Introduction to Unit 8

In this unit, you’ll learn how to add lighting to your scene to make things more polished and visually pleasing.

Lighting is a crucial element in games, as it sets the mood, enhances immersion, and influences the overall visual quality of the virtual world.

In this tutorial, you’ll get a quick overview of what to expect from this unit about Lighting.

Complete the Lighting project

To learn how to implement shaders and materials in Unity, you will first work through a new project step-by-step, learning all of the necessary skills along the way. You’ll discover the fundamental principles of lighting for real-time experiences, and gain practice lighting indoor and outdoor scenes in the Unity Editor.

Add Shaders and Materials to your own game

After you’ve completed the Lighting project, you will have all the skills you need to implement shaders and materials in your game. At a minimum, you will add the following elements:

• Additional light sources.
• Baked lighting.
• An organized Hierarchy window.
• Light probes to simulate realistic and dynamic lighting effects on objects.

By the end, your game should look something like this:

Now that you have a good understanding of what to expect from this unit, you’re ready to get started. Next, you’ll get started on the Lighting project to learn how to add your own lighting to your projects.