Unit 4 - Introduction

Lesson 4.1 - Watch Where You’re Going

Lesson 4.2 - Follow the Player

Lesson 4.3 - PowerUp and CountDown

Lesson 4.4 - Creating Gameplay Loops

Challenge 4 - Scripting Soccer

Lab 4 - Creating Basic Gameplay

Quiz 4

In this Unit, you will program an arcade-style Sumo battle with the objective of knocking increasingly difficult waves of enemies off of a floating island, using power ups to help defeat them. In creating this prototype, you will learn how to implement new gameplay mechanics into your projects, which are new rules or systems that make the game more interesting to play. On one hand, you will learn to program a powerup, which give the player a temporary advantage. On the other hand, you will learn to program increasingly difficult enemy waves, which make survival more challenging for the player. A good balance of powerups and increasing difficulty make for a much more interesting gameplay experience.  

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Create with Code - Unit 4: Gameplay Mechanics

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Control the execution of code with common logic structures 

Level 1 Application Scripting

Joy Horvath

Instructional Designer

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By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

Apply Physics Materials to make game objects bouncy

Normalize vectors to point the enemy in the direction of the player

Randomly spawn with Random.Range on two axes

Write more advanced custom functions and variables to make your code clean and professional

Select the appropriate common Unity methods to use, e.g., Awake, Start, Update, FixedUpdate, Collision, and Trigger Events, given a desired feature to code

Achieve a desired result by using Unity API methods, given Unity’s script documentation

Achieve a desired result with different parameters by using various method overloads

Distinguish a correct use of any given Unity API method from an incorrect use

Control or trigger the state of components, such as an Animator Controller, Light, AudioSource, or User Interface element by using appropriate methods

Construct an input listener, given a scenario where a specific type of input is required

Print a message consisting of concatenated strings and variable values to the console by using Unity's Debug.Log method

Compose scripts that utilize various APIs

Deduce the purpose and expected result of a given block of code

Accomplish a specific task by constructing a viable method declaration, given a list of keywords and syntax elements

Structure methods by using void and return

Demonstrate ability to implement a given feature in code by recommending data types and logic flow for a new method

Write code that integrates into an existing system

Reduce redundancy and improve code's readability by correctly naming variables and methods

Lesson 4.2 - Follow the Player

Tutorial complete!