Learner Reviews & Feedback for Introduction to Game Development by Michigan State University

Very good introduction to game engines, in particular to Unity 3D. There are several projects that provide hand on experience. The only negative side is that the first 2 weeks provide very little material whereas most of the work is concentrated on the last 2 weeks.

Overall this is good experience for anyone interested in learning about the subject.

I really enjoyed this course!

Excellent hands-on introduction to the Unity game engine, the development workflow and the many nuances of how these all work together for the artistic as well as the technical designers. I especially appreciate the instructor's careful attention to learner-centered demonstration, and for his respectful use of, as well as frequent nods to, Unity as a top notch engine for quality development. Packed with a great deal of information, and the demonstration of how to apply this knowledge, I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is wanting to break into interactive media development, or is wanting to broaden their methods and application knowledge in this area.

Unfortunately I've already learnt a lot of the content of the course, but for a beginner this is a very good introduction to working in Unity. I would just suggest that you update your Unity to the latest version for peer reviews and expect rather large uploads (100MB+ per peer review), as people don't follow the guidelines of deleting their temporary data as specified by the instructor. The only reason why this isn't a 5 star review is that the programming section could be expanded upon a bit, or at least feature optional readings to help establish a solid base of programming skills for beginners that are willing to learn.

Solid course with a good introduction to Unity.

Great introduction to Unity3D and common gaming concepts,

good experience and definitely a great primer on unity. didn't really focus on coding until the last lecture; even then it was pretty minimal.

The instructor videos were clear and informative. The course had a balanced mix of game development theory and practical exercises. Solid introduction to the Unity game design platform. The projects increased in difficulty and time commitment as the course progressed, building on prior knowledge. The peer review of game files was challenging at times, but it was a good experience to create actual games.

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Good course that gets you going with Unity3D. Very simple to follow the hands-on lectures, just repeat in your own editor. The assignments are very easy, this is the easiest course I've completed on Coursera. Very basic coding involved, and you don't need to write anything from scratch. I will take the next Course offered by Michigan State University as well!

Good Course, but fairly easy to pass and repeatitive after week 2. Good intro for Game Development.

Thanks for all, thanks for the opportunite.

Would have hoped for a bit more coding without hand holding, but I did learn Unity basics well!

Great course - You're learning the foundations of building games with the most ubiquitous game engine - Unity!

Good course with both theoretical and practical content.

It lacks instructor and staff support.

Great and very informative introduction.

Excellent course about Game Development introduction. It will be nice if they include a

chapter about Mobile game.

Some given assets need to be upgrades or provided for the latest version of Unity. Otherwise a great class well worth the time and effort.

Nice course, i really like teachers lessongs, but sometimes it's kinda getting borring. I think it should be tougher.

The course works nicely as an introduction to Unity 3D, and some of the basic concepts that you may find later in game development.

It gave me good intro to Unity3D.

The class started with great instruction and was easy to follow. Coming into week 4, the class sped up really quick and became a lot more difficult to manage.

Great course! Taught a variety of things that I needed to know to start on my Development journey. I just wish there was a bit more coding!

Very good course.

Pretty good, just wish it had more time to focus more on programming for this free portion of it.