Discover how to build strategy games using the free Godot game engine!
From RTS games to complex city-builders, strategy games are a unique genre that task players with putting a lot of thought into their actions. Likewise, this gives developers plenty of opportunities for growth both in terms of their creative expression and the strategy mechanics they build for their projects.
Through this course, you’ll develop a 2D city-building game with a theme of colony building on Mars. You’ll learn a variety of useful mechanics for strategy games as a whole, including resource management for building placement, turn-based gameplay flow, UI rendering for resources, and much more.
No matter the type of strategy game interests you, these lessons will help you learn core strategy mechanics you can apply and expand for your future projects.
This course assumes basic familiarity with Godot.
You will learn how to:
- Create grid-based, tilemap systems
- Implement restrictions for building placement
- Add different kinds of buildings
- Calculate resources based on buildings placed
- Manage resources through turn-based gameplay
- Display resource information via UI components
… and more!
WHO CAN TAKE THESE COURSES?
We start with the absolute basics and go through everything step-by-step – so even if you have zero experience in programming, you’ll be able to easily follow along.
More experienced? Whether you’re wanting to brush up, expand your skills, or learn a new technology, our courses are structured in a way that makes it easy to skip ahead to the lessons that are relevant and interesting to you.
REINFORCE YOUR LEARNING
Zenva’s courses feature quick challenges that will speed up your learning.
Access live coding lessons where you can practice coding right in your browser, and instantly see the results of any changes you make to the code:
Reinforce key concepts with in-course quizzes, which appear throughout courses:
COURSES BY THE WORLD’S BEST
Our course instructors aren’t just fun to learn from – they’re also serious gamers, qualified coders, and have been formally certified by Unity Technologies and CompTIA for their excellent programming and teaching skills. That way, you can be confident that you’re developing strong, modern skills that will set you up for success as a game developer.
YOUR COURSES, YOUR WAY
Learn with project-based courses that are designed to be flexible – access them 24/7, fit them around your schedule, and choose the learning materials that suit you best.
With an online platform optimized for all modern devices, you can even learn on the go!
✅ Watch video lessons
✅ Download course printouts
✅ Explore interactive lessons
✅ Practice with source code
✅ Build real projects
✅ Earn completion certificates
ACHIEVE REAL RESULTS
Our community of 1,000,000+ learners and developers have used the skills learned with us to publish their own games and websites, land their dream jobs, and even start their own businesses – and you have the potential to do the same!
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The Unity courses at Zenva helped me achieve a level of comfort with game development that I didn’t think was possible. They give you the confidence to expand your skills, and were so easy to understand.
