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Learn how to create your own video games for just $30
If you are a gaming enthusiast, have you thought about creating your video games? It's easier than you might think when you have the 2022 Complete Game Developer Bundle on your side, which happens to be on sale for only $29. It offers ten courses with hands-on lessons that will teach you how to create fully-fledged games using the popular Unity, Unreal and Godot game engines.
All of the courses are provided by Zenva Academy, one of the leading platforms in the e-learning marketplace. It offers world-class training on the most in-demand tech skills, such as game development, virtual reality, machine learning and more.
Incremental games are popular on both mobile devices and desktops. You can master the Unity engine by building games in "Craft a 2D Idle Clicker Game." Like most of the other courses in this bundle, previous students rated it an impressive 4.9 out of 5 stars.
Once you have a basic understanding of Unity and C#, you can dive deeper into Unity with "Create Your First 2D Game in Unity" and "Build a Mobile Road Crossing Game," which teaches you how to implement classic mechanics for mobile games. Finally, the "Action RPG Development for Beginners" is a crowd favorite with a perfect 5-star rating. You'll learn how to build an action RPG with animations in 3D.
"Survival Game Player Mechanics for Beginners" teaches fundamental mechanics for environment setup and first-person players. And "Build a Micro-Strategy Game" covers resource management, plus other basic strategy mechanics. Then you can expand your Blueprints Visual Scripting system skills in "Build an Action RPG in Unreal Engine."
Learn the basics of 3D game development with the Godot game engine while building an FPS game in "Build a First-Person Shooter with Godot." This course provides step-by-step instructions for beginners; then, you can move on to "Construct a Strategy Game with Godot" and "Create a 2D RPG with Godot," which require you to be already familiar with the game engine.
Don't miss this chance to learn how to create video games. Get the 2022 Complete Game Developer Bundle today while it's on sale for only $29.