Add furniture to the kid’s room

Make a bouncy ball

Make a tower of prefab blocks

Adjust the lights, background, and camera angle

3D Essentials: More things to try

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

Unity Essentials Pathway

Master the basics of Unity with the Unity Essentials 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 guided learning Pathway includes everything you need to get started.

Designed for anyone new to Unity, this guided 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

Unity Essentials: Install Unity

Open the Unity Essentials project

Explore the Editor Interface

Master 3D scene navigation

Pass the Scene view flying test

Design a mural in the Scene view

Editor Essentials: More things to try

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

Create an immersive soundscape

Audio Essentials: More things to try

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

Add a movement script

Create a rotating collectible

Collect the collectible

Programming Essentials: More things to try

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

Set up a 2D room

Complete your 2D Puzzle Game

Add an animated pet

2D Essentials: More things to try

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

Build your portfolio project

Publish to WebGL

Challenge: Add a bonus scene

Capture a video of your project

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

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

Scene Building Essentials

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Complete a quiz to get credit for completing the Mission.

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

Create and assign a Material

Change the Sprite Tint color

Control the appearance of GameObjects

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 Employ prefabs in order to manage the GameObjects in a scene or project 

Manage GameObjects with prefabs

Work with GameObject components

Employ prefabs in order to manage the GameObjects in a scene or project

Employ essential features of the Unity Editor

Identify the default elements in a new Scene

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

Light a scene in a manner that will simulate the real-world behavior of light

What is a prefab? Select the one correct answer.  

A window layout preset that focuses on editing individual GameObjects.

A tool in Unity that allows developers to write and compile scripts directly within the Editor.

A reusable asset that allows you to store a GameObject complete with components and properties.

A special type of camera in Unity used for rendering 3D environments in a 2D perspective.

 "A tool in Unity that allows developers to write and compile scripts directly within the Editor." — This statement is incorrect because it describes the script editor functionality in Unity, not a prefab.

"A special type of camera in Unity used for rendering 3D environments in a 2D perspective." — This statement is incorrect as it likely refers to the concept of an orthographic camera, not a prefab.

"A window layout preset that focuses on editing individual GameObjects." — This statement is incorrect, although there are several provided window layout presets that you can access from the Layout dropdown. 

When you add a primitive 3D shape to your Unity scene, what happens? 

When you add a primitive 3D shape to your Unity scene, what happens?  Select the two correct answers.  

A primitive 3D shape is added to the scene with a collider component attached, allowing it to interact with other physics objects.

The object is placed at the origin of the scene (X=0, Y=0, Z=0). 

Each primitive 3D shape automatically includes a Rigidbody component for physics-based movement and interactions.

The shape appears with a default gray material, giving it a basic appearance until further customization. 

 "Each primitive 3D shape automatically includes a Rigidbody component for physics-based movement and interactions." — This statement is incorrect as primitive 3D shapes do not come with a Rigidbody component by default. Rigidbody components must be added manually if dynamic physics interactions are required.

"The object is placed at the origin of the scene (X=0, Y=0, Z=0)." — This statement is incorrect because the shape will actually be placed at the last location you framed in the Scene view. 

Which of the following best describes the process for creating a new blue material in Unity? 

Which of the following best describes the process for creating a new blue material in Unity?  Select the one correct answer.  

Directly in the Scene view, right-click a GameObject, select Material > New Material, and set its color to blue using the Inspector window. 

From the Project window, select Create > Material, then in the Inspector window, use the Color picker (⊙) to change the material's color to blue.

Enter Play mode, then generate a new material by pressing Ctrl+M (macOS: Cmd+M).

Right-click in the Hierarchy window, select Create > Blue Material, and the material is automatically added to your project with the default blue color.

 "Right-click in the Hierarchy window, select Create > Blue Material, and the material is automatically added to your project with the default blue color." — This statement is incorrect because Unity does not offer a direct way to create a pre-colored material from the Hierarchy window. Creation and coloring of materials are handled in the Project window and Inspector window, respectively.

"Enter Play mode, then generate a new material by pressing Ctrl+M (macOS: Cmd+M)." — This statement is incorrect because this shortcut will not do anything during Play mode. You also do not need to be in Play mode to create new assets.

"Directly in the Scene view, right-click a GameObject, select Material > New Material, and set its color to blue using the Inspector window." — This statement is incorrect as Unity does not allow the creation of new materials directly from the Scene view via a right-click context menu. Materials are created within the Assets or Project window and then applied to objects in the Scene view or Hierarchy window. 

"Right-click in the Hierarchy window, select Create > Blue Material, and the material is automatically added to your project with the default blue color." — This statement is incorrect because Unity does not offer a direct way to create a pre-colored material from the Hierarchy window. Creation and coloring of materials are handled in the Project window and Inspector window, respectively.

Which of the following are true about Unity's built-in components? 

Which of the following are true about Unity's built-in components?  Select the three correct answers.   

The Transform component allows a GameObject to transform into any other GameObject when Spacebar is pressed. It is optional for all GameObjects.

The Mesh Renderer component determines the appearance of a GameObject, but it does not affect the object's physical properties or interactions.

A Mesh collider component matches the shape of the object's mesh, allowing for detailed collision detection.

The Rigidbody component adds physics properties to a GameObject, allowing it to react to forces and collisions within the game environment.

"The Transform component allows a GameObject to transform into any other GameObject when Spacebar is pressed. It is optional for all GameObjects." — This statement is incorrect because the Transform component is fundamental to all GameObjects in Unity; it enables the engine to know where and how to place them in the scene. 

What happens when you move and rotate the Directional Light in a scene?

What happens when you move and rotate the Directional Light in a scene? Select the one correct answer.  

Moving and rotating the Directional Light will change the color of the light, affecting the mood of the scene.

Moving the Directional Light closer to objects makes them brighter, while rotating it affects the color temperature of the scene.

Rotating the Directional Light changes the direction of shadows and lighting in the scene, but moving it does not have any effect on the lighting.

"Moving and rotating the Directional Light will change the color of the light, affecting the mood of the scene." — This statement is incorrect because the color of the Directional Light is determined by its Color property, not its position or rotation.

"Moving the Directional Light closer to objects makes them brighter, while rotating it affects the color temperature of the scene." — This statement is incorrect because, unlike point or spotlights, the position of a Directional Light does not affect its intensity or the brightness of objects in the scene. The color temperature is a property of the light's color, not its rotation. 

 "Moving and rotating the Directional Light will change the color of the light, affecting the mood of the scene." — This statement is incorrect because the color of the Directional Light is determined by its Color property, not its position or rotation.

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