Build your own survival game from scratch in Unity while learning core mechanics for player needs, base building, crafting, and more
Overview
Since the launch of Minecraft, survival games have become one of the hottest genres in the industry. Not only have both single-player and multiplayer projects seen massive success, but it’s a genre that has found vast popularity on PC, consoles, and mobile. With numerous opportunities for indie and professional game developers alike, learning the core mechanics of survival games will pave the road to success for any developer!
In Survival Game Development Academy, you’ll explore this popular genre with Unity and build a fully functional survival game over the duration of several courses. You’ll learn core mechanics found in many games of this genre including player needs, item crafting, base building, combat, and more – all with systems that can easily be expanded and adapted to your own projects. By the end, you’ll not only possess a portfolio-worthy piece to impress potential employers, but also have the skills necessary to build your own survival games with robust features to entice your players.
You will master:
- Hunger, thirst, health, and sleep needs
- Day-night cycles
- Item and inventory systems
- Crafting mechanics
- Base building
- Combat and Enemy AI
- Game Saving
This curriculum gives you all the tools needed to start building survival games – featuring introductory modules for those who have never coded before, to intermediate courses perfect for more experienced developers looking to branch out into new specializations, Survival Game Development Academy is designed to help you succeed.
Why Create Survival Games?
As part of the action games genre, survival games are both one of the most preferred genres by players, as well as one of the best-selling genres. With an increasing games market worldwide, survival games stand to become even more popular, and present developers with tons of new opportunities for game development. Plus, by learning to develop these games with Unity, developers will benefit from connecting with one of the most successful and widely used game engines in the industry.
