Complete Mission 2 in the Editor

Mission 2 Quiz

Unity Essentials: 3D Essentials Quiz

Design a kid's bedroom with a bouncing ball and a tower of collapsing building blocks.

In this tutorial series, you'll explore Unity's capabilities by designing a kid's bedroom scene with dynamic elements like a bouncing ball and a tower of blocks. 

You'll learn new skills in 3D navigation, object customization, and using Unity's physics system. You’ll also create prefabs, adjust lighting, and capture your scene with a camera. 

This foundational knowledge is vital to creating any type of Unity project.

3D Essentials: In-Editor

Unity Essentials Pathway

Master the basics of Unity with the Unity Essentials In-Editor Pathway. Perfect for beginners, this free learning journey introduces game development, 3D content creation, and Unity's core tools. Start building today!

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Unity Essentials is the perfect place to start for beginners to Unity. No previous experience is necessary.

New to Unity? This in-Editor learning Pathway includes everything you need to get started.

Designed for anyone new to Unity, this in-Editor learning journey is your first step toward creating confidently in the Unity Editor and bringing your visions to life. In this learning Pathway, you’ll design different rooms of a house, learning the essentials of one key skillset as you complete each room.

Unity Essentials: In-Editor

Complete Mission 1 in the Editor

Unity Essentials: Editor Essentials Quiz

Explore a playground scene and design a mural to get comfortable with the Unity interface.

This tutorial series introduces you to the essential skills of navigating the Unity Editor. 

You'll learn to navigate 3D space in a playground scene, using Flythrough mode and tools like Move and Rotate to design a mural. 

Once you master these skills, you’ll have the foundation required for confidently creating in Unity.

Editor Essentials: In-Editor

Complete Mission 3 in the Editor

Unity Essentials: Audio Essentials Quiz

Add immersive sound to a kitchen scene with a variety of different types of audio.

In this Audio Mission, you will learn the fundamentals of implementing different types of audio into Unity scenes. You’ll learn how to set the tone with background music, how to add realism with sound effects, and even how to implement spatial audio in a 3D scene.

Audio Essentials: In-Editor

Complete Mission 4 in the Editor

Unity Essentials: Programming Essentials Quiz

Add code so that a player character can explore a living room and gather collectibles.

In this Mission, you’ll program a simple interactive experience where you control a character in a living room scene and move around to collect objects.

You'll be able to choose from a variety of characters and collectible objects. In our example, we'll use a robot vacuum that maneuvers to pick up dirt around the room.

Programming Essentials: In-Editor

Complete Mission 5 in the Editor

Unity Essentials: 2D Essentials Quiz

Create a top-down minigame similar to the 3D living room experience, but in 2D.

In this 2D Mission, you'll create a top-down 2D version of the interactive living room scene you created earlier.

Just like in the 3D scene, you'll control a character, and try to collect all the objects in a room. By completing this scene, you'll learn how working in 2D is similar to working in 3D, but also how it’s different.

2D Essentials: In-Editor

Complete Mission 6 in the Editor

Share your project

Combine all of your scenes together into one cohesive portfolio project that you can share with others. 

It's time to collect all your good work together into a singular portfolio piece that you and others can play!

A portfolio, especially in the realm of real-time 3D (RT3D) and game development, is not just a collection of work, but a practical way of demonstrating your familiarity with essential tools and concepts.

In this Mission, you will package all of your work from this Pathway into a single playable experience that you can easily share with others.

Publishing Essentials: In-Editor

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Mission overview

Complete the Mission in the Editor

Completed the in-Editor tutorials? Move on to the quiz!

Confidently operate the Unity Editor from an empty default project. 

Unity Editor Essentials

NealEdu

Product Manager at Unity

Identify the defaults elements in a new scene, Create and manipulate GameObjects and configure their components.

Scene Building Essentials

Configure functional lighting for indoor and outdoor scenes in 3D Unity projects.

