Learn how to design levels! Explore working with tilemaps, procedural generation, large world maps, and more via free level design tutorials.
Learning game design is an exciting and rewarding journey that can lead to a fulfilling career in the gaming industry. For those interested in exploring this field, there is a … Read more
You can access the full course here: MAKE A PLANE ARCADE GAME IN UNREAL ENGINE Environment – Part 1 In this lesson, we will learn how to set up our environment … Read more
Tower defense games are one of the most popular subgenres of strategy gaming, tasking players with repelling waves of enemies by placing weapons and defensive units around a maze-like map. … Read more
It is no real secret that making video games is a complex and intense process – whether you’re creating a simple platformer or something as robust as an MMORPG. This … Read more
In this tutorial series, we are going to procedurally generate levels using Unity. In the first tutorial, we are going to use pseudorandom noise to generate height maps and choose … Read more
While hand-crafted 2D maps for games are amazing, they can take a lot of time to make. Plus, once your game is published, the only way to add more maps … Read more
Have you ever wondered how open worlds in video games work performance-wise? In this tutorial series, we’re going to explore just how video games deal with huge worlds and make … Read more
Levels and level design make up a huge portion of game development – even when it comes to 2D levels. In this tutorial, we’re going to cover Unity’s Tilemap Editor: … Read more
You can access the full course here: Level Design for Beginners Open World Design Unlike linear levels, open world games pose unique challenges when designing levels as it is inherently “open” to the … Read more
Learn to mimic the passage of time for your Unity games in this day-night cycle tutorial. You can also explore how to utilize this day-night cycle for survival games by … Read more
You can access the full course here: Intro to Game Design Creating In-Game Tutorials In creating our games, we always need to keep in mind how we’re going to teach … Read more
You can access the full course here: Intro to Game Design Guiding your Player In your game, you want to guide your player through your level or world. This could … Read more
Create projects with auto-generated, varied terrain by exploring noise maps in the popular Unity engine! You can also extend the material covered here by checking out the full course below! … Read more
So, you’ve got your brilliant video game idea that you just can’t wait to turn into an actual game and get into the game development process. You start searching around … Read more
Beyond things like lighting and gameplay mechanics, there is something else to consider when creating video games: sound design. Whether music or a sound effect, what and how you add … Read more
Prepare to build beautiful, photo-realistic 3D games by exploring the foundations of the Unreal Engine. Not only is this course free and suited for beginners, but you’ll learn 3D game … Read more
You can access the full course here: Develop a Puzzle Platformer Game In this lesson you will learn how to create the first level layout of this game. This will … Read more
You can access the full course here: Create and Manage Huge Worlds Part 1 Creating our Terrain For this project, we’re going to be needing a terrain to test out … Read more
