The Cherno Courses

Universally Unique Identifiers - Game Engine Series

Learn about Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs/GUIDs), their implementation, hashing, and practical application in game engine development.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hazel 2D - Game Engine Series

Learn to create a functional play button UI in a 2D game engine, covering texture bugs, transparency, and implementation details.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ray Tracing Code Review

Explore ray tracing implementation with code review, focusing on optimizations, scene construction, and multi-threading techniques for efficient rendering.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Bloom: Understanding and Implementing the Visual Effect in Game Graphics

Explore the visual effect of bloom in graphics, from Photoshop techniques to implementation in game engines like Unity and AAA titles, with practical examples and tutorials.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Retro Voxel Engine Code Review

Explore the creation of a retro voxel engine, from setup to implementation. Learn about project structure, color and height maps, and dive into the code for hands-on experimentation.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SPIR-V and the New Shader System - Game Engine Series

Explore SPIR-V and the new shader system in game engine development, covering uniform buffers, GLSL changes, and shader pipeline implementation with code examples.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Making Game Engines Is Hard

Explore the challenges and complexities of game engine development, with insights into environment mapping and demos of the Hazel engine.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Materials Work

Explore the fundamentals of materials in computer graphics, covering shaders, uniforms, textures, and Vulkan, to enhance your game development skills.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Basic 3D Game Engine Based on Hazel - Code Review

Learn to create a basic 3D game engine with cube rendering, normals, scaling, and matrix transformations. Explore the general structure and implementation details of a simple graphics engine.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adding-Removing Entities and Components UI - Game Engine Series

Learn to implement entity and component management UI in game engines, covering addition, removal, and destruction of entities with practical demonstrations and code examples.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Vector-Dynamic Array - Making Data Structures in C++

Learn to implement a dynamic array data structure in C++, covering reallocation, push/pop operations, and memory management techniques.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Scene Camera - Game Engine Series

Learn to implement a scene camera in game engine development, covering resizing, viewport, aspect ratio, and orthographic projection.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Entity Class - Game Engine Series

Learn to create and implement an Entity class in game engine development, covering components, wrappers, and transform functionality.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Entity Component System - Game Engine Series

Explore Entity Component System architecture for game engines, covering implementation, benefits, and performance implications. Learn about scene management and entity rendering.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Code Review and ImGui Layer Events - Game Engine Series

Learn game engine development: code review, ImGui layer events, input handling, and cross-platform rendering APIs. Enhance your skills in C++ and graphics programming.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video