7 based on 1,005 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Effort 4 weeks, 2-5 hours/week
Starts Dec 7 (177 weeks ago)
Cost $79
From Michigan State University via Coursera
Instructor Brian Winn
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Programming
Tags Computer Science Software Development

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