Unity 2D Game Developer Course Farming RPG

Build the core systems for a 2D Farming RPG game using the Unity game engine and C# in this intermediate Unity course.

Created by: Rob Ager
Unity Developer

What Will I Learn?

• Unity 2D Game Development For A Farming RPG to create the core systems for a Stardew Valley type game.
• Intermediate level course will show you how to build a sophisticated game by creating complex Unity components using C# scripting.
• 43 Hours of in depth tutorials and includes the full completed project with save points after every lecture.
• Set-up the Player game object in a multi-level hierarchy, and implement movement and animations using events.
• Use multiple tilemap layers to build game scenes which give a sense of depth.
• Use Cinemachine to create a camera to follow the player and remain within the scene bounds.
• Build comprehensive item and inventory systems using scriptable objects and prefabs.
• Build an inventory bar UI that allows the player to pickup, drop and re-arrange items.
• Implement a game time system and UI that generates time related events.
• Create a scene manager that loads and unloads scenes as the player moves between them.
• Use C# Interfaces to define the properties and methods gameobjects should implement to save their game state as the player moves between scenes.
• Use hidden tilemaps to store grid properties, such as, where the player can drop items or dig.
• Implement a variety of tools that the player can use, such as a hoe to dig ground and an axe to chop down trees.
• Build an object pool to re-use objects.
• Create a VFX Manager and build particle effects.
• Implement a configurable and flexible crop system covering the planting, growing and harvesting of crops.
• Create a Pause Menu that provides a full inventory management screen, save game and quit options.
• Build sophisticated save and load game functionality that uses C# interfaces and binary serialisation.
• Implement functionality to fully customise your game characters appearance.
• Create sophisticated AStar pathfinding for the game NPCs and time based movement schedules.
• Implement player sounds, ambient sounds, and game music.
• Create a Day and Night lighting cycle for the game - using a lighting schedule configurable by season.

Requirements

• *** Please do not buy this course if you are an absolute beginner! This course doesn’t cover C# and Unity basics, for example, constructing animation clips from sprites and setting up basic animator controllers. The last thing I want is for you to be frustrated and leave a negative review because you don’t have the required basic knowledge to follow the lectures. This is an intermediate course and you need the required skills listed below. I of course would love you to enrol in the course, but if you don’t have these skills start with some beginner courses and then come back once you have built a few games and have a good level of knowledge of C# and Unity. ***
• Intermediate Unity Development Skills - you should have built a few Unity prototypes or games before.
• Good knowledge of the Unity editor, and how to use it's main features.
• Good knowledge of C# scripting and the fundamentals of object oriented programming.
• Good knowledge and understanding of some of the main Unity API classes and C# system classes.
• The willingness to look up anything you are not familiar with in the Unity scripting manual or C# resources online.
• Install the free Unity 3D game engine software and Visual Studio Community Edition.
• Install the free SourceTree git client to help follow along with the provided completed Unity project and the branches that correspond to completed lectures.

Target audience

• Intermediate Unity Developers who want to extend their skills and knowledge using a full project based course.
• Existing Unity developers who are fans of Stardew Valley or Harvest Moon and want to build their own Farming RPG.
• A Unity developer who has previously built some prototypes or games and wants a challenging project course to level up their skills.