Government of Pakistan

National Vocational and Technical Training Commission

Prime Minister Hunarmand Pakistan Program

"Skills for All"

Course Contents/ Lesson Plan

Course Title: Game Development & Modeling
Duration: 6 Months

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Trainer Name

Course Title Game Development and Modeling

Objective of Employable skills and hands on Practice for Game Development

Course
This course relies heavily on the lab component, immediately applying concepts
learnt to an actual game. By the end of the course, you will be familiar with the
fundamentals of game development and will be able to demonstrate your skills by
adding your capstone project to your portfolio.
Teaching staff will also support trainees in developing characteristics such as self-
reliance, reliability, responsibility, a sense of duty and a willingness and ability to
criticize and accept criticism well and to adapt their future behavior accordingly.
By the end of this course, the trainees should gain the following competencies:
• 2D Game Development
• 3D Game Development
• Game Networking
• Augmented Reality
• Virtual Reality
• Game Art Styles
• Animations and 3D Modeling
• Understanding of Graphics
• Texturing
• Rigging
• Game Optimization

Students successfully pass this course should be able to present their course work
at least in below areas,
1. Any industry interview,
2. Showcase it as part of their portfolio on Freelance Platforms
3. Should be able to publish it on Google PlayStore by integrated ads in it.

Learning By the end of this course, the trainees should gain the following competencies:
Outcome of the • 2D Game Development
Course • 3D Game Development
• Game Networking
• Augmented Reality
• Virtual Reality
• Game Art Styles
• Animations and 3D Modeling
• Understanding of Graphics
• Texturing
• Rigging
• Game Optimization

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Course Total duration of course: 6 months (26 Weeks)
Execution Plan Class hours: 4 hours per day
Theory: 20%
Practical: 80%
Weekly hours: 20 hours per week
Total contact hours: 520hours
Companies
Offering Jobs in 1. Freelancing (Fiverr, Upwork, Freelancers)
the respective 2. Government Institutes
trade
3. Software Houses
4. Crossover, TopTel etc
5. All Private Institutes who are managing software

Job All over the world there is a high demand in the Information Technology industry
Opportunities for developers in various fields such as game developers, gaming studios and game
graphics modelars. With the help of this course, we will be able to give technical
training of Information Technology to our youth. There are also opportunities for
start-up entrepreneurship due to the high demand in the market in following
designated jobs; Pakistan Industry reference
A quick guide about salaries, opportunities and available jobs is listed below.

i. A comparison of game developers in pakistan,

https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/pakistan-game-developer-salary-
SRCH_IL.0,8_IN192_KO9,23.htm
ii. List of jobs and titles available in the industry,
https://www.mustakbil.com/companies/pakistan/computer-games
https://www.rozee.pk/job/jsearch/q/Game%20Developers

No of Students 25

Learning Place Classroom / Lab

Instructional *E-Library link mentioned where required for Trainer and Learner guide
Resources
1. International Online Course:
Go for some online courses should be audited and helpful for
efficient teaching as well,
b. https://www.coursera.org/specializations/game-development
c. https://www.edx.org/learn/game-design

2. Technology References:
Below are some references for the assets that should be useful for
instructors.
a. https://assetstore.unity.com/templates

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 b. https://forum.unity.com/attachments/unitycheatsheet-
pdf.17037/
c. https://www.raywenderlich.com/227-unity-cheat-sheet-and-
quick-reference-2018
d. https://doc.photonengine.com/en-us/pun/v2/demos-and-
tutorials/pun-basics-tutorial/intro
e. https://library.vuforia.com/articles/Training/getting-started-
with-vuforia-in-unity.html
f. https://developers.google.com/vr/develop/unity/get-started-
android
g. https://learn.unity.com/tutorials

Scheduled Week Module Title Learning Units Remarks

Week 1 Introduction  Motivational Lecture

 Course Introduction
 Success stories
 Job market
 Course Applications
 Institute/work ethics
Week 2 Introduction to Unity Engine  Introduction to Game
Development
 Introduction to Unity
Engine
 Unity hub Overview.
 Software Installation
and Setup Unity
 Unity account license
and activation.
 Software Installation
and Setup Sdk.
 Software Installation
and Setup Jdk.
 Software Installation
and Setup Visual Studio
2018.
 Setup environment
Variables and paths.
 Unity Community
Guide.
 Creating First Project.
 Opening existing
Project.
 Unity Project Template.
 Setting up remote Unity

