Expert Gameplay Programmer Exam Preparation Training
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This workshop covers six topic areas distributed over 3 days of study. These topics include Rapid Gameplay Prototyping and Unity Services Implementation; NPC Design programming and User Interface Implementation; Level Design Programming and Performance Optimization. The format of this workshop is project and activity based. Participants will spend most of their time individually programming to solve challenges introduced by the instructor with brief group discussion and group sharing to clarify concepts and problems. This workshop is not a follow-the-leader style course. Participants will need to feel comfortable individually programming a game in Unity.
Course Content
Introduction: Workshop overview and Learning Action Plan
Rapid Gameplay Prototyping
- Interpret a Game Design Document to determine basic game functionality
- Build your level to meet the specification in the GDD
- Create your player character to meet GDD specifications
- Create a series of enemies for the game as defined by the GDD
- Create a scoring system as defined in the GDD
- Identify conflicts and solutions during prototype stage to improve game play
Unity Services Implementation
- Demonstrate knowledge of Unity Ad placement for optimal player experience
- Enable ads in the game to demonstrate knowledge of Unity Services
- Demonstrate knowledge of Unity In-App Purchasing (IAP)
- Setup data collection points to demonstrate knowledge of Unity Analytics
NPC Design Programming
- Demonstrate knowledge of NPC logic and behavior
- Demonstrate knowledge of animation behavior systems
- Demonstrate knowledge of Navigation and Pathfinding
- Demonstrate knowledge of the waypoint system
- Demonstrate knowledge of NPC spawning and placement
User Interface Implementation
- Develop a HUD to demonstrate knowledge of UI coordinate systems
- Create an options menu to demonstrate knowledge of user interface scripting
Level Design Programming
- Create a basic game world level to demonstrate knowledge of level design using the supplied project and GDD
- Add a player characters to your level to demonstrate knowledge of physics configurations
- Make the character fire at targets to demonstrate knowledge of raycasting
- Populate the level with Particle Systems and Effects
- Demonstrate knowledge of script-spawned Prefabs during runtime
- Demonstrate knowledge of scene loading and unloading
Performance Optimization
- Demonstrate knowledge of rendering optimization to improve gameplay
- Demonstrate knowledge of gameplay debugging
- Demonstrate knowledge of platform differences and impact on gameplay
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Target group
Gamedesigner and Programmer.
Prerequisites
2-3 years of experience developing games with Unity with advanced programming skills, particularly in the C# language
Organizational matters
Drinks, lunch, certificate of attendance and training materials are included in the price.Participant's comments
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Expert Gameplay Programmer Exam Preparation
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