Pablo Farias

Award-winning developer, senior technical leader and founder of Zenva, an education platform that teaches coding and game creation to over 1 million learners worldwide. Pablo's current focus include growing and expanding the educational offering at Zenva's B2C and K12 products to better support more students in the learning of programming, AI and digital technologies.

Pablo's work in the technology, gaming and education space includes:

  • The co-authoring of over 500 professional-grade online courses in game development (Unity, Unreal, Godot, Phaser), programming (Python, HTML & CSS, JavaScript, C++), VR/AR and artificial intelligence, as well as over 400 technical tutorials
  • The hands-on development and technical lead of web and mobile edTech applications used by millions of people, that provide stellar learning experiences while performing seamlessly under high traffic conditions
  • The development of VR titles to Steam and the Oculus Store including Insect Resolution VR, Let's Kill Zombies VR and Zenva Sky
  • The active participation of various ICT industry programs including the ACS Professional Partner Program, the Unity Certified Instructor Program, the Intel Software Innovator Program and EduGrowth.

Prior to starting Zenva, Pablo developed various technology products both as an entrepreneur and web development consultant. These included LMS and classroom management solutions, school database systems and even language learning apps.

Before moving into the realm of ICT, Pablo worked as a civil engineer in environmental groundwater simulations using Matlab, Excel and various mathematical models as part of his engineering degree.

HTML5 Game Development with Phaser

HTML5 Mobile Game Development with Phaser

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What if you could make games for iOS, Android and the web using the technologies you already know and love: HTML, CSS and JavaScript?

Learn game development by creating an infinite runner similar to Jetpack Joyride!

In this course you will learn how to create mobile games using Phaser, an awesome JavaScript library that allows you to create professional games for both mobile and desktop using HTML5.

By following the Learn by Doing approach that you find in all ZENVA courses, we’ll put together an infinite runner game, similar to the iOS best-seller Jetpack Joyride.

HTML5 game development with Phaser

This course was created by Jeremy Dowell (a.k.a. Codevinsky) in collaboration with Pablo Farias Navarro, founder of ZENVA. Jeremy is a core member at the HTML5GameDevs forum and contributor to the Phaser engine. After coding in JavaScript for the best part of the last decades, Jeremy has authored web and mobile games in HTML5 and iOS, applications using Node.js and Angular, and technical tutorials for various platforms and technologies

What you will learn in this course:

  • Preloading your game assets such as images, sound and JSON files.
  • Creating an infinite runner with parallax effect.
  • Adding text and working with user input (touchscreen and mouse).
  • Animating characters and enemies.
  • Working with 2D physics.
  • Showing the high scores in a scoreboard.
  • Adding sound effects and music to your game.
  • How to make your game juicy, going belong a simple playable demo.

Will I get a certificate after course completion?

Yes :)

Zenva Academy diploma

By completing any course at Zenva Academy you are awarded by a completion diploma which can be verified via URL and exported to LinkedIn to boost your career and impress potential employers.

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HTML5 Mobile Game Development by Example - Veggies vs Zombies

HTML5 Mobile Game Development by Example – Veggies vs Zombies [NEW]

Learn how to create games similar to the award winning Plants vs Zombies

What if you could use your HTML, CSS and JavaScript knowledge to create awesome mobile games for iOS, Android and the web?

In this course we’ll build an entire game called Veggies vs Zombies, defence game inspired in the popular game Plants vs Zombies. The game we’ll build doesn’t only cover all the game dev mechanics you need to know to fly free and make any game you want, but it’s also very addictive and fun to play!

Though out the course, we’ll use the lightweight and awesome game framework HTML5 Quintus, which allows you to make your own video games using only a text editor, a web browser and a local host.

What you’ll learn in this course:

  • Create a complete multilevel defence game
  • Basics of 2D games: sprites, scenes, stages.
  • Collision detection.
  • Making games that adjust to the screen resolution – a must in a post-pc world!
  • Loading levels from JSON files.
  • Adding audio to make your games memorable.
  • Putting it all together to make a fun and addictive gameplay!

This course was created by Pablo Farias Navarro, founder of ZENVA and the tech blogs GameDev Academy, HTML5 Hive and De Idea A App. Pablo specializes in web and mobile app development and has produced over 20 courses teaching over 35,000 students how to make games, apps and websites.

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