Week 2 | Session 4 - Player Control - Apr 2, 2020

This is the same content covered in Lesson 1.4 in the independent Create with Code Course.

What you will make:

• When the player presses the up/down arrows, the vehicle will move forward and backward. When the player presses the left/right arrows, the vehicle will turn.

What you will learn:

• Gain user input with Input.GetAxis, allowing the player to move in different ways
• Use the Rotate function to rotate an object around an axis
• Clean and organize your hierarchy with Empty objects

To participate in this session and follow along, you need:

• Unity 2018.4 installed
• An up-to-date project open in Unity:
  • If you have followed along with us this week and have your own project ready, you are good to go!
  • You can also download the instructor's up-to-date project and import it (If you don't know how to import a project, you can read how here)

If this is your first Create with Code live learning session, you can catch up by:

1. Following along with the recordings of our previous live learning sessions
2. Completing the same lessons in the independent Create with Code Course

*Note - it is not necessary for you to catch up, but it is recommended for an ideal learning experience.

If you missed this live session, you can catch up with the video below:

If you missed this live session, you can catch up with the video below:

Get caught up:

If you were not able to finish the session along with the instructors, you can catch up by:

1. Re-watching this recorded session when it is posted in Step 3 above at 3am PT (10am UCT) the morning after this session's date
2. Picking up where you left off in Lesson 1.4 of the independent Create with Code Course

Optional homework:

• Complete the "Plane Programming" challenge
• Add something cool to the prototype and post it below

Extra credit:

• If you want to go ahead and preview what we'll be covering in the next session, you can give it a try in Lab 1: Project Design Document of the independent Create with Code Course

If you went above and beyond and added a cool new feature to your "Driving Simulator" prototype or the "Plane Programming" challenge, take a screenshot or screen-recording and post it here to share what you made! Please also share with us some of the "behind-the-scenes" info regarding how you did it.