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Guides to game development

Game ideas

This video helps you come up with a great game idea

The basics - a must watch

These three short videos are so good for understanding how to make a game, genres from easiest to hardest, and the idea of minimum viable product - a critical idea!

See the playlist here

Complete 10 part game design series!

This seriously cool series will help you understand and apply the skills and techniques for game design.

Here's the playlist.

GODOT guides

If you've got this far, I've probably already stressed how much easier GODOT is for creating your game than other engines.

See these resources below for learning all the skills you need.

Definitely complete some of these beginner series before you even think about following a YouTube tutorial!

Zenva Schools

Zenva Schools is a premium platform that we subscribe to. Rather than a follow-on video, these tutorials really help you to understand what you are doing at each step of the game development process.

Find Zenva here. You'll need your login details.

Then try these courses:

Intro to game development in Godot 4

There are also many more courses available on the main Zenva Academy site. If you see something useful, let me know and I'll see if I can get it for you.

Complete Beginners Platform Game Series

This super talented Burnside High teacher takes you through creating a platformer. He makes every step of the way easy to understand.

Complete Space Shooter Game Series

This super talented Burnside High teacher takes you through creating a space shooter game.

Unity guides

For anyone working in Unity, here are a few great links.

Zenva Schools

Zenva Schools is a premium platform that we subscribe to. Rather than a follow-on video, these tutorials really help you to understand what you are doing at each step of the game development process.

Find Zenva here. You'll need your login details.

Then try these courses:

Intro to Game Development with Unity

There are also many more courses available on the main Zenva Academy site. If you see something useful, let me know and I'll see if I can get it for you.

Roblox guides

For anyone working in Roblox, here are a few great links.

Starter guide

The ultimate guide for noobs

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