Tools
Maya
3D animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software for film, games, and TV. The link is to the student free version, you will need an email with a .edu.au account.
https://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/featured
Unity
Unity is used to create half of the world’s games. Unity is a real time platform, powered by tools and services, offer incredible possibilities for game developers, and creators across industries and applications.
https://unity3d.com/
Lessons
Lesson 1
This is an introdyction to Maya, the goal is to get familier with the application and build a pagoda. Click PDF to view the content
Lesson 2
Using Maya to Extrapolate a Model from images, Create a simple car, Create of a Simple character. Click PDF to view the content
Lesson 3
Maya - Simple World Creation. Unity - Simple World Creation. Click PDF to view the content
Lesson 4
Maya - Texturing basics and using photoshop to texture elements. Also covers false geometry. Click PDF to view the content
Lesson 5
Unity - Building a basic world and coding up player movement. Click PDF to view the content
Lesson 6
Unity - Learning animation, through key frames and graph editor. Also instructions for OBS (screen recording) and Handbrake (video optimisation). Click PDF to view the content
Lesson 7
Maya - Rendering of scene. Unity - Scene collsion and Menu creation. Click PDF to view the content
Lesson 8
Maya - Manual Rigging, IK Rigging, key frame animation, graph animation, physics animation. Unity - Animation and mixamo. Click PDF to view the content
Lesson 9
Unity - Collisions, Triggered Events, Changing Scenes, Simple NPCs. Click PDF to view the content
Lesson 10
Maya - Path animation. Unity - Assests and prefabs. Click PDF to view the content