Have you ever wanted to design a game inventory system that’s more than just a simple item list? Are you a programmer or artist wanting to blend code and 3D art to create an interactive and immersive Viking-themed inventory? Then this course is for you. In it, you’ll explore both coding and art creation, giving you the skills to build a professional-grade inventory system that can be adapted to any game project.
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Have you ever wanted to design a game inventory system that’s more than just a simple item list? Are you a programmer or artist wanting to blend code and 3D art to create an interactive and immersive Viking-themed inventory? Then this course is for you. In it, you’ll explore both coding and art creation, giving you the skills to build a professional-grade inventory system that can be adapted to any game project.
Have you ever wanted to design a game inventory system that’s more than just a simple item list? Are you a programmer or artist wanting to blend code and 3D art to create an interactive and immersive Viking-themed inventory? Then this course is for you. In it, you’ll explore both coding and art creation, giving you the skills to build a professional-grade inventory system that can be adapted to any game project.
In this course, Penny and Mike combine their expertise in Unity and Blender to teach you the essential skills for designing, programming, and modeling an immersive inventory system. You’ll benefit from their years of industry experience with detailed explanations and hands-on projects that cover every aspect of development.
This course offers over 15 hours of hands-on content, guiding you through the creation of a functional inventory system with Unity 6 and Blender.
We’ll start by laying a solid foundation with Unity setup and essential 3D modeling skills, then dive deep into creating a full-featured inventory system—from item data storage and UI design to interactive item management and 3D previews.
In this course, you will:
1) Build a fully interactive inventory system in Unity
2) Model and texture 3D assets in Blender for use in games
3) Implement custom editor scripts and UI elements in Unity
4) Combine all the elements in a third-person 3D game environment
The course is broken into two main parts, which can be taken individually or as a complete learning journey:
Part A
In Part A, learn how to program and structure the Inventory System in Unity 6, covering:
Setting up Unity and Using ScriptableObjects
Efficiently organize item data using ScriptableObjects for maximum flexibility.
Item Categorization and Custom Editors
Use enums to create item categories and develop a custom editor for managing inventory items with ease.
Adding, Removing, and Stacking Items
Program functions to add, remove, and stack items, ensuring a smooth player experience.
Inventory Interactions and Testing
Design tests to validate inventory behavior, with runtime testing functions for quick prototyping.
Setting up the Unity Input System
Add custom input actions for interacting with the inventory, such as item dropping and equipping.
Part B
In Part B, learn how to design and integrate 3D items with Blender, covering:
Scope and Specification
Understanding the goals and scope of any project is critical to succeeding. and when it comes to realistic models managing the potential for scope creep is important.
Making The Low Poly Assets
Models have to start somewhere, and making low poly assets allows us to focus on the basics of good topology and form.
Sculpting Details
Sculpting is a fantastic way of adding detail to any model, taking them from basic to unique assets.
Preparing For Texturing
Understand the texturing process and unwrapping your models is much easier than you think.
Texturing Models
Flat models are boring, creating PBR textures bring your models to life.
Baking Textures
Games require optimised assets, we'll generate high-quality texture maps to apply to your assets takin models with over 100,000 polygons down to a model in the 1000s without compromising on quality.
What students are saying about Penny and Mike's other courses:
This course was incredibly thorough. Penny’s clear explanations combined with Mike’s art direction really made complex concepts accessible.
I’ve been using Unity for a few years, but this course gave me new insights into both coding and art integration. The inventory system I built has become the foundation of my latest game.
I can’t recommend this course enough. It’s perfect if you want to get hands-on with Unity and Blender—everything was so well structured, I felt like I was building a real project from start to finish.
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Learning objectives
- Understand and implement an organized inventory system using unity 6, complete with item categories and a custom editor.
- Model and texture viking-themed 3d items in blender, importing them seamlessly into unity.
- Develop skills to link inventory items to interactive game objects, adding physics and realism to dropped items.
- Design an intuitive and visually engaging inventory ui with tabs, toggles, scrollviews, and a 3d preview display.
- Understand and implement an organized inventory system using unity 6, complete with item categories and a custom editor.
- Model and texture viking-themed 3d items in blender, importing them seamlessly into unity.
- Develop skills to link inventory items to interactive game objects, adding physics and realism to dropped items.
- Design an intuitive and visually engaging inventory ui with tabs, toggles, scrollviews, and a 3d preview display.
Syllabus
By the end of this section students will understand what the course will be teaching as well as how to communicate with the teachers and other students.
