Free online courseCreate a Java Tower Defence game

Duration of the online course: 14 hours and 9 minutes

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Master Java game development with this course and learn to create a Tower Defence game from scratch with immersive hands-on lessons.

Course Description

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of game development with this comprehensive online course designed to teach you how to create a Java Tower Defence game. This 14-hour course guides you through the essentials of Java game development, equipping you with the skills needed to build a fully functional Tower Defence game from scratch.

Begin your learning journey with the initial episodes focusing on game development basics such as image integration, game loops, and input handling. Progress through intermediate topics like level editors, custom buttons, and bottom bar development. These foundational lessons are fundamental as you transition to advanced topics.

As you advance, dive deeper into crucial game development aspects such as loading, saving, and creating files, implementing edit scenes, and managing sprites. The course continues with lessons on rotation, animations, enemy creation, pathfinding, and the art of designing challenging game levels with diverse enemy types and tower placements.

Enhance your game with combat mechanics, deadly projectiles, explosions, and other exciting features that keep players engaged. Discussions on mastering matrix operations, freezing effects, and wave mechanics add depth to your game development skills, offering a thorough understanding of how to design engaging and dynamic gaming experiences.

Cap off your course experience by learning about endless wave challenges, in-game currency handling, selling, upgrading towers, pausing games, and implementing a game over state. Each lesson is crafted to provide hands-on experience and practical coding skills to bring your game ideas to life.

Whether you are a beginner starting your journey in game development or looking to expand your coding prowess, this course offers valuable insights and techniques. Explore the nuances of tower defence game mechanics and learn how to create engaging gameplay that captures and retains player interest.

Course content

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #01

    0h18m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #02 - IMAGES

    0h27m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #03 - the GAME LOOP

    0h32m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #04 - INPUTS

    0h32m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #05 - LEVEL EDITOR

    0h20m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #06 - Custom Buttons!

    0h30m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #07 - Bottom Bar PART 1/2

    0h23m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #07 - PART 2/2

    0h26m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #08 - LOAD, SAVE and CREATE files - PART 1 / 2

    0h16m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #08 - LOAD, SAVE and CREATE files - PART 2 / 2

    0h19m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #09 - The EDIT Scene

    0h29m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #10 MORE SPRITES

    0h25m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #11 - ROTATION!

    0h32m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #12 - ANIMATIONS

    0h24m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #13 - ENEMY

    0h18m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #14 - Pathfinding

    0h37m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #15 - More Enemies

    0h23m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #16 - Finishing Pathfinding

    0h20m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #17 - Towers - Part #1

    0h13m

  • Video class: Java Game Development TUTORIAL - Episode #18 - Towers - Part #2

    0h18m

This free course includes:

14 hours and 9 minutes of online video course

Exercises to train your knowledge

Certificate of course completion

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