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Crash Course - Make a Game

note

Phase 3 of this tutorial is still incomplete

Overview

In this tutorial, we will give an introduction to PlayCanvas and take you through making a complete game, end to end with PlayCanvas.

This was recorded for JS GameDev Summit and the video is hosted on GitNation.

Play below! Try to get as many food items as you can before the timer runs out! Use WASD for movement.

Timestamps

TimeDescription
0:00:00Introduction
0:04:44About PlayCanvas
0:12:52Let's build something!
0:14:50Phase 1 - Project Setup
0:15:08Creating and Managing Assets
0:28:53Creating and Using Templates
0:43:53Testing in the Launch Tab
0:46:04Phase 2 - Interactivity
0:47:24Using Physics collision and rigidbody
1:01:05Creating and using Scripts
1:18:11Creating Animation State Graphs
1:30:12Attaching, Detaching, and Firing Events
1:45:10Debugging code
1:47:56Phase 3 - Polishing & Publishing (incomplete)
2:00:57Wrap Up