Unit 1 - Player Control

CourseBeginner6h 30m
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Unity Technologies

Course Overview

In this Unit, you will program a car moving side-to-side on a floating road, trying to avoid (or hit) obstacles in the way. In addition to becoming familiar with the Unity editor and workflow, you will learn how to create new C# scripts and do some simple programming. By the end of the Unit, you will be able to call basic functions, then declare and tweak new variables to modify the results of those functions.

Skills you will learn

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ADDITIONAL XP EARNED BY COMPLETING THE COURSE
+600
TOTAL XP POSSIBLE
720 XP

Educator Resources

By the end of this Unit, you will be able to:

  • Navigate 3D space and the Unity Editor comfortably
  • Add and manipulate objects in the scene to position them where you want, including the camera
  • Control the layout of Unity Editor to suit your needs
  • Create C# scripts and apply them to objects
  • Use Visual Studio and a few of its basic features
  • Add Rigidbody and Collider components to allow objects to collide realistically
  • Declare variables properly and initialize/assign them with appropriate access modifiers