The Cherno Courses

Creating a Map of Tiles - Game Engine Series

Learn to create a dynamic tile-based map system for game engines, covering map creation, texturing, zooming, and advanced features like water and terrain generation.

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

SubTextures - Creating a Sprite Sheet API - Game Engine Series

Learn to create and implement a Sprite Sheet API for game engines, covering subtextures, texture coordinates, and efficient sprite management techniques.

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

Testing Hazel's Performance - Game Engine Series

Explore performance optimization techniques for game engines through a Boulder Dash clone, focusing on debugging, GUI improvements, and release testing.

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

Hazel 2020 - Game Engine Series

Explore game engine development with Hazel in 2020, covering plans, scripting, rendering techniques, and Windows-specific features for aspiring developers.

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

Intro to Profiling - Game Engine Series

Learn essential techniques for profiling and optimizing game engine performance, focusing on lambda functions and result analysis.

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

2D Renderer Textures - Game Engine Series

Learn to implement textures in a 2D renderer, covering quad creation, texture setting, rendering, debugging, and testing for game engine development.

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

Resizing - Game Engine Series

Learn techniques for implementing resizable game windows, including viewport management, frame buffer handling, and adjusting projection matrices for seamless gameplay experiences.

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

Textures - Game Engine Series

Learn to implement textures in game engines, covering sampling, shaders, visualization, creation, loading, and testing in this comprehensive tutorial.

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

Material Systems - Game Engine Series

Explore game engine material systems, covering shaders, uniforms, coding, instances, render sorting, and textures for efficient and visually appealing game development.

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

Transforms - Game Engine Series

Explore game engine transforms: implementation, submission, and practical examples for enhancing your game development skills.

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

Timesteps and Delta Time - Game Engine Series

Learn about timesteps and delta time in game engine development, exploring implementation, application, and testing for smooth gameplay and consistent performance.

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

Cameras and How They Work - Game Engine Series

Explore camera fundamentals in game engines, covering field of view, aspect ratio, transforms, and projection matrices for enhanced game development skills.

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

Vertex Arrays - Game Engine Series

Learn to implement and optimize Vertex Arrays in game engine development, enhancing rendering efficiency and performance for 3D graphics applications.

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

Vertex Buffer Layouts - Game Engine Series

Learn to implement vertex buffer layouts in game engine development, covering buffer offsets, shader enums, and OpenGL base types for efficient rendering.

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

Rendering Architecture - Game Engine Series

Explore game engine rendering architecture, focusing on Render APIs, command queues, and implementation strategies for efficient graphics processing.

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