Lesson 6.3 - Sharing your Projects

Before we can export our projects, we need to add the “Export Modules” that will allow us to export for particular platforms:

1. Open Unity Hub and navigate to the Installs Tab

2. On the Unity version you’ve been using in the course, select the gear icon, then select Add Modules.

3. Select Web Build Support, and either Mac or Windows build support, then click Done and wait for the installation to complete.

Now that we have the export modules installed, we can put them to use and export one of our projects:

1. Open the project you would like to build (could be a prototype or your personal project)

2. In Unity, click File > Build Profiles, then click Select Windows or macOS as your target platform, then select Switch Platform. If a window pop up that say the Unity Editor needs to be restarted select Apply.

3. Select Open Scene List.

4. Select Add Open Scenes to add your scene.

5. Click Player Settings and adjust any settings you want, including making it “Windowed”, “Resizable”, and whether or not you want to enable the “Display Resolution Dialog”.
For more information, check out the documentation on configuring player settings.

6. Select Build or Build and Run, name your project, and save it inside a new folder inside your Create with Code folder called “Builds”

7. Play your game to test it out, then if you want, rebuild it with different settings

Since it is pretty hard to distribute your games on Mac or Windows, it’s a good idea to make your projects available online by building for WebGL:

1. Reopen the Build Settings menu, select WebGL, then click Switch Platform.
Note: you will only be able to do this if you have installed the WebGL Build Support export module.

2. Click Build, then save in your “Builds” folder with “ - WebGL” in the name.

3. Right-click on your WebGL build folder and Compress/Zip it into a .zip file.

4. If you want, upload it to a game sharing site like Unity Play or itch.io.

If you feel proud of the project you made and you want to share it, you can share screenshots of the game or upload a link so other learners can experience what you’ve made. You can also check out other Unity learners’ submissions below.

1. If you uploaded your game to Unity Play, locate the Unity Play link for your published project.

2. If you have not published your project, capture screenshots or recordings of your project from the Editor.

3. Add a submission title and description below. Be sure to include the screenshots and video recording. If you have a Unity Play link or any additional details about your process or project, you can include them in the description as well.

New Concepts and Skills

• Installing export modules
• Building for Mac/PC
• Building for WebGL/HTML