Everybody likes to play games. Whether it is on Computer / PC or Laptop. People tend to play games in their free time to relax from the stress of the work. Well, one think we all forget which relaxing on this online pleasures, "Thanking the Game Developers".
Yeah you heard it right. In today's changing world, Game industry has seen quite a surge during covid-19 lockdown. People started playing games more than usual. Nowadays, E-Sports have also entered in mobile gaming. Emergence of Valorant, an online FPS Shooter game, giving a tough competition to Counter Strike : Global Offensive, a FPS Game of similar meta, has forced the former to improve itself in characteristics and game play. In context of mobile gaming, Garena Free Fire emerged as a top grossing mobile game giving tough competition to PUBG Mobile. As Tencent started to improve PUBG by introducing new feature to counter Garena Free Fire, Activision Released Call of Duty Mobile, a very popular franchise and game with similar experience as compared to PUBG Mobile and Garena Free Fire.
So you might be wondering why we discussed this competition stuff. So the reason is the importance of Game Developers. They are the engineers in Game Development company who work tirelessly to make improvements in game, releasing patch notes and updates and strive hard to make their game the best grossing game in the world. While we play with ease during normal days, these guys work hard on those days to release updates for us to make our experience a lot better. While we are bored at maintenance day as game is not able to open whole day, it is the same day that Game Developers deploy their hard work in-game so as we get better experience.
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Learning Game Development has become one of the interesting fields to learn nowadays. Today I am going to share best resources (which I am aware of) where a person can learn this exquisite skill in order to enhance his/her skillset so as to pursue this field as a professional carrier in future. So let the game begin:
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1. Udemy Courses:
Everybody in this world is totally aware of online learning platform Udemy. It offers wide variety of courses no matter whichever field it might be. There are paid as well as free courses available on this platform. One needs to keep eyes peeled for coupon codes to acquire a paid course for free of charge.
Udemy also offers a great quality of Game Development courses. First, search for Game Development in search box and press enter. You will get top rated game development courses in which we can learn basics as well follow the instructor while he is making a project. Following up with instructor and commenting while coding for Game Development is one of the best practices to learn and inscribe in mind for long period of time.
If someone wants free courses, head over to the left panel below filter and select Free checkbox to get free courses. Refer the above image for reference.
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2. Alison - Free Online Learning Platform:
While Udemy offers only certificate courses, Alison offers diploma courses too. Have a look at image below.
Diploma courses are lengthy but worth of time. They are more than just a certificate but also contains assessment after the end of each module. One has to pass each assessment with at least 80 percent marks to obtain a certificate. But hold on, Alison charges approximate $34 USD for obtain generic certificate. For the free version, we will get the certificate with big watermark of course, which we can showcase if not able to pay fees. The Diploma course showcased in the above image is my recommendation. One is free to browse the website as Alison also shows us courses according to the job we are looking to take up forward.
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3. YouTube
Who is not aware of this video platform? YouTube is one of the best free lo learn platform. Here there are several channels where we need to follow the instructor throughout the making of the Game project. Some of the best channels to learn Game Development are:
a. Awesome Tuts :- There is a link in this person's YouTube Channel. We can request game assets there. Once requested, we are led to a website where we can get tons of assets after completing the requested formalities (it is free) which we can use while following up any Game Development tutorial from this person.
b. FreeCodeCamp
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4. XAMK Online Course : A course from Finland University
Perhaps one of the most unknown courses ever known to youth. XAMK started offering free Game Development courses during in pandemic.
Before accessing the course, make sure to make your account on the website. This course covers all aspects of Game development starting from principles, AI, Key Points to consider as well as Game projects ranging from 2D, 3D, Pixel Art and Android. It also offers a section where we get to learn about various tools such as Krita, Blender and Unity Game Engine.
Below are some pictures of the course to get an inside view.
There are additional topics though below these topics. Keeping this lucrative topics a top secret, so you may register and learn awesome concepts.
The main advantage is we get total 25 ECTS (European Credit Transfer). These are European University system of giving credits to the pupils. Usually there are total 100 ECTS for full time study in Europe, but here a chance is offered to obtain 25 ECTS by following the lectures attached in the course and submitting the assignment.
This opportunity course is free for a limited time so be quick to get your hands on it.
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These are some of the best resources which I used for learning Game Development. Everybody are welcome to comment other similar resources so that we can also share our knowledge and help aspiring Game Developers to learn new skills.
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