Math For Video Games: The Fastest Way To Get Smarter At Math

Learn Math for Video Game Design & Coding through Solving Fun Video Game Problems

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Maths and video games go hand-in-hand. Video games are a practical, challenging, and fun way to sharpen your math skills. What's more, video games are like living math. From graphics and physics, to AI and movement, games are full of math.

Learn foundational math concepts relevant to game development. In the course we break it down and build it back up, block by block. For each skill you will start from an interesting real-world problem. You'll always understand why you're learning a concept, and feel motivated to solve the problem in hand. In the course you will learn:

The concepts learnt will help you create interesting scoring mechanics, have one object smoothly follow another, calculate the path of a projectile, target enemies using triangles and understand how random item drops work.

This course is the result of a successful Kickstarter, and consistent demand from our community of hundreds of thousands of students worldwide. There is a real need to improve math skills, not just for games, but for many areas of life. You'll be amazed how much more colourful the world looks as your math improves.

All the math you learn will be reinforced with quizzes. You'll write your own handwritten notes as you go, to help you remember your skills. We'll translate some of the math to pseudocode so you can see how it applies to C#, C++, Python and any other modern language.

Benefit from our world-class support from both other students, and the GameDev.tv team who are regularly engaged in the forums and Q&A section.

You will get full lifetime access for a single one-off fee. The creators are qualified and experienced coders and avid gamers, so are able to explain complex concepts clearly, as well as entertain along the way.

Join us on this exciting journey now, you won't be disappointed

What you'll learn in this course:

How to write and solve equations relevant to game development.
Basic trigonometry the fun way, triangles, circles & stuff.
Enough vector math to make 2D and 3D games.
About imaginary & complex numbers, angles & quaternions.

Your Instructor

Gary Pettie

Gary is a self-proclaimed nerd who absolutely loves video games, maths, science, and technology.

He studied Computing & IT with the Open University and was first introduced to GameDev.tv in 2017, when he enrolled on the “Complete Unity Developer” course. Gary wanted to get serious about making games and a few months later he was a Unity certified developer and now runs his own indie game studio.

In his younger years, Gary worked as a professional musician and private guitar tutor and particularly enjoyed passing on his knowledge to others. So, when the opportunity arose to become a GameDev.tv instructor, he couldn’t pass up the chance to share his knowledge and passion with all of you!

Course Curriculum (17+ hours)

Introduction & Arithmetic (2 hours 32 minutes)

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Welcome To The Course (1:00)

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Addition & Subtraction (4:36)

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Rounding (6:20)

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Multiplication & Number Blocks (7:18)

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Division (9:30)

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Remainders (8:28)

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BODMAS (3:39)

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Quiz 1

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Squaring, Cubing & Powers (9:31)

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Sideways Calculators (6:09)

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Squaring Decimals (4:23)

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Reversing Powers (7:40)

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Quiz 2

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Charts & Graphs 101 (8:46)

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Area Under Chart 101 (6:20)

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Gradient Of A Line (6:10)

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Distance, Speed & Time (6:08)

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Quiz 3

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Rates Of Change (8:19)

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The Magic of e (7:07)

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Logarithms 101 (9:14)

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Logarithms - Changing Base (4:55)

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Factorials & Permutations (7:22)

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Number Bases (7:06)

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Scientific Notation (11:31)

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How To Pass Your First Math Checkpoint (0:48)

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Algebra and Equations (2 hours 2 minutes)

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Introduction: Algebra & Equations (0:59)

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Algebra 101 (8:07)

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Inequalities (8:28)

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Plotting Graphs (5:43)

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Gradient and Intercept (6:28)

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Linear Equations (9:19)

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Quiz 5

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Graphing Simultaneous Equations (7:15)

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Simultaneous Equations (Substitution) (5:23)

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Simultaneous Equations (Elimination) (6:53)

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Parallel Lines (7:21)

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Quiz 6

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Parabolas (4:47)

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The Quadratic Equation (3:53)

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Intercept Form (7:52)

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The FOIL Method (4:28)

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Vertex Form (7:48)

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Completing The Square Part 1 (5:27)

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Completing The Square Part 2 (7:02)

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Factoring Quadratics (8:48)

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Less than Two Roots (5:31)

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Quiz 8

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Section Wrap-Up (1:13)

Angles and Circles (1 hours 59 minutes)

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Introduction: Angles and Circles (1:10)

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The Circle (3:50)

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What is Pi? (5:38)

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Degrees and Radians (10:17)

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Triangles (7:13)

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Quiz 9

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Pythagorean Theorem (7:50)

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Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Part 1 (7:56)

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Sine, Cosine, and Tangent Part 2 (10:53)

