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TL;DR: Create your own fun with the Build Your Own First-Person Shooter Game Development bundle for $39.99, a 97% savings as of Aug. 18.
You don’t need a massive bank account, a giant team, or a million-dollar contract with a publishing giant to make a hit video game these days. All you need is an idea, a computer, and a little bit of training. Just look at Minecraft, which started its reign as an indie game over a decade ago and has become one of the best-selling video games of all time.
Even if you have no coding experience, you can try your hand at video game creation. And you might turn out to be really good at it. Are you going to create the next Minecraft overnight? Probably not. But you have to start somewhere, and this Build Your Own First-Person Shooter Game Development Bundle can lead you in the right direction.
With 10 courses, 210 lessons, and 20 hours of quick, practical instruction, this bundle is designed to get you comfortable using various platforms and programming languages for your own single to multiplayer shooter games. First-person shooter games are immersive experiences that allow the game to unfold from your own perspective. Some of the most popular modern games fall under this genre (Doom, Call of Duty, Lovely Planet, etc.), so it’s definitely a great place to start.
You’ll learn the popular Unreal Engine for developing games, implement engaging leaderboards and user authentication using Unity and Microsoft Azure PlayFab, build a fully-working 3D game using Unity and Photon, and build your very own first-person shooter with Godot. What’s cool about the training is you’ll learn by building actual projects of your own, not just by reading about or watching other people doing so. The courses are all led by Zenva Academy, which provides training on in-demand programming skills.
Individually, these courses are worth nearly $2K, but bundled together, they’re on sale for just $39.99. And even if you don’t become a best-selling video game creator, you can at least cure your summer boredom.
