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Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (or MMORPGs) are one of the world’s most popular game genres. Despite MMORPGs being enjoyed by billions of active players across the globe, there’s a shortage of skilled developers in this industry. With the right skills, developers trained in MMORPG development can go far.
MMORPG Academy is designed to give you everything you need to build your dream MMORPGs with JavaScript, Phaser, Node.js, MongoDB, and Docker. Using only free, open-source frameworks, you’ll learn how to build an RPG in Phaser, before setting up real-time communication across a server using Express, Socket.IO, Docker, and other popular modern tools. With these skills, you’ll be able to build your dream MMORPG and give your players an immersive, online RPG experience like never before.
You will master:
- Persistent multiplayer worlds
- Enabling players to explore together in real-time
- Battle, health, and loot systems
- Secure sign-up and login
- Avatar selection and chat systems
Curriculum
- Learn JavaScript
- Create your first Phaser game
- Basic interactivity & events
- Craft an RPG with Phaser
- Client-side game mechanics
- Setting up tile-based worlds
- Webapps with Node.js
- Authentication with JWT tokens
- MongoDB
- Authentication UI
- Real-time gameplay
- Server setup
- Chat system
- Avatar selection
- Screen scaling
100% Beginner-Friendly
This curriculum gives you all the tools needed to develop MMORPGs – featuring introductory modules for those who have never coded before, to intermediate and advanced courses that will allow more experienced developers to take their skills to the next level, this MMORPG Academy is designed to help you succeed.
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 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.
Why Learn MMORPG Development?
The global game market is currently seeing an unprecedented increase in revenue, with billions of dollars being earned by developers and publishers each year. Attracting millions of more players than other multiplayer genres, the MMORPG market accounts for a significant portion of this revenue increase.
- 15 Courses
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28h 15m - Certificate of Completion
- JOIN 1 MILLION LEARNERS
Courses
JavaScript Programming for Beginners
$50 2h 27m Entry LevelJavaScript Mini-Projects – Language Learning Game
$50 56m BeginnerCreate a Road Crossing Game with Phaser 3
$50 2h 15m BeginnerIntro to Phaser for RPG Frameworks
$50 2h 13m BeginnerBuild an Adventure-RPG World in Phaser
$50 3h 11m IntermediateIntermediate JavaScript – Build a Dynamic Data Table
$50 1h 8m IntermediateNode.js and Express for Beginners
$50 1h 44m BeginnerUser Authentication with MongoDB and Express [2019]
$50 1h 53m Web-Based Authentication UI for Express and Node.js [2019]
$50 1h 2m Discover Developer Tools for JavaScript Apps [2019]
$50 2h 6m Real-Time Server Communication with Socket.IO [2019]
$50 1h 52m Phaser Login System with Express API [2019]
$50 1h 52m Chat and Player Enhancements for Phaser MMORPGs [2019]
$50 2h 20m Construct a Phaser MMORPG Inventory System [2019]
$50 2h 32m Intro to Cloud Deployment with Heroku [2019]
$50 48m
Entry Level
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 industry practitioners, and have been formally certified 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 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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