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.  

Create with Code - Unit 4: Gameplay Mechanics

Course Introduction

2022.3

2021.3

Install Unity Software

Lesson 1.1 - Start your 3D Engines 

Lesson 1.2 - Pedal to the Metal

Lesson 1.3 - High Speed Chase

Lesson 1.4 - Get into the Driver's Seat

2019.3

2019.2

2019.1

2018.4

Challenge 1 - Programming a Plane

Lab 1 - Create a Project Design Document

Unit 2 - Introduction

Lesson 2.1 - Player Positioning

Lesson 2.2 - Food Flight

Lesson 2.3 - Random Animal Stampede

Lesson 2.4 - Making Collision Decisions

Challenge 2 - Play a Game of Fetch

Lab 2 - Create a New Project with Primitives

Unit 3 - Introduction

Lesson 3.1 - Jump Force 

Lesson 3.2 - Make the World Whiz By

Lesson 3.3 - Don't Just Stand There

Lesson 3.4 - Working with Particles and Sound Effects

Challenge 3 - Creating Balloons, Bombs, & Booleans

Lab 3 - Establishing Player Control

Unit 5 - Introduction

Lesson 5.1 - Clicky Mouse

Lesson 5.2 - Keeping Score

Lesson 5.3 - Game Over

Lesson 5.4 - What’s the Difficulty? (Copy)

Challenge 5 - Whack-a-Food Game

Lab 5 - Swapping out Assets

Next Steps - Introduction

Lesson 6.1 - Project Optimization

Lesson 6.2 - Research and Troubleshooting

6.3 - Sharing your Projects & Database

Install Unity Hub

2018.3

2018.2

2018.1

2017.4

2017.3

2017.2

2017.1

Unity Collaborate

Change GameObject Position

User Input

Simple Movement

Collectible GameObjects

Pause System

Post-Processing Effects (2018.x+)

Destructible Crate

Quaternions and Euler Angles

Quaternion Identity

Quaternion Look Rotation

Quaternion Slerp

Script Overview

Variables

Common Data Types

Challenge: Master Variables Part 1

Challenge: Master Variables Part 2

Challenge: Tip Calculator

Challenge: Quiz Grade Average

Best Practices for Variables

C# if Statements

Challenge: Master if Statements Part 1

Challenge: Master if Statements Part 2

Challenge: Master if Statements Part 3

Else-If Statements

Challenge: Quiz Grades

Challenge: Master if Statements Part 4

Challenge: Speed Program

C# Switch Statements

Challenge: Master Switch Statements Part 1

Challenge: Master Switch Statements Part 2

Challenge: Weapon Select Program

C# For Loops

C# While Loops

Break out of Loops

Challenge: Ultimate Print Outs

Challenge: How Fast Are You Going?

C# Array Overview

Challenge: Array Master

Challenge: Randomly Choose One

Looping through Arrays

Challenge: Convert to For Loop

C# Functions and Methods Overview

Challenge: Pass the Object with Color

Change Position Four Ways

Challenge: Are You Alive?

Return Array

Challenge: Position Matters

C# Classes for Behaviours

Custom Classes

Challenge: Customer Database

Custom Class - RPG Spell System Presentation

Class Inheritence

Protected Data Members

Virtual Methods and Overriding

Q and A on Using MonoBehaviour Custom Classes

Structs, Memory Management, and Value vs. Reference Types

C# Static Types

Instance Members vs Static Members

Quiz 1

In this Unit, you will be introduced to the course, then you will download and install the Unity software. You will then you will program a car moving side-to-side on a floating road, trying to avoid (or hit) obstacles in the way. In addition to becoming familiar with the Unity editor and workflow, you will learn how to create new C# scripts and do some simple programming. By the end of the Unit, you will be able to call basic functions, then declare and tweak new variables to modify the results of those functions. 

Create with Code - Unit 1 - Getting Started and Player Control

Quiz 2

In this Unit, you will program a top-down game with the objective of throwing food to hungry animals - who are stampeding towards you - before they can run past you. In order to do this, you will become much more familiar with some of the most important programming and Unity concepts, including if-then statements, random value generation, arrays, collision detection, prefabs, and instantiation. In completing this Unit, you will learn how to program a basic game with the ability to launch projectiles and maneuver the player to keep the game alive. 

