Advanced Game Development and Unity Basics

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Embark on an advanced journey in game development with our comprehensive course designed for developers aiming to enhance their skills and knowledge. The course begins with building a simple Ball Smash game, providing a quick yet effective introduction to Android game development. You’ll then progress to creating a 3D Endless Runner, where you’ll master setting up player controls, spawning enemies, and implementing scoring systems, all while ensuring a seamless gaming experience through user interface design and touch input controls. Next, you’ll dive into building another engaging game, learning to manage player interactions, obstacle creation, and game state management. Each game project is crafted to incrementally build your skills, from setting up the basics to deploying on Android devices. You’ll also learn essential techniques for creating immersive environments, such as adding fog effects and animated UI elements, ensuring your games are not only functional but visually captivating. In the final phase, you’ll gain in-depth knowledge of implementing monetization strategies through Unity Ads. This includes setting up and displaying various types of ads, like rewarded video ads and banner ads, to maximize your game’s revenue potential. Additionally, the course covers Unity basics essential for Android game development, such as touch input, accelerometer input, and designing screen resolution-independent UI, ensuring you have a solid foundation to build and expand upon. This course is perfect for developers looking to enhance their Android game development skills, requiring a basic understanding of Unity and C#.