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This advanced Unity development course equips learners with the skills to construct, analyze, and implement performant voxel-based environments using the Marching Squares algorithm. Starting with foundational concepts of voxel grids and triangulation, the course guides students through interactive grid creation, shader-based surface rendering, and stencil-driven editing systems.
Learners progressively develop expertise in optimizing grid performance by applying chunking, vertex reuse, and caching strategies. Through detailed exploration of edge logic and stencil visualization, they will analyze triangulation flows, maintain crossing integrity, and ensure seamless mesh continuity across updates.
A key focus is placed on identifying and triangulating sharp features to preserve geometric precision in complex topologies. The course concludes with robust software engineering practices, including code refactoring and structural extensions like voxel wall-building with depth.
By the end of the course, learners will have built a fully functional, editable, and optimized voxel system in Unity, with reusable architecture suitable for real-time rendering and procedural content generation.
This module introduces the foundational principles of voxel grids and marching squares. Learners explore how to construct a voxel grid, interact with it through Unity, apply materials, and initiate basic triangulation to transform logical voxel data into visual surface meshes.
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12 vidéos4 devoirs
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12 vidéos•Total 117 minutes
Introduction Squares and Grids•4 minutes
Creating Voxel Grid•8 minutes
Adding Selection Base•10 minutes
Add Box Collider•10 minutes
Voxel Material•11 minutes
Voxel Stencil •10 minutes
Voxel Map and Grid•9 minutes
Applying Voxel•12 minutes
Creating the Surface Shader•12 minutes
Triangulating•12 minutes
Pentagons•8 minutes
Adding the other Cases•10 minutes
4 devoirs•Total 60 minutes
Graded: Foundations of Voxel Grids and Surface Rendering•30 minutes
Grids, Voxels, and Setup•10 minutes
Voxel Behavior and Application•10 minutes
Surface Shader and Initial Triangulation•10 minutes
Optimizing Grid Data and Chunking
Module 2•2 heures à terminer
Détails du module
This module focuses on performance improvements in voxel-based systems. Learners examine how to segment voxel grids into manageable chunks, implement efficient vertex reuse strategies, and use caching to optimize triangulation.
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6 vidéos3 devoirs
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6 vidéos•Total 54 minutes
Chunks•9 minutes
Gap Cells Along Y•8 minutes
Reusing Vertices•11 minutes
Filling Cache•11 minutes
Using Cache•5 minutes
Tweaking the Switch Case•10 minutes
3 devoirs•Total 50 minutes
Graded: Optimizing Grid Data and Chunking•30 minutes
Chunking and Vertex Reuse•10 minutes
Cache Implementation and Optimization•10 minutes
Edge Logic and Visualization
Module 3•2 heures à terminer
Détails du module
This module dives into the logic of edge detection and visual diagnostics. Learners learn to handle edge crossings, visualize stencil interactions, and maintain geometric consistency across grid updates and boundaries.
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8 vidéos3 devoirs
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8 vidéos•Total 73 minutes
Edge Data•9 minutes
Visualizing Stencils•9 minutes
Visualizing Stencils Continued•9 minutes
Edge Crossings•12 minutes
Maintaining the Crossings•9 minutes
Finishing the Circle•7 minutes
Generating Data•10 minutes
Generating Stencil Normals•10 minutes
3 devoirs•Total 50 minutes
Graded: Edge Logic and Visualization•30 minutes
Edge Crossings and Visualization•10 minutes
Crossing Maintenance and Circle Completion•10 minutes
Sharp Features and Geometry Enhancement
Module 4•2 heures à terminer
Détails du module
This module teaches learners how to detect and triangulate sharp features to preserve high-detail geometry. It includes corner analysis, refined triangulation methods, and strategies for resolving overlapping or intersecting features.
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10 vidéos3 devoirs
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10 vidéos•Total 92 minutes
Starting to Add Sharp Features•10 minutes
Sharp Features Continued•9 minutes
Detecting Sharp Features•9 minutes
Detecting Sharp Features Continued•9 minutes
Working on Triangulate Case•9 minutes
More on Triangulate Case•8 minutes
Add Pentagon•6 minutes
Checking Corners•11 minutes
Sharpening Corners•12 minutes
Special Sharp Feature and Triangulating the Connection•10 minutes
3 devoirs•Total 50 minutes
Graded: Sharp Features and Geometry Enhancement•30 minutes
Detecting and Applying Sharp Features•10 minutes
Special Triangulations and Feature Refinement•10 minutes
Code Maintenance and Structural Additions
Module 5•2 heures à terminer
Détails du module
This final module emphasizes structural refinement of the codebase and introduces vertical depth through wall construction. Learners practice refactoring techniques and extend the voxel system to support 3D-like behavior by layering voxel grids.
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7 vidéos3 devoirs
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7 vidéos•Total 69 minutes
Refactoring the Code Part 1•9 minutes
Refactoring the Code Part 2•9 minutes
Refactoring the Code Part 3•11 minutes
Voxel Grid Wall•13 minutes
Adding Depth•11 minutes
Building Walls•10 minutes
Building Walls Continued•7 minutes
3 devoirs•Total 50 minutes
Graded: Code Maintenance and Structural Additions•30 minutes
Code Refactoring•10 minutes
Wall Building with Depth•10 minutes
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