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  Build and Run “Custom
Name” game on
Mobile.
Week 3 Introduction to Unity  Introduction to
Scripting programing
 Basics of programing
 C# scripting and Unity
Engine
 C# Syntax
 C# Beginner Coding
Standards
 Scripts as Behaviour
Components
 Variables and Functions
 Conventions and Syntax
 IF Statements
 Switch Statements
 Loops
 Scope and Access
Modifiers
 Awake and Start
 Update and Fixed
Update
 Vector Maths
 Enabling and Disabling
Components
week 4 Essential Coding Concepts -1  Activating GameObjects
 Translate and Rotate
 Look At
 Linear Interpolation
 GetButton and GetKey
 GetAxis
 OnMouseDown
 GetComponent
 DeltaTime
 DataTypes
 Classes
 Instantiate
 Arrays
 Invoke
 Enumerations
 Order Executions.
 Prefab Instantiate
 Prefab destroy
 Object pooling.

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  Understanding Vector
Arithmetics.
 Vector Distance and
Direction
 Vector Magnitude
 Vector Normalization.
 Playerprefs and data
storage.
Week 5 Essential Coding Concepts - 2  Entity Component
System
 Overview
 Core ECS
 Entities
 Worlds
 Components
 General Purpose
Components
 Shared Components
 System State
Components
 Dynamic Buffer
Components
 Chunk Components
 Systems
 Component Systems
 Job Component
Systems
 Entity Command
Buffers
 System Update Order
 Accessing Entity Data
 Using IJob ForEach
 Using IJob Chunk
 Using Component
System and ForEach
 Manual iteration
 Entity Query
 Component Write
Groups
 Versions and
Generations
 Creating Game play

Week 6 Unity Editor Window and  Unity Main Windows.

Tips/tricks  Scene Editor Window
 Game Viewer Window
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  Console Window
 Hierarchy Window
 Project Window
 Inspector Window
 State Machine Window
 Animation Window
 Profiler Window
 Debugger
 State Window Tab
 Unity Toolbar Tools
 Unity Editor Tips/Tricks
 Selection Outline
 Execute code without
empty object
 Save changes in play-
mode
 Focus in the animation
window
 Toggle between Curves
and Keyframes
 Reverse animation
 Comparing distances
quicker
 Rename a variable and
keep the value
 Folder shortcuts
 Align with view
 Documentation
shortcut
 Documentation History
 Expand/Collapse All
 Changing Editor Layout
 Change editor colors
 Tinting the editor in
playmode
 Toggle scene effects
 Menu Item
 Hiding layers
 Locking layers
 Layer sub menus
 Maximising Windows
 Locking the inspector
 Inspector debug mode
 Debug Log highlights an
object

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  Add Component
shortcut
 Importing save files
 Gizmos
 Custom Gizmos
 Show/hide gizmos
 Show/hide gizmos in
game view
 ToolsV
 Rect Transform in 3D
 Snapping
 Snapping options
 Range attribute
 Space attribute
 Header attribute
 Tooltip attribute
 Merge scenes V
 Duplicate
 Duplicate array items
 Iterate over child
objects
 Change object order in
Hierarchy
 Save selections
 Undocking the preview
 Mute your game
 Frame Debugger
 Physics Debugger
Week 7 Unity GUI and Canvas  Canvas
Components  Rect Transform
 Canvas Components
 Canvas Scaler
 Canvas Group
 Canvas Renderer
 Visual Components
 Text
 Image
 Raw Image
 Mask
 RectMask2D
 UI Effect Components
 Shadow
 Outline
 Position as UV1
 Interaction