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SOH CAH TOA (11:13)

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The Sine Rule (11:00)

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The Cosine Rule (7:32)

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The Sine & Cosine Rules Explained (11:25)

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Solving Any Triangle (3:48)

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Graphing Sine, Cosine, and Tangent (4:16)

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Manipulating Sine Waves (8:51)

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Combining Waves (5:16)

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Section Wrap-up (1:01)

Vectors and Matrices (2 hours 22 minutes)

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Introduction: Vectors and Matrices (1:12)

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Reading and Writing Vectors (9:54)

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Magnitude vs Squared Magnitude (12:46)

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Coordinate Systems (4:46)

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Vector Addition (9:48)

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Scalar Multiplication (6:35)

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Normalizing Vectors (5:12)

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Zero Vectors (2:29)

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Dot Product (13:05)

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Cross Product (10:26)

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Reflection (9:23)

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Project on a Plane (8:50)

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What is a Matrix (6:07)

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Addition and Scalar Multiplication (5:29)

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Adjacency Matrix (6:14)

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Matrix Multiplication (7:44)

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Identity Matrix (5:14)

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Determinant (6:38)

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Matrix Inverse (9:30)

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Section Wrap-Up (1:13)

Rotation & Interpolation (1 hours 59 minutes)

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Introduction: Rotation and Interpolation (1:12)

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Vector Direction (7:58)

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Imaginary Numbers (8:07)

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Complex Numbers (4:03)

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Complex Multiplication (8:08)

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Polar Coordinates (7:18)

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Rotation Matrix (6:59)

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Euler Rotation (9:36)

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Gimbal Lock (3:19)

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What are Quaternions? (4:33)

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Quaternion Multiplication Part 1 (11:25)

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Quaternion Multiplication Part 2 (7:07)

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Quaternion Rotation Part 1 (6:53)

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Quaternion Rotation Part 2 (7:33)

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LERP (7:35)

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SLERP (11:34)

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Easing Functions (5:30)

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Section Wrap-Up (1:03)

Probability & Statistics (2 hours 24 minutes)

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Introduction: Probability and Statistics (1:05)

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Exploring Data (5:20)

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Percentages (10:23)

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Sigma Notation (7:09)

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Averages (7:51)

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Outliers (4:53)

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Skewness (4:49)

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Interquartile Range (8:08)

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Standard Deviation (9:44)

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Correlation (8:36)

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Causation (3:08)

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Normalizing Data (8:53)

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Probability 101 (8:12)

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Consecutive Events (9:54)

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Complement Rule (2:25)

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Theoretical vs Experimental (4:36)

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The Law of Averages (8:06)

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Bayes' Theorem (12:24)

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Cumulative Distribution Function (6:07)

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Elo Rating System (11:50)

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Section Wrap-Up (1:14)

Power User Live Calls (4 hours 24 minutes)

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Frequently Asked Questions

When does the course start and finish?

The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.

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We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

Reviews

Jeroen Tavernier

"Congratulations team for this amazing course.

"I am 33 y/o. I took this course for the reason of understanding the math, behind all the gameplay programming I'm doing in Unity, better. First of all, this course's teacher (Gary Pettie, he teaches everything after section one) is amazing for being able to explain math in a very clear, easy to follow and easy to understand way. Math I didn't fully grasp in the past, due to bad or overly complicated explanations, now suddenly make sense. The course starts with the basics of basics but quickly picks up to the interesting parts that relate to game development. This was a great course to revisit most of the math I saw in the past, to then add some new and useful math in the later lectures. Now back to gameplay programming with a better understanding of what's going on behind the scenes! "

Gemma Campbell

"Excellent course, reminded me of many mathematical concepts that I learned at school but have never applied since then, and also taught me a lot of new things too!

The teaching was very clear and engaging with plenty of challenges and quizzes along the way to ensure full understanding of each concept.

Thanks for a great learning experience!"

Nicolas Rojas

"This is a nice course that introduces a lot of necessary concepts, the only problem is that it explores too many things, sometimes this doesn't allow to get in depth with more difficult concepts or they are oversimplified. Finally I think this shouldn't be agnostic because it's a lot easier to understand and far more useful if implemented in a Game Engine."

Kamruz Zaman

"As a teacher of Computer Science I have found this course very useful. Whilst I am comfortable in programming I chose this course to brush up on my math skills and to help me explain mathematical concepts even better. This course helps me do this. The explanations are clear with good use of coloured diagrams. I like the challenges too and I have checked the feedback given by the tutors in the forum and the feedback is well explained and easy to understand."

Michael Smith

"Great math course that brushes up on the basics as well as expands into more complex topics."