Code Like the Pros FLEX Unity C# Programming Reimagine the Chrome Dinosaur Game
Class experience
In this class, students will learn how to use the Unity Programming Platform by engaging in a guided “Game Jam” where students learn coding skills in an inquiry based environment. Unity is a professional game design platform used to develop 1000's of games and applications both web-based and actually mobile apps. We will be coding in C# using Visual Studio, a free Microsoft product. While no experience is necessary, any prior use of Unity is definitely a plus. After learning the basics of...
4 lessons//4 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Week 1: Introduction to the Unity Platform, Game Design and Game LayoutStudents will jump feet first into their Unity Game Jam. Since we will be using a template based on the Chrome Dinosaur Game, students will learn how to switch their dinosaur into the creature of their choice. We will also discuss how to transform the Cacti as well as background. Week one will end with students sharing screenshots or video of their current game in progress.Week 2Lesson 2Week 2: Visual Studio Coding Begins!This week students will begin to use Visual Studio to explore the endless number of ways they can manipulate the Dinosaur game through their code. We will add lines of code that will switch the Dinosaur with code to the creature they animated and added to the game in week #1. Several additional options will be presented including changing their creature’s size, rotation or even color all using code.Week 3Lesson 3Week 3: Fireballs, Prefabs and Instantiate Oh My!This week we will take our code to the next level by exploring how to “create objects” in the game using the Instantiate function. We will turn an everyday item into a “Prefab” and write code that will allow the Dinosaur to launch an object with the simple click of a key. We will also learn to build a cooldown time for our projectile and write the code to allow the projectiles to interact with the correct objects. One wrong move and our fireball might attack our Dinosaur!Week 4Lesson 4Week 4: Powerups and Final Game ElementsDuring our final week we will add power-ups to the game with a variety of unique special abilities. Will you make your dinosaur fly, gain special ammo or something altogether different? We will also learn how to add elements to the game such as a high score board and custom game over graphics. We will conclude this week by learning how to turn our game into a package file to submit for possible publishing. All students will be given the choice to “publish” the game on my website so that they can
This class is taught in English.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
If it's tech, I teach it. As long as I can remember computers and electronics of all kind were my passion. From my first computer, a Commodore 64 with 64k RAM to my current gaming/coding laptop, I have always been enthralled by the creativity and...
Flex Class
$14
weekly or $55 for 4 weeks4 weeks
Completed by 47 learners
No live video meetings
Ages 9-13