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Syllabus
In this video, Penny and Mike will introduce you to the course and go over the content.
This short video will introduce you to the ways to get in touch with the Holistic3D team.
Important Reading on Common Issues students have and how to ask for help.
In this video students will gain an understanding of the structure of the Inventory System that will be developed in this course.
In this video students will follow along while they setup and configure Unity to use the starter package supplied with the course.
In this video students will learn how to use scriptable objects to store the data for inventory items.
In this video students will learn how to program an enum to specify the category to be used to classify an inventory item.
In this video students will begin to write the Inventory System class along with the Inventory Slot manager.
In this video students will learn how to add items into the inventory in addition to creating a quick testing function to add items at runtime.
In this video students will be challenged to complete writing the method that will manage adding stackable and non-stackable items to the inventory.
In this video students will learn how to test out the adding of items to the inventory to check the AddItem() method is working as expected.
In this video students will learn how to begin constructing a custom editor to present the inventory items in a table in the Inspector.
In this video students will learn how to use the GUILayout element to position text labels in the custom editor.
In this video students will complete the inventory system's custom editor by drawing out the values in each slot.
In this video, students will be challenged to write the code that will remove items from the inventory.
In this video students will create game objects that can be picked up when the player walks over them. These items will be later added to the inventory system.
In this video students will be challenged to place the picked up items into the inventory system and complete writing the PickUpItem method.
In this video students will check if the inventory is picking up bundles of items correctly and debug it, if it is not.
In this video students will learn how to setup the Unity Input System to add new input actions for the dropping of items out of the inventory.
In this video students will learn how to remove items from the inventory by specifying both the slots numbers and item types.
In this video students will be challenged to develop a more robust RemoveItems method that handles the removal of items across Inventory slots.
In this video students will extend the scriptable objects to link back to a prefab that can be instantiated when items are dropped.
In this video students will learn how to instantiate a prefab into the environment to represent a dropped item.
In this video students will learn how to add physics to instantiated inventory items when dropped.
In this video students will learn how to ensure that the number of prefabs created during the dropping of items is the same as the number of items being taken out of the inventory.
In this video students will learn how to cherry pick the way the physics works on inventory items.
In this video students will gain and understanding of the wide range of layouts an inventory user interface can take.
In this video students will learn how to bring in external assets to use with the Inventory UI design and setup the sprites.
In this video students will learn how to add and resize panels for the UI as well as create 9-sliced sprites.
In this video students will learn about the variety of different layout controls available for aligning panels and other UI items.
In this video students will learn how to create a camera that renders a 3D object to a texture for display in the UI.
In this video students will learn how to construct tab buttons out of UI toggles and style them to fit in the tab panel.
In this video students will learn how to setup a toggle group and colours for toggles being on and off.
In this video students will complete adding the toggles to a group and test that they are all turning on and off.
In this video students will learn how to add code to a toggle group to automatically setup listeners on each child toggle that will report the toggle selected.
In this video students will learn how to create a scrollview with scrollbars that can auto-resize to fit inventory items in it.
In this video students will learn how to construct a prefab to use for displaying the items in each slot of the Inventory inside the grid display.
In this video students will learn how to setup the item button prefab and procedurally instantiate it into the scrollview content area while setting the image and item count.
In this video students will learn how to sort the items in the inventory according to the selected tab.
In this video students will learn how to start adding 3D models into the environment to use as the 3D previews in the inventory.
In this video students will learn how to pickup the 3D preview items and store them in a dictionary for use in the inventory manager.
In this video students will learn how to link the individual inventory items to the display of the 3D preview items.
In this video students will learn how to program a keypress to open and close the inventory panel.
In this video students will learn how to lock and unlock the mouse cursor so it is available for use with the inventory window.
In this video students will learn how to link the UI part of the inventory with the virtual management of the inventory.
In this video students will learn how to toggle the visibility of a UI panel and all it's children gameobjects.
In this video students will learn how to ensure newly added items are displayed under the correct tab in the inventor.
In this video students will refactor the slot code to better manage the inventory item count and update it visually on the button.
In this video students will learn how to add a drop button to the inventory panel to drop selected items.
In this video students will learn how to instantiate game objects back into the scene when they are dropped from the inventory panel.
In this video students will learn how to specify the number of items they want to remove from a slot.
In this video students will be challenged to extend their inventory with new fields and functionality.
In this video students will be challenged to add a new item model in the project and ensure it works with the inventory system.
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Build inventory system with unity & blender
Covers creating custom tools in Unity.
