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Michigan State University

Low Poly Art For Video Games

This course is aimed to give you the tools and knowledge you need to start creating simple 3D art for video games made in the Unity game engine. Through the aesthetic of pixel art we will explore artistic principals like shape language, color theory, and composition as well as show you a step by step workflow for creating assets that you can use to make your own games. The course is broken into 4 main modules, props, environments, characters, and animation. Each of these courses will have a series of video lessons alternating between artistic and technical skills culminating in a peer-reviewed project based assignment. The last module will challenge you to take the knowledge learned in the previous 4 and use it to create your own pixel art asset pack. This course is aimed at art novices who are interested in creating art for their own games or contributing to game projects. If you are a game designer or programmer, you will find this course helps give you a glimpse into the world of game art. You will be able to better work with artists, or create your own prototype or final artwork. If you are an artist or visual designer who is interested in bringing your style to the world of video game development, this course will give you the workflow to properly interface with a game engine and help contextualize how your artistic sensibilities can enable gameplay. If you have ever wanted to start making art for video games but have no idea how to start, this course is the perfect for giving you a solid foundation while teaching you usable practical skills. Our goal is to give you a sense of the whole pipeline from creation to setting up in a game engine.

Status: 3D Modeling
Status: Animation and Game Design
IntermediateCourse17 hours

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JT

4.0Reviewed Oct 24, 2024

I wish they would update the course for this year (2024). But I was still able to make great use of the lessons.

CH

5.0Reviewed Nov 16, 2020

love the curse, and all the knowledge from the 3D animataion and the process of modeling

AM

4.0Reviewed Dec 11, 2019

This course assumes you are already familiar with Maya software, I had a hard time trying to grasp the software

X

5.0Reviewed Jul 8, 2023

Very good course for beginners of maya and unity. :D

AD

4.0Reviewed Oct 14, 2025

Some issue with the peer review assignment of week 2

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