Scripts as Behaviour Components

Variables and Functions

Conventions and Syntax

IF Statements

Loops

Scope and Access Modifiers

Awake and Start

Update and FixedUpdate

Vector Maths

Enabling and Disabling Components

Activating GameObjects

Translate and Rotate

Look At

Linear Interpolation

Destroy

GetButton and GetKey

GetAxis

OnMouseDown

GetComponent

DeltaTime

DataTypes

Classes

Instantiate

Arrays

Invoke

Enumerations

Switch Statements

What are Variables and Functions, and how do they store and process information for us?

How to use the For, While, Do-While, and For Each Loops to repeat actions in code.

Overview

Before you begin

For loops

Foreach loops

While loops

Do-While loops

Keywords for loops

Summary

Understanding variable & function scope and accessibility.

Start MonoBehaviour Methods

A primer on Vector maths - as well as information on the Dot and Cross products.

How to enable and disable components via script during runtime.

Detecting Mouse Clicks

How to detect mouse clicks on a Collider or GUI element.

Using OnMouseDown

Using input to manually raycast

Using the UGUI event system

How to use the GetComponent function to address properties of other scripts or components.

Time

What is Delta Time and how can it be used in your games to smooth and interpret values?

Change over time

Delta Time

Time Scale

Scaled time vs unscaled time

Time Scale Example

Learn the important differences between Value and Reference data types, in order to better understand how variables work.

Data Types

How to use Instantiate to create clones of a Prefab during runtime.

Enumerations allow you to create a collection of related constants. In this video you will learn how to declare and use enumerations in your code.

Switch statements act like streamline conditionals. They are useful for when you want to compare a single variable against a series of constants. In this video you will learn how to write and use switch statements.

Next: This is the final tutorial in the project.

This collection of tutorials is an excellent reference point for teachers or students who want to review the most important and foundational scripting concepts for developing with Unity. If you are unsure whether or not you understand a particular coding concept or if you want to make sure you have all your bases covered, reviewing the tutorials here can be very helpful. 

Before reviewing the tutorials here, it is recommended that you have completed at least one beginner project in Unity to provide more context, such as:

Learn about programming for game development, from the very beginning with these easy to follow video tutorials.

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Beginner Scripting

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U_Beginner_22_Instantiate.mp4

This tutorial is included in the Beginner Scripting project.

Games

Unity for Artists Curricular Framework Resources

AI, ML Curricular Framework Resources 

Beginner Scripting (Acc-Sol)

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class UsingInstantiate : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody rocketPrefab;
    public Transform barrelEnd;
    
    
    void Update ()
    {
        if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
        {
            Rigidbody rocketInstance;
            rocketInstance = Instantiate(rocketPrefab, barrelEnd.position, barrelEnd.rotation) as Rigidbody;
            rocketInstance.AddForce(barrelEnd.forward * 5000);
        }
    }
}

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class RocketDestruction : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Start()
    {
        Destroy (gameObject, 1.5f);
    }
}

Instantiate

1. Instantiate

Complete this tutorial