Learn Game Artificial Intelligence in Unity Visual Scripting

🌟 Course Title: Learn Game Artificial Intelligence in Unity Visual Scripting

Course Headline:

"Bring your games to life without coding by building artificial intelligence algorithms with Visual Scripting tools."

Course Description:

Strap yourself in: Programming Artificial Intelligence is about to click! 🚀

👤 Meet Your Instructor, Jim from HomeMech, who has a passion for making complex topics approachable and fun. With his experience creating the official tutorials for Bolt on Unity's Learn Site, he's your guide to mastering AI in games using Unity Visual Scripting (UVS).

👉 In this course, you're getting the best of both worlds: the comprehensive knowledge of a renowned expert on AI and computer science, Penny de Byl, combined with the creative flair of a seasoned artist and designer, Jim. His expertise spans from early Visual Scripting adoption to today, ensuring you get cutting-edge, practical knowledge.

🛠️ Through an open-ended, practice-based approach, you'll follow along as each step is revealed for you to build two game worlds using Unity 2021.3.9. This isn't just about learning; it's about creating, experimenting, and bringing your ideas to life within a vibrant community of creators.

What You'll Build:

• For Total Beginners: A Day/Night Cycle that introduces the concept of time in your game world, complete with sunsets and streetlights.
• Custom Events for fireflies that react to the environment and a Clock that keeps accurate time within your game.
• A Click-To-Move Player Controller utilizing Unity's Nav Mesh and Cinemachine systems to create smooth player movement.
• Wildlife such as ducks and rats that exhibit lifelike behaviors.
• A Crowd of NPCs with advanced AI, capable of navigating the environment, avoiding obstacles, and reacting to threats.
• A Laser Gun Turret to master rotations and timing for your in-game objects.
• Challenging Enemies with predictive aiming that will test the player's skills.
• Finesse Enemy AI with improved algorithms for Patrol, Chase, and Attack behaviors.

What You'll Gain:

• A full understanding of Unity Visual Scripting and Unity's API to craft your game ideas.
• An in-game time system to create dynamic environments from the start.
• Familiarity with 3D game mathematics, making object manipulation second nature.
• Mastery of Unity's Nav Mesh System for adding characters and creatures that behave realistically.
• A grasp of state machines as tools for crafting AI behaviors that respond to player interactions.
• Two fully functional sandbox projects: a city and a sci-fi action prototype, ready to be adapted into your own games.
• Membership in the friendly and active UVS and Holistic3D communities, where you can share your work, solve problems, and connect with fellow creators.

We're so excited to share this course with you and can't wait to see how you run with it! 🎮

• Jim @HomeMech 🎉