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 Components
 Selectable Base Class
 Transition Options
 Navigation Options
 Button
 Toggle
 Toggle Group
 Slider
 Scrollbar
 Dropdown
 Input Field
 Scroll Rect
 Auto Layout
 Layout Element
 Content Size Fitter
 Aspect Ratio Fitter
 Horizontal Layout
Group
 Vertical Layout Group
 Grid Layout Group
 UI How Tos
 Designing UI for
Multiple Resolutions
 Making UI elements fit
the size of their content
 Creating a World Space
UI
 Creating UI elements
from scripting
 Creating Screen
Transitions

week 8 Map Designing, Lightning and  Textures

Camera.  Materials
 Environment Designing
 Terrain Engine
 Creating and editing
Terrains
 Create Neighbor
Terrains
 Terrain tools
 Terrain Layers
 Brushes
 Trees
 Wind Zones

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  Grass and other details
 Working with
Heightmaps
 Terrain settings
 Environment Designing
using Pro Builder
 Importing/Exporting 3d
Models
 Model and its type
 Lightning Properties
 Lightning Window
 Real Time Lightning
 Mixed Lightning
 Global Illumination
 Lightning Sources
 Shadows
 Color Space
 Post processing stack
 Camera properties
 Render Path
 Clear Flags
 Clip Planes
 Culling Mask
 Orthographic Camera
 Render Texture

Week 9 Intro to 3D Modeling  Setup Autodesk Maya

for Designing 3D
Models.
 Intro to Concepts.
 Explaining core tool
features.
 Creating Shapes
 Creating Custom 3D
Models
 Adding Materials and
Textures

Week 10 Intro to 3D Animations  Intro to 3D Animations

 Setting Keyframes
 Adjusting graph editor
 Rigging 3D Model
 Rendering.
 Export Unity Usable
model and animation.

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Week 11 Animation Overview in Unity  Introduction to
Animation
 Animation System
Overview
 Animation Clips
 Animation from
external sources
 Humanoid Avatars
 Animation Window
Guide
 Using the Animation
view
 Creating a new
Animation Clip
 Animating a
GameObject
 Using Animation Curves
 Editing Curves
 Key manipulation in
Dope Sheet mode
 Key manipulation in
Curves mode
 Objects with Multiple
Moving Parts
 Using Animation Events
 Animator Controllers
 The Animator
Controller Asset
 The Animator Window
 Animation State
Machines
 State Machine Basics
 Animation Parameters
 State Machine
Transitions
 State Machine
Behaviours
 Sub-State Machines
 Animation Layers
 Solo and Mute
functionality
 Target Matching
 Inverse Kinematics
 Root Motion - how it
works
 Tutorial: Scripting Root
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 Motion for "in-place"
humanoid animations
 Blend Trees
 1D Blending
 2D Blending
 Direct Blending
 Additional Blend Tree
Options
 Working with blend
shapes
 Animator Override
Controllers
 Retargeting of
Humanoid animations
 Performance and
optimization
 Animation Reference
 Animator component
 Animator Controller
 Creating an Animator
Controller
 Animation States
 Animation transitions

Week 12 Game Physics  Physics

 Physics Overview
 Rigidbody overview
 Colliders
 Joints
 Character Controllers
 Continuous collision
detection (CCD)
 Physics Debug
Visualization
 3D Physics Reference
 Box Collider
 Capsule Collider
 Character Controller
 Character Joint
 Configurable Joint
 Constant Force
 Fixed Joint
 Hinge Joint
 Mesh Collider
 Rigidbody
 Sphere Collider
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  Spring Joint
 Cloth Physics
 Wheel Collider
 Terrain Collider
 Physic Material
 Ragdoll
 Joint and Ragdoll
stability
 Wheel Collider
 Movement of Player.
 Player Shooting
Controller.

Week 13 Game AI - 1  Implementing game AI.

 Navigation and
Pathfinding
 Navigation Overview
 Navigation System in
Unity
 Building a NavMesh
 NavMesh building
components
 NavMesh Surface
 NavMesh Modifier
 NavMesh Modifier
Volume
 NavMesh Link
 Advanced NavMesh
Bake Settings
 Creating a NavMesh
Agent
 Creating a NavMesh
Obstacle
 Creating an Off-mesh
Link
 Building Off-Mesh Links
Automatically
 Building Height Mesh
for Accurate Character
Placement
 Loading Multiple
NavMeshes using
Additive Loading
 Using NavMesh Agent
with Other
Components.
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Week 14 Game AI - 2  NavMesh Agent
 Nav Mesh Obstacle
 Off-Mesh Link
 Telling a NavMeshAgent
to Move to a
Destination
 Moving an Agent to a
Position Clicked by the
Mouse
 Making an Agent Patrol
Between a Set of Points
 Coupling Animation and
Navigation
 2D Basic AI
 A* Path Finding
 Way Points AI
 Movement of NPC
 Unity Spline and
waypoints System.
 Shooting from NPC.
 Health System.
 Game Win/Fail
Capabilities.
Game Assignment

