Programming and Game Design for DeckBuilding Games by TheCodingCult (aka Henrique de Carvalho)

This course is tailored for aspiring game developers eager to learn how to create card-building games similar to Slay the Spire and Magic: The Gathering. Throughout the course, you’ll acquire the technical skills necessary to build a game from scratch, focusing on programming, effects, targeting cards, and UI design.

What You Will Learn:

You’ll start with the basics of developing a card system, such as managing a deck, drawing, and shuffling cards. From there, you’ll progress to creating complex, modular systems for targeting and applying effects to enemy units!

Course Highlights:

• Building the Core Card System:
  • Learn how to implement basic functions like creating a deck, drawing cards, and shuffling.
  • Develop smooth card animations for actions like moving cards from hand to deck.
• Player Input and Interaction:
  • Master player input mechanics, including using cards, skipping turns, and more.
• Targeting and Effect Systems:
  • Design systems to target enemies, allies, or all units.
  • Implement requirements for card use, such as energy costs.
  • Create effect systems to deal damage, heal, or gain blocks.
• Game Flow Management:
  • Develop a state machine to control the game’s flow—such as the maintenance phase, draw phase, and more.
• Modifier and Status Systems:
  • Build modifier systems for status effects like “Vulnerable,” which increases the damage a unit takes.

By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid understanding of how to design and program card-building games and a working prototype of your own card game. Whether you’re aiming for a career in game development or want to build your own games for fun, this course provides a fantastic foundation to get started!