Game Design & Development Tutorials

Free tutorials and online courses to help you learn game development from experienced industry instructors, for building and designing your own games. Join our community to learn new skills, theory, game dev software, and more. What would you like to learn?

Envato Elements Now Includes WordPress Themes & Plugins!
If you work with WordPress, you're in luck—WordPress themes and plugins are now included in an annual Envato Elements subscription.
Andrew Blackman
15 Nov 2017
News
Unity Solution for Hitting Moving Targets
Learn how to hit a moving target in Unity. We will use our math skills to solve a quadratic equation to find our solution.
Juwal Bose
1 Nov 2017
Unity 2D
Unity 2D Tile-Based 'Sokoban' Game
In this tutorial, you'll learn to create a 2D crate-pushing game in Unity, using tile-based logic and a two-dimensional array to hold the level data.
Juwal Bose
31 Oct 2017
Tile-Based Games
Class Design in Games: Beyond RPGs
From Hackers and Medics to Sonic and Knuckles, classes are no longer limited to RPGs. Learn what class means, and how to enhance gameplay with class design.
Darran Jamieson
27 Oct 2017
Game Design
How to Create Realistic Water in Unity
Unity supports several technologies and components. Learn how water works in Unity, and how to use it to create vast and rich terrain environments.
Orlando Pereira
18 Oct 2017
Unity 3D
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David Appleyard
18 Oct 2017
News
Importing an Animated Character Into Unity 3D
You did the work and are happy with your character. Now we'll show you step by step how to import your character and animations into the Unity game engine.
Sandra Gerber
20 Sep 2017
3D Animation
Expired: 10 Days of Freebies From Envato Tuts+
We've giving away ten days of wonderful freebies and content, to celebrate ten years of Tuts+! We're excited to share a selection of courses, templates,...
David Appleyard
19 Sep 2017
News
Creating a Simple 3D Physics Game Using Three.js and Physijs
Learn to use Physijs to add game physics to a 3D scene created using Three.js. We'll create a simple game where we drive a cart around collecting items.
Juwal Bose
18 Sep 2017
3D
Platformer Mechanics: Moving Platforms
In this tutorial we'll create moving platforms and make sure that objects that are riding them will preserve their relative position.
Daniel Branicki
13 Sep 2017
2D Games
How to Model a Low Poly Wolf in Cinema 4D: Part 2
Follow this two-part tutorial series, a step-by-step to create a low poly wolf model that you can use in video games, graphic design and illustration...
Jonathan Lam
8 Sep 2017
3D Models
Creating a Simple 3D Endless Runner Game Using Three.js
Learn to create an endless runner style native web 3D game using the powerful Three.js framework. There's no art involved; all visuals are created in code.
Juwal Bose
4 Sep 2017
3D Games