Finalize your project

Congratulations on making it to the final tutorial in this pathway!

You've journeyed through the world of game development, learned new skills, conquered challenges, and brought your game concept to life. This is a significant achievement and a testament to your hard work and dedication.

In this last tutorial, you'll finalize your personal game project by adding any remaining unique gameplay elements. Then, you’ll build your game to macOS, Windows, or WebGL. Finally, you’ll explore your future development options and share your creation with others.

There are probably parts of your GDD, especially in the Future Features section, that you haven't had time to work on yet.

Depending on your schedule, now is the time to take it to the next level — you can spend anywhere from a few more hours to a few more months or even years on this project!

You'll have a chance to submit screenshots, videos, or links to your project at the end of this tutorial.

Example project

As an example of how you might take your game to the next level, here’s the basic finished project that was shown throughout the course about the crab chasing the beach ball.

And here's an example of what it might look like with a unique gameplay element added in. In the case of this specific game, there’s a rising tide that comes in every once in a while, forcing the player to seek high ground. If the ball gets caught in the water, it slows the player down, making them more vulnerable to the crab’s attacks.

Building your game instead of keeping it in Unity allows you to create a standalone version that others can play without the need for the Unity Editor.

Publish your project now. If you’re not sure how to build your game and publish it to Unity Play, you can follow the Publish on Unity Play tutorial.

After you’ve finished your project and maybe even passed the exam, what will you do next? Consider some of the options below:

Solidify your programming fundamentals

If you’re not already confident with your programming, it’s recommended that you start with the Junior Programmer pathway, which will give you the foundational skills needed to jump-start any future C# development with Unity.

Consider AR or VR development

You’ve made one game, but have only really focused on the desktop platform. Consider expanding your knowledge into extended reality (XR). Unity also has a VR development pathway and an AR development pathway that will help you get started.

Continue with more game development

If you want to continue down the games path, Unity Learn has a wide range of games-based learning content, including the following:

• 3D Stealth Game: Haunted House
• 2D Adventure Game: Robot Repair

If you’ve continued development on your game from this course, or anything else you're working on, we’d love to see what you've created!

You can publish your game on Unity Play and share the link here. You can also check out other Unity learners’ submissions below. We highly recommend commenting on at least one other creator’s submission. What do you like about their project? What cool new feature could they consider adding?