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Confidently operate the Unity Editor from an empty default project. 

Unity Editor Essentials

NealEdu

Product Manager at Unity

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

Scene Building Essentials

Understand Unity’s history and role in industries that rely on real-time creation.

Real-time Industry Essentials

In this quiz, you will assess your foundational knowledge of using Unity, and how Unity fits in with the broader creative industry of real-time development. 

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 what the Unity real-time engine does.

Describe how real-time creation software is used in different industries.

Identify a variety of real-time creators by their usage of Unity or their job role.

Explain what a real-time game engine is and how it is used.

1.1 Define the term “real-time.”

1.2 Explain what the Unity real-time engine does.

1.3 Describe how real-time creation software is used in different industries.

1.4 Identify a variety of real-time creators by their usage of Unity or their job role.

1.5 Explain what a real-time game engine is and how it is used.

Understand Unity’s history and role within the industries that rely on real-time creation.

Explain the steps of the real-time production cycle.

Explain the content creation tools that work with Unity to support real-time production.

Define various job roles involved in the real-time production cycle.

2.1 Explain the steps of the real-time production cycle.

2.2 Explain the content creation tools that work with Unity to support real-time production.

2.3 Define various job roles involved in the real-time production cycle.

Describe the real-time production cycle

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

Ellen Flaherty

Senior Learning Architect - Unity

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

Describe the 3D nature of a 2D Scene in Unity.

Explain the 2D coordinate system in Unity.

4.1 Describe the 3D nature of a 2D Scene in Unity.

4.2 Explain the 2D coordinate system in Unity.

4.3 Use the 2D button to change the view of Scene view.

4.4 Navigate a 2D Scene in 3D space.

Navigate in 2D space in the Scene view

This quiz will assess your knowledge of the following:

How real-time creation software is used in different industries and by different creators.

Why a real-time game engine is and how it is used.

The steps of the real-time production cycle.

Creating Scenes using basic GameObjects and components in 2D and 3D.

How quickly a complex scene - including lights, effects, materials and physics - is rendered on the screen.

Waiting a long time to render complex scenes. 

The term real-time describes how quickly an image is rendered (or displayed) on the screen. Eliminating the need to wait for renders has changed the ways creators can work — in fact, creators who move their projects from offline rendering to real-time remove weeks or months from the production cycle, and give themselves more time to experiment with new ideas or polish what’s already been designed. With real-time tools such as Unity, creators can spend all of their production time on creating. 

Unity is not limited to any specific industry — any industry that needs to create content, especially interactive content, benefits from creating with Unity. Every day, new and unique experiences created with Unity hit the market.

What are the benefits for creators developing content in a real-time engine like Unity? 

They can Easily create interactive content.

They can Iterate on design concepts faster.

They can See their final product at all times.

Unity is used in many industries in many different ways, but what they all have in common is the need to see, understand, or interact with physical objects in virtual spaces, making the unreal real.

What is the order of the phases of the real-time production cycle? 

Operations > Pre-production > post-production > production

Production > operations > post-production > pre-production

Pre-production > production > post-production > operations

Pre-production > post-production > production > operations

IDEs are programs for writing code in a variety of languages.

IDEs are applications for creating 3D models.

Designs, develops, tests, and releases new features and tools.

Finds and reports bugs and writes test cases and plans.

Sculpts and model characters and their assets such as hair, accessories, armor, and weapons

Codes user interfaces to meet the intent of the project's design and flow and integrates UI systems into features.

Creates and implement sound effects, voice overs, and music

Creates 3D objects and backgrounds and optimizes graphics performance.

Which of these statements best describes the relationship between scripts and components? 

Some components are customizable with scripts. 

Every component has a script, and you can create and customize components using scripts. 

Scripts and components work together to control the properties and behaviors of a GameObject. 

You can create a new component for a GameObject by creating a script, but you can’t customize a built-in component. 

All components have scripts. Some inputs to the script of the component are displayed as the properties and behaviors that you see in the Inspector window. 

Unity’s coordinate system is “Y-up.” What does that mean? 

Y measures distance from the current viewpoint in the direction of view. 

Y goes up from zero only; the ground is the lower vertical limit. 

Y is vertical, and X and Z are horizontal. 

“Y-up” means that the Y dimension goes up and down. X and Z are similar to east-west and north-south (depending on your point of view). 

In a 3D Scene, it makes the current Scene view look like 2D; in a 2D Scene, it does nothing. 

Toggles between a 2D and a 3D view of the Scene. 

Flattens the 3D GameObjects in the Scene to 2D Sprites. 

The 2D button can be very useful in a 2D or a 3D Scene. In a 2D Scene, toggle to 3D to see how GameObjects are ordered in the Z dimension. In 3D, toggle to 2D to line up GameObjects in one plane. 

What does the Directional Light simulate? 

The Directional Light object simulates the sun in a Scene built in the 3D Template. You can move and rotate the Directional Light to indicate a time of day or create a mood in your Scene. 

A GameObject in a basic 3D shape that can be used as a simple object or placeholder 

A GameObject that does not have physical properties and can’t interact with other GameObjects 

A GameObject created in an older version of Unity 

Primitives are the basic 3D shapes built-in to the Unity Editor. They are useful when you want to create a GameObject quickly and easily. 

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