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?

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
New eBooks from A Book Apart, Smashing Magazine & more!
We've just lined our shelves with the very best graphic and web design eBooks around! From both independent authors and industry-leading publications,...
Joel Bankhead
30 Aug 2017
Graphic Design
Welcome to a Week of Discounts in Envato's Birthday Sale!
It's Envato's 11th birthday this week, and we're celebrating by giving you some huge discounts and freebies, available this week only.
Andrew Blackman
23 Aug 2017
News
Hexagonal Character Movement Using Axial Coordinates
The final part of the hexagonal axial coordinate series explores how to use the axial coordinates to determine the pixel coordinates and vice versa.
Juwal Bose
16 Aug 2017
Game Development
How to Model a Low Poly Wolf in Cinema 4D: Part 1
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
16 Aug 2017
3D Models
Introduction to Axial Coordinates for Hexagonal Tile-Based Games
With the help of axial and cubic coordinates, this tutorial will explore the creation of the classic Tetris game using hexagonal tiles. The tutorial explains...
Juwal Bose
15 Aug 2017
Tile-Based Games
How Tuts+ Has Helped People in Their Careers
Here's a look at how some of your fellow learners have used the skills they've learned on Envato Tuts+ to help them make progress in their careers.
Andrew Blackman
1 Aug 2017
News
Adobe Alternatives: Animation Software
Welcome to the final entry in our series exploring the creative software we have at our disposal outside the familiar world of Adobe. In this article we’ll...
Kezz Bracey
1 Aug 2017
Animation
Basic 2D Platformer Physics, Part 8: Slopes
In this part we'll be implementing the collision with slopes or other custom tiles, adding one-way slopes, and making it possible for the game object to...
Daniel Branicki
20 Jul 2017
Platformer