Instructors explain complex topics clearly.
Builds a real, functional inventory system.
Successfully combines Unity development with Blender.
Activities
Review Basic 3D Modeling in Blender
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Refamiliarize yourself with the fundamentals of 3D modeling in Blender to better understand the asset creation process covered in Part B of the course.
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3D Modeling
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Open Blender and review the interface.
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Practice basic modeling techniques like extrusion and scaling.
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Try creating a simple object like a cube or sphere.
Review C# Scriptable Objects
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Solidify your understanding of Scriptable Objects in C# to prepare for using them to manage item data in the inventory system.
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Scriptable Objects
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Read the Unity documentation on Scriptable Objects.
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Create a simple Scriptable Object in a new Unity project.
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Experiment with storing different data types in the Scriptable Object.
Mastering Blender
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Deepen your understanding of Blender's capabilities to create more detailed and optimized 3D assets for your inventory system.
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Obtain a copy of 'Mastering Blender'.
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Read the chapters on modeling and texturing.
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Experiment with the techniques described in the book.
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C# Coding Challenges
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Sharpen your C# programming skills by completing coding challenges on platforms like HackerRank or LeetCode to improve your ability to implement inventory logic.
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Choose a coding challenge platform.
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Select C# as your programming language.
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Solve at least three coding challenges per week.
Expand the Inventory System
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Extend the inventory system by adding features like item crafting, equipment slots, or stat bonuses to reinforce your understanding of the course material.
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Choose a feature to add to the inventory system.
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Design the data structures and logic for the new feature.
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Implement the feature in Unity and test it thoroughly.
Create a Tutorial on Inventory Systems
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Solidify your knowledge by creating a written or video tutorial explaining how to build a basic inventory system in Unity, targeting beginners.
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Plan the structure and content of your tutorial.
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Record or write the tutorial, explaining each step clearly.
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Edit and publish the tutorial on a platform like YouTube or a blog.
Contribute to a Unity Open Source Project
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Contribute to an open-source Unity project related to inventory systems or game development tools to gain experience working in a collaborative environment.
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Find an open-source Unity project on GitHub.
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Review the project's documentation and contribution guidelines.
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Identify a bug or feature to work on and submit a pull request.
Review Basic 3D Modeling in Blender
Show steps
Refamiliarize yourself with the fundamentals of 3D modeling in Blender to better understand the asset creation process covered in Part B of the course.
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3D Modeling
Show steps
- Open Blender and review the interface.
- Practice basic modeling techniques like extrusion and scaling.
- Try creating a simple object like a cube or sphere.
Review C# Scriptable Objects
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Solidify your understanding of Scriptable Objects in C# to prepare for using them to manage item data in the inventory system.
Browse courses on
Scriptable Objects
Show steps
- Read the Unity documentation on Scriptable Objects.
- Create a simple Scriptable Object in a new Unity project.
- Experiment with storing different data types in the Scriptable Object.
Mastering Blender
Show steps
Deepen your understanding of Blender's capabilities to create more detailed and optimized 3D assets for your inventory system.
View
Putting Knowledge to Work
on Amazon
Show steps
- Obtain a copy of 'Mastering Blender'.
- Read the chapters on modeling and texturing.
- Experiment with the techniques described in the book.
C# Coding Challenges
Show steps
Sharpen your C# programming skills by completing coding challenges on platforms like HackerRank or LeetCode to improve your ability to implement inventory logic.
Show steps
- Choose a coding challenge platform.
- Select C# as your programming language.
- Solve at least three coding challenges per week.
Expand the Inventory System
Show steps
Extend the inventory system by adding features like item crafting, equipment slots, or stat bonuses to reinforce your understanding of the course material.
Show steps
- Choose a feature to add to the inventory system.
- Design the data structures and logic for the new feature.
- Implement the feature in Unity and test it thoroughly.
Create a Tutorial on Inventory Systems
Show steps
Solidify your knowledge by creating a written or video tutorial explaining how to build a basic inventory system in Unity, targeting beginners.
Show steps
- Plan the structure and content of your tutorial.
- Record or write the tutorial, explaining each step clearly.
- Edit and publish the tutorial on a platform like YouTube or a blog.
Contribute to a Unity Open Source Project
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Contribute to an open-source Unity project related to inventory systems or game development tools to gain experience working in a collaborative environment.
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- Find an open-source Unity project on GitHub.
- Review the project's documentation and contribution guidelines.
- Identify a bug or feature to work on and submit a pull request.
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