Unity is a piece of software that can create games, interactive environments, apps and export these not only to windows exe but also as Mac apps and various other formats such as those comparable with android.
Unity is commonly used for games development and can be used for 2D games as well as
3D.
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| Unity Interface |
As shown in the screen grab above we can see the
different toolbars and option menus. To the top left we have the hierarchy,
this shows all objects used within the scene. This can make it a lot easier to
find your objects, by allowing you to double-click on any object, to get sent
to the area it resides within. To the right hand side is the inspector panel,
this shows you all the properties of each element when selected.
To create my experimental movement “game”, I
first created a new project with no extensions; as for this task I didn’t
require extensions.
Coding
In order to create an app, or game per say it is
required that you have a reasonable amount knowledge of coding for the software
in use. Below you can see a variation of commands, which I used to create my
small test game.
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| Character Animation Controls - Coding |
Int = Whole number
Float = Point number such as 1.2
Script lines = always need to end in a
semi-colon or it won’t recognize the code as part of the program. This can be
useful if you want to add notes in your coding without it affecting the actual
programming.
Void Start = executes a command once
Start Update = executes the command constantly,
on a loop.
Capital and non-capital letters = This affects
the workings of the code and so is very important.
Vector3 = is a variable command
If Statement = if a condition exists then do
this(next command) – see below
If(){} = if this (situation) exists produce this
{Result}
Prefabs =library models
Instantiate = creates a multiple of the
mentioned object.
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| Assigning Colour and Material |
Using these commands and other directions such as
“GetKeyDown” I learnt how to create very basic coding for moving a character or
object and to texture the “world’s” terrain as well as apply gravity to the
objects.
Also a useful tip to add for if you want to make dormant a line of code or just have a comment within the coding(this can be used to help gauge your way around the coding later) you can "comment out" lines of text. To do this you simply input the following: /* (example text) this text now isnt included with your active coding */
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| Texture Covered "Hills" |
I used textures from the below websites to decorate the
object’s material.
Review of Unity Workshop
The Test Game
Controls:
To activate the character animations: down - g, right - f, left - h
To create and move rock balls: up-w, down-s, right-d, left-a, fire rock balls-q