Week 15 Mid-Term Assignment Lab Test

Week 16 Input System & Mobile  Mobile Device Input.
Deployment  Basic Input System
 Keyboard Inputs
 Mouse Inputs
 Mobile Input Configuration
 Joystick Configuration
 Swipe Using Touch
 Accelerometer Control
 Event Trigger System.
 Building games on cross
platform devices.

 UNET/PHOTON.
Intro to Game Networking  Turn Based Multiplayer.
 Real Time Multiplayer.
 PHOTON Overview.
 Lobby and Matchmaking.

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Week 17 Game Networking with  Introduction
PHOTON - 1 (Overview)  Initial Setup
 Feature Overview
 Photon Help Forums Desk
 Photon Reference Scripting
Manual
 Package Demos
 PUN Basics Review
 Setup Connection
 Authentication
 Lobby And Matchmaking
 UserIDs and Friends
 Matchmaking Guide
 Lobby Stats
 Gameplay
 Photon Instantiation
 Synchronization and State
 Lag Compensation
 RPCs and RaiseEvent
 Cached Events
 Photon Interest Groups
 PUN Optimization Tips
Week 18 Game Networking with  Lobby UI.
PHOTON - 2 ( Game Activity)  Game Scenes.
 Game Manager and Levels.
 Player Controller Setup.
 Player Animator Setup.
 Build the Player.
 Setup Camera.
 Add Fire Beam and control
on input.
 Health Setup.
 Game over Check.

Network Game Assignment

Week 19 Intro to Augmented Reality  Introduction to Augmented

Reality
 Vuforia Engine in Unity
 About Vuforia Engine
 Installing Vuforia Engine
 Create a new Unity project
 Vuforia Engine Game
Objects
 Activate Vuforia Engine in

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 your project
 Accessing Vuforia Engine
features in Unity
 Add Targets to your scene
 Adding digital assets
 Playing the scene
 Building and running your
app
Week 20 Intro to Virtual Reality  Introduction to VRTK
 Installing VRTK
 VR Placing Assets (using
VRTK)
 VR Interactable Objects
(using VRTK)
 VR Snap Zones (using VRTK)
 VR User Interface
 Deploying on Mobile
Devices
Week 21 Employable ● Guidelines to the Trainees
Project/Assignment (6 for selection of students
weeks i.e. 21-26) in addition employable project like
of regular classes. final year project (FYP)
OR ● Assign Independent project
On job training ( 2 weeks) to each Trainee
● A project based on
trainee’s aptitude and
acquired skills.
● Designed by keeping in
view the emerging trends in
the local market as well as
across the globe.
● The project idea may be
based on Entrepreneur.
● Leading to the successful
employment.
● The duration of the project
will be 6 weeks
● Ideas may be generated via
different sites such as:
https://1000projects.org/
https://nevonprojects.com/
https://www.freestudentproje
cts.com/
https://technofizi.net/best-
computer-science-and-
engineering-cse-project-

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 topics-ideas-for-students/
 Final viva/assessment will
be conducted on project
assignments.
 At the end of session the
project will be presented in
skills competition
 The skill competition will be
conducted on zonal,
regional and National level.
 The project will be
presented in front of
Industrialists for
commercialization
 The best business idea will
be placed in NAVTTC
business incubation center
for commercialization.
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OR
On job training for 2 weeks:
 Aims to provide 2 weeks
industrial training to the
Trainees as part of overall
training program
 Ideal for the manufacturing
trades
 As an alternate to the
projects that involve
expensive equipment
 Focuses on increasing
Trainee’s motivation,
productivity, efficiency and
quick learning approach.

