Video game programming course
Dive into 2D game development by mastering architecture, input handling, physics, AI, scoring, and win/lose mechanics. Learn clean coding practices, testing, and debugging while building functional game loops with MonoGame, Pygame, SDL, JavaScript Canvas, and Love2D to create reliable, scalable games ready for cross-platform deployment.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
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What will I learn?
This course guides you in creating robust 2D games using frameworks such as MonoGame, Pygame, SDL, JavaScript Canvas, and Love2D. Master essential concepts like game loops, input management, collision detection, scoring systems, win/lose conditions, state saving, rendering techniques, resource handling, along with testing, debugging, refactoring, and ready-to-use code examples.
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Develop skills
- Develop efficient 2D game loops covering update, render, input, and frame timing.
- Create strong game logic including collisions, scoring, win/lose conditions, and state management.
- Implement clean architecture using OOP, ECS, events, and data-driven designs.
- Quickly debug and test games with unit tests, logging, overlays, and refactoring techniques.
- Build and deploy cross-platform game prototypes using Pygame, MonoGame, SDL, Love2D, and Canvas.
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