Procedural Mesh Generation in Unity

Ready to move beyond static assets and create dynamic, unique game worlds? This course teaches you how to generate 3D models and environments directly from code, unlocking endless creative possibilities for your Unity projects. By the end of this course, you'll have a solid foundation in procedural mesh generation. You will understand the theory behind 3D mesh construction and be able to write C# scripts that build everything from basic geometric shapes to vast, noise-based landscapes. You'll gain practical skills to create custom, performant, and infinitely variable content for your games. What you'll learn: - Understand the core components of a 3D mesh: vertices, triangles, normals, and UVs. - Practice building basic 2D and 3D geometric shapes from scratch using C# scripts. - Apply Perlin and fractal noise algorithms to generate dynamic and natural-looking terrain. - Learn to programmatically calculate vertex colors and tangents to prepare your meshes for advanced lighting and shaders. - Implement chunking techniques to efficiently manage and generate large-scale or seemingly infinite landscapes. - Write clean, reusable, and performant code for procedural generation that you can adapt for your own projects. The course starts with the essential definitions of mesh data structures before moving into practical, hands-on exercises where you'll write code to build increasingly complex procedural assets. This course is for Unity developers who are comfortable with C# basics but are new to procedural mesh generation. No prior experience with 3D modeling is required. Start learning to program your own game worlds today.