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

Mission 1 Quiz

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

Unity Essentials Pathway

Unity Essentials Project: SQ Portfolio

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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!

Unity Essentials Pathway - Learn Game Development for Beginners | Unity Learn

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

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

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

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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Confidently operate the Unity Editor from an empty default project. 

Unity Editor Essentials

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Product Manager at Unity

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

Scene Building Essentials

Complete a quiz to get credit for completing the Mission. 

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

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 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

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Senior Learning Architect - Unity

Which of the following statements are true about the Unity Editor windows? 

Which of the following statements are true about the Unity Editor windows?  Select all correct answers.  

The Scene view is where you can visually navigate and edit your game scene in a 3D space.

The Hierarchy window shows the structure of the scene, including all GameObjects and their parent-child relationships.

The Project window displays a list of the files and assets available to use in your Unity project. 

The Inspector window provides detailed information about the selected GameObject and allows you to edit its properties. 

What is the Game view window?  Select the one correct answer.  

A window that shows the organizational structure of all GameObjects in the current scene.

A window used for writing and debugging scripts in Unity. 

A window that displays the game as it will appear to the player, allowing for real-time testing and gameplay preview.

 A window that shows a list of all the assets and files in your Unity project. 

"A window that shows a list of all the assets and files in your Unity project." — This statement is incorrect because it describes the Project window, not the Game view.

"A window used for writing and debugging scripts in Unity." — This statement is incorrect because it describes the function of an external code editor or the Unity script editor, not the Game view.

"A window that shows the organizational structure of all GameObjects in the current scene." — This statement is incorrect because it describes the Hierarchy window, not the Game view.

Which of the following are true about how to navigate in Unity's Scene view? 

Which of the following are true about how to navigate in Unity's Scene view?  Select the three correct answers.   

You can orbit around an object by pressing Alt (macOS: Option) and clicking and dragging using the left mouse button.

You can press the Shift key to orbit around to the opposite side of an object.

You can use the right mouse button and WASD keys to enable the Flythrough mode for easy navigation.

You can press the F key to center (or frame) the selected object in the Scene view.

"You can press the Shift key to orbit around to the opposite side of an object." — This statement is incorrect because the Shift key is not used for orbiting. Holding Shift will allow you to move more quickly in Flythrough mode, though.

What happens when you use the Scene view gizmo to disable Perspective and enter Isometric mode? 

What happens when you use the Scene view gizmo to disable Perspective and enter Isometric mode?  Select the one correct answer.   

It activates a grid overlay on all objects in the scene, helping with alignment and proportion measurements.

All of the objects are locked and no longer selectable.

The Scene view switches to a non-perspective projection, where all objects are rendered at their actual size, regardless of their distance from the camera.

Objects in the Scene view will turn black and white, making it easier to focus on their shape and position.

"All of the objects are locked and no longer selectable." — This statement is incorrect. You can actually control the pickability of objects from the Hierarchy window, though. 

"Objects in the Scene view will turn black and white, making it easier to focus on their shape and position." — This statement is incorrect because entering Isometric mode doesn't change the color of objects.

"It activates a grid overlay on all objects in the scene, helping with alignment and proportion measurements." — This statement is incorrect because the activation of a grid overlay is not directly related to switching between Perspective and Isometric mode but can be enabled or disabled in both modes for assistance in positioning and scaling objects.

Which of the following are true about the Move and Rotate tools in the Scene view? 

Which of the following are true about the Move and Rotate tools in the Scene view?  Select the two correct answers.   

Pressing W activates the Move tool, allowing you to position objects in the scene along any of the three axes individually or on two axes simultaneously.

Pressing E switches to the Rotate tool, which enables rotation of objects in 3D space.

The Rotate tool exclusively rotates objects in 90-degree increments — you need to manually type in values into the Inspector window for more precise rotation.

The Move tool can only position objects along the global X-axis, requiring manual adjustment for Y- or Z- axis movement.

 "The Move tool can only position objects along the global X-axis, requiring manual adjustment for Y- or Z- axis movement." — This statement is incorrect because the Move tool allows positioning along any of the X-, Y-, or Z-axes, not just the X-axis. It also supports movement along two axes simultaneously.

"The Rotate tool exclusively rotates objects in 90-degree increments — you need to manually type in values into the Inspector for more precise rotation." — This statement is incorrect because the Rotate tool allows for free rotation, not limited to 45-degree increments.

"The Move tool can only position objects along the global X-axis, requiring manual adjustment for Y- or Z- axis movement." — This statement is incorrect because the Move tool allows positioning along any of the X-, Y-, or Z-axes, not just the X-axis. It also supports movement along two axes simultaneously.

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