Daniel Buckley

Daniel Buckley is a highly skilled Game Developer with a strong focus on online course authoring at Zenva. With extensive experience in the gaming industry, he excels in creating engaging and educational content for aspiring game developers.

As a valuable member of the Zenva team since January 2019, Daniel has contributed significantly to the development of their online courses. Leveraging his expertise in game development and his proficiency in tools like Unity3D, he has authored over a hundred professional-grade video courses. These courses serve as comprehensive learning resources for individuals seeking to enhance their game development skills and knowledge.

Daniel's dedication to sharing his expertise extends beyond his primary role as a Game Developer. Through his role in course authoring, he plays a pivotal part in empowering students around the world to acquire the necessary skills to pursue their passion for game development. His clear and concise teaching style, coupled with his practical demonstrations and in-depth explanations, make his courses highly valuable resources for learners of all levels.

With a Bachelor of Games Development degree from SAE Institute Australia, Daniel has a strong foundation in game development principles and practices. His educational background, coupled with his industry experience, equips him with the ability to create well-structured and informative courses that cater to the needs of aspiring game developers.

While Daniel's core role revolves around course authoring, he also actively contributes to game development projects at Zenva. His extensive knowledge of game development tools and technologies, including Unity3D, Godot, Unreal Engine, and Python, enables him to deliver comprehensive and up-to-date content in his courses.

Through his commitment to education and his passion for game development, Daniel Buckley continues to make a significant impact in the industry. His online courses have empowered countless individuals to pursue their dreams and achieve success in the field of game development.

Create an Action RPG in Godot – Part 1

Introduction Ready to create your own game with some action-oriented gameplay? In some of our previous tutorials, we covered making a 3D FPS and a 2D RPG. Both are well-loved

How to Create an RPG in Godot – Part 2

Introduction Welcome back everyone! It’s time to finish our 2D RPG in Godot! For Part 1 of this tutorial series, we started setting up our 2D RPG project in the

How to Create an RPG in Godot – Part 1

Introduction Welcome, everyone! Even after all the years games have existed, RPGs are still one of the most popular genres that aspiring developers want to learn how to make. However,

Create a First Person Shooter in Godot – Part 2

Introduction Welcome back, and I hope you’re ready to finish creating our Godot FPS tutorial. In Part 1, we set up our arena, our player character, our FPS camera, our

Create a Simplified Godot FPS – Game Dev Tutorial – Part 1

FPS games remain a staple of the game industry, and with free engines like Godot, making a Godot FPS is a match made in heaven. Welcome to the tutorial, and

How to Make a Complete Game with Godot

Introduction Are you eager to get started making your own games? Game development has never been more popular before – with sales stretching into the billions, and thousands of indie

A Guide to Resource Management for RTS Games

You can access the full course here: Real-time Strategy Project – Resource Gathering Creating the Resource Object To begin, let’s create a new empty GameObject called Resource_Tree. Next, drag the Tree

How to Create an RTS Camera Controller

You can access the full course here: Real-time Strategy Project – Resource Gathering Camera Setup The camera controller will allow us to move the camera around with the keyboard and

RTS Box Selection in Unity Tutorial

You can access the full course here: Real-time Strategy Project – Unit Movement Multiple Units To begin, let’s duplicate the unit a few times and move them around. Then select

An Introduction to Virtual Reality

You can access the full course here: Build a Micro-VR Game What is Virtual Reality? Virtual reality exists on the spectrum of mixed reality. This ranges from the real world to

An Overview of PlayFab for Multiplayer Games

You can access the full course here: Player Authentication with Azure PlayFab Setting up the PlayFab App To begin, let’s go to the PlayFab website: http://playfab.com. If you have a

How to set up Unity for VR Rigs and Hand Controllers

You can access the full course here: Hand Grabbing Controllers in VR Project Setup Create a new new Unity project so we can begin with the course. First, we want

How to use ARKit in Unity

You can access the full course here: Intro to ARKit Unity Setup Create a new Unity project. Then in the editor, let’s open the Package Manager window (Window > Package Manager).

How to Build Mobile Games - Quick Unity Touch Input Tutorial

Optimizing Mobile Apps in Unity

You can access the full course here: Mobile Game Development for Beginners Caching Objects In Unity, there’s many functions we can use to easily get objects/components. GameObject.Find GameObject.GetComponent GameObject.FindObjectOfType GameObject.FindObjectWithTag