The Hero's Village
6 weeks · 6 classes
Build a living village! An animated hero who walks and swings a sword, villagers to talk to, and a camera that follows the action.
By the end: a walkable village with solid walls, an animated four-direction hero who swings a sword, friendly characters with real dialogue, a camera that follows the hero, plus sound and music. All exported and ready to share.
Being finalized. This course is being finalized and polished before it opens on Outschool in July 2026. The outline below is the plan for what your learner will build, and a few details may still change as we add the finishing touches.
The plan, week by week
One live class each week. Open any week to see what your learner will build.
- Week 1
Setup and movement
Project setup and sprite import; an animated hero who walks in four directions.
Open this class - Week 2
The world
Build the village with tile ground and walls, collisions, and a camera that follows the hero across a world bigger than the screen.
Open this class - Week 3
Meeting people
Place NPCs and proximity triggers, so a text box appears when the hero steps up and presses Z.
Open this class - Week 4
Real dialogue
Multi-line conversations the player advances key by key, with different characters saying different things.
Open this class - Week 5
The sword
An attack animation and a hitbox, so swinging the sword does something visible: chops grass, breaks pots, hits a training dummy that flashes.
Open this class - Week 6
Polish and ship
Sound effects, music, particle effects on hits, then export to the web and share. Show-and-tell.
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Taught live on Outschool. New here? Begin with the short Make Your First Mini-Game course, or jump straight into Part 1, The Hero's Village.