Complete Mission 4 in the Editor

Mission 4 Quiz

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

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 2 in the Editor

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

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 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!

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

Scene Building Essentials

NealEdu

Product Manager at Unity

Demonstrate basic Unity programming skills, such as identifying and editing methods, selecting the correct variable type, and comprehending simple scripts

Level 1 Code Comprehension

Joy Horvath

Instructional Designer

Control the execution of code with common logic structures 

Level 1 Application Scripting

GameObjects

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In this in-Editor tutorial series, you’ll learn the basics of C# to program an experience where the player explores a room to collect objects. 

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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

Correct common syntax errors (e.g. missing semicolons, missing curly braces, type mismatches, etc.) by using the IDE's error checking features

Change a variable's accessibility in the Inspector by editing its access modifier to public or private

Efficiently code with correct method and parameter names by using the IDE’s intellisense (autocomplete) features

Print debug messages to the console by calling the Debug.Log method

Change the default scripting IDE

Improve simple code using the features of an IDE

Implement simple logic in code by using if and if-else statements

Control the execution of code by using logical operators such as AND and OR in conditional statements

Control how many times certain lines of code run by using for loops, foreach loops, and while loops

Control the order and timing of executed code by using coroutines

Control the execution of code by using switch statements

Modify the values of numeric variables by using mathematical operators

Control the execution of code with common logic structures

Select the appropriate common Unity methods to use, e.g., Awake, Start, Update, FixedUpdate, Collision, and Trigger Events, given a desired feature to code

Achieve a desired result by using Unity API methods, given Unity’s script documentation

Achieve a desired result with different parameters by using various method overloads

Distinguish a correct use of any given Unity API method from an incorrect use

Control or trigger the state of components, such as an Animator Controller, Light, AudioSource, or User Interface element by using appropriate methods

Construct an input listener, given a scenario where a specific type of input is required

Print a message consisting of concatenated strings and variable values to the console by using Unity's Debug.Log method

Compose scripts that utilize various APIs

Initialize variables of a given data type, including ints, floats, doubles, bools, strings, arrays, lists, and dictionaries

Select the correct data type for a variable in a given situation

Select appropriate variable modifiers including public, private, static, protected, and const

Implement appropriate data types

Deduce the purpose and expected result of a given block of code

Accomplish a specific task by constructing a viable method declaration, given a list of keywords and syntax elements

Structure methods by using void and return

Demonstrate ability to implement a given feature in code by recommending data types and logic flow for a new method

Write code that integrates into an existing system

Given a particular feature description (e.g. an object spawner, a difficulty select menu, a loading screen, etc.), recommend an appropriate high-level system for its implementation (e.g. what data types would be required, what would be the logic flow, etc.)

Evaluate the efficacy of a finished prototype based on its design criteria

Prototype new concepts

Reduce redundancy and improve code's readability by correctly naming variables and methods

Describe common naming conventions including PascalCase and camelCase

Cultivate a code style that is efficient and easy to read

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

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Senior Learning Architect - Unity

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

Work with GameObject components

Create a GameObject component with a script 

Mission 4 - Programming Essentials: In-Editor

It’s now time to complete the in-Editor tutorials for this Mission. When you are finished with the tutorials in the Editor, you will be directed back here to Unity Learn where you’ll complete the quiz and earn the XP and badge for the Mission.

Go back to the Unity Editor, follow the in-Editor instructions, and master the Programming Essentials!


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