Unity Learn the Free and Official Learning Platform for Unity Unity Learn Unity is a game engine with a diverse set of use cases. The engine can be used to develop 2D and 3D games. It offers the ability to build for multiple platforms from game consoles to mobile devices. Businesses use it to build …
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Unity Prefabs Oftentimes while creating games you find yourself needing to reuse objects in multiple places. Maybe it is an enemy or perhaps even a tree. You create the first one and select duplicate to make a copy of the object. Now, you have to rotate and reposition it to fit its new location. When …
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Using RaycastHit in Unity to Detect and Manipulate Objects Introduction Games often have a need for detecting where objects are in relation to other objects or interactions from the user. Usually, you can detect these interactions through collisions or triggers. Sometimes, you may only want to detect collisions in one direction or over a set …
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Unity Keyboard Shortcuts for Faster Game Development Introduction Keyboard shortcuts offer quick access to often used tools and features within an application. Getting to know Unity’s keyboard shortcuts will lead to faster game development. Memorizing just a few of these will have you zooming through the Unity editor with such ease and fluidity some might …
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Animate a Character with Unity’s 2D Animation Package Introduction Learning how to animate a character is a pivotal part of creating a game. Animations breathe life into your game and can influence a player’s emotions and responses. Have a character wince when they get hurt and the player instantly understands what happened and that they …
How to Pass Parameters with ScriptableObject Events Introduction Events are an essential component in having clean, understandable, modular, and encapsulated code. They allow you to decouple scripts and Classes from one another. Events are like mailing lists. When the event is triggered a message is sent out to everyone that has subscribed to the event’s …
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Tips and Tricks: Unity’s Color32 Introduction Unity’s Color32 takes a 32 bit RGBA value and converts it into a color. Giving you more precision when setting the colors in your game. Each RGBA value has a min value of 0 and a maximum value of 255. This allows for greater control over your color value …
Tips and Tricks: Unity Spawn a Prefab Introduction Using Unity to spawn prefabs is a key component in developing games. Prefabs are composed of one or more GameObjects which have been turned into an object that can be copied, as is, for reuse throughout your scene. You can spawn an object at a position in …
Tips and Tricks: Unity RigidBody AddForce Introduction Unity Rigidbody AddForce is the recommended way to move GameObjects around the game world using physics. To use it properly you will need to have an understanding of what it is, how it works, and how to use it. AddForce is part of Unity’s physics system and is …
Unity Rigidbody Velocity Introduction When moving characters, vehicles, or other objects around your game physics quickly become an important factor. Unity comes with built in physics simulations which you can apply to your GameObjects through the use of Rigidbody components. One of the most commonly used properties of Rigidbodies is velocity. Furthermore, you can set …
