This mobile game tutorial is a subset of lessons from Mobile Game Development for Beginners, which is included as a part of our all-access package.
Create your own mobile games for Android and iOS devices!
Each year the amount of mobile gamers and mobile games increases exponentially, and currently over 86% of the world’s population now owns a smartphone. As such, skills in mobile game development have become essential for programmers to know. Even for hobbyists, building mobile games has presented new and unique challenges that have opened up a whole new world of players to enjoy their games.
This free tutorial, based in the popular Unity game engine, will help you start your journey into mobile game development by teaching you the basics. You’ll not only learn how to build a mobile game for Android and iOS, but also explore touch-based mechanics – an essential element of any mobile game. By the end, you’ll have a strong foundation to pursue mobile game development even further and pursue new career opportunities.
You will learn how to:
- Prepare Unity for mobile game development
- Set up a basic mobile game
- Detect touch inputs such as tapping to control your game
- Build your Unity-made game to both Android and iOS
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As a Unity Authorized Learning Partner, our courses are confirmed as being of the highest quality, and as being relevant in today’s industry.
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✅ Practice with source code
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