February 2025
Intermediate
9h 1m
English
Closed Captioning available in English
Overview
In this 9-hr course, you'll learn proven game design patterns tailored for Unity 6 development. The course covers efficient coding techniques and best practices, equipping you with skills to create scalable, maintainable, and high-performance games.
What I will be able to do after this course
- Understand and implement significant game design patterns such as Command, Flyweight, Observer, Prototype, Singleton, and State.
- Optimize memory usage and resource management for Unity games.
- Apply event-driven programming for smooth gameplay with the Observer pattern.
- Enhance AI interactions using the State pattern for effective behavior modeling.
- Learn to create scalable, clean, and efficient Unity projects with hands-on coding exercises.
Course Instructor(s)
Penny de Byl is an experienced game development instructor with extensive knowledge in Unity and C#. She has authored several popular game development courses and books, applying her deep understanding of design patterns to teaching game development. Penny leverages her industry experience to deliver clear, engaging, and practical lessons that empower developers.
Who is it for?
This course is perfect for Unity developers with an intermediate understanding of C# wanting to refine their skills in scalable game design. Familiarity with Unity and object-oriented programming is beneficial. The course suits developers looking to create robust and efficient projects using industry-proven design patterns, either as indie creators or part of a larger team.
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Watch now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.