Procedural Race Tracks - Houdini 17.5/18 and Houdini Engine (Udemy.com)

So far good introduction and setting expectations.

Excellent course. One of the best i've bought. Really good content and very well explaned. If you want to know about Houdini to Unity/UE workflows this is the best place to start. Kenny's other content on SideFx.com and Youtube is also a great compliment to this course. Can't recommend enough!

Very thorough. Some sections are updated, some not. Updates are often in a separate video that needs to be watched after the out of date video which feels fragmentary. Course is largely unity first, unreal second. Everything works, but you will have to watch the unity videos to do the unreal sections.

Given how many Houdini resources out there struggle to keep up with the new updates and changes that Houdini goes through (now at 18.5) it is a relief to find a resource (second course I've taken with Indie Pixel) with such an engaged instructor who personally replies (and quickly!) to questions/challenges I've been running into. If you're still debating this course definitely go for it!

Kenny is the best. Never thought I'd ever touch Houdini. I still got a lot to learn but thanks to this excellent course I got a nice foundation, Kenny is a great teacher that never lets a topic get boring. He's got expert knowledge and more importantly is great at teaching so he can share his knowledge understandably. Feels amazing seeing your procedural setups change so much by just shifting a slider or pulling a curve!

I really recommend this course who wants to get into procedural asset building with Houdini. Kenny is an amazing tutor and very active with the questions as well. I was totally new to Houdini before this course. And by the end of the course, i was able to tell what nodes Kenny would use next and what settings. Not to mention I can also troubleshoot things by my self as he really nails down the groundwork and base concepts. Also, my comments come from experience. I have been working in this industry for more than 15 years working on high-profile projects.

Indie Pixel is amazing, and if you want to tackle a large project in Houdini or get up to speed with how to use Houdini with Unity or Unreal, this course if for you. Compared to other professional training courses for Houdini, it's an absolute steal even f you don't get it on sale. So why isn't it a five star course? There is actually too much content here. The difficulty ramps up quickly, and all those little differences between versions of Houdini start to add up to big problems for the learner, especially when IP makes changes to his node network between videos. He is good about mentioning what changed, but following along and getting correct results was difficult for some sections. I would have strongly preferred less content in exchange for more depth and a slower pace. You can tell IP is a professional who has shipped games before, but I think this course could have benefited from being toned down a bit. Absolutely do buy this course, but be aware that it may need to come a bit later in your Houdini learning journey than you might expect. Come in having done several modeling projects, have more than a passing familiarity with Vex, and know something about terrain before you see it here.

Kenny is a great instructor. He provides his tutoring with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. He knows his way around Houdini and he sometimes shows multiple ways of dealing with a problem, but also challenges the student to find his/her own way in problemsolving. Sometimes Kenny tends to be a bit quick on the subject and skipping a bit of explenation. This rarely happens, but if it does he provides excellent feedback in the Q&A section. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn more procedural techniques (within Houdini) and transfer that knowledge into a game engine with the use of the Houdini Engine.

The sheer amount of content on this course is staggering. Even if you're not looking to go specifically into real-time engines, there is so much stuff in here around procedural modelling/creation it's worth it for that alone. The instructor seems very experienced and knows his stuff, the delivery is clear and confident, and the course support (including adding new content) is superb. Make no mistake, this is top tier learning content.

Really nice course. Well explained and good pacing. It's a wonderful introduction to creating tools with Houdini!