Best Practices For Making FPS Games

Overview

Have you ever wanted to make an FPS game unlike any other?!? Well here is a tutorial series showcasing The Best Practices and Fundamentals of making an epic FPS game!

What am I Learning?

You are learning the practices of making an FPS game, THIS TUTORIAL IS MAINLY AIMED AT UNITY DEVELOPERS!!!

I'm Confused What do you mean?

If you have any questions, any at all please add me on discord!!

I'm Stuck Helppp

It's OKAY!! You can download the full source project if you are a pro member if you need any help message me on discord

Some Programs That Might Help

Unity3D - http://www.unity3d.com/download
Gimp - https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
MakeHuman- http://www.makehuman.org/
Blender- https://www.blender.org/

Contact Info

Discord:UDTutorials#8365

Project Outline

Session 1: What Engine Should You Use?"

Talk About Unity
Talk About Unreal
Unity vs Unreal

Session 2.1: Multiplayer?, How Story Should Work.

Multiplayer, Ups and Downs
How multiplayer should work in FPS Games
How Campaigns / Story Should Work
How To Make a Story

Session 2.2: Ranking Systems, EXP, Skill Trees

How Ranking Systems Should Work
How EXP Should be earned
How Perks Should Work

Session 3.1: Level Design & Assets

What is Level Design
How should FPS maps look
Detailing in maps
Use of assets
Should you give credit
How to give credit

Session 3.2: More Level Design, Objective System, Animation Walkthrough

Map Design In Campaign
Detailing In Maps
Objective System ("C# Coding Tutorial-ish")
Animation System in Unity
Objective Complete, and Mission Complete System /w Animations
Started on Terrain
Added Terrain Textures
Added Some Foilage

Session 3.3: Even More Level Design, LOD's, Game Concept Document

More Detailing
More Terrain
What are LOD's and How do they work
Should you use models without LOD's
How to Make LOD's
Should Everything have LOD's
Terrain Grass & Trees
Lighting & Shadows
Writing a Concept Document

Session 4: Graphical Settings, Decals, Good Graphics, Post Processing Effects, and Map Finilization

Graphical Settings
How To Make Graphics Settings
Finalizing Map
How To Make Graphical Settings
How to make Good Graphics
Post Process Effects
How to make Particles and Post Process Effects
How you Can Use Particles & PPE("Post Process Effects")

Session 5 : Build Settings, How To Build, Splash Screen, Main Menu

How To Make Build Settings
Main Menu Stuff
Main Menu UI
Main Menu Scripting
Level Select
How to Add Splashscreens
How To Build Your Game

Session 6: Platforms to Build on, and Beta Testing, and Trailer

PC
Beta Testing, Should I have it?
Where can I Publish
Steam
Itch.io
GameJolt

Session 7 / END : Overview

How to make a trailer in sony vegas
Talk about Project

Extra : Trailer

The trailer we learned to make

Great Programs To Help:_

Sony Vegas - https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com
Unity3D - http://www.unity3d.com/download
Gimp - https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
MakeHuman- http://www.makehuman.org/
Blender- https://www.blender.org/