Tag Archive: Hardcore

KEY FEATURES

Certainly you can spend endless hours poring over the minutiae of game development theory, but the only way to really learn is by doing. Throughout this course, you’ll walk through the process of building 5 games for various Apple devices, master use of Swift and SpriteKit, and finish your lessons having built real apps you can proudly publish for immediate usage.

• Learn to code by building games w/ 6 hours of content
• Create 5 games for iPad, iPhone & OS X
• Master using Swift & SpriteKit for iOS 9
• Make simple art for your game in Photoshop & Illustrator
• Configure the logic of your games
• Export your apps & publish them to the iTunes Store
• Build skills transferrable to future endeavors

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: intermediate

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

John Bura has been programming games since 1997 and teaching since 2002. He is the owner of the game development studio Mammoth Interactive, which produces XBOX, iPhone, iPad, Android, HTML5, and other games. To this day, John has contributed to 40 commercial games and counting, several of which have risen to number 1 in the iTunes App Store. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.

This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

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If you’re serious about launching your own game development studio, you’ll need to navigate legal and business issues the likes of copyright disputes, disagreements over contract wording, and more. Avoid squandering your savings on exorbitant lawyer fees by learning to address these issues yourself. And for those especially sticky situations that really require lawyer consultation, you’ll learn tips and tricks for hiring the right person at a rate that won’t leave your wallet hurting.

• Navigate legal & business issues related to game development w/ 15.5 hours of content
• Write & negotiate your own contracts for clients
• Avoid losing clients due to intellectual property violations & more
• Save money on services you would otherwise outsource to a lawyer
• Understand when to consult w/ a lawyer, how to hire that person & how to negotiate for the lowest fee
• Learn to prevent legal problems & avoid lawsuits

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Shaun Spalding is an intellectual property attorney who represents Youtubers, game developers, and digital media companies. His clients include some of the top 40 most-viewed and most-subscribed Youtube channels in the world. He aims to share all his knowledge through his courses, has spoken at conferences like SXSW Interactive and New Media Expo, and has mentored over a dozen law students and legal clerks on topics ranging from contract drafting to copyright principles. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.

This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

KEY FEATURES

Get premium game development instruction from a battle-tested pro. You’ll learn directly from a seasoned developer, diving into his tried-and-true game development process certain to turn your app idea into reality. Understand how to use the SpriteKit graphics software, GameplayKit framework, and Xcode environment to build functional games, and supplement your technical skills with marketing techniques to accrue a robust user base.

• Make impressive games using Swift w/ 9.5 hours of content
• Master SpriteKit, GameplayKit & Xcode to manipulate provided source code
• Learn the instructor’s 10-step game development process
• Configure the physics of your game, craft a basic game architecture, etc.
• Set up the main menu, create a parallax background & more
• Research your competition
• Craft & execute a marketing plan to bring in real customers

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Neil North is a professional software developer, UX designer, and product specialist at Apptly Creative Academy, and possesses a proven track record of delivering high quality and detailed products as a solo developer or part of a team. His specialty is in Mac-based programming languages such as Objective-C and Swift, and he has been an active member of the iOS/Mac development community, as well as a tutorial author for in-app purchases and SpriteKit games. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.

This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

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Remember that 2048 game that had everyone addicted to their phones, swiping numbers every which way? Take a peek into what’s under the hood. Dive into use of the Unity3D game engine and C# programming, and learn everything from how to write scripts to enabling functions like tracking and storing scores. You’ll end this course with a polished, working product, and having consolidated skills applicable towards any future programming projects.

• Clone the popular 2048 math puzzle game w/ 5 hours of content
• Master use of Unity3D & C#
• Add visual enhancements to your game, including animation of merging & moving tiles in your game
• Write scripts to track player scores, store high scores & more
• Fix bugs & review your code
• Finish the course w/ a polished product worth publishing to the App Store
• Master valuable skills transferrable to future programming projects

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: beginner

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Knowledge Base seeks to inform and inspire independent creators with knowledge that goes beyond pure technical skills. Students can turn their creativity into a business by learning legal, project management, HR, and finance in a practical way that they can use to improve their small creative shop or freelancing careers. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.

This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

KEY FEATURES

Learn how to use Unity3D, and you’ll have amassed some real game development firepower. You’ll be well-equipped to create both 2D and 3D games, playable on iOS, Oculus Rift, and many other popular platforms. Familiarize yourself with the C# programming language, and learn to easily navigate the Unity interface: you’ll soon be creating menus, enabling in-app purchases, and configuring leaderboards like a real champ.

• Build 6 games w/ over 33.5 hours of content
• Master coding in C# & using the Unity3D game engine
• Create menus, a loading screen, animations & more
• Play music in your games, create in-app purchases, craft Facebook sharing mechanisms, etc.
• Integrate interstitial & video ads to generate revenue
• Implement leaderboards & support multiple screen resolutions
• Submit your games to app stores for user download

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels

Includes instructions to build:

• Game 1: Jack the Giant
• Game 2: Flappy Bird
• Game 3: Infinite Runner
• Game 4: Spider Cave
• Game 5: Kids’ Game
• Game 6: Ball Panic

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Awesome Tuts is a subsidiary of Awesome Graphics Company, which makes awesome games and provides quality e-learning for people who want to learn game development and programming. The team enjoys teaching people and providing information that is not accessible anywhere else. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.

This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

KEY FEATURES

Master game app creation by utilizing JavaScript in conjunction with the Phaser HTML5 development framework. With Phaser’s cross-platform features, you’ll gain an understanding of a hybrid app development process that will turn you into a flexible, versatile game developer, able to craft apps for both iOS and Android alike.

