Beginner’s Guide to Multiplayer Game Development in Unity

Learn how to create a multiplayer game using Unity, the C# programming language and Photon 2

Created by: Noa Calice (aka Blackthornprod)
Indie game developer / Educator / Youtuber

What Will I Learn?

• Learn how to create a multiplayer game using Unity and Photon.
• Discover how to make a multiplayer loading screen and lobby.
• Create simple scripts for multiplayer games using the C# programming language.
• Learn to sync over the network scripts, visuals, animations and more with components and RPC functions.
• Make a top down player controller. Code a stylish dash move and a screen wrap!
• Bring a simple enemy AI to life! They will chase the nearest player and reduce the team's health.
• Add a nickname to your player character via a main menu.
• Juice up your multiplayer world with particles and sounds.
• Make a flexible spawning system to challenge the players with hordes of enemies.
• Create a score system to keep track of player performance.

Requirements

• Before starting this course you should understand the basics of Unity. Like saving scenes, navigating the interface, using the three basic manipulation tools (Translate, Rotate and Scale), create prefabs and add and modify components inside the inspector.
• You should have a strong understanding of the basics of C#, such as creating variables, modifying those and calling functions.

Target audience

• Students interested in learning how to make multiplayer games.
• This course is also for those wanting to deepen their coding knowledge, and program multiplayer experiences using C# and Photon.