Middle School: Introduction to 3D Animation for Games

This hands-on course will equip students with basic animation knowledge using armatures and keyframes at the end of which, they will add their character into a game engine.

Intro to 3D animation for games will teach students how to animate human and robot-based characters within the context of video games. Students will learn and focus on topics of 3D animation including skeletons/armatures, posing, keyframe, and skeletal animation. This hands-on course will equip students with basic animation knowledge using armatures and keyframes at the end of which, they will add their character into a game engine.
 

What You Will Learn

Students in Middle School: Introduction to 3D Animation for Games will:

• Learn how to create and pose a skeleton
• Learn how to add weights to a mesh so that it bends with the skeleton
• Learn how to animate a simple idle and walk animation