Unit 5 - Introduction

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Lesson 5.1 - Clicky Mouse

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Quiz 5

This intro video for Unit 5 outlines what you will do to design and implement a user interface in Unity.

Build a 2D project where good and bad targets spawn with random motion and are destroyed when the player clicks them or they exit the screen.

Add a scoring UI, assign point values to targets, and trigger particle explosions when objects are destroyed on click.

Create Game Over text and a Restart Game button that stop spawning targets, reset the score, and let users replay the game.

Build a title screen with styled text and difficulty buttons that control target spawn rates in your finished game.

Debug and refine a whack-a-mole-style UI game by fixing buttons, clicks, score tracking, difficulty, and restart behavior.

Use this quiz to check your understanding of the skills and concepts from Unit 5.

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

Create a Game Manager object that controls game states 

Detect where the user has clicked their mouse in order to create a click-based program

Use the Canvas to create UI elements like a Title, Buttons, or score display

Lock elements and objects into place on the UI with Anchors

Use variables and script communication to update elements in the UI

Make UI elements appear and disappear with .SetActive

Use script communication and Game states to implement working “Game Over” screen

Restart the game using a UI button and SceneManagement class

Add listeners to detect when a UI Button has been clicked and trigger functionality 

Set difficulty of gameplay from title screen by passing parameters between scripts

In this Unit, you will program a game to test the player’s reflexes, where the goal is to click and destroy objects randomly tossed in the air before they can fall off the screen. In creating this prototype, you will learn how to implement a User Interface - or UI - into your projects. You will add a title screen with a difficulty select menu that will control how challenging the gameplay is, you will add a score display that will track how many points the player has earned, and you will add a Game Over screen, which will allow the player to restart and try again. In learning these skills, you will be able to create a fully “playable” experience that the user can enjoy from start to finish without having to restart the application to try it again. 

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