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Create a Third-Person Player Character Controller

Learn Mixamo and Unity's Mecanim system for constructing and programming your own third-person game character.
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Learn Mixamo and Unity's Mecanim system for constructing and programming your own third-person game character.
Platform: Udemy
Video: 6h 32m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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This course was last updated on 5/2022.

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Video Score: 8.6 / 10
The course includes 6h 32m video content. Courses with more videos usually have a higher average rating. We have found that the sweet spot is 16 hours of video, which is long enough to teach a topic comprehensively, but not overwhelming. Courses over 16 hours of video gets the maximum score.
The average video length is 3 hours 44 minutes of 30 Character Animation courses on Udemy.
Detail Score: 9.7 / 10

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Extra Content Score: 9.9 / 10

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About the course

Any self-respecting game developer knows that getting their third-person player character right is one of the fundamental keys to a great gaming experience. Not only this but the controller, once developed, can be transferred from one game to another, making the code reusable and scalable. In this course, you will learn how to put together your own third-person character from scratch using freely available 3D models and animations, which you will learn how to control with C# in Unity.  The idea behind this course is to take students through a series of workshops with the necessary tools to help them make a character, animate a character and program a character without the need of being able to model or animate and gain an understanding of the third-person character controller pipeline.
This course uses Unity 2020.1 or 2020.2, Input System 1.0, and Cinemachine 2.6.3
Learn how to program and work with:
•3D Characters and Rigs
•Humanoid Avatars
•The Mecanim System
•Avatar Masks
•Animation Blend Trees
•Unity’s new Input System Package
•Unity’s Cinemachine Package for ‘Character Following’ Cameras
•Adobe’s Mixamo Service for Rigging and Animating 3D Characters
•Third-Person Character Controllers
•Mixing Root Motion with Physics Controls
What people are saying about Penny’s courses:
•Dr. Penny is a wonderful person and a true expert. All of her courses I’ve taken have been top notch and in my opinion there is no better teacher out there.
•Allow me to say how hugely important this is for a person who is interested in certain types of game design. Creating games where you can create AI behaviors that support emergent situations.
• I honestly love Holistic’s teaching approach and I’ve never learned so much within a few hours about coding effectively with such detailed explanations!
This course focuses on the building of typical third-person character functionality including jumping, falling, weapon handling, shooting, and taking damage. By the end of this course, you will have a great third-person character controller that you can use in your own games or adapt for customized situations.

What can you learn from this course?

✓ How to rig and animate a 3D character from a pre-existing library of high quality, motion captured animations.
✓ How to create a state machine of character animations that are controlled via user input.
✓ How to implement the Unity Input System.
✓ How to use Cinemachine to create a character following camera.
✓ How to program from scratch a third-person player character controller for a game environment.

What you need to start the course?

• A working knowledge of Unity
• A working knowledge of C
#

Who is this course is made for?

• Beginner game developers who don’t necessarily have the skills to create their own character but are interested in alternative ways to use pre-existing models in their games.
• 3D Modellers who want to learn how to animate their characters in Unity.
• Anyone with Unity experience who wants to learn more about what is possible with the built in humanoid animation system.

Are there coupons or discounts for Create a Third-Person Player Character Controller ? What is the current price?

The course costs $16.99. And currently there is a 69% discount on the original price of the course, which was $54.99. So you save $38 if you enroll the course now.
The average price is $15.6 of 30 Character Animation courses. So this course is 9% more expensive than the average Character Animation course on Udemy.

Will I be refunded if I'm not satisfied with the Create a Third-Person Player Character Controller course?

YES, Create a Third-Person Player Character Controller has a 30-day money back guarantee. The 30-day refund policy is designed to allow students to study without risk.

Are there any financial aid for this course?

Currently we could not find a scholarship for the Create a Third-Person Player Character Controller course, but there is a $38 discount from the original price ($54.99). So the current price is just $16.99.

Who will teach this course? Can I trust Penny de Byl?

Penny de Byl has created 29 courses that got 20,896 reviews which are generally positive. Penny de Byl has taught 132,088 students and received a 4.7 average review out of 20,896 reviews. Depending on the information available, we think that Penny de Byl is an instructor that you can trust.
International Award Winning Professor & Best Selling Author
Hi, I’m Dr Penny de Byl.  I’m a full stack developer of most things computer sciency and academic with a true passion for teaching.  I’ve been teaching others about games development, programming, computer graphics, animation and web design for over 25 years in universities in Australia and Europe at the full professor level. I’ve also consulted for Unity, SAE, the Australian Institute of Entertainment and Wikitude. My best selling textbooks including Holistic Game Development with Unity are used in over 100 institutions world-wide.  My graduates work at companies like Apple, Ubisoft, LinkedIn and Deloitte Digital.
I have an honours degree in computer graphics and a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence for games characters.  Over the course of my career I’ve won numerous awards for teaching excellence at the state, national and international levels including the Australian Learning and Teaching Council’s Excellence in Teaching Award and the Unity Mobile Game Curriculum Competition. My approach to teaching computer science and related fields is project-based giving you hands-on workshops you can immediately get your teeth into.
I want you to leave my virtual classroom fully armed with a toolkit of skills for life-long learning.  I’m excited to now be focussing my efforts full-time on Udemy to bring my years of knowledge and experience to those eager to learn about technology.

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9.7

Classbaze Grade®

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Popularity

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Platform: Udemy
Video: 6h 32m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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