Beginner Lighting

ElizabethMidgley

Beginner Unity Cameras

GameObjects

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In this in-editor tutorial series, you'll explore Unity's capabilities by designing a kid's bedroom scene with dynamic elements like a bouncing ball and a tower of blocks. 

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Identify and describe the windows that appear in the Unity Editor’s default view.

Rearrange, dock, and undock windows in the Unity Editor.

Explain the differences between the Project and Hierarchy windows.

Explain the relationship between the Hierarchy window and the Scene view.

Explain when to use the Scene view and the Game view.

Explain the purpose and functionality of the Package Manager.

Use the Package Manager to add functionality to the Unity Editor.

1.1 Identify and describe the windows that appear in the Unity Editor’s default view.

1.2 Rearrange, dock, and undock windows in the Unity Editor.

1.3 Explain the differences between the Project and Hierarchy windows.

1.4 Explain the relationship between the Hierarchy window and the Scene view.

1.5 Explain when to use the Scene view and the Game view.

1.6 Start and stop Play mode (Game view).

1.7 Explain the purpose and functionality of the Package Manager.

1.8 Use the Package Manager to add functionality to the Unity Editor.

Employ essential features of the Unity Editor

Understand the role of Scenes in a Unity project.

2.1 Understand the role of Scenes in a Unity project.

2.2 Create a new empty 3D Scene.

2.3 Create a new empty 2D Scene.

2.4 Move between Scenes in a Unity project.

Create and Manage Scenes

Explain the use of the Directional Light object and rotate it in order to achieve a desired lighting effect.

Explain the use of the Main Camera GameObject and reposition it in order to achieve the desired framing of the Scene.

1.1 Explain the use of the Directional Light object.

1.2 Move the Directional Light.

1.3 Explain the use of the Main Camera GameObject. 

1.4 Change the position and shape of the Main Camera frustum.

1.5 Move and rotate the Main Camera.

Identify the default elements in a new Scene

Explain how primitives are typically used in a 3D Scene.

Describe the types of primitives available in Unity.

Import a premade asset into a project as a GameObject.

Add a GameObject to a Scene by dragging it from the Project window.

2.1 Define GameObject.

2.2 Explain how primitives are typically used in a 3D Scene.

2.3 Describe the types of primitives available in Unity.

2.4 Add a primitive to a 3D Scene.

2.5 Define Sprite

2.6 Import a Sprite into a Scene

2.7 Create an empty Sprite

2.8 Assign an image to an empty Sprite.

2.9 Import a premade asset into a project as a GameObject.

2.10 Add a GameObject to a Scene by dragging it from the Project window.

2.11 Add a GameObject to a Scene by dragging it from the Project window.

2.12 Create an empty GameObject.

Create GameObjects

Explain the Toolbar buttons used to manipulate objects.

Select a GameObject from both the Hierarchy window and the Scene view.

Link GameObjects in parent-child relationships using the Hierarchy window to create complex GameObjects.

Explain the relationship between the Scene view and the Inspector window.

Move, scale, and rotate a GameObject using the Toolbar buttons and the mouse in the Scene view.

Move, scale, and rotate a GameObject using the Transform Component in the Inspector window.

Position Sprites in 3D space in a 2D Scene.

Use 3D GameObjects in a 2D Scene to group Sprites.

3.1 Explain the Toolbar buttons used to manipulate objects.

3.2 Select a GameObject from both the Hierarchy window and the Scene view.

3.3 Link GameObjects in parent-child relationships using the Hierarchy window to create complex GameObjects.

3.4 Explain the relationship between the Scene view and the Inspector window.

3.5 Duplicate a GameObject.

3.6 Move, scale, and rotate a GameObject using the Toolbar buttons and the mouse in the Scene view.

3.7 Move, scale, and rotate a GameObject using the Transform Component in the Inspector window.

3.8 Position Sprites in 3D space in a 2D Scene.

3.9 Use 3D GameObjects in a 2D Scene to group Sprites.

Transform GameObjects

Explain the relationship between GameObjects and components.