Create with Code - Unit 2 - Basic Gameplay

Quiz 3

In this Unit, you will program a fast-paced endless side-scrolling runner game where the player needs to time jumps over oncoming obstacles to avoid crashing. In creating this prototype, you will learn how to add music and sound effects, completely transforming the experience of your projects. You will also learn how to create dynamic endless repeating backgrounds, which are critical for any side-scrolling games. Finally, you will learn to incorporate particle effects like splatters and explosions, which make your games so much more satisfying to play.  

Create with Code - Unit 3: Sounds & Effects

Quiz 5

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.

Create with Code - Unit 5: User Interfaces (UI)

In this final Unit, you will prepare to continue developing your Unity and C# skills independently, including learning how to complete your personal project and how to troubleshoot and optimize your project to continue to practice and refine your QA testing skills.

Create with Code - Unit 6: Optimization & QA

Survival Guide Assets.zip

This "Quick Tips" section includes an overview of Unity Hub installation, and much more to help beginners get started with Unity and scripting in C#. It also includes information about:

C# Survival Guide - Quick Tips and Assets

In this project you will learn about rotations. You will learn about Quaternions and Euler Angles and the different ways to modify the rotation of an object in Unity.

C# Survival Guide - Rotations

In this project, you will learn about scripts and explore why and how they are used in Unity. You will review common variable and data types, and create simple programs through challenges.

C# Survival Guide - Variables

In this project, you will learn about conditional statements and the basics of Boolean Logic.

C# Survival Guide - if Statements

In this project, you will learn about switch statements. These are a cleaner option than if statements when handling several possible outcomes.

C# Survival Guide - Switch Statements

In this project, you will learn about loops. You will explore the following loops:

C# Survival Guide - Loops

In this project, you will learn about the array datatype, which is used to store multiple other variables.

C# Survival Guide - Arrays

In this project, you will learn about methods. Methods are also called functions in C#. They are used to segment your scripts into modular, self-contained, and reusable bundles.

C# Survival Guide - Functions and Methods

In this project, you will learn about object-oriented programming. You will break functionality into modular classes, which in turn are broken into modular methods. 

C# Survival Guide - Classes

Utility Helper Classes

Challenge: Random Color Helper

Initializing Static Members with a Static Constructor

In this project, you will learn about static types. You will also explore the difference between static types and instanced members.

C# Survival Guide - Static Types

C# Properties

Challenge: Declaring Properties

In this project, you will learn how to use properties to correctly protect variables through getters and setters.

C# Survival Guide - Properties

Namespaces

Tour of Namespaces - GameDevHQ

In this project, you will learn about namespaces. These enable programmers to organise and maintain code correctly, segmenting functionality into libraries if needed.

C# Survival Guide - Namespaces

Lists

Challenge: You Have Been Named

Challenge: Build that Object List

Practical Presentation: Creating Inventory Item DB System

In this project, you will learn about lists. Lists are a collection type similar to arrays, but with dynamic length.

C# Survival Guide - Lists

C# Enums: Introduction

C# Enums: Enemy AI

C# Enums: Custom Classes

C# Enums: Casting Enums to Ints

In this project, you will learn about enums, a data type which contains an ordered set of human-readable values.

C# Survival Guide - Enums

C# Dictionary: Introduction

C# Dictionary: Looping through Dictionary

C# Dictionary: When to Use

C# Dictionary: Using Dictionary for Player Connections

C# Dictionary: Using Dictionary with Primitive Types

In this project, you will learn how to use dictionaries, a <Key, Value> collection.

C# Survival Guide -  Dictionary

C# Abstract Classes and Methods

Challenge: Employee Experience

C# Interfaces

C# Polymorphism

In this project, you will learn about forcing inheritance and implementing polymorphism through the use of abstract classes and interfaces.

C# Survival Guide - Abstract Classes

C# Delegates

C# Events

Example Working with C# Delegates and Events

Challenge: Teleport Events

Practical Event Driven Programming

C# Actions

C# Return Type Delegates and Func

C# Lambda Expressions

Practicing C# Delegates with and without Return Types and Parameters

Simple Callback System

In this project, you will learn the fundamentals of delegates A delegate is container which can hold any number of methods. You can call all the methods in the delegate at once, using normal method call syntax. 

Unit 4 - Introduction

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