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Week 22 Game Optimization  Importance of Game
Optimization.
 Unity Profiler.
 Setting Up Profiler.
 Profiler Window Layout.
 Section Controls of Profiler.
 Performance Orientated
Classification
 Spike Graph
 Profiler using Android
Debug Bridge
 Batching GameObjects.
 Static Batching
 Dynamic Batching
 Texture reusability
 Texture Atlas
 Sprite Atlas.
 Culling Properties.
 Frustum Culling
 Occlusion Culling
 LOD Groups
 MipMaps
 Audio - Compression
 Physics Optimization
 Code Optimization
 Object Pooling
 Coroutines vs Updates
 Cashing Components
 Find GameObjects
 Scripting Customizations
 Light Baking.
 Fake Lights
 Shader Efficiencies.
 Shader Instancing
 Particle Fx - Optimizations.
 Animation - Instancing.
Intro to Game Art/Design  Installation of photoshop.
 Installation of illustrator
 Game Art Styles.
 Game User Interface.
Week 23 Designing Game Art  Splash Screen.
 ICONs.
 BAckgrounds.
 Character.
 Animation.

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  Game Assets.

Week 24 Designing Game User  Buttons.

Interface  Panels.
 Text.
 Logos.
 Slicing/UI Integration
Week 25 Sounds, Particles,  Sound Effects.
Monetization  Visual Effects.
 Economy and
monetization.
 Unity Ads
 Unity Analytics
 Unity Notification
 Unity Firebase Integrations
 Game Publishing to Google
Play
Week 26 Entrepreneurship and Final  Job Market Searching
Assessment in project  Self-employment
 Freelancing sites
 Introduction
 Fundamentals of Business
Development
 Entrepreneurship
 Startup Funding
 Business Incubation and
Acceleration
 Business Value Statement
 Business Model Canvas
 Sales and Marketing
Strategies
 How to Reach Customers
and Engage CxOs
 Stakeholders Power Grid
 RACI Model, SWOT Analysis,
PEST Analysis
 SMART Objectives
 OKRs
 Cost Management (OPEX,
CAPEX, ROCE etc.)
 Final Assessment

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List of Machinery / Equipment

Quantity physically available at

Sr. No Name of item as per curriculum
the training location

1 Computers Minimum Corei5 25

● LCD Display 17” with built in speakers

2 Mobiles with Android OS 25

3 DSL Internet Connection (Minimum 1 MB) Available on every PC

4 25 each
Accessories/Devices

● Connectors
● Multimedia
● Printer (NW printer)
● Audio/visual aid
● White Board
● Pin Board (optional)
● Flip Chart Board (optional)
● Hard copy of Training Material
● Mobile Phones (Student Should Carry)

For every PC
Wires, data cables, power plugs, power
5
supply

Available
6 UPS

Available
7 Generator / Solar Backup

Available
8 Air Conditioner (2 Tons)

1. Software List

Sr. No Software Name

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 1. MS Office 2016 (Installed on each PC)

2. Operating System (Windows)

3. Programming Language C# , Visual Studio tool

4. Unity Engine 2019 or later

Web browser including Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox,

5.
Netscape, Opera (installed on each PC)
6. Firewall (each PC)

Security scanning tools including Antivirus (each PC)

Networking
7.

Designing Software:
● Adobe Photoshop
● CorelDraw
● Character Animation
8.
● Adobe Premiere
● MS Office
● Adobe Illustrator

2. Minimum Qualification of Teachers / Instructor

The qualification of teachers / instructor of this course should be a minimum of bachelors in
Computer science with minimum 3 years of development experience in relevant trade.
● Bachelors of Computers Science (Hons)

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 3. Supportive Notes

Teaching Learning Material

Teachers

Material Name Reference links

Case Studies of Games Link

This is one of the most popular games, and its case study should be
learned by the instructor and shared with students in an interactive
manner.

Introduction to Game Design, prototyping and Development Jeremy Gibson

Computer Graphics Principles and Practise James D.Foley

Adobe Premiere Pro CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release) Maxim Jago

Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book Adobe Creative Team

(Author)

Producing Independent 2D Character Animation: Making & Selling A Mark A. Simon (Author)
Short Film (Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation)

If a 17 yrs old student can do it, you can do it https://propakistani.pk

/2016/08/24/this-17-
year-old-game-
developer-from-
pakistan-has-over-1-5-
million-game-
downloads/

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