Introduction to computer graphics and game engines in 90 minutes

About Course

Welcome to the exciting world of objects in the digital world! Ready to start your project with this jam packed hour of pure fun?

If you do not know anything about digital painting, 3D objects or game development you will sure do by the time you are done with this course. This course will take you from making your very own digital painting to a concept video game.

It’s all connected you know, objects existing in this world. From the smallest thing to a spaceship. It’s all the same but also completely different. And everything is viewed from one or another picture plane.

This course is a project based course where you will learn important topics in a project format in an exciting journey.

You will be introduced to

Digital painting
Computer graphics and 3D objects
Game Engine and game engine physics

If this sounds too much, don´t worry! I guarantee that you will have done all of these within 90 minutes.

However, here we take a unique approach. You will be tasked with moving a yellow ball from one software to another step by step by completing tasks. It will be challenging but you will have this done by the time is up.

So what are you waiting for? The yellow ball will not create it self. Remember. “If it´s up to be, it´s up to me!”

The complete list of subjects you will be introduced to

All of these also includes concepts that is important to digital painting, 3D objects and games.

Digital painting

Brushes
Painting
Color theory

3D graphics in Blender

Controlling the viewport
Meshes
Objects
Lightning
Shadows
Materials

Game engine in Unity

Rigidbodys
Colliders
Materials
Physics materials
Gameplay Scripting and controls
Cameras

Course Content

Unit 1: Digital painting – Picture plane & Depth
A paper is a flat surface. This is where you will draw and paint, but how does this actually work? How can you draw something like a ball on a flat surface?

Download the free software Krita
Draw a picture plane
Drawing “inside” the picture plane
Introduction to the picture plane and depth

Unit 1: Digital painting – Light, Shadow & Mass
Once you have put pen to paper (or digital pad) and drawn a circle this is simply a circle. For it to be a ball you have to produce a sense of depth and mass. An object that is 100% lit from all sides will not be seen as a object with form. For form to be seen you have a shade.

Unit 1: Digital painting – Color and shade
Any color that is in shade turn darker. By using a yellow paint and add black to the color you can reproduce the effect of a form in shade.

Unit 2: Computer graphics – Introducing the 3D software
Working now with our new found knowledge on an object on a flat surface, let´s move this into the 3D world.

Unit 2: Computer graphics – Shine light on our mesh object
Working with lights is a great way to get a feel for the true object. Let´s switch the viewport to a new mode!

Unit 2: Computer graphics – Modifying object meshes

Unit 3: Video game engine – Bring our mesh object into the game engine
From the 3D computer graphics we will now introduce the game engine that also contains a physics engine to interact with.

Unit 3: Video game engine – How to introduce physics to our mesh object

Unit 3: Video game engine – Interacting with the mesh object

Unit 4 – Extra class! Get a soccerball and finish the game

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Course Content

Unit 1: Digital painting – Picture plane & Depth A paper is a flat surface. This is where you will draw and paint, but how does this actually work? How can you draw something like a ball on a flat surface?

Download the free software Krita

Draw a picture plane

Drawing “inside” the picture plane

Introduction to the picture plane and depth

Introduction to light, shadow and mass

How light hits form

Turn a form using shadows

Unit 1: Digital painting – Color and shade Any color that is in shade turn darker. By using a yellow paint and add black to the color you can reproduce the effect of a form in shade.

Introduction to color and shade

Finding a color using the color wheel

Turn a form in color

Unit 2: Computer graphics – Introducing the 3D software Working now with our new found knowledge on an object on a flat surface, let´s move this into the 3D world.

Introduction to computer graphics

Download the free software Blender

How to view objects in a 3D software

How to select and move objects in a 3D software

Unit 2: Computer graphics – Shine light on our mesh object Working with lights is a great way to get a feel for the true object. Let´s switch the viewport to a new mode!

Introduction to lights in a 3D software

Creating and deleting objects

Lighting an object inside the viewport

Improving shadows

Unit 2: Computer graphics – Modifying object meshes

Create a sphere and smooth the mesh object

How to color an object

How to export a mesh

Unit 3: Video game engine – Bring our mesh object into the game engine From the 3D computer graphics we will now introduce the game engine that also contains a physics engine to interact with.

Download the free game engine Unity

Creating our project file, new objects and navigating Unity

Importing object meshes into the game engine

Unit 3: Video game engine – How to introduce physics to our mesh object

U3L2L1 – Set up the camera

U3L2L2 – Assign a rigidbody component to our ball

U3L2L3 – Assign a collider for the object to recognize each other

Unit 3: Video game engine – Interacting with the mesh object

Download visual studio code

Create the goal and create a new script and assign to the object

Write the controller script to make the ball jump