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Old-school games are making a comeback – ride the trend by recreating Atari classics and bringing them into the modern age! With the Retro GameDev Bundle, you’ll develop arcade-style classics using cutting-edge development techniques, and learn skills that are in high demand throughout the game development industry.
Starting with the basics of Unity, you’ll create a series of fun portfolio projects – including retro hits like Pong – while mastering mechanics that form the foundation of classic and modern games alike.
You’ll learn:
- How to work with Unity
- Implementing players and enemies
- Platformer mechanics
- Puzzle setup
- Arcade physics
… and more!
Unity Basics – 2D Platformer
Take your first game development steps by learning the powerful Unity engine! You’ll set up a simple 2D platformer featuring collectibles, enemies, and levels.
Pong
When people think of retro games, they think of Pong. Build your own version while learning all about movement physics, two-player paddle controls, scoring, and more.
Puzzle Platformer
Take your platformers to the next level by adding multiple screens, puzzles, and ladders – learn it all by building a complete, playable game.
Super Plumbers
Master in-demand techniques that are used in retro and modern games alike, including enemy spawning, screen wrapping, lives, saving, and loading.
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!
Check out what our learners think below:
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MIHIR PATEL
I love the lectures, concise course objectives, and how they not only teach you enough to get started, but prepare you for the advanced stuff later down the road.
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MONICA MANCUSI
With Zenva, I started learning a more accurate way to approach problems and develop solutions. It’s full of interesting topics that I love to learn in conjunction with my work.
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CRAIG BICKFORD
I chose Zenva because of the large selection of topics and the fact that I can choose what courses I want to take whenever I want to take them. That level of freedom is unique to Zenva.
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ANDREA CARDENAS-ROEDER
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.
