The No-Code Revolution: Beginner's Guide to Game Development
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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 1
Do 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:
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Object Movement
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Player Input
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Adding Forces to Objects
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Object Collision
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Practical Math Usage in Games
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Proper Variable Usage
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Music & SFX
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and more!
Sounds good, but is this course for me?
This Course is For:
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Those who are new to game development
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Those who want to create games without coding
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Those who don’t know how to code
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Those who want to learn a new game engine
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Those who are hard-working
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Those who want to join a game development Revolution!
This Course is NOT For:
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Those who are lazy
If you’re ready to learn how to make video games without coding, enroll in the No-Code Revolution today!
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Creating & Saving a GDevelop ProjectLearn how to create and save your Gdevelop project.
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How should I save?What is the best practice for saving a Gdevelop project?
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Navigating GDevelop's Interface
Learn the parts of the Gdevelop interface and discover how to navigate Gdevelop's landscape.
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Events > Code (Introduction to GDevelop's Event System)
Learn how to navigate and use Gdevelop's event system.
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Variables Introduction
Learn about the 3 most important variables in Gdevelop (numbers, strings, and booleans).
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Variables Quiz
Do you know the 3 basic variable types?
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Using Variables to Trigger Actions
Learn how variables can be used to trigger actions in your game.
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Trigger Once Quiz
Do you know the importance of the Trigger Once condition?
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Player 1 Movement
Learn how to use key presses to move Player 1.
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Player Forcefield
Use Gdevelop's collision system to create forcefields to block the Player from moving out of bounds.
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Player 2 Movement
Learn how to make a second player that follows the same rules as Player 1.
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Ball Movement
Learn how to use forces in Gdevelop to move the ball object.
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Preparing for War (On a Whiteboard)
Understand the thought process behind bouncing the ball off of each Player/Paddle.
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Confusion On The Next Lesson
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Calculating the Ball's Distance from the Paddle (Y Distance)
Learn how to calculate distance between the Y position of the ball and the y position of paddle and store it in a variable.
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New Variable System (Reminder)
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Ball Angle Prediction (Player 1)
Use variables and Y ranges to predict how to ball should bounce off of Player 1.
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Ball Angle Prediction (Player 2)
Use variables and Y ranges to predict how to ball should bounce off of Player 2.
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Ball Bouncing (Part 1)
Add the foundational events to start making the ball bounce off of the paddles.
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Ball Bouncing (Part 2)
Finish the rest of the events to complete ball bouncing feature.
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Changing the Ball Speed Based on Trajectory
Change the speed of the ball based on its angle so the ball never slows down.
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Don't Look At Me (Layers & Layer Visibility)
Use layers to effectively group objects and alter their visibility.
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Back in the War Room (Preparing to Make the Scoring System)
Understand the thought process behind making a scoring system for your Pong game.
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Scoring System Foundation
Make the essential parts of a scoring system for your Pong game.
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Restart Sequence (Part 1)
Start creating the restart sequence for your Pong game.
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Restart Sequence (Part 2)
Finish the restart sequence for your Pong game.
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Game Over! (Create a Game Over Screen)
Use Gdevelop's scene system to create a game over screen that will restart the game.
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Let's Finish This! (Adding Music & SFX)
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Assets Needed (DOWNLOAD)
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Platformer Foundations
This lecture teaches you how to setup a simple scene with a platformer character and a platform.
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Platformer Behavior Properties
This lecture will teach you about the fundamental properties on the platformer behavior.
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Changing Controls & Player Flipping
This lecture will teach you how to customize the controls of your platformer character and flip the player according to the direction in which it is moving.
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Adding Animations to the Player
This lecture will teach you how to add animations to objects. You will also learn how to use the properties in GDevelop's animation system.
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Activating the Animations (Events)
This lecture will teach you how to activate animations for a platformer game to match the game This is the Only Level.
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Making Levels Using Tilemaps
This lecture will teach you how to use GDevelop's Tilemap Object to create levels efficiently.
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Adding Spikes & Killing the Player
This lecture will teach you how to add spikes to your level with a proper hitbox.
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This is the Last Level
This is the Last Level.
