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Create with Code - Unit 5: User Interfaces (UI)

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Beginner

7 Hours10 Mins

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Live

Summary

In this Unit, you will program a game to test the player’s reflexes, where the goal is to click and destroy objects randomly tossed in the air before they can fall off the screen. In creating this prototype, you will learn how to implement a User Interface - or UI - into your projects. You will add a title screen with a difficulty select menu that will control how challenging the gameplay is, you will add a score display that will track how many points the player has earned, and you will add a Game Over screen, which will allow the player to restart and try again. In learning these skills, you will be able to create a fully “playable” experience that the user can enjoy from start to finish without having to restart the application to try it again.

Project Objective

By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
Create a Game Manager object that controls game states 
Detect where the user has clicked their mouse in order to create a click-based program
Use the Canvas to create UI elements like a Title, Buttons, or score display
Lock elements and objects into place on the UI with Anchors
Use variables and script communication to update elements in the UI
Make UI elements appear and disappear with .SetActive
Use script communication and Game states to implement working “Game Over” screen
Restart the game using a UI button and SceneManagement class
Add listeners to detect when a UI Button has been clicked and trigger functionality 
Set difficulty of gameplay from title screen by passing parameters between scripts