Gameplay Entities, Combat, Enemies, and Progression

Create reusable gameplay entities, combat systems, enemy behaviors, upgrades, waves, and bosses.

What you will learn

• Build reusable health and combat components
• Create enemy state machines
• Design balanced progression and encounters

Course syllabus

1. 01
   Defining a gameplay entity
2. 02
   Health and damage
3. 03
   Damage types
4. 04
   Hitboxes and hurtboxes
5. 05
   Invulnerability windows
6. 06
   Melee attacks
7. 07
   Projectiles
8. 08
   Cooldowns
9. 09
   Ammunition and energy
10. 10
    Pickups
11. 11
    Temporary power-ups
12. 12
    Permanent upgrades
13. 13
    Enemy sensing
14. 14
    Patrol behavior
15. 15
    Chase behavior
16. 16
    Attack behavior
17. 17
    Enemy finite-state machines
18. 18
    Wave spawning
19. 19
    Difficulty curves
20. 20
    Score systems
21. 21
    Combo systems
22. 22
    Objectives
23. 23
    Boss phases
24. 24
    Data-driven balance values
25. 25
    Status effects
26. 26
    Integrating multiple systems safely