How to Make a 2D Platformer with Unity & C#

Game Development- Learn how to create a 2D platformer game full of unique enemies, weapons and environments using Unity.

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

What Will I Learn?

• Learn how to make a 2D platformer player controller with wall jumping and sliding.
• Create unique enemy characters with simple but fun AI behaviors.
• Make moving platforms.
• Learn how to make a weapon pickup and switching system.
• Create an unlockable level menu.
• Make particle effects and add game juice, learning how to make attacks and jumps more satisfying and fun with sound effects and screen shake.
• Add parallax to give your 2D world more depth.
• Learn how to make your game environments shine with soft overlays, clouds, and small environmental pieces that react to the player.

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

• A beginner/intermediate game developer interested in learning how to create a fun 2D platformer game from A to Z using Unity and C#.
• This course is also for those curious about programming AI using C#.