Get started with prototyping

Choose a prototype idea

Plan and scope your prototype

Create your greybox prototype

Build on your basic prototype

Enhance your prototype with ProBuilder

Enhance your prototype with Terrain

Test your prototype

Creative Core: Prototyping quiz

Before you get caught up in developing your dream project, it’s important to start a little smaller and create a prototype. Prototyping gives you the opportunity to work out what should really be at the heart of the real-time experience you want to make and to test out different approaches to achieve that.

In this mission, you’ll learn about some different approaches to prototyping and explore an example we’ve created as you work on your own prototype. This learning experience is about process rather than a set outcome; if you’re new to prototyping, we hope you’ll find something useful no matter what you want to create!

By the time you complete this learning experience, you’ll be able to:

Determine the appropriate prototyping approach for a specific project.

Decide the critical project features required in order to create a functional prototype.

Integrate external assets and tools into your prototype.

Refine a prototype environment using ProBuilder and Terrain.

This project is a standalone learning experience which uses content developed for the 

. You’ll find everything you need to get started with prototyping in Unity, but you may also notice references to the guided learning journey for that pathway.

If you decide that you’d like to complete the whole 

, you can start at any time. You’ll receive credit for any tutorials that you have already completed when you do. 

2022.3

2021.3

2020.3

Creative Core: Prototyping

3986066d-95fc-485e-90e2-ddd816895145:8d51b93f7265

Create a basic 3D experience prototype in Unity, taking it from initial idea to polished portfolio entry.

Beginner Prototyping

ElizabethMidgley

In this quiz, you will assess your knowledge of beginner prototyping in Unity.

Explain the difference between rapid and evolutionary prototyping

Explain the importance of scoping and incremental iteration in the prototyping process

Determine the appropriate prototyping approach for a specific project

Evaluate the prototype against the key requirements

Refine the prototype experience through incremental iteration

Evaluate feedback and identify actions to improve the prototype

Create a functional prototype in Unity

Customize Terrain using the Paint Terrain tool

Explain how Terrain can support prototype development

Refine a prototype environment using Terrain

Configure geometry to make basic scenery for a prototype

Explain how ProBuilder can support prototype development

Refine a prototype environment using ProBuilder

Explain the importance of different types of testing in prototype development

Complete acceptance tests against prototype requirements

Identify unexpected behavior in a prototype

Test a basic experience prototype

Import a third-party character controller

Identify third-party assets and resources for a prototype

Integrate external assets and tools into your prototype

Identify key features and requirements for a prototype

Scope which features are required to deliver a minimum functional prototype

Decide the critical project features required in order to create a functional prototype

Which of the following is a common prototyping methodology (approach)? Select all answers that apply.

Rapid prototyping is an approach that involves making a quick prototype that generally won’t be taken into full production. 

Evolutionary prototyping is an approach that involves creating a functional prototype that is designed to be developed through to the final experience.

Agile is a software development approach; creators may use agile principles, but they aren’t specific to prototyping.

Game jams can be a great platform to create rapid prototypes, but they aren’t a prototyping approach.

What is the main purpose of paper prototyping? Select one answer.

The primary purpose of paper prototyping is to help you evaluate the core interactions and mechanics of an experience concept. 

It may also help you clarify your understanding of user needs and work more efficiently with others, but these are secondary outcomes.

Paper prototyping for digital experiences does not generally involve visual style exploration.

What features and tools in Unity are designed to support initial prototyping? Select all answers that apply.

Terrain Tools and the ProBuilder package are designed to support prototyping in Unity.

You are likely to use the Input System package in your prototype, but prototyping is not its primary purpose.

The Scriptable Render Pipeline is a tool that creators can use to create custom render pipelines. It is not a prototyping tool.

What is the main purpose of user testing when you are prototyping? Select one answer. 

User testing and feedback can be incredibly valuable when you are making a real-time experience. 

In the context of prototyping, the main purpose of a user testing phase is to gather information about the user experience of your prototype for users who weren’t involved in its development.

When should you complete a polish pass for your prototype? Select one answer.

It isn’t always necessary or appropriate to complete a polish pass for your prototype, but if you want to include the experience in your portfolio or submit it then it can be very helpful to do so. It should be one of the last things that you do.

Design

Hammad_N

To calculate your score, submit your answers to the quiz. A passing score will mark this quiz complete.

Creative Core: Prototyping quiz

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Submit answers