Unity3D Certified Developer

Overview

Unlock the ultimate perk for your career in game development. Become a Unity Certified Developer and show employers you have the Unity skills they are looking for to improve your chances of landing that dream job doing what you love most — making games.

Duration

Full time 5 days

Programming Experience

Knowledge of C# or JavaScript or any object oriented programming is required.

Private Training

The course can be offered privately onsite or on our premises. The course can run in our Cape Town or Johannesburg premises. A minimum of 4 delegates is required to schedule the course. The course price is R9 500 onsite and R12 500 on our premises. There is no set date to run the course, we schedule the date that suits your team.

Course Curriculum

Animation

Animator System

Animator Controller Asset

• Examine the Animator Controller

• Apply an Animator Controller to a Game Object

• Create an Animator Controller

States

• Define parameter types

• Differentiate animation states

• Create a new animation state

• Implement the Any StateAsset Management

Transitions

• Explain transition conditions

• Differentiate transition properties

• Create transitions

Asset Management

Assets

Audio Clips

List compression formats

Default GameObjects

• Differentiate GameObjects by their appearance

• Identify GameObjects within a scene

• Identify script types

Models

• Differentiate import file formats

Prefabs

• Define a Prefab

• Create a Prefab

Scene File

• Load a scene

• Save a scene

Sprites

Sprite editor

• Modify sprites

Audio

Audio Mixer

Audio Effects

• Describe various Audio Effects

Audio Reverb Zone

Presets

• Differentiate audio properties

Audio Source

Audio Properties

• Explain audio options

• Explain the doppler effect

• Activate audio source looping

• Modify the volume of an audio source

• Locate Audio Clips

Editor Interface

Editor Customization

Layouts

• Customize the Unity interface

• Differentiate Unity editors

Views

Asset Store

• Explain the benefits of the Asset Store

Console

• Differentiate the Console Window

Hierarchy

• Explain the purpose of the Hierarchy Window

• Differentiate the Hierarchy Window

• Utilize the Hierarchy Window

• Create empty GameObjects

• Parent objects

Inspector

• Explain the functionality of the Inspector Window

• Reset components

Project

• Explain the functionality of the Project View Window

• Identify UI functionality in the Project View Window

• Identify an empty Prefab

• Focus the Scene View Camera

Scene

• Differentiate the Project View Window

• Use the Zoom Tool

• Orbit the camera

Toolbar

• Modify Gizmos

Employment Preparedness

Collaboration Skills

Providing Critique

• Define "critique" in the context of video game development

• Employment Responsibilities

• Company Confidentiality

• Explain the purpose of the Non-Disclosure Agreement

• Explain the concept of "intellectual property"

Game Art Principles

Character Design

Non-Player Characters

• Describe methods to optimize model assets

Concept Design

Color palette

• Summarize how art choices affect mood

Look-and-feel imagery

• Explain the purpose of concept art

Environment Design

Color palette

• Explain the concept of "unifying color"

Game Design Principles

Game Mechanics

Casual Games

• Differentiate video game types

Third Person

• Identify video game mechanics

• Differentiate video game participants

Genre

Realtime Strategy

• Differentiate video game genres

Platform

Controller

• Identify video game controls

Industry Awareness

Employment Trends

Common Job Titles

• Differentiate production talent roles and responsibilities

Industry Trends

Hardware Products

• Differentiate console hardware based by feature

Production Trends

Production Cycles

• Match production phases by criteria

Lighting

Global Illumination (GI)

Baked GI

• Explain lighting settings

Baking

• Explain Light Baking

• Explain Lightmaps

• Explain Generate Lightmap UV settings

Light Component

Shadows

• Assess shadow types

Type

• Explain light intensity

• Define Culling Mask

• Differentiate light types by feature

• Infer lighting settings by visual indicators

Materials and Effects

Effects

Image Effects

• Differentiate Image Effects by their result

• Predict particle option results

Materials

Standard Shaders

• Assess Rendering Modes

• Match Standard Shader properties by their description

• Define the Albedo of a material

Particle System

Emitters

• Explain particle system settings

• Differentiate particle options by their result

Navigation and Pathfinding

Navigation Agents

Obstacle Avoidance

• Explain obstacle avoidance using NavMesh agents

Navigation

Baking Bake Settings

• Explain the function of Max Slope

Navigation

• Explain the function of a NavMesh

• Explain NavMesh baking

Physics

Colliders

3D Capsule

• Identify colliders by their appearance

• Differentiate properties

• Transform colliders

• Utilize colliders

Optimization and Debugging

Raycast

• Explain raycast parameters

• Describe the function of raycasts

• Assess raycast trajectories

Rigidbodies

Components

• Explain Rigidbodies

• Locate Rigidbodies

• Differentiate Rigidbody properties

• Assess the impact of forces on Rigidbodies

Programming

Camera API

ScreenPointToRay

• Recognize the purpose of existing code

GameObject

Components

• Finalize specific lines of code

Methods/Functions

Declaration and Use

• Explain the purpose of methods

• Differentiate methods by their result

MonoBehavior API

Awake

• Differentiate methods by their result

• Recognize methods by their desired result

Fixed update

• Evaluate the effectiveness of specific methods

Object Oriented Programming

Objects

• Recognize class definitions from provided code

Quaternion

Use of

• Explain Quaternions

Time

DeltaTime

• Explain DeltaTime

Unity Interface

File Management

• Differentiate public variable within code

• Create a new script

Variables

Floating Point

• Recognize and replace variables within code

Integer

• Recognize and replace variables within code

Vector3

• Define variables

Project Management

Game Objects

Layers

• Explain the function of layers

Tags

Identify the function of Tags

Transform

• Explain the function of GameObject components

• Recognize GameObject components

Components

• Differentiate components by their properties

Services

Ads

Ad Types

• Differentiate Unity services by a set of features

Function

Recognize Unity services from a description

Analytics

Function

• Summarize the benefits of Unity Analytics

Project ID

• Implement Unity Analytics within a game

Cloud Build

Platforms

• Examine the features of Unity Cloud Build

Collaborate

Function

• Describe the requirements for Unity Collaborate

User Interface

Button

Function

• Differentiate button properties

Interaction

• Predict methods called by action

Transition

• Explain button properties

Canvas

Coordinates

• Differentiate render modes

Image

Sprites

• Differentiate UI components

Rect Tool

Anchor

• Identify anchor points

• Utilize pivots and anchors

Rect Transform

• Differentiate UI components

• Assess Rect Transform features

• Utilize text properties

Slider

Slider

• Describe the function of UI components