Identify specific components in the Inspector window.

Add a component to a GameObject via the Inspector window.

Explain the relationship between scripts and components.

Understand the purpose of the default code generated within a newly created C# script.

Print a message to the Unity Editor console using a simple script.

4.1 Explain the relationship between GameObjects and components.

4.2 Identify specific components in the Inspector window.

4.3 Add a component to a GameObject via the Inspector window.

4.4 Explain the relationship between scripts and components.

4.5 Open the IDE from the Unity Editor.

4.6 Create a new script component.

4.7 Understand the purpose of the default code generated within a newly created C# script.

4.8 Print a message to the Unity Editor console using a simple script.

Work with components and Scripts

Ellen Flaherty

Senior Learning Architect - Unity

Explain Unity’s 3D Y-up coordinate system.

Identify the Toolbar button(s) used for changing your view.

Change your view in the Scene view using the mouse and keyboard.

Change your view in the Scene view by focusing on a selected GameObject.

Change your view in the Scene view using the Scene Gizmo.

Use the 2D button to change the view of Scene view.

Navigate the Scene view confidently in all three dimensions, demonstrating the ability to quickly relocate to desired position and orientation in 3D space.

3.1 Explain Unity’s 3D Y-up coordinate system.

3.2 Identify the Toolbar button(s) used for changing your view.

3.3 Change your view in the Scene view using the mouse and keyboard.

3.4 Change your view in the Scene view by focusing on a selected GameObject.

3.5 Change your view in the Scene view using the Scene Gizmo.

3.6 Use the 2D button to change the view of Scene view.

3.7 Navigate the Scene view confidently in all three dimensions, demonstrating the ability to quickly relocate to desired position and orientation in 3D space.

Navigate in 3D space in the Scene view

Describe the 3D nature of a 2D Scene in Unity.

Explain the 2D coordinate system in Unity.

4.1 Describe the 3D nature of a 2D Scene in Unity.

4.2 Explain the 2D coordinate system in Unity.

4.3 Use the 2D button to change the view of Scene view.

4.4 Navigate a 2D Scene in 3D space.

Navigate in 2D space in the Scene view

Create and assign a Material

Change the Sprite Tint color

Control the appearance of GameObjects

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 Implement basic physics for GameObjects 

Apply RigidBody or RigidBody 2D components in order to enable GameObjects to act under the control of physics

Modify the basic properties of a RigidBody or RigidBody 2D component in order to control how the GameObject is affected by physics, including its mass, its drag, and the Scene's gravity

Add a collider to a GameObject and understand its function

Create and configure a Physic Material to add physical properties to a GameObject

Employ basic physics for GameObjects

Describe the fundamentals of the behavior of light

Explain at a high level the difference between direct and indirect light

Explain at a high level the relationship between lighting and post-processing

Identify key considerations for lighting indoor and outdoor scenes realistically

Identify research topics and resources to develop understanding of foundational lighting science and design principles

Implement appropriate lighting in a scene in a manner that will simulate the real-world behavior of light

Configure the ambient (diffuse environmental) light in your scene.

Configure indirect lighting to improve the overall lighting level in an indoor scene

Configure ambient (diffuse environmental) lighting in order to convey mood or enhance realism

Identify use cases for a perspective camera view in a 2D or 3D scene

Identify use cases for an orthographic camera view in a 2D or 3D scene

Distinguish between various camera viewpoints in order to give end users the appropriate orientation to the scene

Explore the effects of camera setup on the user’s experience

Decide which Camera setup to use, given a project’s requirements

Set up a camera for a specified/predetermined point of view

Fill in background of the Main Camera view 

Capture the desired view of the Scene by controlling the position and rotation of the Main Camera

Control the field of view of the Main Camera by adjusting the frustum

Control the depth of view of the Main Camera by configuring the clipping planes

Set up an perspective camera view in a 3D Scene

Complete Mission 2 in the Editor

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