The No-Code Revolution: Beginner’S Guide To Game Development

Learn the basics of game development without coding!

What you’ll learn
Utilize the Gdevelop game engine to create games without coding
Adopt the thought process behind making game features
Gain the skills & knowledge required to make simple games
Make use of the approaches to further learning to be able to increase your game development skills
Apply the fundamental aspects of game development: variables, collision, movement, music, sfx, & more
Recreate the hit game Pong

Requirements
A working computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux)
An external mouse (highly recommended)
A passion for learning

Description
What is the No-Code Revolution?Welcome to Season 1 of the No-Code Revolution! The No-Code Revolution is a course series dedicated to helping you master 2D Game Development by recreating the core functionality of hit video games. In future seasons, we will be recreating Super Mario Bros, Tetris, and even Celeste!Season 1Do you want to create video games without coding? If so, this course is the perfect fit for you. In this course, you will be learning how to use one of the fastest growing open-source game engines in the world- Gdevelop! Gdevelop has a fast-growing community with hundreds of thousands of users. Gdevelop is also being used by major companies such as Google and Amazon. Gdevelop is even being used in a few schools and universities around the world!You will learn the foundational skills of Gdevelop that serve as the stepping stones to game development mastery. But, most importantly, you will learn through the process of doing by creating the notable game of Pong! Recreating Pong will help you learn about:Object MovementPlayer InputAdding Forces to ObjectsObject CollisionPractical Math Usage in GamesProper Variable UsageMusic & SFXand more!Sounds good, but is this course for me?This Course is For:Those who are new to game developmentThose who want to create games without codingThose who don’t know how to codeThose who want to learn a new game engineThose who are hard-workingThose who want to join a game development Revolution!This Course is NOT For:Those who are lazyIf you’re ready to learn how to make video games without coding, enroll in the No-Code Revolution today!

Overview
Section 1: Before You Start the Revolution (Gdevelop Installation & Asset Downloading)

Lecture 1 Downloading Gdevelop

Lecture 2 Download Assets

Section 2: Getting to Know Gdevelop (Introduction to Gdevelop)

Lecture 3 Creating & Saving a Gdevelop Project

Lecture 4 Navigating Gdevelop’s Interface

Lecture 5 Events > Code (Introduction to Gdevelop’s Event System)

Lecture 6 Variables Introduction

Lecture 7 Using Variables to Trigger Actions

Section 3: Let’s Make Pong! (Basic Movement)

Lecture 8 Player 1 Movement

Lecture 9 Player Forcefield

Lecture 10 Player 2 Movement

Lecture 11 Ball Movement

Section 4: Let’s Bounce! (Practical Variable Usage & Movement Using Forces)

Lecture 12 Preparing for War (On a Whiteboard)

Lecture 13 Calculating the Ball’s Distance from the Paddle (Y Distance)

Lecture 14 Ball Angle Prediction (Player 1)

Lecture 15 Ball Angle Prediction (Player 2)

Lecture 16 Ball Bouncing (Part 1)

Lecture 17 Ball Bouncing (Part 2)

Lecture 18 Changing the Ball Speed Based on Trajectory

Lecture 19 Don’t Look At Me (Layers & Layer Visibility)

Section 5: I Want to Win! (Scoring System & Finishing Touches)

Lecture 20 Back in the War Room (Preparing to Make the Scoring System)

Lecture 21 Scoring System Foundation

Lecture 22 Restart Sequence (Part 1)

Lecture 23 Restart Sequence (Part 2)

Lecture 24 Game Over! (Create a Game Over Screen)

Lecture 25 Let’s Finish This! (Adding Music & SFX)

Section 6: The Next Steps & Goodbye (for now)

Lecture 26 How to Learn

Section 7: Bonus Lecture

Lecture 27 Bonus Lecture

Those who are new to game development,Those who want to create games without coding,Those who don’t know how to code,Those who want to learn a new game engine,Those who are hard-working,Those who want to join a game development Revolution!