• Create 5 mobile games using JavaScript & the Phaser library w/ 10 hours of content
• Understand the hybrid app development process
• Configure home & loading screens, on-screen controls, etc.
• Jazz up your games w/ sound, text, animations & more
• Publish to the iOS & Android platforms w/ the Intel XDK
• Become proficient in JavaScript & HTML5 development

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels

Includes instruction on:

• Game 1: Farm animal toddlers game
• Game 2: Virtual pet game
• Game 3: Platformer Super Mario game
• Game 4: Multi-level spaceship game
• Game 5: Candy Match-3 game

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Pablo is a web and mobile app developer, as well as entrepreneur. He is also the founder of ZENVA, which runs four communities featuring game, web and mobile app development tutorials: Zenva Academy, GameDev Academy, HTML5 Hive (also known as “the hive”), and for Spanish speakers, De Idea A App. Besides teaching online how to create games, apps and websites to over 85,000 students, Pablo has created content for companies such as Amazon and Intel. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.

This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

KEY FEATURES

How’s this for a twofer? Here, you’ll learn not only to utilize the Game Maker program, but also build a solid foundation from which to expand your general programming skills. You’ll be walked through the process of creating a maze game, and will master the nitty-gritty of using variables, if-else statements, for loops, and more–all highly technical concepts at face value, but nothing you won’t be able to handle.

• Develop games using the Game Maker Language w/ 3.5 hours of content
• Master GML fundamentals: change & customize themes, import sprites, etc.
• Utilize variables, if-else statements, for loops, arrays, etc.
• Set up a main menu, animate players, configure a game over screen, etc.
• Create a maze game by course’s end
• Understand concepts transferrable to future game development & programming projects

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: beginner

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Nicholas Cohran is an indie game developer. He’s always had a passion for video games, and became interested in programming at eight years old. Since then, he has learned many programming languages, from GML to C. In 2011, he started a YouTube channel on which he would upload tutorials on creating games in GameMaker. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.

This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

KEY FEATURES

Get with the times, and learn to program for Android’s latest operating system version. Master the art of creating games for Marshmallow by creating 5 real-world apps, diving into material design principles, implementing ListViews, and more. By course’s end, you’ll be able to create apps for both smartphones and wearables, ready to be downloaded by legions of eager users.

• Create 5 real-world Android M apps w/ 15 hours of content
• Learn or review introductory Java concepts
• Master & implement material design principles
• Utilize & implement ListViews, databases, wear cards, etc.
• Use Google’s main APIs during the app development process
• Create wearable apps using the Wearable API

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels

Includes instruction on:

• Game 1: Hello Bob
• Game 2: Unit Converter
• Game 3: World Geography Game
• Game 4: Android Weather
• Game 5: Android Notepad

Compatibility

• Internet required
• Google developer account (for publishing Android apps)
• Java development kit
• Eclipse IDE
• Android Studio

THE EXPERT

Pablo is a web and mobile app developer, as well as entrepreneur. He is also the founder of ZENVA, which runs four communities featuring game, web and mobile app development tutorials: Zenva Academy, GameDev Academy, HTML5 Hive (also known as “the hive”), and for Spanish speakers, De Idea A App. Besides teaching online how to create games, apps and websites to over 85,000 students, Pablo has created content for companies such as Amazon and Intel. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.

This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

KEY FEATURES

Add Corona SDK to your coding arsenal–a powerful platform that will expedite app development for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Kindle. You’ll utilize Corona’s API library to build your game’s architecture, integrate ads, and much more, going from idea to published app in less time than it takes you to say “Corona SDK” three times fast.

• Develop a mobile game using Corona SDK w/ 5.5 hours of content
• Set up your game, configure its physics, build a pause button, etc.
• Generate revenue from your games w/ ads
• Source & integrate free game art and music
• Understand best practices for app store optimization (ASO)
• Easily publish your game on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, etc.

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: all levels

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Daniel Williams has experience with online marketing, web development, and game development. He’s a seasoned veteran with Corona SDK and has been developing apps using Corona’s platform for quite some time. Daniel has published over 100 apps under his accounts and several more for clients. These apps have ranged from business apps, such as calculators for engineers and cookbooks for healthy eaters, to game apps. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.

This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

KEY FEATURES

Learning to code can seem perfunctory, but not if you’re working towards completing a hands-on project. In this course, you’ll master all things JavaScript–variables, objects, strings, and more–in the process of creating a multi-level game playable by other users and publishable to the app store of your choice.

• Learn JavaScript as it applies to game development w/ 3.5 hours of content
• Get an overview of basic JavaScript: variables, objects, strings, etc.
• Understand how to use arrays, functions & methods
• Draw & animate within a canvas
• Utilize conditional statements: if/else, Boolean, etc.
• Master use of loops & events
• Consolidate your skills w/ a final challenge: creating a multi-level game

PRODUCT SPECS

Details & Requirements

• Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access
• Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming
• Certification of completion not included
• Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase
• Experience level required: beginner

Compatibility

• Internet required

THE EXPERT

Pablo is a web and mobile app developer, as well as entrepreneur. He is also the founder of ZENVA, which runs four communities featuring game, web and mobile app development tutorials: Zenva Academy, GameDev Academy, HTML5 Hive (also known as “the hive”), and for Spanish speakers, De Idea A App. Besides teaching online how to create games, apps and websites to over 85,000 students, Pablo has created content for companies such as Amazon and Intel. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.

This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!