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Introducción al desarrollo de videojuegos con Unity (edX)

Introducción al desarrollo de videojuegos con Unity (edX)

Aprende a desarrollar videojuegos multiplataforma utilizando una de las herramientas más populares del mercado, el motor de juegos de Unity. Nunca antes el mercado de los videojuegos se ha encontrado en un mejor momento. En la actualidad existen multitud de plataformas disponibles y la irrupción de los dispositivos móviles ha revolucionado el sector.

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La existencia de múltiples plataformas implica grandes retos para los desarrolladores en la toma de decisiones, tanto en la elección de las plataformas como en el dimensionamiento de los equipos de trabajo.

Una solución a estos problemas es utilizar un motor de juegos, y sin lugar a dudas el motor más popular y usado del momento es Unity.
Unity es el motor más popular por razones como sus poderosas herramientas, su capacidad de generar juegos en más de 20 plataformas distintas, su excelente curva de aprendizaje y los centenares de complementos disponibles para él desarrollados por terceros.

Unidades:

  • Introducción al entorno
  • Conceptos básicos de Unity
  • Introducción al motor de juegos
  • Unity y las diferentes plataformas
  • Scripting
  • Unity en acción

En este curso de introducción al desarrollo de videojuegos con Unity aprenderás de manera práctica con numerosos ejemplos que te guiaran paso a paso:

  • A conocer el interfaz de Unity
  • Cuáles son los elementos fundamentales del motor
  • A desarrollar tus primeros juegos
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